"Notify the scouts to go deeper and see if the Liao army has retreated." Lu Mingyu ordered the commander to quickly inform the cavalry battalion where he was taking care of him. Yang Zaixing immediately sent his cavalry and scattered into dozens of squads to go deeper into the Liao army's camp to reconnaissance. Before the Liao army retreated heavily, there were cavalry around the camp to prevent the Song army's scouts from approaching. At this time, no one was seen. In less than half an hour, the scout reported that the camp where the main force of the Liao army was stationed was empty. Several hundred-man teams in front of the cavalry battalion also controlled several important commanding heights.

"Yelu Dashi really withdrew his troops" Lu Mingyu breathed a sigh of relief

He was worried that the Liao army was pretending to withdraw troops, luring the Song army out of the city and then taking the city at camera, and another possibility was that the Liao army pretended to withdraw the siege, but ambushed on the way and attacked the Song army pursuing him. However, if Yelu Dashi thought this way, he was afraid that the result would disappoint him very much. During these days, Zhao Xingde and the generals discussed day and night. Every step of the pursuit was arranged to be very clear about chasing the enemy horses, including the 36th battalion of musketeers, the other 10th battalion of crossbowmen, the sixth battalion of swords and axes, the sixth battalion of scout cavalry, the fourth battalion of elite thunderbolters, the two battalion of gunners, a total of more than 32,000 horses, supplies, money and grain, and even key points to be occupied along the way.

The village's response was already ready. More than 30,000 troops were ordered to be ordered to fight the Northern Expedition with just one order, but Zhao Xingde did not delay. After he learned that the Liao army had withdrawn, he only sent someone to inform the Prime Minister's Office, asking the Ministry of War to urge Cao Di to cross the river to fight. All his troops under him immediately pulled out of the city to pursue the Liao army. In order to make quick action, Zhao Xingde even ordered the troops in the northern expedition to not carry any tents. The soldiers only carried strips and rolled up their carpets and drove away. At night, they did not set up tents or dig trenches. They only circled the camp in the wild with deer antlers. From Zhao Xingde to ordinary soldiers, they all lie in the open air. Although the soldiers had complained a lot, the military order was still strongly implemented.

The soldiers are the gods. Within an hour, all the 62nd battalions of troops who were ordered to fight north had left the city. Yang Zaixing's troops advanced cavalry had already marched more than ten miles away Zhao Xingde's horse was on the hill beside the marching line. The generals who were seeing off were all around the northern expedition army like a winding long dragon, slowly and firmly heading north.

"General Zhao" Du Chuo's face was filled with a look of repentance, "Take care all the way"

Zhao Xingde and Shi Jingkui marched in different ways. Du Chujiao, as a tooth general, was actually assigned to the West Road. It was really surprising. In the past two days, Du Chujiao has found Zhao Xingde several times and asked to transfer himself to the East Road. Zhao Xingde refused, and Liu Zhijian, Gao Su and other generals also smelled an unusual smell from the unusual assignment. However, Zhao Xingde and Shi Jingkui were both tight-lipped and they had no way of knowing the reason for such an arrangement. Shi Jingkui whispered, "General Gonghou won the victory and returned."

"The northern expedition has already made a decision, and we will do our duty," Zhao Xingde smiled and turned his eyes from Du Chujiao to the generals. "Meet to you tomorrow and drink with you in Bianliang." As soon as he lifted the reins, the war horse ran down the hill briskly. The two toothed barracks had already been waiting there for cheering and thunder. More than a thousand people surrounded Zhao Xingde in the middle and merged into the vast torrent all the way north.
Chapter completed!