On the fourth watch, when Li Zhongyi led his troops to the city of Runzhou, the sky was already dark.

Li Zhongyi sat on the back of the "blood killing", touched his chin, and looked carefully, there were only a few fires, and the city of Runzhou was extremely calm.

"Master, I'll take the brothers to touch the city?" Li Yunxiao came over and whispered to Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi shook his head slightly, and asked Li Yunxiao: "Xiaosong, tell me, is it possible that the Runzhou guards already know the news of our army's surprise attack on Yuguan?" ”

Li Yunxiao lowered her head, thought carefully for a while, and said with some hesitation: "Logically speaking, even if we have sealed the customs, it is difficult to guarantee that the news will not leak." After all, the appearance of the Dangxiang and the Khitan people is more or less different. ”

"Well, you're right." Li Zhongyi chuckled softly, "Runzhou is too close to Yuguan. The city of Runzhou is really a little weird when it is calm. ”

"Master, you mean, there's fraud in it?" Li Yunxiao subconsciously asked Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi nodded, then shook his head again, and said: "According to Yelu'an's confession, because the terrain in Yuguan is very dangerous, 5,000 soldiers and horses were sent to garrison it to control the connection between Nanjing Road and Zhongjing Road. This Runzhou is located in the hinterland of the Khitans, and the standing army is only 2,000 people at most. Xiaosong, how many soldiers and horses does our army have? ”

Li Yunxiao replied in a low voice: "There are more than 2,000 cavalry, 6,000 infantry, and nearly 9,000 soldiers and horses. ”

"Well, if you are the general of Runzhou, how should you deal with it after knowing that Yuguan has fallen into the hands of our army?" Li Zhongyi smiled, and asked Li Yunxiao in a heuristic way.

"In the absence of a clear understanding of the enemy's situation, the number of troops is insufficient. I can only gather the soldiers and people of the whole city and defend them to the death. Li Yunxiao quickly came up with his countermeasures.

Li Zhongyi nodded. Laughing: "It's too conservative." What if you were a little more daring? ”

Li Yunxiao touched her head. He hesitated and said, "I will take an elite cavalry out of the city to ambush and take advantage of the enemy...... Our army is attacking the city with all its might, and when it is too late to guard against it, it will suddenly kill ......"

Li Zhongyi glanced at Li Yunxiao with satisfaction, this kid followed him to fight in the south and the north, and his knowledge of military affairs has surpassed that of ordinary generals in this era.

"Xiaosong, you remember, the lone army went deep into the hinterland of the enemy territory. Sweep the weak for the best. If you can fight, you will fight, if you can't fight, you will go, and you must not fight. In particular, attacking the city with death is a strategy that is never advisable. ”

"Master, since the enemy army has been prepared and set up an ambush in advance, we should withdraw." Under the words and deeds of the famous marshal. Li Yunxiao is not stupid, and it is difficult to make progress or not.

Li Zhongyi smiled and whispered, "Withdraw? Naturally, it is necessary to withdraw the drop, but it can't be so cheap Runzhou's guards. ”

The Khitans were not good at repairing cities. In Li Zhongyi's eyes. The city wall of Runzhou is only one foot and five feet high, that is, less than five meters.

With the previous training level of the right guard of Yulin, such a short city wall. You only need to build a simple ladder to climb the wall.

Originally. Li Zhongyi secretly arranged for Yang Lie and Liao Shanhe to train the army in the ability to climb the wall. In fact, he wanted to attack Kaifeng City, where the city gate was closed, at a critical moment.

Yulin Right Guard, although it belongs to the sequence of the regular forbidden army of the imperial court of the Great Zhou, is not Chai Rong's most trusted lineage, so it has always been placed in the north of Kaifeng City.

In this era, the separation of a city is like a moat, which is difficult to overcome in a short period of time.

Once Chai Rong is gone, between his elbows and armpits, if there is no reliable force to protect him, let alone the issue of power, it will be difficult to protect the lives of the family.

After the Chenqiao Mutiny, Han Tong's entire family was slaughtered by Wang Yanchao, leaving no one alive.

With Li Zhongyi's current status and experience, how could he not know that if it were not for Zhao Laoer's instigation, how could Wang Yanchao dare to risk such a big disapproval?

Under the temptation of supreme power, the so-called friendship is simply vulnerable.

You can't have the heart to hurt people, you can't have the heart to defend people, Li Zhongyi is essentially a guy who cherishes his life, for the safety of his family, he must take precautions.

By the time the enemy's butcher's knife comes over, it's too late to say anything!

Since there are very few defenders in Runzhou, and the troops are divided, and the city wall is low enough to be climbed up by a ladder, then, for Li Zhongyi, there is a advantage and does not take advantage, that is 250.

"Pass the order down, according to Ding Shu's plan, attack the city." Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and gave the order to attack.

With the commander's order, the soldiers of Yulin's right guard pursed their lips one by one, and under the command of the officers, they launched an attack formation.

Han Kuangsi, who had been lying on the arrow battlement, silently watching Zhou Jun's movements, although his face seemed very calm, in fact, his clenched fists secretly revealed his nervous mood at this moment.

The almost impregnable Yuguan Fortress actually became the bag of the Zhou army overnight. When Han Kuangsi received this bad news, he couldn't believe his own ears.

Han Kuangsi has been fond of medical skills since he was a child, and he was quite appreciated by the nobles of the Khitan court, so after the death of his father Zhongshu Ling Han Zhigu, Han Kuangsi's official fortune is still prosperous, and now he is a well-known deputy left-behind guard in Zhongjing and an envoy of the Runqian Festival.

Han Kuangsi, who is full of poetry and books, is a typical civil official, who engages in intrigues and tricks, but is not very good at leading troops to fight.

Fortunately, Han Kuangsi's deputy, Yelu Xian, the head of the Runzhou Soldiers and Horses, is a rare young military general among the Khitans.

Just when Han Kuangsi was entangled in the Zhou army, whether to advance east or west, Yelu pointed out sharply: Since there is no military report of the emperor's defeat from the Baigou River, then the Zhou army must come from the sea.

On the first line of Nanjing Road, the elite iron horsemen of the Khitan people gathered, reaching more than 100,000.

Therefore, Yelu was expected to determine that the Zhou army would not dare to go west out of Yuguan, and could only choose to go east.

According to the reports of the herdsmen near Yuguan, the Zhou army not only had infantry troops, but also a large number of cavalry troops.

Just when Yelu Xianzhen was going to further investigate the details of the Zhou army, he got a secret report from the sentinel, and the Zhou army really left Yuguan in the east.

What is the situation of the Runzhou defenders, Han Kuangsi and Yelu are naturally clear. On the surface, there are 2,000 defenders in Runzhou, but in fact, these soldiers and horses are all Khitan cavalry troops who are not good at defending the city.

Yelu is deeply proficient in the art of war, and the army is quite strict, and the combat effectiveness of the cavalry units under his command is very impressive. However, he had a fatal weakness, that is, he never considered the problem of dismounting the cavalry to defend the city.

The Khitan people, a people on horseback, have been good at riding and archery since they were children, and they naturally have a huge advantage over the Zhou Han army with few horses.

If it is said that leading his subordinates to assault and charge, Yelu is quite confident, even if he only has 2,000 cavalry, it is enough to drag and crush the Zhou army in the field.

At least, when the battle situation was not favorable to the Khitan, Yelu Xian could lead the cavalry and calmly get out of the battle, and the horseless Zhou army could only stare dryly.

However, when he knew that the Zhou army also had a large cavalry force, Yelu Xianzhen clearly realized that relying on his dismounted cavalry to go to the city wall to defend Runzhou, I am afraid it will not be possible! (To be continued......)