[There is another chapter, please read it tomorrow morning, I guess I won't finish it at night.] 】

There was a boiling behind him, and Chong Pu lowered his head and whipped hard.

Chong Pu took more than 300 cavalry of the Song Army, beat the mount under his crotch again and again, and desperately fled back to Pule City.

Hundreds of Liao cavalry galloped out of the camp and chased after them.

At the same time, there were long arrows catching up.

From time to time, there was a dinging sound on the back armor or helmets of the Song army riders, and the impact of a blow followed.

However, all the mounts were draped in thick felt against arrows, and the cavalrymen were all dressed in battle armor, and the bows of the horses in the dark had lost most of their accuracy. Although the arrows were urgent, they did not have much effect. Soon, the Liao people in the back only shot one or two arrows sporadically, and pursued them wholeheartedly.

Chong Pu's left cheek throbbed for a while. Just now, when he turned around to greet his soldiers in the rain of arrows, there was suddenly a strong smell of iron in his mouth, and a foreign object was attached to his tongue, as if he had been hit by an arrow and injured. However, the sneak attack on the enemy camp outside the city failed, and he was chased all the way. In his heart, what is even heavier is the frustration of the failure of the plan.

The military camp of the Liao people is not easy to kick, but the party members are much easier to deal with. The clever party members all changed their attire. But the stench on them can't be changed. What's more, there are more party members who haven't even changed their outfits?

The target of Chongpu is them.

It is impossible for the party to work for the Liao people, and now that the country is ruined, they have lost the sharpness of fighting hundreds of rounds with the officials and troops in the past. Once the army is forced into battle in this way, once it is raided in the middle of the night, it will either bomb the camp or collapse. And with thousands of less party members, if they want to attack Pule City, the Liao people will have to use their own lives to fill the trenches outside the city wall.

But the problems that Chong Pu saw, the Liao people also saw.

The military camp outside Pule City was the bait placed on the trap.

As soon as I walked to the side of the camp of the party members, seven or eight camps that stretched for several miles became brightly lit in a moment.

While fleeing, Chong Pu shouted luck in his heart. Fortunately, it was a cloudy day today, but fortunately, the equipment on the body was well-equipped, and fortunately, all the elites were brought out.

And the greatest luck is that he had prepared the worst prediction before he came out. Before falling into the trap completely, he finally reacted and got out in time.

The city wall was in front of him, and the fire was blazing on the city, but the pursuers behind him were still clenching. The sound of hooves getting heavier and heavier shows that there is no intention of giving up. Once Pu Lecheng opens the city gates in order to save his family, they can take advantage of the situation to fight into the city. The opportunity to break the city with one blow, of course, the Khitans will not let it go.

There was only excitement left in the beating hearts, and the breath of the Khitan riders was as intense as their mounts. In half a mile, they can chase and kill into the city, and the materials accumulated by the Song people in the city can be pocketed. This is the accumulation of the Song people before the New Year's Festival, and the harvest is far more abundant than usual.

But at this moment, the sound of the military drum suddenly sounded on the head of the city in front, and in the sound of the drum, the Liao army, which was in hot pursuit, suddenly fell to the ground inexplicably.

When the leader of the group calmed down from the enthusiastic pursuit, he found that not far ahead, there was a large infantry army, which was shooting at them rapidly. The fire on the head of the city was too dazzling, so that people couldn't see how many Song people there were in the darkness ahead, and all they could see was a dense blurred black shadow.

The humming strings are as dense as rain, neat and orderly.

It's a trap!

Half an hour ago, the judgment that appeared in the minds of Chong Pu and others now appears in the hearts of the Liao people. However, compared to Chongpu, their luck is much worse.

This is not a horse bow and long arrow with a strength of only six or seven buckets, but a sharp arrow shot by the divine arm bow with a force of hundreds of catties.

Sharp, sharp, full of power, and has a stronger target.

There was a bright light on the top of the city, and it was impossible for the Song soldiers in the city to distinguish the cavalry galloping in the darkness below the city, even if the six eight-ox crossbows were set up on the head of the city, they could not catch the target of shooting.

But these two divine arm archers who were also in the darkness commanded nearly a thousand people. They were just outside the city, with their backs to the city, their eyes accustomed to the darkness. Before their eyes, the chasing cavalry, men and horses were reflected in the light of the fire from the city.

Where the arrows fell, the people howled miserably and the horses neighed.

A Liao officer shouted in Khitan in the rain of arrows, trying to gather his troops, but they immediately became the most conspicuous target and were shot off their horses by random arrows.

The Khitan cavalry that pursued Chongpu was nearly 1,000 horsemen, which was equal to the number of crossbowmen of the Song army guarding the front. But in the pursuit of more than two miles, a long queue has been pulled. The more than 200 elites who chased at the forefront became the target of nearly a thousand divine arm bows. The first wave of arrows shot down nearly half of the more than 200 elite cavalry, making them lose order, and even more so that the cavalry who were blocked behind did not have the initial impact.

From chasing the enemy army to being ambushed by the enemy army, this transition was too drastic, and the panic was immediately contagious. Originally, it was possible to fight hard and save the defeat, but the people were in turmoil, and the leading officer was shot again, and there was no more chance.

These were the two commanders who had been ambushed outside the city in advance, not because of his foresight, but because of the opinions given by his staff officers after the plan to steal the camp was completed.

Back then, in Luowucheng, Chong Pu felt that the system of staff consultation proposed by Han Gang was very good, although almost all the generals of the Western Army felt that this was a redundant move afterwards and did not continue it. However, after Chong Pu became an independent leader, he selected some shrewd and capable military academies under his command, let them participate in the military council, and handle the affairs of the army.

Today, Chong Pu decided to go out of the city to give the Liao people a head-on blow, and the rest of the specific plans will be completed by these military academies. Use the only cavalry commander in the city to steal the camp, and prepare two infantry commanders to go out of the city to respond. It was not a very complicated plan, but it brought face-saving returns.

The chase behind him was stopped by the Divine Arm Bow, and Chong Pu immediately slowed down the speed of the war horse. Looking back at the chasing soldiers who had been in a mess, the city lord of Pule, who was shocked, immediately led the cavalry to turn around and kill him like wolves.

It was a beautiful comeback, more than a thousand pursuers were scattered and fled, and I don't know how many people fell from their horses and were injured in the dark.

However, when the follow-up reinforcements of the Liao people arrived, Chong Pu also knew that he would accept it when he saw it, and promptly led the horse infantry army outside the city to retreat into the city one after another.

Chong Pu chose to send troops to attack before dawn in the second half of the night, when the people were most difficult, and when he retreated into the city, the eastern sky was already shining with a faint light.

"City Lord!"

"Inspection!"

"Seventeen Lang!"

As soon as they saw Chong Pu's appearance, the faces of the group of people who gathered around changed suddenly, and they shouted loudly in panic.

"Where's Old Qiu?!"

"Why don't you go to the hospital and ask Old Qiu to come and treat the city lord's injuries!"

In the face of the subordinates who surrounded him, Chong Pu wanted to cover his face, tonight's battle was simply embarrassing, but fortunately, he got back a little bit of his old book. But he had a long arrow stuck in his left cheek, but he couldn't cover it. When Fang was fighting outside the city, Chong Pu didn't feel anything unusual at all, but now that he rested, the bursts of throbbing pain made Chong Pu unable to sit still and unable to stand.

The old military doctor who was famous in Kansai soon came when he heard about it. His hair and beard were all gray, but he was in good spirits. Obviously, a few days ago, under the recommendation of Han Gang and his disciple Li Deming, the imperial court gave him an official position. But he still wandered around the barracks in various parts of Kansai, unwilling to accept an easier errand. These days, I happened to be here in Weizhou.

For this veteran military doctor who has been practicing medicine for decades, how to deal with arrow wounds is as simple as eating and drinking. Holding the tongs to cut off the shaft of the arrow against the flesh, his fingers probed into Chong Pu's wide mouth, and pulled out the arrow cluster. As the rusty clusters of arrows poured out with blood, all that was left was to clean the wound and stitch it up.

The piercing wound on his cheek was scorching, Chong Pu clenched his fists tightly with both hands, and his knuckles were white, but he didn't say a word.

Qiu Yiwen was very satisfied with Chong Pu's cooperation, took out a gourd, and handed it to Chong Pu.

Chong Pu took the wine gourd, pulled out the stopper, and the strong aroma of wine immediately dispersed.

After the surrounding soldiers smelled the wine, they swallowed in unison. It's a slow gourd-to-gourd spirit, and it's also a very mellow burning knife. In the barracks, two or three of the ten people were willing to exchange half a month's worth of money for this gourd's fine wine. But at this time, it is used to wash the wound.

"Use it to rinse your mouth, use it harder, it's good to disinfect!"

Qiu Yiwen's orders, Chong Pu did not dare to disobey. He poured a large sip of wine, only rinsed his mouth, half of the wine squirted out of the wound, and the remaining half spit out in one gulp. It's all bright red, and there's a sharp pain that pierces the heart.

"It's so enjoyable!" Chongpu gritted his teeth and shouted.

"Again." Qiu Yiwen forced Chong Pu to continue.

A gourd of spirits rinsed his mouth, and the blood in the wine spit out gradually faded.

"Old Qiu, is the city lord's injury even worse?" A close confidant of Chong Pu asked nervously.

Chong Pu was not happy when he heard it, "Isn't it just an arrow?" What a big deal, just a mosquito bite. ”

"Don't move! Don't talk! Qiu Yiwen slapped Chong Pu's head hard and said unceremoniously.

Qiu Yiwen's Jianghu seniority is extremely high, and he even dealt with the generals of the Western Army of Chong Shiheng's generation.

The old military doctor with white hair put on reading glasses, held a magnifying glass, carefully examined the wound on Chong Pu's face, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, it didn't hurt the big blood vessels, and it won't be a big problem if you sew it up and apply medicine." It is necessary to avoid eating until the wound has healed. ”

Recruited a deputy to take a sterilized needle and thread to sew up the wound of Chongpu, the old military doctor is old, and his hand is not as stable as the young man.

Chong Pu is wearing a general's armor, which is far more protective than the nine-piece full-body plate armor used by ordinary soldiers, not to mention the half-body cuirass of the cavalry, which can be protected from head to toe. If every accessory is equipped, there is no flaw except for the eyes.

But in order to facilitate his command, he didn't want to drag down the mount, so he just equipped the parts in several key positions such as the head, chest, abdomen, and back, and removed the face guard. In the battle, he was extremely unlucky to be shot through the cheek by an arrow, and he also brought a molar.

After the wound was sewn up, Chong Pu sighed, "This is broken." Originally, it was not as likable as Nineteen, but this time it was even worse by five points. The next time I go to the kiln with him, those bitches don't take a straight look. ”

"In the kiln, those who have money are the ancestors. With a hundred and ten pieces in his arms, there is no shortage of flattery for this old man. The next time you go, you will give a reward when you see someone, and see if your brother can compare. ”

"With this spare money, it is better to use it to teach the soldiers. Being able to shoot back the Liao people today is all the credit of daily practice. ”

"Then don't complain!" Qiu Yiwen said, dipped a black ointment with an inexplicable smell with cotton wool, and stuffed it into Chongpu's mouth, "The plaster should stick to the wound and not loosen it." ”

Chong Pu obediently applied the ointment to the wound on the inside, and a cool feeling spread from the wound, and the pain suddenly subsided a lot.

Helping Chong Pu clean up his injuries, Qiu Yiwen put away the medicine box, let the little boy behind him carry it, and went down to the city with the help of his deputy with a cane. The vast majority of the wounded soldiers rested there. However, Chong Pu had to observe the enemy's situation, and there was no way to go to the military hospital for treatment, so Qiu Yiwen could only go to the door to see a doctor.

Chong Pu got up to see him off, and kicked up the two pro-soldiers by the way, "Look at it, don't go and hold it yet!" ”

As soon as he heard the hatred away, the sound of trumpets sounded from the gates of the city.

The fighting at night made the Liao people suffer a big loss, and finally they couldn't help but start attacking.

Chong Pu stepped to the side of the city wall in a few steps, looking at the direction of the Liao people's attack, and the flags outside the city were waving, and the momentum was violent. It's really going to attack.

"Good!" Chong Pu patted the pheasant hard, "I'm afraid you won't come!" ”