1134 The Battle of the Snowy Night
The snowflakes still slowly fell from the air. Unlike the snow-white and holy world in the distance, the plain in front of us was in chaos, and the corpses scattered all over the ground were gradually covered by snowflakes. The flags either fell or stood on the silent wilderness, as if they were silently observing the soldiers who had just died on the battlefield.
The scattered sound of horse hooves broke through the flags and was pulled up after the silent silence. The neighing sound of war horses resounded through the wilderness, and the bodies covered with snowflakes were everywhere. At this time, occasionally there were intermittent moans and calls for help.
The ownerless war horse stood on the vast snowy field, looking blankly at the armored soldiers gradually approaching from the distance between the two sides. After hesitating, he lowered his head and sniffed the original owner who had no hope of life, and then ran towards the soldier without looking back.
There is no enemy or friend in the world of war horses, so those war horses that were originally abandoned on the battlefield have the right to choose which side to stand on when the two armies cleaned the battlefield with the traditional tacit understanding after the armistice.
Some ownerless war horses ran towards the Song people. Some ownerless war horses looked at the same person running in the opposite direction. After hesitating, they parted ways with their companions and ran towards the Jin soldiers.
Some injured soldiers were found in the snow by their searched companions, and the snowflakes no longer seemed so terrible at this time. The strong desire to survive made the snowflakes that fell on their faces feel so warm.
The two sides searched for three hours on the battlefield, and sent soldiers of no less than a thousand people to find companions on the battlefield. The sky gradually darkened, and the night under the storm of snow was lit by torches. The simple tent made the two coaches fall into a stalemate under the cold winter and heavy snow after the encounter.
Qi Shilie's Gods slaves did not mean to retreat. As long as he blocked the Song people's pace of continuing to move forward, he could stop Ye Qing from coveting his wife's wife and have the chance to retake Taiyuan Prefecture after winning this encounter.
Yelu Yue also had no idea of retreating. She believed that no matter who the winner of this encounter was, she would become the final winner. If she wins the opposite Jin man, she might directly attack the Niangzi Pass and even hope to win the Zhending Mansion.
"Who is the other general?" In the simple tent, beside a small stove, Yelu Yue took off her helmet, and her black hair instantly slid from her head like a waterfall to behind her. The moment her delicate face turned around, it seemed that the entire tent was a little brighter.
Yelu Yixue frowned and shook his head: "Everything is too fast, and there is no time to investigate. When we found the scout released by the other party, our advance army had just assembled, and the Jin people had a strong impact. The unorganized impact almost completely destroyed the defense of the advance army. But even so, we did not gain any advantage in this encounter today. But the Jin people paid a considerable price for this, and there was no way to win. Even if we won this battle, it could only be said to be a miserable victory."
"How about the army outside?" Yelu Yue leaned on her chin. Since Yelu Yixue had been emphasizing the damage of this battle, it was enough to show that even though they slowed down the marching speed, they were still almost defeated by the Jin people who were anxiously rushing to support Taiyuan.
"The advance army has retreated to the rear. Now the vanguard troops have all been transferred to defense. The army of 10,000 people is ready to respond to the enemy at any time and stabilize its position. It will never be easily dispersed by the speed of the Jin people again." Yelu Yixue said firmly.
Yelu Yue sighed slightly. She followed Ye Qing's instructions along the way and did not rush to travel. She was even extremely cautious in marching. However, the Jin people on the opposite side were obviously completely opposite to them. They didn't care whether they would meet the Song people on the way, but only cared about whether they could reach Taiyuan Prefecture in a short time.
It is precisely because the Jin people only pursued speed and Yelu Yue marched slowly and cautiously, which caused the first battle of this encounter to almost suffer a big loss.
Fortunately, the advance troops held the defense line and finally welcomed Yelu Yue's support to them, while the Jin people were not so lucky. When the fierce first wave of attacks began to prevail and almost broke up the Song army, the Song army's army rushed over, which made the Qishilie Gods slaves, who had no advantage in numbers, began to fall from the initiative to passive state, and their previous advantages were instantly disintegrated, and when the war reached its end, they were almost defeated by the Song people.
The god slave Qi Shilie was filled with unwillingness and regrets. The rapid march along the way made the 20,000 army he led was extremely scattered. Except for the 3,000 cavalry under his command who could always follow him, the other army was already far behind by him.
So when he encountered the Song people, although Qi Shilie had only 3,000 god slaves, he was always in a battlefield charge, so when he encountered the Song army opposite, he almost didn't need to make any pre-war orders.
As the saying goes, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. With the powerful impact of three thousand people, they were about to break through the defense line of the Song people and disrupt the Song people's army, but the Song people's central army, which was shattering in the snow, rushed over in time, which slowly turned out from the beginning to the vanishing advantage, and even in the end, the opposite Song army began to gain a great advantage.
Fortunately, although the army behind him was a little late, fortunately, he finally rushed over when he needed it most. So when the two armies were in a stalemate, they had to withdraw their troops, stabilize their defense line before making plans for the next step.
"Who is the general of the Song Dynasty on the opposite side? "The unwilling god slave Qi Shilie grabbed his hair hard. Today, he was almost able to defeat the Song Dynasty's advance army a little bit, and then he could wait for the support to follow and catch the Song Dynasty off guard, but unfortunately it was in the end...
When he thought about how he almost beat the Song people today and finally let the Song people escape the disaster, the slaves of Qi Shilie wanted to pull all the generals who did not keep up with their speed into the snow and chopped their heads.
Along the way, although he encountered a large army of the Song people, Qi Shilie's god slave could see through it at a glance, and this army was not at all.
He had the determination to fight with them, and since he saw his army, he began to flee north, which was enough for him to see through at a glance that this Song army was just to attract their attention and delay their rush to Taiyuan.
So, in addition to sending two thousand people to pursue, the slaves of the gods of Qi Shilie continued to move forward, which just confirmed that his original choice was correct.
After all, once the Song army, who had no determination to fight, was led by the nose, it was possible that the Song army in front of him would avoid him and point directly to the gate of the wife.
"I don't know yet, but... it shouldn't be that Ye Qing, right?" the general asked carefully.
Qi Shilie's Gods Slave frowned and thought for a long time before saying: "It's not like Ye Qing's military use method, and..."
Qi Shilie's Gods Slave took a deep breath and continued, "I have seen the Huahua Family Army. If Ye Qing was anxious to rush to the road, he would definitely put the Huahua Family Army at the forefront. Then we would most likely not have such a big advantage as soon as we encountered the other party, and the opponent was defeated step by step and almost fled."
"Since it's not Ye Qing, then... sir, we may still have a chance." The general looked at the heretics of the camp who were gradually raising wind.
"Even if we meet Ye Qing, we have a chance!" Qi Shilie's Gods slave gritted his teeth and said firmly: "No matter who it is, I will never allow them to cross my level!"
"But Taiyuan..." the general sucked and vomited.
The Gods Slaughter Qi Shilie sighed, and his expression seemed a little sad: "Since the Song people have already arrived here, it is enough to show that Taiyuan has been lost." Looking at the generals next to him with some concern, the Gods Slaughter Qi Shilie continued: "I know you are worried that the Song people will divide the troops into two groups after seizing Taiyuan. This way is used to block us, and the other way... to Yanmen Pass, right?"
"Yes, Mo Jiang is worried that this will happen. What's more, we have met a Song man on the road. They ran away with one blow and didn't bother us at all. Mo Jiang is worried about..." The general continued.
"Yanmen Pass is in the mountains, and it is snowing heavily in the sky. Not to mention the Song people, we may not be able to hold on even after entering the mountains. Looking around, it is covered with snow and white. Not to mention finding Yanmen Pass, it would be good to be able to stay in the mountains without losing direction. Moreover, Yanmen Pass has always been heavily guarded. When the Song people were in charge of Taiyuan, they also never took Yanmen Pass? In the end, they were forced to hand over Taiyuan and other places to us under pressure?"
The god slave Qi Shilie turned his head and looked at the snow outside. When he thought of the easy-to-defense and difficult-to-attack terrain in Yanmen Pass, and the heavy snow that had no stop at all, he could feel a little relaxed.
In his worst plan, he watched the fall of Taiyuan and was taken away by the Song people, and then the Song and Jin people returned to their old borders, and the Yanmen Pass, Niangzi Pass and other places were clearly divided with the Song people.
This is the bottom line of his begging for the Silence of the Gods and the bottom line of the entire Jin Kingdom. After all, Taiyuan and other places were originally affiliated with the Song people, but now they are lost. What's more, are there fewer Song court territory that were taken away over the years?
It was only because of the importance of Taiyuan Prefecture that he begged Shi Lie the Gods slaves to protect Taiyuan Prefecture. But if the situation was no longer restored, they could take a step back and retreat to Niangzi Pass and Yanmen Pass to restore the old system with the Song people.
But will Ye Qing be satisfied? The answer is no. In such a bad weather, Ye Qing launched a war against the Jin Kingdom again. What he wanted was not only Taiyuan, but Ye Qing's ambition was now known to everyone. What he wanted was the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and what he wanted was to drive the Jin people outside the pass and occupy the entire Central Plains without being invaded by foreign races.
Under the vast snow, the cold wind whistled through the valley, like ferocious beasts, ruthlessly and sharply hitting Ye Qing and other three thousand Hua family soldiers. At this time, the torches had no effect, but fortunately the white snow could point their sight a little direction.
But even so, Ye Qing still felt that he was in another world at this moment, as if he had reached an endless Arctic world composed of ice and snow.
The armor and the clothes inside seemed to have merged into one, and there was no longer any warmth. The hard feeling was like walking naked in armor on a wind and snowy day.
The eyebrows, beard, eyelashes, and even the nostrils turned white. Even though the limbs were moving hard, they couldn't feel any flexibility at this moment, as if their legs and feet had turned into cold wooden sticks.
The snow that was about to reach the knee made the war horses at the other end of the reins in their hands anxiously lift their hooves from time to time to break free from the constraints. The rugged mountain road was already in the dark, causing many soldiers to step on the air, and then rolled into the gullies in the mountains with the thick snow that was trampled.
Can you hear the neighing of war horses and the screams of soldiers? But even so, they still have no way to find a safe shelter to stop and rest.
As soon as Jia She opened her mouth, she had no time to spit out even a word. Fengxue in the sky instantly poured into her throat. The choking person seemed to feel that Fengxue that had just poured into her mouth had rushed into her cold belly in an instant.
The wind in the valley was obviously a little more sharper than the cold wind in the wilderness. After Xu Han got rid of the pursuers, he was both disappointed and helpless.
The Jin Ren seemed to have guessed his purpose long ago, and did not chase his butt desperately. In just two hours, the Jin Ren gave up his pursuit of them and allowed them to enter the mountains, and then left.
Xu Han wanted to send a small group of troops to lure him, but in the end he gave up on this idea. It was snowing heavily and the direction was unclear. If he sent someone to lure him again, he would probably suffer heavy losses even if he was rushing to the road.
A shelter in a canyon, Xu Han simply gave up the temptation to the golden man who was locked up by the wife, and took the place where the cold wind was blowing everywhere.
Picture: Under the human wall of the siege of the soldiers, with torches that could be extinguished by wind and snow at any time, they carefully studied the route to Yanmen Pass.
At this time, even the Qi Shilie Gods slaves who had just fought fiercely with the Song people for a long time were still sleepless. The strong wind outside the camp tent was howling like a lonely ghost, and a figure rushed in with wind and snow.
"Sir, I have discovered that it should be... a general named Yelu Tieyi. This was learned from the mouths of the wounded soldiers on the other side who were rescued from the battlefield. The number of soldiers was 30,000." The general's cold red cheeks were filled with joy. In his opinion, as long as the Song commander on the opposite side was not Ye Qing, their confidence in winning the battle would be much greater.
"Yelu Tieyi? Khitan Liao people?" Qi Shilie's Gods slave stood up thoughtfully. He didn't remember that among the generals under Ye Qing, there was a figure like Yelu Tieyi. What's more, Ye Qing was not a commander who could easily believe in people from other races. How could such an important battle be used by a Khitan Liao people who had never heard of their name?
He thought that what he encountered was either Zhong Can or Mo Xiaobao, or other generals that Ye Qing trusted very much, but he never expected that it would be a general who he had never heard of before.
"It's a Khitan Liao, and it's said that it seems to be a woman." The general said to the puzzled Qi Shilie Gods slave, but after pausing, he added: "The wounded soldier has never seen their commander, and he also heard rumors in the army that their commander was actually a woman, and he was a very beautiful one..."
"It's really called Yelu Tieyi? Who else has the name?" Qi Shilie's god slave suddenly turned around, looking surprised or happy. When the general was stunned, he immediately pushed the general and said, "Immediately, if there is a general next to Yelu Tieyi, he was named Yelu Yixue!"
"Yes." The general looked at the surprised expression of Qi Shilie's Gods slave, nodded at a loss, and then plunged into the wind and snow outside.
At this time, the spies from the Song people opposite were not idle. After the spies from both sides occasionally encountered each other, they would hold the bows and crossbows in their hands, and look at each other at each other. Then they twisted their necks stiffly in the cold wind, and just pretended that they had seen nothing, and ran towards the outer periphery of the other party's army as if nothing had happened.
The weather was too cold, and they obviously didn't want to kill a few spies to make contributions at this time, let alone no one knew how many companions they had around them, so it would be better to take the lead in completing their assignments.
After all, when the two armies are particularly clear in the confrontation between them, the spies are no longer effective. Even if they go to each other's camp to inquire, they may not be able to find out any valuable information. They rely more on the spies to cruise in the night to win the opportunity to rest and fight again tomorrow.
In the tent that was about to be pulled in the cold wind, Yelu Yue was wearing two thick furs, wrapped her whole body tightly inside, squatting in the small stove next to her and napping.
Yelu Yixue carefully lifted a corner of the curtain buried in the cold soil. The wind and snow behind him immediately took the opportunity to get in. A gust of cold wind mixed with snowflakes swept through the tent in an instant, surpriseing Yelu Yue who was sitting by the small stove and napping.
Turning his head and looking at Yelu Yixue who was pushing into the gap in the curtain sideways. Yelu Yue's face was filled with a gratitude smile.
Yelu Yixue was a little embarrassed. The first time he squeezed into the tent, he quickly pulled the curtain again. When he fled from the Liao Kingdom King City and defected to Ye Qing, although the environment they experienced was even worse than the moment, now since there were a little conditions, Yelu Yixue felt that there was no need to let Your Highness suffer more.
"Your Highness, you have figured it out clearly, it's..." Yelu Yixue took a deep breath, and his expression became solemn: "The one who fought with us today is the slaves of the gods of Qi Shilie."
Yelu Yue poked her delicate chin out of the thick fur and placed it on the soft and warm fur. Her delicate and fair face smiled slightly, and then said, "It seems that it will not be so easy for us to go further." Then she became a little melancholy and said, "In such cold weather, I don't know how my husband and the others are."
"Your Highness, I will send someone to send you back to Taiyuan Prefecture at the end of tomorrow..." Yelu Yixue suggested to Yelu Yue.
Yelu Yue smiled and shook her head, rejecting Yelu Yixue's suggestion: "I can't retreat, my husband may be more difficult than us at this moment."
The camp tent fell into a temporary silence. Whether it was Yelu Yixue or Yelu Yue, after learning that the opposite was the Jin army led by the slaves of the gods, they actually knew very well that the next possible situation would be a lasting stalemate, and the key to the outcome of this battle did not seem to be on their side.
That's why Yelu Yixue proposed to send someone to escort Yelu Yue back to Taiyuan, and he himself stayed here to fight with the Gods slaves of Qi Shilie. After all, the next one will be an extremely difficult and protracted tug-of-war. In such a harsh environment, Yelu Yixue obviously didn't want Yelu Yue to suffer the pain of his escape that year.
"Your Highness, the current situation..." Yelu Yixue didn't give up and wanted to persuade him again.
"I can't leave, it will affect the morale of the army." Yelu Yue continued to shake her head and refused, "In fact, we are not completely unsure of winning. Although there will be no reinforcements behind us. However, in such bad weather, it is probably not easy for the Qi Shilie Gods Slave to wait for more reinforcements to arrive. My husband said: The brave ones win when we meet on a narrow road, so we should see if he is the Qi Shilie Gods Slave who has the ability to decide the world in one battle, or whether I, Yelu Tieyi, will fight to the Master's Pass!"
At this time, Yelu Yue's eyes were deep and firm, and the momentum of her entire person became no longer as weak as before, like a sharp sword, full of heroic spirit and high fighting spirit.
Chapter completed!