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Li Dan immediately asked the scouts behind the palace: "How many troops are there in the chasing army? How far is it from our army?"

"Back to the general, there are nearly 5000 people, no more than fifteen miles away from our army!"

Li Dan felt the tremendous pressure. He only had [-] infantry, while the dry army cavalry still had [-]. Even if he confronted him head-on, there was not much chance of winning.

After thinking for a while, Li Dan decided to leave a part of his troops to block the attack again so that the main force could escape. He turned his head and looked at the surrounding generals and subordinates, and asked, "Judging from the current situation, the dry army will definitely be able to catch up before dark. Our army, we must leave some people to stop the army, as long as we persist until dark, our army will be able to escape the pursuit of the army at night, I wonder who is willing to stay and stop the army?"

All the generals bowed their heads in silence, it was obvious that no one wanted to stay here.

Li Dan was very angry when he saw this, "Chen Xian under the general's command volunteered to stay and stop the enemy. What's the matter, I can't find a responsible person under Li Dan's command?"

The subordinates flushed with shame one by one.

"The general said just now that as long as we persist until dark, the dry army will not dare to attack again, and will definitely withdraw. Those who stay behind may not necessarily die. After dark, they can quickly catch up with us, and then we will take advantage of the night together." Get rid of the chasing army and arrive at Longquan Mountain before dawn, as long as we reach Longquan Mountain and occupy the pass, we will be safe!"

"Those who stay and lead the team to stop the enemy will be promoted to a higher rank, and will be rewarded with one thousand acres of fertile land, one hundred gold, one hundred thousand money, and one hundred pieces of cloth!"

Under the reward, there must be a brave man!

Finally someone stood up and clasped his fists and said, "This subordinate is willing to lead the army to stay and stop the army!"

Li Dan saw that it was Mao Jianping, the general of the building, and immediately said: "Okay, I will give you 1000 people, and I will give you a promotion first, and other rewards, regardless of whether you survive or not, I will send people to your home! If you die in battle, I will definitely report to the imperial court to give you generous compensation!"

Mao Jianping clasped his fists and agreed: "Thank you, General!"

Li Dan immediately allocated 1000 people to Mao Jianping, and quickly retreated in the direction of Longquan Mountain with the remaining 5000 people.

Mao Jianping knew that time was running out, so he quickly ordered the soldiers to dig trenches around the road, cut down trees to make horses, fences, and build arrow towers, trying to deploy the fortifications before the arrival of the army.

This fortification happened to be built on an important traffic road. If the Qian army wanted to chase the main force of the Song army, it could only capture here first, otherwise it would take a detour, which would take more time.

At dusk, Zhao Junsheng's nearly [-] cavalry arrived in front of the fortifications built by Mao Jianping.

Zhao Junsheng observed for a while, and found that the opponent's fortifications were built too hastily, perhaps due to insufficient tools and time, and it was too far from a real fortification, so he immediately ordered: "While the enemy's fortifications have not been built, Complete, send the order, take a short rest, and launch an attack in a moment!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

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Chapter 989

"Follow me—" Zhao Junsheng patted his horse and shouted, and he shot out like a sharp arrow on his horse.

The generals of the dry army followed him and rushed out with roars. Some of them held spears and showed a fierce look on their faces, some held up their swords and shouted, and some followed behind while rushing towards the Song army. The garrisoned positions fired arrows.

"Swoosh..." The arrows on both sides shot you back and forth. From time to time, soldiers of the Song Army were shot down on the ground, and some arrows fell from the horses among the cavalry of the charging army from time to time.

Seeing that he rushed to the edge of a trench, slowing down at this time must be courting death. Either he was killed by the arrows on the Song Army's position, or he couldn't control his speed and fell into the trench.

As soon as Zhao Junsheng lifted the reins, the horse neighed, backed up suddenly, and rushed over the two-meter-wide trench to the Song army's position. As soon as it landed, it was about to hit a wooden fence head-on, Zhao Junsheng shouted With a sound, the long gun in his hand stabbed forward, and the hastily erected wooden fence was easily lifted by Zhao Junsheng, and a large piece of wooden fence on the left and right also fell down.

Zhao Junsheng rushed into the flock like a tiger, and every soldier of the Song Army was so frightened that he was at a loss.

"Ah—" Some of the other soldiers of the Song Army who came to their senses came back to their senses and shouted, and the soldiers of the Song Army on the main Song Army's position were in a mess.

At this moment, a large number of dry army cavalry rushed to the Song army's position behind Zhao Junsheng.

It is not too easy for a well-trained cavalry to cross a trench that is only two meters wide and a temporary fence fence that is more than one meter high.

A large-scale fight began. A group of soldiers of the Song Army under the leadership of Mao Jianping barely resisted for a while. The dry army cavalry only made two rounds of sprints, one from the front and one from the flank, and lost their protection in an instant. The Song Bing army broke up.

The soldiers of the Song army who were in a mess were beheaded by the cavalry of the Qian army like lambs, and fell to the ground powerlessly one by one.

In the blocking force of 1000 people, more than 300 people were killed, and more than [-] people surrendered and were captured during the escape.

By the time the chasing cavalry escorted the captives back to gather one after another, the sky had already darkened.

Zhao Junsheng looked at the sky and said: "The sky has already darkened. If you want to pursue again, you may be ambushed by Liu Song's army. This Li Dan will seize the opportunity and use the price of 1000 people to stop our army until dark." , so that he can take the opportunity to escape overnight!"

Li Bao put away his big axe and beat his horse, came over and asked, "Your Majesty, shall we pursue the horse overnight, or rest on the spot and chase again tomorrow morning?"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Of course it is to rest on the spot, do you really want to pursue overnight? If Li Dan leads his troops to ambush somewhere, wouldn't you be setting up a trap by pursuing overnight?"

"Uh... yes, Your Majesty is wise!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Send down the order, arrange security and patrol, and use the original defense facilities of this position to set up camp on the spot. Rest here tonight and set off early tomorrow morning to continue the pursuit!"

"As ordered!"

On the high ground where Chen Xian was stationed, the sky also darkened at this time.

A general climbed up to the watchtower and sat beside Chen Xian and said in a low voice: "Join the army, the brothers have finished their dry food, tell me what we are going to do tonight!"

Chen Xian swallowed the last mouthful of dry food, picked up the water bag and took a sip of water. With the dry food in his stomach, Chen Xian felt that his hunger gradually disappeared. He clapped his hands and stood up and said: "The order will go on, except for the necessary sentry posts, everyone Give me the account and sleep!"

"Ah...this..." Zhu Jiang was dumbfounded.

Chen Xian waved his hand: "Ah, what? Carry out the order!"

Building will straighten his body: "No!"

After nearly half an hour, the Qianjun camp in the distance on the high ground was still brightly lit.

The observation post's report every half an hour was sent to Chief Cao Ming on time.

"Commander, the Song army on the high ground seems to have fallen asleep, even the sentry posts seem to be dozing off, and the entire Song army camp seems very quiet!"

The report of the observation post made the commander-in-chief Cao Ming fall into contemplation. Cao Ming is not a general with outstanding talents, otherwise he would not be in the position of commander-in-chief until he was in his 40s. But he has one advantage that is not an advantage, that is, Follow the rules and don't take risks easily.

The task Yang Lie gave him was to bring this thousand cavalry to contain Chen Xian's two thousand infantrymen of the Song army, "Remember, it's containment. As long as Chen Xian's 2000 men don't pose a threat to the main force, don't provoke him easily! "

When Yang Lie left, he said that what he said made Cao Ming very puzzled at first. If there is a chance to annihilate Chen Xian's troops, why should he remain indifferent and watch the opportunity slip away?

Although he was puzzled, Cao Ming still decided to carry out the tasks Yang Lie gave him. He did not seek meritorious deeds, but he did not seek faults. This is Cao Ming's principle of dealing with affairs. Dealing with Chen Xian is just right.

A general next to him said to Cao Ming: "Chief Commander, it seems that the Song army is exhausted. They fell asleep so early. The last general suggested that it is better to wait until midnight to attack the camp and annihilate the two thousand Song troops in one fell swoop. With this credit , the road to promotion of the commander will become smooth!"

Cao Ming asked back: "How can you know that this is not Chen Xian's trick to lure the enemy?"

"Ah, this..." Building General really didn't expect this, and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

Cao Ming thought for a while and ordered: "Decree, all the lights of the whole battalion are turned off, and double the number of secret sentries in the observation area to monitor the Song army. If the enemy sends scouts to infiltrate, kill them immediately! If the enemy troops attack on a large scale , warn immediately!"

"Then...after the lights of the entire camp are turned off, should the soldiers go to sleep, or stay put and wait for orders?"

Cao Ming thought for a while and ordered: "Tell my brothers, don't take off your armor, don't take off your horse's saddle, and don't let go of your weapons. Except for the officials on duty, everyone can sleep peacefully in the middle of the night. Even if Song Jun wants to do something, I would never dare to do anything in the first half of the night, let the soldiers sleep peacefully, and wait until the second half of the night to see the situation!"

"promise!"