It's hard to say who they would like to win.

certainly.

If it were in the past, they would definitely hope that the Liao Kingdom would win.

But today's Song Dynasty is no longer what it used to be.

I heard that the Liao army was having a hard time on the front line, and even the Song army had directly attacked the heart of Yuguan.

Then reason will tell them that they should stand on the side of national identity.

The heavy rain is still falling.

The Song army marched forward in silence, moving forward along the muddy road.

Many soldiers' boots were soaked with water, turning their feet white.

But no one said anything, and no one fell behind.

Everyone was in this silence, and the world was so quiet that only the heavy rain could be heard.

After about two hours, Di Qing slowly walked through a dense forest. In the distance was an undulating mountain range, with hills and mountains on both sides.

There is a small mountain range in the southeast of Lulong County, which is the remnant of Yanshan Mountain. The mountains are not very high, but the forests are relatively lush.

Although it is winter, not all forests are withered. There are still many evergreen plants that exude greenness.

The scout came hurriedly and said to Di Qing: "Report, General, we have discovered the Liao army camp ahead."

"Where?"

"It's just under the hills ahead."

"Is the enemy on guard?"

“No.”

"Take me to see it."

"yes."

The scout then mounted his horse again.

Di Qing galloped on his horse and, escorted by his personal guards, arrived at a small hill about a hundred meters ahead.

It was already noon at this time, the sky was still gray and visibility was not very high.

But through the telescope, it was still possible to observe that there were three camps standing in a row under the mountains in the distance. They should have been newly built and did not even have any defensive facilities.

Previously, the Liao army had set up camp outside Guangning City, but was defeated by the Song army. Now they have retreated to the nearest city, Lulong. It is estimated that they are probably waiting for reinforcements from Yingzhou, or planning to reorganize and attack Guangning again.

Di Qing had been watching near the top of the hill for a long time. He was sure that the Liao army had no defenses. In the pouring rain, there were even very few patrols and outposts outside the camp, and there were only pitiful guards in the camp.

"The commander-in-chief is so wise. The Liao army was caught off guard."

When Huyan Shouyong came over and saw this scene, he sincerely admired Di Qing's judgment.

"The heavy rain has greatly reduced the power of our firearms. It is already difficult to rely on the city defense. The Liao army certainly did not expect us to take the initiative to attack."

Di Qing shook his head and said, "Besides, what they need is to recapture Guangning and Yuguan and reopen the road between Liaoyang and Xijin. Why would they bother to build a wall and set up so many defensive fortifications?"

Simply put, the Liao army was the attacking party, and time was running out. They had to take Yumen Pass as soon as possible to open up the baggage supply line. They couldn't spend too much time here playing with Di Qing.

Therefore, even if the Liao army was ambushed by the Song army and forced to retreat dozens of miles, it had to prepare for the next attack instead of thinking about defense.

It's not that Xiao Xiaomu is not cautious, but he really has no choice but to do this.

"Marshal, there's a ridge over there that we can go around."

Wang Kui noticed that there was a small hill on the west side of the Liao army camp. If the Liao army was attacked from there, the attack distance would be greatly reduced.

"Let the soldiers rest here for half an hour, and then take the opportunity to cut down some trees and build some ladders."

Di Qing said solemnly: "This battle must be a complete victory!"

"yes."

Wang Kui and Huyan Shouyong agreed and immediately went to arrange the orders.

After half an hour, the soldiers had rested enough, and Di Qing immediately ordered them to set out again.

The Song army bypassed this open wilderness and headed west to approach the mountains.

Under the cover of hills and forests, they soon reached the back of the mountain, less than a mile away from the Liao army camp.

Through the telescope, one can see that in the gray haze, the Liao army soldiers were leaning bored in the watchtower in the corner, not even looking outside.

"Walk!"

Di Qing gave a gentle greeting, and instead of riding his horse, he bent down and waved back. Then hundreds of his personal guards followed him and slowly approached the Liao camp.

If it were a city, there would be people watching on the city walls at all times, and they might be discovered by chance.

But the outer perimeter of the Liao camp was just an ordinary fence, and people certainly couldn't stand on the wood. Apart from the four corner towers where people could be seen, the Liao army didn't notice anything wrong at all.

Soon they reached the outside of the fence, and through the gaps in the fence, they could even see many tents inside the Liao camp.

"Marshal, this fence is quite strong and difficult to cut."

One of the guards took advantage of the heavy rain to cover up the sound and tried to chop it twice with his knife, but failed to break it.

After a moment's thought, Di Qing said, "Blow it up with a grenade."

"Will the noise be too loud?"

"We're not afraid of any movement. What we want is a gap they can't close."

"yes."

The guards responded, and then everyone moved away.

The guards collected more than 30 grenades, pulled the pull of the button and smoke came out, then threw them towards the fence.

Rainy days will definitely increase the chance of a dud. After all, the interior of a grenade is made of gunpowder, iron sheets and oil paper. Although the oil paper is waterproof, the fuse is not.

If the small stone inside does not produce sparks to ignite the fuse after being pulled, or if the fuse is wetted by water, it will become a dud.

But there were too many grenades, at least twenty of which could be detonated and thrown directly at the fence after smoking.

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