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It was dawn, the azure sky was deep and beautiful, the rolling mountains showed their bleak faces under the autumn wind, and groups of birds hovered around the sky in the deafening drums and whistled in panic...

The Liao soldiers tried their best to climb the mountain, but the pursuers behind them were getting closer and closer, which made them afraid and desperate because the mountain was shorter and the terrain was relatively flat. Even if they occupied these hills in front of the pursuers, it would be difficult to build a solid defense. As long as the pursuers surrounded them from all directions, they would be unable to fly. At this moment, they wished they could grow wings and fly out of this mountain like birds in the sky.

Monk Xiao abandoned his horse and climbed the mountain, and soon became panting and sweating profusely. A group of subordinates were even more unbearable. They were usually pampered and had never suffered such pain. If the pursuers were not coming quickly, they would have been unable to hold on.

"Empress, I can't keep here." Yelu Qingji was the first to climb to the top of the mountain, looked around, and hurried to the monk slave, "We lack food and there is no water here, so we can be dead here."

Of course, the monk slave knew that this was a dead end, but what should we do now? He opened his mouth and kept breathing, standing on the top of the mountain, looking around in a daze. At this time, his march Sima walked over with a map, "Jiangmao, crossing this mountain is Yanghe. As the rebels had not yet surrounded us, we rushed to Yanghe as quickly as possible, and then find a narrow place on the river to cross the river, and perhaps safely retreat to Changqing City."

The monk slave glanced at the map, "How many roads?"

“There is only four or five miles of mountain road at most.”

The monk slave made a decisive order without hesitation, "Trust the ministries to retreat to Yanghe, quickly, quickly..."

The vanguard of the rebel army, the horse army roared and saw the Liao army suddenly retreating to the mountain. They didn't know what to do, so they immediately sent someone to report to the commander.

Mu Taoli and Dazhunu arrived, and the two of them observed for a while. Then they invited a guide.

"Is there any trail in this mountain that leads directly to Changqing City?" Mu Taoli asked.

The guide shook his head. "This area is full of mountains. There is no road. But crossing this area is Yang River."

Mu Taoli and Dabeinu looked at each other and looked shocked. If the Liao army had crossed the Yang River first, the plan of encirclement and annihilation failed. Dabeinu immediately asked: "Is there any way to rush to Yang River in front of the Liao army?"

"Walk along the main road. A few more miles away is the Yanghe River. Then go upstream along the north bank of the Yanghe River. After walking a few miles, you will reach the back of this mountainous land." The guide said. "The Liao army wants to cross the mountains and ridges. You will be galloping along the river beach. The speed is definitely faster than them. You should be able to block them in front of the Khitan land."

Mu Taoli dared not hesitate. He immediately called Dabei Nu to take the guide and rushed to Yanghe to block the Liao army. He led a general and a horse army to abandon the horse and chased the Liao army at the end. He also asked Jielu to take a general and a horse to quickly cross the Yanghe River. He first surrounded Changqing City to prevent the Liao army from breaking through and then retreating into the city. The rebels pursued the area very fast.

For more than two years, the rebel army has been training troops in western Liaoning. The results of long-term training are obvious. When Mu Taoli and a general of the horse army had just crossed the first mountain, Gao Yuan, the deputy commander of the Tiger Lieutenant Army, had already chased the Fourth Army and the soldiers. Then Chu Xiaoyao and the Fifth Army also came up. More than 10,000 infantrymen launched a pursuit from the west and north directions of the mountain. The sky was overwhelming, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

The Liao army was shocked. The wolf and pigs rushed. The escape speed was faster. The tens of thousands of people following them saw the pursuit soldiers getting closer and closer. They knew they could not escape. They simply stopped running. Many people threw their shoulder poles and baskets on the ground and surrendered to the forest.

The Liao army ran all the way and gradually approached Yanghe.

The Great Compassion Slave led a general of horses to gallop along the north bank of the Yang River. He walked through the mountains and forests, and then ran on the river beach, and then jumped onto the embankment, and rode the horses like flying on the narrow path.

In the southwest direction of the mountains, the soldiers of the Feiyun Army were running with all their might and gradually approaching the target.

The destination of the Feiyun Army was a ferry crossing, which blocked the Liao army on the north bank of the Yanghe River. They didn't know that the Liao army suddenly changed direction and fled into this mountain.

The two armies suddenly met and fought each other in close combat.

Chen Bao, deputy commander of the Feiyun Army, thought it was a small group of people who fled to the Liao army. He didn't care at first. He still commanded the main force to advance towards the ferry, but then met the horse army in the Dafengnudi. Chen Bao heard that the Liao army had fled into this mountain. He was rushing towards Yanghe, so he immediately ordered the soldiers who chose the front line to turn immediately and attack the mountain, occupying the mountain closest to the river embankment and blocking the Liao army.

The hill directly in front became the place where the two armies fought the most fiercely. The soldiers on both sides were very tired, especially the soldiers of the rebels. They had run dozens of miles of mountain roads, exhausted, and their positions were lost several times.

Chen Bao was anxious and went on the battle himself and rushed up with a team of entourages. The head coach personally fought and immediately boosted morale. The soldiers of the Feiyun Army followed Chen Bao and fought bravely to kill the enemy. The Great Compassion Slave was afraid that the Liao army would break through the encirclement, so he also led a team of elite horse soldiers to kill him.

Soon, Hou Guy arrived with the main army of Feiyun Army. Nearly 10,000 soldiers roared forward like a tide, and in a blink of an eye all the hills near the river bank were taken down.

Monk Xiao looked at the dense rebel battle flags on the hill ahead, and sat on the ground with no expression on his face.

The defeat of this battle has been decided and there is no more power to turn the world back.

With the support of several entourages, Yelu Qingji stumbled over and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Empress, the attack ahead is blocked, quickly send more reinforcements, and take advantage of the rebels' foothold before they are stable, break through the siege."

The monk slave smiled bitterly and shook his head, ignored him, raised his head and said to the messenger around him, "The military commander will immediately seize several nearby hills and stop the pursuers at any cost."

"I will tell the commanders of all the troops and the commanders of each battalion that the rebels have completed the encirclement. We can only stand firm and wait for assistance. Please do not panic and build a defense immediately while the rebels are breathing."

Several commanders scattered.

The monk slave waved at Yelu Qingji and signaled him to sit beside him.

"Jie Zhi, Yang River is hundreds of steps away. We can break through as long as we rush to the river..." Yelu Qingji waved his hands excitedly and shouted, "Jie Zhi Zhi, don't give up, we will definitely break through, we will definitely break through."

"How can we break through after rushing to the river?" After the monk slave made the decision to hold on to the rescue, his expression gradually returned to peace. "We have more than 10,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of people. Did they all drown and die? The rebels were prepared for a long time, and the speed was too fast. If nothing unexpected happened, their local horse army had crossed the Yang River, surrounded Changqing City, and were waiting to massacre us on the other side."

Yelu Qingji's eyes were blood red, and he was viciously monk slave. After a while, he shook his head in despair and was unable to sit down. In fact, there is still a possibility of breaking through now. Although as monk slave said, tens of thousands of people would be buried in Yanghe, a group of generals and officials had the opportunity to escape. As long as he could survive, how many people died had nothing to do with him, but since monk slave was unwilling to let tens of thousands die of death, what would he do?

The Mao army rushed to the battlefield and immediately adjusted its troops deployment, and then ordered the attack to stop. The soldiers were too tired, needed to eat and rest. When their physical strength recovered, it was not too late to fight again. The longer the time was delayed, the more beneficial it was for the rebels. The Liao army was in a desperate situation and had no food or water. Not only did their morale be sluggish, but their combat effectiveness would also decline sharply. When they were extremely hungry and were about to collapse, they could easily win this battle.

Mao Jun was in a very good mood and sent someone to invite a group of military commanders such as Hou Guai, Gao Yuan, Chen Bao, Mu Taoli to his temporary military tent, and while eating and drinking, he discussed plans to encircle and annihilate.

The key to being able to surround the Liao army this time is that the soldiers of the rebel army obey and run fast on both legs. In other words, after more than two years of hard training, the rebel army's combat effectiveness has improved a lot and is fully capable of competing for Liaodong. After the end of the Pingzhou War, many people suggested that Li Hu recruit soldiers and replenish troops, but Li Hu refused on the excuse that the military capital was unsustainable. He believed that if the rebel army could train the existing army into an invincible elite, a hundred thousand army would be enough to compete for Liaodong. There is a ready-made example. Wanyan Aguda defeated the 700,000 army of the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty with 20,000 elite troops, which is enough to show that the army is about essence, not about too many.

Perhaps because the rebel army did not fight again since the Pingzhou War, many people were already itchy and suggested taking advantage of the Liao army's heart to attack with all their might and kill all the Wuding army to shock Xijing Road.

"There are similarities between the Xijing war and the Pingzhou war." Chen Bao said, "The reason why the Pingzhou war completely wiped out Yelu Gao and his 30,000 palace tent troops was because Yelu Chun's more than 100,000 troops were close at hand, and we didn't have more time. This time the same is true. The Khitan Emperor and the main force of the Liao army were outside the Great Wall. Perhaps they would fight to Xijing today. We also don't have more time and we must fight quickly."

"No, no..." Mao Jun said slowly, "It is precisely because the Battle of Xijing is related to whether we can occupy Xijing Road that this battle cannot be attacked and even more slaughtered. We have not yet figured out the strength of the Khitan emperor, so we must preserve our strength to the greatest extent and kill a thousand enemies and harm ourselves by 800."

Hou Guai agreed with Mao's opinion and proposed to shoot the Liao army and persuade him to surrender. At this time, the twelfth general Huang Hua sent someone to send a Liao army officer who voluntarily surrendered. Mao Jun was overjoyed and hurriedly called the officer to the military tent.

"Who is your coach?"

"Monkey Slave Xiao."
Chapter completed!