The snow was dazzling, the water had already frozen, and dozens of infantry soldiers marched on the vast snowfield. When the column was short, the road was very smooth. The soldiers came from Bazhou across the Juma River. Although the weather was cold, they could sweat when walking with heavy loads.

Wang Zhang saw a large number of people coming from the north, and the black clouds on the snow were very conspicuous. He rode his horse slowly, just watching... At this time, the 30,000 infantry riding horses from Gu'an County should be the 30,000 horse-riding infantry from Gu'an County.

As expected, a scout came to report soon: "Yuan Jiang's army has arrived!"

Wang Zhang let out a long sigh.

After a long time, two large armies from north and south gradually moved closer. A team of horse soldiers came with a flag, and Wang Zhang also led his generals to come forward to greet him. When the two teams met, Wang Zhang had already recognized Yuan Yan's face.

The two of them are both generals in front of the palace, but they just know each other. They are not very familiar with each other, and the relationship is not good.

But at this moment, Wang Zhang suddenly felt a sense of intimacy with Yuan Yan. Seeing that Yuan Yan's face was excited, it was probably the same. The two of them held military salutes immediately and looked at each other, "General Wang!" "Go to General Yuan!"

Wang Zhang said: "In this meeting, we will have 45,000 people!"

Yuan Yan pretended to be calm and pointed to the vast white land in the northwest: "General Yang (Yang Biao) still has more than 20,000 elite riders not far away, and there are nearly 70,000 people here!"

The two of them bowed again, and everything was silent. Nearly 70,000 elite soldiers gathered together, and their confidence was much more sufficient.

The two armies merged into a large army. Some of the cavalry-aligned mounts brought by General Yuan Yan were distributed to Wang Zhang. The horses were still not enough, but these horses were not needed to fight, and some of them rode on one horse and marched on two horses. The army turned around and marched north together.

Yuan Yan said: "Bazhou is only 75 miles away from Gu'an City, and now there are only a few dozen miles left. We will survive when we arrive in Gu'an without stopping."

Wang Zhang pretended to be relaxed and said: "When we arrive in Gu'an, let's get a sheep to roast."

Yuan Yan smiled and said, "There must be wine!"

Wang Zhang looked around and saw the white plains like the sea, just a few dozen miles away, and he was still a little uneasy.

The weather was clear and there was no more snow. The horseshoe footprints left by Yuan Yan's troops when he came on the snow were still there, as if it was a road in the vast sky.

That night, the main infantry force arrived in Gu'an on horseback and entered the city. The mobilization went very smoothly, and the infantry still had a certain effect. Even if the Liao army knew about the Zhou army's mobilization, everyone would only ride a horse for dozens of miles, and the Liao army could not catch up with the temporary deployment.

But the next day, the army encountered a situation on the way from Gu'an to Zhuozhou. The main force of the Liao army was just north of Zhuozhou, and the threat to this road was too close!

Yuan Yan asked the cavalry general who came to report the situation urgently: "Does Li Dianjian have a military order?"

The military general said, "The last general is the person sent by General Yang (Yang Biao) to warn Yuan Jiangjun. I still don't know that Li ordered the prosecutor's military order!"

Wang Zhang, who was standing aside, reminded: "If the horse-riding infantry does not run away and is vulnerable to the Liao cavalry, General Yang suffered a great loss at the beginning of the year, and Luo Mengzi died in that battle."

Yuan Yan made a quick decision and said, "Tell the entire army to display the square array smoothly as arranged in advance!"

"Get orders!"

The army suddenly had a loud drum beat, and the horns began to sob. A team of commanders ran to various units. They immediately shouted: "There is an enemy situation! The central army orders, and the entire army formed a formation according to the strategy!"

A large number of people gathered in the middle, with many people noisy, but each had a very fast order! After all, they were elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and from generals to small soldiers, they were very familiar with the battle formation.

Soon, another officer of the military officer followed the army to find the flag of the central army with a letter and sent Yang Biao's letter: Yang Biao's cavalry was about to move to the east, located on the right wing of the infantry formation waiting for an opportunity to move; Yang Biao quickly sent a message to Zhuozhou, suggesting that Li Chuyun's troops leave Zhuozhou and protect the infantry from fighting the left wing.

After a long time, the sun was still in the east. The black clouds formed by countless people in the north gradually swallowed up the white on the field, and the momentum was very huge!

The Zhou army infantry wore armor and held sharp weapons to clean up the patient. The troops had formed a tight square formation and were waiting on the spot.

Although the large-scale matchup was expected, it was very sudden when it came!

The Liao army stopped about a mile away, and could see the outlines of their flags and horses from afar. The two armies looked at each other from afar, and small groups of horse soldiers ran back and forth in the open space in the middle, and could see clearly the movements of the riders pulling their bows. There was already a conflict.

At this time, a large number of horses in the central central Liao army rushed out of the formation and quickly dispersed and drove away the scouts of the Zhou army in front of them. The horse soldiers approached directly within 200 steps, and the divine arm soldiers in front of the Zhou army's various formations had already drawn arrows from the quiver!

However, the Liao army vanguard did not step forward and just wandered slowly in the distance and near.

The tense and urgent situation suddenly became stalemate... it was like a running horse, the sound of the wind was like a sharp arrow, but it was suddenly strangled to the spot.

...The Liao army dispatched a large number of main forces, and even Emperor Liao Yelu Jing rode a horse to the front of the army!

"If it weren't for the Zhou army being caught here, they could have gathered heavy troops under our noses." Xiao Siwen said in a deep voice, "The Zhou army's imperial infantry marched on horseback!"

Yelu Xiu Ge observed the deployment of the Zhou army and said, "It is not appropriate to attack at this time, and the Zhou army's infantry formed a formation is not soft persimmons."

Emperor Liao frowned and looked at the huge scene of the people and horses without saying a word.

Yelu Xiuge's previous strategy was to lure Zhou's infantry to come and fight to the decisive battle, and then use the opportunity to attack the reinforcements halfway. However, now nearly 100,000 infantry and cavalry of the Zhou army have been mobilized to this area, and the strategy seems to have failed. Yelu Xiuge immediately said: "You can line up to confront each other without fighting. When their troops are mobilized, the formation will be shaken, and then use the iron cavalry to find an opportunity to break the formation!"

"Then you can only wait." Although Yelu Jing was in a dry temper, he was still calm at this time. After all, no one in the warring countries could afford the consequences of a great defeat.

Yelu Xiuge said: "We have the final say whether to fight or not. If we have the chance, we will fight. If we don't have the chance, we will withdraw our troops from Zhuozhou and attack Jinzhou in the east. Lead the Zhou army to the east and look for the fighter again."

Xiao Siwen said: "Zhuozhou is close to Youzhou, and the Great Liao can transfer siege weapons and infantry from Youzhou to attack the city; if you go to Jinzhou again, it will be far away, and the baggage will take a lot of time."

Yelu Xiuge said: "The fortress is low and can be captured without siege equipment; give the Xi Bing and the Jurchens some war horses, and let them ride horses to Jinzhou. Let's catch some men everywhere to fill the ditch!"

Xiao Siwen frowned and said, "Even if you defend Youzhou in this way, it will be even more difficult to govern Youzhou in the future..."

Yelu Xiu Ge disagreed and said, "Fear and awe can make the Han'er obey!"

In any case, this battle is not possible at the moment. The Liao army won slightly in the battle, and the same number of cavalry was even more powerful than infantry. However, the cost and consumption of cavalry were much greater than that of infantry. Only when the Liao army was overwhelmed was willing to fight the Zhou army's infantry on a large scale!

Moreover, the deployment of Zhou's army is difficult to attack at present. There are also large groups of elite cavalry protecting the left and right wings, making it difficult to encircle and attack the infantry sideways.

But the Zhou army did not dare to come up easily. The infantry could not catch up with him, and if he ran fast, the formation would scatter; the cavalry was not enough to defeat the main force of the Liao army alone.

The battle situation temporarily stalemates.

...

In the Bazhou Palace, Guo Shao had only 5,000 infantry left, and all his strength was bent. You can imagine the pressure he had after hearing the news.

But Guo Shao did not act rashly, and no matter how anxious he was, he could only endure it. At this time, the general Li Chuyun on the front line could mobilize and deploy various departments. Li Chuyun came to preside over the distance, the military orders were faster, and he understood the actual situation more clearly and easier... Now if he pointed at the front line, it might have a counterproductive effect!

Guo Shao repeatedly considered and speculated the situation, just kept it in his heart or wrote it on paper.

The deployment and arrangements of this battle have not yet reached perfection and strictness, and Guo Shao alone has not been able to fully consider it. Even though many officials and staff of the former military office have given advice, the ancients still lacked some systematic method in terms of huge information computing, management, etc. After all, everything cannot be satisfied with Guo Shao.

For example, there is a loophole. In the early stage, this army was cancelled because the cavalry was too poor in combat; the cavalry thus increased the ability to raid long distances. However, in the actual battlefield, there was a need for rapid infantry mobilization.

The horse was temporarily transferred to an infantryman, but the problem that emerged was that the horses were all in Gu'an... This was a mistake in the early deployment arrangements.

If the Bazhou infantry has horses, they can immediately ride a horse and quickly rush to Gu'an; instead of taking a conservative and safe way to join forces between the two armies in order to prevent being attacked halfway.

At this time, Guo Shao could not hide it? He cared about the importance of not showing his emotions. He had a blue face and the blue veins above his temples were bulging.

The personal soldiers who served him tea all trembled with nervousness, as if they were holding a plate of tofu.

Guo Shao walked upstairs several times and asked, "Is there any news about Dong Zunhui?"

Wei Renpu said: "Not yet, but according to the established strategy, he dispatched from Bazhou to Gu'an yesterday and took a rest for a day to attack. It happened to be today..." Wei Renpu took a look at the scene outside, "I guess he should send someone to report it now."

As soon as he finished speaking, an official walked into the lobby from the outside eaves and quickly walked to Wei Renpu to hand in a letter. Wei Renpu opened his eyes and said, "For Dong Zunhui's news, he led his army from Gu'an City this morning, and the direction has not changed."
Chapter completed!