Li Zhongyi thought about it carefully, handed over the military situation to Li Yunxiao, and ordered, "Hand it in." With that, he turned around and left, and walked back to the big tent of the Chinese army.

In the vast night, the temporary camp of the entire army was quiet, Li Zhongyi stood in front of the big tent, looking at the northern sky, and fell into deep thought.

The situation changed dramatically, and the Khitans, who were besieging the Daimyo's Mansion, actually took advantage of the night to pull out their camp and retreat to the north.

To chase, or not to chase, this is indeed a big problem, and Li Zhongyi also feels a headache!

The Khitans are a people on horseback, even if they can't defeat the Li family army head-on, it is much easier for them to retreat.

On the contrary, although Li Jiajun captured a lot of war horses, his ability to drive war horses was obviously several grades worse than that of the Khitans.

Soon there was news from the Senate Department, and Song Yunxiang came to Li Zhongyi with the report of the collective discussion of the senators.

Li Zhongyi took the report and didn't read it immediately, he asked Song Yunxiang with a smile: "There are results so quickly?" ”

Song Yunxiang said with a serious expression: "The robes of the Senate Division, the opinions are surprisingly unanimous, including me, I ask you to give an order to bypass the Daimyo Mansion and directly take Xiong and Ba Erzhou. Don't miss the opportunity, come again if you lose it, my spirit is handsome. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded, took a long breath with his back to the sky, and said lightly: "There are some things, it's time to make a break!" ”

The sudden withdrawal of the Khitans has aroused Li Zhongyi's great attention, and there must be cats among them!

Li Zhongyi held the military newspaper in his hand, and led Song Yunxiang back to the big tent of the Senate Department, all the conditions here are very complete, there is no need to toss back and forth to his big tent of the Chinese army.

Song Yunxiang lifted the tent door, and Li Zhongyi stepped into the big tent of the Senate Division, but he saw that the senators were arguing.

The senators didn't notice Li Zhongyi's arrival, and He Tianbei shouted in a loud voice: "If you don't defeat the 40,000 Khitans who withdrew halfway, it is very likely that this situation will occur: when our army attacks Xiongzhou or Bazhou, it will be flanked by the Khitans in front and back, and it will be a big trouble......

Yang Wushuang sneered and said, "How can you have both fish and bear paws? These more than 40,000 Khitan people are a hard bone, not only difficult to bite down, but also inevitably some fish will slip through the net. If our army defeats these 40,000 Khitans halfway, the defenders of Xiongzhou and Bazhou will definitely get the news and strengthen the defense of the city......"

He Dabei raised his voice and said: "Lingshuai once said that in a war, you must calculate the gains and losses, and the oil and water in Xiong and Ba Erzhou are really enough, if you don't take it at this time, you will have no chance in the future." ”

Yang Wushuang snorted sullenly and said: "You can't just stare at that bit of oil and water, if you can't attack Xiong and Ba Erzhou, and you are attacked by more than 40,000 Khitans, our army will be in ......danger."

Li Zhongyi listened quietly for a while, turned his head to look at Song Yunxiang, and laughed softly: "It seems that the quarrel is very intense?" ”

Song Yunxiang understood the meaning of these words, and the atmosphere of heated debate in the Senate Department has always been what Li Zhongyi advocated and liked.

At this time, someone noticed Li Zhongyi's arrival and shouted: "Dashuai is here." ”

"Brush." Everyone turned their heads to look at Li Zhongyi at the door of the tent, no matter how loud the argument was in the Senate, in the end, Li Zhongyi, the commander, had to make the decision.

It is no exaggeration to say that any prudent choice today is equivalent to determining the fate and direction of Li Jiajun's future.

More than 40,000 Khitans ran away, and there was not much time left for Li Zhongyi. In other words, time is very limited, and Li Zhongyi must make the right decision as soon as possible.

Li Zhongyi stood in the middle of the map and issued a military order without hesitation: "I know everyone's opinions, and now, I order: draw up an offensive plan for Xiong and Ba Erzhou." ”

"Whoa!" All the senators of the Senate Department bowed their hands and accepted the military order issued by Li Zhongyi.

The armed forces are not the gatekeepers of the vegetable garden, although there are democratic discussions, there is also centralization and unification.

Now that Li Zhongyi has made up his mind, even if he has different opinions, he must resolutely obey them, this is Li Jiajun's iron law!

After Li Zhongyi issued the military order, the entire Senate Department was like a sophisticated machine, running efficiently.

Fu Yinyin left, Zhu Niang's heart was much more comfortable, she served Li Zhongyi carefully, put on her armor, and changed into combat boots.

"Master, you are about to march more than 800 miles, and the slave family is worried about your body and bones......" Zhu Niang looked at Li Zhongyi with some concern.

Li Zhongyi showed an evil smile, raised his right index finger, hooked it on Zhu Niang's chin, and said softly: "Whether the master's body is good or not, whether it will be a long time or not, don't you know best?" ”

"Scoop." Zhu Niang's face was flushed with shame, she and Li Zhongyi have been husband and wife for a long time, how could she not understand Li Zhongyi's crooked words?

"Haha......" Li Zhongyi laughed happily, Zhu Niang's personality is unusually bold, quite like a folding race flower, but she is ashamed to mention the matter between the beds.

Originally, the army was only temporarily camped and rested, and no tents and other things were set up, so the speed of pulling out was even faster than before.

A quarter of an hour later, the first advance party had already set off on horseback. Since the Khitans numbered more than 40,000 people, far outnumbering Li Jiajun, the Senate temporarily doubled its reconnaissance force on the basis of the original number of sentinels.

Li Zhongyi rode on the back of the "blood killing", silently paying attention to the orderly opening of the army, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.

This is the enormous power of the advanced military system!

The model of the modern army, in addition to the national and national characteristics, emphasizes more organization and discipline than the **** imperial army.

During the imperial period, both training and sending troops to attack relied almost entirely on the personal experience and command ability of the generals of the great army.

To tell the truth, people's energy is always limited, especially when a large corps is fighting, if the commander needs to handle all kinds of military affairs in detail, it is inevitable that there will be omissions.

The Li Jiajun built by Li Zhongyi is fundamentally different, he only needs to judge the situation between the enemy and us based on accurate intelligence, and make correct decisions.

The rest of all kinds of trivial but very important military affairs are all handed over to the Senate to take care of.

Not only was Li Zhongyi, the commander-in-chief, liberated, but also the front-line generals under him, including Yang Lie.

The four functions of operations, senatory, logistical, and supervisory functions were organically integrated by Li Zhongyi in an institutionalized form, and for this era, the military system was at least 1,000 years advanced.

At the same time, the military-political and military order systems were consciously and strictly distinguished by Li Zhongyi very early on.

In layman's terms: Without the military order issued by Li Zhongyi through the Senate Department, even Yang Lie, who is a high-ranking and powerful person, cannot mobilize a single soldier and a half.

In addition, Li Zhongyi personally established the system of pacification officials, performing the duties of the military police and military courts, anyone who violates the military law, in addition to Li Zhongyi's right to ****, must be punished, this so-called military law is ruthless!

This fundamentally reduces the probability of an uncontrollable army leader appearing in the Li family's army. War, like the sword, has always been a double-edged blade, which can both hurt the enemy and attack its master.

In the feudal towns of the late Tang Dynasty, there were often tragedies in the lower ranks, and Li Zhongyi, a latecomer, would definitely learn a lesson.

The army rushed from Zhaozhou to the outside of the Daimyo's Mansion and marched more than 180 miles, which can be described as very hard. Although I rested for more than an hour, it was obvious that I had not recovered from fatigue.

The soldiers of the Li family's army, no matter when they marched, always had enough pancakes in their backpacks to eat for seven days.

From the beginning of the Hechi Township Army to the present, preparing military rations in advance is not only a military law, but also has become a habit of marching and fighting.

Therefore, in other armies, when they still need to wait for the stove to be set up and the dry food to be prepared, the soldiers of the Li family army have already hit the road.

As the vanguard of Liu Heyang's department, he was already on the road, and Li Zhongyi stood on the side of the road on a horse, silently watching the soldiers on the way.

"No blame, we delayed the day." Zhe Congruan quietly appeared at Li Zhongyi's side and gave a faint reminder.

In the thick night, Li Zhongyi didn't look back, he said lightly: "Although there is no fighting, after all, we have been here, and this is enough." ”

Zhi Congruan nodded and said, "Empress Dowager Fu's weight is too heavy, and there are some things that need to be done correctly knowing that there is no oil and water." ”

Li Zhongyi's face showed a pleased smile, he is a human, not a god, no matter what, it is impossible to predict: why did the Khitans suddenly turn around and retreat north?

"War is full of contingencies, and it depends on who makes the least mistakes and has the strongest remedy." Li Zhongyi waved his horsewhip and pointed in the direction of Xiongzhou, regardless of whether he could see his movements clearly from Ruan, "It is impossible for the Khitan people to dream of it, I actually dare to take advantage of the fire." ”

Zhi Congruan sighed heavily, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'm also worried about this." In case, Xiongzhou is not taken, and the Khitans who are several times larger than me are flanked behind, wouldn't it be asking for trouble? ”

Li Zhongyi smiled softly, turned his horse's head, leaned into Ruan's ear, and whispered a word.

Zhi Congruan was shocked when he heard this, and asked Li Zhongyi in a trembling voice: "Is this serious?" ”

Li Zhongyi smiled and explained, "Where do I have the courage to deceive your old man? ”

"Ha ......" Ruan Gang wanted to laugh heartily, and suddenly realized that this was on the way to the march, so he quickly stopped his voice.

Zhu Niang has been serving by Li Zhongyi's side, and she knows much more inside information than she does from Ruan. It's just that when it comes to Li Jiajun's secrets, Zhu Niang never revealed half a word in front of Zhe Congruan.

As Li Zhongyi's woman, even if Zhu Niang was born in a folded family and was deeply gracious, she would never be willing to do stupid things outside the grill.

If a married woman spills out the water and is loyal to her husband, she will have to rely on. As long as the Zhe and Li families have always been allies, Zhu Niang will be satisfied, how dare she do anything?

Li Zhongyi recognized that Fold Congruan was definitely not a fake, and obviously did not know that the Li Jiajun used the magic weapon for siege before, so it can be seen that Zhu Niang and the female soldiers beside her were tight-lipped as a bottle.

The woman next to the pillow and Li Zhongyi are of the same heart, ignoring the interests of the family, which is indescribably gratifying for him.

The Zhi and Li families are indeed allies, but no matter how good the relationship is, it must be different from inside and outside, and it must not lose proportion.

Just when the army was hurrying up, Song Yunxiang sent an urgent military information, Li Zhongyi turned over and dismounted, walked into the dark-shaded account, looked at the military intelligence report clearly, and couldn't help blurting out: "Is this true?" ”

Song Yunxiang arched his hands and said, "It's true." In order to confirm the accuracy of the military information, I sent two groups of elite sentinels in a row......"

Li Zhongyi thought for a while, turned his head and asked Song Yunxiang: "What is the opinion of the Senate?" ”

Song Yunxiang replied with a serious expression: "Heaven is for Fufu? We all agreed that it would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do a good job before the sky was bright. ”

Li Zhongyi narrowed his eyes, smiled slightly, and said, "Swallow more than 40,000 Khitans in one bite, hehe, Shiguang, you are not afraid of breaking your teeth?" ”

Song Yunxiang replied seriously: "If the Khitans didn't raise the fire and hurry, I and my little cubs would be drooling at most, and it would be hard to keep thinking about it." Now, the Khitans are too arrogant to do that death themselves...... Cough...... It's a word for you...... It's time to hit ......"

Li Zhongyi almost laughed out loud, his mantra not only infected Li Yunxiao, but even Song Yunxiang was actually assimilated, which was really interesting.

"Summoning the order to go down and convene the general to discuss the matter. Oh, by the way, Shiguang, bring those little cubs of yours too, I want to see what they are really capable of. Li Zhongyi's order made Song Yunxiang realize that his lord's appetite was actually much greater than his.

Song Yunxiang excitedly bowed his hand and replied, "The little cubs are all outside the camp, just waiting to listen to your orders." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled dumbly, the young senators who dared to love the Senate Division had already been prepared, and they had the ghost idea of not convincing him, the boss, and vowing not to give up.

Before the army was completely opened, Yang Lie, Liu Heyang, Liao Shanhe and others quickly rushed to the door of the temporary military tent.

Because the military tent that had been erected before was too small, Li Yunxiao took the opportunity of waiting for others to urgently erect a large tent that only served as a shading.

In the tent, except for the sand table and the map, there were no tables and chairs, Li Zhongyi took the lead and sat on the ground, and everyone also consciously surrounded him and sat in a big circle.

Li Zhongyi presided over the military meeting, there was never superfluous nonsense, he said lightly: "The Khitans left with fire overnight, how can they be annihilated?" ”

Yang Lie learned from Li Zhongyi's example, and slightly curled the corners of his mouth, he heard it right, it was a total annihilation, not a defeat.

To be honest, just now, before pulling out the camp and hitting the road, Yang Lie had been thinking about how to swallow the 40,000 Khitans outside the city of the Daimyo's Mansion in one bite.

It's just that, after careful calculation, due to the small number of troops in the Li family's army, it is easy to defeat the rout, and if you want to completely annihilate the Khitans, unless the Fu family army in the famous city closely cooperates.

However, it took a lot of time for Fu Yinyin to enter the city through the dark passage, and the Khitans suddenly retreated north in the dark, completely disrupting Yang Lie's battle plan.

Li Zhongyi's combat thoughts, Yang Lie ate the most, and compared with the super fat meat of Xiong and Ba Erzhou, the temptation of 40,000 Khitan people can only take a back seat.

As long as Xiongzhou and Bazhou are taken, the two logistics bases for the Khitan people's southern invasion will inevitably be closed. These 40,000 Khitans, if they want to return to China safely, even if they don't die, they have to take off several layers of skin.

Now, the Khitans are raising fire in the middle of the night regardless of the danger, hehe, Yang Lie almost laughed, which is in response to Li Dashuai's inexplicable, but to the point mantra: If you don't do it, you won't die!

Due to the stupidity of the Khitans, Yang Lie originally thought that he had lost the fighter plane that swallowed the Khitans, but inadvertently, appeared in front of him again.

Song Yunxiang received Li Zhongyi's eye signal, he nodded, stepped forward, and said loudly: "Robes, the time has come to create a miracle." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, this Song Yunxiang actually learned fifty percent of his usual methods of boosting morale.

"Originally, we thought that the Khitans would cautiously retreat north, but we didn't expect that they were too arrogant and dared to rush with an open fire, hehe, robes, our opportunity has come......" Song Yunxiang gushed all the way, and he looked extremely excited in and out of his words.

Lao Song's drama was overacted, Liao Shanhe pouted, among the senior generals who are qualified to stay in the tent, which one is not a human spirit?

Liu Heyang silently looked at Song Yunxiang, who was like a river, he was neither from the Hechi Township Army, nor from the Lingzhou Army, and he was congenitally shorter than Yang Lie, Liao Shanhe and Song Yunxiang.

However, Li Zhongyi did not care about Liu Heyang's background, and has always been promoted and reused, and the rewards and punishments are clear, which makes Liu Heyang deeply grateful for the grace of knowing the encounter.

You must know that Liu Heyang used to be just a very inconspicuous middle-level officer in the imperial forbidden army. Since Liu Heyang followed Li Zhongyi, there have been earth-shaking changes in power, status, and economic benefits.

The longer he has been in Li Jiajun, the more Liu Heyang can feel that Li Zhongyi is an otherworldly political and military genius.

To put it in my heart, to be able to seize such a good opportunity, with such a big backer as Li Zhongyi, Liu Heyang, who has been helpless before, is really content!

Li Jiajun's military discussion has always been short and concise, no one dares to talk nonsense, and Song Yunxiang's abnormal performance makes people look sideways.

Li Zhongyi has never easily expressed his position in advance, he smiled and admired Song Yunxiang's impassioned speech, but he had another thing in mind: if the Fu Jiajun dared to go out of the city to help, none of the Khitans would be able to escape.

It's a pity that until now, the elite sentinel who escorted Fu Yinyin into the Daimyo's Mansion from the secret passage has not rushed back to report the news.

Li Zhongyi single-handedly pulled the big Yulin right guard, although the elite is abnormal, but there are also significant shortcomings: there are too few soldiers!

With the current situation, it is impossible for Li Zhongyi to blatantly expand the army for the time being, so he hit the idea on the strong men who accompanied the army.

These strong men who followed were all carefully selected strong men with great physical fitness.

Once the time is ripe, Li Zhongyi can completely lure them into joining the Li family's team.

Li Zhongyi knew very well in his heart that the reason why Song Yunxiang wanted to encourage everyone was that there were too few soldiers!

Well, after this battle, as long as Xiongzhou and Bazhou are in hand, it is time to expand the Li family's army to less than 50,000 people, Li Zhongyi secretly made up his mind! (To be continued.) )