Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

In the northeast of Youzhou City, along the banks of the Wenyu River, the river water nourishes many trees, which have already withered this season; but the snow hanging on the branches makes the withered trees seem to bloom in clusters of flowers, which is extremely beautiful.

The houses in the village were also covered with snow, as if they were hidden by snow.

Dong Zunhui rode his horse through the snow-covered forest road, reined in his horse and looked into the distance excitedly. After a while, Zhou Tong, Zhang Jiankui and other generals also rode up, and the three horses were side by side. The big men on the mounts were all staring ahead brightly.

Even the front hooves of the horses were digging the snow, as if they couldn't wait.

On the road directly ahead, a long line of people and horses are slowly crawling, and there are also carts pulled by groups of sheep, cows and horses.

Dong Zunhui turned his head and said in a deep voice, "It looks like they haven't found us yet."

Zhou Tongdao: "I think we are our own people!"

Dong Zunhui said with a smile: "This place is deep behind the Liao army, maybe they will really admit the wrong person."

A large group of horsemen from behind also slowly came forward. Dong Zunhui immediately stopped his smile, raised his hand and shouted: "Send the order, silence the flags and drums, and approach slowly!"

"Decree!"

A large group of Zhou army horsemen came out from the forest road and marched slowly forward. The men and horses who came out behind spread out to the left and right wings, and the army gradually became larger. No one said a word, except for an occasional cough and a snort from the horse's nose.

Dong Zunhui carefully pulled out an arrow from the quiver, and kept moving forward at a slow speed, without taking his eyes off the prey for a moment. Like a leopard, he was lying on the ground and slowly approaching.

Not long after, a few riders wandered ahead and finally found something strange, and there were screams in the distance. The crowd on the road suddenly became panicked and chaotic!

Dong Zunhui kicked the horse and shouted: "Kill!"

The cavalry in the front rushed out immediately, and the horses behind also accelerated. The silent army immediately shouted loudly, and the sound of horseshoes suddenly roared.

When the cavalry of the Liao army saw such a turbulent approach of the Zhou army, they didn't want to come up and fight, so they turned around and ran away. Dong Zunhui yelled, and one of the generals led his men to chase after him, while the rest of the brigade frantically rushed towards the crowd on the road.

The Liao army was in chaos. Dong Zunhui drew his bow and shot an arrow at a man who had just climbed out of the carriage, and the man threw half of his body on the wooden wheel.

The sheep fled in all directions, and the Liao people also ran wildly. The horsemen of the Zhou army chased and killed them, and there was a lot of crying and screaming around them, like a Shura field in the world, it was no different from massacre|killing.

Dong Zunhui led people to sprint further along the road to his team without stopping. Dong Zunhui and Zhou Tong's arrows did not stop, and the bow did not need to be fully drawn. Anyway, these Liao army and tribal herdsmen were not wearing armor. The horse galloped all the way, the bowstring "cracked" all the way, the arrows flew randomly in the air, the chaotic crowd on the road kept falling down, and there were corpses everywhere.

Some Liao people knelt on the ground, raised their hands and begged. Zhou Jun rushed forward, but he couldn't understand anyway, so he stabbed with his long|lance. The rest got up and ran as hard as they could, and the first Zhou cavalryman drew his bow and arrow, drew his saber from his back, stared at one of them and rushed forward.

"Ah..." the Liao man let out a desperate cry. But the war horses were approaching quickly, and the cavalrymen of the Zhou army raised their shining sabers high, waiting to charge close, and when they slashed down, blood splashed immediately.

A group of cavalry detoured to the west and drove back the panic-stricken flock of sheep. Arrows flew wildly along the way, slaughtering the flock on the spot! There were also a few shepherd dogs with their tails between their legs. The screams of panic and fear from all around were terrifying.

The beans and fodder on the cart were also ignited, and smoke billowed along the winding road.

Standing on the ground, Dong Zunhui wiped his saber on the clothes of a dead corpse several times. Looking around, there were corpses everywhere on the ground, stained with snowflakes, bloodstained everywhere. The fighting didn't stop, a wounded man was crawling desperately in the snow with his eyes wide open, Zhou Jun's soldiers chased up and stepped on his back, raised his saber, and stabbed him a few times, blood spattered his face all over, and the people lying on the ground screamed like ghosts.

Dong Zunhui put the knife into the scabbard, called five generals, pointed to a long line of messy scenes and smoke on the snow, and said: "This road is on the side of Tonglulong (Pingzhou, the gateway to the West Liao Corridor). We can meet a group of people delivering food, and there may be more behind. You each take a thousand cavalry and go north along the road."

Several generals answered with clasped fists.

Dong Zunhui assigned the order again, and ordered them to kill all living things, and they must fight quickly and never stay. He explained: "After returning, meet in the direction of Xishan and look for the Chinese army brigade."

"Here!"

Dong Zunhui turned his head to look at Zhou Tong, ordered two thousand cavalry, and ordered Zhou Tong to lead the troops to the north entrance first. Something happened on the road here, so I have to rush to another grain road as soon as possible, so that if there is luggage in the direction of the north entrance, if I get the news, I will run away!

The remaining 3,000 riders and Dong Zunhui did not clean up the battlefield, but threw human corpses and debris into the snow, burned all the food and grass, and then took one or two dead sheep and left.

The cavalry continued to move all the way to the northwest, and when they met a village, a group of people and horses passed through the middle of the village. Horseshoes are roaring in the village, but where are people? The doors and windows are closed all around, but there must be people, because many roofs are emitting smoke, which has not yet been extinguished.

All the troops passed by the village, throwing the dead sheep into the courtyard inside, and the family threw a few sheep, and then left.

After the rear army entered the village, the villagers seemed to have found the dead sheep given to them, and gradually knew that it was the Zhou army who had come. They opened the doors one after another, and a young daughter-in-law with sharp eyes saw Dong Zunhui, a young man with jewelry and scabbards, coming up with hot noodle soup. But she didn't succeed. Immediately, some generals rushed forward, took the noodle soup and gulped it down, and thanked her with a smile.

Dong Zunhui said loudly: "Master Wang is on a hunting tour and will send some prey to the villagers as New Year's goods. A small gift. The Emperor of Great Zhou wished the people of Youzhou a happy new year!"

A civil servant accompanying the army shouted loudly: "The king's expedition to the north, regaining the homeland, the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe, and the world will be peaceful!"

The army and the common people were elated, and shouted this sentence one after another. If no one took the lead, everyone would still not know what words to shout to vent their emotions.

Dong Zunhui ordered the civil servants: "Look where the village elder is, let him divide the sheep evenly, tell the villagers not to spread the word, and then find someone to cover up the horseshoe footprints we left when we came, so as to prevent the Liao army from retaliating."

The civil servant first agreed, and then said in a deep voice: "We are sending sheep, the Liao army killed indiscriminately, and the people's support is obvious. General Dong needn't worry too much about other things."

A group of people sent sheep everywhere. Soon after, Dong Zunhui got a report and found the grain team again on the road from Beikou to Youzhou!

Dong Zunhui's young face showed crazy enthusiasm, and he shouted: "We have found prey again, let's go to Beikou first, and hunt with Zhou Tongbu from north to south!"

All the troops screamed strangely, and the horse team seemed to be boiling water. Everyone rode their horses, and the horses galloped indulgently in the vast wilderness.

...

"Kuuuuuuuuuu!" Yelujing smashed the wine bowl to pieces on the ground, his face was livid.

His sudden rage immediately shocked all the nobles in the big tent, and everyone kept their mouths shut for a while to avoid the anger of the sweat, and no one wanted to hit it...

However, all the nobles are also very upset at this time! The food and grass for those flocks were transferred from their own territory. Even Liaodong is also the territory of the Khitan nobles. The loss is their own things. Who can be happy?

At this point in the battle, Yelvjing and the others knew that the various ministries were very unwilling... In the past, wars were for grabbing things, and there was always something to gain if you shed blood; in battles like the defense of Youzhou, not only did you not get anything, but you also had to eat your money!

Now the main force of the army is consumed here, and the confrontation has been going on for a day and a night. The Liao army camped behind the formation and took turns to rest; the Zhou army still did the same. There is no way to attack the back and back of the Zhou army's camp in a detour, because the Zhou army's cavalry is heavily supported by the Zhou army's cavalry on both wings.

"How long will this take?" Yelujing turned to look at brother Yeluxiu. Under the fury, Da Khan has no good words.

Brother Yeluxiu said: "In the current situation, the Great Khan must not be anxious, as time goes by, loopholes may appear in the Zhou army..."

He said again: "The Zhou army's cavalry went deep to the north, but this group of troops cannot be allowed to be unrestrained."

Emperor Liao asked: "Who is going to kill them!?"

General Yelu Xiezhen said: "I am willing to go. I only need 20,000 riders, first go east, and then, a few units will block and encircle the Zhou army at Beikou."

Emperor Liao said: "Zhou Jun will definitely return from the east?"

Yelu Xiezhen said: "The Liao army is in Zhuozhou in the west, and the Zhou army is not so stupid to think about it. They charged at the army. Cut off the back road from the east, and I am familiar with the way of hunting."

So Yelu Xiezhen was ordered to lead troops to surround him.

Unexpectedly, next night, it was suddenly reported that Zhou's soldiers and horses had crossed the upper reaches of the Sanggan River (northwest section of Youzhou City). Now that Zhou's army has moved to the west, can Yelu Xiezhen still be caught? The Liao army predicted that the Zhou army would go east to return, and Yelu Xiezhen's troops went out to the east. Now they are temporarily chasing west, and it is no wonder that they can catch up with a hundred miles away!

In the big tent of the Liao army, Brother Yeluxiu couldn't help scolding Yelu Xiezhen for being dull-headed in front of everyone, saying: "Zhou Jun is looking for death if he goes to the west! To the west of Youzhou and Zhuozhou is the Western Mountain, covered with snow. The cavalry of the Zhou Army can still go over the mountain. Where are they going west? I invite an army to go north and block the Zhou army on the east side of the Western Mountain!"

Yelvjing frowned and asked, "How many troops do you need?"

Brother Yeluxiu said: "It only takes 10,000 riders! Don't worry about sweating, Youzhou is the territory of Daliao. Zhou Jun's whereabouts can't be hidden, and he will definitely be caught by his ministers."

He was full of confidence, and the cavalry didn't just run as they wanted. As long as they could grasp the opponent's movement in time, be good at predicting the direction, and estimate the opponent's horsepower, they would not be able to escape even if they intercepted the opponent, unless they turned around and ran in a further north direction. It's just that if Zhou Jun's cavalry is determined to hide, it will be more troublesome, and tactics need to be faster and more flexible. \u003c