In Fanyang, the Li family army was backed by a strong city defense, and the Khitan army had to camp in the field, which obviously could not be used as the main battlefield of the decisive battle.

Therefore, after rescuing the thousands of remnants of Fan Yang's escape, Yelu Xiuge took the main force, retreated more than 100 miles, and set up a large camp outside the south gate of Youzhou.

The soldiers and horses sent to conquer the Xi people have also been withdrawn, and now Yelu Xiuge, holding more than 300,000 male soldiers, if nothing else, will try to protect Youzhou without loss, and there is still a lot to be done.

However, the Han officials in Youzhou City were so scared to death that they couldn't stop worrying all day long.

Ye Mingzhen's father and son were both surprised and happy, and they were surprised that Li Zhongyi was so powerful that he actually broke through Fanyang City, which was high and deep in the city, within two hours.

Happily, their Ye family has Ye Xiaolan beating the side drum on Li Zhongyi's pillow, no matter what, it can be regarded as a family with a big backer behind them, and it is unlikely that the family will collapse.

Although Li Zhongyi has nothing to ask for the Ye family, however, the Ye family has reached this juncture, so why should they make some contributions and leave a way back?

Now, the most valuable news is naturally the Khitan people's defense deployment map in Youzhou.

However, Ye Mingzhen is an authentic civil servant, and he has never had anything to do with military affairs, so he can't help but feel anxious and his scalp is numb.

Ye Zhizhong thought for a long time, and whispered: "My lord, the child and a few commanders of the Han army in the city have some friendship, so it's better to ......."

Ye Mingzhen didn't even think about it, so he waved his hand to reject Ye Zhizhong's stupid suggestion, and he said coldly: "If it weren't for Lan'er's retreat, my father would rather flee to the depths of the desert with the Khitans than go to the south to suffer." What you and my father and son have to do, you can't tell your parents, you can't tell your children, no matter how thick the friendship is in the past, can it be thicker than the safety of the whole family? ”

Ye Zhizhong pondered carefully, his father Ye Mingzhen's words were really reasonable.

To tell the truth, if Ye Xiaolan served the news around Li Zhongyi, few people knew about it, and Ye Mingzhen was afraid that he would have led Ye Zhizhong to flee south a long time ago.

In the original Youzhou, the Han family was the top Han official family. It's a pity that Han Kuangsi had a thought and offered the Khitan princess Yelu bottle, but the Khitan people took revenge and wiped out the whole clan.

As soon as the Han family went, the status of the Ye family skyrocketed, as if there were signs of the top three Han officials in Youzhou.

It's a pity that the good days are too short, Li Zhongyi only took Kaifeng City last year, and this year he grabbed food and took the second largest male city in Youji - Fanyang from the hands of the Khitans.

In this way, if the Ye family in Youzhou wants to be left and right and curry favor with both sides, they will inevitably make due contributions in the future decisive battle.

Of course, Ye Mingzhen can also do nothing, and after Li Zhongyi drives away the Khitans, he will lead the entire family to become a dispensable, mixed and waiting for death of the so-called family of relatives.

Just when the Ye family's father and son were sitting in the city of sorrow, Li Zhongyi, who had fished a lot of grain and grass in Fanyang and made a fortune, brazenly issued a military order to continue the Northern Expedition.

The truth that the iron needs to be struck while it is hot, Yelu Hugh understands it, how can Li Zhongyi not understand it?

Since taking Fanyang, many high-level Han officials in Youzhou have privately sent people to contact Li Zhongyi, so as not to change the situation in the future and be settled by Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi has already defeated Fan Yang, and taking Youzhou is just around the corner, how can he care about those traitors and civil officials in Youzhou?

It's just that under the logic of multiple friends and multiple paths, in order to stabilize these traitors, Li Zhongyi all spoke warmly and comforted, and promised some benefits.

Yelu Huge is not an ordinary Khitan brave general, Li Zhongyi understands very well in his heart, they can hardly play any role in the traitors and civil officials in Youzhou City who do not have military power.

Li Zhongyi's quid pro quo to the traitors, including the Ye family's father and son, would hardly make the necessary significant contributions.

As far as the concept of governing the country is concerned, the path that Li Zhongyi wants to take is to develop from a small peasant society supplemented by handicrafts to an industrial society with mechanized large-scale production.

It is precisely because of this that the so-called mature experience in governing the country possessed by those traitorous civil officials in Youzhou is not only of no use to Li Zhongyi, but is very harmful.

How to punish the traitors, that is all after taking Youzhou, Li Zhongyi's top priority is actually to completely drive the Khitans led by Yelu Xiuge out of Youyun Sixteen Prefectures.

The next morning, Li Zhongyi rode on the back of the "bloody killing" and proudly reined on the review stand.

Under the review stage, the 180,000 officers and men of the Third Army lined up in a neat phalanx, silently waiting for the review of the Supreme Commander.

"Driving the ......" Li Zhongyi lightly clamped the horse's belly, urging the "bloody kill" to gallop down the review stand all the way and came to the array of officers and soldiers of the three armies.

"Sons, since the late Tang Dynasty, my Han army has never set foot on the land of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youji, which is really a great shame." Li Zhongyi deliberately raised his voice and shouted, "Now, we are here, and the land we are stepping on is Fanyang, the second largest city in Youyun. ”

"I believe that this expedition will definitely take Youzhou and completely recover our homeland." Li Zhongyi suddenly raised his right hand high, "Drive out the Tartars and restore my rivers and mountains!" ”

"Drive out the Tartars and restore my rivers and mountains!"

"Drive out the Tartars and restore my rivers and mountains!"

"Drive out the Tartars and restore my rivers and mountains!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

The shouts of all the people are unified, angry and angry, the sound shocks for nine days, and the sound is overwhelming!

"Let's go!" Li Zhongyi slashed his right hand heavily, and his decisive momentum was completely unquestionable.

, The soldiers clenched the steel guns in their hands, followed behind Li Zhongyi, and marched towards the north without stopping.

The iron armor is like a forest, the spears are like a forest, the red tassels are dazzling, and the momentum is like a tide!

For decades, the army of the Han nationality once again embarked on the journey to recover Youzhou, and its historical significance cannot be overemphasized.

In the loud military song of "driving a long car, stepping through the ...... of Yanshan Mountain", the fearless soldiers of the Han Army marched northward.

"Report to the regent, the Southern Barbarians have left Fanyang and are coming towards my Nanjing Xijin Mansion."

Regarding the name of Youzhou, it is mainly the Wenchen generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty who will be called this way, after the Khitans occupied Youzhou, it has always been called Nanjing Xijin Mansion.

Brother Yelu Xiu sighed, glanced at Yelu Hengchang, the sin who lost Fan Yang, but his heart was mixed.

Originally, Yelu Hugo wanted to wait for change, and wait for Li Zhongyi to run out of food, and then launch an all-out counterattack.

Who would have thought that Fan Yang City, which seemed to be impregnable, was actually destroyed by Li Zhongyi in only two hours?

If it were other cities, it would be fine, but there was a large amount of grain and baggage hoarded in Fanyang City, and Li Zhongyi, who needed to travel from afar, was cheapened in vain.

"Our army is 350,000, and Li Zhongyi is no more than 200,000 at best, what do you think of the success or failure of this battle?"

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