Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 226 Retreating in Front of the Enemy ([-])

As more and more troops from the Liao army arrived on the battlefield, the Liao people became more and more courageous. There would often be small groups of cavalry rushing towards the Song army's phalanx with howling flying horses. Turning suddenly away, occasionally throwing feather arrows with a riding bow, in order to constantly disturb the opponent.

Xia Xingmei came to the front of the formation, tried her best to straighten her body to observe the formation of the Song army that had stopped moving, and couldn't help frowning.

When marching, Li Buqi can let the troops distance themselves to pretend to be a large number of people, but in the face of the threat of the Liao cavalry, the infantry must be arranged in a tight formation, and the distance between each army formation has certain rules.So although Guo Kui ordered a lot of smoke piles to be lit, the experienced veterans can still see the approximate strength of the troops at a glance.

Xia Xingmei just glanced at it and was sure that the infantry of the Song army would not exceed [-], and the number of cavalry was probably between [-] and [-] according to scout reports. However, there were still many vehicles in the Song army, and I don't know how many were hidden in it. people.

Xia Xingmei turned her head and turned to the generals under her command and said: "It seems that Tanma was wrong. The Song army has at most 3 people. Our army has 8 people at once. If we can't win with one blow, then we There is no place to put his face. After eating these 3 people, there will probably be few soldiers in Baozhou. If Baozhou is opened, then it will be more at ease to fight south. This is sent to us by the people of Song Dynasty The wine and meat must not be let go."

All the generals were gearing up for it. In their view, the Song Army, which was mainly infantry, would die if it came out to fight in the field.Without waiting for the infantry to arrive, these [-] Song people can be easily killed by relying on their cavalry alone.

Xia Xingmei was about to set up a siege for the Song army, when suddenly a general asked, "What are the Song people doing? Why did they pull the carts to the front? Are they going to use the carts to stop our attack?"

Everyone looked up and saw a long row of carts driving out from the side of the Song Army infantry formation, blocking the front of the formation.

Xia Xingmei chuckled and said, "It would be great if the Song people stayed on the spot. There is no food and grass inside, and no reinforcements outside. It only takes a few days of stalemate, and the Song army will collapse without fighting."

Yelushu who had just suffered a loss quickly reminded: "These chariots of the Song people are very strange, and there seem to be many crossbowmen hidden in them."

One of the generals laughed: "Let's encircle and not fight. Just wait for the Song people to come out from behind the wall."

The generals of the Liao Army thought so, so they all laughed.Xia Xingmei was not in a hurry to arrange to surround Song's army, and said cheerfully, "Send someone closer and see what Song will do."

Not long after the order was handed down, someone rushed to report: "Report! The Song people have begun to retreat towards Baozhou!"

"What?" Xia Xingmei had a strange expression at first, and then laughed loudly: "Most people in the Song Dynasty are infantry soldiers, and they can live longer whether they seek war or camp on the spot. If you want to retreat to Baozhou in front of tens of thousands of cavalry, then Are you looking for death? I don’t know who is in command of these Song soldiers, is it Guo Kui or Li Buqi? It seems that these two people are also in vain.”

Yelushu was still in shock, and in order to justify himself, he hurriedly said: "It might be weird for the Song people to do this. For example, the Song people's baggage should be the easiest to hit, but who knows..."

Immediately, someone mocked him: "Hehe, people from Song Dynasty can only deceive you with such a trick."

Yelushu has been ridiculed by several people one after another, and he couldn't help feeling angry, so he shut his mouth and made up his mind to stand on the sidelines.

Xia Xingmei immediately dispatched troops: "King Kong Nu, take Li Shan and A Zhehei to stop the Song people with 1 cavalry, and don't let them escape. But first let their leaders walk a certain distance, and don't drive the Song people away." Do you understand together?"

King Kong Nu understood Xia Xingmei's plan as soon as he rolled his eyes, and immediately said: "Don't worry about all arrangements, the general will understand."

Then Xia Xingmei said to Wenshunu and others: "Wenshunu, Hu Lihei, each of you led your headquarters to attack the rear of the Song people from the left and right wings, hold them back, and widen the distance between the rear and the front of the Song people."

After the two took orders, Xia Xingmei said: "Okay, the others follow my command, and if the Song people's actions are out of touch, they will follow my order to rush up at full speed and tear the hole."

The generals of the Liao Kingdom immediately agreed.

At this time, Li Buqi was standing on his horseback, putting the binoculars in front of his eyes to carefully observe the situation of the Liao people.When he put down the binoculars, Guo Kui asked, "What did you see while patrolling?"

Li Buqi said: "The Liao people haven't made any movement yet. But I dare say that the Liao people will definitely not give up our big piece of fat. I just don't know how the Liao people plan to eat us."

Guo Kui said: "That's right. If I were from Liao, I wouldn't see tens of thousands of people returning to Baozhou easily." At this point, he changed the subject and reminded Li Buqi somewhat rudely: "However, patrolling the border Well, when the Liao people move, someone will naturally report it, you don’t have to do this when patrolling the border, oh, you have to do everything yourself.”

Li Buqi knew that what Guo Kui meant was that he was so unsteady that the soldiers would think that he was timid when they saw him, which caused the army's morale to be unstable.But he said with a smile: "The Hebei Imperial Army has not fought a major battle for more than 40 years. I am afraid that the people below may not be able to judge certain things. It is also the first time I have participated in commanding such a large-scale battle. Naturally, I have to watch more, so that I can learn more. something."

Before the words were finished, the lookout post on the van shouted: "The Liao people have moved! A group of people has gone south!"

Li Buqi hurriedly picked up the binoculars and waited and watched. After a long time, he put the binoculars down, sat back on the saddle, and said to Guo Kui and several generals: "It seems that the Liao people are planning to surround us."

Two generals looked very unhappy, Guo Kui immediately said: "Okay, as long as the Liao people want to keep us, they can no longer avoid fighting. Now it is no longer us who want to fight, but the Liao people have to fight. Patrolling the border is really clever."

Li Buqi also saw the worried expressions on the faces of several generals, and he quickly cheered up and said: "It seems that the Liao people are several times our army, but analyzing the battles with the Liao people after the founding of the country, as long as our army has a strict formation Even if the enemy is outnumbered, the Liao people have nothing to do. Now we are only a little over ten kilometers away from Baozhou. As long as we can maintain the formation as usual training, nothing can stop our way. You just need to attack forward. , take care of your wings, and leave your back to me. I will ensure that you have no worries about your back."

Having said this, his face turned cold again: "But the ugly words are also said before, if someone is greedy for life and afraid of death and does not go forward with all his strength, don't think that the knives deployed by XX and Guo are not sharp."

Guo Kui also said: "The art of war says that you should not stop you from returning to the army. Now the Liao people have violated the taboo of the art of war. As long as you fight together, you will not be afraid that you will not be able to return to Baozhou. It's just that some people will lose their courage when they see the Liao people surrounded on all sides. Disturbing the morale of our army. Return to the headquarters as soon as possible, supervise the battle carefully, if anyone violates military discipline, he will be executed immediately."

The lieutenant general quickly took the order.Guo Kui clasped his fists to Li Buqi and said: "Li Xunbian, the next officer will go to the front to command, and everyone who is behind will be handed over to the Xunbian."

Li Buqi returned a salute and said, "Guo Deployment just moves forward. I'll leave the rest to someone." Then he ordered the flag-bearer to say, "Raise the flag of someone's life!"

The flag officer immediately shook the flag, and a blood-red flag was placed on a one-foot-high flagpole, with the word "Li" written on it.This is the flag of the general, and where the flag is, it shows where the person is.

Infected by Li Buqi's arrogance, Guo Kui also ordered people to hold high the banner of his life and gallop away in the direction of the forward. Along the way, his soldiers shouted along the way: "All the soldiers are working hard, and Li Xun is behind him." Keep guard!"

Li Buqi is a celebrity, it is said that he is like a god, and he is said to be very good at fighting. If there is such a person, what is there to worry about?Such a big shot dared to kill the empress himself, what else could the little soldier have to say?
Many Song Jun, whose calves were stretched because of the first battle, suddenly became more courageous when they heard the shouts of the soldiers.Seeing the two large flags echoing one after the other, Song Jun cheered thunderously.

Li Buqi spoke with arrogance and dryness, but in fact he was beating drums in his heart.

After arriving in Baozhou, he asked Guo Kui to repeatedly deduce the possible actions of the Liao army, and formulated this plan to lure the enemy according to the combat characteristics of the Liao army that has always avoided reality and attacked fiction.The plan is good, and now it seems that the Liao people have indeed taken the bait.But the outcome of this plan depends on whether the more than 2 forbidden troops in Baozhou have the determination and confidence to fight to the end.

The Hebei Imperial Army has not fought a major battle for more than 40 years, and since the Baozhou Mutiny a few years ago, the officers have not dared to strictly discipline their subordinates. The signs of military discipline are becoming more and more serious. Can cure the root.Moreover, the emperor and civil officials of the Song Dynasty always let "the generals do not know the soldiers, and the soldiers do not know the generals."Li Buqi was really afraid that some soldier would shout "defeated" and cause a collapse.So he had no choice but to play his own flag of life, expressing his determination to live and die with everyone to boost morale.As for what will happen in the end of this battle, we can only wait and see.

(End of this chapter)