In the night, the bright moon peeked out of the dark clouds from time to time, reflecting the figures of a team of men and horses marching on the grassland. It also illuminates the vast and desolate grassland around it, which was once a place for Han soldiers to herd horses, and after falling to the enemy for more than a hundred years, it finally attracted soldiers and horses under the banner of the Han family again.

And this time, it was the Khitan army that retreated in front of the banner of the famous Song general Gao Taiwei.

This group of men and horses is now trailing behind the Khitan army that is retreating eastward like a fiery dragon. Their number was not large, less than four hundred. No flags, pure cavalry, one man and two horses. At the head were dozens of stout warriors with money rat tails and fur hats, carrying long horses and huge bow bags, but they bowed their heads and rode their horses towards the east. Always maintain a distance of five to ten miles from the Khitan army advancing in front.

In the center of this team of people are Wanyan Xianye and Wu Tian. Both of them put on sturdy Qingtang Qizi armor, and also covered the armor with a linen cloak to cover the bright armor leaves, and the hood on their heads was also covered with a fur hat in the style of divination.

Naturally, this dress is to pretend to be a warrior of the Bukereh Division. Although Wu Haogu has made up his mind to achieve Gao Taiwei's prestige, the disguise on the surface is still needed - how could a famous general like Gao Taiwei use his own banner to destroy national harmony? I must be blamed.

The Hetao grassland is close to the territory of the Divination people, and the party members who originally controlled this territory flashed after the battle of Tongwancheng, and even the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division on the north bank of the Yellow River has been withdrawn, so there is a power vacuum temporarily. Naturally, there was no force that could stop the warriors of the Kerebu from going south.

Of course, the Khitans don't believe this nonsense. It's not that the people of the Kereh Department can't get to the southern part of the Hetao steppe, but that the Kereh Department doesn't have armored shock cavalry at all. If they can make up three or four hundred armor cavalry, they will not be firmly suppressed by the Khitans in the northwest of the grassland.

However, the Khitan people don't care whether they believe in Wu Haogu or not, as long as they can take this reason to the court to fool Zhao Ji. Such a high-ranking wronged is wronged, but the Storm Pavilion will not go.

Suddenly got on a few horses, and the first person was Wu Haogu's fake son Wu Huang, who was also one of the four fake sons of "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang", and came to the Northwest Army with Wu Tian. Although this kid is similar in age to Wu Tian, but when he has grown tall, he is about the same height as Wu Tian when he left Jiehe Shang City, but now he is half a head taller than Wu Tian. Probably because of the rapid increase in his figure, Wu Huang's appetite has also improved recently, and now he is sitting on horseback, holding half a naan cake with cooked beef in his hand, chewing it heavily. He didn't look as stern as Wu Tian, he had a smiling face all day long, and said to Wu Tian and Xian Ye with a smile: "The Liao dogs in front look very strict, they are all armored horses, walking in formation, and there are far barricades scattered behind, and the sneak attack is not possible." ”

It turned out that he led a team of remote guards to follow behind the armored cavalry behind the Khitan palace for most of the night.

Wu Tian didn't have a good face for this brother who was shoulder-to-shoulder with him, and asked fiercely: "Ah Huang, didn't your people fight with Liao Dog?" ”

"No," Wu Huang said, chewing on the naan, "those Liao dogs are afraid of us, and they don't dare to approach the battle." ”

"That's where they can't tell where we came from and what we're for." Wu Tian turned back to Wan Yan and said, "Xianye, it seems that the Khitans don't take us seriously, so it's better to stay with them all night, and then start after Pingdan (dawn)." ”

The tactics of tailgating the night and attacking at dawn seem contrary to common sense at first glance - it seems that the raid should be carried out under the cover of night. But the enemy that Wutian and Xian Ye are facing now is not defenseless. Instead, people wore armor and horse harnesses, marched in formation, and scattered a lot of distant barriers, so there was no possibility of a surprise attack.

Therefore, Wu Tian simply did the opposite, putting pressure on his opponents by tailgating all the way, consuming their mental and physical strength (armor is very energy-consuming). At the same time, tailgating without a fight would confuse the enemy, leading them into believing that it was only a small force of Song cavalry watching their eastward retreat.

After all, Song and Liao haven't gone to war yet!

And after a night of suffering, the Khitan Jiaqi behind the palace must be sleepy and tired, and I am afraid that I will doze off at dawn, so I just start!

Of course, Wu Tian and Xian also have the capital to play like that. Wutian's fake son group, and Xianye's "Birth Girl Really Dare to Da" are the most able to survive. I can withstand it without sleep for a few days and nights.

This is the cost of fighting fatigue!

……

The sky gradually brightened, and the morning fog on the grassland was filled, and it was difficult to distinguish dozens of steps away from the opposite side.

Xiao Gan took more than 100 horsemen and slowly walked at the end of his 1,000-thousand-nampi chamber armor cavalry team. Everyone is sleepy, but they are holding on to it. Xiao Gan rode in front of the horse, and he couldn't stop yawning. He hadn't closed his eyes for a day and a night!

Last night, when he learned that there were cavalrymen of unknown origin following him, he did not dare to take it lightly, and immediately ordered him to put on armor and march in formation. He personally led more than 100 riders to the end, and also threw out a lot of remote obstacles.

However, after being on guard one night, the cavalry following behind was still hanging far away, and did not look like they wanted to attack.

Moreover, the remote blocker who was sent out by Xiao Gan to reconnoiter also reported before dawn that the most people who followed behind his own soldiers and horses were hundreds of horses, not a large group of men and horses.

Of course, it is impossible for hundreds of horsemen to threaten tens of thousands of Khitan soldiers and horses, and even a thousand Nanpi room armor horses behind the palace can't deal with it. So Xiao Gan finally felt a lot more relieved, and as soon as his spirit relaxed, this sleepiness was so thick that he couldn't erase it.

And the elites of the Nanpi Room who followed behind him were all sleepy.

In fact, the real elite of the leather room is the ancestor of these people, that is the elite who followed Taizu Abaoji, Taizong Yelude swept the desert grassland, and even almost entered the Central Plains! Compared with the current Wanyan Department, "Gundam" is not weak at all.

However, since the era of Liao Shengzong, the leather room army has gradually been reduced to a garrison of soldiers and horses. The left and right leather rooms were stationed in the ancient mountains of Taigao to contain the Song Dynasty, and the north and south leather rooms were returned to the palace of the great kings of the north and south and stationed in the southwest to curb the Western Xia, and the yellow leather room composed of the subject army was simply an empty shell.

It is impossible for the leather room army, which has been reduced to a garrison, to select warriors from the palace tents of various tribes as before, and can only rely on the old leather room to give birth to a small leather room, that is, it has become a hereditary soldier.

And there is no good supply, so they can only rely on grazing to make a living and armaments. The territory allocated to them by the Liao court is the relatively peaceful Hetao grassland area (part of the Hetao grassland belonging to the Liao State), and it has not been on the battlefield for decades.

These elites who follow Xiao Gan are just a little younger and stronger, and the battle formation or something is just a story from the mouth of the ancestors. When these people just came out with Xiao Gan, they still had a little bit of spirit. If Xiao Delisi and Xiao Gan had a little ambition yesterday, they would have fought with Gao Taiwei on the edge of the Mingtang River, and they might still be able to fight.

However, Xiao Delis and Xiao Gan chose to retreat, and the morale that had been boosted because of the initial battle immediately dropped a lot. And it was not that he had enough spirit to retreat during the day, but that he retreated overnight.

The retreating troops were also unstable, allowing the "unidentified" cavalry to follow all the way. Although Xiao Gan had fought in battles, he was not very experienced, he was too nervous, worried that the other party would launch an attack at night, so he asked his subordinates to put on armor and set up a formation early. At the end of the night, everyone was sleepy and tired, and there were many complaints.

“…… How exactly is it directed? Moving forward for no reason, seeing Song Gou's army retreating again, when will our Great Khitan warriors be useless? ”

"Our lives are hard, and there is no one to take care of the cattle and sheep at home, but we have sent troops for thousands of miles, and we can't fight the grass valley, so we are wandering around on the grassland."

"Yes, after wandering around the grassland for so long, the horses are tired and sick, and finally they go back empty-handed......"

"It's okay to grab a handful and leave, it's not in vain!"

Of course, Xiao Gan listened to all these complaining voices in his ears, and he just shook his head slightly. These leather room soldiers are too undisciplined, and they don't know the cruelty of war, and they lack understanding of the Song army, and they think they are weak chickens who let them plunder.

Through the misty morning mist, there was a sudden sound behind me. It seems to be the sound of horses' hooves on the grass, and it's getting louder and louder!

Who's coming? Is it the hundreds of cavalry who have been following themselves? Or did the distant barricades that were scattered behind themselves come back?

Just when he couldn't eat, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded, this is the alarm arrow! And then there were the screams of people and the neighing of horses!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Array ......"

Xiao Gan shouted and ordered.

One of his attendants immediately raised his horn and blew a whimpering horn.

The armor rider who is listlessly heading east is also a spirit.

What's going on? Going to war? Is it a Song person? They ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and they actually dared to go to war with Da Liao?

"Quick! Hurry up and line up! Xiao Gan shouted loudly, "Enemy attack, quickly line up, cross the line!" ”

After a short period of shock, thousands of Khitan armor riders began to unfold one after another, still in their "light but untidy" style. Although the Khitan had armored horses, they could not get rid of their nomadic habits and did not like to fight hard in formation. Even if it's a formation, it's a one-shot battle – a hug and then a hand-to-hand victory.

Just when Xiao Gan's Nanpi Room Army was busy arraying, the first group of enemy cavalry had already appeared in the morning mist! At the same time, there was the cry of the diviner: "For Mogus! Heavenly Father bless ......"

Xiao Gan was able to understand the divination words, and he was stunned for a moment.

Is it the diviner who came? Or the diviner of the Kereb?

How is this possible!?

"Diviner!"

"It's the diviner......

Immediately, someone shouted in horror, and the "Diviners" had appeared in the misty morning mist, all wearing fur hats in the style of divination, riding horses without equipment, and holding long horses, whistling here!