Chapter 1178: Defending the military camp (1)

But even though it is several miles away from Suiyang City, you can smell the faint smell of burnt in the air.

This made several scouts suspicious.

After discussion, they carefully approached Suiyang City.

The closer you get, the more burnt smell in the air becomes.

Until they arrived in the mountains outside Suiyang City, they could see Suiyang City with their naked eyes. Only then did they find that there was no military flag of the Dali Army at the top of Suiyang City.

The burnt smell spreads from the city.

Under the order of the scout captain, two scouts changed into casual clothes they carried with them, abandoned their horses and ran to Suiyang City.

More than ten heads hung outside the city.

The city is full of devastation.

Countless houses were burned and corpses were seen everywhere on the streets.

Some people were crying loudly.

Some women had uncovered their bodies and were obviously humiliated during their lifetime.

Both scouts changed their expressions.

Although the Dali Army has not massacred the city, its miserable deeds are undoubtedly a great hatred for the extreme.

However, this is not something that both of them can change.

Soon the two of them ran towards the mountains again.

When the scout captain who learned about the miserable situation in Suiyang was red, he cursed.

He has relatives who live in Suiyang City.

But afterwards, he still gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go and find Marshal Zhang quickly!"

Several people led their horses out of the forest and continued to gallop towards the south of Suiyang.

At night, they finally saw the continuous military tent and firelight in the wilderness.

Zhang Jue's army set up a camp in the field.

Several people rode until the front of the military camp. After reporting their identities, they were taken to the commander's tent to meet Zhang Jue.

Zhang Jue sat in the main seat, with Ren Wei, Jun Tianfang, Qin Xiang and others below.

There was a slight exhaustion on his face.

These days, they have been chasing the Dali Army and constantly narrowing the distance between the two armies. Not only him, but the soldiers in the army are a little tired.

"Zhang Shuai!"

Several scouts fell to one knee.

The captain of the scout took out his letter from his arms and said: "There is a secret letter from Zhang Shuai."

Zhang Jue had already learned the origins of these scouts from the soldiers. After hearing this, he immediately stood up and took the letter.

After seeing it, my expression changed slightly.

The scout captain said again: "Zhang Shuai, the Dali Army has left Suiyang City."

This news made Zhang Jue slightly stunned.

Then he asked, “Where have they gone?”

The captain of the scout said, "We arrived from Leyuan, but we did not run into the Dali army on the way. I think... they should be heading west or east."

Zhang Jue's eyes flashed with glare and he muttered to himself, "It seems that the emperor has really made the materials accurate."

He waved his hand and said to the scout captain: "Thank you for your hard work, go down and rest first!"

As he said that, he looked at Ren Wei, Gao Xing and the commander of Tiangui Army, and said, "Captain Ren, Commander Gao, Commander Mo obeys the order!"

"The last one will be here!"

The three of them stood up at the same time.

Several scouts left the guard's account.

Zhang Jue said: "Let the soldiers be prepared, and the camp will be immediately set off when it dawns tomorrow!"

Zhao Dongting's letter and Dali Army's actions made him realize that this Dali Army was probably heading towards the heart of the Song Dynasty, which made him feel even more urgent.

"Get orders!"

Ren Wei, Gao Xing and the Chief Mo, bowed, hurried out of the commander's tent.

The full name of the commander Mo is Mo Dong, and he is also a young general promoted by Ren Wei from the army.

"Why are you suddenly so anxious?"

As soon as the three of them walked out of the handsome tent, Qin Xiang asked Zhang Jue.

Although he knew that the Dali Army was right in front, the army did not want to go as fast as possible. If the soldiers were too tired, even if they caught up, they would just die.

Zhang Jue handed Zhao Dongting's secret letter to Qin Xiang and said, "It's impossible not to hurry. This time, even if the entire army is wiped out, we will block this Dali army."

Qin Xiang's eyes glared slightly after reading the letter, "These Dali soldiers are so bold."

Zhang Jue sighed: "The army is in danger! Only in this way can we achieve a great victory that the opponent cannot predict."

At this time, even he was a little impressed by the Qilin.

Duan Qilin is betting on the more than 100,000 troops.

Because as long as this army cannot drive straight into Changsha and is blocked on the way, it is very likely that it will be slowly exhausted.

Looking at the past dynasties, the expeditionary troops entering the hinterland had only two results. Either they successfully attacked Huanglong, or most of them were wiped out.

The next day, just as the sky was bright, Zhang Jue led an army of 30,000 hurried eastward.

War broke out outside Hengshan Village.

The Dali army, who had diverted the route, rushed to Hengshanzhai first.

A scout came to Hengshan Village first to notify the chief general Wang Ziqian, who was guarding Hengshan Village.

Wang Ziqian led his army out of the city again, and then took the initiative to attack the Song army outside the city.

Liu Hongyi suffered a great loss last time, so it was impossible for him to repeat the same mistake this time. As soon as the Dali army in Hengshan Village left the city, he received a report from the scout.

Ran Anguo, Huang Zhijie and others were hurriedly summoned to the commander's tent.

Just now, before someone sat down, Liu Hongyi said, "The Dali Army is coming out of the city again. What do you think?"

Everyone pondered.

Zhu Haiwang's eyes flashed a few strange colors and said, "Can it be that Dali army has already arrived in Hengshan Village?"

Of course they knew about this. At the same time, they also knew that Zhang Hongwei, Liu Zhuwen and others were leading the army to the Hengshan Village.

At present, the Military Information Department of the Song Dynasty has secret spies all over the country, and the three armies of Dali have more than 100,000 soldiers. Perhaps the movements cannot be hidden from these secret spies of the Song Dynasty.

As soon as Zhu Haiwang said, the expressions of everyone in the tent changed slightly.

At the end of the day, they only have more than 20,000 people. They have been camping outside this Hengshan Village for nearly a month, and they can't even take Hengshan Village. They are really embarrassed to fight the two Dali armies.

Liu Hongyi pondered and said, "If this is the case, then we have to retreat. If we stand firm here, we will end up with a complete defeat."

Most generals in the account nodded slightly, which had no meaning to it.

If they only faced the Dali army in Hengshanzhai, they would not have been like this. But there are too many Dali army facing now.

At this moment, Zhu Hecong suddenly said: "Supervisor Liu, Zhang Hongwei, Liu Zhuwen and other commanders led their troops to the Hengshan Village at present?"

Liu Hongyi frowned and said, "Two hours ago, a scout came to spread the news. Their imperial guards were about two days away from this Hengshan Village."

"Two days..."
Chapter completed!