Yang Lie's troops were small, only more than 30,000 people, and even if he took Wuqing, he could only temporarily occupy it, and could not divide his troops to garrison it.

Li Zhongyi once analyzed the essence of guerrilla warfare, that is, the 16-character principle of the enemy advancing and retreating, and the enemy being tired and disturbing, and Yang Lie deeply believed in this.

The purpose of taking Wuqing is to maximize the mobilization of the Khitan people's vital forces in Youzhou, which is the strategic task given to Yang Lie by Li Zhongyi.

After Wuqing rested for four days, all the grain stolen from Wuqing City was distributed to the grass people in the county.

As the saying goes, people are iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry!

Although Wuqing's economic background is acceptable and the public security is also very good, none of the grass people will dislike receiving a few more bags of grain.

This grain is easy to distribute to the grass people, if the Khitan people turn around and ask the grass people to hand over the extra grain, it will offend many people!

In the past four days in Wuqing, Yang Lie was not idle, and the military staff department formulated a total of four sets of combat plans to deal with the four attitudes of the Khitans.

The best state is to mobilize the main force of the Khitans in Youzhou to reduce the military pressure on Li Zhongyi's side.

However, Khitan coach Yelu Xiuge is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He did not send the main force out to recapture the county seat of Wuqing, but instead sent 30,000 Khitan elite iron cavalry, under the leadership of Yelu Hachi, to fight a guerrilla war with Yang Lie's troops.

Guerrilla warfare is an invention of Yelu Hugo, as the name suggests, guerrilla attacks and attacks and disturbs them.

There is only one task given to Yelu Hachi by Brother Hugh, that is, to monitor the movements of Yang Lie's troops from a distance, and if he is not absolutely sure, he will prohibit Yelu Hachi from rushing up to fight Yang Lie's troops.

Yang Lie originally thought that the Khitan Tatars would pounce on him for a decisive battle, but unexpectedly, Yelu Hachi stopped decisively thirty miles away from the north gate of Wuqing County, and was unwilling to move forward half a step.

The senators of the Senate Department at first thought that Jeruhachi was only the vanguard, and he stopped his advance to wait for the large army to come and converge.

Unexpectedly, Yelu Hachi waited for three days, but Yang Liejun's rebuke did not find any trace of the main force of the Khitans.

Yang Lie touched his chin, compared it with the huge military sand table, studied it repeatedly, and finally came to the conclusion: The main force of the Khitans will not come.

Yelu Hachi obviously did not come to the decisive battle, but wanted to contain Yang Lie's troops from the side to attack the city on the Great Plain of Youji, and it must be admitted that Yelu Hugo's mind was extremely clear-headed, and the tactics he chose were also very targeted.

It is conceivable that as long as Yelu Hachi's 30,000 soldiers and horses stay near Yang Lie, even if they don't rush up to invite battle, it will be a problem for Yang Lie's henchmen!

"Yang Shuai, the Khitan Tartar is not ordinary cunning!" After listening to Yang Lie's analysis, Serious Mao couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "No wonder the Lord has always regarded Brother Hugh as the biggest rival in his life." ”

"Well, the advantage of the Khitans is mainly that their mobility is not trivial, although our army has achieved mule and horse, the speed of action is not as fast as that of the Khitans on horseback." Yang Lie, who was originally a stuffy gourd, opened the conversation box for the first time and said several paragraphs in one breath.

Serious Mao looked at Yang Lie in surprise, but he knew very well in his heart that the cunning performance of the Khitan people had aroused Yang Lie's great attention.

"Play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses! Don't we understand the truth that the Khitan people understand? Yang Lie smiled coldly and exhaled a long breath, "The Khitans are a people on horseback, and being skilled in bows and horses is a natural advantage, but we also have an advantage, and the fleet outside the city is enough for us to drag to death the 30,000 people who broke Yelu Hachi." ”

This is really a word to wake up the dreamer!

Zheng Mao, the pacification envoy, is very good at doing the ideological work of the grass people, but when it comes to the ability to command and fight, he is at least three streets behind Yang Lie.

Now that he understood the Khitan's entanglement tactics, Yang Lie simply rested in Wuqing City for three more days, and then sent the soft and grain stolen from the city to the warship on the bank of the river at night.

During the day, he led his army to approach thirty miles away from Wuqing City, neither advancing nor retreating, and stayed there patiently, monitoring the movements of Yang Lie's troops.

In the evening, Yelu Hachi took the initiative to lead his army to retreat 60 miles, then camped to rest, and densely deployed sentinels within a radius of 100 miles.

Yelu Hachi's ingenious and cautious approach did not leave Yang Lie a chance to sneak attack. You must know that the night is no better than the day, and if Li Jiajun's throat wants to find the Khitan sentry lurking on the side of the road in the dark night, it is no less than looking for a needle in a haystack.

When boarding the ship at night, it is necessary to light lanterns and torches, otherwise it is easy to get into trouble.

Yang Lie's soldiers and horses carried things from the city to the ship in such a big way, completely ignoring the Khitans who were secretly watching.

The Khitan sentinels could only watch as Yang Lie snatched Wuqing City and left by boat with a swagger.

When the sentry rushed back to report the news, Jeruhachi had just fallen asleep, and as soon as he received the news, he immediately realized that the situation had changed, and hurriedly sent someone to report to Jeruhügo.

Wuqing is only a hundred miles away from Youzhou, and when Yelu Xiuge received the information, it happened to be the fourth watch!

Brother Jeruxiu ordered someone to bring a lantern, came to Yutu, studied it carefully, and then blurted out: "It's dangerous! ”

Yin County, located in the southeast of today's Tongzhou, shares a Lushui with Wuqing County.

In other words, Yang Liebu boarded a boat from the bank of the Lushui River in Wuqing and arrived at the city of Yin County in less than two days.

Although the Yin County is not big, it is the eastern gateway of Youzhou, and if this place is lost, it is equivalent to the entire eastern area of Youzhou, which is completely exposed to the soldiers of Yang Lie's department.

To put it in layman's vernacular, that is to say, as long as the Yin County is lost, the entire Youzhou and Nanjing Dao will inevitably be panicked!

Originally, Yelu Hugo arranged for Yelu Hachi to lead the elite palace army, just wanting to entangle Yang Lie's troops and make Yang Lie feel a sense of threat with a thorn in his back.

However, Brother Hugh really did not expect that Yang Lie simply adopted the strategy of exploiting his strengths and avoiding his weaknesses, taking advantage of the huge fleet to attack the hinterland of Nanjing Road from the waterway.

If the yin is lost, no matter how hard the Khitan people blow, the rich families or official gentry in Youzhou City will probably send people to run away with their families and wealth.

Unlike other Khitan magnates, Yelu Hugo is a typical Han expert, and he is completely familiar with the mentality of Han officials and wealthy families in Youzhou.

In a word, the Han officials and the wealthy families of the Han people on the ground in Youzhou can share the wealth and prosperity with the Khitans, but it is impossible to share the hardships!

"Come on, pass the word, no one is allowed to leave the city without my handwritten warrant!" Yelu Hugo is not an ordinary person, he immediately decisively issued a military order to block the city gate, and at the same time ordered Yelu Buhua to lead 30,000 palaces to divide the army and go out of the city overnight to reinforce Yin County.