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Volume 1: Yan Yun Chaos Volume 3: Bending the Sky Chapter 165: Banquet at Hongmen (7)

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    The shouts have stopped in the continuous camps of the Song Army, and the large groups of Song Army horses are gathering together like flying.  It turns out that even when Liu Guangshi was here and all the restraints were in place, it was never so neat and quiet!  Yang Keshi¡¯s cavalry is naturally the main force. The more than 2,000 cavalry that can still be collected now still maintain the organization of eight cavalry corps, and they have been assembled.  With their troops and horses ready, they only waited for an order before heading west.  There are more large groups of troops and horses from Yan Yan. Most of these troops are infantry and they are also trying their best to be lightly armed.  He carries nothing except dry food and the simplest armor and weapons.  Even if this is the case, there is no telling how many people will be able to keep up with the pace of the group as they head eastward, and no one knows how many people will fall on the way!  Yang Keshi walked back and forth among the soldiers and horses who were quickly gathering the entire team, shouting a few words of encouragement from time to time.  Suddenly, a sergeant on duty shouted loudly: "The Jurchen Tatars are coming!" Yang Keshifei also climbed up the wall of the village and looked at it, and saw the light of the lights shining on it.  A group of more than a hundred Jurchen warriors galloped over, forming a wide array.  Without hesitation and pause, he went straight to the front of the village.  The sergeants who stayed on the wall immediately opened their crossbows and stood ready.  The Jurchen Rangers may have lost their vigilance due to the collapse of the Yan Yan Army some time ago. The Jurchen Rangers dispersed without any worries and went straight into the range of the crossbows of these military strongholds.  Without hearing the order, a row of arrows flew out.  Then he stepped back, the second row of crossbows flipped up again, and another row of arrows flew!  Two rows of arrows swept across, and the Jurchen rangers who rushed to the vicinity of various military strongholds, even though their formation was extremely scattered, more than ten of them fell off their horses.  ?For those with experience in battle formations.  You can tell a lot just from these two rows of arrows.  ??If the morale of the defenders is scattered and collapsed.  No intention to fight.  No matter how many crossbows there are.  It is impossible to shoot such a neat rhythm.  The second column followed up and shot without too much time.  Then the crossbow shooting on the wall of the village stopped, but the Jurchen rangers no longer dared to move forward, so they turned around and retreated quickly.  Where is the collapsed and scattered Confederate Army?  These rangers retreated, and then rows of torches lit up in the distance to the west, but more Jurchen Tatar rangers appeared in the night.  Several Mouke flags are faintly discernible.  Seeing the army and horses in front of them retreating, they slowed down and slowly pressed over, but stopped outside the shooting range of these military strongholds.  Staring coldly at the scene of the Song Army's military camp.  Yang Keshi looked at the scene in front of him silently and clenched his fists.  Originally, Yang Keshi wanted to try his best to speed up the gathering of the army and leave under the cover of night as much as possible.  Only as few troops and horses as possible were left in the stronghold to break up the rear.  But I never expected that the Jurchen Tatars would react so quickly.  They hid themselves in the night and kept a watchful eye. Unexpectedly, there were more Jurchen soldiers and horses who would smell the wind and come straight towards them!  If too few soldiers and horses are left behind, the Jurchen Tatars will suddenly cover up and kill the troops after they leave the camp.  Break through the resistance of a small number of troops and horses remaining behind, and pursue the enemy with higher mobility.  In the end, the remnants of the Yan Yan Army were defeated.  Destroyed in the Weishui River Valley!  Faced with the Jurchen Tatar troops pressing over from the east, Yang Keshi no longer dared to underestimate their combat power.  And they also believed that with their performance in this war, they were the strongest army Yang Keshi had ever seen in his life.  And leaving the army and horses behind is destined to be annihilated.  So many heroes from Guanxi have been abandoned and betrayed one after another. Now we have finally found a little hope. Now how do we decide which troops should go and which should stay?  The reaction of the Jurchen Tatar, who is a straight mother and thief, is so sharp.  When we were lifeless, we were watching from a distance, just waiting for our own homes to disintegrate.  But when we cheer up a little bit, we will be forced to come up immediately!  Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps behind him, and he heard a voice: "General Yang!" Yang Keshi turned around and saw a general of the Yanyan Army with a rather unfamiliar face. He cupped his fists in salute to Yang Keshi and spoke generously.  "General Yang, the last general is Bao Xu. It turns out that General Liu is the commander of the central army's personal guards. We are paid higher than other armies. Although General Liu left us and fled,  Okay, but we, the Chinese army, can no longer take our own way! Please ask General Yang to leave us behind. There are still more than 300 people under my command, including those collected along the way. Anyway, it is not possible.  Let's go!" Bao Xu saluted Yang Keshi again and strode away.  Immediately afterwards, his command was heard. In the darkness, a group of men and horses emerged from the gathering crowd and were about to take over the defense.  At the same time, a famous military general came to Yang Keshi and saluted him with clasped fists.  Either a little excited, or looking calm.  They all asked themselves to leave, and they wanted to stay behind.  Without waiting for Yang Keshi's answer, he strode away.    Groups of sergeants came out, and the soldiers who were still standing in the queue preparing to break out looked at the brothers who were preparing to leave behind with a somewhat miserable expression.  But these men of the army of Yan Yan who stepped out of the queue were in high spirits as they had never been since they crossed the river and marched eastward with the army.  He shouted to the people he knew well in the queue.  "Xiao Yi, after you fight out, please tell my parents that joining the army will inevitably lead to death in battle. Our family has been soldiers for generations, and they can see through it!" "Wu Lang, take care of your sister! If you stay,  But I ran away. If you go back, your sister won¡¯t scratch my face! If she wants to, she¡¯ll do it. But if she doesn¡¯t, she¡¯ll give me a few sticks of incense, and we won¡¯t be in vain!¡± ¡°Huang!  Da, Huang Da! What are you doing to me? We have worshiped each other. My father is your father. Don¡¯t let others bully him!  Don't you think I'm going to look for you!" A loud voice of greeting flew over the military formation. The soldiers who accepted the order had red eyes, holding spears and nodding desperately in the queue.  And even the generals, no matter how high they were in the past, couldn't help but lower their heads at this time, not daring to face Zhang Junhan's simple face.  There were at least two to three thousand troops. Without waiting for Yang Keshi's order, they took over the defense of this camp. Under the command of the generals who took the initiative to stay, they immediately began to be busy.  On the wall of the village, there are many archers standing there.  Hand-held crossbow bow and arrow.  If the crossbow machine has insufficient arrows.  Then he holds a spear.  Prepare to fight.  Under the cover of the crossbows, groups of sergeants set out to reorganize the scattered deer villages and dig trenches that were silted up under the rain.  The Jurchen rangers who have been monitoring the movement of the camp will not sit back and watch.  Before the follow-up troops arrived, they rushed out again, trying to scare the soldiers who were leaving the camp and force them to disperse and rush back to the camp.  Maybe they can take advantage of the situation and disrupt the entire Confederate camp.  What greets these rangers are rows and rows of neat and rhythmic crossbow arrows.  The Jurchen Rangers were forced to retreat far away.  After these Jurchen Rangers retreated again, they just looked at each other in shock and confusion.  The Confederate Army in front of us was originally a defeated and disabled unit, and its morale had dropped to the bottom.  To them, the most elite Jurchen warriors in Loushi's army, it was just a piece of already cooked beef and mutton, which they could eat whenever they wanted.  So out of exhaustion, I rested for a day or two.  More hope is that the Confederate army will collapse and then roll back up to easily harvest human lives.  Who can think of it, all of a sudden.  The appearance of the Confederate army changed.  Morale is incredibly high again!  No matter how high the morale of Yan Yan's army is and how motivated they are to fight, they actually have nothing to fear from Lou Shi's elite troops.  But it happened to be night time. The armies of this era, no matter which one they were, did not have the ability to organize large-scale attacks at night. At most, they would select some elites to attack the enemy unprepared and set up camp.  Now the Southern Army has assembled its entire army and is relying on the camps to strengthen defense.  As long as it approaches, there will be a burst of arrows.  Before dawn, without any preparation, the elite troops of Lou Shi's unit suddenly acted against the Confederate army. They could only watch helplessly but could do nothing!  And in each camp, the groups of military horses did not take into account the Jurchen rangers that had been wandering outside, as well as the subsequent large groups of Jurchen military horses that came with fire.  In this way, they mobilized one by one. Under Yang Keshi's arrangement, an elite light cavalry was the vanguard, the infantry group was in the center, and then another cavalry unit was in the rear. In this march sequence, they drove out of the camp and headed east.  While Yan Yanjun was gathering his movements, Wei Dagong, who finally breathed a sigh of relief, was too tired to care about anything else. He looked for the troops who came with him, randomly found a place and sat down on the ground. As soon as his butt touched the ground, he  He went soft and lay down on the muddy ground. Wei Dagong didn't even have to take a breath before Wei Dagong started snoring loudly.  Infected by Wei Dagong's snoring, whether it was the generals sent by Xiao Yan or the troops and horses of Yan Yan gathered with them, they all sat down on the ground, or lay down, or leaned back against each other, and they all fell into the trap in an instant.  In the dreamland.  A group of soldiers covered in blood, amid the dazzling fire and the roar of people, shouted loudly.  Suddenly, Wei Dagong was pushed awake by a pair of hands.  He immediately trembled and stood up, subconsciously pressing the long knife on his waist.  In the sight, an old face appeared, it was the old man who came with them.  Laodu pointed his head to the side: "General Yang has sent someone to call General Wei to set off quickly and follow General Yang to take charge of the central army." Wei Dagong turned around and saw several of Yang Keshi's personal guards beside him.  They waited impatiently with their mounts in hand. When they saw Wei Dagong's eyes sweeping over him, they all bowed and went off.  And his team of more than a hundred horsemen and horses had already stood up, pushing the other brothers who were still sleeping as fast as death.  Wei Dagong stretches his muscles??, all the joints crackling.  After all, his body had been hard-working for a long time, but his strength was still good. He immediately cheered up and said hello: "Old boss, hurry up and greet your son, pack your weapons and luggage, and see if you can find anything in the camp."  When the time comes to eat, bring as much as you can, and then quickly set off to find General Yang!" The old man pointed silently, and there were already piles of dry food bags next to where they were sleeping soundly.  It was while they were sleeping that Lao Dutou went to the camp to find someone to raise money.  Not to mention Lao Dutou, as long as he is in Yan Yan's army, he can find one or two acquaintances wherever he goes. Just knowing the dry food prepared for the people sent by King Yan, many people immediately come to help.  Each dry food bag was filled to the brim with fine food, and there were even more than a dozen gourds of wine that I didn¡¯t know how to preserve.  In addition to dry food, there are also weapons.  The empty sack was filled with arrows, the broken spear was replaced with a horse spear, and the chipped long knife was replaced with a brand new one.  Even the war horse has material bags on its ears and is chewing the fine material quietly.  In this short period of time, the fur has been brushed and the girdle has been tightened again.  During the time when everyone was asleep at most for half an hour, the old man arranged so many things. Now Wei Dagong and the others got up.  Just get on your horse and go!  Wei Dagong looked back with surprise.  He saw the old man bowing down to him with clasped fists in his hands respectfully.  Zhou Zhou bowed politely.  Wei Dagong suddenly had an unknown premonition.  When he spoke, his tone was extremely fierce: "Why are you saluting? Pick a good horse and follow me! I need you to take care of the affairs of my team. I will send two good fighters without going into battle. They will protect you! You  This old guy is well versed in military affairs, and he will be of great use even under King Yan He is still standing there, so he quickly mounted his horse!" The old man straightened his head and smiled.  The wrinkles on his face were squeezed deeper, and under the firelight, it seemed like the thousands of ravines east of the river.  Life in the military is hard and long-lasting. If a soldier is lucky enough to reach the age of forty or so, he will already be very old compared to the well-maintained scholar-bureaucrats.  "I have been in the Huanqing Army for ten years and the Yanyan Army for ten years. I defeated two armies and horses, and my brothers rewarded me with honors. I am not good at fighting in battle. I can get paid, and in the end I can be dispatched by the head  I'm old. I can't stand it anymore. Huan Qingjun is gone, and seeing that Yan Yanjun will no longer be the same guy as before, and so many familiar brothers are dead, I feel so sorry for the young man.  One by one, for an old man like me, General Wei will let me stay so that I can feel better. " Wei Dagong reached out with a straight face to pull him, but Lao Dutou took a step back.  He bowed deeply to Wei Dagong again.  " Wei Dagong will advance again, but Laodu will retreat again.  In the end, the two of them just stood there.  The rest of the people had already stood up, watching the actions between the two people in silence.  After a short moment of silence, Wei Dagong straightened his clothes and armor, solemnly bowed with his fists clasped.  The generals who were sent for Xiao Yan around him also saluted.  Then more than a hundred knights all bent down.  After a salute, Wei Dagong turned around and left. He got on his horse and shouted just one word: "Go!" Hundreds of knights mounted their horses one after another. Under the guidance of the personal guards sent by Yang Keshi, they beat their horses and left.  Occasionally, someone looked back and saw that the camp was surrounded by crowds of people, torches were dazzling, and the figure of the old man with a slightly stooped head had long since disappeared.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Night  The mountain wind passed by, blowing countless torches into chaos, and a large group of hundreds of Jurchen knights swayed with light and shadow.  This large group of Jurchen knights with shaggy beards surrounded Wanyan Lou's room, gritting their teeth and looking at the Confederate army camp in front of them.  In the Nanjun camp, more torches were lit, illuminating half of the sky red.  Under the light of the fire, you can see the rows of arrows on the wall of the village, and the busy figures of the soldiers of the Southern Army who are reinforcing the defense of the village under the cover of the arrows!  "In the camp, we can see the troops of the Confederate Army forming a queue, leaving the camp and heading east.  The torch lit by the marching troops was like a fire dragon in the Weishui River Valley, circling and dancing, spreading its claws and fangs!  "And such a large army was mobilized at night, but no human voice was ever heard.  All you can hear is the neighing of war horses carried by the night wind, the sound of metal clashing with armor and swords, and the sound of thousands of footsteps stepping firmly into the mud underfoot!  A large group of people and horses, the cavalry moves first and then the cavalry.  Very well organized and not much disorganized.  This does not look like a defeated army, it is clearly a powerful army attacking eastward!  What kind of changes happened tonight?  Let this Confederate army, which was trapped in a dragnet and whose morale collapsed, regain its fighting spirit, morale, organization, and leave at night?Lou Shi does not regret that he asked the army to stop and rest for a day or two.  Even if you have an absolute advantage, you can still surround yourself with three barriers.  You can wait for the opponent to further disintegrate and collapse, but still use a large army to gnaw at the opponent's camp and pay more casualties. This is the behavior of a mediocre general who does not cherish the lives of his subordinates.  Not to mention that his subordinate was extremely exhausted. It was only natural that he should take a rest while waiting for a better opportunity after occupying such an advantageous position.  Even though the Lou family did not want to claim the final victory over the remnants of the Southern Army, they wished that Zonghan's troops would come up from the north and Oru's troops would come up from the east, so that they could lead the final battle.  ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT off the river, and the river is frightened.  Tens of thousands of Confederate troops were forced to collapse.  This is what a man does.  Cut off thousands more heads.  What glory is there in ravaging the defeated army?  At this moment in Lou¡¯s room, when the cooked duck suddenly flew away, he didn¡¯t see the shock, anger, or even regret that ordinary people would have.  Just thinking with a straight face.  When surrounded on all sides, these Confederate troops suddenly turned back eastward. What does this mean?  Even if they still don¡¯t give up and fight from left to right, they will only use up their last bit of energy.  In the end, it will be destroyed in the Weishui River Valley.  Why?  Suddenly, Wanyan Loushi was shocked.  Unless the east is empty!  And why is the east side empty?  Even Oru's troops were restrained and even had to withdraw quite a few troops. ??????????????????????????????? Why was Oru¡¯s troops being restrained? Only the southerner, King Yan, was mobilizing his army to launch a more powerful offensive to cope with the southern army!  It must have been the southerner King Yan who sent an envoy. He passed through the thousands of troops and actually contacted this southern army.  Then, at this critical moment, the Confederate army decisively headed eastward!  It¡¯s the southerner King Yan who takes action again!  After establishing the victory, Lou Shi was originally a little lazy and lacked energy.  Suddenly at this moment, the blood all over my body was boiling!  This is a good opponent!  The rest of the Confederate Army.  Compared with King Yan, he is nothing more than a chicken and a dog!  Lou Shi suddenly issued an order loudly: "Contact Zong Han and ask him to send troops back to the division! Except for one Muke who is left to continue to monitor, the rest of the troops should go back to rest! Wait until dawn, attack these southern army strongholds! Give them all  Cheer up!" After the order was given, Lou Shi turned around and left without looking at the group of Confederate soldiers who were leaving the camp to the east.  But let¡¯s see if you, King Yan, can save this defeated army from a desperate situation.  Not to mention that the eastern half of the river has been smashed to pieces by our Jurchen warriors, and even crossing the river to see the influx of Shaanxi has little resistance.  Our West Route Army has firmly established its foothold, while the East Route Army is surging southward behind you.  No matter how hard you struggle, you can't save the situation!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  The fire was like a dragon, surging towards the east.  The officers and soldiers of the Yan Yan Army, holding torches, advanced silently in the night.  Among the team, about half of them were carrying their own armor, most of them were horses, and they also had weapons in their hands.  Those without armor or weapons would hold sticks in their hands and move forward with the same determination. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off out of nowhere was a forest of banners, bright armor, sophisticated ordnance, and countless baggage when Yan Yanjun crossed the line of Black Tea Mountain and headed eastward to Hehe River.  At this moment, when the remaining tens of thousands of Yanyan troops turned back and marched eastward again, the appearance of this army was more than ten times shabby than before.  Even the organizational structure is in chaos. Many temporarily designated battalion heads are integrated into the army, and soldiers come from seventeen or eight different commanders!  The so-called baggage means just the clothes and armor you carry with you, and a little dry food.  But this shabby Yan Yan army is more like an army than before!  Yang Keshi rode his horse and walked in the queue, stopping from time to time to look at the faces of the Kansai disciples passing by.  The rickety back has become straight.  The horse seemed to feel the owner's firm fighting spirit, and it kept pawing its hooves and neighing from time to time.  Wei Dagong rode his horse to follow Yang Keshi, silently accompanying him and watching the Yan Yan army.  The brigade was getting further and further away, and Yang Keshi finally looked back and looked at the camp where the fire was still burning in the night, where there were thousands of people who took the initiative to stay behind.  Suddenly, Yang Keshi shook the reins and galloped forward.  The personal guards who were following him, including Wei Dagong and others, all galloped to keep up.  The sound of horse hooves sounded like thunder in the night, and countless men from the army turned to look at the knights galloping past the queue.  I must live up to the trust of these bastards and must fight my way out!  Why bother still sitting in the Chinese army?  Why do these men want me to be here to take charge?  ?Just because of King Yan's promise, we will head east with all our hearts!  King Yan, King Yan, I hope you will not break your promise.  Really pull these Kansai children out of this desperate situation!  These are the seeds of the future Western Army!  (To be continued) Chapter 165 of Volume 3 of "Butian Split" Banquet at Hongmen (Seven:
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