Chapter 657 Ambush from all sides

Huge, huge, huge... Bang!

As the flying arrows exploded in the sky, the ambush at Aaron Mountain was revealed.

"Report! Your Majesty! The Khitan troops were divided into three groups and broke out separately..."

"Your Majesty! The Khitans are fleeing northeast!"

"Your Majesty! The Khitans are turning south!"

"Your Majesty! The Khitans are heading west again!"

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Pieces of information reached Luo Youdu's ears, and warning fireworks kept rising into the sky and exploding in the sky.

Luo Youdu looked at the flames rising in the distance, opened his palms wide, and grasped them hard, just like the Tathagata Buddha holding the Khitan in his palm.

"After this battle, it will be difficult for the Khitan to organize an effective counterattack."

Compared with the hunting method used by the Khitan to trap Shi Shouxin, the ambush he set for the Khitan pursuers this time was much more detailed and complex.

Because they were well prepared, they set up an ambush based on the terrain and terrain, and were not simply targeting the Khitan soldiers in the encirclement.

No matter how the Khitan jumped or ran around, the soldiers responsible for the ambush would not passively follow the Khitan soldiers. Instead, they would retreat to the strong point and wait for orders, while the people in front would be responsible for intercepting.

This requires extraordinary mobility, strong reconnaissance capabilities, and the execution ability of the generals responsible for encircling them.

With these three points in mind, Yu's army is now complete.

Luo Youdu had been preparing for a battle with the Khitan for many years and had been stocking up on war horses. For this northern expedition, he only had 180,000 accompanying horses, of which 60,000 were war horses and 120,000 were pack horses.

The cavalry accounts for one-third of the army and has sufficient mobility.

The telescope invented by the Ministry of Industry has repeatedly achieved success in this war, helping them to seize opportunities everywhere, and their investigative capabilities are far ahead of the Khitans.

Not to mention the execution ability of generals, the arrogant generals of the Five Dynasties, after being governed by Guo Rong and Luo Youdu for two generations, have turned into trustworthy soldiers.

Obedience is the duty of a soldier.

Once you are in a situation, it is not easy to escape.

Yelu Talie and Yelu Xiezhen felt the same at this moment.

After they discovered that Yao Neibin was bluffing, they gave up all doubts. The arrangements along the Central Plains route were probably to delay time.

If we really had to study carefully and slowly, we might not be ambushed, but the Central Plains soldiers would have disappeared long ago.

There is a huge gap in national power between the Khitan and the Central Plains. Yelvwuzhi managed to seize the opportunity to win through the five-year plan. He did not take the opportunity to expand the victory and inflicted heavy losses on the opponent. If they make a comeback in the future, how can they plan for another five years?

Yelu Talie was already careful enough. He immediately stopped being timid and pursued with all his strength.

Until he met Liu Fu and He Jiyun blocked him.

In fact, if Yelu Talie still holds back his fight, Liu Fu and He Jiyun will turn into a bluff.

Now the Khitan has launched a full-scale attack, and the two armies are no longer retreating. They have turned weakness into reality, giving the Khitan pursuers a head-on blow.

When Yelu Talie and Yelu Xiezhen saw Zhongyuan using the Divine Arm Bow, they already realized that something was wrong.

The God's Arm Bow was generally popular among the Yu army, but there was a rule in the army that if there was a defeat on the battlefield, the God's Arm Bow should be destroyed first to prevent the weapons from the Central Plains from falling into the enemy's hands.

If the Central Plains was really defeated, how could it be possible for the divine arm archers to come to the rear?

Doesn’t this mean giving them benefits?

But when they realized that the situation was not good, it was already too late to retreat.

"kill!"

Two groups of soldiers and horses crossed and attacked them from the front.

"Damn it!"

Yelu Xiezhen cursed when he saw this, and now he felt like a big net was covering them. No matter which direction they broke through, soldiers would appear in front of them, blocking their way forward.

"Your Majesty, we can't go on like this. If we continue not to fight, our soldiers will become fewer and fewer, and we will eventually be devoured by them."

Yelv Xiezhen spoke while breathing heavily.

Their goal was too big and they chose to break out in batches.

Together with Yelu Talie, he led more than 10,000 people to break out of the encirclement to the east, intending to use Aaron Mountain to avoid pursuit.

It's just that their movements are firmly controlled by the opponent, and soldiers constantly appear in front of them to intercept them.

They refused to fight and ran away to avoid being entangled by the enemy.

But every time you avoid the enemy, some soldiers will fall behind and be intercepted by the opponent.

The Central Plains soldiers did not chase after them, but ate all the soldiers they left behind.

After going back and forth, before they had a real fight with the enemy, 4,000 of the more than 10,000 people were either left behind or intercepted.

Yelv Xiezhen was worried that if he kept running like this, he would have no soldiers before he could escape.

Yelu Talie abandoned the curled sword in his hand on the ground, took the attendant and handed him a new sword, and said: "Everyone is sure, the current situation is very bad. This is no longer a problem for us to be careless. The entire Khitan,

Including His Majesty in Dading Mansion, Yu Yuedu fell into the trap."

Yelv Xiezhen had already felt this way: The Central Plains was really going to be cut off from food and grass. How could such a situation be planned?

"Eighty percent so!"

Yelu Xiezhen's mouth was bitter, and he felt a little helpless in his heart. His opponent was really terrible. Yelu Wuzhi's five years of planning failed to hurt the enemy at all, and allowed the opponent to use every trick to counterattack.

Can such a powerful enemy really be defeated?

Yelu Talie glanced at the enemy not far away and said: "I am now worried that the Dading Mansion does not know what the plan is and is coveting the opportunity to advance in and cause greater disasters. We must break the siege as soon as possible and inform His Majesty Yu Yue of the situation. I

These old bones can't withstand too many bumps. While I still have the strength, I'll help you fight out!"

Yelu Xiezhen said hurriedly: "No..."

Yelu Talie had a stern look on his face and did not give Yelu Xiezhen a chance to refuse. He said, "Even if I break through the siege, I won't live for a few years. You are the future of my Khitan."

As he spoke, he raised the knife in his hand and shouted: "All the good men of the Khitan, do you dare to fight me to the death?"

Yelu Talie is seventy-seven years old this year, his beard and hair are all white. At this moment, he raises his sword and shouts, with a hint of unyielding in his defiance.

Countless soldiers shouted in unison: "Fight to the death, fight to the death, fight to the death..."

Yelu Talie did not answer the question and directly slapped the horse's back with the sword in his hand.

The pained war horse immediately bolted out.

Looking at the flying white beard and hair, how could the young Khitan warrior be embarrassed to stay behind?

They roared and followed Yelu Talie, and killed the blocking Central Plains cavalry.

Both sides are brave men who are not afraid of life and death, and no one is timid at all.

They hit each other hard...

The man fell on his back!

Yelv Tarlie seemed to have returned to his youth, roaring loudly and slashing left and right with the brand new sword in his hand, and for a moment he was invincible.

The Dayu general responsible for the interception, Li Jixun, the commander of the Ma Army, was Li Jixun's younger brother and was known for his bravery.

Facing the Khitan army who shouted "fight to the death", Li Jixie was undaunted, roared and waved the iron spear in his hand, and fought with the Khitan army.

Both sides fought forward with all their strength, and some people kept falling, but the moment they fell, someone immediately stepped up to fill their shoes.

Yelu Talie cut down the enemy in front of him to the ground. Just when he was about to take a breath, he saw a spear coming towards him.

Before he had time to breathe, the opponent had already filled the gap.

Yelu Talie raised his arms to block, and the spear pierced the thick wrist guard, flying upwards with a few sparks. Yelu Talie took the opportunity to kill the opponent with a knife.

Although he was unwilling to submit to his old age, Yelu Talie still stepped back reluctantly.

Yelu Talie, as the Khitan's North Court King, had a very high prestige, and his bodyguards immediately helped him fill the vacancy.

Yelu Talie gasped and took the opportunity to observe the battle situation.

Although he personally led the charge, the result was only a tie with the Central Plains soldiers.

Neither of them can do anything to help each other, and they are all fighting for their lives.

Yelu Talie frowned. They were surrounded and could not stay in one place for too long.

Although it was a draw on the scene, in reality they were still at a disadvantage. Once the opponent's reinforcements arrived, they would be hit hard.

Now they can't retreat. The experience of avoiding war many times has shown that the more they avoid war, the more their forces will be divided by the opponent, and they will eventually end up with no troops left to fight.

Only by defeating the enemy in front of you can you have a plan to break out.

"Huh!"

In the observation room, Yelu Talie discovered that there was a special general in the enemy formation opposite. The man was wearing dark black armor, which looked a bit primitive. It was the armor of the middle Tang Dynasty that had been passed down from generation to generation.

The opponent was so brave that no one could defeat him under the iron spear. They relied on their flesh and blood to stop him.
To be continued...