Chai Rong led the Northern Expeditionary Army, and after taking Xiongzhou and Bazhou, the Khitan and the Great Zhou took the Juma River and the Baigou River as the boundary, each gathering more than 100,000 troops, and confronting the north and south.

The Baigou River, originating in the Taihang Mountains, passes through the eastern part of Shanxi, meanders all the way to the east, and joins the Bohai Bay. One of the rivers, named Jiehe in the Northern Song Dynasty, was actually the Haihe River in later generations.

Li Zhongyi led a mighty fleet, under the guidance of the guide, directly crossed the mouth of the Haihe River and continued to sail north.

Zhou Daozhong asked Li Zhongyi puzzled: "Enxiang, if our army goes west along the Baigou River, it can even go straight to the city of Youzhou." ”

Youzhou, that is, the red imperial capital of later generations, was called Nanjing Xijin Mansion by the Khitans, and the Han people of the Central Plains generally called it Youzhou.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and explained: "The elite cavalry of the Khitan has already formed a regiment, instead of attacking it, it is better to transfer the tiger away from the mountain first, and then find an opportunity to eat one of its elites." Let's go around the back of the Khitans and beat them up, so that the confrontation at the Baigou River can be resolved. ”

Under the city of Youzhou, there are now hundreds of thousands of troops from the Khitan and the Great Zhou, and Li Zhongyi led less than 20,000 horses, rushing in, even if it is an iron cavalry that can severely damage the Khitan, the loss is definitely not small.

Therefore, in the recital of Chai Rong given by Li Zhongyi, he put forward the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao at the beginning.

Although Chai Rong was seriously ill, he was not so faint that he forced Li Zhongyi to fight hard with hundreds of thousands of Khitan iron horsemen.

When Li Zhongyi saw His Majesty, although Chai Rong was no longer able to personally approve the chapter, he also used the power of the purple and gold waist card given before to acquiesce to Li Zhongyi's cheap actions.

The art of war has long been known: the general is outside. The king's order is not granted!

Li Zhongyi is not an ordinary leading general, and he, the deputy minister, has the right to dispose of it at the right of opportunity. Especially in the front of the palace, the deputy capital is inspected, above Zhao Yuanlang.

The situation today. In fact, it is also extremely weird, the two sides of the Great Zhou and the Khitan each have more than 100,000 elites.

Neither side dared to withdraw first, but they were unable to swallow each other in one bite, which is a typical hemp rod to beat the wolf, and both ends are afraid!

After Li Zhongyi obtained Chai Rong's authorization, the first sneak attack target that came to mind was Yuguan, which was the first pass in the world in later generations. Shanhaiguan.

Yuguan is the throat road connecting the Khitan people in Zhongjing Road and Nanjing Road, the cattle, sheep and livestock of Zhongjing Road, and the grain of Nanjing Road must be transferred through this place.

The terrain of this Yuguan is very dangerous, but because it is located in the "big rear" of the Khitans, according to the detailed report sent to the Khitan by the Great Zhou, the armament of Yuguan has been extremely relaxed.

What's more, Yuguan is on the edge of the Bohai Bay. The large fleet led by Li Zhongyi can easily carry out a sneak attack.

Attacking and retreating, it can be said to be the best of both worlds.

Three days later in the afternoon. The huge fleet of ships that came with the wind slowly approached a small bay about thirty miles east of Yuguan that was barely suitable for docking large ships.

Yang Lie made a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect it at all. With 20,000 troops and horses, it was difficult to board the ship. Disembarking was even more difficult.

Binzhou's ferry, although it is impossible to dock more than 1,000 civilian ships at the same time. However, the Yellow River embankment in Binzhou is not only unusually smooth, but also far above the river.

All you need to do is get through the guò springboard, and the 20,000 troops can board the boat directly, and they don't all need to crowd to the ferry.

However, the water level of the small bay in front of him was far lower than the side of the Great Zhou Naval Division's warship.

When Li Zhongyi led Zhou Daozhong to expedition to Goryeo, it was actually of epoch-making significance, the first amphibious landing operation in the entire Blue Star.

Seeing Yang Lie's sad face, Li Zhongyi couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, took a stack of thick manuscript paper handed over by Zhu'er, and stuffed it into Yang Lie's hand.

"You take it and take a good look at it, and after you have eaten it thoroughly, then lead the people of the Senate Department to organize this landing operation." Li Zhongyi felt a little cool in his heart, and Yang Lie, this kid, was finally stumped.

Yang Lie touched his nose and finally didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, he held the landing plan written by Li Zhongyi, and read it hungrily.

Li Zhongyi didn't bother to pay attention to Yang Lie, according to his plan, similar landing operations would definitely be repeated in the future.

Yang Lie has never suffered a big loss, and his personality has gradually become a little arrogant, Li Zhongyi has always wanted to beat him, and just happened to have such an opportunity, so he deliberately hid several hands.

To put it bluntly, Li Zhongyi just wants Yang Lie to know that there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people!

The world is so big, there are always some unknown things that need to be explored by smart people.

Li Zhongyi looked at the approaching bay, and couldn't help but feel the ups and downs of his heart, and his ambition was fierce!

Heroic and martial like Tang Taizong Li Shimin, but in the expedition to Goguryeo, he planted a lot of heels.

However, Li Shimin's so-called dog, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, fulfilled the great ambition that the tiger father had never been able to achieve, and successfully destroyed Goguryeo.

The reason for this is that although Tang Taizong was superior in martial arts, he made the same mistake as Emperor Yang of Sui, and always attacked Goguryeo only by land.

As the saying goes, before the army moves, the grain and grass go first!

When fighting a war, it is logistics that is fought.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty transported troops and horses, money, grain and people by land to Liaodong, thousands of miles away. The consumption on the road is really amazing, even Sheng Sui and Sheng Tang are absolutely unbearable.

On the contrary, Su Dingfang, Li Ji, and Xue Rengui were all famous generals sent by Tang Gaozong, but they advanced by land and water, causing Goguryeo to suffer from the enemy on its back and was finally defeated.

During the First Opium War, the Qing Empire had nearly one million standing troops, but due to poor mobilization, it was defeated by the British army all the way from south to north, and lost badly.

Li Zhongyi knew very well in his heart that when it came to the ability to maneuver on the grassland, the Khitans, whose entire clan were cavalry, must be much stronger than the Zhou army that marched north on foot.

However, Li Zhongyi now has more than 1,000 civilian ships, merchant ships, and naval warships, and he can use his maneuverability at sea to attack flexibly, stirring up the hinterland of the Khitans, and the chickens and dogs are restless.

After all, Yang Lie was an extremely smart person, he only read the amphibious battle plan for half an hour, and immediately realized it.

"Teacher, the student knows that he is wrong." Yang Liebai fell in front of Li Zhongyi, kowtowed respectfully three times, and said earnestly, "Please give the teacher the task of commanding the landing to the students." ”

Li Zhongyi was waiting for this moment, and there was no reason to let it go, but in order to exercise Yang Lie's adaptability, he forced Yang Lie to write down the military order, and then let him arrange it.

According to Li Zhongyi's pre-formulated plan, Yang Lie first ordered the fleet to move to the side of shelter.

Then, under the command of Yang Lie, the civilian ships and merchant ships with shallow draft, under the control of the boatman, docked first.

Most of the ships that accompanied them were fishing boats or merchant ships that had been forcibly recruited, and the draft of the bottom was relatively shallow.

Fortunately, on the sea, there is no wind and small waves.

When the large and small civilian ships and merchant ships were fixed with iron chains and wooden planks, the warships of the naval division finally got the opportunity to berth.

For a while, the army disembarked from the boat, and the war horses were also continuously led to the shore. (To be continued......)