Yelu Changyuan is indeed a ruthless character, after a short temptation and a fiasco, he decisively chose to avoid the battle.

As soon as the two armies met, Yelu Changyuan lost 2,000 men, and the morale of the army fluctuated, and the morale was greatly reduced, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to fight again.

As a typical feudal army, Yelu Changyuan's battle loss rate has exceeded 15%, and the army's morale must be chaotic and unable to continue to fight.

Only if you have the strength can you have the capital to continue to mix, so Yelu Changyuan chose to retreat, intending to make a detour and cut off the grain route of the Li family's army.

ran back like this, Yelu Changyuan knew better than anyone else that Yelu Aman would definitely not let him go easily.

The battle loss of 2,000 people is definitely not a small number, however, Yelu Changyuan has already tested the strong strength of the Li family's army. Even if the remaining 8,000 people are all wiped out, they can only be sent to death in vain, and it is completely useless!

After thinking about it clearly, Yelu Changyuan chose another path without hesitation, and did not go back to look for death for the time being, to see if he could find a suitable fighter behind the Li Jiajun to redeem his merits!

When the Li family's army was marching, the throat reprimand group in charge of reconnaissance had to travel at least 100 miles away, and Yelu Changyuan's detour was very hard, and it was more than 200 miles away.

After the Khitan people were tempted, they suffered heavy losses, but they withdrew first, which is really a strange thing.

According to the judgment of the Senate Division, it is very likely that the Yelu Changyuan Division, which took the initiative to retreat after the temptation, did not go far.

Li Zhongyi pinched the conclusion of the Senate Division in his hand, and said with a smile: "The Khitans found that they couldn't win head-on, I'm afraid they wanted to repeat their old tricks, right?" ”

Yang Wushuang nodded and said: "The soldiers and horses of the grassland people are better at fighting with the wind, this Yelu Changyuan and we just fought each other, and he lost nearly two thousand people, even if he is a fool, it is not a good way to fight hard." Our colleagues in the Senate Department unanimously agreed that the Khitans should be trying to go around behind us and intend to cut off the grain route. ”

Li Zhongyi touched his chin, smiled slightly, and said: "The form of war has undergone essential changes with the upgrading of weapons, and the Khitan people still want to play the old routine of cutting off the grain road, so they are not afraid that stealing chickens will not lead to the erosion of their own good rice?" ”

"Lord, the Khitans just suffered a small loss, and they didn't let them shed more blood, and they didn't know the strength of our army at all." Yang Wushuang narrowed his eyes and raised his hand to Youzhou, "Let our army stop under the fortified city, and then join forces with the outside to attack me, hehe, this old trick is indeed outdated." ”

Gao Qiang saw that Li Zhongyi was aiming at him, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "With the help of artillery, no matter how strong the city of Youzhou City is, the soldiers are strong and strong, it can be broken overnight." ”

Zhang Sanzheng saw Li Zhongyi turn his head to look at him, so he smiled and said: "As long as you are one step ahead of the enemy, take Youzhou, and rob all the gold beads and grain in the city, no matter how powerful the Khitan iron cavalry is, they will only be hungry and cold in the coming winter." ”

Li Zhongyi curled the corners of his mouth slightly, since Yelu Xiuge chose to avoid the decisive battle, then whether Youzhou, where the city is high and deep, can make the Li family's army stop under the city has become the key to this battle.

The senators of the General Staff Department simulated all the things that should be thought of, and made a total of nine sets of plans from No. A to No. Ren, and Li Zhongyi had nothing to say.

"Since the Khitans want to outflank our grain routes and back roads, why should we cooperate with them?" Li Zhongyi suddenly raised his head and gave an order with a serious attitude, "The whole army will continue to retreat, and when enough grain and grass are received, they will come back and take Youzhou." ”

Yelu Hugo chose to retreat, and Li Zhongyi also chose to retreat unexpectedly, now it depends on whose patience is better and luck is better.

After all, Yang Lie led the sailors and 30,000 elite soldiers to go deep into the enemy's territory and launch a large-scale guerrilla war.

The Khitans have already suffered two big losses from the water division, and this time, even if Yelu Xiuge is stupid, he will definitely try his best to eliminate the Li family's water division.

Li Zhongyi chose to take the initiative to retreat, just to lure Yelu Hugo to continue to divide his troops to deal with Yang Lie's guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.

This trick is actually a conspiracy!

Regardless of whether or not Yelu Hugo saw through Li Zhongyi's conspiracy, he had to divide his troops to deal with Yang Lie's raid on the Youzhou Great Plain.

If Li Zhongyi did not take the initiative to retreat, Yelu Xiuge would probably endure the pain for a while and choose to attack the main force of the Li family's army first, and then clean up Yang Lie's small army.

However, Li Zhongyi's unreasonable way of playing cards made Yelu Huge's situation extremely embarrassing.

Yelu Hugh wanted to play Kutuzov's small trick of retreating in stride, and using retreat as advance, but Li Zhongyi did the opposite, taking the strange trick of Hugh Ge retreating and he also retreating, which made Hugh Ge's plot break in an instant.

Now, Brother Hugh's strength has been divided into three, the Han army in Youzhou went to Jinyang, there are tens of thousands of Khitan iron cavalry guards in Youzhou City, and Brother Hugh himself has brought more than 100,000 elite leather room troops and palace division troops.

If Brother Hugh then divided his troops to deal with Yang Lie, then this battle had not officially started, and Li Zhongyi had already won most of it.

However, after all, Brother Hugh was the first general of the Khitans, and his choice surprised Li Zhongyi.

Two days later, Li Zhongyi, who had returned to Bazhou, learned of Yelu Huge's latest movements.

Yelu Hugo did not go south again, but gathered troops in Youzhou and waited for Li Zhongyi to go north again.

In the face of the enemy's latest situation, the senators of the General Staff Department unanimously agreed that Yelu Hugo should have seen through the strategic intentions of the Li Jiajun, and Hugh Ge's next step is estimated to be to first strengthen the strength of Youzhou, and then send a part of the main force to kill Yang Lie's Li Jiajun.

Li Zhongyi touched his chin and said with a smile: "Brother Yelu Xiu is only afraid that he is already on the way to find Yang Lie, right?" ”

He Dabei, who also knew the secretary of the General Staff, sighed and said: "Brother Yelu Xiu is really a fierce opponent we have never seen, this battle has not officially started, and the two sides have already gained insight into each other's strategic purposes. ”

"Youzhou is too important, and it is not unusual for Yelu Hugo to attach great importance to it." Li Zhongyi restrained his smile and solemnly issued a military order, "The whole army is marching north again." ”

After returning to Bazhou this time, the cooking men worked in three shifts day and night, and finally rushed to make the dry food and salt pancakes and fried rice of the army for half a month.

When Li Jiajun entered Youzhou again, Yelu Xiuge was already on his way to find Yang Lie, according to his analysis, Li Zhongyi's side should be attacking, and Yang Lie, who was harassing and robbing in the rear, was a big problem.

The facts also proved Yelu Hugo's opinion, when Hugh Ge left Youzhou for 400 miles, he received bad news: Yang Lie had broken through the county seat of Wuqing.

The distance from Wuqing to Youzhou is only two hundred miles, and Yang Lie's courage is really too great, he actually dares to go deep into the hinterland of the Khitans and take the initiative to take Wuqing, the southeast gateway of Youzhou.

The dilemma in front of Yelu Hugo is, where is Yang Lie's next purpose?