The dark clouds surged in the sky, as if ink was poured into the water, and large clouds were surging in the wind. Between the gaps of the dark clouds, the sun's halo was hidden behind, but it still shone dazzlingly... It lurked, but it still couldn't hide its sharp edges.

The drizzle sprinkled in the puddles on the road, making the water surface look like rough frosted glass. "Bang!" Heavy boots trampled on it, and turbid mud and water splashed everywhere.

On the road, people are walking, riding, and driving slowly. People are walking heavily in the mud, but they are still in order.

As the soldiers walked, they looked back at the Youzhou City standing deep in the rain curtains and clouds. It is not far away now, but it seems to be in the horizon, like a mirage, or the shadow of a mountain.

Decades ago, when I threw away this land, few people thought that it was so difficult to get it back again.

At this moment, a large group of people came from the fork, carrying baskets and loads, and trekking through the mud. The women took out eggs from the basket and stuffed them into the arms of the soldiers on the side of the road.

An old man stood up and looked at the soldiers with his back hunched over and looked up at him, asking, "When will the boys come back... are you back?"

The soldiers had nothing to say and followed the team silently. The old man sighed a few times.

At this moment, Dong Zunhui's men passed by, and the young Dong Zunhui jumped off the horse and said with a blue face: "This is not the end, it's just the beginning!"

The fine rain water gathered into beads on the helmet, and the water droplets dripped down along Dong Zunhui's young face, which was blowing on the wind and sun.

...

At the top of Youzhou City, Xiao Siwen, with a tired face, looked at the messy fortification camp outside the city in the drizzle, and let out a long sigh. He raised his hand, but there was no place to support him. The wall was bare and the women's wall had already collapsed.

"The Zhou army really retreated so quickly... Should we send the horse team out to chase?" Xiao Abudi asked.

Xiao Siwen turned his head and looked at him: "Chasing? How to chase? Can the cavalry of Youzhou Army be compared with the elites of the Daliao Palace Treasure? What are the palace Treasures? Youzhou Army is afraid that they will make a joke when they go out."

Xiao Abudi frowned and said, "This week, the Chinese people are also very good at scaring people. So many people came over to surround Youzhou City. I thought it would take a year and a half to fight. It took only a long time to leave..."

Xiao Siwen said: "Don't forget that Jinyang City will be broken into the city in half a month! Guo Blacksmith came to capture Youzhou City. Now he can't defeat it and he doesn't want to confront my main force in the Liao Dynasty, so he retreated. Guo Blacksmith..."

He took a breath of "hiss", "This person is interesting, quite elusive."

Seeing that Xiao Abudi was busy and confused, he sighed slowly: "A man who has been the emperor has won every battle in the past, and it is not easy to retreat decisively. You may not understand the kind of person who is in that position."

A military general said, "Yelu Xiu Ge is back in Youzhou and has a life-saving benefactor."

After hearing this, Abudi was a little angry: "If we hadn't defended Youzhou City to the death, we could have won the Zhou people? We couldn't let him take the credit by himself!"

"It's too early to say that you win." Xiao Siwen said softly.

Abudi asked: "The people of Zhou ran away because of the Great Liao Dynasty. Do you have the face to come again?"

Xiao Siwen turned around and left the city, looked at the vast wilderness in the south, and said, "I will definitely come... I will send an order to celebrate the merits in the city, telling the soldiers that the Blacksmith Guo is not a monster with three heads and six arms, and can also be defeated by the Iron Cavalry of the Great Liao."

In the evening, a visitor with a gray and black cloth covering his head came to Xiao Siwen's study.

There was an oil lamp as big as beans in the study. The man asked in Khitan, "My master asked the King of the South Courtyard, what do you think of this opportunity?"

Xiao Siwen frowned and said, "What I mean, you can't be rushing to achieve success for the time being, you should put the overall situation first."

"Oh..." the man responded softly.

Xiao Siwen said: "At this moment, if there is turmoil in the Great Liao Dynasty, it will allow outsiders to reap profits... The public opinion is not good, and the time is not yet ripe."

...The young Yelu Xiuge was not happy in the Liao army camp in Tanzhou.

A bonfire was burning under the grass pavilion, surrounded by tents. In the firelight, Yelu Xiuge's angular face was not smiling at all. He reached out to touch the mane of the mount eating beans, and his face was gloomy and said nothing.

At this time, several generals strode over, pressed their hands on their chests and bowed, "Congratulations to the Grand General to make new contributions!" "After returning to Beijing, the Khan will rely more on the Grand General."

Someone said, "We can gather all the soldiers again in two days. Taking advantage of the defeat of the Zhou army, we can seize the opportunity to increase the gains!"

Yelu Xiuge was in a state of urgency and nodded to deal with the generals.

Seeing this, Yang Gun turned around and whispered to several generals: "I have a few words to talk to the general."

Everyone tactfully asked back.

Yang Gun walked into the grass pavilion, picked up a piece of firewood from the ground and threw it onto the bonfire, and slowly spoke: "The Grand Marshal was unhappy?"

Yelu Xiuge said coldly: "Our 40,000 palace tent troops are also helpless people on the grassland; the people of Zhou just farmed and actually fought with our horses. In this way, the 40,000 troops still gathered and recovered. Can General Yang be happy?"

The Great Liao Palace Tent Army is the elite among the elite, and the Five Capital Army is different from those tribal troops with insufficient armor and loose horses. As a hot general in the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Xiuge is very familiar with the combat power of the Liao army.

This battle was not so risky.

He believed that the Liao army on the north side, more than 20,000 cavalry and palace tent troops were raided (Li Chuyun's troops), and the number of people on both sides was equal, but the Liao army could defeat the Zhou army (Li Chuyun's troops) in one attack; then defeat each of them to the north and then defeat the Zhou army (Luo Yanhuan's troops).

The Liao army detoured from Wenyu River, harassing and threatening the central army of the Zhou army, mainly by attacking the Zhou emperor to achieve the purpose of deterring the Zhou army; forcing their Youzhou to shrink their defenses and guard the troops. Then march westward to the Deshengkou Zhou army (Hantong troops), with a slight advantage in the number of people, defeating the Zhou army.

Yelu Xiuge's idea was to defeat the Zhou army's mobile horse soldiers in one battle! Then he wandered in the vast area outside Youzhou City and raided Youzhou City's troops at any time.

The Zhou army had little advantage over the Liao army's reinforcements cavalry, and the Liao army had more horses. Yelu Xiuge was very confident in defeating the Zhou army's cavalry first.

As he said before: the cavalry of the southerners is not called cavalry, it just runs faster to go into battle. He has never seen cavalry marching for a long time and rely on walking.

Yelu Xiuge looked down on the city defense in the Central Plains, but he never looked down on the southern countries in the field.

Yang Gun said kindly: "No matter what, the Zhou army retreated because the general led the reinforcements. This is also a victory. The general can still receive the merits when he returns."

Yelu Xiu Ge looked at the bonfire with a very complicated expression.

The experience of his heartbeat rising again and again, like riding a blind horse and running wildly.

For example, in Wen Yuhe, there was no progress against (Li Chuyun's army), and the right-wing Zhou army approached quickly again, fleeing desperately, and was attacked a little later, with unimaginable consequences!

For example, after the Southern Route Army attacked outside Youzhou City, just as they were about to advance westward, the Zhou army (Li Chuyun's troops) threatened their backs; they almost could be surrounded. When they entered the Victory Gate, they might be attacked at any time in a hurry and fled in a panic.

Yelu Xiu Ge closed his eyes, raised his head and took a deep breath. He had the illusion of walking through the tip of the knife.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe that countries that farm can compete with the Liao Dynasty on horseback. This time I will underestimate the enemy. I must meet Guo Blacksmith for a while next time!"

Yang Gun reminded: "Our mission is to protect Youzhou, not to fight for the sake of force."

Yelu Xiu Ge sneered: "Being a general is to win in the battle! We will get involved in those conspiracies and tricks, and there will be no good results."

After hearing this, Yang Gun said in a complimentary tone: "It's not unreasonable that the Khan relies on the Grand Commander."

Yelu Xiu Ge ignored it and still thought to himself: "Blacksmith Guo is a natural military general."

Yang Gun breathed a sigh of relief: "He is the Emperor of Zhou."

Yelu Xiu Ge shook his head and said, "This person... has a very sensitive sense of smell, not very much like a southerner, but like a hunter..." His voice became lowered, thinking, "or a hunting beast. He approached the prey quietly, without any movement, looking for opportunities, and when he found that the limelight was wrong, he turned around and ran away. But it was still there, and you don't know when he would swim back."

Yang Gun said: "The Grand Marshal may be right. He is very good at fighting. He is indeed a qualified general. But if you go back, with the situation of Zhou, there may be trouble."

Yelu Xiuge said: "I wish he wouldn't run away. What's wrong with him doing that?"
Chapter completed!