The summer season in Yan land is the best season on this land.

The climate of this era is not as hot as that of later generations. Yan land belongs to the northern country. The temperature at the end of summer is equivalent to early autumn in later generations. The cool breeze is gentle, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the whole world seems to be extremely transparent.

In the Yizhou area where the Yanshan Mountains and Taihang Mountains and the Hebei Plain converge, in this era, there were dense forests everywhere. There were many wild animals in the forests and mountains, which was a good place for hunting. Moreover, this place was not like Yanshan, and there were no so many Khitan people who could not afford to come from the mountains and south, so the Han tyrants in Yan were the local emperors here. Therefore, the children of the Yan family mostly built fortresses in Yizhou, and they went here to hunt and play in summer and autumn.

If you were in the Southern Dynasty, you would almost be a typical example of not doing your job properly and not seeking progress, which would be almost a sin. However, in the Liao Dynasty, horse riding and hunting was a means for the children of aristocratic families to learn military affairs. The Liao Dynasty in the Northern region emphasized martial arts and over literature, and working for the military was the right way for the children of aristocratic families. If you could not even master the ability to archery, horse riding and shooting, how could you get the opportunity to be promoted from the military?

When hunting, it is the same as when it comes to safaris in Yan land!

Therefore, the ability of the left-behind horsemen in Nanjing who have always been civil servants is no worse than that of Xiao Fengxian, the Privy Councilor of the Northern Court.

Both of them were wearing light silk official uniforms, riding tall and strong hippos, and moving forward with laughter. In front, behind, left and right, they were all personal soldiers and soldiers from the palace division. However, they were not wearing armor, and they were all wearing summer clothes. The queues were not neat. A large area spread all over the mountains and fields, each of whom was guarding the shops and the grass-drawing valley soldiers, and marching slowly.

Following these casual palace soldiers, there were the eight-barrack guards in rows, with the numbers being the South and North, the Two-Year Forest Soldiers, the Crane Soldiers, the Shenwu Soldiers, the Xiongjie Soldiers, and the Fierce Soldiers, all of which were adapted from the original Youzhou Town Army. It was also the basis for the powerful Yanyun to settle down in the Liao Kingdom!

By the way, after the Youzhou Town in history was ceded to the Khitan, it still existed in the form of a vassal state for a period of time. It was not until Zhao Yanshou, the largest surrender in the Five Dynasties (one of the four Yan families in the Liao Kingdom and one of the founding generals in the Song Dynasty) that he completely integrated into the Great Liao Kingdom. However, because of the fooling of Zhao Yanshou of the Great Surrender in the Liao Kingdom, the Han army forces of the Liao Kingdom were also cultivated.

In addition to the eight battalions of the guards developed from the Youzhou Town army, there were four other soldiers on Xijing Road, Guisheng, Ying, Wei, Shuo, Fengsheng and other five military soldiers, all of which were the basis for Zhao Yanshou to persuade Yelu Deguang to place tens of thousands of troops in the Yunzhou area of ​​the Later Jin Dynasty.

In addition, Shangjing Road and Zhongjing Road also have naturalized and Huhua armies, which are also the basis for the Han generals and soldiers who were detained in the Liao Kingdom. Among them, Zhongjing Road is the top of the Ma family in Yiwulu Mountain, and Ma Zhi is now the Xiangwen (Dujian).

These Liao Han army also inherited the characteristics of the five vassal army of the Tang Dynasty to a certain extent. They all had tooth soldiers, called "Tingzhi". They were all served by the sons of the illegitimate sons and core retainers of each family, and were the core of each army.

As the force of the Khitans became increasingly weak, these tens of thousands of Han troops became increasingly important to the Liao Kingdom.

This time, the eighth battalion guards led by the Ma Renwang, the left-behind Nanjing Road, dispatched a total of more than 18,000 soldiers, and mobilized a considerable number of Nanjing Dao Township soldiers as auxiliary soldiers. In addition, the 9,000 Khitan cavalry (including 3,000 regular soldiers, 3,000 guards and 3,000 Caogu soldiers) who followed Xiao Fengxian, the Privy Councilor of the North Court, and a total of 45,000 marching troops, walking on the official road of Yizhou was also considered to be a huge momentum.

However, these 45,000 people were not all the troops led by Xiao Fengxian, and the horses led by Ma Renwang. There were 21,000 Khitan cavalry (also included the regular soldiers, the guards and the Caogu soldiers), forming the front army, and had probably broken into the Dingzhou Road and Gaoyang Pass Road of the Song State!

These 21,000 Khitan light cavalry will be divided into three parts, taking turns to move far-blocking horses. That is, a reconnaissance team with dozens or hundreds of cavalry will open a huge cover and reconnaissance network in front and left and right of the army. On the one hand, it will firmly cover up tens of thousands of troops and prevent the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry from approaching the distance between the enemy's main force and dozens of miles away, and on the other hand, it can also ensure that when the enemy's army approaches its main force and is tens of miles away, it will be discovered in advance!

It is precisely because more than 21,000 riders were guarding the front and left and right wings that Xiao Fengxian and the 45,000 army led by the horse man Wang could march easily and comfortably like an outing.

The "invincible bow and horse" of the Liao Dynasty can be said to be full of advantages at this time!

Even Wu Haogu, who has 6,000 iron cavalry, was reluctant to break up the heavy cavalry he had worked hard to save and treat it as a far stop to fight with the light cavalry of the Khitans. They are nomadic peoples, and the level of the light cavalry is always guaranteed.

Even Wu Haogu's personal army was used as a light cavalry, which was comparable to the Khitan light cavalry. However, Wu Haogu now only had more than one thousand fake soldiers who could rush to the light cavalry (a considerable number of them became officers and instructors). How could he fight with the Khitan light cavalry that could consume tens of thousands of times?

In history, only the "Gunda" of the Jurchens trained in the old forests of the white mountains and black waters can rely on their super individual combat capabilities and wild survival capabilities to restrain the Khitan light cavalry with an absolute advantage.

Therefore, although Wu Haogu's army could beat the Khitans' palace division army on the "Thousand-First Battlefield" outside Jiehe City, when it drove onto the vast Yanyun land, it would become blind and deaf like the unlucky Dingzhou army, and therefore passive everywhere.

Of course, it is still possible for Wu Haogu to approach Xijin Mansion along the Sanggan River and Lianggu River. No matter how powerful the light cavalry approached the Khitans, it would not reach the water.

Unfortunately, in the western part of Yan, the river channel is generally narrow and the water flow is not very abundant, so there is no room for inland river naval forces to play.

Therefore, the battlefield and initiative here are all in the hands of the Khitans!

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In front of Xiao Fengxian and the horses looked at, they were all their confidant soldiers, either from the army states of the Xiao family or from the Yiwulu Mountain of the Ma family. Their faces were now full of relaxed expressions, sitting on the horses in various positions, slowly following the flags of the two commanders towards the south. Whether they were Han or Khitans, they could no longer distinguish each other. They gathered together in groups of three or three, chatting loudly, and some spoke Chinese, some spoke Khitan, and some simply used bilingualism. It was really the ultimate harmony.

The army was storming and had been marching for a long time. I saw a half-baked ruin in front of me.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Xiao Fengxian and the soldiers around Ma Renwang cheered.

"Zhi Mom, we finally attacked the land of the Southern Dynasty!"

"The flower world of the Southern Dynasty can be considered a way to wash us, but this time we have to go back with fullness!"

"It's a pity that we didn't go to Jiehe Commercial City. This Jiehe Commercial City is truly rich!"

"Jiehe Commercial City can only be washed by the imperial tent private soldiers. How can we take the turn? But it is not bad to wash Dingzhou Road and Gaoyangguan Road. There are also many cities here, and that one is hidden by mountains of gold and silver?"

The loud shouts of the soldiers came, and Xiao Fengxian stretched his waist immediately and cursed with a smile: "My thief, these guys are thinking about good things. Before they fight, they are planning to wash away the plunder. Do you really think that Emperor Genghis of the Southern Dynasty is a waste? I have been to that Jiehe Shang City, and I have been to a strong city in the world, and there are 6,000 cavalry guards, which is not easy to fight."

Ma Renwang smiled and said, "Yes, in fact, we are the one who eats meat along the way. Although Dingzhou Road is not as good as Jiehe Shangshi, it is the Southern Dynasty. After all, the children of wealth and children will not be below Nanjing Road. As long as we can win one tenth of them, this battle will be considered a complete victory."

Xiao Fengxian snorted: "The Emperor Genghis of the Southern Dynasty was also confused. He dared to cut off the annual monies he gave us. Do you think we would not take them? This year, 500,000 silver silk can be broken by just breaking a state city. The border between Song and Liao dynasties is so long that I don't know how many state cities can be broken by us!

No matter how powerful their Iron Cavalry of the Realm River is, what can we do if we don’t fight him?"

"Yes," the horse man nodded, "Unless they have as many light cavalry as us, this battlefield will always be ours. We have to let us fight or not. The Song man did make a mistake this time!"

The battle outside Jiehe Shang City was actually something Yelu Yanxi took the initiative to fight. If he adopted the method of avoiding war and fighting, it would depend on whether Wu Haogu could break the city of Xijin in a very short time. If he had been under the city of Dinghe, the result of the war would probably not be much better than the defeat of Emperor Taizong of Song's first Northern Expedition of Yan Yun.

After all, it was not during the Xuanhe period. The main force of the Khitan cavalry was still there. Compared with the Hebei New Army, at least in terms of the number of cavalry, they had a ten-twenty-fold advantage.

Just as Xiao Fengxian was chatting and laughing with the horseman, several Khitan cavalry rushed from the front, one of them was the first to dismount in front of Xiao Fengxian's horse, and saluted: "Reported to the Lord of the Privy Council, the military report from the front army, the Busan Village Pu of the Guangxin Army of the Southern Dynasty and the Changpokou of the Ansu Army have been broken by the soldiers of the front army! The Song army guarding the shop is vulnerable!

In addition, our Great Liao warriors have never encountered a large group of soldiers from the Song people!"

"Hahaha," Xiao Fengxian laughed, "The Song people's brigade must be hiding in Suicheng and Ansu City... The horse stayed behind, so I went to surround Suicheng and Ansu City to attract reinforcements from the Song people. You should lead the troops in the middle and advance from the edge of the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain to the third entrance of the northern road of Dingzhou. After breaking through the pass, you don't have to divide the troops to attack Beiping. Wangdu and attack the two counties of Dingzhou Prefecture directly!"

"Give the order!"

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