choke element

Zhigu Village.

Yan Ming, a subordinate of Li Yun in the herding station, is walking under the tall wall of the village.

While walking, he heard the rumble of cavalry galloping in the distance, and also heard the shouts of enemy sentries one after another.

After all, Zhigu Village is just a lonely fortress, and the number of Ding Navy fighting here is also limited.After more than ten days of fighting between the enemy and ourselves, the sentry cavalry of the Bohai people and the Khitan people became more and more active day by day, and they had already entered the distance that could be seen by the naked eye from the watchtower.

Fortunately, after the beginning of spring, the amount of water in Lushui has increased a lot, and the wetland area around Zhigu Village is expanding every day, which has formed an obstacle to the approach of the enemy brigade. Yesterday, he almost killed and wounded the leader of the Khitan people, Yelu Kefubaer.

At this time, a group of Khitan sentry cavalry galloped and moved around in the wetlands, and the fine cavalry of Dinghai in the Zhigu village also rushed out from time to time to drive them away.

The riding and shooting skills of both sides are not like the Mongols, so they often fight at close range.Even standing under the wall of the village, you can still hear the crashing sound of riding a bow when it is fired, which is gradually replaced by the clanging and clanging sound of straight knives slashing and colliding.

Hearing this voice, Yan Ming was a little nervous, as if his whole body was going numb, and his hands were trembling a little.

He turned slightly sideways, looked at a merchant who had been stationed in Zhigu Village for a long time beside him, and was sure that he also felt the same... It might be difficult for others to understand their feelings, but merchants can understand each other.

They have been among the noble families of Zhongdu since childhood. For decades or even hundreds of years, their families have become accustomed to bowing their knees and being insulted. Falling food.

The so-called nobles include Jurchens, Khitan people, and Bohai people. In short, everyone is better than Han'er.Even if Yan Ming works for Ding Haijun, most of the time he is here in Zhigu Village, he still has to be polite to the big shots in Zhongdu.Fear, respect and obedience to nobles are the instincts engraved in the bones of him and many merchants.

But the officers and men of the Ding Navy did not have such emotions at all. They only had their own side and the enemy in their eyes, and only killed the enemy and won the victory.

Yan Ming raised his head subconsciously, and saw a lot of people gathered on the dark wall of the village, and almost all the guards were already in place.Obviously, they were not nervous, but cheered or complained loudly.

"Okay! Cut down another one!"

"Be careful! Be careful! Oops!"

"Hurry up! Chase that armored man! Quickly!"

Yan Ming could tell that those who shouted loudly were mostly auxiliary soldiers with a Shandong accent.The auxiliary soldiers may have served in the army before, but they rarely fought in serious battles, so every time they saw a fight, they were very excited.The main soldiers are veterans on the battlefield, so they should be much calmer.In addition, Chen Ran has recently recruited a small number of rout soldiers from Beijing Road, and the rout soldiers are also very experienced.

Just thinking of this, the sound of hooves sounded in the distance from the street.Liu Ran, who was born in a defeated soldier on Beijing Road, rode a horse and rushed to the bottom of the wall in one breath, then got off his horse and rushed up.

What happened?

Yan Ming froze in his heart, with a relaxed expression on his face, he said to the merchants beside him: "Our army's morale is high, and the city is solid, how can the mob outside make things happen!"

It is Yan Ming's responsibility to stabilize the emotions of the merchants so that they can continue their business dealings after the war is over.For these things that he was busy with all day long, the warriors generally held a respectful and distant attitude, and so did Liu Ran.Now he climbed up to the top of the city in three steps at a time, and found Chen Ran wrapped in a cloak, huddled in a corner with his eyes closed.

When Liu Ran approached, Chen Ran opened his eyes immediately, patted his cloak and got up.

"How do you say it? Is everyone okay? Where's your little friend...that Zhang Pingliang?"

"Two died, and the seriously injured one might not be able to be rescued. Zhang Pingliang was lucky, the arrow didn't hurt the muscles, bones and blood vessels, and only the flesh suffered."

Last night, Liu Ran led a team of experts to sneak out from the east of Zhigu Village, and went to the vicinity of Liukou to meet the envoy sent by the main force of the Ding Navy.The emissary passed through the Khitan army's defense line in a small boat at night, but when he joined Liu Ran and others to retreat, he was spotted by the Khitan army sentry cavalry stationed at Liukou.

This time, the navy cavalry was trying to expel the Khitans who came here after Liu Ran and his party.

"Qianju..." Liu Ran stood next to Chen Ran, suddenly showing some hesitation: "When I went to Liukou last night, I bumped into a Khitan man. He was from the army of Linhuangfu Road and served in the army. His place is near to me, and I know his kindred."

"It's a coincidence."

"He secretly told me something."

"what's up?"

"Guo Xuan envoy suffered a defeat in Liangxiang. It was a big defeat!"

Before Chen Ran could answer, Liu Ran lowered his voice and continued, "I heard that Guo Xuan envoy raised tens of thousands of troops and joined forces with Hebei Xuanfu envoy's servant San Anzhen to march northward. Xue Jun's attack. The Hebei Meng'an Muke army of San Anzhen collapsed, and he himself was captured by the Mongols! Guo Xuan envoy...Guo Xuan envoy is even more troublesome, I heard, I heard... "

Chen Ran nodded: "That's why the envoy sent the envoy urgently."

"How about Liangxiang? Are we really at a disadvantage?"

Chen Ran said frankly: "The Meng'an Mouk army in Hebei is trash. They were defeated by the Mongols in the first battle. It's true. Our navy didn't suffer a loss, and even killed and wounded many people in the Qixue army. But, sir With the cover of the Hebei army, the battle was ultimately disadvantageous. Based on various considerations, Guo Xuan had indeed led his troops to retreat. At this moment, the Tartar Khan should have led his army to catch up."

Liu Ran gasped.

Ever since he saw the ferocity of the Mongols in Linhuang Mansion, Liu Ran didn't think that anyone in the court could turn the tide.He bumped into Dinghai in Zhiguzhai, and witnessed the vigorous performance of this army several times. Only then did he regain his expectation of victory, and even cheered up to actively serve Dinghai.

Now suddenly say, Dinghai lost?
Chen Ran said that Ding Haijun killed and wounded many people in Qi Xuejun, and Liu Ran didn't pay much attention to it.The Mongols are now powerful, and tens of thousands of cavalry are overwhelmingly coming. Even if they kill hundreds of thousands, it doesn't matter the overall situation.

The point is that the Ding navy retreated, and they retreated in front of the Mongols!

Liu Ran has been in the army for many years and has learned a lot. He knows that since ancient times, it is easy to attack but difficult to retreat.In the process of losing the battle and being forced to retreat, it is even more difficult to preserve strength and avoid annihilation of the entire army.

Even when the Dajin Kingdom was founded, several famous generals of the Wanyan clan had tragic records of losing troops and generals when they retreated several times.Those generals who are famous enough to go down in history are still like this. How can Guo Ning, who has risen suddenly, manage to be defeated without chaos and orderly?It is more difficult than climbing to the sky just to win the hearts of the soldiers!

What's more, relying on the advantages of cavalry, the Mongolian army is the most terrifying enemy who is best at sweeping clouds since ancient times.At this time, it was Genghis Khan himself who led the army to pursue Dinghai!

Liu Ran only felt his heart beating rapidly.He has been in Zhigu Village for a while, and he feels that he has been taken care of by Ding Haijun, and he gets along well with Ding Haijun's officers and soldiers, and he knows how generous Ding Haiwan treats the soldiers and civilians, just like a legendary king teacher.Seeing that Ding Haijun was about to suffer a big loss at this time, he couldn't feel at ease.

"If the Ding Navy wants to retreat, it must march along the west side of the Lugou River. Let's mobilize the fleet to break through the Liukou, and then we can go to the reinforcements! Qian Ju, even if we go slowly, we can gather the soldiers. Let the black tartar kill people freely! Let's..."

He suddenly reached out and grabbed Chen Ran's robe hem, and talked a lot on the phone.

"Don't worry." Chen Ran rarely saw this calm young man so impatient.

He patted the back of Liu Ran's hand with some emotion: "I have followed Guo Xuan for a long time, and I know that he will never suffer on the battlefield. When you think he will suffer, it must be someone else!"

Liu Ran couldn't help being stunned.

"However, you are right in one thing. The soldiers and the fleet must be ready to send troops at any time. But it is not to meet the defeated soldiers."

Chen Ran held down the hilt of the knife with the other hand, full of confidence: "The Tartar Khan is looking for his own death! The envoy has an order. After he wins that way, we will immediately take down Liukou and control Caohe!"

I feel good today, my breathing and heartbeat are completely fine, and I even went out for a walk.Everything is back to normal :-)