After the army rested in the dock fort for two hours, Li Zhongyi ordered to rush overnight to join the main force led by Yang Lie as soon as possible.

While resting on the way, Li Zhongyi received a report that 30,000 Khitan soldiers and horses entrenched in Luanzhou set out in the direction of Pingzhou.

Li Zhongyi couldn't help but smile slightly, the Khitans stationed in Luanzhou were obviously trying to cut off the return route of the Li family's army.

Others may not know the combat effectiveness of the Li family's army, but how can Yelu Xiuge, who once personally led the army south to fight the grass valley, not know?

In the first battle of Zhaozhou, 10,000 elite leather room troops and more than 30,000 palace division troops were ambushed by Li Zhongyi and were surrounded and annihilated.

That battle was the largest victory of the Han army in the Central Plains in the battle of the Khitans since the late Tang Dynasty. It can be said that it has played the national prestige, the military prestige, and more importantly, the national ambition of the cowardly people.

Since then, Yelu Xiuge has understood the power of Li Jiajun, and he no longer dares to despise Li Zhongyi.

After Li Zhongyi took the Yuguan, Yelu Hugo was surprised to find that the small Yuguan had become a key point separating Nanjing Road and Tokyo Road.

Because of the terrain, from the west of Yuguan to Youzhou, it is the Youji Plain of Pingchuan, and there is no danger to defend at all.

As a general, Brother Yelu Xiu naturally saw through Li Zhongyi's sinister intentions at a glance, but seeing through it does not mean that there is a way to restrain it.

If Yelu Hugo sent more than 100,000 heavy troops to be stationed in front of Yuguan, it was indeed possible to restrict the westward advance of the Li family's army.

At the beginning, Yelu Hugo really sent a general to lead a heavy army to defend Yuguan. However, what is a headache is that the military discipline of the Khitans is originally poor, and the royal family is playing tricks behind their backs. As a result, without waiting for the attack of the Li family's army, more than 40,000 of his own people fled.

These 40,000 people have now become the backbone of the Khitan royal family's rebellion against Yelu Huge, so why bother in the first place?

Yelu Huge knew very well in his heart that Li Zhongyi was far from having the ability to destroy the Great Khitan Kingdom, and it was the correct strategic principle to settle the inside before attacking the outside.

However, just when the battle of Shangjing Province was victorious, King Xi led the people of all ethnic groups in Tokyo Province and made a fuss.

Li Zhongyi even took advantage of this great opportunity to blatantly lead the army westward, and he couldn't take Jizhou, he actually didn't care much at all. The important thing is to contain the main force of Yelu Hugo and let the Khitan civil war last as long as possible.

The general of Yelu Hugh stationed in Luanzhou, named Yelu Shou, is not only the general in the leather room army, but also the confidant of Hugh Ge.

What's more, Yelu shouted that he was a guy with a lot of eyes, and the task given to him by Brother Hugh was very simple: to defend Luanzhou, when Li Zhongyi sent troops to the west, he did not need to send troops to intercept it, and after Brother Hugh's main force and Li Zhongyi started a confrontation, Yelu shouted took the opportunity to cut off the grain route of the Li family's army.

Brother Hugh was an old general who fought with the Southern Barbarians, and he was the first Khitan general, and when fighting against the Han army, it was the next step to charge bravely. It is the best policy to lure the enemy deeper, and then cut off their food routes and starve their army.

In addition, Brother Hugh likes to play the tactics of encirclement and reinforcements, which is also the most feared style of play by the Han people.

Because of the fear of Hugh's siege and reinforcements, after his own city is besieged, it has indeed become a fatal question whether to save or not.

When Chai Rong was alive, Brother Hugh was relatively restrained. After Chai Rong died, Li Zhongyi was left out in the cold in Goryeo again, so the Han flower world south of the Baigou River became the best place for the Khitan people to fight the grass valley.

Fu Yanqing, the king of Wei who guarded the Daimyo's mansion, although he was known for his bravery, the older he was, the less courageous he became, and the generals were quite inadequate, and he never dared to lead his troops to confront the Khitan army head-on.

Objectively speaking, Hugh's calculations are extremely deep, and his strategy is completely correct. However, the only thing that Brother Hugh didn't expect was that Yelu shouted that he underestimated the enemy, and he didn't really take Li Jiajun seriously.

In fact, it's no wonder that Yelu didn't take the Li family army seriously, over the years, the combat effectiveness of the Southern Barbarian Army has almost been synonymous with collapse at the touch of a button, what is there to worry about?

In addition, among the 50,000 horses led by Yelushout, there were 20,000 elite leather room troops. Leather room army, these three words, in the Great Khitan Kingdom, means the elite of the elite, the warrior of the warriors.

If, Yelu shouted that he had 50,000 elites and really let Li Zhongyi gallop across the entire Youji Plain, then what kind of face would he have to dare to claim to be a generation of famous generals?

Yelu shouted that he had already been targeted to death by the elite throats of the Li family's army, and he took advantage of the night to move the troops and horses, and an hour later, the two of them were equipped with eight horsemen, and the news had been passed to Li Zhongyi's hands.

After Li Zhongyi carefully inquired about Yelu's movements, he couldn't help but pour several sips of herbal tea, wiped the water stains on the corners of his lips, and said comfortably: "What Lao Tzu is waiting for is Yelu's shout." ”

The entire west of Yuguan is a large plain, and there is no danger to defend at all. Brother Hugh knew very well in his heart that Li Zhongyi was not a cowardly and incompetent Southern Barbarian, and putting tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in front of Yuguan was equivalent to sending a piece of big fat meat to Li Zhongyi's mouth, and he didn't know when, he would be bitten a fatal bite.

Yelu Hugo gave up Yingzhou in disguise, and ordered Yelu to be stationed in Luanzhou, and to respond to Pingzhou, Wangdu and Anxi in the middle, which was indeed a clever move.

Even if An Xi was lost, Brother Hugh felt that it didn't matter, as long as the 50,000 soldiers and horses shouted by Yelu stayed in Li Zhongyi's rear, it would be a huge threat.

Yelu, who was entrenched in Luanzhou, was like a black mamba snake, and he stopped Li Zhongyi's throat when he left Yuguan.

However, what Yelu Xiuge never dreamed of was that Li Zhongyi was not afraid of the grain road being cut off, so he brazenly adopted the frog jumping tactic and commanded the army to attack Anxi directly.

Once Anxi was lost, the gateway to the eastern part of Jizhou suddenly opened. You must know that the core grain-producing area of the Youji Plain is the vast area east of Jizhou to the Luanhe River.

The area has a dense water network and fertile land, and even the most primitive slash-and-burn farming has a good harvest.

The main purpose of Li Zhongyi's westward expansion this time was to destroy the spring sowing in the area west of Anxi and east of Jizhou. As for whether Jizhou can be taken, it can only be improvised, and it is not the strategic point of this trip.

Yelu shouted to stop the throat of the Li family's westward advance, and Li Zhongyi led the army to attack Anxi and threaten Jizhou, which was also to attack it.

really let Li Zhongyi completely destroy the spring sowing of the Youji Plain, what will the Khitan people eat in the coming year? The Khitan people of this era did not yet have the concept of often closing positions. It was not until after the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty that the Khitan would build a regular position in the same way to prepare for the famine year.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even the Khitans can rob the grain of the Daohan people in Nanjing and let them eat their own stomachs. Then, the Han people under the rule who have no way to survive will definitely be forced to rise up.

Objectively speaking, it was precisely because Yelu shouted that he ignored Yelu Huge's strict orders and took the initiative to leave Luanzhou and move closer to Pingzhou in the north.

Although Yelu shouted that he despised the combat effectiveness of the Li family, he still trusted Brother Hugh's vision. Therefore, Yelu shouted that he did not recklessly divide his troops, but gathered the 40,000 elite troops brought out of Luanzhou together, even if he walked slowly, he would not be annihilated by Li Zhongyi.

On the vast plains of thistle, there is no suitable place to set up an ambush. The 20,000 leather room army shouted by Yelu, plus the 20,000 palace army, were all cavalry troops with one person and two horses.

With so many Khitans gathered together, Li Zhongyi had no way to encircle them, and the only way was to fight head-on.

In order to guard against the possible night attack of the Li family's army, Yelu shouted that he came out of Luanzhou this time and brought a lot of Xi cars. The Khitans were not good at digging ditches and building villages, and Yelu shouted that he planned to camp at night, so he placed the cart on the periphery of the camp to block possible cavalry assaults.

But the problem is that Yelu shouted that he neglected a major event: Li Zhongyi had a large number of "cocktails" in his hands.

Now, Li Zhongyi has a bronze cannon, a big killing weapon for attacking the city and fort, whether it is a sneak attack on Yelu who is camping at night, or a sneak attack on Luanzhou, a major place for grain hoarding, he is more than fifty percent sure.

"Go and call Yang Wushuang." Li Zhongyi already has a plan in his heart, but the specific implementation link requires careful planning by the Senate Department.

Husband war, the temple is the winner, and it has to be counted as a lot!

This time, Li Zhongyi divided the Senate Division into two, He Dabei followed Yang Lie's main force, and Yang Wushuang led his people to accompany Li Zhongyi.

"The mountain chief, the Khitan people in Luanzhou, are all elite cavalry. According to the careful investigation of the reprimands, that Yelu shouted that he was not a person who had lost his name, and in the opinion of the students, it was better to take Luanzhou at night. As soon as Yang Wushuang heard that Yelu was moving, he immediately hit Luanzhou's head with his idea.

Li Zhongyi touched his chin and said with a smile: "Yelu shouts that he does have a few brushes, and he deliberately led his troops north with great fanfare, I'm afraid he wants to lure me to attack Luanzhou, right?" ”

Yang Wushuang had already prepared, he took out the Luanzhou strategy that the Senate had been revising and perfecting from his arms, and held it in front of Li Zhongyi with both hands.

Before leaving Yuguan in the west, Li Zhongyi had already read the Luanzhou strategy formulated by the Senate, and Yang Wushuang was afraid that he had a new plan, right?

Li Zhongyi read the whole strategy with doubts, and couldn't help but nod his head with satisfaction and said: "Virtual, real, real, virtual, no wonder someone gave you the nickname of Xiao Zhuge ......"

"Mountain Chief, the credit is not mine, hundreds of colleagues in the Senate Department, everyone brainstormed and worked together to come up with such a good strategy." Yang Wushuang is different from Yang Lie, he is a typical chatter, especially in front of Li Zhongyi, he has more words.

"Well, follow the strategy you have drawn up." Li Zhongyi paused slightly, after all, he was a little worried that the troops were too small, and added, "It would be more appropriate to send someone to transfer half of Li Yong's cavalry over, and let him, a guy who is good at robbing roads, harass Yelu who is camping." ”

Yang Wushuang understood Li Zhongyi's mind in seconds, and with the continuous supply of war horses from the northwest to the army, there were more and more Han soldiers who were good at fighting immediately.

Li Yong had more than 3,000 party cavalry under his command, and there were still too many of these people after all. If it is quietly weakened to about 1,005, and the ratio of the Hanfan cavalry is increased to about 5:1, even if Li Yong is ambitious, he will not be able to turn the sky upside down.