Fools know that with only 60,000 soldiers and horses, it is impossible to wipe out hundreds of thousands of Khitans with armor.

However, now the timing is very good, Yelu Hugo brazenly staged a coup d'état and put the Khitan sleeping emperor under house arrest. On the surface, he was loyal to the Khitan royal family, but in fact, King Xi, who had hidden evil intentions, took advantage of the opportunity of the Khitan royal family to rebel against Yelu Huge and started an incident in Tokyo Road.

Yuguan, which originally only choked the Nanjing Road and Tokyo Road trade routes, was transformed into a bridgehead to intercept Brother Hugh from sending troops to suppress King Xi's rebellion.

To this day, the small Yuguan not only affects the internal strife of the Khitans, but also becomes a military fortress for the Li family's army to march west and east.

Li Jiajun's top and bottom all admired Li Zhongyi's foresight and wisdom.

Clear-eyed people know that today's Li Jiajun is in a period of thriving growth, and Li Zhongyi has not lost a battle since the rise of the Hechi army.

Since the late Tang Dynasty, once upon a time, the soldiers and horses of the Han people dared to march westward alone, and the soldiers surrounded the transit center of the Khitans?

The front account is in full swing discussing the battle plan, but Ye Xiaolan has been idle in the back account, as long as it is a military discussion, Li Zhongyi has always been the last to speak.

Li Zhongyi didn't speak, Ye Xiaolan had to put down the brush in her hand, and looked up at a new maidservant who had been holding a tray and waiting by her side.

This maid's surname is Xue, her name is Xingniang, and she is the eldest daughter of Xue Cheng, the owner of Xuejiazhuang. After Li Jiajun broke the village, this Xue Xingniang was picked out by Ye Xiaolan because she was knowledgeable and gifted, and she was born unusually handsome, planning to let her replace Han Xianglan's position in the future.

The competition between Ye Xiaolan and Han Xianglan is not just because they don't like each other.

Han Xianglan and Ye Xiaolan came out of a famous family in Youzhou together, and they became Li Zhongyi's women almost before and after, and the competitive relationship between them was congenitally doomed, and it could not be resolved unless one party was completely defeated.

The reason is actually very simple, this is an objective law determined by the logic of representative political operation, and Li Zhongyi himself may not have thoroughly understood the mystery at present.

At present, Li Zhongyi is only out of the need for power checks and balances, consciously fueling the flames, so that Ye Xiaolan and Han Xianglan have become a confrontational competitive relationship.

However, what Li Zhongyi didn't think deeply about was that after so many years of secret observation, Ye Xiaolan and Han Xianglan both had great confidence that Li Zhongyi would be able to win the world in the future and even recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun.

It is no exaggeration to say that the two daughters of Ye and Han are even much stronger than Li Zhongyi's own confidence

As the saying goes, autumn is known when a leaf falls, and big things can be seen from small things!

Since Ye Xiaolan and Han Xianglan both think that Li Zhongyi will become a great cause, then whose family will come out to represent the interests of the famous family in Youzhou in the future will be placed in front of the two of them.

Ye Xiaolan's disadvantage is that the Ye family in Youzhou is short-sighted, not only did not assist her in competing for favor in the back house, but actually publicly expelled Ye Xiaolan from the house.

Such a ruthlessness, if it is just to confuse the Khitan people and prevent the Ye family from repeating the mistake of the Han family being wiped out, then it is fine!

But the problem is that the Ye family didn't even send a letter of understanding to Ye Xiaolan in private, and they regarded her as the family's abandoned son and ignored her ever since.

Ye Xiaolan has received a good family education for a long time, and she knows better than anyone that without the backing of the family, in the future, her son will have little hope if he wants to become the heir.

In the same way, the Han family in Youzhou was wiped out, but Han Xianglan at least had a father, Han Kuangsi, nesting by Li Zhongyi's side.

People who don't know the inside story generally think that Han Kuangsi is just a greedy person who is afraid of death, and he is not valued by Li Zhongyi, the general trend has gone, and he can no longer pounce.

However, Ye Xiaolan, who knew the details of the Han family in Youzhou, didn't think so. Since the Han family in Youzhou took refuge in the Khitans, the children of the family have never been out of office, and they have repeatedly occupied the position of high-ranking officials.

Just imagine, Han Kuangsi, a famous man who once cultivated Han Derang and Han Deguang, two young people in Youzhou, could be a wretch with no knowledge and no ability?

Of course, Ye Xiaolan gave birth to a son for Li Zhongyi first, and this alone took the advantage. But this advantage is only temporary. With Han Xianglan's insidious and cunning personality, one day she will regain Li Zhongyi's love, and it is not impossible to have a son.

Based on long-term considerations, Ye Xiaolan has been pondering, how to make Han Xianglan completely fall out of favor? This is indeed a big and fatal problem.

Within a wealthy family, Ye Xiaolan generally understands the means of competing for favor among women. One of the most important means is to take advantage of the characteristics of men who like the new and hate the old, and constantly stuff all kinds of beauties into the man's pillow in order to help her fix her pet.

Of course, there are countless backyard women in history who have used this trick. Among them, there are those who really help to fix their pets, and there are also vicious women who take the opportunity to take advantage of the favor and backhand the old master into the eighteenth layer of hell.

Ye Xiaolan, who has read history books, knows this well, so she is very hesitant. It's a pity that the Ye family treats Ye Xiaolan as an outcast.

Today's Ye Xiaolan can't find a trustworthy person who can talk to her heart and help her own affairs, which is really a pity.

On the front side, Li Zhongyi didn't open his mouth, and Ye Xiaolan lowered her head and took a sip of hot tea. Inadvertently, Ye Xiaolan found that although Xue Xingniang lowered her head and pretended to be very obedient, the slow rise and fall of her chest exposed her scheming, she was probably listening to the movement of the previous account, right?

"Xue Xingniang, kneel in the corner." Ye Xiaolan only felt a tightness in her chest, she thought that Xue Xingniang was an honest person, but she didn't expect that this prodigal hoof was very good at disguise.

One Han Xianglan is enough for Ye Xiaolan to have a headache, and with another woman who is also scheming, Ye Xiaolan should not think about living a good life.

Li Zhongyi, who participated in the military discussion in the front account, naturally knew nothing about the situation in the inner account. At this time, he had been a mute for more than an hour.

In order to continuously create a meeting atmosphere in the venue, Li Zhongyi tried his best to restrain the urge to interject, and only listened and did not speak, which can be regarded as a quite tolerant and cultured lord.

"Mountain Chief, the student thinks that Brother Hugh is likely to have transferred the main Khitan force out of Youzhou a long time ago, and I don't know where it was transferred to. However, I think that Brother Hugh's purpose must be to lure us out of Yuguan and eat us in one bite. ”

Finally it was Liao Shanhe's turn to speak, who would have thought that as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Zhongyi's eyes lit up. This is the most special view Li Zhongyi has heard so far.

If Liao Shanhe really got what he said, then, if you think about Brother Hugh's thoughts from another position, you can obviously come to a conclusion that is completely different from the past: Brother Hugh has long locked Li Jiajun as the number one rival.

The more Li Zhongyi thought about it, the more he felt that Liao Shanhe's view was very reasonable, and the logic he analyzed was definitely what Yelu Xiuge wanted to do the most now.

"It is also possible that Brother Hugh made a mistake in judgment, he didn't expect our army to go west, he sang an empty city plan, and the main force was pinned down by the people of the Khitan royal family, and it is unknown." Ma Guangda always has a different opinion from Liao Shanhe, but he also makes sense.

Li Zhongyi nodded frequently with a smile on his face, not to mention whether Ma Guangda guessed correctly, but when it comes to this wild imagination, he must be greatly praised.

Over the years since he led the troops, Li Zhongyi has deeply felt that in many cases, the formulation of battle plans begins with unbelievable conjectures.

Especially when the weak enemy is strong, many seemingly impossible conjectures often become reality.

Husband war, the temple is the winner, and it has to be counted as a lot!

Since the establishment of the Senate Division, all the generals of the Li Jiajun felt that fighting a war had suddenly become much easier overnight.

The commander-in-chief who leads the troops no longer has to deal with the trivial matters in the army that can never be dealt with, and only needs to concentrate on planning and winning the battle.

Ma Guangda held a thin wooden pole in his hand, drew a circle around the entire Thistle Plain, and said with a radiant expression: "This is an endless plain, and the elite of our army is at least a hundred miles away, if there is an ambush of Brother Hugh's army nearby, there is no possibility that it will not be discovered." ”

Li Zhongyi touched his chin and smiled, Ma Guangda's evaluation of the throat camp was much higher than that of him, the initiator.

"In any case, it is imperative to take Anxi County first." After analyzing a large number of chase, Ma Guangda gave a categorical conclusion.

Liao Shanhe was robbed by Ma Guangda, and he didn't shake his face on the spot, he was very patient and waited for Ma Guangda to summarize his statement, and then slowly raised his hand to speak again.

"What I'm thinking about is that if Brother Hugh masters the law of our elimination of throats, while deliberately luring us to attack Anxi, he will arrange for the main army of Youzhou to outflank Anxi from the periphery one hundred and fifty miles. With the speed of the Khitans' march, one hundred and fifty miles, it only takes three hours to walk quickly. As long as we surround it and cut off our grain routes at the same time, even if our army can finally break through, it will definitely suffer great losses. Liao Shanhe can say whatever he wants, and whether the rationality is sufficient is not a matter for him to think about.

"Personally, I tend to Brother Hugh's misjudgment and want to sing an empty city plan, but we took advantage of it." Song Yunxiang thought about it again and again, and agreed with Liao Shanhe's idea.

"This is a great plain, and the terrain is flat, which is very suitable for cavalry combat." Liu Heyang pointed to Anxi County on the sand table and analyzed, "If I were Brother Hugh, I would definitely deploy heavy troops in this city, but I lied to the outside world that there were only 20,000 soldiers and horses." As long as our army is blocked under the fortified city and dragged on for ten days and a half months, Brother Hugh can calmly transfer the main force from the periphery to outflank our army's rear road. ”

"Of course, it is also possible that Brother Hugh wants to attract the attention of our army with Anxi, and when he defeats the resistance of the Khitan royal family, he will turn around and fight our army." Liu Heyang's final addition, however, partially catered to Ma Guangda's views.

As soon as Li Zhongyi thought of this, he couldn't help but glance at Liu Heyang, who was talking eloquently, among the generals of the whole army, he was the best at being a man.

However, Liu Heyang's analysis is not unreasonable. Thinking about it from another perspective, let Li Zhongyi be in the position of being attacked on both sides of Brother Hugh's side, and he will definitely try his best to solve the strength of one side first, and then concentrate all his strength on the decisive battle with the other side.

How to say it, although Brother Hugh successfully received 270,000 soldiers and horses from Nanjing Dao, it seems that there are a lot of people. However, there are dozens of large and small cities in the sixteen states of Yanyun that need to be defended, which greatly weakens Brother Hugh's mobile combat force.

In addition, according to King Xi, the resistance of the Khitan royal family was dominated by the leather room army, with about 50,000 soldiers and horses.

No matter how powerful Brother Hugh is, if he wants to defeat the elite of the 50,000 leather room army, even if it is a sneak attack, he needs to send at least 30,000 soldiers and horses to avoid a rout.

Of course, Li Zhongyi immediately thought of another hypothesis. In view of the fact that the Great Zhou in the south had no intention of going on a northern expedition at all, Hugh Geda could calmly withdraw the main defenders of each city and lead 50,000 people with a general to contain the internal resistance. At the same time, Hugh Ge himself led an overwhelming majority of troops to the east to fight Li Zhongyi in a decisive battle.

After the generals finished speaking, Yang Lie, who was presiding over the military meeting, turned his head and asked the senators sitting behind: "Senators, what do you think?" ”

For a while, everyone's eyes, including Li Zhongyi, were focused on the senators in the back row, and everyone silently waited for the senators' opinions.

"My Senate has already made up my mind, and after summing it up, there are two views, please allow a certain family to come together for the princes." He Dabei, who also knew the affairs of the Senate, stepped forward, "As we all know, it is not easy to set up an ambush on the Great Plains, but it is not absolutely impossible. For example, the 100,000 army of Han Taizu was surrounded by the Huns in Baishan Mountain. ”

"The Khitans are good at archery and horse shooting, even on the Great Plains, as long as the strength is far more than our army, they can divide the main force into two, one only harassing our army, and not fighting a decisive battle; The other is waiting for our army to be dragged down and exhausted, and then highlighting the surprise soldiers and attacking me together. He Dabei's words were obviously the result of the collective deliberation of the senators, which was not only refreshing, but also had a strong shock, "Don't forget Yelu behind our army, he is a famous Khitan general who is good at intercepting grain." ”

As the saying goes, soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent!

Soldiers, treacherous ways. As long as you can win the war, you can use all kinds of poisonous tricks such as flooding, burning, trapping, poisoning, etc.!

Li Zhongyi and Yang Lie inadvertently looked at each other, and they both saw clues of joy and relief from each other's habitual actions.

The slaves outside the camp were nervously building the camp and defense facilities, and the discussion atmosphere in the Chinese army's tent was becoming more and more enthusiastic.

The military discussion lasted for about an hour, and everyone was arguing endlessly, but they could not reach a consensus.

If this argument continues, when will it be over?

Li Zhongyi simply got up and greeted everyone with a smile: "Adjourn the meeting for the time being, and continue to discuss in a quarter of an hour." ”