When the bloody throat appeared in front of him, Li Zhongyi knew that something was wrong. According to the report, Yelu Hugo had actually crossed the Luan River a long time ago.

Brother Hugh led 100,000 leather room troops, clinging to the old Great Wall of Yanshan, quietly avoiding the throat reconnaissance circle of Li Jiajun's 150 miles, and unexpectedly appeared north of Pingzhou.

When Li Jiajun's throat was reprimanded, it was generally set out in groups of five to ten people, with more than three groups in each direction, so as not to avoid no one going back to report after an ambush.

However, the cunning Brother Hugh quietly sent more than a dozen hundred-man teams to circle around the distance and ambush them on the way back to the throats.

According to the report of the wounded and reprimanded, when they went out to reconnoiter the enemy, they found no trace of the Khitans. When the warning came from the throat in front, they were surrounded by the Khitan people's murderous siege.

An elite Khitan hundred-man team, who ambushed the throat team of seven people, finally escaped and came back to report the news, Li Zhongyi secretly felt fortunate.

Fortunately, the Li Jiajun reprimanded the officers, at least one person and three horses, and the officers even set a record of one person and five horses.

If, it was just one person and one horse, according to the situation reported by the throat, I am afraid that the throat in his direction would be wiped out.

By now, Li Zhongyi has figured it all out. Brother Hugh was caught off guard by him, and after quickly falling into Anxi County, he clearly used the 30,000 people shouted by Yelu as bait, which put Li Zhongyi in a two-front dilemma.

One hundred and fifty miles away, this was originally a safe distance that Li Zhongyi was proud of, but Brother Hugh found a fatal loophole, and Brother Hugh bypassed the cordon.

If it weren't for good luck, the intercepted scolder finally escaped back, but I was afraid that Brother Hugh had already lurked within twenty miles, and Li Zhongyi would find out about the enemy attack.

According to the only surviving report, the Khitans led by Brother Hugh exceeded at least 70,000 people.

Li Zhongyi's guards were only 10,000 nods, and counting the 3,000 Han cavalry transferred, it was only 14,000 at best.

Even if Brother Hugh only has 70,000 people, it is a five-fold difference in strength, and the difference in strength is too great.

Based on Li Zhongyi's guess, since Brother Hugh dared to launch a general attack, the total number of troops brought by him would definitely have an advantage.

In the first battle of Zhaozhou, Li Zhongyi ambushed the Khitan army of 40,000 according to the terrain with roughly the same number of troops, which will definitely leave an extremely deep impression on Brother Hugh.

Everything can't stand up to pondering, and the enemy must be lenient, Li Zhongyi quickly realized that Brother Hugh's determination to destroy him was unusually firm. Then, when Brother Hugh comes, it is likely that he will bring all the elites of Youzhou, which will exceed 100,000 soldiers and horses.

The current situation has become unusually delicate and interesting. If Li Zhongyi chooses to stay where he is and wait for help, it is equivalent to putting his fate in the hands of Song Yunxiang. Only Song Yunxiang organized a large army, and then quickly turned around and headed north, which formed a decisive battle of 100,000 against 60,000.

Suppose Li Zhongyi simply took the guards and took advantage of the mobility of one man and three horses, he simply retreated to the south and got as close to his main force as possible.

Then, with Brother Hugh's knowledge, he will definitely chase after him. In this way, the comparison of strength is likely to become 130,000 VS 70,000.

The question is, will Yelu shout leave without a fight and withdraw directly to Pingzhou City? This is indeed a big problem!

No matter how strong the Li Jiajun is, it is impossible to take Pingzhou first and then turn around to meet Brother Hugh when the enemy is on the back of the abdomen! And vice versa!

Li Zhongyi has been leading troops for many years, and he has always been cautious in his use of troops and does not like to take risks. However, the current situation is that as long as he takes half a step back, the entire front of the Li family's army is likely to be shaken under the attack of the Khitans.

"Damn, if the egg is in the sky, it will not die for thousands of years!"

Only the weak sour talents will think left and right and be undecided!

Li Zhongyi quickly made up his mind and shouted: "Pass my military order, seize the nearby Hill A No. 156, take the hill as the center of the circle, camp along the bank of the Luan River, and deploy defense on the spot according to the No. C defense plan. ”

"Yao Da, you lead the three thousand Han army cavalry under your command to act as the general reserve and nail Lao Tzu firmly on the hills." Li Zhongyi looked at the elder brother Yao Hong's own brother, and spit out word by word, "Lao Tzu's safety depends on you!" ”

"Master, don't worry, people are in the hills." Yao Da clenched his fists with excitement on his face, and said loudly, "The little one must let the Khitan people taste the moisture of javelins." ”

Yao Da led the three thousand Northwest Han army cavalry under his command, like a lightning speed, and quickly rushed to the No. 156 hill.

With Li Zhongyi's order, the senators of the Senate Department of the Guards Army, each with a No. C defense plan, according to the requirements of the plan, commanded the auxiliary soldiers and slaves accompanying the army, and began to dig trenches, build chest walls, and swing horses in an orderly manner.

The nearly 10,000 soldiers of the main force sat down and rested in place according to their respective defensive positions.

The guards army beside Li Zhongyi, the soldiers with the least military experience, also have more than two years of combat experience, and they have all killed people and seen blood.

The officers of the deputy team and above were all from the beginning of the establishment of the army in Hechi, and they followed the old subordinates around Li Zhongyi.

As an elite army that believes in sweating more in peacetime and shedding less blood in wartime, after Li Zhongyi issued a clear battle plan, the members of the grassroots officer corps did not need to say anything more, and in accordance with the training mode in peacetime, they completely mobilized the officers and men under their command.

"Lao Tzu is the guard, the most elite soldiers and horses in the entire Li family's army, the mountain chief is behind us, except that we are all lying down, the Khitan people want to move forward half a step."

"Little ones, who dares to take half a step back, Lao Tzu recognizes you, but the horse chopping knife in his hand doesn't recognize you!"

"Everyone is a veteran, who hasn't had the blood of the Tartars on their hands? Hehe, everyone rushed to the road in the middle of the night, and when they were tired, they lay down and rested. If you are hungry, eat a few bites of fried rice to cushion your hunger. ”

"The soldiers of our sword and shield battalion, if the knife is not sharpened quickly, the heads of dozens of Tartars will be curled, how can it work?"

The commander-in-chief is incompetent and exhausts the three armies!

However, the Guards were too well-trained, and Li Zhongyi, the commander-in-chief, became an idler.

At this time, Li Zhongyi was sitting in the commanding car, carefully studying and pondering whether there were any loopholes in the combat plan.

Public opinion shows that the hill is actually not very high, only about 60 meters in height.

However, this is already the highest plateau that can be occupied by the Luan River. Who called the location of the decisive battle on the great plains of the thistle in Yima Pingchuan?

Li Zhongyi has always been a cautious character, he doesn't know how much changes will occur in the battle situation, so relying on the Luanhe River to set up camp, effectively avoiding the tragedy of Ma Tan losing the street pavilion because he has no water to drink.

The practice of Li Jiajun's army is that even if there is enough food to eat, even if there is enough food, it is not allowed to prepare rations for seven days.

This so-called, husband war, prepared to win and unprepared!

As a personal guard, Li Zhongyi knew them very well, and they also knew Li Zhongyi's temper and personality very well.

Only the recruits need to be the commander, riding horses to run back and forth in front of the formation to boost morale.

The veterans only need to see the Daxu Banner to know Li Zhongyi's location, and they don't need Li Zhongyi to run out and show his face to cheer up.

Calm and flustered, having seen blood and slaughtering chickens, battle-hardened and first-timers, this is the difference between veterans and recruits!

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools!

In the Li family's army, the soldiers and auxiliaries each had a sapper shovel, and the slaves who served hard labor were distributed hoes and pickaxes by special personnel.

The boundaries of the camp were all soft and dirty, and after the hoe was dug loose, each shovel was full of earth, and the trench was dug quickly.

The battle is imminent, digging trenches is not actually the goal, building a chest wall to defend against the impact of cavalry and a horse rejection array, and then covering the roof of the car with soil, removing the wheels and fixing it in the soil, is the most important point.

The earth was already trembling, and the action of digging trenches and building breastworks did not stop.

There was a gorinu who was so frightened that he threw down the hoe in his hand, turned around and wanted to run. As a result, before he could run a few steps away, he was shot by a divine arm crossbow and nailed to the ground.

A group of overseers, like tigers pounced on sheep, and with a swing of their knives, they cut off the head of the fugitive slave.

A sword and shield soldier walked in front of the slave pile with a bloody human head in his hand. He did not threaten hoarsely, nor did he continue to kill for no reason, but simply lightly wiped the blood splashed on his face, and then tied the hideous head to his belt.

"Don't panic, beware of hoeing your feet." The team patted a gorino on the shoulder, smiled and comforted him, telling him not to panic.

However, it was good that Shi Chang didn't laugh, he thought he was smiling gently, but in fact, Gao Linu was so frightened that his legs and stomach turned straight, and he really hit his feet.

"Look at you, what's the panic? As long as you don't desert, even if you hurt your foot, there will be people in the army who will treat your injuries. Without saying a word, the team immediately ordered his subordinates to carry the wounded out.

After Li Zhongyi got the news, he couldn't help but smile and said: "If it's not my race, its heart will be different." Gao Linu is usually afraid of the military might of our army, and honestly does whatever he wants, and whenever there is a stir, he will have a different heart, which is normal, and it is not worth making a fuss at all. ”

"Master, the little one is thinking about it, when the war starts, it is better to tie them up first according to the old rules, so as not to get in the way." Liao Shanhe was worried that the Goryeo Nu would cause chaos in wartime, and this worry was definitely worth affirming.

Li Zhongyi smiled and said, "In the operation drawn up by the Senate Division, there is already this content. When the defense facilities are completed, the military police battalion will be led by the members of the Judge Advocate General's Department. Those who dare to disobey will be subject to wartime discipline! ”

Liao Shanhe is also a veteran general who has fought an old battle, and he knows exactly how to fight a defensive battle.

"Master, the little one thinks that it is not necessarily a good thing to tie up the gorinu during the war. It is better to drive them to the river, use the grain ship as the basis, cooperate with the sappers, and build wooden and bamboo valves, preferably a pontoon bridge. ”

Li Zhongyi thought about it for a while, and suddenly felt that Liao Shanhe's suggestion was simply a stroke of genius, wonderful!

The Luan River was not a big river, and the Guards marched along the banks of the Luan River, and the small fishing boats that could not enter the sea were used to transport grain.

"Okay, just as you say." Li Zhongyi immediately slapped the board, and Liao Shanhe's suggestion was approved by the lord, and he went down to arrange it happily.