Ulu has been relaxed lately.

Although he and his tribe suffered heavy casualties under Taigu City, since Taiyuan Mansion returned to Daizhou, there was nothing to fight for.

It should be for the sake of fairness, all the teams that participated in the Battle of Taigu and suffered heavy casualties were all arranged to be stationed in Daizhou City. When the Song army probed the horse with the divine arm bow so that many warriors in the army under the head did not return, he and his tribe were staying in the camp in Daizhou City at that time. It's just that when the elite was to be selected to be stationed in the big and small kings, Ulu and his tribe were unfortunately chosen.

However, Ulu also received fifty elite iron armor, one hundred and fifty divine arm bows, and fifty horse bows and waist knives. When his sons and daughters put on these weapons and armor, they immediately changed their appearance, took on a new look, and their spirit was different.

The sons and daughters who went out on the expedition were all replaced with new equipment, and the Song people, who had been rampant for a while with their strong armor, had to give up the harassment offensive and began to return to their usual methods - building barracks, digging ditches, and then hiding in the barracks and guarding behind the ditches.

A few steps up the watchtower, and the two children of the clan who were guarding the wooden watchtower immediately saluted Ulu. His tribal army and several small tribes were stationed in the southeast corner of the camp of Xiaowangzhuang, and the location here was also under his control.

Standing on the top of the watchtower, you can clearly see the road that is four feet wide outside the wall. It was an official road built by the Song people, but now it is galloping with the cavalry of Daliao.

On the other side of the road is Dawangzhuang. In terms of the size of Zhuangzi, Dawangzhuang is more than twice as large as Xiaowangzhuang, so the main force of the battle is also stationed in it. On the side of the official road, there are two Zhuangzi and a row of shops. If it weren't for the war, it would have been a good place with a lot of customers, but now all that remains is the ruins of the burned walls.

And along the road to the south, there is the camp of the Song army on the front line. However, the camp was actually invisible from the three-zhang high watchtower, and it was eight miles away, and it was difficult for even the best eyes to see the Song people's camp at this distance. Only a spaceship high above and a clairvoyant mirror can see clearly.

However, it was nearly noon, and thin smoke appeared in the distance to the south, which was only vaguely visible, but it also indicated the location of the enemy army.

In the past few days, the Song army has been arriving at the camp opposite the big and small wangzhuang. The amount of cooking smoke has increased three-to-five-fold in a few days, but nothing has changed in these two days. It seems that the replenishment of front-line forces has come to an end.

Although in order to save horsepower and reduce unnecessary casualties, in addition to intercepting the invasion of the Song cavalry, the Liao army's probe horses would not penetrate deep into the forward defense line of the Song army. But on the flying ship floating high, it is easy to calculate the number of Song troops who arrived at the front line during this time.

So far, the total number of Song troops opposite the big and small wangzhuang will not exceed 10,000. The 6,000 cavalry of the Great Liao faced the nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Song army, and they looked almost evenly matched. However, as long as there is a need, the Liao army, whose main force is stationed in Daizhou, is far easier to reverse the balance of strength on the front line than the Song army in Xinkouzhai.

These Song garrisons were not concentrated, but scattered in several adjacent barracks converted from abandoned villages. Several camps were far from each other, but none of them were more than five miles.

However, according to the report of the horses, only the camps on the front side of the big and small kings, which are also located on the side of the official road, have been expanded in the opposite position of the old site of the village, making the area several times larger than the rest of the camps. Together, these villages are like a big camp. In the center is the main camp, while the surrounding villages are small camps that serve as guards.

But with such a camp size, it seems that it can arrange 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, instead of more than 10,000 now. It can be seen that the Song army is preparing for the main force to enter later. Except for the nearest main camp, the other small villages seemed extremely empty at this time, as if there were only four or five hundred people stationed in them. According to the military system of the Song people, there is only one command.

"Uru." Lao Hu Lige climbed up from below, looking very nervous, "You're all back, what do you say about the big camp?" Do you really want to attack the camp of the Song people? ”

In the morning, there was a rumor from the big camp that they wanted to discuss the attack on the Song army's camp, and Ulu hurried over after the order. The messenger spoke in a vague manner, which made many people worry for a long time.

"That's right." Ulu was still looking down at the cavalry below, who had just returned from the Song camp, "Yelu Daoning said that although the main force of the Song people has not yet arrived, it is definitely coming. simply take this opportunity to break through one or two small villages on the side and give the Song people a disadvantage. lest when they arrive, they should be able to send out their troops immediately. ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Lao Hu Ligai breathed a sigh of relief, and his back bent down: "It's better than attacking the main village of the Song people." When will the troops be sent? Which side do we fight? He looked up again and asked.

"No troops will be sent, no one will fight." Ulu turned around and shook his head with a smile at Lao Hu Li: "Yelu Daoning said this, but no one answered, it was the camp guarded by the Song people!" When the Song army repaired the village, he couldn't stop it, and now he is asking for hardship to fight again. We don't have many sons left in the Tulu tribe, and I want to bring them back with me. ”

If you want to capture the camp guarded by the four or five hundred Song troops as soon as possible, you need at least three to four times as many troops. At the same time, it is necessary to guard against the reinforcements of the Song people. If you want to capture the camp of the Song army under such circumstances, where can it be so easy? To ask Daizhou for reinforcements is too trivial. Most importantly, in Taigu County, most people have already suffered enough from the siege.

Just hearing that there was no need to attack the camp of the Song army at all, Lao Hu Ligai was still worried, and the wrinkles on his eyebrows were two points deeper than those on his forehead.

"Old Hu Ligai, your worries are in vain." Uluha Luha laughed and patted Lao Huligai's thin shoulder hard, "You didn't even see Yelu Daoning's face, it became like a roast pig." No one is stupid. Don't the Song people know that too few troops in the Dao will attract our attack? Only a few hundred people were sent to guard the stockade, which was clearly a trap. I don't want to think about how close the reinforcements of the Song people are? It's the same as we have here and in Daizhou. ”

The biggest advantage of Daxiaowangzhuang is the distance between it and Daizhou.

The big and small wangzhuang are only forty miles away from Daizhou City, and the fast horses can come in less than an hour. Any attack on the big and small Wangzhuang is equivalent to defeating the 20,000 soldiers and horses still in Daizhou City at the same time, which also includes more than 5,000 leather room troops and the first-class elite of the palace division army.

What's more, there are nearly 7,000 cavalry stationed in the big and small kings, and there are more than 2,000 armored cavalry, which is the home of His Royal Highness Shangfu in Xijing Road. Among the remaining more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, 1,000 belonged to the Xijing Pi Room Army under Xiao 13.

The soldiers and horses stationed at the forefront of this department not only have far superior combat effectiveness to their peers, but also have extremely special identities. In case it is besieged by the Song army, Daizhou will inevitably come to the aid desperately.

In the same way, the few peripheral villages set up by the Song people are only five or six miles away from the main camp at most, and reinforcements can come at any time. Although it is said that the hard-fought battles have been avoided by the more than 6,000 people stationed in the big and small Wangzhuang so far.

"We just have to stay here. If the Song army really came to attack, Xiao Shumi would lead reinforcements to come and directly copy the back road of the Song army. That's how the emperor of the Song people was defeated by us back then, and it will be the same now. What else do you have to worry about? ”

Old Hu Ligai looked at Ulu who was foaming at the mouth, and knew that he didn't trust Xiao Shisan, but with such a combat strategy, there was no need for the tribal army of Ulu and Tulu to take risks, and of course he could get his wholehearted support.

'When did we not even dare to face the enemy we faced?' Old Huriget whispered, but only he could hear it.

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"When did I, Khitan Erlang, dare not even face the enemy in front of me!"

Across an official road, a few hours later, on the watchtower in the corner of Dawangzhuang, the veteran Yelu Daoning, a veteran in his forties, was sighing with a long sigh full of wine.

No one could answer his question, and the two cronies on the same balcony hung their heads. Let Yelu Dornine drink with a wine gourd, day and night.

As the commander of the place, Yelu Daoning was obliged to clean up the Song people's horses and prevent the Song army from crossing the Great and Small Wangzhuang to attack Daizhou. But he did not have the authority to lead the assault on the Song army camp, which could cause heavy casualties.

Unless he can get the support of most of his subordinates, he will not even be able to get out of the big tent under the orders he has given. The previous defeat had completely ruined Yerodonin's prestige, and now he was the object of ridicule from everyone in the whole army. I can only hide on the lookout and drink alcohol.

"Afraid of the enemy like a tiger, how can you win the Song people in this way?" Yerodonin laughed miserably, tilted his neck and poured two large sips of strong wine.

"Commander, you're wrong! Why do you want to attack the city? Our Khitan cavalry has always been arrayed without fighting. Even the Song army in the formation didn't fight, let alone the camp that knew that there were strong soldiers to hold onto? ”

Yelu Daoning turned around when he heard the sound, and saw a familiar face poking up from under the balcony in his drunken eyes. It is Xiao Shisan's cronies, Xiao Siwen of the Northern Privy Council.

"Isn't this Xiao Changshi? How did you get here? ”

"The Privy Counsellor and the Lord of Jerod heard about the morning, so they let me come."

Zhang Xiaojie was given the surname Yelu in his early years, and in fact, he should be Yelu Xiaojie, but in the hearts of all the royal families in the Fourth Tent, the Fifth Academy, and the Sixth Academy, they only know one Zhang Xiaojie. However, in public calling, there are still not many people who will call it wrong.

"The eyes and ears of the privy are really well-informed." Yelu Daoning muttered a smumbled sentence, and then said, "Say, what is the Privy going to do with me?" ”