For a moment, I thought it was my imagination.

But the next moment, his previously composed expression changed.

He heard the clatter of iron hooves. He had been a veteran of many battles for years, and had once defeated Tong Guan's army of over 100,000 with only a few thousand cavalrymen. He was very familiar with everything on the battlefield.

That sound is the sound of cavalry charging!

Where did the cavalry come from?

Just then, a scout rushed back and said, "Your Majesty, a large number of cavalry marching footprints have been discovered twenty miles away!"

Yelü Dashi couldn't help but cry out, "Oh no!"

His generals all looked at him strangely.

Yelü Dashi hurriedly said, "All troops, advance at full speed!"

Xiao Wuli asked, "Your Majesty, what has happened?"

Yelü Dashi said, "Xiao Wulici, you quickly lead 10,000 troops to detour and return to the rear to intercept the enemy! The rest of you, advance at full speed without fail, or you will be executed!"

Xiao Wulici was Yelü Dashi's trusted general and a genius general of the Liao Kingdom. He reacted immediately and led 10,000 iron cavalry to split from the central army from the left, forming a huge arc, like a sharp scimitar, and rushed towards the rear army.

Yelü Dashi led the main force forward at full speed, with the troops at the front accelerating and those at the rear also speeding up.

Yelü Dashi remained calm, and his 50,000 loyal followers followed him closely, soaring across the snowy plains.

The rear guard was attacked. The army of 300,000 was separated by seven or eight miles in all directions, and the information transmission was too poor.

It is impossible to mobilize the entire army in a short period of time. The only thing Yelü Dashi can do now is to advance quickly and withdraw as many troops as possible.

Who is it?!

Who in the Song army dared to launch a raid nearly 800 li deep into the northern desert?

This is simply against the common sense of military strategy!

Only a renowned general like Wanyan Loushi of the Jin Dynasty, with a powerful cavalry force, would dare to do such a thing!

Otherwise, it's tantamount to suicide!

etc!

Throughout Han Chinese history, there have been people who ventured deep into the northern deserts!