When the 80,000-strong Liao army finally joined forces in the center of the ridge, Su Shi's army was nowhere to be seen.
It was only then that Xiao Ying and Zhang Jian realized that they had been tricked by Su Shi again. They had no idea when they left here, and what's worse, they didn't know where they went.
"Quickly, let us know. The nearby cities will be on heightened alert and the city gates will be closed to prevent Su Shi's sneak attack." Zhang Jian reacted and roared loudly.
I only thought of this at this time, and it was obviously a bit late.
Just today, before they could meet up in the center of the mountain range, Su Shi had already arrived at Longmen City with the main force coming from behind.
Originally, the gates of Longmen City were tightly closed to prevent Su Shi's sudden appearance.
Although this possibility is not very high, it is always right to be cautious at this time.
But unexpectedly, news came from the direction of Duanyun Ridge that the main force of his army had surrounded Su Shi's troops there, and called on all cities to send troops to Duanyun Ridge to start the final battle against Su Shi.
After Longmen City received the news, it also sent a thousand cavalry, leaving only a thousand infantry in the city to defend the city.
Unfortunately, the thousand cavalrymen who left the city were discovered by the Flying Eagle Squadron. After reporting to Su Shi, they were ambushed and killed by the black cavalry. After that, the black cavalry returned to Longmen City wearing Liao army uniforms.
By the time the thousand Liao infantrymen in the city discovered that the troops returning were not their own, it was already too late.
Longmen City was captured without any effort. Su Shi quickly sealed the city gate and ordered the army to take a good rest. The wounded were also present.
This stage received timely and effective treatment.
Neither Xiao Ying nor Zhang Jian knew about the change of hands in Longmen City. They sent a large number of scouts to search for traces of Su Shi in the land of Liao Kingdom.
After these scouts passed by Longmen City several times and saw that the gate was closed and there were "Liao" soldiers guarding the city tower, they thought that the city was safe and did not even enter the city, so they continued their search.
No one could have imagined that Su Shi would be so fast. Taking advantage of this rare time, Su Shi stayed in Longmen City for more than half a month.
The time has also come to AD 1047, April of the seventh year of Qingli.
At this time, two months had passed since Su Shi entered Liao Dynasty.
At this time, the climate was already very pleasant. According to the previous plan, the Liao Army's 200,000 reinforcements should also be sent to the Song Dynasty at this time.
But now, neither Xiao Ying nor Zhang Jian mentioned this matter.
Su Shi's army just disappeared in Duanyun Ridge under their noses.
If they couldn't find him, how could they feel at ease, let alone send a large army to the Song Dynasty.
If they really did this and Su Shi appeared behind them, wouldn't they be attacked from both sides?
If Su Shi was really allowed to run rampant in Liao, even Xingzong of Liao would not spare them.
Two months later, the news had already reached Xixia. Wu Zangguyin in Jingle City and General Xiao Xiaoyou of Liao Kingdom discussed it and sent troops to launch a tentative attack on Xincheng.
As soon as the armies of Xixia and Liao moved here, there was a reaction in Xincheng, and hundreds of thousands of Song troops poured out from around Xincheng.
After the scout reported the news, he hit the old man again and again.
He had no intention of fighting, so he quickly mobilized his troops and returned to the city.
The man who transferred the troops back to the city did not hide his old news and did not forget to curse.
"To say that Su Shi took the main force of the Song army to the Liao territory is nonsense."
"Look around Xinzhou. Are the hundreds of thousands of Song troops just for display? I suspect that Su Shi only took 10,000 or 20,000 people into Liao territory."
Xiao Xiaoyou heard the unspoken complaint and did not say anything in reply.
He had already received the news that the number of soldiers Su Shi brought into Liao Kingdom should be between thirty and forty thousand. But he had not told Wu Zang the old news before, just because he was afraid that he would not dare to take action.
Originally, they wanted to use the Xixia army to attack Xincheng, creating a sense of tension and forcing Su Shi to withdraw from the Liao Kingdom. However, he did not expect that Wu Zangguyin was so cunning. When he saw that the situation was not good, he withdrew his troops without even trying.
Wu Zangguyin was cursing the unreliability of Liao's intelligence. Bao Heizi in Xincheng also wiped the sweat from his forehead nervously.
It is true that he has hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Song Dynasty, but there are not many real elites. If he really fights the Xixia army, the outcome will be between 50 and 50.
If once they show signs of fatigue, they are afraid that Meng Qi will find out the news and see the opportunity to attack. If that happens, he will not be able to resist it no matter what.
Fortunately, I didn't have any scruples about hiding the old news, so it would be the best situation for everyone to continue to confront each other.
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Longmen City.
The wounded had basically recovered and returned to the team, and some of the seriously wounded just needed time to recuperate. Su Shi knew that he should continue to move.
Two days ago, the Liao Kingdom's messengers came to the city and asked Longmen City to provide a certain amount of military rations to be delivered to Wende City in five days.
At that time, a surrendered Liao veteran stood on the tower and sent the man away.
It was considered a perfunctory one.
But as the five-day period is approaching, if the military rations cannot be sent over, the Liao people may be suspicious.
Send someone to deliver food, but you are worried about being seen and exposed.
Even so, it is better to leave directly. While the Liao people still don't know about Longmen City, take a step first and continue to attack the next Liao army city.
Looking at the map in his hand, Su Shi's fingers involuntarily landed on the location of Wangyun City in the north.
That very night, everyone in the Flying Eagle Squadron was sent out. Once anyone entered the vicinity of Longmen City, they would all be captured.
Then, as darkness fell, 30,000 Su Shi's army came out from the north gate and disappeared into the night.
In Wangyun City, the four gates were closed tightly, but Xiao Ying's order was followed.
Su Shi came here at night. Looking at the closed city gate, Su Shi had a smile on his face, and then said to Lou Yang beside him: "Inform Ji Zhu's subordinates that it is time to take action."
Not long after he finished speaking, shouts of killing came from Longmen Mountain to the east of Wangyun City.
Su Shi had no hope of attacking Wangyun City. His real target was Longyun Mountain. When he came here, he was worried that Wangyun City would send troops to interfere. Now it seems that he is just a bastard, hiding in his shell and not bringing him out.
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Even if it doesn't come out, Su Shi doesn't need to pay attention to it, just take down Longmen Mountain.
The number of Liao troops in Longmen Mountain was not very large, and it was not an important military area. Black Cavalry came out and quickly eliminated them. After that, Su Shi's army entered from Longmen Mountain and disappeared from everyone's sight again.
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After Su Shi left and looked at the Liao defenders in Yun City, he sent scouts to Longmen Mountain.
Seeing the corpses of Liao soldiers lying all over the place, when the scouts returned to the city, Feige went out of the city and spread the news that Su Shi's army had appeared in Longmen Mountain.
Xiao Ying and Zhang Jian, who were still thinking about where Su Shi had gone, were shocked when they learned that Su Shi had appeared in Longmen Mountain.
They couldn't understand how Su Shi appeared here without a trace. They had sent many scouts to this area, but they couldn't find them.
Could it be said that the Su family army will become invisible?
It wasn't until one day later that someone from Longmen City came to report that they knew that Longmen City had been captured by Su Shi before and that they had stayed there for more than half a month. Xiao Ying and Zhang Jian's expressions became very ugly.
Su Shi was right under their noses, staying carefree and comfortable for such a long time, but it was a pity that they didn't notice it at all. This was the greatest shame.
Xiao Ying was still angry, but Zhang Jian had already set his sights near Longmen Mountain, and then said with a bitter look on his face, "Su Shi has disappeared again."
"Then search around Longmen Mountain. I don't believe they can find the next Longmen City." Xiao Ying said angrily.
"But in this case, we may be led by Su Shi. If we make a mistake and let him seize the opportunity, he can defeat us one by one, just like at Duanyun Ridge."
Zhang Jian said with worry on his face.
"Then what can we do?" Xiao Ying became angry when he mentioned Duanyun Ridge.
In one afternoon, he lost 30,000 troops, and he was still on his own territory.
This was a life-long shame for him.
Yes, what can we do?
Zhang Jian finally saw that Su Shi's series of actions when he came to the Liao territory had only one purpose, which was to attract the attention of the main force of the Liao army and eventually force them to divide their forces. As a result, they had no energy to attack the Liao army.
Song sent troops.
Even if we know Su Shi's purpose, we can supposedly defeat it.
But Su Shi's destructive power is too great.
They were so big that no one dared to despise them. Now they knew that Su Shi was going to attract them, but they had to do what they said. Otherwise, if Su Shi was allowed to do whatever he wanted in the Liao territory, then they would really
It is possible to lead troops to Shangjing.
Forget it, just go for it. As long as you don't divide the troops and don't give Su Shi a chance, let's see what tricks he can pull off.
This was on his own territory. As time went by, Su Shi had no food to replenish his supplies, so he wanted to see who could not hold on first.
Su Shi raided Longmen Mountain and achieved his goal of mobilizing the Liao army. A large number of Liao troops came straight from Fengsheng Prefecture to Zhongjing Road.
At the same time, there were more and more Liao army scouts near Zhongjing Road, searching for all traces of Su Shi's army.
From Longmen to Xinghua City in Bei'an Prefecture, it is a vast and open land.
There are no cities here, and even very few villages. Such a place is not suitable for large army activities. Not to mention, just eating and drinking will restrict people.
Su Shi is least worried about this.
When he came to this open area, he quickly fell in love with it.
In this unexplored area, there are dense forests one after another, and there are many
In this primitive swamp land, as long as you understand the terrain clearly in advance and make some use of it, there are many good places that can be used to set up ambushes.
