To be honest, Li Zhongyi before tonight attached too much importance to Yelu Huge's prominent name in history, so much so that there was an embarrassing situation today. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Today's Li Jiajun, under the influence and guidance of advanced modern military thought, has the relative advantage of acting quickly, planning carefully, strict military discipline, sufficient supplies, and weapons such as bows and crossbows with a generational difference.

In fact, the combination of fire oil and trebuchet is not inferior to that of a flowering cannon, except for the disadvantage of a short range.

Similar new weapons can be said to be endlessly emerging in the Li family's army, such as simple trebuchets, divine arm crossbows, taunt chariots nailed with iron plates, and simple horse rejection gun piles specially to guard against cavalry assaults, as well as a series of iron thistles, and so on.

These new weapons, taken out individually, may not be particularly effective, but once they are integrated at the right time, they can obviously exert terrifying power.

The biggest weakness of the infantry against the steppe cavalry is that they can't catch up when they win, and the logistics supply can't keep up!

However, since the founding of the army, Li Zhongyi has always placed great emphasis on the iron feet of the soldiers.

After taking Yuguan and Yingzhou, Li Jiajun obtained a large number of war horses, chariots, and cattle and sheep that could be whipped to drive away.

The replenishment of war horses, chariots, and herds of cattle and sheep made Li Jiajun's mobility ability rise to a great level.

In layman's terms, Li Zhongyi's capital has become thicker, his strength has become stronger, and his strategic and tactical thinking has become more mature.

No matter what Yelu Huge's idea was, the Li family's military plan to burn the poison first definitely disrupted his military deployment.

It is an indisputable fact that the Youzhou Khitan garrison, which could have been used as the main force, was burned to ashes by a fire by Li Zhongyi.

"Someone, send an order to Liu Heyang, and order him to take out all the treasures prepared in advance and use them, and be sure to block the west gate of Yingzhou." Li Zhongyi suddenly issued a very strange military order, "Order Yang Lie to slow down the fire at the east gate of Yingzhou and let the Han army in Youzhou have a way out." ”

Listening to Li Zhongyi's instructions, He Dabei and Yang Wushuang looked at each other and smiled, Li Dashuai said very kindly, in fact, even if the east gate of Yingzhou is completely opened now, I am afraid that the Han army of Youzhou that can escape will not survive four out of ten, right?

In the national war between different races, in order to win the war, all kinds of vicious means can be resorted to, without any moral burden.

Looking at the history of China and foreign countries for thousands of years, the so-called great integration between non-homogeneous races has always been based on military conquest, without exception.

He Dabei knew very well in his heart that Li Zhongyi ordered Ximen to be blocked because he wanted to release a lot of blood to the Khitans.

As for the sudden removal of the encirclement of the East Gate, there is a hidden bad intention to drive infighting between the Khitans and the Han army in Youzhou.

After the incident, no matter whether the Khitans killed all these Youzhou Han troops or continued to use them, they must face a huge crisis of confidence.

Even among the upper-class nobles of the Khitan Kingdom, there are capable people who can see through Li Zhongyi's sinister intentions, but they can't really deal with the estrangement and hatred between the Han army and the Khitans who have started a war and merger.

I think that back then, before the British regrettably evacuated India, they deliberately played a big trick, causing the three pots and Pakistan after the partition of India and Pakistan to become mortal enemies because of territorial and religious issues.

The fortress is always breached from within, and Li Zhongyi does not expect the seeds of hatred planted today to take root and grow immediately.

When it comes to the critical moment, only a small group of people within the Han army in Youzhou are expected to be oriented to the homeland of the Central Plains, and it is likely to play a huge role.

Outside the west gate, Fu Yang, the military commander of the Second Army, took out the exclusive code book under the illumination of the torch, verified the authenticity of the military order, and handed it to Liu Heyang.

Liu Heyang took the military order, and after reading it carefully, he couldn't help but smile coldly and said, "It's time to close the net!" ”

Yang Huaizhong nodded and said, "Lao Liu, then give an order, and give the Khitans a door to beat the dogs." ”

"Someone come, pass on my general's order, and order the auxiliary battalion to pile up all the dry firewood we have collected." Liu Heyang turned his head and gave the battle order to the herald.

After the herald repeated the complete military orders, he galloped to the auxiliary camp behind the formation, and in the direction he had just been, another herald made up for his position in time.

Liu Heyang's orders were complicated, and it was difficult to express the inner essence of military orders by relying on simple musical instruments alone, so the herald needed to ride over in person.

Yang Huaizhong looked at Liu Heyang silently, and he had no intention of interjecting. According to military law, after confirming the transfer order, it is Liu Heyang's responsibility to command the operation.

As the commander of the Second Army, Yang Huaizhong's duty in wartime was not only to protect Liu Heyang's safety, but also to supervise the smooth implementation of military orders.

Yang Huaizhong's experience is more complicated, he can stand out from the talented Li Jiajun, opportunities and abilities are indispensable.

Starting from the Hechi Township Army, Yang Huaizhong was Guo Huai's subordinate, at that time he was just a small chief, and his official and humble military exploits were not significant, and he had no intersection with Li Zhongyi.

However, it was a coincidence that Yang Huaizhong, who was selected to study in the martial arts hall by chance, did a big thing when he was serving as the star suppressor, which made him fall into Li Zhongyi's eyes all of a sudden.

In order to make the officers have a clear understanding that the suppression has the final decision, Li Zhongyi deliberately crossed the suppression at all levels, and the general's order was directly issued to the officer on duty on duty.

It just so happened that Yang Huaizhong was the commander on duty that day, and he saw that the troops were moving and assembling, but he did not receive a military order, so he stepped forward and categorically stopped the prohibited behavior of the officer on duty.

In addition to stressing military affairs and command, the armed forces must also stress politics and righteousness!

From that moment on, Yang Huaizhong fell into Li Zhongyi's eyes, and was gradually promoted to a high position in the Second Army, becoming one of the senior generals trusted by Li Zhongyi.

Soon, the auxiliaries were carrying dry wood and hay and piled up a large circle along the line of defense of the Second Army.

"Ignition!" Liu Heyang decisively gave the order to intercept, and at the same time instructed his men to prepare trebuchets in order to throw the ignited dry wood into the defeated Khitan army.

After Xiongxiong's fire was ignited, the Khitans, who had just escaped from the west gate of Yingzhou and thought they had seized the opportunity to survive, fell into a new desperate situation in the blink of an eye.

The dog is in a hurry and has to jump off the wall, not to mention the Khitan warriors who are famous for their martial arts and bravery?

"Sons, follow me to kill a way out......" Xiao Tlin, the deputy head of the soldiers and horses of the Youzhou Governor's Mansion, waved the scimitar in his hand, and called his subordinates to move closer to him in a hoarse voice.

"Roaring ......"

"Hoo ......"

"Kill ......" The Khitans were forced to be anxious, they raised their war knives one after another, and fiercely slapped their horses towards Liu Heyang.

"Whoosh......" A long arrow shot coldly into Liu Heyang's Ya Bingdu camp, accompanied by a scream of pain and splashed blood, taking the life of a Li family soldier.

"Shield!"

"Guns!"

"Throw a fire canister!"

Liu Heyang continued to give orders to attack, and the distance was more than two hundred zhang, and the cold arrows of the Khitan people actually shot in, and it is conceivable that there were indeed marksmen hidden in the Khitan army.

In the face of the Khitans who were still fighting with trapped beasts, if Liu Heyang commanded the army to rush over immediately, even if he finally won the victory, the loss would inevitably be painful.

Therefore, Liu Heyang referred to Li Zhongyi's tactics and first ordered people to pile up dry firewood and hay, and then threw out the fire pots, in order to temporarily isolate the two armies with the burning wall of fire.

After the Khitan people's spirit was burned out by the fire, Liu Heyang commanded the gun array started by the Li Jiajun, and he could get the effect of half the effort.

"Whoosh...... Whoosh...... "The Khitans, who started with bows and horses, desperately pulled their bows and arrows, and the rain of arrows they shot was like a storm, viciously smashed into the infantry array placed by Liu Heyang.

Although Liu Heyang put out a "turtle shield array", the arrow rain of the Khitan counterattack was too dense, and the cold arrows penetrated the gaps between the shields from time to time and pierced into the chests of the soldiers of the Li family.

"Set fire pots...... Liu Heyang did not immediately launch a counterattack with bows and arrows, but just urged the catapult battalion vigorously, as if he didn't want money, and smashed the special fire pot in front of the two armies.

"Yike...... The Khitans in the front row who rushed towards Liu Heyang ...... were frightened by the majestic flames and shrank back.

However, the Khitans who escaped from the city continued to pour out, but they desperately squeezed forward.

The latecomer, who was only thinking about escaping for his life, seemed to have been bitten by a mad dog, and almost in an instant, he broke through the robe camp that was holding the bow.

......The bow and arrows that were shot at the shield were a lot more sparse, and Liu Heyang, who was protected behind the shield, couldn't help but smile coldly, and decisively ordered, "Bow and crossbow battalion, three stage strikes!" ”

Yang Huaizhong, who had been staying by Liu Heyang's side, saw that Liu Heyang's command was quite orderly, he couldn't help nodding secretly, the township marshal didn't see the wrong person, Lao Liu is indeed a good material for leading the troops to fight.

The reason is obvious, although the Khitans temporarily organized a counterattack by archers, the Khitans who escaped from the city would obviously push the Khitan front.

Moreover, Liu Heyang immediately asked the auxiliary battalion to pile up dry firewood and set a fire around the west gate of Yingzhou, leaving only a gap less than 20 zhang wide.

If, the West Gate is completely blocked, the Khitans lose the door of escape, they will obviously fight to the death with Liu Heyang's Second Army.

Now, Liu Heyang has left a passage quite predictably, and even if some Khitans want to fight hard, it is difficult to resist the instinct to escape.

When the two armies were fighting, the strength of hard fighting was the foundation, followed by the flexible and changeable battle strategy, and Liu Heyang's methodical blocking and squeezing tactics made Yang Huaizhong feel satisfied.

The officers and soldiers of the Li family at the gap, under the command of the officer, were like a precise slaughtering machine, repeating a set of actions from beginning to end.

Raise the gun, thrust, stir, collect the gun, raise the gun again...... Cycle!

As soon as the recruit Ma Qiang withdrew the spear in his hand, he was sprayed with a mouth full of warm liquid falling from the sky.

"Huh......" Ma Qiang let out a long breath of turbidity, and took advantage of the interval between the spears and stabbing to wipe his face indifferently, and the sticky warm liquid splashed on the faces of the robes beside him with the movement of his arms.

The smell of blood was unstoppable, penetrating Ma Qiang's nose and emitting a disgusting smell.

Tonight's battle is not the first time Ma Qiang has killed people with a gun, as early as after taking Yuguan, some Khitans who took advantage of the chaos were killed by him with guns.

According to military law, the recruits of the Li Jiajun must have seen blood before they are allowed to really go into battle to kill the enemy.

From Yuguan to Yingzhou, there were at least five Khitans who died under Ma Qiang's gun.

In the Li family's army, recruits who have killed five enemies have a special title: warrior.

The brutal and bloody battle drove Ma Qiang to quickly grow into a "killing machine" that met the standards, which is commonly known as a veteran.

"Spear, stab!" The commander not far away, using the copper whistle in his mouth, repeatedly issued assassination orders to Ma Qiang's subordinates.

After twisting his waist and stabbing again, as the neighing of the war horse suddenly came, Ma Qiang immediately realized that due to the number of stabs, his assassination accuracy was unexpectedly deviated, and this time he killed the Khitan horse.

After a loud "click...... sound, Ma Qiang felt a sharp light in his hand, the barrel of the gun was split into two, and the part of the gun head fell into the chaos.

Ma Qiang did not turn around and run, he followed the method taught by the officer, and decisively crouched down, while stretching out his right hand towards the back.

"Brush ......" At the moment when Ma Qiang squatted down, a scream caused by the sharp blade cutting through the air happened to pass over his head.

"Here you go, hold it on!" A spear was handed to Ma Qiang's side from behind his back.

After holding the spear again, Ma Qiang stood up, straightened his waist, and let out a long sullen breath, at this moment he deeply realized that the method of assassination and formation taught by the Shangguan in the teaching field was unusually in line with the characteristics of actual combat.

In the sky-high firelight, Liu Heyang poked out a monocular from behind the shield array and carefully observed the actual situation of the battle between the two armies.

In the gap deliberately left, the Khitans, who were eager to rush out of the gap, were rushed by the pikemen of the Li family's army in a neat and orderly manner, and they were all pierced under the horses, and then they were trampled into pulp by the war horses of the brothers of the same clan.

Most of the Khitans who rushed out of the West Gate did not bring shields to flee for their lives, and under the blow of the Li family's impenetrable arrow rain, they had nowhere to escape, either they were shot to the ground, or they were pushed by their own robes and fell into the bloody mud, and then they were trampled into meat sauce by horses' hooves.

In front is the wall of fire, is the gun and arrow array, behind is the fire ignited by Xiongxiong, is the brothers of the same clan who trample on each other and push each other, it is staged at the west gate of this Yingzhou City, the Khitan people have never experienced the speed of life and death.

Unlike the white-hot fierce battle on Liu Heyang's side, Yang Lie, who originally blocked the east gate, ordered his subordinates to open a passage about fifty zhang wide according to Li Zhongyi's military order.

Zhang Bangqing, the commander of the Youzhou Mabu Army, originally thought that he would be burned to death at the east gate of Yingzhou City, who would have thought that the assault was powerless, there was no way to retreat, and the fire burned off the critical pass of the retreat, and the military array of the Great Zhou on the opposite side actually cracked a "spacious" passage.

At the moment of crisis, Zhang Bangqing didn't have time to think about it, and commanded his soldiers and generals to use their last bit of strength to rush to the hard-won gap.

"Oh, that's not right......" After Zhang Bangqing and his personal soldiers broke out of the encirclement, he was blown by the sudden cold wind under the mountain, and his mind suddenly sobered up, and then realized that the Great Zhou army not only did not release arrows, but also did not even stab out spears, obviously consciously let him live.

Escape is important, even if Zhang Bangqing senses that something is wrong, at this juncture, he can't think much, leading the remnants of the Han army in Youzhou to be defeated, and fleeing in the wilderness, never daring to turn back.

Yang Lie looked in the direction of Zhang Bangqing's distant flight, observed for a while, and then ordered loudly: "Release all the captured Khitans." ”

After the herald left, the trusted general asked Yang Lie in a puzzled whisper: "Military envoy, why did you release those prisoners?" ”

Yang Lie smiled slightly, and said lightly: If you don't let these captives go back, who will tell the emperor of the Khitans for my marshal that these Han scum in Youzhou are secretly colluding with our army? ”

"Oh, I don't think of this layer." After listening to Yang Lie's explanation, the tooth general suddenly realized that when the two armies were fighting, it was not only who was more brave to compete.

Just when the remnants of the Han army in Youzhou were defeated and deliberately let go, Li Zhongyi received a "bad news" from the sentinel.

"Master, the Khitan tribe has been killed from the southeast," the sentry panted and reported the movement of another enemy.

Li Zhongyi waved his hand, signaling that he knew, and after beating his chest and saluting, he strode away.

"It's fun, it's really fun." Under He Dabei's gaze, Li Zhongyi let out a long breath, and felt a little emotion in his heart.

Yang Wushuang put on the sand table the offensive position of the Khitan tribal army, and after a careful observation, he asked He Dabei a little strangely: "How could this Khitan tribal army come from the southeast?" ”

Li Zhongyi heard Yang Wushuang's question, and he also felt very strange, so he probed and studied the situation of the enemy and me on the sand table.

The sand table was covered with blue military flags representing the Khitans, but in the northeast, there were only sparsely scattered some small Khitan troops.

In addition, Seomyeon, which was supposed to send someone back once in half an hour, has not reported it for too long.

Li Zhongyi touched his chin and stared at the sand table situation where the enemy and the enemy were clear, his eyes lit up suddenly, Brother Yelu Xiu is here!

Just before Li Zhongyi's thoughts were finished, a messenger covered in blood was helped to the big tent.

"Marshal, the last general is hereby reported to you by the military order of the Song Senate envoy that the Yuguan occupied by our army is being besieged by the Khitan tribal army in Tokyo Province." The messenger gasped and said intermittently, "According to the judgment of the Song military envoy, the total number of these Khitan tribal armies is about 100,000. ”

After listening to the messenger's report, Li Zhongyi understood the entire conspiracy of Yelu Hugo almost instantly.

In fact, the thing is obvious, people are harmful to the tiger's heart, and the tiger has the will to eat people!

Li Zhongyi slipped out of Yingzhou at night, the purpose was actually to burn Yingzhou, so as to break the unfavorable situation under the encirclement of Yelu Hugob.

However, Yelu Huge's purpose was to take Yuguan first, and after completely cutting off Li Zhongyi's retreat and sea transportation routes, he would gather the Khitan army of the entire Nanjing Road and Tokyo Road, and strive to annihilate Li Zhongyi's soldiers and horses on the great plain west of Yuguan and east of Youzhou.

Now, Li Zhongyi took advantage of the fact that the army did not have night blindness, and set fire to Yingzhou in the dark.

To put it mildly, the Khitans and Youzhou Han troops who were able to escape from the fire in Yingzhou were only two or three percent out of ten.

The Youzhou Army, which was burned by the fire, will not have the courage to turn back and fight again in the short term. In this way, Li Zhongyi only had to face Yelu Huge's headquarters and the Khitan tribal army that rushed over from Tokyo Road.

Li Zhongyi knew very well in his heart that the battle of Yingzhou had been completely won, and Yelu Hugo had an absolute advantage in terms of troops, and this duke must have wanted to wait for the dawn before gathering a large army to fight a decisive battle with Li Zhongyi.

You must know that in the army of this era, except for the Li Jiajun, who did not have night blindness, most of the Khitans and Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers and horses could not participate in night battles without lighting torches.

The news that the sentinel came back was exactly what Li Zhongyi expected, he went deep into the prairie alone, if Yelu Hugo didn't think of cutting off his retreat, then he didn't deserve to be his valued opponent.

"What time is it?" Li Zhongyi suddenly turned his head and asked He Dabei, He Dabei glanced at the hourglass, and replied loudly, "It's the third watch!" ”

Li Zhongyi nodded, narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, and suddenly ordered He Dabei: "Pass on my strict order, the army will stop chasing and killing the Youzhou army, and after building a defensive car formation, rest in place." ”

He Dabei looked at Li Zhongyi puzzled, and subconsciously asked him: "Handsome?" ”

Li Zhongyi smiled coldly and said, "Brother Yelu Xiu has obviously rushed to the vicinity of our army, but because of night blindness, he doesn't dare to rush into the battle. ”

He Dabei followed Li Zhongyi's train of thought and pondered carefully, he just wanted to speak, but saw Yang Wushuang slap his thigh and shouted: "Brother Yelu Xiu wants to take advantage of our army's excessive physical consumption, and after the new victory, his vigilance is not high. When it was dark, he rushed again. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded and said with a smile: "This battle between us and Yelu Huge will come sooner or later." Rather than wasting physical strength now, it is better to send a small force of cavalry to chase and kill the Youzhou army, forcing them to not turn back, and our army will rest in place to conserve physical strength and prepare for the decisive battle after dawn. ”

After the trumpet of the troops was blown, Yang Lie, who had already arrived at the West Gate to meet Liu Heyang, couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, and the army rushed to the road in the dark for most of the night, and fought fiercely for a long time.

If you don't collect the troops at this time, when the main elite troops of the Khitans arrive, you will lose three points without a fight, and this sincere and wise man will not take it!

With Li Zhongyi's order, a large number of seized carts were placed on the outermost side of the camp.

The officers and men of the auxiliary battalion, under the command of the officers, set up iron baffles to the sides of the chariots.

In actual combat, the cart inlaid with iron plates obviously has a good effect of guarding against enemy rocket attacks.

When he was on the battlefield, Li Zhongyi never liked to engage in those cumbersome showmanship, and he strung together two taunt cars with iron plates, which were regarded as the big tent of the Chinese army.

A thick black felt curtain hung around Xi Che, covering Li Zhongyi's temporary residence from the light.

Li Zhongyi climbed into the car, and under the service of Zhu Niang, he took off his heavy Mingguang armor and lay down on the brocade mattress.

Tired for most of the night, Li Zhongyi did feel a little tired, he was lying on his back, his legs were wide open, not to mention how unsightly his posture was.

Just when Li Zhongyi closed his eyes and waited for the decisive battle at dawn, the elite leather room army led by Yelu Xiuge was stationed behind a hill more than fifty miles away from him.

Unlike Li Zhongyi, who is not very familiar with the terrain, there are many local Khitans among Yelu Huge's subordinates.

To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the repeated strict urging of the sleeping emperor, Yelu Xiuge would not have wanted to start a decisive battle with Li Zhongyi in a hurry.

In Yelu Huge's view, the rebellion of the Ughu people in the north is just a disease of mustard moss, and it can't make much waves.

As for the northward army led by Li Zhongyi, it was limited by the weakness of insufficient troops, and in essence, it was only in the nature of harassment.

Yelu Hugo saw very clearly that the more cities Li Zhongyi captured, the more dispersed his troops would be, and his striking and destructive power would inevitably drop significantly.

However, people in the temple must be involuntarily, and the original plan was to let Li Zhongyi make enough trouble in Nanjing Road, and then cut off his retreat, and gather and annihilate Yelu Huge, under the huge pressure of the sleeping emperor, had to mobilize the army and come to a decisive battle with Li Zhongyi.

The problem is that Brother Yelu Xiu calculated everything, but he didn't expect that Li Zhongyi would be so ruthless.

Before Li Zhongyi withdrew from Yingzhou, he arranged for his subordinates to cover the roofs of their houses with dry thatch, and hide the dried firewood in the thatch.

In fact, when Yelu Hugo mobilized the Youzhou army, he did not pin his hopes of winning the decisive battle on them.

According to Yelu Huge's concept, after the Youzhou army pressed towards Yingzhou from the west, if Li Zhongyi abandoned the city and left, it would be surrounded by the superior Khitan iron cavalry on the prairie.

Assuming that Li Zhongyi wants to defend the city, this is even more in the hands of Yelu Huge, on the vast plain, Li Zhongyi does not have too much grain in the inside, and there is no reinforcements that must not be outside, this is obviously a dead end.

It's a pity that, like Yelu Hugo, Li Zhongyi is also a bad guy who doesn't like to play according to normal cards.

A fire in Yingzhou burned the Youzhou army to a great defeat, and it led to an extremely serious consequence: the door of Youzhou was wide open, and the troops were extremely empty!

Yelu Hugo originally thought that Li Zhongyi would probably not be able to resist the temptation that Youzhou had almost become an empty city, and would lead the army to chase and kill, trying to take advantage of the situation to take Youzhou.

Therefore, out of concern about night blindness and the consideration of wanting to pick up a big bargain, Yelu Hugo took him to the elite leather room army returning from the north and placed it in the Qinglong Valley between Youzhou and Yingzhou.

ps: The 7000-word big chapter is presented, at least 10,000 words are updated today, and it's the end of the month. (To be continued.) )