The night wind gradually stopped, but the commotion near the big and small wangzhuang was consistent.

If you look down from a high place, you can clearly see several rivers of light flowing out of the big and small wangzhuang. That was the route of the withdrawal of the Liao army.

The 20,000 Liao divisions did not evacuate along the official road leading to Daizhou. Instead, they spread out in three directions, one along the official road, one on a northerly path, and the other south across the Hutuo River, apparently preparing to return to Daizhou City from the south bank of the Hutuo River.

With the strength of the Liao army and the number of war horses, if you only choose to go from the official road, you will rely on the advantage of war horses, and you will not be able to evacuate all of them at noon the next day. Now they are separated and left, but it is much faster-just like when they came from Daizhou to support the day before, except for the first few waves of reinforcements, the rest are all marching together. In this way, within one day, tens of thousands of reinforcements with a total number of men and horses could reach the front line as quickly as possible.

The retreat was very smooth, but Xiao Shisan's heart was full of loss.

'Failed. ’

An opportunity to turn the tables, Xiao Shisan looked forward to it for half the night, but he never waited.

Even though he was still unwilling in his heart, he still admitted the reality. Han Gang, the commander of the Song army, seemed to prefer to give up the temptation to defeat the enemy in the field in one fell swoop, but also to ensure the safety of the whole army, rather than come out and take a little risk.

The previous group of tribal troops left with torches, not only to light the way forward, but more importantly, to allow Xiao Shisan and his headquarters to quietly leave the camp and lurk in the darkness - deliberately wanting to attract people's attention, many times it means that there is something they want to hide. It's like when a lot of people lie, their voices suddenly get louder.

Xiao 13 and his headquarters soldiers and horses quietly left the camp and lurked in the wilderness. On his side is the Hutuo River, where only the heart of the river is left, and while waiting for the main force of the Song army to come out of the camp to pursue, he must divide half of his heart to prevent the Song army from detouring to the other side of the river to kill.

At this time, the third watch had passed, and the defenders in the village had left halfway, but the main force of the Song army had never come out of the camp.

The cavalry of the Song army that was dispatched out was so powerful when they left the camp that they almost made several tribes who should have left the camp in turn rush to escape, if Xiao Shisan hadn't sent people to suppress the formation in time, the whole army would have collapsed.

However, after he stabilized the morale of the army, when the cavalry of the two sides was about to clash, the Song army ended hastily, turned back, and then wandered around the periphery, knowing at a glance that there was no intention of fighting.

After being an opponent for a few months, Han Gang would never risk using soldiers unless he was forced to do so, and Xiao Shisan already fully understood it.

The opponent on the opposite side, who was also a privy envoy, really wanted to be consumed, and Xiao Thirteen was helpless, even though the idea of avoiding a frontal battle was common to both sides, but Han Gang could choose far more other means than he Xiao Thirteen.

Smart people rarely give up their strengths in favor of taking risks. As for whether Han Gang is smart or not, that's one thing not to discuss.

Nibbling on the cold and hard dried meat, and with some warm liquor hidden in his arms, Xiao 13 made up his mind.

'It's time to go. Can't wait until dawn. ’

When is the best time to attack, this is the common sense of soldiers. Thinking in the direction of the Song people, Xiao Shisan would only choose to attack before dawn. Once there was a glimmer of light in the sky, his ambush by the Hutuo River could no longer hide from the eyes of the Song people.

Maybe Han Gang might be more conservative, but Xiao Shisan was reluctant to take any more risks.

As the commander-in-chief, he has done his best to the various clans under his command, and it is impossible to let his headquarters and the more than 2,000 palace troops under Yelu Daoning to intercept the Song army that may be about to come out to pursue.

In the distance of the field, the firelight that filled the mountains and fields in the field of vision, although the number was as many as the stars in the sky, the army under the firelight may not exceed two thousand, and there were four or five thousand or even more cavalry waiting for the time to move.

Whether in terms of morale or physical strength, Xiao Shisan was not too sure that he would be able to repel the Song army while still ensuring that there would not be too many casualties.

In case the cavalry of the Song people adopted the tactics of delaying and delaying, then when the main force of the Song army's infantry caught up, it was time for the end to come.

Standing up from the maza, Xiao Shisan straightened his waist, looked back at a few streams of light heading in the direction of Daizhou, and summoned the soldiers around him, "Go and tell Yelu Daoning, it's almost time." ”

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Ulu rode on his horse and walked at the front of the line.

One moment he looked up at the road in front of him, and the next he was already looking back behind him.

The march at night is of course much more difficult than during the day, and when there are so many people, it is a stumbling path.

However, his mood was far more relaxed than when he was in the big and small kings.

The torches tied to firewood, grass and branches around him crackled, and they were almost burning to the end. However, it is almost halfway through, and even if there is no fire lighting for the rest of the journey, it will not be too dangerous to walk slowly.

Ulu and his tribe had been stationed in the Great and Small Wangzhuang for a long time, so they were lucky enough to be one of the first tribes to retreat.

However, his part did not take the official road, but another road a little north.

Before, because of the Song cavalry's appearance, there was a lot of chaos behind him. Ulu immediately ran away with the children of the clan for a while, without even looking back. But after seeing that Song Jun had no intention of taking the initiative to attack, he finally let go of half of his heart, and his speed stabilized a little.

Although the road was not as good as the official road, and most of the men and horses were trekking in the barren wheat fields, the speed was not very slow, and Ulu calculated the time, and before dawn, he would almost reach the foot of the city wall of Daizhou City.

returned to Daizhou, of course, the next is to try to garrison Yanmen Pass, if the Song army attacked, Daizhou City would definitely not be able to be saved. Since sooner or later we have to evacuate, it is better to take a step earlier.

Ulu wondered in his heart whether he would walk around with a few close tribes after returning to Daizhou, so that he could be retreated to Yanmen Pass first.

He's had enough of fighting, and it's time to rest and enjoy the harvest.

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As the fire dragon in front of him gradually approached, Han Zhong's confidence became more and more tense.

The enemy army was numerous and growing, and his forces were so small that if they were seen through, they would be wiped out in half an hour.

The sweat on the palms of his hands also became more and more, and he wiped it on the outer robe of the armor for a long time, but he could not wipe it clean.

"Why, I'm afraid."

The chuckle from his companion next to him made Han Zhongxin not admit defeat, "No! Waiting for them! ”

"Be careful." Qin Wan reminded, "Don't be cut by your own people." ”

"Don't worry."

Han Zhongxin said in response, but looked down at the armor on his body again, not very relieved.

If it is a robbery camp, it will be fine, the troops will be small, and there will be a bonfire in the camp to light it. But night battles in the field are different, they are difficult to line up, they cannot be commanded, and even if there is some fire at the beginning, when the battle comes, no one will hold the torch in their hands.

In the battle in the dark night, the smart people will throw away the torch at the first time, and the rest will be extinguished in the chaos.

Stretching out his hand and not seeing his five fingers, it can be said that there is no technical content at all, simply fighting in the chaos, after hitting the most, it will even become indistinguishable from the enemy and me, and no one dares to slow down when he sees something active.

Han Gang would not let his men attack the Liao army on the march in the night, and such a victory would not outweigh the losses. It's just that Qin Wan and Han Zhongxin have been waiting for an opportunity for a long time, but how can they be willing to let it go?

It doesn't matter what danger he is, just mess up the formation of the Liao thieves!

Since he and Qin Wan led the army into Tuyuan Village, they have almost become forgotten corners.

The main forces of the Song and Liao sides were entangled on the line of the official road, and his side was close to Yanmen Mountain, so it became very idle, and the number of exploration horses of the Liao army was not much.

Although they can't be regarded as an idle move, they are stationed in the Tudao Village, which is closest to the state capital of the four passages leading from Daizhou to Shenwu County, more for the purpose of protecting the flanks of Shenwu County, but at the beginning, some of them were still sent out to distract the attention of the Liao army.

When the Liao army began to be attracted by the confrontation between the Western Army in the direction of Wutai Mountain and the confrontation in the direction of Xiaowangzhuang, Qin Wan and Han Zhongxin's partial division was left behind.

It wasn't until a few days ago that I received an order from the Placement Embassy.

Tuqi Village is seventy miles away from Yanmen, when the track is completed, the main force of Xinkou Village moves forward, and it is basically in the rear. However, in order to ensure the front, at the same time as the track was opened, the garrison of this Daizhou soldier began to move forward.

Qin Wan and Han Zhongxin left a commander to garrison the Tudao Village, and the rest of the men and horses were brought out and continued to march along the foot of the mountain in the direction of Daizhou. Due to the small number of troops and the fact that they were leaning on the foothills of the mountains, they were not afraid of the Liao army's advances—it was a big deal to go up the mountain and hide for a while—and then sneaked closer after discovering the way for the Liao army to help.

Their numbers are not large, and the attention of the Liao army is not here.

I thought it would take a few days, but who knew that it would only take one day to reach their goal.

When he saw that the enemy army at the front had arrived in front of him, Qin Wan's personal soldiers around him blew the horn in their hands.

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A horn suddenly sounded from the front, startling the first group of war horses.

"Who's blowing the trumpet?!"

With a tug on the reins and stabilizing the horse, Uru shouted angrily. But then he remembered that this was the return trip, and he didn't send a scout horse forward at all.

It's a Song person?! Or is it the family that Daizhou came out to greet?

He was in a state of panic, and was about to send someone to the front to investigate, when the echoes from far and near were one after another.

Ambushed!

Years of experience in the campaign made Uru react immediately, but before he could give the order. On the opposite road, where the earliest horn came, a row of black shadows could be faintly seen blocking it.

Uru's eyes widened, trying to see clearly.

The next moment, the field in front of me, little by little, appeared one by one.

The spark behind it outlines the figure of that army from the darkness.

Looking at the formation, it seems to be very thin.

But they're in the middle of the road!

There was a trumpet sound all around, could this be a small number?

And most importantly...... This enemy is appearing in the direction of Daiju.

What happened to Daiju City?