Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 241 Yanmen Pass

The situation when passing by Lingqiu made Li Buqi realize the importance of communication again.

When the Song army slowly approached the Lingqiu city, the general of the Liao army in Lingqiu city even sent a team of cavalry out of the city to inquire which army came.When these cavalrymen saw that it was the banner of the Song Army, they turned around and ran away in fright.Then Lingqiu City pulled up the suspension bridge and closed the city gate tightly. The Liao army in the city never dared to leave the city until Li Buqi passed by.

Think about it too.The Liao army in Lingqiu was originally wholeheartedly guarding against the Song army in the west, but suddenly a Song army appeared quietly behind them, can you not be frightened!Moreover, nearly 2 horses caused billowing smoke and dust, no matter how you look at it, it is definitely a large army!

Since the Liao army in Lingqiu did not dare to fight, Li Buqi was most concerned about the Liao army chasing from Zijing Pass.But the rear cavalry reported that the Liao army was not chasing fast, and stopped before they had gone out of the mountain road. Now the rear cavalry is guarding the mountain pass.

As long as the mountain pass is not lost suddenly, then the reaction time is sufficient.Seeing that it was getting dark, Li Buqi ordered to set up camp at the foot of Lingqiu City, as if preparing to attack the city.This bluff really worked, and the Liao army didn't dare to move all night.

On the second day, Li Buqi set off slowly under the watchful eyes of the Liao army in Lingqiu City, and the Liao army did not dare to chase.

The city gate of Lingqiu was closed too hastily, and there was no time to inform the fort and herdsmen outside the city. As a result, Li Buqi looted many cattle and horses, and burned down the villages, post stations and bridges along the way.

Li Buqi frowned and listened to the envoy's report on the movement of the Liao army chasing him, and said to himself, "What do the Liao people want to do? Why don't they catch up?"

According to the report of the rear guard cavalry, the Liao army chasing from Zijingguan walked unhurriedly. It seemed that they didn't want to catch up with Li Buqi at all.It shouldn't be.

Yang Shiqing also touched the mustache on his chin and said, "Could it be that the Liao people have some conspiracy? But we have already passed Lingqiu City, and there is nothing in front of us that can stop us."

Gao Zunyu said smartly: "It must be the strategy of the arrogant soldiers of the Liao people. When I return home, I will relax my vigilance, and the cavalry will take the opportunity to attack."

This is the only possibility now, but the distance between the two armies is a bit far.The Liao army came from a long distance, and they must have not been well prepared. It is impossible to bring too many horses. To run such a long distance, the horsepower is a little nervous.

Zhong Er suddenly clapped his hands and said, "The last general seems to understand."

Everyone, including Li Buqi, looked at Zhong Er, and Zhong Er said: "Whether this Liao army came from Xijin Mansion or was drawn from the Liao army attacking Hebei, it must be a long-distance attack in a hurry. Then they Nine times out of ten, there is already a shortage of food and grass. Without food and grass, people can still support, but the horses cannot. We have made preparations, robbed post stations along the way, and ran away so many horses. If the Liao army is running as fast as our army , I'm afraid the horse will die."

"The last general heard that the horses of the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom are their own. If this is true, the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom must cherish their horses even more, and they will never run away casually like us. The Liao people marched about seven or eight times a day in the past two days. Ten miles is the normal speed of the cavalry. The general estimates, if the Liao people are really short of food and grass as the general estimates, at least before they reach Feihu, the speed of the Liao people will not be fast."

After his analysis, Li Buqi slapped his head and realized suddenly.The thinking pattern formed in the past always made him feel that cavalry moves faster, but he always subconsciously forgets that delicate animals like horses are actually more dependent on logistics than humans.The long-distance and high-speed movement of the Mongolian cavalry is conditional. It needs a large playground or a large amount of food to feed their horses. Without these conditions, the Mongolian cavalry cannot play long-distance raid tactics.In the late winter and early spring in the Taihang Mountains, it is not easy to find suitable grass. If the Liao army did not have sufficient preparations before, how could they feed tens of thousands of war horses?You know, even if Li Buqi robbed more than 1 horses to carry food and grass, these big-bellied men would not be hungry for a while, but now, the horses are almost out of food.If we don't go to Yanmen Pass to find food and grass, many horses will die.

Everyone chattered and discussed again, and they all thought that Zhong Er's analysis was very reasonable, and they were all relieved.So Li Buqi ordered the horses to go first, and the troops retreated slowly.Along the way, the Liao army did not catch up.

But before reaching Yanmen Pass, they ran into trouble again.The person Li Buqi sent to contact reported that the Yanmen guard said that he had not received the order, and he could not judge whether Li Buqi's seal was true or not. He did not dare to let so many people enter the customs. Li Buqi waited for news in front of the pass.

Falk!It's annoying to get to the door and not be able to get in.Li Buqi had no choice but to order the troops to station in front of the pass, and then put on his official robes and came to the city in person.

He was not in a hurry to enter or not, but worried that the horses had no fodder.

In order to prevent the Liao Kingdom from invading, the Song Army came up with a way to restrict the cavalry, which was to burn all the wild grass on the border dozens of miles every autumn, so that the Liao cavalry would have no pasture when they came.But now it is causing difficulties for Li Buqi. The horses can't find anything to eat at Yanmen Pass, and they will all starve to death in a few days.

Unexpectedly, just arrived at the bottom of the city, before the city was called, suddenly a gap was opened in the city gate, and a few cavalrymen ran out of the gap and rushed to the front.The person in charge was stunned when he saw Li Buqi's official uniform, and came up to salute and asked, "But Li Xun is in person? Dong Rui, the son of Dong Hua, the guard of Yanmen Gate, has seen the Xun. He is wearing armor, so he can't get off his horse." See."

Li Buqi raised his hand and said, "General Dong, you are being polite. I don't know why the general is going out of customs?"

Dong Hua took a few steps closer, looked at Li Buqi carefully, and said, "So it's really Li Xunbian!"

Li Buqi hurriedly asked, "You know me?"

"I used to go to Beijing to do business, and I heard about the reputation of Qingyuan Academy, so I went to play. That day, I happened to meet Li Junjian and a few academics, and many people gathered around to watch, so I also watched it once, so I recognized Li Xunbian."

Well, it's easy to recognize this face, maybe I can accommodate it a bit.Li Buqi quickly laughed and introduced Gao Zunyu to Dong Rui.After the two parties met and greeted each other, Li Buqi asked again: "Where is General Dong going?"

Dong Rui hurriedly said: "But I came here to patrol the border."

Li Buqi hurriedly said, "But the order to let us enter the customs has arrived? So soon?"

Dong Rui smiled and said: "It's not that the order has arrived. It's that the official sent out the border patrol. Just after it was delivered to the pass, my father knew that the patrol was indeed not in Hebei. My father also worked on Hebei Road in his early years. Knowing the geography of the Liao Kingdom, if you want to patrol the border and cut off the Liao people's food roads, if you can't retreat to the difficult situation, it is not impossible to retreat westward to Daizhou, so let me confirm. If it is really a border patrol army, please enter the customs immediately .”

Gao Zunyu was in a hurry to enter the pass to save trouble, so he immediately said: "Now that you see Li Xunbian with your own eyes, please open the city gate quickly. The army has traveled thousands of miles and is already exhausted. There are still pursuers behind. If you stay at the pass If an accident happened, it would not be a good thing for General Dong."

Dong Rui was slightly taken aback, but the unhappiness on his face was fleeting, and then he smiled all over his face: "I have one more thing to do here. It is Yanmen Pass, although it is an important pass, but the hoarding of grain and grass is according to The number of troops in the garrison has been prepared, so many troops have been added at once, but food and grass have to be dispatched immediately. I don’t know how many troops the patrol has brought this time? Please inform the patrol, so that I can go back and report.”

Li Buqi knew that he was not at ease, and this was an excuse to watch the army.He didn't say anything, just said: "In this case, General Dong will come with me, and we will talk as we walk."

Immediately, Li Buqi took Dong Rui to look around. Dong Rui saw so many horses, and heard Li Buqi say that they were all snatched from the Liao Kingdom. Burning Zhuozhou, how to use cattle to defeat the Liao army, and then how to let the infantry ride horses for nearly three hundred miles a day and night, is even more dumbfounded.

After looking around, Dong Rui repeatedly promised to welcome the army to enter the customs after returning.Sure enough, not long after he returned to Yanmenguan, the sound of drums and horns rang loudly when he was watching, the gate was closed and opened wide, and two teams of Song troops came out of the gate and lined up on the roadside.

Dong Rui came to Li Buqi again with a team of cavalry: "Patrolling the border, my father, please patrol the border and enter the customs. My father is already waiting at the city gate."

Li Buqi looked at the impatient Gao Zunyu and said, "Commander Gaodu, you lead people into the customs. First the horses, then the cavalry, and finally the infantry. After the horses enter the customs, immediately arrange to eat everywhere."

Both Gao Zunyu and Dong Rui asked in surprise: "Doesn't the border patrol pass through the customs?"

Li Buqi said firmly: "Since I have brought these soldiers out, I will see that many people who can be brought back will return to the Song Dynasty. I will enter the customs with the last batch of soldiers!"

(End of this chapter)