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Chapter 54 Only the head

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September 30th, early morning...

Li Hu led the General Commander's Camp to Aizhuang, which is about twenty miles away from Xihan Ridge and is located on the north bank of Wujia River. Huang She suggested that the General Commander's Camp be placed here for easy command. The guards set up a temporary military tent as quickly as possible.

When Li Hu walked into the military tent, Huo Liuge, Chai Yun, Yuanye and others had already spread out the map and marked the position of each army on it.

"According to the deployment, Shuai Dong led the Third Army of Hu Lie, and the six resentful army will set up formations in the southern part of the West Hanling to block the main force of the Liao army's return to aid." Huo Liuge introduced to Li Hu, "Now Wu Xiong led the Third Army of Hu Lie to enter the mountains and forests of the southern part of the West Hanling, and Hu Jiayong's resentful army is following up. Shuai Dong has personally rushed to Xi Hanling to command the battle."

"Abaddon and the Second Hulie Army were advancing towards Mawu Mountain, while Gao Baolong and the Bohai Army were detouring towards the southern foot of Baideng Mountain to prevent the Liao army from withdrawing to Xijing, and at the same time blocking the reinforcements of Xijing to attack Xihanling."

"Mu Taoli and Hu Lie's First Army have arrived at the north bank of Wujiahe River and are carrying out encirclement on the front line of the house."

"Mao Shuai led the Fourth Army of Hulie, and the Fifth Army was coming from the direction of the water. He could reach the predetermined attack position in half an hour."

"Supervisor Yun's Feiyun Army is advancing rapidly along the banks of the Wujia River. Just wait for them to arrive at Xihanling, and they can divide the Liao army into two and complete the encirclement."

Li Hu stared at the map, silent.

Tieying stood beside him, looked up at the field where he was reading the letters, and asked, "How much do we know about the location and deployment of various units of the Liao army?"

Yuanye stood up and walked to the map, "The vanguard of the Liao army was composed of Shuo, Ying, Wei and the guards of Datong Prefecture, with about 20,000 or 30,000 people. They camped in Huairen City, about fifty miles from Xihan Ridge. The central army of the Liao people was the underground palace tent army led by Yelu Mage, with about 30,000 people. They camped in Haozhuang, about 30 miles from Xihan Ridge."

"The rear army of the Liao people was the southwestern army of Yelu Foding, with about 50,000 or 60,000 people, and a large number of food and supplies." Yuanye said, "The army of Yelu Foding was originally stationed in the north of Xijing City. Today, it took 60 miles and was not fast. But after arriving at Wujia River, he actually built a bridge and crossed the river overnight. It was really unexpected." He turned to look at Li Hu and smiled, "I remember that during the Battle of Pingzhou, he advanced very slowly, but the speed of escape was very fast."

"Last time he was lucky. He ran away, but he was not so lucky this time." Huo Liuge sneered. He drew a circle on the north bank of Wujiahe River on the map. "This time we used the five Hu Lie army, the resentful army, the Feiyun army and the Bohai army, a total of 31 generals and more than 70,000 people to cut off his Southwest Army in half and divide it into two. Even if we cannot completely wipe out, we can still deal a heavy blow."

Li Hu shook his head. The southwest army of Yelu Foding land was dominated by the foreign horse army, while the rebel army was dominated by infantry, and the strength of the two sides was close. There was a gap in strength. Although they were unprepared to attack, they might not be able to surround them. What is particularly important is that Yelu Mage's main force is close at hand. Once the rebel army and Yelu Foding were in a deadlock, Yelu Mage rushed to kill again, and this battle is very likely to be defeated.

"Yelu Mage puts the Southwest Army behind, which is obviously a perfect solution." Li Hu said, "If we meet him head-on, he can first use the Han army to consume us, and then transfer the Southwest Army to give us a fatal blow. On the contrary, if we attack his rear army, we will encounter a tough opponent, and they will not be able to surround them, and they will be surrounded by the Liao army if they are not careful."

Everyone looked at the map without saying anything. Li Hu's judgment was reasonable. No one expected that the Liao Hou Army had 50,000 or 60,000 people, and it was the Southwest Army. The Southwest Army occupied half of the troops in the Liao army and was the absolute main force. Yelu Ma Ge actually placed it behind to carry food, grass and supplies, which made it difficult for the rebels to get rid of the tiger.

"Since there are too many enemies and too large numbers, we can't surround them and cannot eat them, then don't surround them, attack and kill from all sides, use speed to destroy the enemy, and drive Yelu Foding away from the battlefield in the shortest time." Li Hu said, "Immediately, tell Dong Shuai, Mao Shuai, Yun Shuai and Bao Shuai to change the attack strategy and not to surround them. Whoever arrives at the battlefield first will launch an attack, disrupt the enemy first, and then disrupt the people, making them panic, trampled on each other, lost command, and then collapsed and fled from the battlefield... Yelu Foding was defeated and fled, and we can concentrate our troops and fight against Yelu Mage. The Southwest Army collapsed instantly, which was probably something that Yelu Mage could not have imagined. He would do his best to launch an attack and kill, which was exactly what we needed. If this battle could defeat Yelu Mage and severely damaged the palace tent army, Xijing would be ours."

The tent was silent. Li Hu changed his plan too quickly, and suddenly changed from encirclement and annihilation to defeat, and it also quickly spread to the front-line troops, which made everyone feel a little suffocated, and some people had not even reacted.

"Give an order immediately, hurry..." Li Hu urged.

Yuanye turned around and left the tent and summoned the commander. Because he was worried that the order would not be delivered in time, Yuanye urgently dispatched the elite guards and asked them to send the orders to every head coach.

"General General..." Chai Yun walked to Li Hu and whispered, "Xihanling is very close to Xijing. If Yelu Foding and the Southwest Army fled back to Xijing and reorganized their troops, they will immediately turn to a counterattack, which is very unfavorable to the next decisive battle."

Li Hu nodded slightly, "What do you mean?"

Chai Yun pointed to the map on Mawu Mountain, "Get out of this road and force Yelu Foding to escape to Mawu Mountain. The Great Wall is rushing to the west of Mawu Mountain for more than a hundred miles west. There are three passes of Killing Tiger Mouth, Breaking Tiger Fort and Baidao Saka. Yelu Foding and the Southwest Army are familiar with this place. They found that the road to retreat to Xijing was blocked, so they immediately chose to run west to the Great Wall and escape from the desert."

Without hesitation, Li Hu immediately ordered, "Immediately sue Abaddon, immediately make way for the Mawu Mountain Passage, prevent the Liao army from retreating to Xijing, drive them towards Mawu Mountain, and let them escape from the Great Wall."

Then he took the pony and smiled at Tieying, "We will take the Tiewei Camp to Xihanling immediately. At this time, it is like fighting a wolf. The more people, the bigger the momentum, the faster the wolf will escape."

Tieying stroked her beard and smiled, "I'm afraid that the wolf Yelu Buddha Ding has wings and we can't catch up even if we want to." I couldn't hold on anymore, so many generals found Yelu Buddha Ding and asked to stop crossing the river and rest on the spot. At this moment, the rebels were more than 100 miles away, and Xihan Ridge was only twenty or thirty miles away from Xijing. It was very safe. Is it necessary to cross the river overnight? Besides, fighting so hard, even if you cross the river overnight, what should you do tomorrow? Should you still walk?

Yelu Fo was full of resentment. When he heard his subordinates complaining, he was even more angry. You, Brother Yelu, started to defeat the war when he was on the Northeast Road and kept losing Shangjing. What are your great achievements? Even with a pus-cup like you, you dare to point fingers at me? Could it be that if I slept on the north bank of the Wujia River for a night, my head fell off? I lost Xijing?

"How many people have been there in the past?" Yelu Foding looked at Yelu Longyao and asked.

"There are about seven or eight thousand people."

It's okay to be careless. No matter what, I have crossed the river overnight. As for how many people have been in the past, there are too many reasons for being restrained, and there are enough reasons to make excuses. Yelu Buddha ordered the order to stop crossing the river and rest on the spot. The people and the food and supplies have arrived at the north bank of the Wujia River and can cross the river early tomorrow morning.

The Liao army soldiers were too tired and soon entered their dreams. Because this place was very safe, the soldiers responsible for the guard posts were also silly disobeyed and found a hidden place to sleep. The two sides of the Wujia River were advancing at high speed.

The Liao army did not set up camp, and most of the soldiers lay on the ground. The Feiyun Army's savage soldiers took advantage of the darkness to touch them, first solved the patrol and stakes, and then rushed up viciously, slashing whatever they caught.

A shrill scream suddenly sounded, tearing the tranquility of the night apart. In a blink of an eye, the horn of the alarm sounded, and spread across the banks of the Wujia River with the wind.

The Liao army suddenly woke up, and people were sleepy and looked around in a daze.

The rebel army blew the charge. The Feiyun Army was like a ghost that came out of the dark night, opening its bloody mouth and devouring the enemy's life.

"Quick, hurry... I'll order all troops to attack and kill along the river bank and cut off the Liao army." Hou Gue stood on a hill near the river embankment, looking at the bloody battlefield under the fire, with a calm expression and continuous orders.

"Tell Nangong Bo on the North Bank not to get entangled with the enemy, rush the people with the fastest speed, shock them and disperse them, and put the Liao army into chaos and unable to organize an effective counterattack." At this time, arrows roared in the sky, and the Liao army on the South Bank were in a hurry and rushed to attack the river embankment, trying to cross the pontoon bridge and meet with the main force on the other side.

"Burn the bridge for me." Hou Jiao shouted loudly, "Burn them all."

"Order all troops to seize the nearby hills, condescendingly, and shoot the Liao army."

"Boom boom boom..." In a blink of an eye, dozens of floating bridges on the river surface were trapped in a sea of ​​fire, and the fire was fierce, illuminating the night sky.

Dong Xiaochou stopped and looked at the sky-storming fire on the river in the distance, smiling, "Yun Shuai's sword was so fast, and he hit it with one blow."

"Deputy Commander, each unit has reached its designated position." Xie Zhibin stepped forward and said respectfully, "Xu Dayan, the 15th general of the Tiger Lieutenant Army, has begun to attack head-on, and the resentful army Huang Mingyi, Zuo Chuanrong, Lu Long, and Nian Junyuzheng began to encircle from the left and right wings."
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