Chapter 232: Hit him in the face
Xiao Suoteng was so depressed and angry. It was so uncomfortable to be led by the nose and unable to catch up with the enemy! The soldiers and horses were exhausted, and the anger in his heart was rising.
"Report!... General, the scout team ahead has discovered the figure of Yang Yanzhao's mountain army, and the Song army is heading towards the entrance of Ying Valley."
Xiao Suoteng was immediately shocked! Is the Song army going to attack Ruzhou boldly? These two thousand troops are really doing something stupid.
"Speed up the march, catch up and destroy them!"
After Xiao Suoteng gave an order, 10,000 elite light armored cavalry immediately increased their speed, and thousands of horses galloped and rushed away.
After a day of non-stop rapid march, they were still more than thirty miles away from the entrance of Eagle Valley, and had not yet caught up with the two thousand Song troops in front. Xiao Suoteng looked at the exhausted soldiers and horses, and gave an order: "Dismount and rest for an hour in the open space ahead."
The dusty elite cavalrymen dismounted and rested on the spot, feeding the horses, eating dry food, drinking kumis, filling their stomachs, and conserving their energy for an hour before continuing the pursuit.
Yang Yanzhao looked coldly at the Liao army eating, drinking and resting in the open space in the distance, raised his left hand and pressed it down!
The two thousand elite cavalrymen of the Volcano Army, who were ready for battle, immediately shook the reins, clamped their legs around the horses' bellies, and dived down the slope!
"General! Song army! ..." The Liao soldiers in charge of vigilance shouted a warning.
The sound of horse hooves rolled, and Xiao Suoteng also saw the iron torrent rushing down with murderous aura, and threw away the kumis in his hand in shock!
"Quick! Get on the horse and meet the enemy!"
The Liao soldiers were in a commotion, throwing away the food in their hands, grabbing weapons, and looking for horses. Before they had time to organize the hastily prepared battle formation, two thousand elite cavalrymen of the Volcano Army had already rushed in front of them with great momentum.
Yang Yanzhao led the charge, deflecting a flurry of arrows fired by the Liao army in panic, and then stabbed a Liao general in the ribs with his silver spear. With a twist of his wrist, the Liao general screamed and fell off his horse.
The cavalry of the Volcano Army, with their raging fighting spirit after recuperating, and with their inertial mighty power, rushed into the still panicked enemy group like a tiger into a pack of wolves.
Shouts and screams shook the sky, blood splashed everywhere, people and horses fell, howling, the masterless horses neighed and ran away in all directions, a bloody and violent massacre...
Xiao Suoteng desperately screamed and organized a part of the Liao army, trying to resist the momentum of the Song army and then surround and kill them.
Suddenly, there was a rolling thunder behind him. Xiao Suoteng turned his head suddenly, his pupils shrank suddenly, and a torrent of black iron armor was sweeping towards him with murderous aura!
The two thousand Moyun cavalry of the King of Qin arrived. This turned out to be a premeditated front and back annihilation battle.
A man who knows current affairs is a hero. Xiao Suoteng, who has been on the battlefield for many years, is a hero who knows current affairs. At that moment, he led hundreds of personal soldiers around him without hesitation, rushed out of the encirclement to the east, and fled without looking back.
The commander fled, and the Liao army lost their command and fighting spirit. They fled one after another. The Volcano Army and the Moyun Cavalry tried their best to chase them.
The results of this battle were brilliant, and more than 6,000 elite cavalry of the Liao army were wiped out.
The bloody smell on the battlefield drifted to the earth slope outside. Luo Li had been accustomed to the cruelty, bloodiness and cruelty of war in the era of cold weapons. Her heart was numb and no longer had any pain or grief. If you don't kill the enemy, you will be killed by the enemy. This is the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak.
The soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield still only wanted bows and horses. After several batches of bows and arrows were sent back to Yingzhou, the brothers defending the city had enough firepower to resist the Liao army attacking the city. The war horses they received had already made the Moyun Cavalry and the Volcano Army equipped with enough luxury. Each warrior was equipped with three or four strong war horses, which was the guarantee for the guerrilla warfare.
Luo Li and the Ghost Hand Poison Doctor led the female military doctors to treat the wounded and try their best to bring these brave and fearless wounded soldiers back to the Song Dynasty alive.
The Princess of Qin had already won enough respect from these warriors. In their hearts, the beautiful, kind, and skilled Princess was a fairy from heaven. If it weren't for her amiable and naughty way of joking, they would have worshipped her as a deity who was not detached from the world.
Luo Li removed the arrow that had pierced the chin of a Volcano Army soldier, and while cleaning and stitching the wound, she joked, "It's a pity that such a handsome guy got disfigured. But don't worry, my medical skills will ensure that you can drink water without leaking soup, and eat food without leaking crumbs.
If you can't get a wife because of your disfigurement, it's not my fault. It depends on you to work hard on your own. If you see a girl you like, go after her bravely."
There was a burst of laughter all around, and the wounded soldier's face flushed with embarrassment at the princess's teasing, but his heart was warm, and the pain from the operation seemed to have been much lighter. He now had the capital to brag in his life. The scar on his face left by the operation performed by the princess herself was the most glorious mark of his life.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang and Yang Yanzhao inspected the camp. Although these elite soldiers who killed more than 10,000 enemies and lost only more than 200 people were tired, their morale was high and their fighting spirit was high!
"For this great victory, each person will be rewarded with 10 taels of gold. The six sacrificed soldiers will be cremated and compensated with 50 taels of gold. The ashes and pensions must be sent to their families."
Yang Yanzhao and Yun Yi accepted the order with pleasure. His Royal Highness Qin Wang said that these soldiers who fought bravely and risked their lives behind the enemy lines must not be allowed to suffer losses, and the rewards must be generous and generous. Anyway, there is plenty of gold looted from the treasuries of several state cities in Liao State and the homes of Khitan nobles.
"Yan Zhao, take a rest for one night, let's go to Yingzhou and give Marshal Yelu Xiezhen a punch in the face." The King of Qin smiled with a sly smile.
Yang Yanzhao's eyes lit up! "Prince, let's go and beat Yelu Xiezhen?"
"Yes! Do you dare?"
"Dare! Isn't it just Yelu Xiezhen and more than 20,000 Liao troops? Punch him hard and make the face of the Liao army marshal swollen!" Yang Yanzhao was full of confidence and fighting spirit.