Jerod Light said: "Ridiculous. Sun Tzu's Art of War has clouds: ten rules around it. Five to attack. Doubling is fighting. The enemy can be divided. Less is the best to keep it. If not, you can avoid it. Our army is now exactly twice as large as the enemy. It is fair to fight with one of them. The city of Yanjing City is strong. and an army of 100,000 men. As long as we can contain Duan Mingyu here. Yanjing City will be fine. And we're not going to go all out in a fight. First send a few Han generals to test the temptation. Hit a dozen. Hehe. I'm not going to fight him with all my might. At that time, he can rectify it so that he can't survive or die. Hum. As for what you said. If you take a detour directly to Yanjing City. If Duan Mingyu returned to the teacher to make dumplings. That's the inevitable war."

"Brother Huang. We're 500,000 people. Forgive him for not being able to beat us." Yelu Li Hu touched his nose and said.

"You know the. Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case. If you are wrapped in dumplings under Yanjing City. We don't have any food or grass. You can only fight with it. It's okay to win. If you lose. That's it. I never have a chance to fight with my big brother anymore. Third brother. You're going to have to go through a lot of training." Jerod's light and earnest words.

Yelu Li Hu couldn't cry or laugh. Helplessly explained: "Second brother. Have you forgotten that we still have an army of 100,000 in Yanjing City? I don't know who will make whose dumplings then."

Duan Mingyu didn't expect it. Yelu Lihu's bold plan almost drove him into danger. But then it's really you who surround me. I've surrounded you. Layer after layer. It was an ancient version of the "Battle of Huaihai", and the battle became even more confusing.

But Jerod apparently didn't accept his advice." Not. Not. It's not ......"

Jerod shook his head like a drum. He smiled triumphantly: "Duan Mingyu poured his nest to save Qi County. I'm afraid that's exactly what I want to do. Hey. He wants to fight and succeed. How could this prince fall for his tricks? The way of using soldiers. It is to make the enemy unfathomable. Clever and clever. How can you let him lead him by the nose? Since he can be dragged to death. Then why gamble with the life of my Khitan boy."

Yelu Li Hu listened. I also feel justified. I didn't insist on my opinion anymore.

Jerod glanced at the generals. Dao." Ben Shuai has made up his mind. Immediate troops. Bing Trapped Qi County. The three armies are pulled. Slowly."

The generals listened to it, but they didn't dare to say anything more. Jerod was in high spirits. Immediately ordered all the armies to march towards Qi County. 500,000 troops. Just command and dispatch. A battalion of battalions was pulled out. It took a whole day. The army is gone. After the tail is missing. Leave the camp. Straight to Qi County.

Three days later. The Khitan side has reorganized its troops and horses, and prepared food and wages. Re-stocked winter clothes. Although it is still a little early to prepare winter clothes at the moment. But it is enough to prove the long-term combat capability of the Khitan . The fierce morale of the Khitan soldiers has been fully mobilized. The whole army is unified in command. Disciplined. The fighting style is also completely new.

Jerod was full of confidence. The Khitan banner fluttered in the north wind, which was already chilly. The second prince of Khitan, Yelu Deguang, swore to the three armies. threatened to spend half a year besieging Qi County. But he can't surround Qi County after all. Because the back road of Duan Mingyu's army is Yanjing City. Supplies are worry-free for a while. Jerod Light will not block his rear supply lines with a large army. Because once the supply line is blocked. Then it's the real Armageddon. His real purpose was to delay the decisive battle. Delay one more day. The higher their win rate. If it drags on in the harsh winter, they will surely win.

Saying that, Duan Mingyu was secretly scheming in his heart. A Qi county. A hundred thousand people can keep it properly. To maximize the damage to the enemy. You can't just defend the city. Then the enemy army can advance and retreat freely. Come when you want to fight. When you're tired, just go back. Then you won't get the expected effect. So Duan Mingyu was ready to send some people to take the initiative. This team can't be too few. And the mobility should be strong. It can't be easily eaten by the Khitan army. It is also necessary to give full play to the advantages of guerrilla warfare. So this army has to be cavalry. And the cavalry was also quite inadequate in defending the city. Can't help much. So Duan Mingyu decided to send a cavalry out of the city to attack and harass. And speaking of cavalry . He only had two armies at his disposal. One is the light cavalry and heavy cavalry to which the Shence Army belongs. One is the 100,000 cavalry of Li Cunqiao in Hedong. The reason why the Hedong army was able to repeatedly repel the Khitan invasion in the late Tang Dynasty. It's because they have a cavalry that can rival the Khitan. And this mission needs a character who can take charge on his own. And Li Cunqiao is undoubtedly the best candidate. But the 100,000-man goal is too big. So Duan Mingyu only let Li Cunqiao take out 30,000 cavalry. Li Cunxiao also fought with him.

Following. Li Cunqiao and Li Cunxiao led 30,000 Hedong cavalry quietly out of the county seat of Qixian.

And Yelu Deguang also began to prepare to attack Qi County. Since there will be no decisive battle. Yelu Deguang didn't want the Khitans to pay for meaningless casualties. Therefore, the main attacker is the Han general.

The main attack on the first day was held by the Han general Guo Sheng. Guo Sheng's sister is the concubine of Liu Rengong, the king of Yan. So the troops in the hands are tens of thousands. Enough to deter one side. Later, Liu Rengong was chased by Li Cunxiao for dozens of miles and died. Guo Sheng saw that the Khitan was in full swing, so he surrendered to the Khitan. Now Guo Sheng has taken on the task of the main attack. It's essential to come to the Ordnance Department. Check the readiness of siege equipment. He has a big man under his account. Everyone respectfully called "Master Yang". I heard Master Yang shouting at the apprentices." The city walls of Qi County are low and heavy. Such a wall is not only easy to erect all kinds of heavy weapons. And it is difficult to break through by the enemy's siege artillery. Meantime. Wide and low city walls. More fortifications can be built on it. Deploy more firepower. Just extend a triangular bastion on such a wall. Cross-fire can block all the passages of the castle. However, the traditional tall city walls always have a dead angle for attacking.

If such a transformation is carried out on the traditional city walls. Combined with a moat or moat. Construct a lower outer cliff on the edge of the trench. Build some more civil fortifications on the edge of the cliff. Lay another corridor along the top of the gentle slope. The city defense troops can move quickly from one place to another. Some light cannons can also be erected on the outer cliffs of the moat. to deal with a large number of siege artillery. Do not bring it close.

A large number of enemy siege engines will lose their utility. But they still want to attack the city. And the defenders are still fighting the enemy in well-fortified fortifications. The sacrifice required by the enemy to capture a city will be even greater. To put it simply. This idea changed as the power of siege engines grew. Now the war. The means of defense of a thousand years ago should no longer be resorted to. No matter how tall it is. Also easily destroyed by enemies.