Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The water of the Hutuo River slaps on the rocks, and the white waves splash and glitter in the sun. The Khitan cavalry rushed on the flat road, the corridor-like area, extending from east to west like a smooth road.

However, there are many mountains and mountains on both sides of the north and south, and the shadows of the mountains and mountains are overwhelming. "Rumbling..." The sound of horseshoes echoed between the mountains and rivers.

Yang Gun knew more about Hedong than other Khitan generals. He said to Xiao Duoli: "The road going east is the road to Hebei; however, after crossing Pingxingling (near the great victory of Pingxingguan) and turning north at Lingqiu, it is the road leading to Weizhou. As long as you reach Weizhou, you can reach Yunzhou without any danger."

Xiao Duli took it for granted, and he had no choice.

The army rode for nearly two hours, the flat road gradually became undulating, and suddenly reported that Xu Jun was found ahead!

Xiao Duili patted his horse to the front, and he saw a group of soldiers and horses at the mountain pass waiting in the middle of the road. He suddenly said: "Wuzhou (Zhangjiakou) Gao Yanchou's people appear here at this time?"

The general scolded: "We were tricked from the very beginning! All the soldiers and horses in the north of the Xu Kingdom came here!"

"No..." Xiao Duoli took a closer look and noticed the Chinese characters on Xu Jun's flags. On the flags of various colors, there were words like Xu, Pingzhou Jun, Lin, etc. He slapped his forehead, and the military general surnamed Lin in Pingzhou must be Lin Renzhao, he is quite famous, and he is Liu Renzhan's subordinate.

Xiao Duoli stared and said: "If the people here belong to Liu Renzhan, where is Gao Yanchou?!"

No one expected that the Hebei Pingzhou army would appear in Hedong, but Gao Yanchou was already in Xiao Duoli's prediction... He had known for a long time that Gao Yanchou's troops left Wuzhou and moved west; at first the generals of the Liao army believed that Gao Yanchou was going to Yangye. Now it is obvious that Gao Yanchou will participate in the siege by Xu Guoren's conspiracy!

Gao Yanchou may be deploying a second containment front in the northern area of ​​Yanmen Mountain!

Xiao Duoli let out a long sigh, suddenly felt that he might not be able to fly this time, he didn't know how heavy the siege was by Xu's army.

He looked at the surrounding mountains, only this road was known to be able to pass through, and no one dared to lead an army into the mountainous areas in other directions, and it was very likely that they would be congested inside and fall into a dead end!

The sun was shining brightly above his head, but Xiao Duoli felt his hands and feet were cold. Xu country's vast rivers and mountains with complex topography are no longer sheep pens and hunting grounds in his mind, but like a quagmire of cannibalism, full of dangers everywhere!

He is desperate, but the enemy will never let him go just because he is desperate! Xiao Tuoli quickly judged the situation and decided to kill Lin Renzhao... Lin Renzhao's subordinates were descended soldiers from the Southern Tang Kingdom, and their combat power was definitely not as strong as the Imperial Guards of the Xu Kingdom in the west; Xiao Tuoli believed that the Jiangnan soldiers and land battles were not even as good as Yang Ye's Hedong Army.

"Attack immediately!" Xiao Duoli said coldly, "Why don't you just sit here and wait for death?"

The Liao army quickly mobilized troops and stormed Lin Renzhao's troops at Taniguchi.

The horseshoes of the cavalry roared, and the loess filled the sky! In the smoke, the flames shone like stars, the firearms flickered, the arrows flew across, and the screams and shouts resounded through the mountains and rivers.

"Da! Da!" The heavy iron hoof collapsed on the ground, and every time the hoof fell and trampled, the sand splashed up. A huge black shadow emerged from the dust and mist, and the sound of "bang" made the misty air tremble. A long gun fell not far away, and a soldier covered his eyes with his hands and screamed "Ahh...".

Xu Jun's soldier at the back staggered two steps with his eyes wide open, holding his spear with both hands, his whole body was visibly trembling! The spear trembled accordingly. In an instant, Liao Qi jumped up screaming, and the man on the horse roared and struck a sword head-on. With a sound of "cha", the raised iron sword splashed blood. The cavalry immediately rushed through the front of the gun formation and squeezed in, roaring and "ding, ding, bang, bang" sounds.

Xiao Duoli and others had already climbed up a nearby hillside, looking down, it was full of weeds and loess. The wind blows the dust, like the smoke of the weeds being ignited. Countless cavalry flocked to the mountain pass, the phalanx in front of Xu Jun had collapsed, the infantry with stick-like guns were running desperately, and the cavalry iron swords were dancing around.

Some other phalanxes are also retreating to the slopes on both sides in groups... It's like a trick to lure the enemy, because there are many soldiers and horses visible to the naked eye on the high ground on both sides. Entering from the valley road, the winding road gradually narrows!

But Xiao Tuoli didn't have time to play tricks with Lin Renzhao, so he decided to break it with his strength. Dang even ordered: "Beat the drums and break through the block!"

The drums were rumbling, and the cavalry vanguard of the Liao army rushed into the valley along the road with shouts. On the hillsides on both sides, the horse-rejection posts and the slanted cherry guns seemed to be a fence. Several rows of Xu Jun's firearms stood behind the fence, "cracking" and firing at the cavalry on the road.

The cavalry of the Liao Army also ran forward bravely, while riding and shooting sideways. Up and down the hillside, the cavalry and the infantry of the Xu Army kept falling down. On both sides of the road, smoke filled the air and shouts shook the sky.

Not long after, the cavalry came to a bend and the road was narrow, and the Liao army was forced to slow down the charge. This turn became a nightmare!

The firearms flickered, not only from both sides, but also from the front side of the bend, and from three sides; the road was narrow, and the firearms were close together... Every time the firelight flashed, the Liao army on the road seemed to encounter lead pellets poured like raindrops!

Some horses knelt down on their front hooves and hissed miserably to the ground, while some fell to the side, all of them were killed. The rushing men and horses continued to become thinner, and the last rider was covered in blood and fell to the ground with a "bang".

"Wow, ah..." The yelling and the roar of horseshoes did not stop at all, and a group of cavalry rushed over again.

"Bang bang bang..." There seemed to be explosions from all sides. The soldiers who had finished releasing immediately left the fence, and the soldiers behind quickly put the long firearms on their shoulders on the road again.

The land was no longer visible on the ground, the valley was covered with corpses of people and horses, and the mud and sand were all stained dark with blood.

... Liao general Xiao Duli on the hillside at the back saw the valley covered in dust, the sound of explosions and hoofbeats was so loud that he couldn't see clearly what was going on inside. However, there were cavalrymen rushing in from the entrance of the valley, but the yellow dust never extended like the depths of the valley... What happened to the men and horses stuffed in? Xiao Duli can imagine.

As the flames of war continued, his eyes were moist. The people around were all silent.

Xi Bing and Jurchen soldiers had dismounted from their horses, and were attacking Xu Jun on the hillside along both sides of the mouth of the valley. There are people all over the mountains and smoke all over the fields. People don't seem to be fighting bravely, but they seem to be struggling in pain in the wilderness.

At this time, a Khitan drove his horse up the slope with the big flag, and shouted: "Commander, Xu Jun's pursuers fought with our rear army on the north bank of the (Hutuo River) river! Guan Yijia is Dong Zunhui's horsemen."

Xiao Duoli stood there in a daze.

"Marshal..." The general who reported the report shouted again.

Xiao Duoli finally spoke: "Command the generals, my Liao army has been encircled and killed! Khitan warriors, I would rather die in battle!"

The Liao Army and Dong Zunjiao's troops fought in the west, and the sound of killing seemed to resound throughout the corridor.

A group of cavalry from the Liao Army on the south bank of the Hutuo River waded northward from the shoal, intending to attack Dong Zunhui's side on the north bank in a roundabout way, and reinforce the Liao army on the north bank. Unexpectedly, I met the cavalry forward of Yang Yebu!

Dong Zunhui and Yang Ye joined forces, and the north and the south echoed each other, and their troops increased greatly. On both sides of the Hutuo River, scuffles continued. On the surface of the river, there are corpses washed up by the water everywhere, as well as horse corpses and flags, making a mess.

In the afternoon, Dong Zunjiao's cavalry infantry gathered forward, the heavy infantry advanced slowly in a square formation, and the cavalry on both sides rushed to kill. Yang Yebu also joined the dense infantry phalanx.

The fighting lasted from noon to evening!

The two armies squeezed eastward, and the total number of troops on both sides was no less than 100,000! All crowded in this place, on both sides of the Hutuo River, on the corridor between Taihang and Yanmen Mountain, it seems to have been filled with people and horses!

Taking advantage of the dimming light, many Liao army rebels began to flee to the valley path between Yanmen Mountain and Taihang Mountain, and the battle situation was out of control.

The soldiers and horses of the Liao army took bows and arrows and shot at the fleeing troops. Some people shouted in Khitan dialect: "If you run wildly into the mountains, you will get lost. Even if you can cross Yanmen Mountain, there are still Gao Yanchou's troops!"

Lieutenant General Yeluhu'er led his troops to turn around from the front, and Yang Gun and others called out to stop him.

Yeluhu'er looked flustered and pale. Seeing Yang Gun wearing bloody armor, he asked, "Brother Yang, why isn't he in the Chinese army? Why does he look like this?"

Yang Gun said: "It's not my blood, it's the armor taken off from the dead." He paused and then sighed, "It doesn't help!"

Yelu Huer was sad.

Yang Gun patted his horse forward and said in a deep voice, "Someone needs to go north to find out what's going on behind the Ming Mountain, and report the danger here to Duke Xiao."

Yelu Hu'er was stunned after hearing this, and said: "Brother Yang, can you find the way?"

Pointing to the north, Yang Gun said: "That valley is called Xigou. After crossing Xigou, there is a rugged path going north. It is difficult for a large army to pass, but if there are only a dozen or so riders, it will not be congested..."

After hearing this, Yelu Huer turned to look at the big flag on the hillside. Yang Gun said in a low voice: "There are too many people and horses to get through, not to mention that if the commander escapes, the army will die. The general should make a decision immediately!"

At this time, Xu Jun's cavalry had launched an attack from the north side, and the melee in front gradually approached the valley mouth called Xigou. Yelu Hu'er hurriedly said: "General Yang remembers brother at this critical moment, brother will never forget."

Yang Gun said: "The King of the Northern Courtyard (Yelu Xiezhen) treats Yang very kindly..."

Without further ado, Yelu Hu'er immediately ran northward with his cavalry, Yang Gun and others, and Fan Zhongyi was also in the team, and at this time his face was ashen and he couldn't say anything.

Yang Gun rushed into the valley with everyone, and couldn't help but look back when he was at the mouth of the valley. There were people running around behind him, and the whole corridor seemed like a pot of porridge.

At this moment, his heart was twisted like a knife, and he turned his head and rode his horse into the valley. The huge noise behind him was still in his ears, and there seemed to be a Chinese voice in the air: General Yang, if you want to plan the country, how can you not shed some blood?

What happened that night in Daizhou suddenly came to my mind. .