Before dawn, I heard a long horn sound. The sound was low, as if it was pouring into people's ears.

Dielid stood up and said angrily: "The sun has not risen, why are you bragging about? Could it be that the Song army is coming to attack!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the personal soldiers came in and said with their hands crossed their hands: "General, the Song army has completed its rupture and is coming to our military camp."

Dieli was startled and hurriedly put on his clothes. He said, "For three days, the Song army has not moved, why did it suddenly attack?"

The personal soldiers didn't know how to answer, so they had to stand quietly.

Dielid quickly put on his clothes and said to his personal soldiers: "Send spies to check! Also, we will order each general to go to the general's tent to discuss matters!"

Soon, the generals hurried into the coach's tent and sang promises to Dilide.

Dilid pointed outside the tent and said, "You all heard the sound of the Song army's horns! Before dawn today, the Song army suddenly attacked, not far from our military camp! Do you have any wonderful methods to break the Song army, tell me!"

Nelugu said: "The Song army's artillery is powerful, and our light cavalry cannot get close to the Song army's formation at all. General, we cannot fight this battle, so why not retreat. When we return to Cangzhou, the army has iron cavalry to be able to fight against the Song army."

Xie Shi said: "The Ganning Army has an iron cavalry. After fighting with the Song Army for more than half a month, he still didn't get any advantage."

Dilide waved his hand impatiently: "We were ordered here to prevent the Song army from coming north from Yongjing's army from coming north. How can we retreat? We have no way out without blocking the Song army. Do we think that when we arrive in Cangzhou, the emperor will spare us?"

Several people didn't say anything. Look at me, I looked at you, and didn't say anything.

Dilide sighed, not knowing what to say. After fighting with the Song army, Thunder understood that he had no strength to fight with the Song army at all. But he knew that Yelu Hongji and the ministers in Cangzhou were probably unbelievable. He had never really been shot by the Song army and said that he could not defeat the Song army, and the main force of the Khitan could not afford to lose that person.

Sighing, Dilide said, "Go to fight, what's the way? Order the army to form a formation to fight! Xie Shi defended the left wing, and Ta also led his army to defend the right wing, and Nilugu in the middle. The most sharp thing about the Song army was artillery. After arranging the array, he immediately led his troops to attack their central army. I don't believe that their artillery could be set up immediately. When they set up artillery, it is the best time for us to attack."

The generals made promises and each stood up and left to reorganize the troops.

The barracks of the 50,000 army are several miles away and are roughly divided into three parts. The main force is in the middle, with 30,000 people. Each of the two wings is 10,000 people, mainly to protect the security in the middle. This time the Song army was a large army straight out of the middle road, with cavalry on both wings stationed behind.

Nerugu ordered good soldiers and horses and took them out of the military camp. At this time, the sun in the east had not yet risen, and the world was a little confused. The Song army in front had already reached two miles away and was slowly approaching. The horses came to report from time to time, and the Song army did not stop.

Taking a deep breath, Nerugu said sternly: "Take on the attack of the Song army, stand firm and rush up with me! This time is different from the last time. We have no way out, and there is a camp behind us! Either you will repel the Song army or you will throw your life on the road! Those who dare to retreat will be killed without mercy!"

The Khitan army cheered together, and the momentum was shocking.

As the horn sounded, the Khitan army rushed straight towards the attacking Song army like dark clouds. The horse's hooves rumbled, with an amazing momentum.

Pang Le, the leader of the Song army in front, heard the sound of the trumpet and said to Xu Liang, the deputy commander next to him: "The sound of the trumpet is coming, it seems that the Khitan has attacked. Go to the Second Regiment and let them resist the enemy's attack. After resisting the enemy, the artillery can fire in one stick of incense."

Xu Liang crossed his hands and said, and drove his horse to the second group in front.

The arrangement of the first division of Pang Le is an inverted triangle. The front is the second and third regiments, and the back is the first regiment, which is a reserve team, and the artillery of the regiment is arranged by each regiment, and the artillery of the division is followed by the two regiments in front. As soon as the battle begins, it is immediately arranged.

Nerugu led his army to rush straight towards the attacking Song army. The Khitan was full of cavalry. Although this kind of head-on collision could not make much profit, he would never suffer any losses. If the formation was set up and the Song army's artillery was set up, there would be no chance.

The Song army was advancing continuously until the two armies were a hundred steps apart. The drum sound of Song army stopped suddenly, and the officers stopped at the foot of each army. They set up muskets and watched the Khitan cavalry advance fifty steps, and the muskets were fired at the same time.

When the Khitan cavalry entered a distance of thirty steps, the Song army slowly retreated. While retreating, they kept firing guns.

However, in the five or six rounds of gunfire, a large number of Khitan cavalry fell on the road to advance. Those who rushed to the Song army were fighting fiercely with the Song army holding bayonets. However, at this time the army formation next to them had already broken forward, and the soldiers on the side kept firing guns at the Khitans.

The Khitans came forward regardless of the ground, and in a moment they fought with the Song army, shouting and killing sounds shook the sky.

Nerugu commanded the army to come forward desperately, and saw that the Song army only used muskets, and he couldn't help but feel lucky. Although the Song army's muskets were powerful, everything would be fine as long as there were no cannons. Just muskets would at most a draw with the Khitan cavalry, and there would not be an overwhelming advantage.

At this moment, I heard a muffled sound coming from the front. Before I could react, I didn’t know how many shells roared into the Khitan army. In the blink of an eye, the shells exploded, and screamed endlessly.

Nerugu was shocked and scolded: "Zhi Niang, why are the artillery soldiers so fast?"

After saying that, looking at the subordinates who were charging forward, they felt like they were as big as a fight. With artillery, the Song army could form a blockade line between the two armies. Without follow-up troops, how could the Khitan cavalry rushing forward?

After three days of planning, everything in the Song army was well organized. Everything had plans for attacking and how the enemy counterattacked. When attacking, the artillery would inevitably not be able to launch immediately. At this time, the infantry would have to fight for it. At first, retreat a little, and after the artillery was ready, then attack again. This cycle was repeated and keep moving forward.

Shisanlang and Liu Huan stood on the watchtower, watching the battle situation ahead. The sun had just risen, and the front was blurry and it was not clear. However, as the cannons opened fire, it could be seen that the Khitans had been stopped.

Liu Huan said: "Today, the entire army attacked, and the Khitans were afraid that they could not stop it. I just don't know when they will start to escape?"

Shisanlang said, "My cavalry is ready. Where do they want to escape? Fifty miles ahead are the Khitan army. They chased them there in one go, and they happened to camp outside Cangzhou."

Liu Huan shook his head: "Hundreds of thousands of troops in the north have already attacked the Khitan. News comes, will the Khitan army still go back to rescue?"

Shisanlang said, "If this is the case, these 50,000 people will be dead! Without a large army to help me, my cavalry bit them, and you will pursue them calmly behind you. If you destroy these 50,000 people, you will make a great contribution first."

Liu Huan nodded: "No, this is the first battle after the reorganization of the army. It is a good sign to have such achievements. Speaking of which, when they really faced the Khitan, they realized that they were not that difficult to fight."

Shisanlang smiled and said, "When Taiwei Du went to rescue Tanglong Town, there were only 30,000 camps of Tianxiang Army, which opened up thousands of miles of Hequ Road. Now our 100,000 army faces 50,000 Khitans. If it is difficult to fight, it will make no sense."

Liu Huan nodded, and the tension of leading such an army to participate in the war for the first time slowly disappeared. Now the Song army is not something that the Khitan army can resist. Many Song army generals are not familiar with the army and are shocked by the accumulated power formed by the enemy for many years, so they are extremely nervous. When the war starts and have seen the situation on the battlefield between the two sides, they will slowly relax.

This is true for Liu Huan. The Divine Guard Army he led was the main force of the Song army, and both soldiers and weapons were the best. A large number of officers were instructors from the former capital and Hequ Road Military Academy, not comparable to those from the Hequ Road Military Academy. Fighting with the Khitan should have been crushed. The kind of war between the two sides in front of the Ganning Army would not happen here.

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