Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen Rescue the Prisoners

When the news spread to Sun Wanrong and his troops, everyone was shocked with grief and indignation, and the morale of the army was lax.When Sun Wanrong was hesitating whether to return to the division to pursue the Turkic people, all the Da Zhou army dispatched, divided into five groups, each with 20,000 soldiers, formed a pincer shape, and advanced towards Sun Wanrong, who had only 35,000 troops left, at a slow and slow pace. Stable, without underestimating the enemy and impatience, with a steady and steady attitude. Seven days later, the Turkic people and the captives arrived at the south bank of the Yellow River and set up camp to rest. At the same time, they made people set up three pontoon bridges day and night, not knowing that the coalition forces headed by Long Ying were watching and preparing for a surprise attack. .

At this time, the troops of the Great Zhou Army closest to Sun Wanrong were less than 30 miles away from the Khitan camp, so they stopped advancing, set up camps in dangerous places, established support points in the rear, and stored grain, goods and various tools of war. Longying, Wanrenyu and Huangyuanwu came to a high hill on the south bank of the Yellow River and looked at the Turkic army camp on the left bank three miles downstream. In the darkness before dawn, the camp was lit up, and there was already a change. Wan Renyu said: "If you win this battle, brother Huang should be the first to remember. How could brother Huang be so precise about the enemy's route back to Turkic?"

Wasteland Dance smiled and said: "Brother Wan, don't flatter me, brothers, don't need to say such things. They can easily cross the desert because they are guided by a mysterious person who is familiar with the desert, and they also have a large amount of materials for building floating bridges. Give me a guess, there is quite a bit of luck in it." Long Ying couldn't help thinking of Kuan Yu's emphasis on luck, but Kuan Yu never thought that his own luck was a disaster for the Turkic people.Said: "Cross the river!" The Turks started to move, and crossed the river in three ways. First, the Turkic soldiers led the horses across the bridge, and then formed a team on the right bank, and drove to the nearby highlands in batches, forming a guard, orderly.

The sky is getting brighter, and the Turks have shown impressive efficiency.More than 10,000 horses and horses successfully crossed the river, and then began to send a large number of grain and goods looted from Xincheng to the opposite bank by mule carts. The speed slowed down because the pontoon bridge could not be overloaded. Huang Yuanwu said: "The total force is 26,000 people. It can be seen that the attack on Khitan New City has damaged more than 4,000 people and paid a heavy price." Wan Renyu said coldly: "There are over ten thousand captives, but no one dares to cry out, so that they know how cruel and ruthless the Turkic people are to the captives. Fucked eighteen generations of Turkic ancestors."

Long Ying said: "Brother's hands are itchy!" Wan Renyu's eyes shot out.Shen Sheng said: "It's very itchy." Long Ying danced to the wilderness: "Do people in your country believe in Buddhism?" Wasteland Dance said: "You can say that." Wan Renyu asked: "Brother Huang, do you believe in Buddhism?" Wilderness Dance said: "I am very interested in Buddhism's descriptions of life, old age, sickness and death, views on life, and its magnificent view of the universe, but I don't like dogma, because dogma is something that can only be believed and cannot be questioned. What do you think? "

Longying said: "I am most interested in reincarnation, and life will be vivid because of it. Ha! Just think about the relationship between the past life and the present life, and you can no longer simply treat the people and things around you. Look! The enemy in front of you has a relationship with us in the previous life. What's the matter?" Wan Renyu said: "I only hope that there is such a thing as karma. People who do a lot of evil will suffer bitter fruit one day or in a certain life." Wasteland Dance didn't respond, the three of them waited patiently, only 5,000 soldiers and a group of captives remained on the left bank, Long Ying said: "It's almost there!" and gestured to the rear.

The people in the ambush immediately sent a message.Pass to your own troops five miles upstream. The last batch of mule carts carrying supplies drove onto the pontoon bridge.At this time, the Turkic people had formed a formation on the right bank, and their military capacity was at its peak, and they could not be insulted lightly. Longying smiled and said: "It looks good on the surface, but it's a long journey. After the arduous battle of the siege, everyone is strong on the outside, how can they stand up to a blow? After this battle, Mochuo will never think of launching a large-scale war within three years .”

Wan Renyu said happily: "I never imagined that the war against Sun Wanrong would be against the Turkic people. It's really unexpected." The wilderness danced: "Water is coming!" Long Ying said: "How about we compete with the running water?" The three quickly backed away. While there were still more than 20 mule carts carrying supplies waiting to cross the river, suddenly there was a terrible "bang" sound from the upper reaches. Everyone, whether prisoners or Turkic soldiers, looked where the sound came from, and the river was still as calm as ever at this moment. One moment ago, the next moment, the surface of the river in the distance inside and outside became turbulent, like a wild waterfall rising from the water, rolling in quickly, mixed with giant trees, and everyone's expression changed immediately.

Someone shouted in Turkic: "Leaving the bridge!" The mule carts and the Turkic warriors on the bridge ran frantically to both banks. "There are enemies!" On the left bank, thousands of Khitan cavalry charged at them at full speed. Since the sound of hoofbeats was covered by the sound of water, it was like a silent pantomime, giving the Turkic people a terrible feeling like a nightmare that they could not wake up from. Long Ying drove Xue'er, Wan Renyu and Huangyuan Wu followed closely, leading the 3,000 Condor Eagle Army, and shot towards the Turkic people along the right bank like an arrow.

At the same time, the Turks on the right bank noticed that there were countless enemies rushing forward and downstream. The frenzied current seemed slow, but it came in a flash, crashing into the pontoon bridge, and the carts, poor mules, and Turkic warriors who couldn't escape were washed away by the river, and they were all gone in a blink of an eye. "laugh!" The first arrow was shot from Longying's folding bow, went straight up into the sky, and was thrown towards the enemy's formation, which was still more than a thousand steps away. A Turkic warrior who was bending his bow and setting up an arrow, ready to shoot, was pierced by an arrow through his chest and back. Huh, lift the veil of battle.

Within a distance of six or seven hundred steps, Longying, Wan Renyu and Huang Yuanwu used lightning techniques to draw and release arrows. There were about 2,000 Turkic warriors lined up on the hill, and the Turkic warriors were in the front row. Those who can't stop being hit by arrows. "Let the arrow!" Hundreds of arrows were thrown at the three of Long Ying. Longying retracted his foldable bow, and threw out Jietianbang, the magic power poured into the horse's spine, speeding up suddenly, Jietianbang, under the sun climbing up to the sky, turned into a dancing light and shadow, the future arrow completely blocked, and returned Lasing to the four directions, it is really beautiful. The enemy general saw that the three of Long Ying had galloped to the bottom of the hill, and knew that the momentum was not good. He gave an order, and all of them rushed down the hill and killed the generals.The two sides immediately engaged in hand-to-hand combat, the dragon eagle hit the sky with a length of one or two feet, and shot into the enemy's cavalry like lightning. The room has penetrated deep into the enemy's line. Wan Renyu's Jing Zhongyue is even more unpredictable and exquisite, so that Long Ying has no worries at all. The wilderness dance also showed amazing skills, the sword was like thunder and lightning, and it couldn't stop chopping the enemy with shields and throwing them off the horse's back, like cutting melons and vegetables. Three thousand elites arrived at the right time, and the first few rows were all armed with heavy weapons. Spears, halberds, and guns made the tigers look like wind, killing the frightened enemies as soon as they touched them, turning them into a mess. The enemy on the south bank was even more miserable, seeing Khitan soldiers attacking in large numbers, more than twice as many as their own, they abandoned their prisoners and fled westward, unaware that there were other ambush soldiers waiting for them. This is exactly the trick of Longying, using overwhelming force and deliberately opening escape routes, forcing the Turks to flee without fighting.In the absence of ambushes, going west is indeed the only way to survive. As long as you reach a safe point, you can cross the river and return to the country. No one is so stupid as to flee back to the arid desert when there is no food or water. All of a sudden, the three of Long Ying pierced through the enemy's formation and arrived at the enemy's rear. Dozens of riders turned around to fight, and some of the three faced each other to clean up the situation. , there was little power to fight back, and some people fled north. The war was in full swing, and the mountains and plains were full of Turkic people running wild and chaotic. The 30,000 Xi tribe soldiers commanded by Li Zhiji were still in complete formation, occupying the hills everywhere, intercepting and slaughtering the enemy mercilessly. Long Ying was capable of killing, and went into the battlefield with Wan and Huang. At dusk, the three parties joined forces on the north bank of the Yellow River.This battle was a complete victory, killing nearly 20,000 enemies, and all the prisoners were unharmed. They also got a large number of grain and goods brought back from Xincheng by the Turkic people, and the harvest was fruitful. Looking at the pontoon bridge being erected, Longying said: "All the rescued Khitan women and children will be handed over to the inactivated boss, who will take them back to Songmo. Please treat them kindly, and give them some time to see if there is any trouble." Relatives came to fetch them back." Sihuo respectfully said: "Everything is as Master Ying ordered, I will treat them as my own relatives and will not let them suffer in the slightest." Li Zhiji said: "This way of doing things is against our family rules, but when Lord Ying said it, I listened very well and took it for granted. It's really weird!" Shihuo said: "This is because Xi Wang knows that Lord Ying is always thinking of our two clans, and has no selfish intentions." Longying said: "Thank you for your support. As for the food and goods, they will be distributed according to your rules, but we don't need to be counted." Shihuo said: "How did this happen?" Long Ying said: "We are brothers who have lived and died together, so what are you doing with polite words? The responsibility of cleaning up the battlefield will be handed over to the head of the department. I will rush back to the south with the king to send Sun Wanrong on his last journey." Shi Huo drove his horse to the top of the hill, pointed his sword at the sky, and shouted: "My sons, let us pay the highest respect to Lord Ying, Lord Wan, Lord Huang and their warriors!" The sound of shouting and attacking soldiers spread across the banks of the Yellow River. The next day, Guo Yuanzhen's main force arrived at the battlefield, crossed the camp serving as rear support, and continued to advance towards Sun Wanrong's troops. Feng Guoting's eagle hovered high in the sky, monitored the distance, and notified the ground in time, smashing several tentative sneak attacks sent by Sun Wanrong.It was not until four or five miles away from the enemy camp that the main force composed of 20,000 people stopped marching, set up camps at strategic locations, and dug trenches, planted spikes, and piled earth walls to establish a defensive front. In the early morning of the next day, Fang Jun's 10,000 elite troops marched overnight, and when they reached six miles west of Sun Wanrong, they halted their troops and set up camp. At this time, as long as the two sides climb up and look far away, they can see each other's camp and become a confrontation. The Khitan people call this area the Sea of ​​Hills, and it is a hilly terrain with a radius of one hundred li, covered with dense forests.Sun Wanrong chose Qiu Hai as the battlefield because it was beneficial to his surprise attack tactics. However, his opponent was Guo Yuanzhen, who was scheming, and it was only after he stood firm that he could be repaired. Sun Wanrong was helpless.