Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 238 Retreat Westward
Even the candidates mentioned by Guangzhi surprised the emperor and Gan Zhaoji. "I recommend Tao Lin from Kaifeng, he will be able to do this well."

"Who is this Tao Lin? What official position do you currently hold?"

"Tao Lin is white. His family used to be the Imperial Army, and it was Li Buqi's personal guard. Now he is in charge of maritime trade in Dengzhou and other places. This man is very skilled in martial arts. He has learned a lot from Li Buqi and presided over the In matters of maritime trade, I am familiar with the situation at sea, so I can directly use the fleet of merchants to restrain pirates. There is no one who is more suitable than him among the people I know. Moreover, he is just a commoner, and he doesn't like to show off. Let him recruit Pirates will not be caught by the Liao people."

If before today, Lian Guangzhi proposed to let Li Buqi's original personal guards recruit pirates to attack the Liao Kingdom, the emperor might have considered whether there would be any disadvantages in letting a courtier hold an armed force that was not controlled by him as the emperor.But now Wen Yanbo, Pang Ji, Xia Ji and Han Qi all agree that Li Buqi has basically no hope of surviving. Naturally, there is nothing to worry about when recruiting pirates.

Lian Guangzhi said that with the method of recruiting pirates, Da Song didn't need to pay a penny for the time being, and he didn't have to take risks, but he could contain a large number of Liao's troops and consume a lot of taxes in Liao. These expected benefits deeply attracted the emperor.So Zhao Zhen immediately called Wen Yanbo, Pang Ji, Bao Zheng and others to discuss.

Bao Zheng believes that buying and selling people is harmful to the peace, and he is not interested in this method.This is why Lian Guangzhi bypassed Bao Zheng and came directly to the emperor.But Wen Yanbo and Pang Ji were not so pedantic. What they thought was how to hold back the pace of Liao's attack.

Although Lian Guangzhi said that it takes time to recruit pirates, it also depends on the weather, because at least all the sea ice has melted before the pirates can land on the coast of Liao.But if the Song Dynasty does not collapse in the end of this war, and the Liao people are exhausted and have to negotiate like 40 years ago, the ministers hope to increase their bargaining chips in the negotiations.In this way, it is also a good choice to be able to attack pirates in the Liao Kingdom, not to mention that the court does not need a penny.

Under the dominance of such thoughts, several ministers and privy officials quickly reached an agreement.Moreover, this matter must not be discussed with great fanfare in the court. The best thing is that the court does not need to spend a penny, nor does it need to be discussed in the court.Therefore, with the rare efficiency of the Song court, before the palace gate was closed, the matter was basically settled according to Lian Guangzhi's suggestion, and no one even objected to Tao Lin's appointment.

This efficiency shocked even Guangzhi's jaw.Although Li Buqi had expected the court to quickly agree to the matter when discussing the matter with him, both of them were worried that the proposal to let Tao Lin preside over the recruitment of pirates would have twists and turns.But today, no one seems to be worried about the close relationship between Tao Lin and Li Buqi.This surprised him a little.

But after the meeting was over and he left the palace, Pang Ji solved his doubts.

At this moment, Pang Ji called Lian Guangzhi to stop, and asked suspiciously: "Hebei just sent a battle report saying that Li Zhongzheng led five thousand troops to cut off the Liao people's food road a few days ago. There is no news so far. Do you know what Li Zhongzheng has? Is there a plan to get out?"

Lian Guangzhi naturally knew that Li Buqi had collected information on Yanyun's terrain and Liao's garrison through various channels, and had a plan to attack Yanyun with a strong army to frighten the Liao people during the war.But Lian Guangzhi felt that this idea was outrageous, and he would not tell Pang Ji at this time, so he just said: "I don't know about this matter."

Pang Ji nodded silently, and said in a regretful tone: "Oh, it's a pity. No matter what Li Buqi's political views are, he is a rare talent. Sigh..."

After Pang Ji finished speaking, he shook his head and left, leaving Lian Guangzhi standing there alone in a daze.

He couldn't help wondering why Pang Ji looked like Li Buqi was dead.According to his understanding of Li Buqi, Li Buqi would not risk his life casually, and he would not take such a risk if he was not sure.He thought of Li Buqi's detailed plans for the routes to and from the Liao Kingdom, and he shook his head and laughed -- that's fine, everyone thought Li Buqi was dead, and no one would say Li Buqi in such a short time The bad words, should I take the opportunity to add some halo to Li Buqi, so that Li Buqi will look like a god when he comes back, and whoever wants to plot Li Buqi will have to spend more time.

There were few secrets in the court of the Great Song Dynasty, especially since Li Buqi was a celebrity. After Li Buqi's "absolute pen Zhazi" was sent to Tokyo, the matter spread among the people immediately.In just a few days, Li Buqi was said to have become a character of unparalleled loyalty and righteousness in the folklore, and he could almost stand shoulder to shoulder with Guan Erye and Yang Lao Linggong.

While the capital was full of turmoil, Li Buqi, who was planning how to escape, rested in Yuhe County for nearly a day. After nightfall, he had to send a large number of scouts to guard against the Liao army's surprise attack.

This is Song Jun's shortcoming.Although Li Buqi required all the soldiers of the Zhenwu Army to learn how to ride horses, and now there are enough horses to ride, these infantrymen were exhausted after riding for more than [-] miles, and the skin on their inner thighs was worn out. Li Buqi Had to take precious time for them to rest.Fortunately, the Liao people apparently did not expect that Li Buqi did not return to the Song Dynasty, but instead ran to the edge of Xijin Mansion, so his scouts did not appear in Yuhe County until evening.

There are already mountains in Yuhe to rely on, and it is a good battlefield that Li Buqi expected, so he is not too worried about being discovered by the Liao people.

At three o'clock in the morning, all the soldiers were called to bury pots and make food, and finally had a hot meal. They also drove the captive Liao people to feed more than 2 horses.It's just because there are a large number of cattle and horses in the team now, so the movement is slow.Li Buqi ordered [-] infantry to drive the horses and leave first, and the rest drove the cattle to go more than ten miles away. Zhong Er, who was in charge of the break, sent someone to report the Liao army's tens of thousands of raids on Yuhe County.Not long after, Chong Er ordered people to report again, probably because the Liao people were worried about an ambush, so it was discovered that after Yuhe County was evacuated, there was no further action for the time being, but only spreading scouts, and Chong Er was attracting the Liao army to follow.

When the sky turned pale, the Liao people finally determined that the Song army was moving northwest into the mountains, and Yixin led his army to chase down the southwest.On the way, the messenger sent back by the general in front reported that the Song cavalry was speeding up. In order to catch the Song army as soon as possible, Yixin ordered the forward general to chase at full speed and must bite the Song army, so a fierce chase began.

Yelu Ruru, who had followed the cavalry of the Song army at a distance, immediately ordered to blow the horn after receiving the order, and led a thousand-man team under him to gradually raise the speed of the horse to the highest speed, and charged at the Song army at full speed, and the sound of hooves was like thunder.

The people of Song Dynasty also obviously noticed that the Liao army was speeding up, and immediately began to adjust their formation, seemingly forming a formation of swallow wings in the pale sky.However, the Song army did not fight back, but still retreated at the original speed.

"What are the people of Song doing?" Yeluruzhen had a question in his mind, but it was too late to think about it. He saw that the people of Song were getting closer and within the range of the bow and arrow, so he took off his bow, bent the bow and set the arrow. Aim at the Song people ahead and shoot.

The night had not completely faded, and the gray cloak and black armor of the Song people blended into the background, making it difficult to aim, but Yeluru really knew that for this kind of group target, a rough shot would suffice.

When he shot the first arrow, Song Jun immediately shot back.For a moment, Yeluru, who was in the lead, felt that the feather arrows were coming from all directions in front of him, and he couldn't defend against it.Just when he was hesitating for a while whether to slow down the horse and wait for the people behind or continue to charge towards the Song people's team, suddenly the war horse under his crotch let out a mournful cry and fell down.As an old rider, he immediately understood that his mount had been hit by an arrow, he quickly threw the bow and arrow in his hand, and pulled his foot out of the stirrup to land.But before he fell to the ground, he felt a pain in his chest and shoulders, and a feathered arrow pierced through the outer fur and the inner iron armor and penetrated into the flesh.

Before he could cry out in pain, he felt a heavy blow to his heart, and the strength in his body seemed to be gone with the wind.He flew forward in a perfect parabola, rolled a few times after landing, and then stopped completely, because he was full of reluctance and didn't close his eyes to see the cavalrymen behind him being shot and fell off their horses one by one.

His last thought was: "How is it possible? Is this from Song Dynasty?"

It was too late for him to figure it out.As soon as he had this idea, a bowl-sized hoof of a horse that had lost its knight crushed his head.

(End of this chapter)