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On the banks of the Gaoliang River, troops gathered.

Duan Mingyu's three armies moved in unison. Except for the 8 troops defending Yelufeng under the city of Yanjing, all of Duan Mingyu's 20 troops were there again. If you have a bit of a sneaky eye, you can still find out that Li Cunxu's troops who attacked the grain road and carried out guerrilla warfare still have not returned. bit.

At the Khitan camp, Yelu Deguang said with a surprised face, "What, Duan Mingyu sent troops,"

Yelu Lihu immediately stood up against the table, his face trembling, "This turtle with a shrunken head has been shrunk for nearly two months in Qixian County, has it finally lost its temper? Second brother, give me an order, let me pick this guy up dog's head,"

Yelu Deguang swept all the generals in the tent, the generals here are all Khitan people. Obviously, the nine Han generals are always outsiders, not our race, and their hearts must be different. The Han people are still unable to integrate into the Khitan high-level. This has always been the national policy of Khitan, and this mentality was especially serious at the beginning of the founding of the country.

Yelu Deguang said, "Third brother, please be safe and don't be impatient. Generals, what do you think is the real reason why Mingyu sent troops this time?"

All the generals have not been Sinicized yet, each of them scratched their heads and ears, unable to explain why, and one of them held back for a long time before letting out a fart, "Isn't this guy just trying to defeat us?"

The emperor Yelu Abaoji, who sat at the top, didn't say a word. At this moment, he seemed to have delegated all his strength to Yelu Deguang. Seeing the reaction of the generals, Emperor Abaoji couldn't bear it even if he was used to such scenes. He twitched his cheeks.

Yelu Lihu curled his lips, "This is not nonsense, the troops are not sent to defeat the opponent, is it to lose to the opponent?" But Yelu Lihu soon discovered that he himself could not tell why.

Yelu Deguang said, "Ahem, this commander believes that Duan Mingyu sent troops this time as a last resort. Seeing that the severe winter is approaching, the southerners cannot tolerate the severe cold. Duan Mingyu wants to settle the battle before the severe winter arrives. ,My child thought that Duan Mingyu's impatience is nothing to be afraid of, my Khitan Tiger and Ben army has already been waiting for it, and Duan Mingyu has shown himself, our army will surely win a big victory, "

Yelu Lihu was overjoyed, secretly said, yes, I thought so too...

Yelu Abaoji opened his slightly closed eyes, and said: "If you should send troops, you should think it through clearly, so don't ask me any more opinions."

"Yes, that's it, my boy will announce the strategy against the enemy, the three armies will obey the order, pass on my commander's order, and fight against Gaoliang River," Yelu Deguang said with a loud shout, full of spirit.

"Second brother, let me lead a team, and I promise not to let the Tang army cross the Gaoliang River with one man and one horse," Yelu Lihu said solemnly, lifting the reins of the horse in front of the Gaoliang River.

"What are you in a hurry for, let the Han general Jiubu go first, every life of our Khitan sons is valuable," Yelu De Guang shouted angrily, Yelu Lihu felt guilty, and had to retreat obediently.

Zhang Shifang and other Han ranked the Nine Departments with nearly 20 horses in the front line. After learning that they were leading the battle again, the nine generals couldn't help but look at each other.

Zhang Shifang secretly rejoiced that he had made up his mind a long time ago, exchanged a wink with three of the generals, and immediately ordered the river bank to be strictly guarded, and the Tang army was not allowed to cross the Gaoliang River.

The Tang army was preparing to cross the river, so the pontoon bridge and other necessary equipment were naturally ready, and a mighty river crossing began.

The war drums were rumbling, and the whole army began to cross the river. As soon as the Tang army crossed the river, the opposite side began to shoot arrows, but the range was not enough, and when the wind blew it, it immediately became distorted. Mouse, when the Tang army was halfway across the river, the casualties really began to appear. The pontoon bridge was very narrow, and there was almost no room for maneuvering. The Tang army could only move forward with the shield. At this time, the power of the bow and arrow began to increase. In the water, it was better to be injured by bows and arrows. Due to the casualties, the order of crossing the river became chaotic. More people got off the pontoon bridge because of being crowded. Once they fell off the pontoon bridge and were swept up by the force of the water, they disappeared. Only a few people swam back to the shore relying on their skilled water skills, still swinging themselves.

Duan Mingyu frowned, "Send me the commander-in-chief, and mortar support will cross the river,"

After hearing this, the herald waved a small flag and conveyed the order...

More than 100 mortars were carried to the shore. After the gunner adjusted the distance, he loaded the shells into the barrels one by one, "Boom..."

Cannonballs fell on the other side of the river, and the front-end archers were blown to pieces. In ancient times, archers and cavalry were the most difficult to train in an army, and they were also the most precious. It took a long time to train them training and funding.

After a wave of shells, the few remaining archers ran back to their formation, and the nine generals couldn't help feeling sorry.

"Come on, change a group of archers and continue to suppress the Tang army,"

At this time, without the suppression of the archers, the Tang army crossing the river has restored some order and advanced a lot. Shang Rang, who commanded the crossing of the river, saw another group of archers coming from the opposite bank and ordered, "Mortars, keep shooting,"

It was another round of indiscriminate bombardment. These archers died one after another before they entered their positions. The nine generals were even more frightened. These days, they have participated in the attack on Qi County, more or less At least everyone has suffered from mortars, but there is still no countermeasure.

In this way, Tang Jun began to jump onto the river bank. There were not many, but it was enough to boost morale.

In desperation, they had no choice but to send a team of captain gunners to try to drive the Tang troops who had boarded the river bank back into the river, but the result was the same. As soon as these Khitan Han soldiers approached the river bank, they would suffer extremely heavy casualties. Not one out of ten, the nine generals of the Khitan Han army looked at each other, who didn't want to send people up, this hesitation, the Tang army had already crossed the river with tens of thousands of people, and the tens of thousands of troops were endless, the soldiers who went ashore were very orderly The formation was quickly formed, as if it had been trained on weekdays.

At this time, the Khitan army behind galloped to count the horses, all of them were tall horses. The nine generals of the Han army saw it and felt cold, this is the supervising army.

One of the Khitan generals who led him ran up to General Wei Han on horseback and shouted angrily, "Why did you let Tang Jun cross the river? , Those who disobey the order shall be beheaded,"

Seeing this, Zhang Shifang winked at the other three generals who were about to start an uprising. Unknowingly, the cronies of the three generals surrounded the Khitan Supervising Army, and the Khitan Supervising Army still didn't realize it, and angrily cursed, "You still don't know what to do?" What are you doing in a daze, if you don’t send troops again, the swords of a certain family don’t recognize people, even if you are the leader of tens of thousands of people, I can still kill you.”