Looking at the iron armor emerging from behind the musketeers, Yelu shook his head helplessly. Just musketeers, who can rush over without fear of death, try to disrupt their formation. With this thousand iron armor, there is really no way. Even if there are no musketeers, it is not easy for 10,000 people to destroy a thousand iron armor. To be able to wear this kind of armor, all of them are veterans of a hundred battles.

Reluctantly, he ordered the troops to be withdrawn. Five thousand people went out of the two armies, and only about 1,000 people came back in the end.

Jia Kui put away his binoculars and ordered the army to treat the wounded, escort the prisoners, and prepare for another battle. After going down the watchtower, he returned to the Shuai tent, and ordered someone to write down today's battle situation and send it to Zhao Zi and Shuozhou Pang in Hedong.

Now it seems that the Khitan has the meaning of temptation today. However, the cost of sending away thousands of people in a single temptation was too heavy to be done in the future. The Khitan army of 300,000 can only accommodate 350,000 people on the front line, and any more will not be able to command. With such an attack, it is difficult to break through the guns of the Song army, and they should think of other ways in the future.

What's the solution? Jia Kui thought about it for a while, but he really couldn't think of it, so he simply didn't want to. The Song army built a solid defense line in advance, and the Khitans were not good at attacking fortifications, so what could they do? The most suitable thing is to bypass here and attack other places, so as to mobilize the Song army. Sports warfare is what the Khitans are good at, but here in Mayi, there is really no room for sports warfare. At that time, Du Zhongxiao chose Shuozhou because he was careful and chose such a very important and convenient place to defend.

Yelu drew the soldiers and horses, and quickly arrived outside the tent of Yelu Hongji, and ordered people to pass through. In a short time, the guards commanded that the account be entered.

After entering the tent, Yelu arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the guns and cannons of the Song army are very powerful, and there are one or two thousand iron armor behind to help, and ten thousand people are not enough to break through its military formation." When the minister saw that it was useless, he collected the soldiers and horses and came back to report it. ”

Yelu Hongji said in a deep voice: "I know, you step back first." ”

Yelu was included in the list, and Yelu Hongji said: "In today's battle, it seems that the guns of the Song army are extremely powerful. Listening to the soldiers, less than half of the 3,000 heavy-armored warriors attacked in front of the Song army's formation. In addition, muskets hurt people, and in the end, when the Song army was fighting, there were only 1,000 people. The iron armor of the Song army behind the formation is all the elite with tall bodies, how can they resist the enemy? It seems that it is really difficult to break through the Song army from the front. ”

Yelu Yixin came out of the column and said: "The Song army's position is close to the Gray River in the east and the mountains in the west, and it will be even more difficult to attack its flanks. Now is the time for peach blossom water, and the depth of the gray river is difficult to cross, so it is really difficult to do. ”

Nilu Ancient Road: "The Song army stayed here early, and chose a place between mountains and rivers to set up a formation, with guns and cannons, it was really difficult to fight." Look at the weather getting warmer day by day, this battle is difficult to fight. It is better to withdraw the troops and reason with the Song army that if they don't return from Shuozhou, it will not be too late to fight again in winter. ”

In today's daytime battle, most of the Khitan ministers already knew the situation and felt that it was tricky. I didn't expect that the Song army's artillery not only hit farther, but there were too many of them, and it was really not easy for the flesh and blood to rush through the artillery fire. Today's battlemates are all elites, and if they change to other troops, they rush halfway, but they are afraid that they will disperse in a hurry, and they will not even have today's effect.

Yelu Hongji said: "When the 300,000 army arrives here, they will retreat after a hasty battle, isn't it the ambition of the Long Song Dynasty!" Tomorrow, bring the artillery in the army, set it up in front of the formation, and bombard the Song army, and see how it goes. ”

Nilugu said: "Our artillery is not as numerous as the Song army, and it is not as far as the Song army, how can we bombard?" ”

Yelu Yixin said: "Where is the artillery so accurate? Besides, the artillery positions of the Song army, most of them are after the military formation, and they may not be able to fight. ”

Nirogu shook his head and said no more. Obviously, fighting with artillery is purely a way to take the Song army, just find a step down. The Khitan was originally good at sports warfare, interspersed in a large area, and was limited to a small area of the first five miles, which was already the length of attacking with its own enemy. Not to mention the trained Song army, it is the original forbidden army, after proper arrangement, the Khitan has no good way.

Lin Yaye said: "Or, we will send tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to cross the gray river and attack the Yanmen Pass on the opposite bank." If Song Jun goes to the rescue, there will be a chance. ”

Nilu Ancient Road: "On the other side of the Gray River, there are tens of thousands of Zhao Zi's army. For the attack on Yanmen Pass, they just happened to attack from the back, what is the use? ”

Yelu Hongji was distraught: "That's it, set up artillery in front of the battle tomorrow and fight against the Song army." ”

The ministers said yes. Now there is no way, and it can only be so.

Shengzhou, the new Hequ Road Envoy Sun Wei looked at the official document in his hand and shook his head with a smile. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there was no victory in the battle with the Khitan, and the Khitan army put too much pressure on the Song people. This time, Yelu Hongji led 300,000 troops south to attack Shuozhou, and many officials attached great importance to it. Jia Kui and Zhao Zi are less than 100,000 people, and many fear that they are no match. As a result, when the Khitan arrived in Mayi, they only tried to attack once on the first day, and after suffering heavy losses, they no longer attacked, but arranged artillery.

Compared with the Khitan, the Song army was an expert in using artillery, how could the Khitan fight? After seeing this result, Sun Wei was determined. It seems that in the first battle of Shuozhou, the Khitan had no choice, and this battle was easy to fight.

Putting down the official documents, Sun Wei wrote two letters and summoned the officials to send them out. One letter was given to Yang Wenguang, asking him to march immediately and occupy Baishuiluo. One letter was given to Liu Ji, ordering him to go forward with a large army and threaten the back of the Khitan. Since the Khitan did not attack Jia Kui with all his strength, Liu Ji could only force forward, instead of really going out of the mountain to attack the Khitan. It is necessary to wait for the Khitan to advance and retreat on the front line, and then harass its grain routes.

Ordering someone to send the letter away, Sun Wei thought about it, and gave a recital to the court to report his decision. Now the DPRK and the Central Committee have clearly decreed that all matters related to the front line must be reported to the court immediately and must not be concealed.

The commander of this battle was Pang Ji, the envoy of Hedong Road, and Sun Wei arrived at Hequ Road not long ago, and he was only an assistant.

After all this was done, Sun Wei stood up and went to the courtyard. Looking at the Yin Mountain in the distance, and then at the flowers and plants in the courtyard, I couldn't help but shake my head. Today is different from the past, thinking that when I was in the northwest, the army was unable to fight against the party, and there were countless grievances. The current Song army is different, and it is not inferior to the Khitan at all, and even has an advantage, which is really a good time.

If there was a situation back then, I would have made many meritorious achievements. It's really time and fate, and when the army is trained and he comes to Hequ Road to take up his post, the party has been wiped out, and it is inconvenient to fight against the Khitan. I sighed, and I felt infinite emotion in my heart.

has been fighting with the party for many years, in fact, the Song Dynasty has no shortage of good commanders serving in the border areas, and there is no shortage of generals who fight bravely, but they just can't win. Every time there is a battle, there are always soldiers who die bravely, and there are generals who flee in fear. Those who die in vain will not be severely punished for those who escape, and no matter how many advantages they have gained in front of them, they will be lost in one day.

Du Zhongxiao has been on Hequ Road for several years, and when he opened up the command system from the marshal to the front line, things will be completely different. The ups and downs of military reform in the past few years have made many ministers realize what the Song army really lacks. Including Sun Wei, he now has a completely different understanding of the affairs in the army. The most important thing now is to build the confidence of the Song army in fighting the Khitan. This was the case in the first battle of Mayi.