Xiao Jinde really didn't expect that the Song and Liao allied forces trapped in the valley would advance instead of retreating in such a desperate situation and attack their own camp with all their might.
You must know that neither Tianshi nor Ren are actually with this trapped coalition. Their strength is only half of the outside army, and they have been hungry for a whole day. Almost all of them are injured. Once they take the initiative to attack, they will not even have the last bit of geographical advantage. All the advantages on the battlefield have disappeared, so how can he take the initiative to kill himself
In Xiao Jinde's judgment, they would only defend the valley, or retreat at night and try to escape. For this reason, he had even sent a team of a hundred people to patrol the outside of the valley. Once the opponent showed signs of evacuating and escaping, they would They will be notified in time, so that they can pursue and kill them and completely annihilate this enemy force in one fell swoop.
And even if they don't retreat, they will only wait until Xiao Jinde subdues Yelv Sibuda's men tomorrow, and then the whole army will attack, and use the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai to surround and annihilate the soldiers and horses in the valley in one fell swoop. He even thought about how to deal with Tong Guan and Yelv Xiongge, making everyone in the Liao Kingdom believe that Tong Guan, a Song Dynasty man, suddenly went out to kill Yelv Xiongge and Yelv Xiongge, while he turned the tide and killed the despicable people. The Song Army can then take the opportunity to seize power in Nanjing, and then lead the army south to start a war with the Song Army...
All the scripts were prepared, but what I didn't expect was that the actor Sun Tu had no intention of acting according to the script, and chose a path that seemed even crazier and more dangerous. He actually took the initiative to lead a few hundred people to kill. He actually wanted to break out of the military camp!
What's even more troublesome is that in order to pursue the enemy in time, Xiao Jinde's camp is only two or three miles away from the mouth of the valley. For the horses charging at full speed, it is only a matter of the blink of an eye. Things did develop like this. After defeating the unprepared team of a hundred people in one fell swoop, Sun Tu led his army into the camp without any hesitation. At this time, the Liao soldiers in the camp had just woken up. Many people He heard the sound and rushed out of the camp without even picking up his weapons.
The soldiers on guard at night were not slow to respond, and immediately raised their swords and guns to fight them. But they were fighting on foot against the cavalry that was charging with all their strength, and it was a completely one-sided crushing defeat. The Liao cavalrymen at the moment didn't even care that they were facing their own clansmen. They roared and charged with their swords. The enemies on the opposite side didn't even have the strength to parry, so they killed them all on the spot with one blow. They didn't even slow down their horses and continued to charge forward with great momentum.
But after all, Xiao Jinde was one of the most powerful generals here in Nanjing, Liao Kingdom. Even so, he reacted quickly despite his anger and issued orders one after another: "The left army immediately sent troops to delay the attack, and the archers shot them with arrows. Their troops are limited, and they are just trying their best. As long as they block their first round of offensive, they can be annihilated here! In addition, immediately send a message to Si Bu Da's troops, asking them to attack from the side immediately to stop the enemy!"
It will be the soul of the soldier. Whether an army can remain stable in the face of danger largely tests the commander's adaptability and character in battle. Xiao Jinde was obviously a qualified general, and he was not distracted at this time. Under some command, his troops quickly emerged from the chaos and began to stop Sun Tu and others from attacking at all costs.
Even though the coalition forces had tried their best and charged forward with the most ferocious killing methods at this time, after killing more than a hundred enemies, they then
As arrows continued to fly, their forward speed finally slowed down.
When Sun Tu saw this, he felt helpless. After all, they were tired troops after continuous battles. Even if they mustered up the courage for a while, they were still at the end of their game after facing ten times the full strength of the enemy. It is no longer possible to rush out from the front.
What's even more frightening is that not only are the Liao soldiers in front of them gradually beginning to suppress their own momentum, but soldiers and horses are also rapidly gathering in another originally quiet camp nearby. It is obvious that there will soon be another army coming from the side. Launch a side attack on your own home, and then the entire army will be trapped and killed in this camp.
At this time, as the fighting deepened, many people were exhausted and fell off their horses and were killed under the continuous attacks from surrounding enemies. There were less than 200 people left out of the nearly 300 people at the time of the attack.
Sun Tu immediately made a judgment that it was impossible to move forward. With no way to retreat and a large group of enemies from the east about to encircle them, breaking out to the west became the only correct choice. So he, who was in the middle of the team, immediately gave a loud order: "Change the formation and attack the left side, kill them!" While speaking, he had already turned his horse's head in advance, and charged towards the west with his gun.
At this time, the Qingzhou Army's strong discipline and combat effectiveness were finally demonstrated again. Before those Liao troops who were charging together could understand what Sun Tu's words meant, the dozens of Qingzhou troops had quickly turned around and followed Sun Tu's footsteps, turning into a sharp arrow formation and acting like sharp knives. Like a sudden attack towards the west.
The sharp arrow formation is the most conducive to breaking through the siege among many formations, especially when Sun Tu, a master in the army, takes the lead and rushes to the front, waving the spear in his hand to clear the way. They continued to kill forward like sharp arrows.
The Liao army here was still preventing them from continuing to attack the south, so they deployed heavy troops in this direction. Unexpectedly, Sun Tu suddenly changed the direction of his advance and led his troops to rush towards the weakest west side. He was caught off guard and was torn open.
Sun Tu did not dare to hesitate at all, and immediately rushed out of the encirclement and continued to rush forward. Two Liao soldiers clapped their horses and waved their swords in an attempt to stop them, but Sun Tu quickly swung his spear and killed them on the spot. This did not slow down his forward momentum at all.
At this moment, the benefits of this heavy rain are once again reflected. The Liao people's bows and arrows were already weak due to dampness. Now they fired continuously and were no longer usable. Several waves of arrows coming from behind could no longer pose any threat to the Qingzhou Army who was charging with all their strength.
After a quick charge, they finally broke through the enemy siege and reached the open space ahead. Behind them, those Liao people who were slower to react were in extremely dangerous situations. After the enemy had reacted, they were quickly surrounded. Only thirty or forty people rushed out to protect the person pretending to be Yelvxiongge.
Sun Tu had no intention of turning around and rescuing them, and the Song army no longer had the ability, so he made a decisive decision and led his army to continue running forward.
Seeing this change, Xiao Jinde in the rear was so anxious that his eyes were on fire and he shouted angrily: "Keep chasing me, even if I chase you to the horizon, don't let them escape!"
Following his order, the Liao army of more than a thousand people could no longer care about anything else and quickly moved the trapped Liao soldiers to over one hundred people.
After killing them quickly, they all chased towards the west. The Sibuda Division, which had just started to move, did not dare to slack off anymore, and thousands of people followed closely.
In this dark night, an extremely rare scene occurred in the empty plains. A team of more than a hundred people was running in front, while more than two thousand people were chasing after them in the rear. Anyone who fell behind would be killed. Killed on the spot, this caused the number of soldiers and horses running in front to continue to decrease. After running for more than ten miles, there were only less than a hundred people left...
This time the breakout operation seemed to have failed. Not only did the Song and Liao coalition forces fail to escape the enemy's encirclement, but they instead plunged themselves into a new dangerous situation. But when Sun Tu saw the two thousand enemies chasing after him, a happy smile appeared on his face. At least his other plan was successful. After attracting all these enemies to his side, the other side of the valley was safe. Not to mention that Tong Guan and the others left from the rear, they could even leave Xifeng Valley directly from the front at this time.
The fact was just as Sun Tu had expected. After the two thousand Liao troops all chased Sun Tu and the others, Tong Guan and others who had been hiding deep in the valley finally took action. However, they did not dare to risk exiting the valley from the front. Instead, they chose to quietly exit the valley from the other side, and then found another way back to Nanjing.
Although this would make them take a big detour, at least it would be safer. Who can guarantee that the enemy would not have hundreds of people guarding them in front of the valley
After chasing each other for several miles, the situation became more and more favorable for Sun Tu and the others to escape. As time went by, although some people continued to fall behind and be killed, the real distance between the two sides became larger and larger. In terms of horsepower, the pursuers were actually worse than the escapees.
In fact, this is a key factor that has been ignored by both sides. As the king of the South Courtyard, Yelv Xiongge's horses are superior to Xiao Jinde and Yelv Sibuda. Moreover, after being attacked and retreating to Xifeng Valley yesterday, Their mounts remained deep in the valley and did not continue fighting. Xiao Jinde's cavalry, on the other hand, had just arrived today and was already a little tired. Now they are pursuing with all their strength, and they are really at the end of their strength.
Therefore, as time went by, Sun Tu and the others distanced themselves from the enemy. If they continued running like this, they might be able to throw away the enemy and escape.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Xiao Jinde's eyes were about to burst, and he immediately roared: "Follow me, don't let them run away! Ping'er, shoot them!"
The young man who had decisively shot Yelv Sibuda in front of the two armies before heard his order, immediately responded loudly, and then raised an extremely huge long bow on his horse. , controlling the war horse with his legs, his hands already firmly holding the arrows and drawing the bow, he followed Xiao Jinde's intention and aimed at the most eye-catching "Yelü Xiongge" among the runners ahead.
Normal bows and arrows have lost their use at this time due to the wet weather, but this hard bow is different. As the young man suddenly let go, the arrow on it flew forward with a whistling sound that broke through the air, and it caught up with him in the blink of an eye. On the "Yeluxiong", before anyone had time to react, the arrow had penetrated his back and pierced his chest with a pool of blood. He screamed and fell directly from his horse. Go down...