After traveling through time, I became Han Zhang’s grandson?

Chapter 281: Fierce Battle on the North Road!!!

The battle situation on the southern road of Hulukou was beyond the expectations of Xiao Yi and others. When they received the news that Yelu Yaliguo had surrendered and been captured, and the southern road was blocked, Xiao Yi broke out in cold sweat.

"No time to waste! The rear troops must turn to the front and immediately open up the road back to the north!"

Xiao Yi immediately ordered Shi Mochago, who was organizing the rear army to fight the enemy, to carry out the "Northern Combat Mission".

When the order reached Shi Mochago, his heart sank again and again, and even the hand holding the knife began to tremble.

“Something is wrong…”

"Come on! The rear troops should stop engaging with the enemy and retreat with all their might. Get out of here!"

Shi Mochago roared and chopped down the approaching Song soldiers with a knife. He then led the cavalry troops that were unable to move and headed north.

When we arrived at the valley entrance, we saw a sea of ​​flags and banners, and the military was in a neat formation. Under one of the flags was a large one with the word "Shen" written on it, and a rather handsome young man was standing on his horse with a sword in hand.

"I am Shen Huai, the Deputy Commander of the Tianwu Army. I have been waiting here for a long time on the orders of the Commander General Di!"

"boom--!"

Shi Mocha felt like his brain was about to explode. Enemy troops! Enemy troops were everywhere! Their retreat was indeed blocked.

"Damn it! Did we poke the Song army's lair?!"

It is no wonder that he thought so. Since the war began, due to the geographical location of mountains and dense forests, both sides have been fighting in small-scale battles.

Many terrains that were easy to defend and difficult to attack were occupied by the Song army in advance, resulting in a dozen Song soldiers being able to fight against nearly a hundred Liao soldiers.

In addition, Di Liang, a man with eight hundred schemes, planted the flags of the Song army on the top of the mountains and forests.

To the extent that even now the Liao army could not tell how many Song troops had come to ambush them, they could only vaguely feel that there were no less than 50,000 of them.

In fact, even if the Sun-Bonding Tianwu Army went to battle at full strength this time, it would have only had 20,000 men. If it weren't for the favorable timing, location, and people, they might have been ambushed by Xiao Yi.

"What should we do? It seems like the Song army outnumbers us. We may not be able to escape unscathed if we fight them head-on!"

The deputy beside him said something with a grim expression.

"Shut up! I know what's going on. I don't need you to explain it to me."

Brother Shi Mocha is a man of great ambitions but little talent. He only has small calculations in his mind, but no big strategies.

The first time I saw Shen Huai, I felt like those generals who fell into a trap in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". I had the urge to shout "Heaven wants to kill me".

Unfortunately, reality did not give him this opportunity. Xiao Yi knew very well that the South Road had the support of Wu Xun and others from the Hedong Road, and he was afraid that he would never be able to get through again. Now there was only one way - strategic transfer (run)!

But after waiting for a long time, he found that Shi Mocha Ge did not launch an attack. He was so angry that he led his troops to the extremely narrow northern intersection.

"You bastards, why aren't you attacking yet? Are you really planning to surrender your entire army here?!"

Xiao Yi whipped Shi Mocha Ge in the face with the horsewhip, and the intense pain brought him back to his senses in an instant.

"Sir..." Shi Mochago's face was pale and he looked a little at a loss.

"From now on, no matter what method you use, you must open up the northern route. Otherwise, you will have to apologize to His Majesty!"

Xiao Yi threatened with gritted teeth, then immediately returned to the center of the valley to maintain the central army camp and confront Di Zi who was attacking from the south and Di Liang who was ambushing in the middle.

After being beaten and scolded by Xiao Yi, Shi Mochage regained consciousness. He wiped the blood from his face and roared angrily, "All troops, form a battle line!"

"I don't care what you think. In short, if you want to live, charge out of here!!!"

The deputy saw that the emotions were right, so he had to howl a few times to show his support, and immediately drew his knife: "Charge!"

"rush--!"

"rush--!"

"rush--!"

"..."

No one is not afraid of death, but some are timid, some feel that they don't have enough time to complete certain things, and some feel that their death is inappropriate and they have already lived for certain people and don't want to die...

All these factors come together to form a huge group of people who are afraid of death, including but not limited to the human race.

This is the instinct for survival and also the primitive wildness. It is natural to seek good fortune and avoid danger, both for humans and animals.

But once a dead end occurs, humans or other creatures will retaliate with unparalleled power.

Just like now, Shi Mochago has grasped the weakness of human nature - the desire to survive, which drives the Liao soldiers to attack frantically.

The result was just slightly better than the methodical battle of wits and courage on the southern route. As the battle progressed, the defense built by Shen Huai began to crumble.

After all, Shen Huai is not Di Zi, and Shi Mozha Ge is not Yelu Yaliguo. One is simply defending, and the other is simply running away. They are completely inferior to each other.

As a result, the Liao army's plan to escape defeat and head north began to bear fruit.

But Shen Huai and others who have been trained by Han for a period of time are not ordinary people. They can't beat you in a righteous way, but can they let you get ahead in conspiracy and trickery?

Seeing that the defense line was beginning to become unstable, Shen Huai gave the order directly - bury the gunpowder!!!

"Damn it! You're trying to wade through my position? No way! Come on, bury all the gunpowder at the entrance of the valley. I'll watch your Grandpa Shen blow up your path!!!"

Shen Huai wiped the blood from his mouth and nose, and roared with a ferocious look on his face.

"Trench digging!!!"

The Liao army isn't deaf, who can't hear you yelling? Shi Mocha and the Liao army are going crazy. You're fucking letting me blow up the road. Isn't my death really imminent?!

"Brothers, charge out for me! Whoever is the first to break through the valley entrance will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and be made a marquis of ten thousand households—!"

Shi Mochage never thought that one day he would be able to shout out such words, just to find a way to survive for himself and the entire army.

The saying "there will always be brave men when there is a big reward" is still true no matter how many years pass. In the mixture of life and death and greed, the Liao army thoroughly demonstrated the power of the best cavalry in East Asia.

With just one fierce charge, they broke through the shaky defense line, which surprised Shi Mochago and others.

But before they could be happy for a few seconds, on the road less than two miles from the valley entrance, the sound of countless horse hooves and military flags fluttering in the wind were heard again - the Hedong Army's northern reinforcements arrived!!!

"Hahahaha... Shit, you fat bastard, did you think you were done just by breaking through?! These are the real treats for you!"

Shen Huai made an international hand gesture that someone had taught him—艹皿艹! ! !

This made Shi Mocha's face turn red with anger. He threw down his whip, pointed his sword at the sky, and roared at the top of his lungs, "If you want to live, follow me and charge out! Were they just the Song army?! They're just defeated generals!"

Shi Moucha Ge is worthy of being the one who holds the position of 'in charge of left-behind affairs'. He is quite capable. On the basis of survival and rewards, he also leads by example.

At this point, the Liao army went completely crazy. Not only did they tear apart the Shenhuai defense line that had just been broken through, but they also engaged in a fierce fight with the Hedong army that rushed up.

For a time, the entire northern valley was a seesaw battle between the two sides, with neither side taking the initiative to retreat. This was extremely rare in previous Song-Liao wars.

The tenacity of the Song army was beyond the expectations of all the Liao army members, but for the chance to survive, they ignored casualties and only wanted to break through the Song army's defense line and return north.

Until Xiao Yi led the main force of the central army to the scene, the situation in the north became increasingly worse, and the joint efforts of Shen Huai and Fan Ying could no longer stop the frenzied Liao army.

"My men, the road home lies ahead. Follow me and charge forward—!"

Without saying a word, Xiao Yi brandished his scimitar and joined the battle to tear through the defense line. The Liao army behind him led the way and bravely moved forward.

If we didn't know that this was a counter-breakout battle, we would have thought that the Liao army was destroying the Song army camp.

Seeing the defense line completely broken into pieces, Fan Ying smiled helplessly and patted Shen Huai on the shoulder: "We have tried our best, it's almost enough, let's not increase casualties."

Shen Huai was a little upset, and he gritted his teeth and cursed: "One day, I will completely defeat the Liao army on the battlefield!"

“Send an order——!”

"The entire army will withdraw from the battlefield along the previously deployed retreat route!!!"

Upon hearing the call to retreat, the Song army soldiers immediately distanced themselves from the enemy, and while on guard, they quickly retreated to the side of the mountain.

Seeing that the Song army no longer blocked their way, Xiao Yi and Shi Mocha took a deep breath and roared, "Charge!"

The entire Liao army could no longer be stopped and poured out like a torrent of steel, rushing out of Mount Wutai.