On the evening of the fourth day, the Liao army arrived at the southern suburbs of Julu.

The marching speed was not too fast. Xiao Talin probably saw that the three armies were inadequate in logistics and food and grass. There was a large village along the way and ordered an attack and prepared to plunder the village. Fortunately, at this time, the Hebei officials ordered that they had already gone to various villages. The people in several nearby villages were small in number and had no walls built. So they brought food, grass, livestock and wealth together, and led by the elders and village soldiers to enter the village.

There are more than 300 households in the village and nearly 100 rural soldiers. Even ordinary Ding Zhuang has some rough bows and arrows in his hands.

Under the leadership of the village soldiers, hundreds of households launched heroic resistance.

This won time for Li Jilong and sent Yang Qiongtianmin to lead the Xianping army to arrive.

Xiao Talin fought and fled, otherwise he would have to harm more than a thousand people of the Song Dynasty when he died.

I delayed for a while and dragged it until the evening before I arrived at the new battlefield.

Yang Tian and the others were tangled behind the Liao army. Ma Zhijie and Shi Baoji led their troops to catch up again. Xiao Talin was about to order another retreat. Li Jixuan and Liu Yong rested in Julu County for a day, and then stopped their heads and came over.

In fact, the Song Dynasty soldiers were still so many soldiers, even divided into Gaoyang Pass, and many soldiers and infantry were left behind. Moreover, although the Song army had a great victory, the losses were quite large. If the Liao army had not been entangled by the Song army, the speed would not have been fast, so the Beiwei army would have been left behind.

However, Li Jilong kept asking the cavalry to take turns to march overnight and then blocked the front to attack, which gave the Liao army an illusion that they did not know how many cavalry there were in the Song Dynasty.

Once this thought arises, what kind of morale will there be?

It was not until the second update that Xiao Talin took the Liao army to the east of Julu County, Jucheng Town. At noon, he didn't even capture a small village, so let's not talk about this town. He did not enter the town. Instead, he camped in a village that escaped to rest on the west side of the town.

This was also his inevitable choice. There was a large lake on the west side of Julu County. The mainland lake is half the size of Taihu Lake in later generations. It is now frozen, but if such a large lake is not sealed, tens of thousands of cavalry escaped from it, it would be very dangerous.

At this time, the three armies were exhausted and miserable, and even Yelu Longxu's dragon chariot was not needed. In order to escape his life.

The Emperor of Liao and some important figures moved to the house and even found dozens of quilts to warm the emperor first. As for ordinary soldiers, continue to cover grass quilts.

However, several people would sit in the house in a daze.

They couldn't understand why so many cavalrymen came from the Song Dynasty? Why was it so difficult to escape?

Why dare to go deeper? It was because the Song Dynasty had few cavalry, and I also knew that there were quite a few now, but compared to the Liao army, there were still very few. In addition, the Liao army had a large number of troops and was fighting on the plains. Even if it was not good, it could use the advantage of speed to retreat.

This is the confidence that the Liao army dares to go deeper.

Most of the day later, Xiao Talin looked at Xiao Xiaoyou and said, "You bring a group of people to change out of your armor and pretend to be a civilian. Go back to our country first and ask the Crown Brother to send reinforcements immediately."

"I'm afraid it's too late."

How long did it take? Moreover, the Liao Kingdom brought almost all the troops out. It could recruit temporary troops, even enough time, and more than 100,000 troops. But how long did it take?

"Just in case, there are not many troops from here to Jizhou, Shenzhou and Qizhou."

"There are not many troops left on the front line of the Song Dynasty now."

"There are not many, but we can't get rid of the tens of thousands of Song cavalry behind us. If the Song army is dispatched in front, we will be less and less soldiers and will immediately fall into the encirclement."

Xiao Xiaoyou stopped talking.

In fact, they are not afraid of being far away. If there are no other factors that will prevent the Liao army from rushing to escape, they will be able to escape from Chanzhou to Yishui Hebei in three days. This is better to lead a large army, otherwise it will be faster and you can run this difficult road in two days.

I am not afraid of the villages, cities and checkpoints along the way. Most of them are plains. Even if I go around dozens of miles, it is only a big problem for the cavalry.

What I feared was to get entangled. Cao Bin was entangled by Yelu Xiuge, and he walked for nearly twenty days for about a hundred miles. Song Jiu was entangled by the Liao army, and he fought bloody battles for seven or eight days before he escaped.

Half of the escape road was completed, but how many days would it take to complete that half?

Xiao Xiaoyou was silent for a while and said, "I agree."

This person is also a talent, but in this battle, the Liao army did not know how many talents died.

He began to flee north overnight with a dozen soldiers in plain clothes.

However, he was also suffering throughout the journey. During the Warring States Period, the Xiongnu lived in the location of the Khitan tribe. After the demise of the Huns, the Xianbei rose. During the Three Kingdoms, the Yuwen tribe was active in the Xiliao River and Laoha River. It went east to Ruyuan (upper stream of the Luan River) and west to Liucheng (west side of Chaoyang). The Former Yan Murong Hu annihilated the Yuwen tribe. Then the fleeing Yuwen tribe herders formed a new alliance with other tribes. Kumoxi. The Khitan was a race that separated from Kumoxi.

Therefore, the Song people often called the Khitan the Huns.

This statement is also a bit wrong. I can only say that their bloodline is mainly the Xiongnu bloodline, but it integrates the bloodlines of Xianbei, various Xi people, and other Hu people. Therefore, they have a prominent appearance of Donghu people, with deep eyes, many Hus, and high noses...

Xiao Xiaoyou started to escape safely.

Indeed, the Song Dynasty in the north is not as powerful as the troops are not able to garrison everywhere, and that will not be effective. Therefore, they can only be tight at both ends, one in the south and one in the north. The middle is empty. When the Liao army's large troops came, they all hid in villages with tall village walls or towns. When the Liao army's main force left, they all went out to search for the defeated Liao army deserters. One is hatred, the people of Hebei and the Liao people can be said to have deep hatred like the sea, and the other is thick rewards.

Now the Liao army is nearby, and no village soldiers or people dare to come out to search for deserters, so they started to walk safely. However, as soon as they approached Gaoyang Pass, they were discovered by the Song army scouts. Fortunately, he advanced lightly, had few people, and was smart and brave. He fought all the way and finally escaped Yishui. At that time, there were only two soldiers around him.

Despite the injuries he suffered, Xiao Xiaoquan continued to run wildly and fled to the Central Beijing of Liao Kingdom. He reported the news and then cried bitterly. But soon he was stunned... Rights are also poison!

Xiao Xiaoyou ran all the way, but he didn't last long. A big thing happened in Liao**.

Xiao Talin just fell asleep in front, but was awakened by a shout of killing behind him.

Could it be that the Song army attacked at night and he got up?

It has nothing to do with the Song army.

In this way, the morale of the Song army will be exhausted. Li Jilong has no need to do that stupid thing.

However, the Liao army began to mutiny.

Li Jilong received a letter from Song Jiu, which included a series of arrangements and suggestions.

It was a suggestion on the surface, because Li Jilong is now the first commander of the three armies. In Chanzhou City, Zhao Heng gave the Emperor Sword and gave all the right to mobilize those below Song Jiuqi. Even the Military Law Department held this right until Zhao Heng took it back, Li Jilong had the power of life and death below one person and above billions of people.

But Li Jilong is not a fool either, can he take it seriously?

I can only say that this temporary grant of rights brought great convenience to his command.

Song Jiu said it was a suggestion, but in fact it had to be treated as an order.

So Li Jilong executed the execution and sent Li Chonghui to shout.

Why did Li Chonghui be sent? Because Li Chonghui was originally a major general of the Liao Kingdom. He surrendered to the Song Dynasty after being captured by Yang Ye. Now he has been highly valued in the Song army and has become one of the more than 60 important generals in this battle.

If he really arranged, he would only be under the dozen generals including Li Jixuan, Yang Yanzhao, Tian Min, Jing Si, Wei Neng, Sun Quanzhao, Zhang Ning, Ma Zhijie, Yang Qiong. Of course, all of these dozen tiger generals are famous generals, and it is reasonable for the court to focus on training for the future.

But there are more than 20 generals including Liu Yong and Li Qi. The positions are between the tenth and thirty-fifth positions, almost the same as Li Chonggui and Li Dejun. And there are several people in front of him, such as Shi Baoji, He Chengju, Gao Qiong, etc., either benefit from my own fortune or have been famous for a long time, otherwise his famous general would be even higher. Although the court has not said it, everyone knows it.

The rest are Shi Pu in Taiyuan, Gao Jixun on the front line, Wang Hanzhong on the northwest, Pei Ji in Hebei, Yang Si in Hebei, Hu Yanzan from Zijing Pass. Wang Xian cannot count. He is old and comes to rescue him. There are only a dozen of these people above Li Chonghui.

But among these poor more than thirty generals, including Wang Hanzhong and others, they are also old and will step down after this war.

Compared with this, you can imagine Li Chonghui's current status.

But he should not be considered the strongest general in Liao Kingdom.

Although Xiao Talin scolded him for surrendering the thief, the humiliation of the Liao Kingdom actually brought confusion to many Liao generals.

As for the reward order, the alive Yelu Longxu must be worth more than the dead ones, but it cannot be said that the dead Yelu Longxu is only worth a penny, which is obviously disgusting.

Some have short-sighted vision and breathe a sigh of relief.

If the Song army came to the siege and their family took advantage of the chaos to kill Yelu Longxu, it would be very likely, but it would be very difficult to capture him alive.

But some people are even more worried.

Something worried happened.

One is the seemingly endless road to escape, with hunger and coldness, and a large number of comrades slumped in pools of blood every day. On the other hand, there are high-priced rewards and first-class dukes. How to choose?

That was 100,000 yuan. Now the wealthy people of the Song Dynasty with this amount can have at least four or five thousand households. However, for ordinary people, 100,000 yuan, especially those suffering soldiers of the Liao Kingdom, what is that concept?

While Xiao Talin was talking with bloodshot eyes, a group of soldiers were plotting to hijack Yelu Longxu.

Unsuccessful, under Xiao Talin's command, the rebellion quickly suppressed.

However, why did this Liao army not collapse under the pursuit of the Song Dynasty? It was the cohesion generated by Yelu Longxu's stay in the army. Now that his soldiers dare to hijack the emperor, what else would he dare not do? For a moment, the morale became even more sluggish, and the army was full of suspicion.

The troops started to rise very late the next day, and rushed to the Hulu River without stopping, and were sniped by the Song army again. What was so bad was that Sun Quanzhao and his cavalry caught up from Beizhou and launched a powerful attack from the flanks.

It was not until dusk that the Liao army rushed across the Hulu River and found several connected villages north of the Hulu River, and quickly built a line of defense.

At this time, the Liao army had less than 40,000 troops.

But the good news is that I finally threw away the heavy-armed cavalry that I hated. And many of the cavalry of the Song Dynasty were also left behind.

It was not that the light cavalry had dropped a lot, but that the Song army was short of food and grass at this time, so they had to return a cavalry and eat it. And it was reduced. With this force, it was enough to entangle them.

The sixth day set off again and rushed towards Shulu.

This is a helpless move. One is to go slightly westward and kill from Qizhou to Baozhou. The distance there is about the same, but there are many annoying hilly areas, but there are still many Song troops in the north, most of them are infantry, and the Song cavalry behind them bit them tightly. It is impossible for them to sneak around. As for the soldiers who fled, God knows where they fled, or whether they were beaten to death by the people of Song Dynasty He with hoes.

Walking on the mountain road means that it just caters to the commander of the infantry in the Song Dynasty.

This path is not worth mentioning.

There is also walking from the east, not to mention that road further. Those Yingzhou officers and soldiers are even more troublesome.

So continue on the middle road, cross the Hutuo River from Jizhou, then rush to Boye, then rush from Baozhou to the entrance of the Great Wall, or from Gaoyang Pass to the Heilu Dike. No matter which line of defense successfully breaks through, you will be back to Liao Kingdom.

On the seventh day, Dabei continued to flee north. However, variables appeared. According to Li Jilong's idea, he planned to let them cross the Hutuo River today, but everyone ignored Wang Yu, the governor of Jizhou.

Before Xiao Yanyan invaded, Song Jiu made many arrangements, including training village soldiers. He allocated a large amount of money and silk to allow Hebei officials to build forts to prevent the Liao army from going south from causing greater trauma to the people. Wang Yu was a man with great ambitions, and with the financial support of the court, he took the initiative to train village soldiers to repair city defense. The Liao army went south. While sending soldiers to support Yingzhou, he summoned the people into the city. He even continued to open the city gates and let the people go out to pick firewood to keep the cold and cook.

Seeing that Jizhou was empty, Xiao Yanyan sent a unit to invade, but was calmly defeated by Wang Yu. When Xiao Yanyan withdrew from Yingzhou, she saw that Jizhou seemed not easy to chew, so she let Jizhou go.

Now the troops supporting Yingzhou have also returned. When Wang Yu heard that the Song army was chasing the defeated army of the Liao Kingdom, he took the initiative to lead thousands of soldiers from the Jinxiang Township to kill. This battle was dusk again, forcing the Liao army to fall in the night, and then he hurriedly crossed the Hutuo River and camped for rest.

The nightmare was not over. On the eighth day, the Liao army had just crossed the Tang River, and the Song army came to kill again. The deadly Qin Han also brought the generals and many light cavalry from the front to block the enemy. The two armies merged and the Liao army was defeated.

This time, we fought and fled, and it was not until the evening of the ninth day that we fled to the Ruhe River. There are really many rivers in Hebei. Starting from the Juma River, the rivers that can be recorded in history include the Juma River, Yishui, Baohe, Caohe, Xuhe, Shenshui, and the Ruhe River in front of us.

But when I arrived in Rushui, it was really not far from the border.

Nearly 30,000 Liao troops rushed towards Rushui frantically.

Ignore the clattering sound.

However, the ice cubes in the river cracked, like opening their vicious big mouths, and the Liao army quickly fell into the ice hole.

"Retreat, retreat." Yelu Longxu couldn't help but shout.

The reason is very simple. When the Liao army was about to approach Rushui, the Song army could roughly determine the direction of their escape, then fry them with gunpowder, roast them with tinder oil, and chisel them with an axe and hammer, and drill them through all the surrounding ice cubes of the Ruhe River more than 20 miles away.

At this time, the north is still very cold, but it is not a day to freeze three feet. The northern rivers can run horses and skate in winter, but that is not the thick ice that is frozen in one day. But after all, it is less than ten days before the New Year, and the coldest winter has passed.

Although the river ahead was frozen again, it was not frozen thickly.

In fact, as the Bian River canal transportation is busy, the people spontaneously applied this principle, using a rough icebreaker to break the ice every day, so that the ice will never be frozen thickly. This is used to extend the shipping time, and even in the warm winter, the canal transportation has almost never been interrupted, although it is commercial transportation and has nothing to do with the government.

The ice cubes were chiseled open and frozen again. It was evening again and it was impossible to identify them at all, so the Liao army rushed up. How heavy would it be if a horse and a person were there? Besides, when it landed on four horse hooves, how could the pressure reach? Furthermore, how could so many cavalry rush up, how could the thin ice in the river be eaten?

In the blink of an eye, he swallowed more than 2,000 Liao soldiers. Fortunately, Yelu Longxu was a little slow, otherwise he would have almost stepped onto the ice of the river and fell into the river.

At this time, Cao Wei brought Dingzhou troops to surround him from the west, Yang Yanzhao brought Baozhou troops to surround him from the north, Shi Pu brought his troops to surround him from Gaoyang Pass, and Li Jilong's army behind him.

More than 20,000 Liao troops were surrounded by a narrow area more than ten miles west of Bianhaobo.

Li Jilong sent soldiers to start sprinkling lime.

A circle was sprinkled with lime in the encirclement, and a line of large characters were written with lime outside: Those who came out of this circle would definitely kill!

Then he sent someone to shout: "If you don't leave this circle, the Song army will stop supplying a small amount of food every day. If you leave this circle, you will definitely kill it. You will choose it yourself."

After saying that, he really threw some food into the circle.

The Liao army looked at each other, but as soon as the Song army left, they were stolen by the Liao soldiers. Xiao Talin and Yelu Longxu felt miserable. Why did this be? They raised more than 20,000 Liao troops as pigs.

Therefore, after three or four hours of rest, at the fourth hour, he suddenly gathered his army to break westward. The west road was Cao Wei. Moreover, as long as he broke through the direction of Baicheng, the Rushui approached the Beiping Village would not be deep. Even if the Song army drilled the river through the ice, he could rush over the river. If he killed it, it would be Liao territory!

However……

However, as soon as they rushed through the circle, Cao Wei took the troops and horses to fight calmly. At this time, because the Liao army was dragged by the Song army, some artillery was dragged to the front line with horses.

Nearly a hundred artillery fired volleys.

Everyone was very afraid of unfamiliar things. As a result, no matter how Xiao Talin ordered, all the Liao soldiers fled back to the circle in a hurry and were willing to be raised by the Song Dynasty as pigs.

The generals of the Liao Kingdom were still unwilling to give up and gathered to discuss.

Then the Liao army did not move. Fortunately, the Song Dynasty did it inexplicably, and continued to throw dry food into the circle every day, and even suddenly became kind and threw some quilts and charcoal into it.

It is impossible to keep warm, but it will not freeze to death. It is impossible to eat well, but it will not starve to death.
Chapter completed!