Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 236

It's time to run.

Originally, according to Li Buqi's original plan, it was possible to wait for an opportunity to destroy the grain point that the Liao people set up in the north of Baigou, but they did not expect to loot a large number of cattle and horses that the Liao people grazed, especially the horses that were precious to the Song Dynasty. , what he cares about now is how to bring these horses back to Song Dynasty.So when he was in Huangfu Town, he only sent [-] cavalry dressed as Liao troops to Baigou to try his luck.His order to these cavalry was to fight as soon as they could, and to return immediately if they could not fight.

He now has to wait for these cavalry to come back and meet, otherwise he will retreat immediately.In this era, wooden houses accounted for the majority of the houses in the city, and when there was a fire, they would be burned continuously.The fire in Zhuozhou was getting bigger and bigger, especially in an area in the northwest of the city. The flames soared more than ten feet into the sky, which was where the Liao army's granary was located.It seems that the grain and grass hoarded by the Liao army in the city must be finished.

Just after midnight, Tanma brought Chen Xin, the cavalry commander who had returned from Baigou, back.Li Buqi saw Chen Xin's expression and asked, "But did you succeed?"

Chen Xin laughed and said: "Patrolling the border is a clever plan. When we arrived at Baigou, the Liao people were completely unprepared and thought we were our own people. We rushed into the camp and set fire on all sides. The fire shocked the Liao people's cattle and horses to rush around. The Liao people were in a mess. When we left, the Liao people's camp was already on fire."

Li Buqi asked: "How about the loss?"

Chen Xin said: "The Liao people were completely unprepared, so we only killed more than 50 people. This is because on the way back, we encountered a group of Liao cavalry, fought for a while, and lost more than ten brothers."

More than 50 people have been discounted, which is not a lot.Li Buqi didn't have time to feel distressed, so he just ordered: "The army of the Liao people will definitely arrive soon. We must retreat immediately. You still have to work hard and move with the army immediately."

Although this team of cavalry ran nearly 300 miles a day and were exhausted, they all replied excitedly: "Deling!"

Although Li Buqi had several Liao guides in his hands, it was not easy to find the right path at night.Fortunately, there is only one official road from Zhuozhou to Fangshan Town, and relying on the compass to guide you, you only need to go all the way to the northeast.

After walking for more than an hour, the cavalry caught up with the infantry who had set off earlier.It's not that the infantry walked slowly, because now all the infantry have become horse infantry, it's really that the cattle are walking too slowly.However, another three or four thousand cattle were raided near Zhuozhou, and it would be too wasteful to kill them all as they did around Huangfu Town.Li Buqi had no choice but to order the cattle to move forward as soon as possible.

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The news that a large number of Song troops appeared outside Zhuozhou City was sent to Xijin Mansion, which immediately caused a huge shock.Yeluzong, the leader of the Liao Dynasty, was really furious because he didn't know how many troops the Song army had. He immediately dispatched 2 palace cavalry to meet the enemy.

The leader of the army, Yixin, the king of the Northern Academy, led his troops to rush forward. Before dawn, he was far away and saw the flames rising from the direction of Zhuozhou City, illuminating half of the sky.He knew that Zhuozhou City was hoarding millions of tons of grain and grass for the Song Dynasty army. If it was destroyed, the outcome of this war would be doomed, so he was impatient.

In order to save the grain and grass in Zhuozhou City, he also ignored the search of the two wings, and ordered the cavalry not to care about horsepower, to gallop at full speed, and it didn't matter if the formation scattered, as long as they encountered the Song army, they would launch an attack.This is also a tactic commonly used by the Liao people. The first attack is invincible, and the rear team arrives and immediately launches an attack. This continuous attack makes the enemy feel that the Liao army is endless, and eventually their morale collapses and they are defeated.

But when the Liao army first ran to the city of Zhuozhou desperately, they found that there was no Song army except for a dead body.

It was already daylight at this time, and the Liao army in Zhuozhou saw that there was no trace of the Song army outside the city and went out to investigate. After reconciling with the reinforcements, they found that the Song army had disappeared.

While running, Yixin received a report that all the food and grass in Zhuozhou had been burned, but the Song people had disappeared. He couldn't help being furious, and immediately ordered scouts to search for the Song army.However, the scouts turned around Zhuozhou, mainly in the south direction, and found no trace of the Song army.By noon, the scouts also encountered [-] cavalry sent by Yelu Chongyuan, and confirmed that there were no Song people in the southeast direction.

The cavalry of the Liao people came to the entrance of the Great Wall and found that the fires in the open field and the narrow road had not been extinguished.They met the Liao army who came from the south from Fanshan, and only then did they know that the Song army came from the entrance of the Great Wall.

At this time, Yixin received another report, saying that yesterday Yizhou was burnt to the ground by the Song people who opened the city gates and set fire to it. The Song people also looted a large number of horses around Yi County and then disappeared.Now all the generals under him thought that since the Song army could not be found on the plain, the Song army must have entered a ravine.Although the mountain road is difficult, it can return to the Song Dynasty after all, and it is not easy to be surrounded by Liao cavalry.

The generals of the Liao Kingdom thought that this was the territory of the Liao Kingdom. Even if the Song army was daring, as long as they didn't want to die, they would definitely flee back to the territory of the Song Dynasty immediately after a successful blow.Yixin immediately ordered the scope of the search to be expanded to include the Song-Liao border area in Yizhou.After such a toss, it was almost dark.

At this time, Yelu Zongzhen's order came from Xijin Mansion, saying that Yuhe County was occupied by tens of thousands of Song troops in the morning, and the Song army plundered Yuhe.Yeluzong really believed that the Song army had a large number of cavalry, so the enemy should not be underestimated. The Xijin Mansion had closed the city gate and was ready to deal with the Song army's attack at any time.The Lord of Liao ordered Yixin to lead an army to Yuhe to encircle and wipe out the Song army.

Just when the Xijin Mansion was thrown into chaos by Li Buqi, Da Song was also shocked by Li Buqi's bold behavior.

Two days after Li Buqi sent troops, Guo Kui asked the messenger to send the letter that Li Buqi had written in advance to the Si Yamen of Hebei Economic Strategy Envoy of Daming Prefecture.Han Qi, deputy economic envoy, picked up the letter and glanced at it for a few moments, then hurriedly went to the economic envoy and stay-at-home Xia Song in Beijing.

At this time, Xia Song was sitting around the back hall and fighting tea with several Qing guests. After hearing the report that Han Qi had arrived, he asked the Qing guests to go down, and then invited Han Qi in.

As soon as Han Qi entered the door, he saluted and said, "Master, it's urgent."

Seeing Han Qi's serious face, Xia Song quickly asked, "What's the matter?"

Han Qi handed Li Buqi's letter to Xia Song and said, "Li Buqi led an army of five thousand troops to attack the entrance of the Great Wall the day before yesterday, cutting off the Liao people's food road. Now we don't know whether we will win or lose."

Xia Song quickly took the letter and glanced at it, only to see that Li Buqi's letter was written like a lost watch, mainly expressing his determination to succeed or become benevolent.Before he finished reading it, he stumbled and said: "This Li Buqi is really a reckless man. He really thinks he is a 'parachute general'? So Meng Lang, his own death is not a big deal, but his teacher's death is a big deal. And his With such a great reputation, if he is caught by the Liao people and used to publicize it, our soldiers will definitely be shocked. This is just playing with state affairs. This Guo Kui is also the same, so it’s fine if you don’t stop him. How can this news come now? Just sent it?"

In all fairness, Han Qi hoped that Li Buqi would die.But as a great official in the frontier, he has the responsibility to guard the land. At this time, he hopes that Li Buqi can come back.Seeing that Xia Song was still stumbled, he hurriedly said: "Master, Guo Kui said that he was afraid that if the news leaked out, he would trap Li Buqi's entire army to death. This also makes sense. It's too late to regret it now. The most important thing right now is not to leave." Let the Liao people have a gap to take advantage of."

Xia Song is also a shrewd and capable person, so he vented his fear and asked, "What is Zhigui's best strategy?"

Han Qi said: "There is no news of Li Buqi's defeat yet, but we want to publicize the news of Li Buqi's attack on the Great Wall as soon as possible, and vigorously praise Li Buqi's deeds of righteousness and benevolence for the country to boost morale. Even if Li Buqi fell to the Liao people or was defeated and died in the future, the soldiers would only feel that Li Buqi fought the enemy bravely. And if Li Buqi could really cut off the Liao people's food supply for a period of time, then it would be an opportunity. "

Xia Song also wanted to understand, and her eyes lit up: "Zhigui's words are right. In this way, tell the whole army immediately."

Han Qi's eyes flashed: "At the same time, the lower official thought that this matter should be reported urgently to the official family. I should add more words of praise to Li Buqi."

Xia Song immediately understood that Han Qi was trying to avoid suspicion between the two of them.He and Han Qi had an enmity with Li Buqi in the past in Shaanxi. Now that Li Buqi went deep into the rear of the Liao people alone, people who don't know might think that the two of them made a mess—— In the early days, Pan Mei got a lot of infamy for trapping Yang Ye in the Liao Kingdom, but she has not been able to recover until now, that is a lesson from the past.

So he readily accepted Han Qi's suggestion, and immediately wrote the memorial himself, together with Li Buqi's note, and sent it to Tokyo in an expedited eight hundred miles.

(End of this chapter)