Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 60: Fate is a big fallacy (4)

The sudden Liao cavalry suddenly plunged the already chaotic Hebei camp into even greater chaos.Liao Qi rushed into the camp directly through the open gate of the village, setting fires in all directions, and hacking and killing the fleeing soldiers.The sound of horseshoes, the sound of whistling, and the blazing fire.The Hebei frontier army fought the Liao people for nearly a hundred years. When they saw the Liao cavalry rushing in, they picked up all kinds of big guns, Maza knives, shields and other weapons. Three regiments, five gangs In the spontaneous battle, more archers hid behind the messy camps and baggage, and fired arrows at the Liao cavalry.Regardless of the losses along the way, the Tielin Army who rushed into the Song Army's camp recklessly stepped over the mess in the camp, broke through the Song Army's loose resistance along the way, and rushed towards the handsome tent in the middle of the camp.

Zhao Xingde carefully hid in the shadow of the tent, with a spear in his arms, watching the Liao cavalry.The Iron Forest Army yelled loudly, passing through the middle of the camp like a wind and cloud. Most of the cavalry rushed towards the commander's tent, and a small part scattered along the way, throwing torches covered with turpentine. The flames were blazing. A flickering light and shadow appeared on his face.Around him, the Song army kept attacking Liao cavalry with long spears and bows, but more of them were rushed away and trampled by the Liao cavalry.At this time, a Liao cavalryman rushed forward, did not see Xingde hidden in the shadows, threw a torch on the tent, reined in his horse and stopped abruptly, was about to turn the horse's head, and continued to charge towards the commander's tent, Zhao Xingde Jumping up like a spring, he used all his strength to plunge the spear into the back of the cavalryman.The horse was frightened, jumped up on all fours, and ran away with the dead cavalry far away, no one around saw this scene, Zhao Xingde only spit on the ground, as if venting the resentment in his chest.

At this time, the cavalry of the Liao Kingdom Brigade rushed to the tent in the center of the camp. Three or four of them threw the lasso and landed on the top of the tent. The horses pulled hard together, and without much effort, they immediately cleared a large area around the tent. It is conducive to the open space for the cavalry to gallop, and more cavalry began to tentatively shoot arrows at the commander-in-chief of the Song Army.There are also some heavily armored Tielin soldiers who have begun to gather into hundreds of clusters, ready to attack the handsome account.The rest of the cavalry, a group of two or three hundred cavalry, galloped around in the Hebei camp, charging and trampling the stragglers who gathered together.

The Liao cavalry circled around the camp and shot arrows non-stop. Zhao Xingde didn't dare to get too close, and just watched from a distance with other soldiers.At this time, the Song army moved away the antlers, and a cavalryman rushed out with a long spear, braving the rain of arrows, and immediately opened a hole for the Liao cavalry outside. The Song army in the camp was like a flood. Follow the road that this cavalry rushes out of, rushing towards the east.

"The commander-in-chief is running away!" "Let's all rush out together!" Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers of the Song army followed behind the only Song army in the camp. With long spears, he ran desperately, and cavalry from the Liao Kingdom kept chasing up from behind, wielding machetes and slashing and killing Song soldiers who were only concerned about keeping up with the brigade and fleeing for their lives.Right now, the fires around the camp are getting more and more fierce, and there are still many Liao cavalry running around killing outside. As long as they run in the middle of the team, at least they are somewhat safe.His ears were filled with the cries and screams of the soldiers, as well as the wild horseshoes and shouts of the Khitan cavalry. Even if his chest was about to explode, Zhao Xingde didn't dare to stop. The pawns fell behind, and these people became excellent slaughter targets for trailing cavalry.

When being chased by the enemy, you don't have to run faster than a war horse, you just need to run a little faster than your comrades, Zhao Xingde said this sentence silently in his heart, but he felt his legs and feet getting softer and his mouth dry Tongue dry, a smell of blood rushing straight to the nose, heart beating almost to the extreme, I really want to just lie down and let the Liao people come to kill, let the horses step on it, but a will to survive, and Support him to keep running.Following the deployment of the brigade, the Song army moved farther and farther away from the camp. Some Liao cavalry had already surpassed them, but they dismissed these defeated remnants and followed the Song cavalry closely. Unhurriedly strangled those Song troops who fell behind.

There were fewer and fewer Song soldiers around him. A Liao cavalryman seemed to have noticed Zhao Xingde and galloped towards him. Zhao Xingde heard the sound of horseshoes approaching behind him. He ran with all his strength, but the sound of horseshoes still Getting closer and closer, he didn't dare to turn his head back, but he heard a scream not far behind him. Just when he was about to despair, suddenly a group of Song cavalry turned back and charged. With a whoosh of an arrow, Xingde only heard the horse's hooves behind him, and then the Liao Kingdom's war horse ran away from him with the cavalry who had been shot in the face.The fleeing infantry had no time to cheer, and the returning cavalry did not stop. Before the chasing Khitan cavalry had time to form a group, they shot arrows and spears, forcing the chasing Liao cavalry to stop. Under the pursuit of footsteps.

At this time, the deserters from the Song army slowed down and gradually crowded together, and Zhao Xingde also rushed forward with the crowd.A vast river suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Xingde's eyes. Looking from a distance, the water surface was boundless. Tens of thousands of defeated soldiers of the Song Army had already gathered around the pier. However, they have already arrived at the wharf of the Yellow River North Stream. Dozens of ships are moored by the wharf. From a distance, it seems that the people on board are desperately throwing some useless cargo and ballast stones into the sea. Lifted the anchor and drove away slowly.The people of the Zhenbei Army desperately maintained order and prevented the 'rebellious' soldiers from crowding the ship.On the outskirts of the pier, there were corpses of dead people and horses everywhere. It was conceivable that the Zhenbei Army and the Liao cavalry, who were followed by adults, had experienced a fierce battle.

Although the chasing Khitan cavalry was temporarily killed and retreated by the Zhenbei Army, most of the defeated soldiers who fled here had no fighting spirit. Many claimed that they saw Tong Guan boarding the boat with their own eyes, and they were about to escape by sea!

"The officials run away!" "Let grandpa get on the boat!" "Don't stay here to be killed by the Khitan people!" Just after experiencing the roar of the camp and the surprise attack by the Khitan cavalry, the fleeing soldiers were already on the verge of collapse. He even lost his mind, ignoring the blockade of the Zhenbei Army in front, shouting and cursing loudly, while rushing towards the sea ships desperately, but those dozens of sea ships can only accommodate thousands of people. He made a plan to abandon the army. I am afraid that the one who was thrown down was either killed by the Liao cavalry, or jumped into the sea.

"Soldiers are defeated like a mountain!" Zhao Xingde's mind came up with such a sentence. There were constantly defeated soldiers coming here. Trampled to death.

The army mistakenly thought that Tong Guan was deployed in the camps far away. At this time, he was quite embarrassed standing on the top of an official ship moored in the port, looking at the extremely narrow area of ​​​​the pier, where the Song army was surging everywhere. Head, looking from here, these people are like ants in the 'tide' water, but if I really abandon this tens of thousands of troops and flee back to Tokyo, I'm afraid that I will die.And farther away, hundreds of Khitan cavalry who arrived earlier gathered again, as if a little afraid of the large number of Song soldiers, they only watched from a distance.

Tong Guan's face was pale, beside him, Tian Shizhen, Shang Qiong, Hu Sai'an and other generals from the Hebei Daying Camp had long since disappeared, and there were only a few generals left. Han Shizhong desperately killed the following Khitan cavalry just now, I am afraid that the Yellow River is already full of floating corpses.

"Commander, Hejian is an important frontier fortress town. If Hejian is not protected, the Khitan people will drive straight in, I'm afraid it will be disadvantageous to Commander!" Marching Sima Wang Yan said in a deep voice, his face was ashen. If according to his suggestion, let the generals go out to deal with the 'chaotic' soldiers first, the Hebei camp may not be defeated by the surprise attack of the Khitans.But Tong Guan heard that there seemed to be a lot of Liao cavalry galloping towards Hejian Fucheng, so he immediately decided to escape towards the pier and boarded the sea boat immediately, which made Wang Yan furious. Even so, he still relied on his subordinates. Etiquette, to dissuade Tong Guan from leaving the army, otherwise, even if others don't care, Jinyan Mansion will definitely report the truth to the officials.