At the third hour of the Yin hour, the troops and horses of various units of the Hebei camp were heading west. Daming Prefecture is an important town in Hebei. The city circumference is more than 40 miles long, and the city gates overlap and protect each other. On the west side, there are three city gates, the outer city gate Baocheng Gate, the second city gate Lihe Gate, and the Zicheng Gate Yize Gate. More than 70,000 royal army was divided into the front, middle and back three parts. Bai Anmin, the commander of the Ningbian Army, led 20,000 infantry front troops, and the front troops were deployed by the Hebei camp to control 40,000 troops as the central army. Qin Hui, Li Ruoxu and other civil officials were also included. Zhang Yi, the commander of the Jingsai Army, led more than 10,000 cavalry as the rear troops and protected the two wings of the army.

It is difficult for the army to not disturb the Liao cavalry after leaving the city, but Wang Yan still strictly prohibits the soldiers from holding lanterns to raise fire. Fortunately, it was a full moon night, and the north wind in the sky was roaring angrily, dispelling the dark clouds. One group of people and horses wrapped in military flags and gathered near the three gates of the Xicheng City, especially the densest place where Wang Yanzhong's army was located. When water drips into ice, Li Ruoxu was wearing a fox fur robe, and was still trembling with coldness. The coldness of the chain mail passed through the inner cotton jacket and heart was cold, his legs were cold, and his feet were so cold that he could only stomp his feet. He looked at him with some admiration.

The soldiers of the Ya Bian Battalion were much thinner than him, but they seemed to be nothing in such a cold weather. In the feudal towns, the Ya Bian Battalion was the foundation for the generals to control the army. The Ya Bian Battalion completely ignored the Hebei Strait Commander Qin Hui, who was the commander, surrounded by Wang Yan's scary flag. Some looked calm, some had a grim expression, and the faint moonlight shone on some people's faces, "swearing to guard the Hejian" and "responsible for the red heart" on their faces, which was very scary. The generals from Hebei came and went, asking Wang Yan for advice on military strategies, and when they passed by Qin Hui, they hurriedly bowed.

Qin Hui's face was normal, not because he was extraordinary, but because he was among the elite soldiers of the powerful and nervous. It was easy to talk and laugh in the court to break the enemy, but the soldiers and civilians on both sides of the river were frightened. The Liao army swept across Hebei, and they all changed their minds. Qin Hui went north to announce the imperial edict. He had seen too much and felt a little afraid in his heart. Therefore, Wang Yan strongly advocated that the army should not go out of the city to return to help, and Qin Hui was not strong, so he had to decide.

After leaving the army, I don’t know if it’s cold or scared, Meng Yuan’s face turned pale as if dead. His body was fat. He finally found a leather armor that could be put in. It was also wrapped tightly, making people breathless, and it seemed like they were strangled by a pair of cold hands. I felt that his shoulder was gently patted. Meng Yuan turned around, but Li Ruoxue’s concerning gaze was barely squeezed out of his face and said to himself: “Brother Yuanzhi, this brother-in-law, is a brave man.”

Just as he was about to speak, the army in front suddenly moved, Meng Yuan had to cheer up and follow Ya Bingbat slowly forward. Li Ruoxu also urged the horse to follow. The cavalry of Jingsai Army all moved slowly with the reins and moved slowly in the city. After leaving the city, they accelerated and gradually distributed within several miles of the army, but Zhang Yi was still behind the hall with nearly 5,000 cavalry.

After nearly half an hour of traveling, a wisp of fish-white white appeared in the eastern sky. The towering city of Daming Mansion had slowly disappeared under the horizon. There was no trace of the Liao army. Li Ruoxu's heart gradually stabilized. Meng Yuan's expression also returned to normal. He whispered: "Don't raise the fire and gather tens of thousands of people. If he doesn't raise the fire, he will not get up. The march will be silent. Wang Jiedu still has some skills. He did not alarm the Liao people, please forgive me. We will pass Liyangjin safely." Li Ruoxu nodded and smiled slightly. At this time, the army suddenly stopped. When the two were puzzled, they suddenly ran out of dozens of cavalry to send flags and urged the horses to run towards the marching columns in front, back and left and right. One of the cavalry happened to fly towards this side and said loudly: "Enemy attack - form a formation and march!"

"Enemy attack-machine formation!"

As the flag signs were passed down, the Song army, which was a little loose just now, suddenly became nervous. The rear army accelerated, and the front army slowed down, and the marching columns quickly became dense. Infantry pushed wooden chariots of different sizes, such as side vans, King Kong chariots, decisive chariots, and strong crossbows, and other wooden chariots of all sizes, walked outside the queue. The Hu barbarians had many cavalry and few horses in the Southern Dynasties, so famous generals in the Central Plains, such as Wei Qing, Li Ling, Liu Yu, and Ma Long, all won by chariots. Since the founding of this dynasty, famous ministers Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan have all advocated the promotion of chariots. There were wide and thick wooden shields, heavy armored spearmen and hook and sickle gunners, and long-handled axemen walking on the side of the chariots, fighting to prevent the Liao cavalry from rushing into the marching array. The crossbowmen fired arrows in turn to defeat the enemy under the protection of the chariots.

After discovering the traces of the Liao cavalry, the Song cavalry scouts on the periphery retreated one after another, and the army was moving much slower. "Don't act without any action!" "Be careful!" The officers scolded loudly, and the soldiers below were holding weapons nervously and looked out of the chariot formation. The Liao army had not yet appeared.

Li Ruoxu felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat. In order to suppress his nervousness, he chanted a word like a mantra. "......... I didn't meet a great enemy, and I didn't ride a war horse. When I approached my army, I competed for it, so I had the strength to control my new battle hooves. And I used military skills, and I didn't fight. When I retreated, I was ambushing the troops and cut off the food route. I raised fire at night, and the earth was swaying firewood, and I brought the feeds to myself. I was shameless in retreating and defeating, dispersing and gathering again, and became stronger and stronger. This is his strength..." It was the situation of the Liao army mentioned by Gong Hui'an of this dynasty a hundred years ago. Song Qi was born in Youyan and knew very well about the Liao army. Li Ruoxu was very attentive to join the army in order to join the army in the future.

From the discovery of the enemy's attack to the Liao army's cavalry appearing in sight, it was as long as a few hours. The Liao army's cavalry was increasing. Although it only hovered around the Song army, and except for the temptation of several cavalry and dozens of cavalry, it did not launch an attack, but the number of enemies continued to increase, which slowly increased the pressure in the hearts of the Song army soldiers. The sky was filled with sand and dust in the distance, and the ground seemed to tremble slightly.

A sun and moon flag gradually appeared on the hills in the north, and the Liao army cavalry cheered in unison. Shamanism worshiped the sun and moon heaven and earth. The sun and moon flag was a symbol of the Liao Kingdom and the emperor of the Liao Kingdom. The copper coins cast after Yelu Dashi ascended the throne were the year name on one side and the sun and moon figures on the other side. Amid the cheers of the Liao army, a huge white umbrella stood up. Yelu Dashi was wearing white armor and stood on the top of the mountain, looking down at the entire battlefield. The cheers of the Liao army became even more intense.

"Those who lie about military affairs should be punished. Yelu Dashi did not cross the river." Qin Hui immediately realized that the person under the white umbrella must be the Emperor of Liao. Then he thought, "He is waiting for the defenders of Daming Mansion to go south." He immediately sweated coldly on his back. Before he left Bianliang, Henan soldiers and horses reported to see the Khitan Emperor's Huangluo umbrella, and took it for granted to liar about military affairs. In fact, before Yelu Dashi usurped the throne, the Liao royal family admired the Central Plains culture, wore yellow robes, and used yellow umbrellas. However, after Yelu Dashi succeeded to the throne, he thought that yellow was used by the Central Plains emperor, and the Khitan people were still white, so he deliberately changed all the royal utensils to white. The dragon was also a symbol of the Central Plains emperor, and the dragon pattern in the palace was not used. It was changed to the Khitan sun and moon pattern. Even if it had a dragon shape, it was mostly the Khitan warriors who fumbled dragons, shot dragons, and submerged dragons.

Yelu Dashi appeared on the battlefield as if it was a signal of attack. The horns of the four fields were ringing, and the morale of the Liao army was greatly boosted. They waved the ground, scimitars, bows and arrows, and made various strange screams. They no longer stingy with horsepower. Instead, they fought desperately and rushed towards the Song army's array like mountains and seas. The mountains and fields were full of enemies, and the sound of horse hooves shook the earth, and the bloodthirsty shouts were full of jackals and beasts. At this time, most of the Song army felt a sense of despair.

"Those who turn back will slash! Those who turn around will slash! Those who are chaotic formations will slash! The troops will fight and go, and move slowly."

The flag plaque officials sent military orders again, which made many commanders come to their senses. The Hebei Army and the Khitan were old enemies of life and death, and they have been constantly fighting since the Tang Dynasty. In every battle, the Hebei infantry formed a formation to fight against the Liao cavalry, which almost became the instinct of survival. After a moment of panic, the military formation was tightened again, and the fear in the eyes of the soldiers gradually turned into the determination to fight to the death. "We have Wang Jiedu." Many people were determined to look back at the flag and eat a calm ball. Suddenly, they thought of the military order "Whoever turns back" and held back, but twisted their necks into pain and could only look straight ahead.

Wang Yan's face was as cold as iron, and a sharp look flashed in his eyes. He was surrounded by his personal soldiers, and he slowly marched slowly. Behind him, several burly soldiers, eight feet long, raised their flags, and the strong north wind blew the scarlet flag. The big words "The King of the Hebei Camps of the Great Song Dynasty" were lined up on the flag, which was the courage of the army. The spears and axes around him were like forests, and the three thousand-toothed soldiers surrounded the commander in the middle. Further out, layers of crossbowmen walked and rolled the strings. The outermost crossbowmen were of the best and the military pay was the highest. After each crossbow was fired, they handed the empty crossbows in their hands back into the formation. The crossbowmen in the queue were only responsible for putting arrows and winding the strings, and handing the crossbowmen outside to the crossbowmen outside.

The Song army's chariot formation slowly moved forward, the string "bangbang" and "bangbang" resounded, and the crossbow arrows continued. Tens of thousands of Liao army cavalry slapped at the Song army's chariot formation like an angry tide of the sea. The cavalry bent their bows and arrows on the horses, and also kept firing arrows at the dense Song army. The arrows fell into the Song army like rain. The Song army's armor was strong and there were chariots on the periphery, and fewer casualties were killed or injured than the Liao army. However, in the fierce battle, the Song army's marching speed had slowed down.

Relying on the rapid horse and sharp sword, the Liao army spread their cavalry teams from all sides and kept coming forward. They blocked the front, rushed across the side, and were delayed. The Liao army completely abandoned the rule of "not fighting" and tried to defeat the Song army's marching ranks again and again. As time went by, fierce battles broke out in front, back, left and right sides of the marching ranks of the Song army. The Liao army and the Song army burst out with the greatest courage to fight to the death. The Song army piled all the dead and wounded in the carriage, with corpses and wounded people layer by layer, moving forward all the way, and blood flowed down from the chariots, like a red stream. Even so, the Liao army could not stop the Hebei army from advancing slowly. The wilderness behind them was covered with corpses, and the road was dyed red in different shades.
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