At Liangshan dock, Sun Lei and his army were preparing to take a boat to Cangzhou.
"Come out, why are you hiding?"
Sun Lei took a stick and knocked on several large boxes in front of him. There was movement inside the box just now. When he saw that the box mouth was not sealed, he knew that someone was hiding inside.
"elder brother!"
Li Kui poked his head out of the box and chuckled.
"Tieniu, I told you this trick wouldn't work."
Bao Xu also stood up from the alley and said.
"It's all your fault. If you hadn't kicked me just now, how would I have been discovered!"
Li Kui glared at Bao Xu and shouted.
Xiang Chong and Li Gun also stood up from the box next to them.
"If you want to go, just tell me what you are doing hiding in the box. If it is nailed, you won't be able to get out!"
Sun Lei smiled and knocked on the boxes. Li Kui was the only one who could come up with the bad idea of hiding in the boxes.
"Brother, I just want to see what the Liao people are capable of."
Li Kui said with a smile.
"That's a really lame excuse, so let's go together!"
Sun Lei waved his hand and said.
The fleet set off and entered the Yellow River north, all the way to Cangzhou.
"elder brother!"
Gongsun Sheng, Tang Bin, Yang Zhi, Yuan Lang and others led the army to greet Sun Lei on the river bank.
"How's the front line going?"
Sun Lei looked at Gongsun Sheng and asked.
"Brother, thirty thousand soldiers and horses of the Liao Kingdom have gathered near Wuqing County, preparing to cross the Yellow River and invade Cangzhou."
Gongsun Sheng said.
"It seems they treat us as soft persimmons."
Sun Lei touched his chin and said with a smile, the Song and Liao Kingdoms are bounded by the Baigou line, west of the Yellow River and east of the Taihang Mountains, there are three strong cities: Bazhou, Xiongzhou, and Baodingfu. On the contrary, Cangzhou is nothing to the east of the Yellow River. The defense of the big city is relatively weak. Now that Liangshan has captured Cangzhou, the Liao Kingdom believes that the opportunity to go south has arrived.
"Soon they'll know they've hit the wall!"
Yang Zhi said with a ferocious smile on his face, his ancestors of the Yang family fought countless battles with the Liao Kingdom, and their ancestors even died at the hands of the Liao people. Now how could he not be excited to avenge his ancestors? He wished he could cross the Yellow River with his sword now. .
"Let's go to the front line first."
Sun Lei smiled and asked everyone to go ashore and head north.
Sun Lei was not prepared to expose the warship.
"Leader Sun!"
When Zongze and Zhang Shuye saw Sun Lei coming, they cupped their hands and said.
"Both of you, you have already made arrangements. I am not going to let any of the Liao soldiers go this time."
Sun Lei looked at Zong Ze and Zhang Shuye and asked, with these two people, plus more than 10,000 Liangshan troops, 30,000 Liao people are not enough.
As the saying goes, the task of eradicating evil must be done by cutting off the roots. Sun Lei wants to completely destroy the Liao army this time.
"Leader Sun, we have made arrangements. There are five garrison camps along the river in Cangzhou, namely Nigu Village, Shuanggang Village, Sannu Village, Xiaonanhe Village, and Duliudong Village. Among them, Shuangang Village and Duliudong Village Sannu Village is in the middle and controls the crossing port. Xiaonanhe Village and Nigu Village, one is at the bend of the Yellow River and the other is at the mouth of the sea. It can be said that they face each other from east to west. "
"For this battle, small groups of troops can be stationed in Shuanggang Village and Sannv Village, and elite troops can be stationed in Nigu Village, Xiaonanhe Village, and Duliudong Village. At the beginning of the war, Shuanggang Village and Sannv Village will be stationed briefly. Resist, then quickly retreat south, luring the enemy deep into the area until they stop by the Duliujia River, then turn around and surround the enemy."
Zongze pointed to the sand table in front of him and said.
These border camps were the fortresses of the Song Dynasty against the Liao Kingdom. The Khitan people were content with the status quo and were greedy for pleasure. In the past, they were unwilling to pay casualties for a forceful attack. The Song border troops took advantage of the terrain to build forts and garrison, and they were able to defend the border passes in these years.
"Yes, this cage is neither big nor small, just big enough to hold 30,000 Liao people."
Sun Lei said with a smile.
"But I have some additional requirements."
Sun Lei looked at Zongze and Zhang Shuye again.
"Of course I want to kill all the people from the Liao Kingdom, but I will keep those horses as much as possible. There is a huge shortage of them."
Sun Lei looked at the two men and made a request. With the current combat power of the Liangshan army, it is not a problem to kill the Liao people who entered the trap, but the battle needs to be more precise so that the results can be infinitely magnified.
"War horse!"
Zongze frowned for a while. This time the Liao Kingdom gathered ten thousand cavalry and twenty thousand servants. The pocket array has been set up. It is not difficult to kill these people, but it is a bit difficult to annihilate all the enemies without the horses dying. He originally planned to use traps, trip wires, crossbows, artillery and the like to deal with the cavalry, but these Something must have killed and wounded a large number of war horses.
"Mr. Zong, can you think of a way? It's not easy to be the master. You understand."
Sun Lei looked at Zong Ze and said with a smile, the Liangshan Bo family has a great business, but the demands and expenses that come with it are also huge, which makes him unable to think of ways to open up more resources.
"There are ways, but it's a bit difficult to annihilate all the enemies."
Zongze pondered for a long time before speaking.
"The terrain from the Yellow River to the Duliujia River is flat. It is too difficult to annihilate the cavalry without hurting the horses. Even if there is a way, it will cost a lot of casualties. The only way is to let the enemy cross the river again and withdraw to the north of the Yellow River. While the Liao people were crossing the river, the army took action on the water!"
Zongze looked at Sun Lei and said, he knew that with Sun Lei's character, he would not accept too heavy casualties from his men, so it would be difficult to annihilate the enemy and obtain war horses. The Khitan people are also a people on horseback, even if the cavalry is The horse will not leave the horse even after death, except when crossing the river by boat.
"Mr. Zong, do you know that I have brought a new type of warship?"
Sun Lei looked at Zongze with a smile. This old man was really good at it. He immediately found a solution to his request.
What Sun Lei brought this time were all new Liangshanbo warships. After improvements by Meng Kang and Ye Chun, the wooden buildings on the ships were abandoned. The ships were more slender and much faster than the previous Loach warships.
Zongze shook his head. He only knew that Sun Lei and his party docked at Duliu East Village by boat. He didn't know how many people and soldiers Sun Lei brought with him.
"Then according to what Mr. Zong said, Zhang Qing led 500 people to garrison Sannu Village, and Hua Rong led 500 people to garrison Shuanggang Village."
"Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, and Yang Zhi stationed at Nigu Village with two thousand soldiers and horses."
"Wang Jin, Tang Bin, Hao Siwen, and Shi Jin led two thousand people to garrison Xiaonanhe Village."
"Yuan Lang, Ma Fu, Ma Jin, Teng Shu, and Teng Kan led two thousand soldiers and horses to guard Duliu East Village."
"Sun An, Pang Wanchun, Qin Ming, and Huang Xin led two thousand soldiers and horses to meet Zhang Qing and Hua Rong near the Duliujia River."
"Xiaowu, Wang Dingliu, you and your navy are always ready. Once the Liao people turn around and cross the river, it's up to you. Those people can throw them into the river to feed the bastards, but the horses can't."
Sun Lei looked at everyone and said.
"Yes, brother!"
Everyone was so excited that they clasped their fists and shouted in unison.
"Go get ready!"
Sun Lei said with a smile.
"Brother, what about us?"
Li Kui looked at Sun Lei eagerly. His name was not there just now.
"Brother, I don't have anyone by my side anymore, so I'll just leave you to do what I want."
Sun Lei smiled and said. These words made Li Kui and others excited, and they never mentioned charging into battle again.
"Commander Xiao, what do you think of this arrangement?"
Sun Lei looked at Xiao Jiasui and asked.
"Mr. Zong is indeed capable, but the combat strength of the Liao soldiers is still unclear. Is it necessary to cross the river to test before the battle?"
Xiao Jiasui looked at Zongze and smiled.
Zongze's expression changed, he didn't even consider this.
(End of chapter)
