Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 733 The King of Liao was defeated at Shilihou

"Brother Zheng, this mountain is Ping'an Mountain. Beyond this valley is Shilihou. Li Haoxian's camp is stationed at Shilihou. I guess that guy doesn't know that our army has crossed the river at this time, so he can be killed right now. "It's unexpected," Liu Ding suggested to Zheng Guoyin flatteringly.

"Okay! Brother Liu Xian, if we can achieve this great feat, our brothers will enjoy endless glory and wealth." Zheng Guoyin laughed. Although he was still laughing, he still had an extra thought. He ordered Liu Ding to lead two thousand troops from his headquarters, Wu Guang, the garrison of Daizhou Camp, to lead 600 soldiers to fight in the first formation, while he and Baohe Camp's general Ning Chongguang led nearly four soldiers. Thousands of soldiers and horses formed the second formation. At this time, he had become a popular figure in front of His Royal Highness the King of Liao, so he naturally refused to take risks easily. In fact, if he had not been greedy for the first victory in conquering Xinzhou, he would not have served as a pioneer at all, so he let Liu Ding and Liu Ding, who had just surrendered, Wu Guanger will be at the front.

Generals Liu and Wu happily accepted the order and led their troops slowly towards the valley. Zheng Guoyin and Ning Chongguang followed behind with smiles. Outside the valley entrance, King Sumur of the Liao Dynasty was riding on his horse and observing carefully with a telescope. In the lens, the vanguard of the Guards Army had entered the valley, and there was nothing unusual. Well, he nodded slightly and ordered his army to enter the valley.

"Your Highness, wait a minute, the mountain roads are rugged and we must be on guard against ambushes. Why don't you let the rear army fly into the valley under the flag of the Chinese army, and you lead the Chinese army disguised as the rear army and walk at the back?" Shanxi Deputy Envoy to the Inspection and Ningwu Road, who was accompanying the Military Counselor Wu Laifu offered his advice.

"Haha, this valley is not long, how many soldiers and horses can be ambushed? And if Liu Ding pretended to surrender, there should have been an ambush when he was at Xinkou Village, why wait until now?" Sumur disagreed.

"Your Highness, Deputy Wu's words are reasonable. Be careful and you will make no big mistake," Wang Du also said.

This Wang Du was a "righteous man" who performed righteous deeds in Datong. After surrendering to the imperial guard, he repeatedly performed great achievements and lived in Shanxi to participate in politics. He was highly appreciated by the Great Khan of Lotus. Sumur did not want to flatter him too much. He shook his head and said with a smile: " You Han people have a lot of tricks up their sleeves. Forget it, just order the rear army to fly the flag of the central army and follow." As soon as this order was issued, the Chinese army immediately handed over the King of Liao's Chinese army banner to the rear army. Li Yingming, the military commander who was originally assigned to the rear army, and Ma Zhilin, the military commander of the Pianguan camp, led four thousand soldiers and horses into the valley under the banner of the Chinese army.
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"Headquarters, the guards have entered the valley. Do you want to attack?" Wang Guowei, the deputy general of the town's Biao Battalion on Taiping Mountain, asked Li Haoxian, the general of Taiyuan Town, eagerly.

"Don't worry, this is just their front army. Don't move it without seeing the flag of the central army." Li Haoxian showed the demeanor of a famous general, stroking his long beard in a calm and unhurried manner.

After a while, the banner of the King of Liao appeared in the valley. On the huge fishing pole and Diaozi flag, there were prominent dragon patterns and a big and majestic word "Liao".

Li Haoxian's hand stroking his beard suddenly sank. He was no longer as calm as before, and he growled like a hungry wolf in his throat, "Give the signal, attack!"

The tallest signal tree on the mountain was cut down, and "Boom~Boom~Boom~" the cannon set up in the forewarning fired the wrath of the thunder god, which blew up the guardsmen.

"General Liu Shen, what is going on?" The sudden blow caused Wu Guang, the garrison of Daizhou Camp, to panic and stutter when speaking.

"Haven't you seen it yet? There's an ambush among us." Liu Ding smiled mockingly, and suddenly swung his sword to strike. He raised the sword with his hand and slashed Wu Guang to the horse's feet neatly.

Wang Guowei led 3,000 town pacesetters to fight out from the left side of the valley. Xu Changchun led 3,000 Puzhou auxiliary troops to fight out from the right side of the valley. After Liu Ding killed Wu Guang, he also led 2,000 Pingyang soldiers to return and fight. The valley The guards in the center were in chaos, people and horses were trampled, and countless people were killed.

The target of the Qing army was the central army of the Wei army, and they rushed straight towards the large banner of the King of Liao. Generals Li Yingming and Ma Zhilin saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly guarded the big banner and fled to the mouth of the valley. As soon as he heard the sound of artillery in the valley, Sumur knew that he had been ambushed. While secretly glad that he had exchanged flags with the rear army, he hated Liu Ding to the core. Liu Ding, Liu Ding, if I catch you, I will skin you. ! "Quick, form a formation to guard the entrance of the valley and receive our troops out of the valley," he ordered angrily. As soon as the four thousand Mongolian troops were in formation, the Qing Taiyuan City garrison general Song Jiaxuan came with more than a thousand soldiers and horses to seize the valley entrance. Fortunately, Sumur's central army were all veterans of many battles and cavalry. A few of them charged back and drove back Song Jia's troops, protecting the way of escape for the guards.

The defeated army escaped from the valley in twos and threes. Two generals, Li Yingming and Ma Zhilin, one lost his helmet and the other injured his right arm. They were in a miserable state. Fortunately, they protected the king of Liao's banner. Sumur felt ashamed that one general had killed three armies without any plan. He had been fighting for so many years, but he didn't expect to be deceived by a small general! He ordered the second general to gather the remaining troops and form an array beside his own formation. He then asked the second general: "How are the Datong and Hebao camps doing?"

"The Qing army came out of the mountains and cut our army in half in the valley. Datong Camp and Hebao Camp were surrounded by the Qing army," Li Yingming said with a tearful voice.

Sumur frowned. Hebao Camp Commander Ning Chongguang would just leave it. Datong Camp Commander Zheng Guoyin was his confidant. If he didn't save him, he would really be reluctant to give up. "The Chinese army followed Gu into the valley and rescued Datong Camp and Hebao Camp," he ordered.

"Your Highness, no, our army's morale has been lost, and the enemy may still be ambushing us. We should retreat immediately," Wang Du tried his best to dissuade him.

"Hmph, you are the commander alone, how can you not save your comrades when they are surrounded?" Sumur refused to listen.

Seeing that His Royal Highness the King of Liao actually wanted to go to danger in person, Li Yingming was very moved and took the initiative to ask for orders: "Your Highness, please guard the mouth of the valley. I will be willing to rescue Datong Camp and Hebao Camp."

Sumur nodded in agreement, and Li Yingming gathered the remaining troops of more than a thousand, formed a formation, and headed for the valley to kill. Suddenly he saw his brother-in-law Wang Du running up out of breath, and whispered in his ear: "Zheng Guoyin is a villain. He only knows how to flatter horses, but the King of Liao relies on it as the Great Wall. In the long run, we may not have a place to stand. Brother-in-law, we are just pretending to be nice." However, it would be best if we don't really save him, and let Zheng Guoyin die in the chaos." It turns out that as more officials were sent to the imperial guard, factions naturally formed. Wang Du, Li Yingming, Sun Zongkai and others who rebelled in Datong were one faction, while Zheng Guoyin, Ning Chongguang, Ma Zhilin and others who later surrendered were another faction. In order to compete for favor in front of their masters, the two factions gradually became incompatible.

Seeing what his brother-in-law said, Li Yingming was stunned, hesitated again and again, and finally nodded silently. He led more than a thousand soldiers and horses from his headquarters into the valley, pretended to fight for a while, rescued dozens of defeated soldiers, and then hurriedly turned back to report, "Your Highness, the King of Liao, the Qing army is numerous and incompetent. They failed to rescue General Zheng Shen and Ning Shen." Will".

"Alas! You tried your best, it's not your fault!" Sumur sighed.

"Your Highness, please retreat quickly. The Qing army will be chasing us later," Wang Du and Wu Laifu hurriedly suggested.

"Go", Sumur knew that this was not the time for women to be kind, so he spat out the word "go" through his teeth and wanted to retreat. Suddenly, I saw another figure emerging from the valley, dressed in the clothes of a soldier, running and shouting, "Your Highness, save your forehead~ Your Highness, save your forehead~", who is it if it's not Zheng Guoyin?

(End of this chapter)