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Chapter 397

Seeing a new wave of enemy enemies rushing towards him, Sun Tu immediately shouted: "Let's array!"

At this time, the Qingzhou army under his command also temporarily threw away the despair and uneasiness in his heart, and quickly set up a defensive formation at the entrance of the valley to resist this round of charge. As for the Liao soldiers, they also went up to the high place to serve as a side response under the order of Yelu Xiongge.

Now that things are impossible to retreat, and they don’t want to die, they can only continue to deal with the enemy with the favorable terrain here. Even if the number of enemy troops has more than doubled this time, they can only bite the bullet and continue to hold on.

The captain of the personal soldiers who had dragged Sibuda outside the valley to force his subordinates to retreat were shocked and angry, and shouted wildly at the enemy who was only fifty or sixty steps away: "Don't come here, or I will kill him..." In his opinion, Yelu Sibuda was the Xuanhui envoy of the Southern Court of the Great Liao Dynasty after all, and there were thousands of his subordinates there. Even Xiao Jinde had to have some concerns at this time and dared not let him die here.

But soon, he realized that his idea was completely wrong. Just in the team rushing forward, a killing intention flashed in Xiao Jinde's eyes, and he suddenly shouted: "Ping'er!"

A young man rushing in front of him immediately understood the greeting. He immediately bent his bow and arrow, and shot the two guys who were sticking together with one arrow. At the same time, he shouted and ordered: "Shoot the arrow!"

After seeing him, the leader, all the arrows shot out, Xiao Jinde's personal subordinates did not hesitate to follow the arrows that had been skewed long ago towards the defenders at the entrance of the valley in front, and the two guys standing alone.

Sibuda and the captain of the personal soldiers roared unwillingly and angry: "You dare..." But after only three words, they turned into two screams. The two men were completely blocked in front of them, and in the blink of an eye, they were shot like hedgehogs by these hundreds of arrows, and their death was extremely tragic.

However, although the soldiers in the valley behind them were also damaged, they were blocked by shields. Coupled with the impact of the heavy rain, they were not disrupted by this round of arrows. However, at this time the enemy had rushed to the front, and the sharp scimitar was already raised high in the dim sky.

"Kill!" The spearmen shouted loudly, and the spear in their hands soared into the air like an angry dragon. They stabbed the enemy's mount in front of them with all their strength, killing the war horses Herrolun a bitter neighing, and then knocked down many cavalry. The swordsmen who had already prepared had no choice but to order, quickly used their swords to harvest the lives of the enemy who had fallen to the ground and struggled hard to get up.

High above both sides, the Liao soldiers and archers shot all the remaining arrows at the enemy below like they were not worth money. Cavalry kept falling from being caught. In addition, the defenders cooperated with the killings, Gukou actually stocked up hundreds of corpses in just a short moment.

However, the price paid by the Song army who were guarding the valley entrance was extremely tragic. Their troops were too weak after all. In addition, they were hungry for a day and could not survive. Some people were still rushed to the front of the cavalry. The light of the sword flashed, and many soldiers fell down, even revealing a gap.

Fortunately, Sun Tu, who was commanding in the rear, reacted quickly enough. As soon as he found that the defensive army was about to be torn apart by the enemy, he personally brought about twenty remaining people, and together with Wu Songluda and others, he made up for it, and fought a desperate battle with the enemy who had barely rushed into the gap.

At this time, the Song army had already given all their money. Except for the two personal guards who had never left Tong Guan, who had not stepped forward, the others had all been involved in the battle. As for the Liao people, it was almost the same, with only two or three personal soldiers still guarding Yelu Xiongge, and the others also rushed forward.

The two senior officials of the Song and Liao countries who were almost commanding the bare hands were also pale at this time and their bodies were trembling slightly. However, they still stood straight behind the army without any intention of retreating. Their troops were fighting to protect them, so they naturally could only hold on to the end.

Fortunately, the two sides have completely strangled into a ball, and the heavy rain has kept falling, making the surrounding air completely wet, making the bowstring soft and difficult to use. Finally, there is no need to worry that they will be injured by cold arrows, otherwise they will be afraid that the two main generals will have been shot and killed long ago in this melee.

Tong Guan, who was not interested in coming forward, suddenly spoke: "Why did he order the killing of Sibuda without hesitation?"

Yelu Xiongge chuckled: "Is this still necessary to ask? Of course, it is to take over the power of Nanjing after getting rid of me. Xiao Jinde has been waiting for this day for too long, so how could he take such benefits to Sibuda, a fool? Sibuda actually thought of working with him, that is to seek death with the tiger!"

Yelu Xiongge knew Xiao Jinde's methods and ambitions too well. It would be fine if he had always had an advantage, otherwise this guy would have taken action. As for Sibuda, who was brave but not a resourceful person, he was no match for Xiao Jinde.

Obviously, Xiao Jinde was so late this time that he wanted to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. He planned to wait until Sibuda and Xiong fight, both sides were injured and then clean up the mess himself. Of course, his plan was impossible to achieve in Yelu Xiongge's opinion, because there was Yelu Dashi in Nanjing, and that terrible person who even Xiongge thought he was much inferior!

Moreover, the war in front of him was indeed beyond Xiao Jinde's judgment and expectations-

The heavy rain fell, and it quickly merged into streams on the ground, but these streams had already turned red. At this time, the defenders in the valley were already making their last struggle. Everyone gritted their teeth and tried their best to slash the weapons at the enemy that was constantly leaning forward. Even if they would die, they would have to make the enemy pay a greater price.

After finally fighting to the end, Xiao Jinde was a little disappointed and regretful after hesitating for a while. After a little hesitation, he chose to withdraw his troops temporarily.

Even he could not bear the large number of casualties of these true confidants. He still needed these people to help him suppress everything after returning to Nanjing. Also, Sibuda's subordinates stood there silently, without any action, and no one knew what they would think.

Xiao Jinde just now, someone shot their chief general in person. Even though it seemed out of helplessness, Yelu Sibuda died because of him, but it was a fact that this would naturally arouse dissatisfaction among those people.

What's more, Yelu Xiongge and the Song people have long been in a trap. Even if there is actually a way out behind them, it will be useless. Why should I be in a hurry? After thinking through all this, Xiao Jinde decisively issued an order to retreat.

As a slight sound of horns sounded from the rear, the Liao soldiers, who had already retreated, slowly retreated after a little entanglement. The defenders in front of them did not dare or were unable to pursue them anymore, and could only watch the enemy retreat.

The war came to an end again. The entrance of the valley was not broken, but hundreds of corpses were left behind in front of the valley. More than 200 of them were the attacking side, and the defenders also lost more than 100. At this time, less than 80 people were left in the Song army, which was close to 200, could continue to stand there, and the others had fallen.

Sun Tu and the others were even more bloody, and they didn't know where they were flowing out of themselves or where the blood from the enemy was splattered. At this time, they were poured by heavy rain and formed red streams under their feet. Everyone was bent over there and panting heavily. Even the three masters like them felt exhausted...

Such a battle between the two armies is unusual than an ordinary fight. Personal martial arts do not play much role in such a chaotic fight. They can only cooperate with the robes around them to have the opportunity to kill the enemy and protect themselves. So even for them, this battle was extremely hard, even painful.

Until it was confirmed that the Liao army had indeed retreated, many people finally relaxed, and then sat on the ground. It seemed that they had no power to fight again. Only Sun Tu still forced himself to turn back to the back, looking at Tong Guan and Yelu Xiongge: "Tong Shuai, King Xiongge, now the situation is in critical condition, I may not be able to defend it. Even if they no longer attack tonight, tomorrow, once the enemy recovers and maintains sufficient energy, we may never be able to defend it!"

Tong Guan and Yelu Xiongge also looked heavy and nodded together: "Yes, what else can we do now?"

When he heard this, not only them, but also the soldiers around him, both Liao and Song, all their eyes were on Sun Tu and waiting for him to give him a countermeasure.

Before he knew it, Sun Tu almost became the backbone of the Song and Liao coalition forces. Because his previous performance was too impressive, from leading the army to defending the valley entrance at the beginning to later the surprise troops rushing to capturing Sibuda. If Xiao Jinde hadn't suddenly led his troops to come, they would have left safely and walked on the way back to Nanjing.

These performances have won the respect and trust of almost everyone. At this time, they are all waiting for Sun Tu to come up with another way that can make everyone escape.

"It is impossible to defend, and retreat is even more deadly. The only way is to break through and catch them off guard." Sun Tu's eyes flashed and loudly gave his thoughts, but Tong Guan and the others were stunned - is there any essential difference between quitting the valley and breaking through?

They all give up the easy-to-defense and difficult-to-attack terrain here to face the threat of ten times the enemy. It might be safer to retreat than to retreat.

But Sun Tu said loudly: "Although there is no difference between retreating and breaking through, it is completely different from the morale of our army. Backing back means running away. At that time, our army's morale has long been disintegrated. Once we are caught up, we may not even be able to resist. But breaking through is different. That is to fight with them. If we can muster up the last bit of courage, we may be able to fight a bloody path!"

Hearing this, the soldiers present were stunned for a moment, but soon, Song Jun shouted: "We are willing to follow the Dujian and kill you again!"

Then, even the Liao army shouted: "Don't retreat, kill!"
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