Once the Yulin Right Guard is mobilized, its speed of action is amazing. Half an hour later, the folded tent had been unloaded and loaded onto a modified wagon.

Yang Lie took the lead, led the forward battalion, and galloped at the forefront of the whole army.

Because the decisive battle was imminent, Li Zhongyi arranged the peony and Caijiao into Puzhou City, and fifty Chinese soldiers were responsible for protecting them.

As for the bamboo girl, who has been practicing martial arts all the year round and is skilled in bow horses, she continues to stay by Li Zhongyi's side and is responsible for personal protection and service.

The marching echelon of the entire army was that the elite sentinels of the pioneer battalion were in front, and Li Zhongyi led the Chinese army and the main force of the army to press the formation in the rear.

The party cavalry under quite Chaoyong left Li Zhongyi at his side, and it could be used as a strategic reserve anytime and anywhere.

Li Zhongyi sat on his special carriage, quite super brave and kneeling opposite him, listening respectfully to the instructions.

Zhu Niang served tea, quite a super brave bow, respectfully saluted and said, "Thank you Mrs. Zhu." ”

Li Zhongyi was secretly funny, this was quite brave to stay in the capital for only a few years, but he learned some of the etiquette of the Han people, and he was similar but not godlike.

"Everything that was sent to you is equipped, right?" Li Zhongyi attached great importance to the preparation of the party's cavalry, and some of the new weapons produced by the three divisions had to be mastered.

He replied respectfully, "According to your instructions, the brothers have learned!" Although I dare not say that it is very familiar, it is basically used without any problems. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded and said, "When fighting in close combat, these gadgets will play a good role in killing enemies. ”

Quite Chaoyong nodded frequently. whispered: "The little one didn't believe it at first, but after the field verification." Only then did I realize that I had this sharp weapon in my hand. Even in the face of twice as many Khitan leather room troops, we will not have no room to fight back. ”

The cavalry is different from the infantry army, the infantry army pays attention to array and discipline, and the most important advantage of the cavalry is the huge impact force.

However, Li Zhongyi's previous tactics had always been to use the strict order of the infantry army to counter the casualness of the cavalry. Especially after defeating the Shan army, Li Zhongyi was very interested in riding on foot. It added three points of confidence.

"You know what? Actually, I was most worried about whether the cavalry would be able to hold back some of Jerushuge's men. Li Zhongyi picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then said, "Now, Brother Yelu Xiu and we are in the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, but we are fighting on the inside line, and Brother Yelu Xiu is fighting on the outside line. ”

Quite Chaoyong and other senior generals. In addition to teaching them how to read maps and sand tables, more importantly, they explained the basic common sense of war.

So. For internal or external operations, quite Chaoyong still understands very well.

Because Li Zhongyi has never grasped the military and political power of the Great Zhou. This time, after Xiongzhou and Bazhou were broken by the Khitans. There was a strategic situation that was extremely unfavorable to the Great Zhou: the portal was opened, and the enemy drove straight in!

Under the constraints of the Empress Dowager Fu. The total force led by Li Zhongyi was less than half of the Khitans. You must know that Yelu Hugo led the leather room army, the palace branch army and the tribal army to the south, and together, there were at least more than 90,000 people.

However, the elite forbidden army in the capital, counting all together, has at least more than 100,000 people.

That's it, although Li Zhongyi is the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the soldiers and horses in various states and counties along the way are not under his control.

In other words, Li Zhongyi, who was originally fighting on the inside line, was in an absolute inferior state both in terms of troops and command.

The suppression of the military ministers by the civilian official group headed by Fan Zhen has obviously reached the peak level.

One must build on a firm foundation?

In case, Li Zhongyi has a mistake here, and the large army of the Khitans will directly arrive under Kaifeng City, and the Chai family of the Great Zhou will be in danger!

In the Great Zhou, in fact, there were a lot of soldiers, Zhao Kuangyin and Han Tong had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, there were more than 100,000 in Kaifeng City, and Li Zhongyi had nearly 50,000 people on hand.

In addition, the total number of soldiers and horses belonging to various prefectures and counties and feudal towns exceeded 500,000.

It's a pity that after Zhao Kuangyin suffered a defeat, he was suppressed by the heavy army group of Khitan Xijing Road near Shengzhou in the northwest and couldn't move!

Han Tong was also restrained in Jingzhao Mansion by Meng Chang, who had eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, and sent 50,000 Shu troops.

In the entire hinterland of the Great Zhou, except for such a small number of mobile troops at hand by Li Zhongyi, he actually sang the empty city plan.

The state and county soldiers, in fact, their combat effectiveness is not very good, and Li Zhongyi doesn't care too much about them. If the imperial court trusts him and divides half of the forbidden army in Kaifeng City and hands it over to him as commander, he will not face the embarrassing situation of being overstretched when facing Yelu Huge.

Li Zhongyi has always been an optimist, and he will fight whatever kind of capital he has. Although the Khitans had a large number of soldiers, they had a fatal weakness, and their siege power was seriously insufficient.

After breaking Xiongzhou and Bazhou, Yelu Hugo used his military power to deter the state and county soldiers along the way, so that they did not dare to go out of the city to seek death easily.

However, these cities were still in the hands of the Great Zhou, and they were dotted throughout Hebei and Henan.

Although the Khitans could dig grass and valleys in the suburbs to supplement military supplies, the peasants in the suburbs fled, scattered, and went up the mountains, resulting in a very high cost of supply for the Khitans.

Time, this is what Yelu Hugo needs most at present, only by making full use of the weakness of Zhou Junji's poor power and playing the time difference, he can achieve the greatest results.

Otherwise, once the Great Zhou court reacted and gave Li Zhongyi full power to preside over the military administration of the northern land, it is unknown how many of the more than 100,000 Khitan elites brought out by Yelu Xiuge can finally return to the country safely.

Li Zhongyi was already a mature politician and military leader, and he knew Yelu Huge's goal very well.

This master has made moves with each other, in fact, the basic strategic and tactical situation, most of them know each other.

Between Li Zhongyi and Yelu Huge, what determines success or failure is actually mainly accidental factors.

It's ridiculous to say, at this moment, see who has fewer faint tricks. is the decisive factor between Yelu Hugo and Li Zhongyi.

After the march of the great army, it made a hurried march westward. Strive to arrive in Xiangzhou before the evening of the same day. And then. Then from the northwest area of Xiangzhou, go around to the back of the Khitans.

Over the years, Li Zhongyi secretly sent people to map out the military maps of Hebei and the hinterland of Henan, which played a crucial role in today's operations.

In the territory of Xiangzhou, the southeast is all plains. However, if you are not a local hunter, it is absolutely impossible to know. Just near the Sifangyuan in the Taihang Mountains in the northwest of Xiangzhou, there is a small road, walking around the mountain, you can go directly around Shexian in the southwest of Xiangzhou.

Soldiers are dangerous, Yelu Huge is like this, and Li Zhongyi is the same. The two of them, one soldier has more soldiers and less time, and they must fight quickly. The other is that there are fewer soldiers and more time. But the political pressure is high.

As long as Yelu Hugo appeared on the north bank of the Yellow River, Li Zhongyi, as the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army, would definitely be drowned by the saliva of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the city.

But. Even so, Li Zhongyi still thinks that if he leads his army south. went to Jereux to fight a decisive battle, but not only could he not win. Instead, he is likely to become a sinner for the ages.

Jerehugo led more than 10,000 men and traveled south. It's a clear plan to kill two birds with one stone. To put it bluntly, as long as Yelu Hugo adopts the guerrilla tactic of changing places with one shot, the right guard of Yulin under Li Zhongyi, no matter how strong his feet are, will not be able to seize the opportunity of a decisive battle.

Therefore, after Li Zhongyi figured out the form of the battlefield, he was willing to risk the disapproval of the world, simply ignored the safety of Kaifeng City, crossed the Taihang Mountain, and went straight to the back of the main army of the Khitans.

In the carriage, after learning of Li Zhongyi's overall plan, quite Chaoyong couldn't help but shout excitedly: "Master, if you take advantage of the weakness to defeat the main force of the Khitans in one fell swoop, this credit is simply too great." ”

Knowing that quite Chaoyong was suspected of being a sycophant, Li Zhongyi didn't want to ruin his interest, smiled faintly, and said: "Brother Yelu Xiu never dreamed that I would dare to do the right thing in the world." ”

Quite Chaoyong suddenly puffed up his chest and said loudly: "Master, where do you mean, even if the small one is broken, he will be beaten." ”

Li Zhongyi has always heard of his loyalty to his subordinates. You must know that the so-called loyalty is by no means a fixed state.

"The responsibility on your shoulders in this assault is unusually heavy. However, you really have a little bit of soldiers and horses on hand. Therefore, after you arrive in Zhaozhou, someone will come to you with my military order. "Li Zhongyi stayed in Kaifeng City, and when he was fighting a lawsuit with Fan Zhen's doorman, he was actually not idle at all in private.

Quite Chaoyong looked at Li Zhongyi with some confusion at first, but suddenly, he shook his head violently and asked Li Zhongyi in a trembling voice: "Could it be that the brothers of the same clan are here?" ”

Li Zhongyi laughed, reached over, and patted him twice on the shoulder of Quite Chaoyong, "Brother Yongzhong, you are worthy of being the leader of the party clan, and the reaction was so fast, I really didn't expect it." ”

At this point, quite Chaoyong has completely figured out why Li Zhongyi, who has always advocated the speed of soldiers, wants to grind in Kaifeng City.

Dare to be affectionate, Li Zhongyi mobilized the Lingzhou army out of the mountain in private, or borrowed the people of the folded family.

In Po Chaoyong's view, the movement of the Lingzhou Army in private is too big, and eighty percent of it is borrowed from the power of the Zhe family.

Although the Zhi family and the Li family are in-laws, after all, the Zhi family is only nominally subordinate to the imperial court, and the head of the northwest army with the Great Zhou as Zhengshuo is not under the jurisdiction of Li Zhongyi.

In these years, it is simply impossible for the feudal towns and military leaders in various places to do something out of the ordinary if they do not use the military strength and territory at hand.

Li Zhongyi looked extremely excited, and he was quite brave, but his heart was mixed.

If it weren't for the fact that it was to fight against the Khitans who had been driving straight in, it would have been completely unnecessary for the Fuzhou family to fold up, and it would have been exposed to the Great Zhou court now.

With Li Zhongyi's understanding of those Ziwenchen bureaucrats, even if he wins this battle, he will be scolded for his ill intentions.

Whatever, in the face of national righteousness, Li Zhongyi can't take care of so much, what should be done must be done.

As for the fact that in the future, if the imperial court wants to liquidate his overstepping and domineering, it can only be a step by step!

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The Black Iron Tower and the big bull, galloping wildly, along the nearest official road. The men of Marshall did not stop, and hurried straight to the side of the camp.

According to the rules of the Pioneer Battalion. As long as the officer leading the team issued a military order to report the interrogation within a limited time, the Black Iron Tower and the Big Bull. It is necessary to rush back at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

The Black Iron Tower and the Big Bull each have three horses, and along the way, they can't stop the horses when they drink water, pee, or even, and the military orders are extremely strict.

Team Zhang is sending the Black Iron Tower and the big bull away. As if he had let go of a matter of his heart, the whole person immediately felt much more relaxed.

With Zhang Teamzheng's knowledge and experience, this area where they are allowed to enter and leave suddenly appeared, and the horse team held by the open flame, obviously, the enemy army wanted to lure them forward to send them to death.

To be honest, Team Zhang has been in the army for so many years, and he has long been accustomed to seeing life and death.

The general will inevitably die in battle. The crockpot is always broken by the well, and the knife and arrow are not long-sighted, who dares to say that he will not be hit?

Since, after following Li Zhongyi to leave the mountains of Shudi. Team Zhang has participated in countless battles, large and small, and has many arrow wounds and knife wounds left on his body.

During the military career of Yuli Right Guard, Team Zhang never wrote his name. By now, I have understood the Spring and Autumn Period. I have long been freed from the dilemma of illiteracy.

Reading makes people reasonable! The higher Zhang Teamzheng's level of education, the more he felt that Yulin Right Guard was extraordinary. It is completely different from the imperial court and the armies of various feudal towns.

In which army does the promotion of officers require a cultural test? Moreover, officers above the rank of the team must also be proficient in the use of military maps, know the contour line, altitude, and can carry out a complete sand table combat deduction.

The devil is always in the details!

As a matter of fact, the training method adopted by Li Zhongyi is a commonplace method for training reserve officers in the modern military.

That is, every junior commander should be trained according to the requirements of middle and senior officers. This method, which usually seems to require a lot of effort and is very costly.

However, once it was necessary to expand the armament of the war, any officer of the lowest rank in the Yulin Right Guard Army could assume the heavy responsibility of the team leader, or even the command level.

How to say it, Li Zhongyi doesn't look quiet on the surface, in fact, he is secretly playing a political game of duck paddling.

The quality of the officer corps determines the combat effectiveness of the entire army, whether it is the Roman Empire, the Great Qin Empire, or the German army under the command of the Junker aristocracy during World War I.

The messenger is already on the way, and unless both the Black Iron Tower and Da Niu are killed, otherwise, the news of the Khitan people's appearance in Xiangzhou will definitely be passed on to Li Dashuai's desk.

Zhang Teamzheng, who has solved his worries, is actually more calm than before to deal with the situation in front of him.

Li Dashuai often said that the strong man horse leather shroud is also a real hero!

From a poor hunter with no pants to wear, to a sentinel team of the pioneer battalion under Li Dashuai, Team Zhang is already very content!

If there is no Li Dashuai, how can Team Zhang have today?

The death of a confidant may be an empty word for others, but it represents the voice of Zhang Teamzheng!

Over the years, as long as the family members of the war died in the war, they have been well cared for: not only is there a continuous supply of oil, rice and vegetables every month, but also orphans, both men and women, can enter the Martyrs' School to study and study.

The mountain chief of the Loyal Martyrs Academy is none other than the supreme commander of the Li family's army, Li Zhongyi himself!

Just when the convoy on the official road was about to disappear in front of them, Team Zhang was making a very bold decision: continue to search and advance westward.

However, there is a prerequisite for continuing west, first go around to the south, and then turn around and head north.

There was no basis, but there was a faint intuition that told Zhang that the Khitans were not far away, and it was likely that their traces had been discovered.

"Sanwa, you are from Hebei, right?" Team Zhang turned his head and whispered to his close comrade-in-arms who was lying in the grass beside him, Liu San.

In these years, because the elders are generally illiterate, most of the children of these poor families are ranked according to the order of birth.

Before Team Zhang became an officer, he actually had a very rustic name, Zhang Xiaoyi.

In the entire Great Zhou country, there are not 100,000 Zhang Xiaoyi, but at least 80,000, and Zhang Teamzheng's name is really ordinary.

Later, when Team Zhang was participating in a cultural study class, Li Zhongyi personally gave him a well-known name, Zhang Zhenshan.

Shaking the mountain, taking the meaning of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger!

Team Zhang likes this name very much, especially because this is a big name given by Li Zhongyi himself, which is very precious!

Liu San didn't notice that Team Zhang was a little distracted. He replied in a whisper, "Yes, I'm from Cizhou." ”

"Three babies. If the Khitans had already discovered us, they didn't do it right away. Why is that? Zhang Zhenshan stared at Liu San with blazing eyes.

Liu San didn't think much about it, and blurted out: "I'm afraid you don't want to alarm us, right?" ”

Zhang Zhenshan nodded, fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he just wanted to say something, but he heard the thunder like a mountain torrent in the distance.

Zhang Zhenshan's face changed dramatically immediately, he has been in the army for many years, and he has experience as a sentry detective. As soon as he heard such a loud movement, he knew that it was the sound of a large group of cavalry galloping.

"Throw away everything except weapons and food and water." Zhang Zhenshan thought for a moment, and immediately gave the order to retreat, "Get on the horse, let's run north." ”

In a few breaths, Zhang Zhenshan's subordinates had already thrown away their burdens and turned over on their horses. Following behind Zhang Zhenshan, he turned around and galloped towards the north.

Soon, behind Zhang Zhenshan and them, smoke and dust billowed out. Judging from the sound of the horn, it must be that the Khitans did not want to let them go, and sent people to chase them down.

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Opposite Li Zhongyi. Sitting was the respectful Han Kuangsi, who lowered his head. Listen to Lee Sang-ko's instructions.

Li Zhongyi held a few pieces of letter paper handed by Li Yunxiao in his hand, and it was written on the paper. The whole process of Han Kuangsi's persecution of Yelu bottle.

Yelu Bottle, who was originally one of the most noble women in the Khitan, faced Han Kuangsi, who was like a mad lion, but only had the ability to parry, and had no power to fight back.

Although Yelu was afraid that Han Kuangsi would pounce on her and tear her dress, he did not give in after all.

However, through the complete records torn by the two sides, Li Zhongyi still found a very useful clue from this report.

Yelu Hugo likes to use regular soldiers, set up a big frame, and then surprise the troops to sneak attack, often in one fell swoop!

When a pattern of behavior is formed into a habit, it will inevitably penetrate deep into the bone marrow.

This time was the same, so when Yelu Hugo wanted to lure Li Zhongyi south, Li Zhongyi targeted the main army of the Khitans.

With rich experience in fighting with the subordinate Shan army and the local Khitan army, Li Zhongyi is the most important minister in the entire Great Zhou decision-making circle who knows the national attributes of the Khitan people.

Under normal circumstances, the Khitans are better at fighting tailwind battles, and in the phase of stalemate, they are also more courageous.

The problem is that, except for the most elite leather room army and the subordinate Shan army, the Khitan army generally has no military pay. The income from the war has become their only source of sudden wealth.

No constant production, no perseverance!

Therefore, the military discipline of the Khitans is generally very poor, and when they can take advantage, they all rush to be the first.

Once, when the battle situation is unfavorable, or when there is a serious disproportion between losses and income, the Khitan tribal army will give priority to retreat in order to preserve the strength of their tribe.

This time, Yelu Hugo went south, and it was impossible for the Khitan Emperor to hand over all the leather room army of the treasure of the town to him.

In this way, Yelu Huge's most elite, most disciplined, and most combat-effective leather room army, in fact, is roughly not much different from the Yulin right guard and the party cavalry under Li Zhongyi.

To Yeluxiu's surprise, Li Zhongyi actually didn't care so much, and the pressure from the imperial court came from it.

The enemy has already entered the house, and the court does not want to resist the invaders with all its might, but instead restricts the generals who lead the troops, and such a court has lost the value of respect.

Li Zhongyi is a professional politician, he naturally has greed and a dark side, but he always has an insistence in his heart, that is, national righteousness!

From the perspective of modern people, to analyze historical figures, in fact, is very absurd! , values, are completely different, how can you copy them rigidly?

However, no matter what historians think, Li Zhongyi believes that the most important aspects in evaluating the merits of a dynasty are two aspects: resisting foreign aggression and living and working in peace and contentment.

When the enemy enters the house, it is obvious that he cannot continue to live and work in peace, so he can only pick up the kitchen knife and fight with the enemy!

Due to the containment of Empress Dowager Fu and Fan Zhen, Li Zhongyi was unable to obtain enough power and materials for a long time, so that the situation in the hinterland of the Central Plains is now eroded.

Li Zhongyi fell into deep self-blame, but he did not regret the decision he made at the beginning.

If Li Zhongyi is not fully prepared, resulting in defeat and loss of power, with the political skills of Empress Dowager Fu and Fan Qian, he will definitely not be able to play the sinister Zhao family brothers.

As the saying goes, a long pain is better than a short one!

If he wanted to completely change the tragic fate of the weak Song Dynasty, Li Zhongyi thought that no one could do it except him.

This so-called, critical moment, shoulders the historical mission!

In view of this, Li Zhongyi is no longer willing to give up his responsibilities for the sake of the court that is vying for power and profit!

So, when Li Zhongyi was still in Kaifeng, his handwritten letters had been sent to Guo Huai in Lingzhou and Zhecongruan in Fuzhou respectively.

In the face of national righteousness, Li Zhongyi felt that it was time to show his sword!

As long as he can defeat the Khitan army, Li Zhongyi can completely take advantage of the heyday of military might, suppress the ministers, and achieve the goal of mastering the government.

Since the late Tang Dynasty, the Khitans who have been able to defeat the powerful Khitans head-on, except for Chai Rong and Li Zhongyi, there is really no third person!

In the late Northern Song Dynasty, even though the Khitans were beaten by the Jurchens and lost their armor, they still easily defeated the main force of the Song army attacking Youzhou, killing rivers of blood and corpses all over the field.

This defeat just exposed the weak nature of Zhao Song's military strength, allowing the Jurchens to have a full view.

As a result, the Jurchens who destroyed the Khitan Kingdom, before the blood stains on the blade were dry, they rushed to the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains, and finally caused the tragedy of the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The remaining veins of Taihang Mountain, from the territory of Hedong, continue to Henan. The Zhejia army, which was familiar with the terrain, was driving to the foot of the mountain along the mighty road.

With Li Zhongyi's handwritten letter, he rushed back to Fuzhou from Kaifeng and was called to Zhecongruan.

"Da Lang, we can be regarded as bankrupt this time." Zhe Congruan beat Lao Han's leg while looking at Zhe Yukou with a smile.

Zhe Yukou knew very well in his heart that the Zhe family went out to help Li Zhongyi fight the Khitans this time, in fact, it was a fateful choice that decided the future of the Zhe family!

Seeing that Zhe Yukou was just laughing, he didn't make a sound, and couldn't help but raise his hand and point at the tip of his nose, and scolded: "After following that little fox for a long time, you have also learned badly?" ”

Zhi Yukou hurriedly salivated and said: "Everything is expected by the ancestor, grandson is really admired." ”

Zhe Congruan laughed and said, "Although you are talking nonsense, the old man prefers to listen to it." Hmph, what is the idea of Li Zhongyi's bastard, I can hide it from others, but I can't hide it from my old eyes. ”

"Ancestor, in the future, if Li Wuji masters the great government, will he be like the first emperor and try his best to cut the domain?" This question of Fold Yukou has never dared to ask Fold Saihua.

Zhe Congruan narrowed his eyes, sighed softly, and said: "That little fox is unlikely to treat our old Zhe family badly in the short term, but as the days go by, I'm afraid we won't be able to stay in Fuzhou, and I'm afraid it's very likely to change places!" ”

"Ancestor, then you ......" Zhi Yukou felt very strange, since he had calculated clearly from Ruan, why did he risk the taboo of the world and send troops to help Li Zhongyi solve problems?

Zhi Congruan waved his hand and asked Zhi Yukou: "Da Lang, in your opinion, what is the general trend of the world?" ”

Without waiting for Zhi Yukou to answer, Zhi Congruan continued: "Watching the rise and fall of the emperor, the most important thing is vision, followed by giving favors, and then taking advantage of the situation. If we fold the family to win the world, we will definitely cut the domain, rather than let ourselves be very passive, it is better to take the initiative to cooperate, hehe, as long as the big girl gives birth to a male baby, no matter how many grievances our old folded family suffers, it is also worth dripping. (To be continued.) )