Shisanlang stood on the hillside, holding a telescope. After a while, he said, "Order the entire army to camp on the spot and wait for the army of Liu Taiwei."

The personal soldiers agreed and sent an order.

Shisanlang put down his telescope and cursed: "Zhi Niang, in three days, these Khitans ran so fast that they were about to reach the Border River. The Khitan army ahead was 100,000, and the two armies were all together, so they were strong enemies."

After saying that, he rode down the hillside and arrived near his handsome tent.

On that day, Liu Huan attacked, Dielide's army was defeated in one battle and fled in a panic. Shisanlang's cavalry troops were clenched behind him, fought several times on the road, and fled here in three days. Now Dielide has only more than 20,000 people left, becoming a frightened bird.

He entered the commander's tent and drank a cup of tea. The personal soldiers came in and crossed their hands to Shisanlang: "Taiwei, the Ma Taiwei from the west sent someone to ask the Taiwei to come to him to discuss matters. Ma Taiwei was leading the army to pursue the Khitans under the city of Ganning Army, which happened to be not far from here."

Shisanlang said: "The enemy we are chasing is here to escape from the Khitans. We happened to join forces with Ma Taiwei's army to attack the Khitans. These Khitans fled again and crossed the boundary river and entered the Khitans."

After saying that, he stood up, stretched his body, picked up his helmet, left the tent, took his personal soldiers, and headed towards Ma Huaide's camp not far away.

Ma Huaide received the report and welcomed him out of the military camp, and took Shisanlang into his commander's tent.

Everyone sat down, and Ma Huaide said: "I am fighting the attack on Ning Juncheng. The Khitans in front of me are fighting and fleeing. I came here yesterday. I don't want the Khitans who were pursuing today, and happened to be nearby. We have to discuss how to fight."

Shisanlang smiled and said, "The commander of the Khitans I pursued was Dielid. They either happened to escape here, they were going to find Guni and defect to him. A few days ago, they fought south of Cangzhou, and the Khitans were defeated and retreated north. Unexpectedly, the Khitan troops in Cangzhou had already retreated, and these people had no place to go, and they came all the way north. They joined forces, and we also joined forces, and we fought here one by one."

Ma Huaide said: "The Guniu Army that fought against me originally had 130,000 soldiers and horses. Over the past few days, more than 50,000 of his men and nearly 80,000 soldiers were destroyed. I wonder how many soldiers and horses were there in Dielide's army pursued by the Grand Marshal?"

Shisanlang said, "There are only 20,000 people. Now there are 100,000 Khitan soldiers and horses. When Liu Taiwei comes, we will have 200,000 people. We will use 200,000 Khitan soldiers and horses to find a way to wipe them out."

Ma Huaide said: "A hundred miles north of the north, there are more than 200,000 Khitan troops. They are the real elite of the Khitans, not ordinary troops. If you are forced to force them, you are afraid that you will come to pick up Ying Guni. It is not easy to wipe them out here."

Shisanlang smiled and said, "What's the matter? They fled to Wuqing and we chased after him. Together with Jia Kui and Jingtai, who were coming from the east, wiped out the Khitan army there, and the Khitan was alive."

When Ma Huaide heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Taiwei, what you said is too simple. Wu Qing is the elite of the Khitan, so it was not so easy to be completely wiped out. In my opinion, this battle is probably going to take some days."

After the tea was served, Ma Huaide invited Shisanlang to drink tea. He drank tea on both sides and talked about the recent war.

Ma Huaide put down the teacup and sighed: "A month ago, the Khitans came to attack, and what was the hard work for us to fight. If there was not an outstanding figure in the army, he would have been defeated at the critical moment. No one could have thought that if we defended, the Khitans would not be able to do it. In less than a month, it would have become our attack and the Khitans defended. Now, the Khitans cannot defend."

Shisanlang said: "I don't know what heroes can actually make the army of Taiwei so upside down. If you have nothing to do, why don't you call me and let's have a drink together."

Ma Huaide smiled and ordered his personal soldiers to call Meng Xuejiao in. After a month of war, Meng Xuejiao has now become the most capable general under Ma Huaide's subordinate. His troops are also the main force of Ma Huaide's army, and they are the main attack every time.

Soon, Meng Xuejiao came in and greeted Ma Huaide, Li Weixian and Shisanlang.

Ma Huaide said: "This is the commander of the Pangritian Capital, Wu Song, who led his army to chase Dieli's deserters and met our army. I heard that you have made countless contributions these days and specially invited you to meet you. Today, there is nothing to do, so we can use some wine and food and gossip."

Seeing that it was getting late, Ma Huaide ordered his subordinates to serve some wine and food. There was no rich dish in the military camp. However, the supply of the Song army has always been sufficient, and Ma Huaide still has no shortage of mutton.

Soon, a large plate of mutton was roasted, some tofu, fruits and the like were served, and placed in the handsome tent.

Ma Huaide said to Shisanlang: "When will the army of Liu Taiwei arrive? We can attack with all our strength when he comes."

Shisanlang said, "It's time to arrive tomorrow evening. He is an infantryman, and he is late and always has a one or two days left for me. When he arrives, our 200,000 army will attack with all our strength. I have been in the army for more than ten years, and this is the first time I have encountered a war of this scale."

Ma Huaide said: "Yes, I'm the first time in the war between hundreds of thousands of troops. This battle must be fought well, and don't let others underestimate us. A few days ago, the Khitan army had a fierce offensive, and I was anxious every day in the Qianning Army. With today's opportunity, we should not let it go."

After saying that, he raised his glass and drank a glass of wine with everyone.

Putting down the wine glass, Shisanlang said to Meng Xuejue: "Justice Ma is boasting about the general just now. If there is no general, I would probably have been hit by the Khitan in front of Qianning Army City. Such a hero, I would like to wish you a glass of wine."

Meng Xuezhao hurriedly said that he didn't dare. He raised his wine and said, "A year ago, I was just a rural scholar. Because I couldn't bear the labor service, I fled from the Khitan to the Song realm. I never thought that a year later, I could actually lead more than 10,000 people to fight in front of the formation. Think about it, it was like a dream."

Ma Huaide gently stroked the black beard under his chin and smiled and said, "It was all earned by you. At the Qianning Army that day, tens of thousands of Khitan cavalry attacked. If your entire army had not been dispersed and would have been constantly connected with the dispersed regiments, how could we have today? Two days later, when Grandmaster Liu came, we would attack the Khitan army on the opposite side together, you would still be the main attack. By then, you will make more military achievements and have a bright future!"

Meng Xuezhao thanked me. I felt that all this was really like a dream. In Meng Xuezhao's opinion, in fact, compared with others, he was nothing special. In terms of personal combat power, he was far from a powerful general, but just an ordinary middle-aged man. Speaking of his knowledge, he was just a village scholar, with more knowledge than himself in the world, and he had a lot of carriages. He won on the battlefield, but he just issued the right order at the right opportunity. In fact, many generals could do it, but they were all the reasons for this or that, and there were always times of mistakes.
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