The sky was bright, and the two armies inside and outside the valley were only more than 200 steps apart, so they could clearly see the appearance of the enemy. As Yelv Xiongge deduced, it was Yelv Xiongge's soldiers and horses who launched a surprise attack on them at night and forced the Song and Liao armies to retreat to the Xifeng Valley. This shocked and angered all Xiongge's pro-army troops. He started yelling curses.
The curses spread far outside the valley, making the Liao soldiers feel a little hesitant. It was dark before, and it was okay for the two sides to fight head-on without knowing each other's exact identity. But now that their identities have been exposed, their determination to kill is not that strong. After all, Pao Ze, who was also guarding Nanjing before, unexpectedly died in the blink of an eye. It's a life and death fight...
It wasn't until Sibuda noticed that something was wrong in the situation and quickly shouted loudly that the somewhat shaken military morale regained its strength. However, it was impossible for them to attack the men and horses in the valley in a short period of time.
But even so, the Liao and Song sides in the valley still looked grim, because they found that there were indeed no less than a thousand people surrounding them outside, and the risk they would take if they wanted to force a breakout was too great. Tong Guan's brows were deeply furrowed: "King Xiongge, how should we deal with this situation now? Should we take this opportunity to retreat from the rear?"
Yelv Xiongge, who had rested for half the night, regained his energy and looked sad at this time: "This is the worst choice. However, we can send people from the rear to find rescuers, but it is not far away from Nanjing. Two or three hundred miles away, it would probably take several days to go back and forth, and we may not be able to survive that long."
Sun Tu, who was resting on the rocks beside him, also opened his eyes and said, "What King Xiongge said is true. We are almost completely out of food, and we don't have much wine left. We can survive for a day or two, but any more will be difficult." Once the food and water are cut off, the fighting spirit of the soldiers will completely collapse, and then they can just rush over and kill us all."
"What should we do?" Tong Guan and Yelu Xiongge were completely at a loss at this moment. There was no way to retreat. Attacking was no match. Defending was a dead end. They found themselves in a desperate situation.
In fact, Sun Tu has a way to resolve this desperate situation. He still has a large amount of food stored in his warehouse in the Middle Realm. Not to mention the hundreds of people here, even if there are ten times more, just taking out all the food will be enough for everyone. For military use only for one or two months. However, this is the foundation of his livelihood, and he will not show it easily until the last moment. And once he does this, there will be great trouble later, which is not what Sun Tu wants to see.
At this time, Tong Guan said again: "King Xiongge, since you are the king of Nanyuan, you always have to contact Nanjing. Now that our camp is attacked and you have lost your whereabouts, will Nanjing send troops to rescue you in time?"
Yelu Xiongge smiled bitterly and shook his head: "We in Daliao are different from your Song country. We often go hunting for several months. Even if we lose contact with Nanjing for a few days, they will not take it too seriously. Even if we are in Nanjing this time It's the same with Dashi Linya, he won't be suspicious."
At this time, even the last hope of finding foreign aid was gone. The uneasiness on Tong Guan's face became more and more obvious: "What should I do? Do you really want to take the risk and rush out?" Now it seems that there is only one left. The solution works.
But at this moment, Sun Tu suddenly
Then he said: "If we really want to take the risk, there may be another way. We can kill him by surprise. As long as we capture the enemy general Yelv Sibuda, we won't have to worry about being killed!"
"This is much harder than breaking out of an encirclement directly. Si Boda is already very skilled in martial arts, and he is still among the thousands of troops. Even if you bravely defeat the three armies thousands of miles away, it is impossible for you to do it. If you go there, you will only die in vain..." Tong Guan He immediately shook his head and objected.
"It is naturally difficult to kill him directly, but what if someone can distract him?" Sun Tu glanced at Yelu Xiongge: "King Xiongge should be able to do this."
Yelu Xiongge immediately understood his intention: "Do you want me to come forward to negotiate with him, and then take this opportunity to kill him?"
"Yes, the enemy and we are not far apart. As long as the horse is fast enough, we are sure of success. As for his bravery, I am confident that I can restrain him in a few moves under a sneak attack!" Sun Tu's eyes flashed with spirit. Mang said.
Tong Guan and Yelu Xiongge looked at each other for a while, and finally the latter expressed his position first: "At this point, this is the best countermeasure, let's take this chance! I come forward to talk to him, you pretend to be Be my attendant and act accordingly!" As the king of the Southern Court of the Liao Kingdom, he was quite courageous and courageous, and he actually dared to put himself in danger.
Since he, who needed to take risks, had already resigned, Tong Guan couldn't object anymore, so he could only pull Sun Tu over to encourage him a few words, promised some benefits, and then asked Sun Tu to go to the back to change clothes and prepare to pick up. The action came down.
However, Sun Tu did not intend to take action at this time. The sun was in the east and was shining on them, which affected their vision. They had to wait until the sunlight turned in the afternoon before taking action. At that time, the weather was on their side and they could succeed with one attack.
The whole morning passed little by little with both sides being wary but patient. By noon, smoke was rising from the Liao soldiers in front. They had been prepared, so they would naturally have something to eat. But the Song and Liao sides guarding the valley could only go hungry, and at most they could only drink a small sip of wine to satisfy their hunger.
When they knew that Sun Tu was going to take the risk to capture Yelv Sibuda, both Wu Song and Lu Da were a little worried and said: "Sanlang, why don't we take action with you?"
Sun Tu looked at their injuries and shook his head without much hesitation: "You are seriously injured, so don't take the risk." These two people are really powerful in foot combat. No ordinary Liao people are like them. He is a powerful enemy, but his riding skills are really poor.
When everyone was fleeing last night, the two of them fell behind several times. If they hadn't been extremely skilled in martial arts and fought to the death, they would have died on the way out. But even so, they all suffered multiple wounds. One Liuya was hit by four arrows, the other was hit by six arrows, and there were some knife and gun wounds... Thanks to the two of them being strong enough, they saved their lives. But at this time, it was impossible for Sun Tu to let them risk killing the enemy.
Seeing that he was resolute and that the injury was indeed serious, the two of them were worried that going would be a disservice, so they finally accepted the arrangement. At the same time, after experiencing this incident, the two also learned about the role of riding in the military, and decided that as long as they could go back safely this time, they must practice their riding skills well in the future.
Regardless of what the two of them were thinking, Sun Tu took the time to rest. until the sun
To the west, after shining on the other side, he nodded to Yelv Xiongge, then pretended to be his personal attendant, and then rode his horse to the outside of the valley.
The two sides that were originally facing each other were slightly shaken by Yelv Xiongge's move. Under the surprised eyes of the Liao soldiers on the opposite side, Yelv Xiongge took a few steps forward, then pulled his horse and shouted: "Si! Bu Da, do you dare to come out and talk to me?" The powerful voice came from far away, full of momentum.
At this time, he was still one hundred and fifty steps away from the enemy and was out of the range of the Liao archers. Behind him, in addition to Sun Tu, the disguised bodyguard, there were thirty or forty soldiers following him. As soon as there was anything unusual, these people would immediately protect him and retreat to the valley.
Si Boda didn't expect that Xiongge would dare to come out to look for him at this time. Although he was a little surprised, he still didn't avoid it. He quickly walked out of the formation on horseback and looked at Yelv Xiongge with squinted eyes: "Xiong, it seems you are also injured?"
"Huh, it's just that the eagle was accidentally pecked by a sparrow. It doesn't matter." Yelu Xiongge was happy when he saw him coming out, but he was unforgiving: "Sibuda, as our Nannan Aren't you afraid that the officials of the academy actually committed rebellion and died without a burial place? And you, you are all our warriors in Daliao, but now you follow Si Boda to rebel. Not only will you die, but your family will be affected after your death. Clan members, have you ever thought about the consequences?"
Yelu Xiongge has been the king of Nanyuan for many years, and his reputation here in Nanjing is quite great. As soon as he spoke, these ordinary Liao soldiers showed confusion and fear. Because in their eyes, he is an extremely noble being. They can only look up to him. How dare they attack him
Seeing this, Si Boda's face sank, and he immediately shouted loudly: "Xiong, don't try to disturb the morale of our army with such words, let alone use these words to defend yourself. Don't you know how big a crime you have committed?" It’s your fault, don’t you know why I Si Bo Da sent troops to kill you?”
After a pause, he turned back, looked around at the soldiers and horses, and said loudly: "Do you think your conspiracy to collude with the Song people and try to betray the entire city of Nanjing to them has been discovered by no one?" As soon as he said this, Everyone was in an uproar, and the Liao soldiers who were still a little guilty immediately showed hostility towards Xiongge.
"You are talking nonsense and spitting blood!" Yelu Xiongge suddenly became angry and refuted loudly.
Si Boda straightened his back at this time and quickly replied: "Haha, you are panicking. You must not have thought that your conspiracy would be discovered by me, right? You are really serious about letting people collude with the Song Dynasty in private. Can you hide it from everyone? And this time you not only want to sell the city of Nanjing to the Song people, but also reveal all the details of my army's defense in southern Liao to the Song people. Do you dare to say that they didn't get the defense map?"
As soon as he said this, not only the subordinates around Sibuda, but also Xiongge's personal soldiers were a little confused, and Yelu Xiongge's expression even changed. How come this guy had heard about it
But Si Boda seized the opportunity and continued to attack his heart: "You said that you were wronged. It is useless to say it unless you can show with actions that you have never colluded with the Song people. As long as you go back now and remove the people in the valley, All the people of Song Dynasty have been killed. Not only will I withdraw my troops, but I will also immediately apologize to you, Your Majesty, and send you back to Nanjing respectfully!"