Chapter 398: Breakthrough (I)
The rain is still falling, but it's much lighter than before.
The morale in the valley was much more exciting than just now, and Sun Tu's words had already re-energized the Liao and Song armies, even if they only had one percent of the strength of the enemy army outside, even if they had not entered a grain of rice for a whole day, they still dared to take the initiative to attack and fight a bloody way to survive!
Tong Guan and Yelu Xiongge, who saw this scene, were also emotional, there are indeed natural generals in this world, and Sun Tu is it. When other generals had to use their tongues to boost the morale of the whole army, he only needed a few simple words to get his wish, and even the Liao soldiers who should have belonged to the hostile camp were actually moved by him.
"Let's rest on the spot first, keep our spirits up, and wait for the third watch day later, and then give the enemy a head-on blow!" After making arrangements, Sun Tucai dragged his somewhat tired body to the rear and came to Tong Guan and them. The two of them looked at him again for a while at this moment, and then said in unison: "Are you really sure to kill him?" ”
"It's hard, and even if you can really kill the blood, I'm afraid that the casualties will be huge. If Tong Shuai and King Xiongge were in it, they would become the target of public criticism, and they would only be more dangerous. Sun Tu didn't mean to hide it at all, and directly expressed his concerns.
This was exactly what the two of them were thinking, and they looked at him a little strangely at the moment. Since the stakes are so great, are you going to fight for this one?
Sun Tu also understood what they meant, and said with a wry smile: "When it is dawn tomorrow, even if the people who don't think about it don't make a move, the soldiers and horses under the command of Xiao Dude will be enough to break through the entrance of the valley, and it will be a dead end, so it is better to fight, then there may be a glimmer of life." And ......" Speaking of this, he first looked around, and after confirming that the soldiers and horses of the Liao and Song Dynasty were some distance away from here, and the sound of rain was covering up, he lowered his voice and said, "Xiaguan has no intention of letting the two of you take risks. ”
The two of them were stunned for a moment, but soon understood the meaning of his words, and their faces changed. Sun Tu didn't care too much, and continued to say quickly and softly: "I'll lead people to kill them later, that can naturally attract the attention of the enemy." At that point, the two of them will be able to leave the rear with a small retinue. As long as the enemy doesn't think of this, the middle of the night is enough time for you to get out of their pursuit and return safely. ”
Without waiting for the two to put forward their opinions, Sun Tu continued: "This is the best result in the current situation, I hope the two of you can understand the hard work of the lower officials." Of course, if you want to hide from the enemy forces outside, you will have to make some sacrifices, change your clothes, and have someone else disguise yourself. ”
The two looked at each other, and finally both accepted the arrangement. Tong Guan is greedy for life, so of course he can accept such an arrangement. As for Yelu Xiongge, after knowing Xiao Dude's conspiracy, he naturally didn't want to die here to provoke a war between the Liao and Song dynasties.
Both of them were decisive, so they immediately found a corner, and with the help of several cronies, they quickly changed their clothes and accessories. In this way, the two of them were no longer conspicuous in the Song-Liao coalition army. And taking advantage of this opportunity, Sun Tu called Lu Da and Wu Song to his side, and said solemnly: "Brother Lu, Second Brother Wu, there is a major matter that I want to entrust to you today, and you must not shirk." ”
The two of them waited solemnly when they saw what he said so solemnly, but after listening to his instructions, the two of them still changed color together: "You will stay in the valley when you break through." While the enemy forces outside were attracted all our attention, you escorted Tong Shuai and Yelu Xiongge out of here from the rear valley road. ”
"San Lang, what do you mean by that? Do you want us to leave you alone to escape? Ruda was the first to raise doubts.
"No, for the sake of the bigger picture, you're going to carry out more difficult tasks."
"Then why don't you do this, but risk your life to lead the army to fight in front?" Wu Song asked rhetorically.
Sun Tu smiled: "Only under my leadership can the Qingzhou Army exert its absolute combat power, and only then can it hope to kill, so I must not stay behind." But you are different, with the martial arts of the two of you, it shouldn't be too difficult to protect Tong Shuai and them to leave. As he spoke, without waiting for them to argue again, he turned his face blank: "This is my military order!" Lu Dawusong listened to the order, and when he went to war, your responsibility is to protect Tong Shuai and the others from the rear, and there must be no mistakes! ”
Under Sun Tu's combination of soft and hard, even if Luda still had doubts in their hearts, they could only accept the arrangement after all: "The last general will take the order!" ”
By the time he arranged it here, Tong Guan and the others had already arranged the stand-ins, and they were all cronies who were absolutely loyal to them. Then Tong Guan pulled Sun Tu aside again, looking as if he was going to make a final admonition, but in fact, a roll of things was stuffed into his hand in the middle of the secret: "You have taken the defense map." ”
This made Sun Tu stunned slightly, before he was forced by Xiongge Tong Guan to hand over the picture, but he encountered a sneak attack, and then the matter dragged on. But why did Tong Guan have to hand over the picture to himself, a person who would take greater risks?
Tong Guan didn't sell it, and whispered: "The old man will go back with Xiongge, and they will definitely bring up the old things again." But you are different, as long as you have the opportunity, you can use various methods to leave the Liao Kingdom, and then you will be able to bring the drawings back to the Great Song Dynasty. ”
Sun Tu nodded clearly, he was indeed much more inconspicuous than Tong Guan, and after breaking out of the encirclement, it was really possible to escape from the Liao Kingdom in a low-key manner. Therefore, he did not shirk, and quickly took over the defense map and kept it close to him. In this way, unless he dies in battle, he can always think of bringing back the drawings that are related to the future war pattern between the two countries back to the Great Song Dynasty.
When this side is arranged, the time has come to the second watch. Sun Tu still didn't rest, but walked up to a Qingzhou soldier, looked at his injured shoulder and said, "Do you blame this official for letting you fall into such a desperate situation?" ”
The soldier was still a little confused, but when he heard Sun Tu's words at this moment, his spirit suddenly lifted, and he quickly stood up and said, "The villain will not regret his death." If it weren't for you to pull us out of the previous predicament, the villain might have been oppressed to death by those officials, how could he be so happy today! ”
Sun Tu patted him on the shoulder encouragingly: "Then let go of your hands and feet and kill again, leave here alive, and go back to Qingzhou to continue to live that happy life!" As he spoke, he shook his hand with him, and in the strange look of the other party, he had withdrawn his hand, nodded at it again, and then walked to another Qingzhou soldier on the side.
This scene fell into the eyes of others, and there was a burst of emotion in their hearts, Sun Tu was able to win the support of the whole army, and it was really not a fluke that he could train a rare elite soldier in the Great Song Dynasty, just being willing to talk to the soldiers under his command one by one and encourage them was not something that ordinary generals could do.
But in fact, only Sun Tu and those Qingzhou soldiers knew that his words and encouragement to everyone were only one aspect. What's more, taking advantage of this face-to-face time, he has stuffed a palm-sized hard biscuit into the soldier's hand - compressed biscuit!
Several upgrades to the warehouse system in the Middle Realm allowed Sun Tu to take out the items stored in the guardhouse out of thin air without entering the warehouse himself. And he had already put a lot of compressed biscuits in the guardhouse before, and at this time, he used this ability to take them out one by one and send them to the soldiers.
Sun Tu didn't want to expose his ability to have a warehouse at this time, so he didn't take out the food even if he was surrounded and cut off. But now, in order to make it easier for his soldiers to kill, he still took out the biscuits. Fortunately, it was dark at this time, and the soldiers were silent, so everything was going on quietly.
Although it was only a palm-sized biscuit, it was enough to fill the stomachs of these sergeants after eating it in the rain, laying the foundation for their next fight. As for those Liao people, it is impossible for Sun Tu to help them, in the final analysis, the two sides are still hostile, even if they cooperate for the time being now, it is difficult to say what the other party's attitude will be after they really get out of danger, naturally the more they die, the better.
Thanks to the fact that there are only seventy or eighty Qingzhou soldiers left in the valley now, otherwise it would be too time-consuming to do this. But even so, it took Sun Tu nearly half an hour, and at this time, the second watch was more than halfway, and it was the middle of the night of the third watch, and the Liao army outside the valley had fallen into absolute silence.
"Prepare to break out!" Under Sun Tu's whispered order, the Qingzhou army and the Liao soldiers quietly assembled, pulled the horses and came to the valley mouth.
At this time, Tong Guan asked people to bring a green horse and handed it to Sun Tu: "Sun Dujian, this is the imperial horse that His Majesty gave Tong Shuai before, the speed and endurance are superior, I hope to help you!" ”
Sun Tu did not shirk, a good horse in this kind of breakthrough battle can indeed give people a few more chances of winning. After finally glancing at the more than ten figures left behind, Sun Tu also strode forward, and when he came to the mouth of the valley, without the slightest hesitation, he had already turned over on his horse, and pointed the spear in his hand at the enemy's camp in front of him, and he had already let out a low roar: "Life or death are fighting here, the whole army is assaulting!" Kill! ”
After roaring this, Sun Tuyi urged the green horse under his crotch to rush forward. The Liao and Song coalition forces behind him also shouted in unison, and at the same time got on their horses, raised the weapons in their hands, fought their horses hard, and killed the enemy camp in front of them at full speed.
Suddenly, the shouts of killing shattered the silence of the night, and more than 200 cavalry of the Liao and Song coalition army roared like 200 red-eyed beasts and slaughtered the enemy camp in front.
Not long after they rushed out of the valley, a team of more than 100 people reacted in front of them and stepped forward to block them. This one was set up by Xiao Dude early to monitor the situation in the valley to prevent them from sneaking away. But as a result, the army was met head-on by the slaughtered cavalry without any preparation, and almost in a moment, the hundred-man team was cut and torn apart, half of them fell to the enemy's sword, and half of them turned and ran back in a panic.
Moments later, the escapees and pursuers rushed into the Liao camp on their feet, and a fierce battle broke out......