Li Qi had already led 30,000 Jinyang troops to Jining, and confronted the Khitan generalissimo Yelu Li Hu and the commander of the Western Army Keli on the banks of the left flank.

There are also Yunzhou Assassin Shi Sha Yan martyrdom, Fengzhou Assassin Shi Song Tinghao each led 5,000 soldiers and horses, Huanzhou Assassin Shi Zhang Mujin, Fuzhou Assassin Shi Zhe from afar each led 3,000 cavalry troops to Jining. In this way, the Tang army has gathered nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses in the Baishuiluo generation, and it is no longer weaker than its opponent in terms of strength.

Yelu Deguang took the emperor's younger brother Yelu Lihu as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and sent Yelu Keli, Xiao Wei and others to lead an army of 100,000 to the west to conquer Fengzhou and Yunnei, and the news of the inclusion of Eilechuan into the Khitan reached Jinyang more than 20 days ago. Li Qi naturally did not dare to underestimate the enemy, and personally led the Jinyang army to the north to reinforce, and transferred troops and horses from all over the country, plus the garrison north of Yunzhou, at least in terms of numbers, it was not weaker than the opponent.

Li Qi led the army to camp at Chunji Fort in the northeast of Baishuiluo, and then summoned the generals and said: "The Khitan is a great disaster, if you retreat now, the northern land will be lost, and the Central Plains will be weakened, and this battle will have to work together and have to win!" ”

Yuan Xingqin said: "The Khitan Xiaolu has been defeated by the King of Jin several times, and this northern land has been living in peace for more than ten years. This time, the army will enter the army, and it must be severely damaged, so that it will not dare to peep south! ”

Veteran An Jinquan said: "Our army is similar to the enemy, but the equipment is much more advanced. Rest for two days first, and then the army will go out to challenge, and it will be broken in one battle! ”

Li Qi found that his generals were not afraid of the Khitan, and they prepared for a decisive battle when they came up, but he was influenced by the original history and thought that the Khitan was very powerful. But listening to the meaning of the generals, the elite cavalry of the Jin army against the Khitan elite, but can be one as three, if it is against the ordinary grassland cavalry, almost one as ten, although nearly half of the 80,000 soldiers and horses in their own infantry army, but still do not take the hundred thousand Khitan army seriously, most people think that as long as a decisive battle, they can defeat the opponent in one fell swoop.

This Shatuo tribe has been settled in the Han land for more than 100 years since the Tang Dynasty, although it has been sinicized, but because of the benefits of the Central Plains' armor and advanced equipment, it has always been invincible on the grassland, so it is indeed fearless for the Khitan that has just risen on the grassland.

It's just that the current Khitan is indeed not very strong, although there are many soldiers and horses, but most of them are from the weak tribes that were annexed by it around them, and the equipment is very backward, and many tribal cavalry still use wooden bows and arrows. This battle started in a hurry, and if the battle was unfavorable, it would also disperse in a hurry, so it is no wonder that most of the generals of the Jin army looked down on them.

For example, more than ten years ago, Li Siyuan, the general of the Jin army, led 500 cavalry to directly attack the Khitan 10,000-strong cavalry formation and crush the enemy. In the face of more than 100,000 Khitan cavalry arrays led by Abaoji himself, Li Cunmiao, the king of Jin, only led 5,000 cavalry to forcibly rush into battle, and finally defeated the Khitan, so that Abaoji would not commit any more crimes in the south until his death after this defeat......

In the era of Li Cunmiao, the Jin army fought three major battles with the Khitan, and in the end the Jin army won, so it is no wonder that these generals under his command are full of confidence......

The choice of these generals is very simple: if you don't accept it, then do it!

Li Qi meant to defend the left flank Shuihe, Jining, and Chunji City first, and then start to counterattack after wearing off the sharpness of the Khitan army, relatively speaking, it was already very cautious.

After receiving a report from Tanma that the Khitan army Khitan sent a partial division of more than 15,000 soldiers and horses to attack Xincheng and Xinghe, Li Qi was afraid that Li Cunshuo would not be able to cope with the new city, so he immediately sent Li Sifeng to lead 5,000 cavalry across the left flank to support.

As a result, the news sent back from the new castle the next day made Li Qi's jaw drop: in his opinion, Li Cunshuo was so reckless, he actually attacked the enemy's more than 10,000 cavalry formation with more than 1,000 horses, the problem is that he won recklessly in such a reckless wave?! Now he and Li Sifeng led their troops to pursue the enemy army overnight, and they had penetrated deep into Xiaobaishuiluo and Mandarin Duck Bo in the rear of Li Hu's army......

Why are these people like chickens and dogs in the Khitan army?

The Khitans were fighting, and the baggage teams and grain and grass that followed behind were herds of cattle and sheep, and Li Qi felt that he should be able to seize some of the opponent's "grain and grass". If the cattle and sheep grazing enter other people's pastures, they will naturally leave some cattle and sheep to counteract, which is the rule on the grassland.

Li Cunshuo and Li Sifeng are not only chasing the enemy's deserters, but they seem to have started the idea of "grain and grass" of the Khitans, and are ready to do their old job!

At this time, there was a scout report that there was an abnormal movement in the Khitan camp and two cavalry armies were sent out. Immediately ordered the whole army to go straight to the Khitan camp.

The place where Yelu Lihu's army camped was in the open valley between the two mountains in the southeast of the right rear banner of Chahar in the later generations, and it was about fifteen miles away from the Tang army camp. At such a distance, the cavalry only needs a cup of tea to reach in an instant.

The Tang army attacked in a big way, and although the Khitan army was troubled by Li Cunshuo and Li Sifeng's victory to attack the rear, they could only go out of the camp to meet the battle.

After receiving the news that the Tang army was out of the camp to attack, Yelu Lihu also ordered the whole army to go out of the camp and line up.

An hour later, the Tang army crossed a small river and met the main force of the Khitan army that came out from the camp to meet them.

Nearly noon, the two sides lined up on the undulating mountain grassland, the Tang army of more than 37,000 cavalry, against the Khitan army of nearly 80,000 led by Yelu Lihu, because the infantry army did not arrive, the number of people was obviously at a disadvantage.

Li Qi was immediately on a dirt slope, and the jujube horse under his crotch was restless.

The Tang army formed a triangular formation, Yuan Ren's 5,000 Jinyang pro-army armored cavalry was in the front, more than 7,000 cavalry led by Li Qiqin were behind him, Sha Yanzhu, Suo Zitong, and Zhang Mujin led more than 12,000 cavalry on the left side, and Song Tinghao, Zhe Congyuan led more than 10,000 Yunnei, and Fuzhou cavalry were on the right side.

On the opposite side, the Khitan cavalry formation is simply boundless, and there is no end in sight......

Yuan Ren, the former army general, rode on a black black horse, carrying a horse lance more than one zhang long in one hand, which was a very expensive cavalry weapon, and was almost invincible in Yuan Ren's hands.

This guy likes to ride a black horse very much, saying that it will make him experience the invincible courage of the overlord of Western Chu!

The Khitan front army on the opposite side began to move forward slowly, and the flag should be the banner of Xibu.

The Xi tribe is the tribe with the closest relationship with the Khitan, and Yelu Abaoji once swore to the sky that the men of the Khitan royal family must marry the women of the Xi tribe as wives! The warrior in golden armor led by him should be the current chief of the Xi tribe, Xiao Wei. It seems that Xibu's equipment is obviously much better than that of ordinary Khitan tribesmen, and Xiao Tu and Xiao Hu seem to have more than 20,000 cavalry under him.

Yuan Ren raised his horse lance with one arm, and the five thousand Tang Army iron cavalry under his command also began to move forward slowly, and the two cavalry armies gradually approached. When they were about a mile apart, Yuan Ren waved his horse lance with both hands and roared angrily: "Kill!" Then he rushed out first.

As the shouts of killing spread across the field, the two cavalry forces collided violently......