In such a large-scale Hanqi decisive battle, the Khitans were not mediocre people, and soon the strength of the two sides was mastered by the other party.

The total number of Khitans was about 300,000, including 70,000 Pi Mu Army, 80,000 Gong Fen Army, and more than 200,000 tribal army.

In order to prevent Li Zhongyi or Yang Lie from attacking Youzhou City, Yelu Xiuge left 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Khitan clan in Nanjing Xijin City out of prudent consideration.

In addition, 30,000 Han troops were recruited in Nanjing's Xijin Mansion, and the total strength of the defenders reached 80,000.

After calculating with each other in the front, Yelu Huge and Li Zhongyi both knew that the decisive battle must be a dignified battle, not a small trick such as a sneak attack.

Fan Yangcheng only held out for two hours, which made Yelu Xiuge realize that he couldn't put Li Zhongyi under the ghost city for a decisive battle.

Li Zhongyi's requirements for the battlefield are not only not high, but very low, as long as Brother Hugh is willing to fight positional warfare, he can choose any place.

The next morning, the officers and men of the Li family's army, who had finished breakfast, walked out of the camp under the constraints of their respective officers, and marched forward in the direction of the Khitans, with their heads held high.

With Fan Yang's profound lesson, Yelu Xiuge knew better than anyone that the southern barbarians had the help of artillery, and it was unattainable to defend the camp or Youzhou to the death.

Only now, Yelu Hugo has no way to retreat, so he can only gather soldiers and horses, go out of the camp and fight Li Zhongyi to the death. Unless he is willing to take the initiative to give up Youzhou, otherwise, the decisive battle will start sooner or later.

300,000 soldiers and horses is just a number on paper, however, with so many men and horses officially forming a fighting formation, it is simply endless and boundless.

Yelu Hugo walked around the front line completely, suddenly smiled, and said coldly: "Only a fool would attack Li Zhongyi's front." ”

After a field investigation, Yelu Hugo confirmed that the most powerful weapons and artillery of the Southern Barbarians were placed in front of them in a row.

After Yelu Xiuge discovered this trick, he immediately adjusted the deployment of troops, and ordered Yelu Hengchang and Yelu Aman, each with 50,000 elite cavalry, to launch a fierce attack on the Li family's army from the left and right.

Li Zhongyi on the command car, with the help of a monocular, knows the movements of the Khitan people well.

"Lay down the barbed wire!"

"Sprinkle thistle!"

"Erect a horse rejection stake!"

As orders continued to be issued, the officers and men on the left and right flanks of the Li Jiajun, under the command of their respective officers, completed various deployments to keep the enemy out of the formation step by step.

Yelu Hugo ordered Yelu Hengchang and Yelu Aman to attack the flanks of the Li family's army on the left and right, Yelu Hengchang was naturally faster than Yelu Aman because of the shame and humiliation of Fan Yang's inexplicable defeat.

The left flank of the Li Jiajun has just completed its deployment, and Yelu Hengchang's soldiers and horses have already appeared on the horizon.

Li Zhongyi, who was in the command car, couldn't help nodding secretly, the Khitans can stand proudly in the entire north of China, and there are indeed several brushes.

Don't talk about anything else, just the performance of the soldier's speed is the essence of the art of war!

"Pass my order, the Divine Arm Crossbow is ready for five shots, and the improvised trebuchet is ready to fire three salvos."

Today's commander-in-chief is Li Zhongyi himself, after all, it is an earth-shattering Armageddon, and he must stand up and command the whole army to win an indisputable victory.

Under the background of the sooner or later battle between Han and Qi, the tactical change of infantry and cavalry has long been a necessary daily training subject in the Li family's army.

Sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in wartime!

With Li Zhongyi's order, the officers and men of the Li family army on the left and right flanks quickly made preparations for war.

The cavalry unit that was originally a battalion has now been changed into a cavalry army, and the commander of the army, Li Yong, that is, quite a super brave, stood behind Li Zhongyi respectfully, waiting for the order to attack anytime and anywhere.

In today's decisive battle, it is not unusual to hold the front without losing. The most important thing is that after repelling the attack of the Khitans, you can also kill it and chop down the Khitan front.

This requires the close cooperation of the cavalry army!

In history, the Song army, during the positional warfare, repeatedly made major gains, however, the disadvantage of the Song army without horses was also vividly exposed in front of the grassland peoples.

In a word, the disadvantage of the Song army winning the war but not being able to catch up did not change in the slightest until the fall of the Song Dynasty.

Li Zhongyi conquered the party members who had been in turmoil for more than a hundred years early, and won the crucial Hetao horse source, which realized the transformation of the whole army into mules and horses, and the ability to mobile combat was also doubled.

Today, Li Yong has more than 30,000 well-trained elite cavalry, which is one of the most elite parts of the mobile force that Li Zhongyi has mastered.

In layman's terms, if you can defend it, but you can't attack it, then you can only be beaten passively!

Since Fan Yang lost it inexplicably, Yelu Hengchang has been working hard and wants to be ashamed.

Yelu Hugo understood that he wanted to take revenge, and specially arranged for Yelu Hengchang to lead his troops to attack the left flank of the Southern Barbarians.

"Raise your shield!" Yelu Hengchang increased the speed of his horse and passed down the order, so that the Khitan warriors behind him all raised their shields.

Learning war from war, not only Li Jiajun, but also the Khitan people actually learned a lot.

Li Zhongyi saw very clearly that the Khitans who were speeding up were all holding a big shield in their left hand and waving a knife in their right hand.

"Well, the Khitans are very smart, they know that our army has artillery on the front, and they deliberately attack from both flanks at the same time."

Li Yong has been thinking about wanting to pat Li Zhongyi's ass, but because Li Zhongyi has not squeaked, he can't find a chance.

Now it's okay, now that Li Zhongyi opened his mouth, Li Yong immediately climbed up the pole, "Lord, what the Khitans don't know is that our army's artillery is more often used to defeat the enemy, and the crossbow and cocktail are the ruthless moves to fight the cavalry." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, but ignored Li Yong, he directly ordered: "The left flank is commanded by Liao Shanhe in charge of the front enemy, and the right flank is in charge of Ma Guangda, and I control the front of the Chinese army." ”

What are you kidding, a large army of hundreds of thousands of people is fighting, and Li Zhongyi, as the commander-in-chief, is completely impossible to command the battle of the troops below the battalion level in all aspects, and it is certain that the whip commander will not be able to reach him.

Therefore, before the war, Li Zhongyi sent Liao Shanhe and Ma Guangda to the left and right wings respectively, with the purpose of letting them command and adjust the combat situation of the troops nearby.

However, the various tactics of riding on foot have indeed been trained in the Li Jiajun for a long time.

In today's Li family's army, even fools know that behind the barbed wire, thistles and horse rejection piles, there must be a taunt car inlaid with iron sheets to prevent fire attacks.

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