Spring in the season has already arrived, but in the land of Yanyun, spring has not yet come, as far as the eye can see, it is all a withered yellow, last year's withered grass and dry branches, this year is still hanging on the earth.

If you look closely, you can find that under the withered yellow, a little bit of tender green has begun to appear.

Yanfangdian is a huge wetland that spans more than 100 miles, with shallow lakes, muddy swamps, and moist soil. In the future, when Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty really set the capital here, a place called Tongzhou at the end of the river will become a very prosperous place, the so-called Tongzhou, is the meaning of thoroughfare, is the end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and is also the connection point between Beijing and Jiangnan, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, cargo ships from the south would also have the phenomenon of "traffic jams", and the lake in Yanfangdian was a huge parking lot.

Hundreds of miles of Yanfangdian, the lake is just one of the embellishments, the real protagonist is the favorite wetland of migratory birds, the wetland is a moist place, but it can allow animals and people to walk on it, dense grass will grow on it, tall reeds, and it is also a happy land for the people to raise cattle, sheep and livestock.

It is also a natural hunting ground, and it is the favorite place for the Liao emperor to come to hunt.

But now at this time of year, as far as the eye can see, it is all yellow.

Gan Qi set the battlefield here because he took a fancy to some of the characteristics of this place.

However, this is not the only place for Yeluren to return to the rescue first, because there is a better road on the northern edge of Yanfangdian, which leads directly to the county seat of Luxian, which is later Tongzhou.

So Gan Qi had to find a way to let Yeluren not go to Lu County first, but go a little south a little bit and pass through Yanfangdian.

There is a way to mobilize Jeremin, because Jereren is passive, while Ganchi is active. This is the key to the victory or defeat of this big battle.

How could Yeluren not take the road of Lu County first?

Ganchi had clearly made the arrangements.

Di Yong, who has been following Yeluren's army, is the executor of this arrangement.

When the army was still more than a hundred miles away from Lu County, Di Yong began to move, and he suddenly stopped the army from advancing and recruited all the generals in front of him.

These generals in front of Di Yong are the civil and military officials of the Great Yan Kingdom, Di Yong opened his mouth and asked, "How many horses are there in the army?" ”

"I've got seventy here."

"I have more than one hundred and sixty horses."

"I have ...... Twelve horses. ”

"I have three hundred and sixty-one."

……

Di Yong listened to it, and took a pen to memorize, and after everyone finished speaking, Di Yong calculated and said: "A total of more than 1,300 horses, not bad......"

"Di Xiang, most of the horses in our hands are inferior horses, even if we build a cavalry, I'm afraid it will be useless."

Di Yong waved his hand, did not answer, and asked, "How many donkeys and mules are used in the army?" ”

"I have only about 200 mules, but I have more than 800 donkeys."

"I also have more than 500 donkeys, and about 100 mules......

"I have eighty donkeys and sixty mules."

……

Di Yong made another calculation, and said to himself: "A total of 3,600 mules and more than 5,800 donkeys. Barely enough. ”

"Di Xiang, you don't really want to build a cavalry battalion, do you? We can ride this little thing, and we can run when we run, but if we use it to fight, I'm afraid it's really useless, and compared with the healthy horses of the Liao people, it's too much worse. ”

Di Yong only said: "Gather all the horses, donkeys and mules, and I will immediately dispatch an army of 10,000 to attack with me!" ”

"Huh? Di Xiang, you are going to bring 10,000 ...... Did the cavalry go after and cover up the Liao? ”

Di Yong shook his head: "No, I am going to lead the troops to the head of the Liao people to block their way." ”

"I don't know where Di Xiang is going to block the road?"

"Lu County!"

When everyone heard this, they first frowned and thought about it, and then they all looked like they suddenly realized.

"Good plan, Di Xiang has a good plan, as long as Luxian is blocked, the Liao people have no way out, and they will inevitably be blocked on the road by my army of more than 200,000, so our 200,000 army is less than 100,000 against him, and if he is destroyed in a war, the sixteen states of Yanyun are all in my hands."

"Di Xiang is really not comparable to us, he actually came up with such a good plan!"

"No wonder Di Xiang wants to take me out and chase me out, it turns out that I have already made a plan, admire and admire!"

"When Di Xiang took us out, he said that he was looking for an opportunity to annihilate it, seeing that Yanjing City was not far away, I thought Di Xiang had no plan, it turned out that the opportunity was here!"

Di Qing listened to everyone's praise, with a smile on his face, he looked around, and there was only one feeling in his heart, a bunch of vegetables!

If it is really this strategy in their mouths, they really use the so-called 200,000 army to block the Liao people and confront the Liao people's 100,000 army in the wild, and they don't know how to die if they don't die. 200,000 coerced troops, not to mention the fighting spirit of the army, that is, they can't even stand in line, how can they fight with the armored men of the Liao army? I'm afraid that the first war will bring people back to their original shape.

The so-called uncovering the pole really means lifting the pole and getting up with the bamboo pole to do it. The army of 200,000 does not even have a weapon for one person, and most of the coerced army still holds sticks, not to mention armor, what to use to fight with the Liao?

However, these are just Di Qing's psychological activities, and it is impossible to say, so Di Qing said with a smile: "This is the plan, blocking the way of the Liao people, it is to attack back and forth, once defeated, our Great Yan Kingdom will be truly established from then on, and when the time comes, Your Majesty will be invited to Yanjing City to live in the palace of the Liao Emperor, and your official positions will really be real official positions." ”

"Good!"

"Thank you!"

"Follow Di Xiang, that is, there is a future."

None of these mud legs know a little bit about military affairs! They were all carried away by the previous so-called victories.

Di Yong shook his head, but his face was still smiling: "It's all thanks to your lives!" ”

"It's even more Di Xiang's strategy, we should use our lives!"

"Yes, yes, it's all up to Di Xiang's proper command!"

Everyone was excited, the Liao people fled in panic, Di Yong's plan, that is, the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, as long as the line of the Liao people's escape is blocked, the Liao people will inevitably collapse on the spot, and victory is in sight. In the play, in the mouth of the storyteller, aren't those generals who are strategizing like this command and dispatch?

"Go quickly on errands, gather all the horses, donkeys and mules, and send the bravest men in your command! Time is not waiting, the prime minister personally took them to the small road and rushed away, day and night, first to Lu County. Di Yong was confident, laughing, and obviously felt that victory was in sight.

Don't underestimate donkeys and mules, these animals have a great ability, that is, amazing endurance, donkeys that pull and grind, donkeys, don't want any fine feed, only eat grass, and can grind all day long. The camel puller is also extremely enduring, but the speed is not as fast as that of a healthy horse. It is the most suitable for traveling.

Di Yong just had to rely on bad horses and donkeys and mules, and travel under the stars and nights, and go around the small road to Lu County, and rush to Lu County in front of Yelu Renxian.

This kind of tactic, in later generations, has a professional military vocabulary called "interspersed tactics", and it is also the specialty tactic of the group of military strategists of Beijing Taizu in later generations.

Yelu Renxian obviously didn't pay attention to the rabble behind him at all, if he hadn't rushed back to Yanjing to rescue the emperor at this time, and had to prepare for the battle with the Song army, nearly 100,000 troops would have been able to defeat these rabble in a hurry.

However, Yeluren couldn't afford to spend this time in the first place, and he couldn't afford to procrastinate, and the generals of the Southern Privy Council under his command didn't want to waste time on these rabble.

It is not to blame these Liao generals for underestimating the thieves behind them, the fact is also the truth, the thieves who have descended the towering city wall are really not worth their attention.

At the end of the night, they set up camp, buried pots to cook, carefully fed the healthy horses in the army, and the Liao army, who had been driving for a day, fell asleep quickly in exhaustion. Yeluren first wanted to rush to Yanjing under the stars, but this kind of thing can only be done once for human beings.

It means that it is barely possible to walk without sleep for a day and a night, but it is impossible to go without sleep for two days and two nights in a row. Therefore, when the army travels a long way, after all, it still has to walk at sunrise and sleep at sunset. If you have to fight after the journey, you have to recharge your energy and not really exhaust the army.

Yelu Renxian couldn't sleep, because he hadn't received the exact news of Yanjing City for several days, and most of the news came from other places, and Yelu Renxian was worried about his lack of understanding of the specific news of Yanjing City at this time, which was also a great disadvantage on the battlefield.

He knew that the Song army that had arrived in Yanjing City was less than 30,000, and it had been seven or eight days, and this information was obviously inaccurate.

Since the Song people dared to start this battle, they must have been prepared, and it was impossible to send only 20,000 or 30,000 people to attack the sixteen states of Yanyun, and there must be a steady stream of reinforcements, this number is really hard to say. Moreover, many places outside Yanjing City have also sent people to send information, along the line from Guiyi City to Yanjing City, from time to time you can see a large number of convoys of the Song army marching on the road, which is the proof of the side.

Speaking of a thousand ways and ten thousand, Yelu Renxian was worried about the specific number of Song troops on the side of Yanjing City, as well as the specific situation in Yanjing City now. Although he knew that Yanjing City not only had 30,000 defenders, but also many people and clans who lived and died with the Liao State, and there were many Khitans. It's not difficult to hold the city for a while, but who can say for sure?

Worry is worry, but this road still has to be rushed day by day, Yelu Renxian also knows that the army under his command of less than 100,000 is already the last army of Yanyun, if you want to come to the rescue from other places, even if it comes from the nearest Zhongjing Dading Mansion, it will take a month or two.

Therefore, Yeluren knew first that if he was defeated, then the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures would really be lost. This situation is too unexpected and passive.

Sixty years ago, when the Liao and Song dynasties fought, the Liao State did its best to transfer all the troops that could fight in the country, and there were hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn.

This time, I was really caught off guard by the Song people.

However, Yeluren also held back his strength, as long as Yanjing City stabilized his position, and when the reinforcements from Beijing Zhongjing came, he would take the cavalry of the Northern Privy Council to beat the Song people back to his hometown, and he had to fight Bianliang to relieve his anger!

Yelu Renxian was actually emotional at this time, and he was angry, it has been sixty years since the alliance of the Yuanyuan, and sixty years since the peace of the Liao and Song dynasties, and the Song people suddenly betrayed the alliance.

Even before the Liao Kingdom, it was just a military exercise at the border of Chen Bing to scare him. Who would have thought that the Song people would really betray the alliance? It's so secretive and resolute.

It's like being stabbed in the back by a brother who grew up together, how can you not be angry?

Yelu Renxian's feeling is probably the feeling of all Khitan people at this time. The alliance of Lanyuan, you and I call each other brothers, you Song is the Southern Dynasty, and I Liao is the Northern Dynasty, and since then we have formed friendship for eternity. I never thought of really beating you, I just scared and scared you at the border, and scolded a few words between brothers, but I just wanted to have a good discussion, but I didn't expect you to be a wolf-hearted dog, and you have been secretly preparing for a long time, and you will do it when you say it.

Such a treacherous one, are you still a human being?

Obviously, Gan Qi is not a person, no matter what covenant you have, what brother, I just want to do it, after this vote, the world will be unified, the general will enter the phase, the future is bright, and the power is in hand, you can play it to your heart's content!

Gan Qi has arrived in Yanfangdian, more than 10,000 people, 2,000 horses, countless migratory birds in Yanfangdian, at this time the vast majority of them have not flown back from the warm south, and they can't see the swans in the sky, the geese flying, and the wild ducks playing in the water.

The rangers were innumerable, all sent out by Ganch, and the horses' hooves galloped through the wetlands, turning out black dirt with some freshly sprouted green.

In the shallow lake, you can catch a few big fish and grill them fragrantly.

It was another day of sunrise, and Yeluren rode his horse to Yanjing to continue walking, sending rangers to explore the way, while urging all the people and horses not to fall behind.

At this time, the county seat of Luxian County was fighting.

A cavalry of 10,000 men suddenly came to the city. It's just that this cavalry is really a little unsightly, and at a glance, it is full of mules and donkeys.

Lu County, a small county town in the hinterland of Yanyun, close to Yanjing, there are not many garrisons, and they have all been transferred to the Juma River to practice martial arts.

However, Luxian did not open the city and surrender, apparently because the magistrate in the city was not greedy for life and afraid of death.

But this battle is also easy to fight.

Di Yong made a plan, and cut down more than a hundred trees in a hurry, with axes and saws, chisels and chisels, and short branches, and a hundred or so long ladders.

The four gates attacked together, and twenty or thirty long ladders were placed on one side, and the feathered arrows were shot and suppressed, and the people climbed up.

Then, I climbed up!

Too easy.

One hundred and ten Yacha, two or three hundred old and weak, the city wall is less than a circle, and there is no time to mobilize the people in a hurry, how can they stand the city?

In this small county town, where there are 1,500 or 600 young and strong soldiers in armor, even if Di Yong is a "king", besieged with an army of 200,000, he will kneel here today, and he will not be able to enter it for a while, but it is a pity that there should be more than 1,000 garrisons here, but at this time they are all under the command of Yeluren and are on the way back. Cities are so useful, even small cities are so difficult to attack. Don't listen to too many stories about breaking the city, and think that the city is really easy to fight.

On the battlefield, what is really easy to collapse is people's hearts, not high walls! Because the vast majority of high walls are not because the walls can't be defended, but because people don't want to defend them. But as long as the fighting spirit is undiminished, and the high wall is in the era when there are no hot weapons, it is an insurmountable moat. This kind of story is the most common in history.

Geng Gong, the general of the Han Dynasty, took hundreds of people to trap the lonely castle of Tianshan Mountain, faced the siege of tens of thousands of Xiongnu troops, trapped for more than a year, and only thirteen people were left in the end, and the city was not broken, and Geng Gong waited for the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty, and also let Geng Gong return home with the last thirteen people.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty guarded Taiyuan, and most of the people in the city defended the city, and there were not many troops. When the city was broken, even the bark of the trees in the city was gnawed away.

Genghis Khan hit the central capital of the Jin Kingdom, that is, Yanjing City, the central capital city where the emperor ran away, and it was already a lonely city with all the ammunition and food, but a generation of Tianjiao like Genghis Khan could only lead the entire Mongolian army to besiege for a year before breaking into the city, or the people in the city surrendered on their own initiative, not broken. Not only was the bark of the trees gnawed away in the city, but the flesh was boiled in pots as food.

There are countless such siege stories, and these stories are the norm in siege warfare. As long as people's hearts do not collapse, the high wall is a moat. This is true of the city, and so is the Great Wall, which stretches for thousands of miles.

This is also the reason why Gan Qi is unwilling to put all his bets on the attack on Yanjing City. What he was afraid of was that he had done everything he could, and countless lives had been consumed, but the Yanjing City of the Liao State was still immovable.

So Gan Qi finally came up with a way to get to Yanfangdian for hundreds of miles.

The passive Yelu Renxian anxiously waited for the scouts to be sent out while hurrying away.

The scout finally returned, ran to Yelu Renxian, and said, "Privy envoy, Lu County is not passable!" ”

Yeluren first looked shocked: "What's the matter?" ”

"Lu County is occupied by thieves, and a big banner of swallow characters has been erected above the city, and there are thieves on the wall!"

Yeluren was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "The pickled people dare to show their eyes, the envoy is to turn his head and kill him without leaving a piece of armor, and kill him with a river of blood!" ”

Yeluren was really angry at first, he had been forced to ignore these rabble, seeing that Yanjing City was not far away, and he arrived after Lu County, but these rabble didn't know what to do, so he had to come to the front and come up to find death! Siege is unnecessary, instead of wasting time by attacking the city, it is better to turn around and start a big battle and kill the main force of the thieves!

After killing the main force of the thieves, Luxian County will naturally be self-defeating.