Fu Song

Chapter 742
There are dead bodies everywhere.

Human and livestock corpses are left in the wild like this.

In many places, corpses were stacked on top of each other. Obviously, some of them died on the road. In order not to block the road, someone threw them to the side of the road.

Some of these dead bodies have just died, but some seem to have been around for a while. Under such weather, the entire body has already begun to rot, and the nauseous smell floats in the air unscrupulously .

Hande tied a piece of silk between his mouth and nose, but the smell still stubbornly penetrated into his nostrils, making him dizzy and nauseated.

However, the most dangerous people are not those who have already died, but those who are still breathing but are not far from death. Now they can only lie on the side of the road, in the grass, or under the big tree. Emotional eyes, staring at people in a hurry on the road.

They were all once brave warriors.

Only now, they were given up because they were injured and couldn't keep up with the main force, or because of some other reasons.

These people are not unarmed.

There are knives, bows, and crossbows on his body, and maybe some people have a hand cannon in their arms.

Only one more breath,

Human instinct is to survive.

But now they can only wait here to die slowly.

They were abandoned by the court, they were abandoned by the army, they were abandoned by their companions.

So there must be resentment in their hearts.

These people can no longer use common sense to figure out their psychology,
Maybe at a certain moment, they will take out a hand cannon, throw it at those fleeing people, pull more people, and accompany them to the underworld.

These days, it's not like they haven't seen such a thing.

So Han De's personal guards surrounded him tightly, their vigilant eyes scanned all the things that could still breathe, and the crossbow was even more stringed, ready to fire at any time.

This is a cavalry team of thousands of people, two hundred of them are Han De's personal soldiers, and the rest are stragglers who are fleeing all the way and keep up with them on the road.

Hande didn't say to accept them, but he didn't reject them either.

The Han family is a family of Han people living in Shangjing. The Han family contributed a lot to the founding of Daliao, so the Han family has always been one of the families with the longest history in Daliao.Compared with the Lu family, it has a deeper foundation.It's just that there were no outstanding talents in these two generations, so they gradually fell silent.

As the eldest grandson of the Han family, Han De originally wanted to get enough credit for following the Southern Expedition this time, and then lay a good foundation for the Han family's rise again, but no one thought that it would be such a disastrous defeat.

Yeluzhen, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expedition, gave the last order to hundreds of thousands of troops to break out of the siege separately, and use Daming Mansion as the final assembly point.

This seemingly faint order is the most sensible decision right now.

The Jianghuai area is densely covered with water networks, but when the Liao army was desperately attacking Xuzhou, the Song army was using the water networks to send one after another reserve teams to their rear.

The large army looks majestic and powerful, but the goal is bigger, the food and grass needed are more, and there is less room for maneuvering.And those rivers that come and go will become sharp knives lying in front of them.

Until the end, they were surrounded by the Song army using convenient waterways, caught up, trapped, and finally eliminated.

Now it seems that the whole army collapsed without organization and discipline, like a group of ants on a hot pot looking for a way out, but it will make the Song army a little at a loss.

After all, no matter how the Song army took advantage of the convenience of water transportation, no matter how many arrangements were made in advance, it was impossible to block such a vast area, and there would always be gaps, allowing some troops to escape.

What's more, such a scattered swarm of escape also made it completely impossible for the Song army to judge which team the commander of the Liao army was hiding in.

Because the largest army of the Liao army, which is now fully retreating, only looks like 5000 people, and such teams are everywhere. It is useless for the Song army to find the main force of the Liao army.

And such a team, if you want to eliminate him, it is not a simple matter. The current Liao army are all impatient wild dogs. If they are really surrounded, they must work hard. It's hard to be sure of victory.

Sacrificing a few of these teams will allow more people to escape.

And if anyone is blocked by the Song army, it can only be said that whoever has bad luck has become a cover for the entire army to escape successfully.

In Yeluzhen's view, everyone's death is worthwhile.

It's just that Hande is unwilling to become such a tragic figure.

He is the eldest grandson of the Han family. With the background of the Han family, as long as he can go back alive, even if he cannot be famous everywhere, he will eventually occupy a good position in the court.

Han De prides himself on being versatile in both civil and military affairs, and always feels that the Han family can definitely be carried forward in his own hands, and he will definitely become the one who makes the lintel brilliant again.

Therefore, in this escape, he ran very fast.

He abandoned thousands of infantry under his command, and only brought with him more than two hundred personal soldiers. These personal soldiers have followed his Han family for generations, and their loyalty is absolutely reliable.

He felt that if he ran fast enough, Song Jun should have been left behind by him.

So when he saw the flag of the Song Army appearing in the distance, he thought he was hallucinating.

Zhang Ren leaned on his saber, sat on a big rock, and stared at the army that appeared opposite him.

Looks like he's catching a big fish.

Good horses, good armour, and good weapons.

What's even more rare is that the hundreds of people among them are actually configured very uniformly.

From this point, it can be seen that it is different from other Liao army troops.

It's not the Pishi army, nor the Shan army, but it has better equipment than them. This is definitely a big fish.

"Uncle Hui." Han De's voice trembled, and he turned to look at a veteran beside him.

"Dalang, there is no other way but to rush forward." Han Hui took a deep breath and said, "There is no way out on the left and right sides. It rained two days ago and the river water has risen a lot. We can only go along the road." Going forward on this road, this should be the last Song army that can stop us, rushing over, the sea and the sky will be brighter."

"Let those stragglers disperse and charge from the two wings, let's go in the middle!" Hande nodded.

"Da Lang Ming Jian!"

Hande turned his head, looked at the seven or eight hundred stragglers behind him, and said sharply: "Our army is the main force, break forward, and attack from the two wings. If you want to survive, you have to sacrifice your life first!"

The seven or eight hundred stragglers, wandering brave, saw the Song army stacked on the road, with bows and crossbows, obviously a tough hedgehog. Seeing that Han Deken led his elite attack, he was naturally happy to see the success.

Before Han De could say anything, he shouted loudly and rode his horse into a fan shape, rushing towards the Song army in front.

Zhang Ren looked at Liao Qi who was rushing up from the two wings, his eyes widened, he looked back at Ren Zhong beside him, and said, "Don't these savages know that these two sides are paddy fields? Don't look at them now, but the bottom is sticky. the mud!"

Ren Zhong spread his hands and said, "Who knows, maybe they think that there is solid land under these rice fields! But you see, those real elites did not go to the fields to attack, but prepared to attack us head-on!"

"You go to command and clean up on both sides, and leave the front to me!" Zhang Ren pulled out his saber and jumped on his horse.

Holding bows, drawing knives and screaming, these Liao cavalry, after galloping their horses forward for a certain distance, were horrified to find that their war horses could not run anymore. The horse's legs were covered with mud.

They could only see in despair that Song Jun on the opposite side raised the divine arm bow in his hands.

The smart one got on the horse and hid behind the horse. The one who reacted slowly, still wanted to get out of trouble with the horse, until the feather arrow approached and pierced through the bodies of them and the horse.

Han Hui took the lead and charged wildly.

A long spear danced like a windmill, blocking the flying arrows for himself and the war horse.

But no matter how well his spear danced, there were still quite a few feathered arrows that broke through his protection and stuck on the horse and him.

The war horse neighed in pain, but under Han Hui's control, it still galloped forward with all its strength, until after receiving a few more arrows, it was pulled back by Han Hui in the final long hiss, and stood up. But Han Hui took advantage of the cover of the horse, jumped off the horse, and rushed towards the Song army in front of him at the fastest speed in his life.

The Song army's formation suddenly split open, and a group of cavalry rushed out from inside.

The first person is Zhang Ren.

He laughed and swung the knife.

Before the saber was close to him, the sound of the wind rushed towards him. Zhu Hui yelled and raised his gun to meet him.

With a bang, Han Hui was slapped flying by a knife, flew out obliquely, and landed in the paddy field ten steps away with a bang. It was directly sunken in from the middle, and the two arms were shaking non-stop at the moment, and they couldn't exert any strength.

What made him even more terrified was that the General Song who shot him flying rushed into the Han family's soldiers, as if there was no one in the land, and some of those Song soldiers had amazing arrow skills, and they almost never let go of their arrows.

Bai Yujun.

It was Bai Yujun who stopped them.

It wasn't until this time that Han Hui finally remembered who the Song general in front of him was and the origin of this army.

Zhang Ren is quite famous in the Liao army.

Han Hui didn't hold back Zhang Renyi's sword, and Han De was young and strong, and he was knocked off his horse after only blocking three swords. When the bright sword light slashed at his head like a horse, Han De was terrified. He shouted: "Don't kill me, I am the eldest grandson of the Han family in Shangjing!"

The light of the knife stopped on top of his head in time, collided with the helmet, and with a ding, Han De's legs went limp, and he fell to his knees on the ground with a bang.

If it wasn't Zhang Ren who was here today, but another Song general, Han De would be dead.

Because Zhang Ren is really a person with both civil and military skills, and he really knows what kind of family the Han family in Shangjing is.

If you have such a person in your hands, then in the future, the army can negotiate conditions with the Han family.

Amidst the loud laughter, he deflected his saber, turning it into a slap, and with a slap, Han Desheng was knocked unconscious on the spot.

On the bank of Surabaya, on a high ground, Yeluzhen stood there, looking at Surabaya who was left behind by him.

The river turned red.

Floating human heads were everywhere in the river, some were still struggling desperately, while others sank after a few bumps.

A warship of the Song Army was burning in the river, and the second half had sunk into the water.

"A warship of the Song Army patrolling here dared to charge us!" Yeluzhen sighed: "This was something that was completely unimaginable more than ten years ago. Since when did the Song Army change? To be so brave and fearless? The bridge that was built with great difficulty was knocked down by this warship. If this bridge exists for one more day and one night, it will allow tens of thousands of our soldiers to cross Surabaya easily. Now, just It's difficult, even if it is repaired again, there will be fewer people who can escape, and the Song Army will definitely dispatch troops here as quickly as possible. This road is also blocked!"

"It's already very good!" Sun Chun shook his head, and said, "Your move is really brilliant. Judging from the information I received, the Song army is also in chaos now. Lu Wenhuan and Gao Yingxiang never thought that your The retreat is actually carried out in this way. I was puzzled at first, but it was not until I got here and saw the actual situation that I realized that this move of yours is the most effective one. It can be seen that sometimes the art of war is really ineffective. letter."

"Don't you think it's a great irony to say this to a defeated general?" Yeluzhen glanced at him and said angrily.

Yeluzhen didn't know how many days she hadn't washed. This person used to look like a polite scholar, but now his big beard was still dirty and glued together, and a robe on his body was stained with blood and other things. Some stains look really messed up.

"It is indeed a heartfelt statement, and there is absolutely no irony in it!" Sun Chun said seriously.

"What's the situation with the queen mother? You are specially sent here, it should be something important!"

"After the news of your failure reached the Daming Mansion, the Empress Dowager has already set off to return to the Jin Mansion!" Sun Chun said. "It should be here by now!"

"Well, with the Empress Dowager in Xijin Mansion, there will be no chaos, and corresponding preparations will be made for the retreating army!" Yeluzhen nodded. "Next, there will definitely be a major counterattack by the Song army. The Zhending Mansion may not be able to defend, and the Song army on Jingdong Road will also come over. Both sides are trying their best to close this hole. We must do well and thoroughly Prepare to give up Hebei Road!"

"These queen mothers don't care too much. The queen mother asked me to tell you, be careful of your own safety!"

"What can I do? Under such circumstances, if Gao Yingxiang and Lu Wenhuan block them, it will be my life. Don't worry, I won't let Song Jun capture me."

Sun Chun shook his head slowly: "It's not the people of Song Dynasty that the Empress Dowager wants you to be careful of, but your own people! Some people may not be willing to see you return to Xijin Mansion."

Yeluzhen was startled, and turned her head to look at Sun Chun steadfastly.

(End of this chapter)