Behind Li Zhongyi, the ironclad forest, the spears were like a forest, and the 180,000-strong army was overwhelmingly advancing northward.

This day has been waiting for a long time, so long that the descendants of Yan and Huang seem to have forgotten the sad land of Youzhou.

The Khitans were a hundred miles away, and the entire Li family army marched sixty miles a day at an unhurried pace, and then chose to camp on the spot for the night.

That night, outside the camp not far from the camp of the Li family's army, the screams of human beings and the neighing of war horses were heard from time to time.

As long as it is an old qualified soldier, everyone knows that this must be the throat reprimands of the Han and the captives taking advantage of the darkness to meet each other.

At this time, in the big tent of the Chinese army, the lights were bright, and the voices of people were boiling, so it was not lively.

Li Zhongyi clasped his hands on his chest and stood in front of the huge sand table, and the senators and generals leading the troops were discussing the next combat strategy.

"I thought that Yelu Hugo was so powerful that he would definitely rely on Youzhou and fight to the death with us."

"Otherwise, a certain person thinks that Yelu Xiuge may not dare to fight a decisive battle in Youzhou when he knows that Fan Yang has lost suddenly, unless it is a heavy rainstorm from the sky, which makes it impossible for our army's artillery to use ......"

"Huh...... When will our army rely on artillery to win the battle? ”

"That is, in the past, when there was no artillery army, we still won many battles, and the victory was still very complete."

"......" has different opinions, and there is no consensus.

Li Zhongyi likes to watch his generals quarrel against the sand table or the map, and the more fierce the quarrel, the happier he is.

"Today, our army is only 180,000, but the Khitans have as many as 350,000.

"I think that our army does not need to worry too much about the number of people, there are artillery in long-range battles, crossbows in the middle range, and simple grenadiers at close range, and the Khitans are mainly cavalry, and there is no chance of turning the tables as many as they come."

"Yes, this is what the Lord often says about the mutual restraint of the troops, the number of people is several times more, and it is useless."

The soldiers quarreled with each other, and the three sentences did not leave the part in the crotch, which was already a commonplace situation, Li Zhongyi not only did not get angry, but looked at the guy who was talking with a smile.

"I think that Brother Yelu Xiu is the first general of the Khitans, so he won't be trapped under Youzhou City and watch our army advance north, right?"

"Everywhere our army went, the large battalions set up were extremely heavy, and even if Yelu Hugo sent people to harass him at night, it would be useless."

Li Zhongyi is not worried at all, the Khitan people come late at night to engage in the ghost trick of stealing the camp, he really hopes that tomorrow or the day after tomorrow when the decisive battle is held, God will not rain.

Rain has a great impact on artillery, crossbows and grenadiers.

Although the Logistics Department has urged the craftsmen accompanying the army to make felt cloth sheds to protect from the rain, it is better not to rain.

At present, Li Jiajun said that there were 180,000 soldiers and horses, but in fact, 30,000 of them were exchanged for Xiangyong.

In other words, the real combat effectiveness of the Li family's army is only more than 150,000 people.

With 150,000 people, against the 350,000 enemies of the Khitans, Li Zhongyi did not dare to hold it up at all. Before the battle, Li Zhongyi still convened generals at all levels to carry out military discussions in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Lord, the subordinates think that as long as it doesn't rain tomorrow, our army has a good chance of winning!" Liao Shanhe and the others were a little impatient, took the initiative to stand up, and explained his views in detail, "Don't look at the fact that the Khitans are more than twice as many as our army, the strength of our army to fight positional warfare is indeed enough." ”

Li Zhongyi also agrees with Liao Shanhe's analysis, the key to this battle is not the number of Khitans, but the big question of whether Tiangong is beautiful.

"My lord, my subordinates think that the craftsmen of the Logistics Department should be ordered to urgently make felt cloth sheds to shelter from the rain, and it is best to equip the whole army." Liao Shanhe's pacification envoy Xie Yuan arched his hand and said his biggest concern.

Li Zhongyi thought for a moment, nodded and said, "It should be so, I will give an order." "His greatest strength is to be good.

To tell the truth, as long as the artillery and the divine arm crossbow can exert their daily striking effect, no matter how many Khitans there are, they can only eat deflated.

The head-to-head confrontation between the two armies is exactly what Li Jiajun hopes for the most and is also the best way of fighting.

Liao Shanhe is no longer Wuxia Ameng, he pondered for a while, and said confidently: "Even if Yelu Huge avoids the battle, I can use the huge power of the artillery to take Youzhou first." The specific combat method, in fact, the master has already rehearsed it in Fan Yang, and it is a big deal to catch the medicine according to the prescription. ”

When attacking Fanyang, Li Zhongyi only surrounded the south gate, except for the fierce attack to the north, there were 20,000 people on each of the other three sides in a defensive formation.

To put it bluntly, this is also a true portrayal of Li Zhongyi's half-life Rong Ma Wei's prudence, he was worried that when he concentrated all his strength on attacking the city, the Khitans suddenly killed from behind.

Like Fan Yang, Youzhou's four gates also have Wengcheng to help defend, and it is obvious that similar tactics can be adopted to attack Fan Yang.

On the side of the General Staff Department, no less than five different combat plans have already been drawn up, and Li Zhongyi still summoned everyone to discuss the military plan, but it was due to his cautious character.

Li Zhongyi has always kept in mind the basic military principle that soldiers should not be careless and must not ignore the major affairs of the country, and he has never forgotten them.

Seeing Li Zhongyi's eyes on him, He Dabei took the initiative to stand up and said loudly: "According to the assumption of the General Staff Department, since the Khitans have a large number of troops, they are likely to divide their troops into two or even three groups, so as to contain our army's offensive threat to Youzhou. ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, the assumption of the General Staff Department coincided with his guess, Yelu Hugo was not an ordinary general, but the first general of the Khitans, he clearly knew the method of Li Jiajun to attack and take Fan Yang, so it was unlikely that he would continue to make the same mistake, and sit back and watch Li Jiajun draw a scoop according to the gourd.

"Lord, our army has captured nearly 10,000 Xi cars in Fanyang, and it is impossible to suffer losses in positional warfare." Liu Daguang, Liao Shanhe's deputy envoy to pacify him, suddenly clenched his fists and said his opinion.

Li Zhongyi was very pleased, and the officials under his command had actually achieved the level of both military and political excellence, which was obviously a great thing to see!

With the free-flowing military discussions, which continued to go deep into the core area, the plan for a decisive battle with the Khitans was officially formed.

In the middle of the night, Li Zhongyi signed four big characters on the battle plan drawn up by the General Staff Department: Execute it accordingly!

After Li Zhongyi's instructions were issued, all the senators in the war room of the General Staff Department went into battle to make large-scale copies of the battle plan.

The devil always hides in the details, and the official battle plan of the Li Jiajun, according to the rank and authority of officers at all levels, everyone will have a detailed battle plan in their respective fields.

Every officer knows what he wants to do and how he wants to do it, so that he will not be in trouble when he is in battle!

ps: There is one more tonight, and I want to reward the encouragement of a monthly pass, thank you!