On the wilderness north of Yanmen Pass, the Song army camp.

After two days of marching, he had traveled nearly fifty miles, which was certainly not fast in the army, and it was faster than when he came north before, but for this tiger army pretending to be mainly a people, this speed was already the limit. This is not only because they need to hide their strength, but also because they have to keep an eye on the road and be prepared for an attack that may come at any time.

In this way, it is not only the consumption of physical strength, but also the loss of spirit, and the speed of the army's advance will naturally not be fast. And when it came time to camp at night, the big guys were even more tired, and except for a few who kept vigil, everyone else went to sleep in the tent early.

Of course, there is a pay, there is naturally a gain, although it is only two days, the Tiger Ben army has been greatly improved than before, and no longer dare to relax because of the previous success. Today, they finally know how hard it is to face a truly strong enemy, which is completely different from when they easily quelled the rebellion in Gyeonggi.

The other soldiers could rest in time, but Sun Tu, as the chief general of the three armies, refused to relax at this time, and on the second watch, he walked out of the military tent as he did the night before, patrolling the camp, and at the same time his eyes were still sweeping in the darkness all around, not knowing whether there was a real threat hiding in the darkness. However, he knows one thing very well, his family should have been targeted by the Liao, and he may be attacked at any time.

You must know that in this tiger army, there are not only those battlefield newcomers who have never faced a real war, but also two hundred veterans of the Qingzhou Army who followed Sun Tu all the way from Shandong to Jiangnan, and half of them are from the elite of the scout battalion. Charging into battle may not turn the tide of battle, but when it comes to looking at your surroundings and analyzing the enemy's tracks, you can do it.

In fact, since last night, Sun Tu has learned that his family has been targeted by the Liao, but he doesn't know when and where the other party will choose to launch an offensive against him. For this reason, he chose to camp here today, precisely because he felt that the enemy might choose to attack tonight.

"General, can we really wait for the Liao army to make this arrangement?" Wei Cheng, who was patrolling the camp with him, looked left and right with a little uneasiness, and only the whistling wind kept playing in the wilderness, which made people inevitably feel nervous, as if a terrible beast might come out of the darkness at any time.

Sun Tu paused, looked back and patted him on the shoulder: "What, scared?" ”

"Humble ......" Wei Cheng's face turned red, but he didn't dare to admit that he was timid in front of Sun Tu. Indeed, he is quite scared now, after all, two years ago he was a useless fool, but now he has become a lieutenant general in the army, and he has to fight against the powerful Liao, not to mention ......

"Don't panic, we are not weaker than the Liao, now they are not the heroes who dominated the world a hundred years ago, otherwise they would not have played such a trick. And we have prepared for it, if they dare to come, this is their burial place. Sun Tu said, and continued to walk through the barracks where the bonfires were lit, and it was quiet, and only thirty or fifty people were on duty.

Wei Cheng responded in a low voice, and hurriedly followed Sun Tu's footsteps and inspected the military camp stationed at the bottom of the hill. It should be to avoid the wind, the Song army camp is close to this small hill more than 30 zhang high, and the entire camp is quite tightly packed, not giving the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of.

In the darkness in the distance, several pairs of eyes were staring at the camp. Although there are no stars and no moon tonight, because the bonfires in the Song military camp have not been extinguished, it is convenient for people outside to grasp the situation in the camp.

"Let's go back, depending on the situation, although Song Jun is prepared, it is still too big." The leader of them said softly, and then stepped back silently. The others pulled back with him and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Half an hour later, they had appeared in a dead wood forest more than ten miles away. The bitter cold of this spring made this forest still maintain the appearance of winter, and there were not a few leaves to be seen on the trees, but for this forest covering an area of dozens of miles, it was enough to hide a cavalry of more than 5,000 people.

When approaching the forest, someone shouted: "Da Liao should be prosperous!" "It's the military password. Until a voice came from inside: "Defeat Song and destroy Jin!" After that, they quickly approached them, and the men and horses hidden in the forest did not attack them.

Soon, a few of them came to Xiao Yanping and reported what they saw truthfully. Xiao Yanping listened carefully, and then showed a strange smile: "Loose on the outside and tight on the inside, is this to induce us to launch a night attack?" ”

"The general is saying that they are all fakes?" The scout who had been ordered to investigate couldn't believe it.

"If my judgment was correct, then it was." Xiao Yanping pouted and smiled: "But if the five thousand Song army wants to calculate me in turn, they will have to make them pay." As I said, I'm going to eat this bait! Speaking of this, a fierce light flashed in his eyes: "Pass the order, everyone eat something, four watches, and attack!" ”

Ordinary night attacks are chosen in the middle of the night, but he feels that the fourth watch near dawn is the most suitable time for a sneak attack. Because at this time, the Song army, who had been on guard all night, must be tired, and must have relaxed because it was about to dawn, and most of them had even fallen asleep. At this time, a sudden attack will definitely break the enemy in one fell swoop. He really didn't believe that there were any elites in the rear army of the Great Song Dynasty who could compete with him head-on.

The fourth watch day will soon arrive.

The campfire in the barracks had become weaker after burning for most of the night, which made the night watchmen, who could only rely on it for warmth, feel more and more uneasy, and quickly took out a lot of dry wood from a small camp tent and added it to it. Some people are muttering and complaining about something.

But just as they were muttering something, a sudden rumbling sound sounded from miles away, making them stunned: "What is this?" Did the earth dragon turn over? "They have always been in the rich land of Tokyo, and they have never experienced battlefield battles, and they have not even thought about the direction of the enemy attack. It wasn't until the ground under their feet trembled violently, and there were even more shouts and killings, that they suddenly woke up, their faces changed greatly, and they screamed in shock: "Liaoren! It's the Liao people who are coming to attack! ”

The shrill screams instantly pierced the silence of the Song army's camp. But it was obviously a little late to shout a warning at this time, because the Liao cavalry had already galloped and rushed over.

In order to break the enemy with one blow in this night attack, Xiao Yanping didn't put a lot of thought into it. Not only did he choose such a moment when the enemy was most relaxed and tired, but also let the whole army dismount and walk, rank and pick up the bell, and quietly approached the camp of the Song army. It wasn't until there were still three miles left that the whole army was suddenly ordered to charge.

For the cavalry who were sprinting with all their might, it was really just a matter of an instant. The screams of the night watchmen still echoed over the barracks, and hundreds of arrows had whizzed past the camp gate in front of them, and swooped down on them in dense numbers. Suddenly, the screams were replaced by screams, and the soldiers even threw their weapons away, turned their heads and ran backwards.

But this will only make them die faster, because the enemy has taken advantage of this opportunity to break through the defensive line of the camp ahead. Those hastily arranged in front of the camp gate antlers to resist horses and other things, had already rushed to the front line of the Liao army with spears to pick to the side, after clearing a smooth road, they were even more full speed impact, after breaking through the thin camp gate, the Song army camp in front of them in their eyes has almost become a piece of meat on the chopping board, just waiting for them to swing their knives to cut down, feasting.

Xiao Yanping, who entered the camp with his subordinate cavalry, also showed contempt, this Song army was far more useless than he thought, he thought there was still a big battle, but now it seems that it is just a harvest.

But in the life of this thought, his heart was shocked again, and he realized that the situation was not good: "It's not right. No one has come out of the tent until now...... Also, there are no neighing horses here, they obviously have cavalry, and where did those horses go? ”

Ahead, the Liao soldiers had already begun to set fire to all directions according to the fixed night attack methods, lighting up a camp that was originally black and red, and some people chased the Song soldiers who were scattering and fleeing, cutting them to the ground like slaughtering livestock, and then the horses' hooves trampled on them mercilessly, and suddenly screamed.

"Be careful on both sides, the Song army has an ambush here!" Xiao Yanping shouted, the long knife in his hand was already horizontal in front of his chest, he was ready for everything, and his eyes kept scanning to the left and right, but it was quiet and dark there, and it was really impossible to see whether there were ambushes or not.

At this time, he really regretted his decision to be too big. Since you know that the other party is prepared, you should be prepared accordingly, at least you can't expose the left and right wings. Fortunately, he believed that the elite cavalry under his command was good enough to fight, and as long as he was prepared, he was not afraid of accidents.

These Liao soldiers really lived up to his trust, and after hearing this roar, although they still set fire to it, more attention was paid to the outside of the camp. In fact, he didn't need to remind him more, and no one in the entire Song camp ran out at this time, which was enough to explain the problem.

Who would have thought that this Song camp, which was targeted by them and sent scouts to carefully observe in the middle of the night, was actually an empty camp trap, in order to lure them in!

When it was, the loud horn suddenly sounded!

Along with it, it is even more overwhelming, thousands of dense arrow rain!

What made the Liao soldiers suddenly change color up and down was that these arrows did not come from the left and right that they had been guarded against, but from the hill behind the camp.

The Song army, who had been hiding above their heads all along, took advantage of the location, and suddenly launched a sneak attack!