Chapter 307 I Can Fight Back
Although there was no one else in the tent at the time, Yelu Yudu still watched cautiously until he was sure that everything was correct. He responded softly, "This is not a small matter. Don't you want your family members in the rear?"

"The Han Chinese have a saying: As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood."

"That's true, but we can't afford to make trouble anymore. Don't you think the current situation is very similar to what Pharmacist Guo did back then? Unfortunately, his rebellion against Liao and return to Song was not the end, so we still have to consider the long term."

"It doesn't matter if it doesn't last long, as long as you can survive. Pharmacist Guo rebelled against Liao and returned to Song, and he gained a lot of benefits. Besides, the world is not settled yet, everything is unknown, who can see the long term? General, think twice."

Although Han Funu's response was well-reasoned, Yelu Yudu remained hesitant.

Although he compared himself with Guo Yaoshi, Guo Yaoshi's starting point was lower than Yelu Yudu's, so whether he rebelled against Liao or Song, he was climbing up step by step.

Yelu Yudu was a general of the Liao Dynasty's foreign relatives. He had been involved in a political struggle and had to rebel when he rebelled against the Liao Dynasty and joined the Jin Dynasty. Although his situation was very serious at this time, it did not mean that he had no hope at all, and this hope lay in the hands of Nianhan.

Xie also completed the military deployment in Yunzhong. Yelu Yudu keenly saw that he intended to suppress him, so he asked Gao Qingyi to return to Beijing under the pretext of returning to report on affairs and report the situation of the Western Route Army to the prime minister, hoping that Nianhan could take timely countermeasures. Even if the other party could not respond positively, at least he would be covered.

After thinking for a while, Yelu Yudu's eyes gradually became firm, and he said, "Let's not talk about this for now, at least now is not the time. Yelu Huaiyi and others are not of the same mind as us. Let's go to Yangqu first to see the situation. Yang Chang has always liked to launch surprise attacks, but this time he didn't make a move halfway. Maybe he will avoid the battle, and then we will just need to confront and consume the energy."

"General, are you too optimistic? With Puchashi's slaves supervising the army, they will definitely urge us to advance. If Yelu Huaiyi and others agree to go to war, how can we avoid fighting and preserve our strength?"

"Well," Yelu Yudu pondered for a moment, and then said, "Can I challenge a general to a battle? No."

"correct."

Han Funu nodded in agreement: "We have suffered losses before. It's ok that Yang Chang is good at fighting, but his subordinates Lu Junyi, Lu Zhishen, and Wu Song are all tough guys. Fighting with a general is just asking for trouble."

"When I encounter these tough guys, I will naturally not send anyone to fight. Yelu Huaiyi and others have been in Yunzhong for a long time, so it's time to let them gain some experience."

"I think it's possible, but Commander Yang is expanding his territory too quickly, and his soldiers may be scattered all over the place. The Yangqu soldiers are so weak that they didn't take the initiative to attack, so they might really send ordinary people to fight. When that happens, the general must fight for his life!"

"Hey, you kid."

Yelu Yudu pointed at Han Funu, a trace of joy dispelling the sad expression on his face.

He wants me to play the horse racing game? Isn't that easy?
The next morning, Yelu Yudu broke camp and marched south to Yangqu in a mighty procession.

At the turn of the Chen and Si periods, 50,000 Liao troops entered the city and lined up three miles north of the city.

Yang Chang has a special skill of long-range shooting, and no one wants to show their head and die, so he deliberately pulls the ball so far away.

While the camps were lining up, Yelu Yudu glanced at the city wall in front of him, and then he looked around and said, "When we attacked Taiyuan, you all participated in it. I don't need to explain how difficult it is to storm the city. Now the siege equipment is not well prepared, so I suggest luring the enemy out of the city. Which general is willing to do so?"

"How to lure the enemy?"

Yelu Yudu was not angry when Puchashi's slave interrupted him. Instead, he patiently explained: "You can send people to insult and challenge them. Most of Yang Chang's subordinates are from humble backgrounds and they should not be able to withstand the provocation. Besides, they just won a victory and their mentality must be impetuous."

"What if provoking them doesn't work? You have to know that we are not fighting independently. If we can't take the city, we will help contain the Eastern Army. Marshal Xieye requires the two armies to work together, but we can't do that."

"Look, General! The city gate is open!"

After hearing the reminder from his general A Ba, Yelu Yudu immediately left the slave of Puchashi aside and shouted to his men: "Pay attention, prepare for battle!"

"Ok?"

Pucha Shi Jianu watched and saw that the gate of Yangqu was opened and the drawbridge was lowered. The soldiers in the city rushed into the sea like fish, and then lined up in the open space outside the city.

"See? They don't even need to challenge us. They just go head-on with us."

"This is good for us. We will voluntarily abandon the city and go out to search. It depends on how many soldiers Yang Chang can mobilize. He has just occupied so many places, and he has to station troops in almost every state. I don't believe he can mobilize 50,000!"

"What if Yangqu has 50,000 soldiers?"

"There are really 50,000? Then we can't let them all go!"

Yelu Yudu responded with a resounding voice, then called his general Aba and instructed him: "You have good eyesight, go forward one mile and keep a close eye on the city. When you count 10,000 enemies, immediately wave your hand to signal them, and make sure they never come back!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Ah Ba rode away on his horse.

Seeing this, Puchashi's slave reminded him, "Don't blame me for not reminding you. Yang Chang's army has amazing destructive power. If he were to go out in person, 10,000 men would not be a small matter."

"That can't be helped. If there are too few, we might alert the enemy. If there are too many, we won't be able to defeat them."

"Okay, pretend I didn't say that."

Yelu Yudu ignored what he heard and immediately arranged the attack order of each camp with Yelu Huaiyi, Yelu Tushan and others.

After a while, the general Aba came back on horseback.

"General, the enemy has formed their battle array. There are about three thousand of them!"

"What? Three thousand versus fifty thousand. Is Yang crazy?"

"How many is too many? Three thousand is not a small number. I am willing to lead my troops into battle!"

The man who made the bold statement was named Yelu Tushan, a descendant of the Yaonian clan, a prominent family of the Liao Dynasty.

Before Emperor Tianzuo was captured, he led his troops to surrender to Nianhan, and was later granted the title of Shangshu and Northwest Road Recruiting Envoy. Although he was affiliated with the Yunzhong Left Marshal's Office, he was always guarding the northwestern border.

Although Yang Chang was already famous throughout the world, seeing how cautious Yelu Yudu was, Yelu Tushan felt that he was bringing shame to the Liao people, so he couldn't help but volunteer to fight.

Laiyang Qumian was unable to fight, so Yelu Yudu was just waiting for someone to step forward and block the attack.

Just as he was about to agree to Yelu Tushan's request, his general A Ba suddenly added a reminder: "General, from the formation Yang Chang has set up, it seems that he intends to fight in front of the army. If we attack him directly, I am afraid that he will be frightened and return to the city."

"Fighting general? This..."

"Xianfeng just proposed a fight, why is he hesitating now?"

"No, that suits me just fine."

After hearing this, Yelu Yu ordered the entire army to advance. No matter whether Yang Chang was a fighting general or fighting head-on, having more people would always do good.

Yang Chang was not panicked when he saw this, because he was almost invincible in close combat and could cover the troops' retreat at any time.

Before leaving the city, Yang Chang had already decided on the tactics, so when he saw the Liao army coming like a flood, the generals around him were very excited and eager to fight.

"Yang Zhi, you take the lead!"

"I?"

Yang Zhi has surrendered for several months, but he missed the battle to recover and pacify the enemy. Today he wanted to find an opportunity to prove himself, but when he saw Lu Zhishen, Liu Tang and others making so much noise, he did not feel comfortable competing with them. As a result, luck hit him on the head.

"Thank you for your trust, Commander. I will do my best!"

"If you want to thank me, bring back the enemy general's head."

"As ordered!"

Yang Chang gestured for Yang Zhi to step forward, then turned around and comforted the others, "Don't worry, let Yang Zhi stretch his muscles first, you will all have a chance later."

"Let me make it clear first, I'm second!"

"Then I'm third?"

"No, leave some for me."

Lu Zhishen and Lu Junyi volunteered one after another. Liu Tang immediately became anxious after hearing this, thinking that the enemy has been frightened by you, so how could it be my turn?
Just as everyone was scrambling for it, a female voice sounded in their ears, like thunder from the sky.

"Sir, please make a seat for me too."

"With so many enemies, I wonder what you are fighting for? Everyone has a chance. Just follow my instructions."

"Oh" "The enemy is coming soon, let's see what Yang Zhi can do first."

Following Yang Chang's reminder, everyone turned their attention to a few feet away.

Yang Zhi was seen standing in front with his spear in hand, shouting and provoking the enemy, quite like Zhang Fei guarding the Dangyang Bridge.

"I am Yang Zhi, who wants to fight me to the death?"

"Don't you understand?"

"I don't dare to come closer, what are you doing here?"

"No one is fighting? Are you all losers?"

Yelu Yudu had just waved his hand to hold back the battle when Yang Zhi in front of him began to mock him crazily. Yelu Tushan was furious when he heard this and asked angrily, "Who is this Yang Zhi? Is he Yang Chang?"

"No, Yang Chang is not that ugly."

"Since he is not the one, let's kill him first to establish our authority. Please let my general Sang Gun go into battle."

"Yang Chang dared to send him to fight, which shows that he is very capable. You can tell from his face that he is not easy to deal with. You all should take a rest and watch the battle first. Let my people go first. Ah Ba, go and take Yang Zhi's head!"

There is Pucha Shi Jianu supervising the army, and if Yelu Yudu is afraid of fighting, he will criticize him. Yang Zhi is on the battlefield for the first time, and his strength is unknown.

Yelu Yudu was intent on slacking off, so how could he give the opportunity to outsiders? He planned to let his own people take advantage of the weak points first, and then let Yelu Tushan and others take on the hard ones when Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Lu Junyi and even Yang Chang showed up.

Although Aba's martial arts skills were not outstanding, he had followed Yelu Yudu in battles for many years and had been honed in the midst of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Yelu Yudu guessed that Yang Zhi was not weak, otherwise Yang Chang would not have sent him to lead the charge, but he did not think that the gap between the two would be very large. He thought that even if A Ba could not win, he would be able to escape unscathed based on his past experience, so he felt relatively relaxed while watching the battle.

Ah Ba's weapon was also a spear, and he would ride out on horseback as soon as he received the order.

Yang Zhi mocked for a long time, and when he saw someone finally accepted the challenge, he was about to ask the other party's name, but unexpectedly, Ah Ba was very quiet and stabbed him straight in the heart with his spear.

You Khitan thief, are you so eager to die?
Yang Zhi raised his gun to meet the attack, easily resolving A Ba's attack while turning the gun into a stick to launch a sweeping attack.

A Ba originally wanted to attack and defeat the enemy, but he didn't expect Yang Zhi's reaction to be so fast and his combo was so seamless, so he hurriedly withdrew his attack to block.

Although Yang Zhi's sweeping attack was blocked, it also tested A Ba's martial arts.

Something, but not much.

If he had not remembered Yang Chang's advice and tried to let go of the weak ones and fight for a few more rounds, he would have defeated the enemy within three rounds. In the end, he dragged on for ten rounds and pierced Ah Ba's chest with a sudden attack.

"Ah Ba!"

"Ah Ba was almost there just now. I want to kill this green-faced villain!"

"General, the last general invites you to fight!"

Seeing their companions killed by the enemy, generals such as Xie Lao, Da Shi Nu, Gao Folu and Yang Zhi's martial arts performance were not too impressive, all asked Yelu Yudu for a fight.

Yelu Yudu didn't think so. He saw Aba use several killing moves, but Yang Zhi's condition did not decline, just like a lion teasing its prey while fighting a rabbit.

This is a master!
"Shut up!"

Yelu Yudu raised his hand to stop the generals, then turned to Yelu Tushan and said sternly: "Aba's skills are not as good as others, let Sanggun try."

"That's exactly what I meant, Sanggun. It's up to you!"

"Don't worry, I will smash Yang Zhi's head."

"Go."

Sang Gun nodded seriously, picked up the mace and rushed out into the battle, swearing in Khitan as he went.

Yang Zhi looked at the man's body shape and weapons and guessed that he was a powerful general. If his agility was also outstanding, he would be a replica of Thunderbolt, so he was fully prepared to deal with him.

Although Sang Gun had a face full of flesh and was quite capable of swinging a stick and sweeping horizontally, the time between his heavy weapon strikes was too long, thus exposing too many flaws. It was not easy for Yang Zhi to let him go, and he eventually killed him by mistake in the fifth round.

It was this mistake that completely exposed his abilities, and all the Liao army generals were shocked.

"Who else?"

"keep going."

Seeing that no one dared to fight, Yang Chang called out to Yang Zhi and asked him to retreat back to his camp.

Yang Zhi remembered that he must bring back the head, and seeing that the Liao army generals were silent, he dismounted his horse and wanted to take the head back. This move was undoubtedly another provocation.

Xin Etsi, a companion of Sang Gun, saw Yang Zhi chopping off his friend's head in public, so he suddenly spurred his horse and wielded his sword like an arrow without asking the commander for permission.

"Xin'ete!"

"Yang Zhi, be careful!"

Seeing that the situation was not right, Yang Chang shouted a warning and took out his bow to provide cover. Unexpectedly, Lu Zhishen also took the initiative and urged his horse to gallop towards Xin Yete.

Yang Zhi cut off Sang Gun's head and was moving towards the location of A Ba's body. When he heard Yang Chang's reminder, he turned around to confirm, but found that it was too late to mount his horse. He had to raise his short knife and retreat while defending.

In front of the Liao army, Pucha Shi's slave saw Lu Zhishen go out to fight, and continued to urge Yelu Yudu to find someone to support him.

Yelu Yu and his subordinates knew that this big monk was not easy to deal with, but because of the military supervisor, it was difficult to refuse, so they sent the clever Xiao Wu Ge to fight.

Xiao Wu Ge was nervous and deliberately slowed down. When he went out to fight, he saw Xin Yete stabbing and slashing with his sword, attacking the retreating Yang Zhi from a high position, but Yang Zhi dodged both of his swings.

As soon as the third sword was swung, Lu Zhishen arrived.

When Xin Etse saw that Lu Zhishen was coming at him aggressively, he hurriedly abandoned Yang Zhi and put away his sword to block the attack of the Zen stick.

boom!
boom!
Lu Zhishen was impatient and heavy-handed, and the water-grinded Zen staff that fell down from his body was as heavy as Mount Tai. Although Xin E'te blocked it head-on, his body could not withstand the exaggerated force, and even his mount could not withstand it, and he was knocked to the ground with both man and horse.

"Shut up!"

How could Xiao Wuge dare to go up? He hurriedly pulled the reins and wanted to retreat back to the camp, but then an accident happened again.

Hiss
boom!
Just now, Lu Zhishen used too much force, and his own horse fell down with a neigh, and the big monk was also knocked over.

At that time, Brother Xiao Wu was closest to the battlefield. He originally planned to escape, but the situation took a turn for the worse and he unconsciously began to have hallucinations.

Can I fight back?

At this critical moment, someone from behind suddenly added fuel to the fire.

"Be more alert."

"Don't lose face!"

"Well done!"

Brother Xiao Wu urged his horse forward as if possessed by some strange force, but before he could get close, he dropped his knife, covered his face and screamed: "Ah yeah."

A flying stone hit his nose, and blood gushed out instantly.

Almost at the same time, a feather arrow pierced his throat and neck, locking his voice.

"Front row, raise your shields, quick!"

(End of this chapter)