At this time, the Niangzi Pass, Jinyang side has increased the number of troops to as many as 30,000 people, with the dangerous terrain of Niangzi Pass, the attack may be insufficient, but the defense is more than enough.

Today's Liu Han regime in Jinyang has a total strength of only 80,000 troops, and Niangziguan accounts for 30,000 people.

In fact, Yang Lie was not under the Niangzi Pass, he led a large group of men and horses to deploy on the front line of Xiongzhou and Bazhou, and confronted the main Khitan forces of Yelu Huge.

Li Zhongyi cleaned up the Fu family army of the Daimyo's mansion, returned to Niangzi Pass again, and occupied the initiative on the battlefield with the absolute strength advantage of 60,000 soldiers.

When he marched westward again, Chu Xiong and 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 auxiliaries were left in the Daimyofu, and the purpose of dividing the troops was to suppress the local disobedient forces.

In the confrontation under Niangzi Pass, Jinyang's soldiers were 30,000 soldiers, and the auxiliary soldiers were also 30,000. On the other hand, on Li Zhongyi's side, there are 50,000 soldiers and 60,000 auxiliary soldiers, which is a game of 60,000 against 110,000.

The Jinyang army occupies the advantage of the terrain, and the Li army wins with the help of artillery, and the two sides are good at winning, and it is not yet known who will die.

At the meeting of the Senate Department, Yang Wushuang, who was also in charge of the General Staff Department, gave a detailed introduction to the military situation reconnoitred by the Throat Battalion.

"According to reconnaissance, there are not only 30,000 soldiers on the Niangzi Pass, but also 50,000 Han troops of the Khitans, as well as 50,000 of their auxiliary troops, so that a situation of 160,000 against our 110,000 is formed."

Li Zhongyi nodded, Yelu Xiuge used the Han army to rescue Jinyang, but the main force of the Han army was placed in Niangzi Pass, it was obvious that Brother Hugh had seen through Li Zhongyi's final attempt to covet Youzhou.

"In view of the strategic plan before the war, the last general thought that the main force of our army should march north as soon as possible, join forces with Yang Lie's Hebei Provincial Army, and plan Youzhou together......" Yang Wushuang's voice was loud, and in the entire big tent, it aroused countless resonances.

Li Zhongyi saw that the eyes of all the generals were focused on his face, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and asked Yang Wushuang: "Has our army's defensive offensive ever been completed?" ”

Yang Wushuang said loudly: "Before the main army marched eastward, our army planted flags all over the place, confusing Duan Chang, making him think that the main force of our army was still on the mountain, and he didn't dare to act rashly. Our army just took the opportunity to dig several trenches, build three blockades, and surround the road down the mountain......"

Li Zhongyi nodded frequently, and said with a smile: "Well done." The terrain of Niangzi Pass is extremely dangerous, and even if our army has artillery to help, it is inevitable that there will be too many casualties. However, there are two sides to the blade, although it is difficult for us to go up the mountain, it is impossible for the Jinyang army to go down the mountain. Well, the whole army rested for three days, and then the main force turned north and went straight to Xiongzhou. ”

"Aha......"

"Wow......"

After the meeting ended, Li Zhongyi heard the exclamations of the generals outside the tent, and he couldn't help laughing, the military heart is available!

In fact, the main core of the entire Northern Expedition plan was to mobilize the Han army in Youzhou, Nanjing Province, so that it could not participate in the decisive battle of Youzhou.

Facts have proved that even if Yelu Hugo has seen through Li Zhongyi's strategic plan, he still does not dare not send troops to reinforce Niangziguan.

The strategic logic is actually not complicated, as long as Niangziguan is still in the hands of the Jinyang army, it will be difficult for Li Zhongyi to concentrate on storming Youzhou.

If the Niangzi Pass is lost, the Jinyang Army will not only fail to become an important force to contain Li Zhongyi, but will become a huge strategic burden for the Khitans.

The lesser of two evils, Yelu Huge finally sent the Han army from Nanjing Province to reinforce Niangziguan.

However, due to the separation of Taihang Mountain, the timeliness of Li Jiajun's rebuke reconnaissance intelligence will inevitably be greatly reduced.

In fact, the Nanjing Daohan Army, which reinforced Niangzi Pass, after a short stay, divided its troops. There are only 20,000 people left behind at Niangzi Pass, and with the reinforcements brought by Duan Chang, the total strength is only 60,000.

The rest of the Han army was rerouted to Jinyang Mansion, because the Lingzhou army commanded Guo Huai, the northwest Zhejia army and the Yang family army joined forces, known as 200,000 troops, all the way to Jinyang.

Liu Chong, the lord of the Han Dynasty, frequently asked Yelu Huge for help, but as a last resort, Hugh Ge had to order the Han army to reinforce Jinyang again.

As a result, in the judgment of the situation, due to the timeliness of the message transmission, there is a large deviation on both sides.

If Li Zhongyi knew that the defenders in the city were only 60,000 people, he would definitely capture Niangzi Pass first, and then go to Xiongzhou to fight a decisive battle with Brother Hugh.

On the contrary, if Brother Hugh knew that the main force of the Li family's army was heading north and only 20,000 people were left at Niangzi Pass, he would definitely keep the Han army at Niangzi Pass and assist Duan Chang in launching a fierce attack on the mountain.

If the coalition forces can attack the hinterland of Hebei Province, it will be equivalent to inserting a sharp steel knife in Li Zhongyi's heart.

After Li Zhongyi led the army to Xiongzhou, after learning that there were not many soldiers and horses on Niangzi, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion and wasted a great opportunity to destroy the country.

In fact, when two armies fight, it is often a contest to see which side makes fewer mistakes or which side gathers intelligence more quickly.

Sometimes, when the information is learned a day earlier and a day later, the results of the battle can be turned upside down.

After Li Zhongyi and Yang Lie joined forces, the total strength of the Li family army on the northern front reached 200,000, including 100,000 soldiers and 100,000 auxiliary soldiers.

The Khitans who came out of Youzhou did not have a Han army, but all of them were Khitans, including all the leather room troops and the palace army, with a total of about 230,000.

Originally, the Li Jiajun came from afar to attack, the logistics and grain routes were too long, and the disadvantages of excessive consumption on the road were solved after taking the Daimyo's Mansion.

The several million stone of grain in the Daimyo's Mansion was enough for 200,000 people to eat for several years according to the maximum proportion of five stone per month consumed by the expedition.

On the contrary, because Li Zhongyi entered the Great Plain of Youji last year and unscrupulously fought back against the grass valley, the grain harvest in Youzhou was largely underharvested, or even completely lost.

As a result, the Khitans, who originally had a logistical advantage, became a side short of food.

From Xiongzhou to Youzhou, a distance of about two hundred and fifty miles, the soldiers and horses of the Khitans were concentrated in Wumapo, about fifty miles south of Youzhou.

After Li Zhongyi learned the news, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "The Khitans are worried that I will repeat my old tricks and once again enter the hinterland of the Great Plain from the sea." ”

Gao Qiang didn't laugh, but said: "Master, the Khitans deliberately left us nearly two hundred miles of space to march, I'm afraid they want to repeat their old tricks to lengthen our logistics supply line, right?" ”

Li Zhongyi looked at Gao Qiang deeply, and said in his heart, this kid is more shrewd than Chu Xiong, and over time, he will become a pillar.

Zhang Sanzheng was preempted by Gao Qiang again, and he hurriedly added: "When the student was studying in the lecture martial arts hall, he once listened to the master analyze in detail the many horseback ethnic groups on the grassland, and the wolf pack tactics when fighting with our Han army, obviously have the same effect as Yelu Xiuge's current formation. ”

Li Zhongyi smiled and nodded, after all, Zhang Sanzheng was an old subordinate from Hechi when he started, and he had a deeper understanding of his army building ideas and combat thoughts.

"Yes, Jeruxiu would like to adopt a wolf pack tactic to lure our army deep into enemy territory first, and then cut off the logistics supply line." Li Zhongyi took a sip of tea, and then analyzed, "However, our army has the mobility advantage of the naval division, which hinders Brother Hugh in disguise and makes him in a dilemma, so there is a strange confrontation situation at the moment. ”

Yang Lie kept staring at the combat sand table, as if he hadn't heard Li Zhongyi and the others speak at all, and he didn't know how long it had been, he suddenly opened his mouth: "The outside is strong and the inside is weak, so I'm afraid that there will be changes in the DPRK." However, after our army took the Daimyo's Mansion, we didn't need to count on the supplies from Kaifeng. ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Some people just hope that we will be defeated, so as soon as they come, their opportunity will really come." ”

Zhang Sanzheng learned from Li Zhongyi's example, touched the minibus and said, "Before the Daimyo's Mansion was laid, we had already blocked the passage to the south. ”

Li Zhongyi smiled happily, Zhang Sanzheng deserves to be called Xiao Zhuge , and the sentence he added can be described as meaningful and evocative. ”

It was already a common practice for Li Jiajun to go out on an expedition and block the roads to the north and south.

The main advantage of this is to reduce the speed at which the staff can deliver information, and the other is to make it difficult for careerists in the north or south to find out the real situation on the front line.

As usual, after the main force of Li Jiajun went north from Kaifeng, the official road traffic between the north and the south was completely cut off.

Specifically, in addition to the military's urgent handover, horses, mules and donkeys are prohibited from crossing counties, whether on official roads or country roads.

Correspondingly, if it is an ordinary merchant's goods, they will be handed over to the officials and military for unified purchase, centralized storage, and then transported to the destination of the goods in batches.

This trick is unusually ruthless!

In other words, the goods purchased by the official army are likely to be sent elsewhere, even if they secretly contain secret letters, they will not be delivered in a timely manner.

In other words, Li Zhongyi started a long time ago, and he was in the next big game of chess, a very big game of chess.

Li Zhonghao leaned on the soft couch, hugged a half-fruited beauty in his left and right hands, Shi Shouxin persuaded him to drink, and he was also unambiguously drunk to the cup, which was particularly chic.

"Second son, you are already at the age of a weak crown, why hasn't the old lady invited someone to kiss?" Now that he is acquainted, Shi Shouxin is already qualified to say something that transgresses the rules.

"Cough, cough ......" Li Zhonghao was a little anxious to drink, choked, and coughed several times in a row, and then said drunkly, "Alas, don't mention it, it's all my father who thinks that after I get famous, I will think about getting married." ”

"I've wanted to get married for a long time. Even if I marry a saltless girl and go home, I am willing. As long as I get married, I can move out and live without having to look at other people's faces and spend money. As long as Li Zhonghao drinks too much wine, he will express the bitterness in his heart to Shi Shouxin.

Shi Shouxin was speechless for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "Second son, please forgive me for being blunt, if you move out to live, even if Ling Zun secretly makes up for it, there is always a fixed amount of this cost, I'm afraid it won't be enough." ”

Li Zhonghao was in a panic in his chest, and pinched the fruit girl fiercely, and when he heard the woman's screams, he was so happy that he slapped the table case and laughed wildly: "What kind of thing is he Li Zhongyi, usurping the throne and seizing the throne, he will leave a bad name in history." ”

I sweat, I sweat wildly, Shi Shouxin's forehead was really scared of cold sweat beads, this kind of rebellious wild words, that is, Li Zhonghao dared to say it. If someone else says such a rebellious fallacy, as long as it reaches Li Zhongyi's ears, the death of the clan is probably a very light punishment.

Shi Shouxin hurriedly tried to divert the topic, he said with a smile: "Hongchun Courtyard has recently added a young and pink female leader, when will you be free, let's go and take a look together?" ”

", I'm free all day, and I'm so idle." Li Medium really drank too much, and the scenery in front of him was all going around in circles.

Shi Shouxin and Li Zhonghao have been mixed together for a while, and Li Yanqing, the secretary of the police temple who stayed in Kaifeng, and the king of the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Dahu, also received the news early.

According to Li Zhongyi's instructions before leaving, Li Yanqing and Wang Dahu had to meet in private every three days to exchange information with each other.

"Tiger Gong, the second son has been very close to Shi Shouxin for a long time, but he didn't take the initiative to ask for something, so why did he come?" Li Yanqing was a little puzzled.

Wang Dahu understood in his heart that Li Yanqing was obviously deliberately pretending to be confused, but he just didn't want to get involved in taboo issues.

Anyway, Li Yanqing is only a minister of the Li family after all, and Wang Dahu is Li Zhongyi's second brother, so he doesn't need much explanation, the status between the two is superior and judgmental!

Every time Wang Dahu went to the door of Lao Li's house, he always had to hand the door sticker to Mrs. Li, which was due etiquette.

As long as Mrs. Li is at home, she always has to meet Wang Dahu in person, let her tea and chat a few words to show her importance to her son's righteous brother.

Li Yanqing entered the mansion, but he was always quiet and did not dare to disturb Mrs. Li, which is the difference in behavior caused by the huge gap in identity.

Officially, everyone else respects him as a prince, but in fact, in private, Wang Dahu prefers the title of Tiger Prince, which can be regarded as a special quirk of his.

"What's so rare about this?" Wang Dahu picked up his wine glass, took a sip, and said with a smile, "Before the third brother left, the people who ordered you and me to be sure to keep an eye on, among the most important lists, there is Shi Shouxin's name, yes or no?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded frequently, and he was at the scene when Li Zhongyi ordered him to come down. It's just that the list that Li Zhongyi gave Wang Dahu seems to be slightly thicker.

Li Yanqing was a retainer who knew the rules and kept his senses, so he naturally didn't dare to ask more.

"I know you kid has a lot of questions, but I don't dare to tell you without the third brother's explicit." Wang Dahu took a sip of the Chinese wine, grabbed a handful of watermelon seeds, and slowly ate the seeds.

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly: "If you don't point out a direction, you really miss a big thing, and you're afraid that your little head will have to move." ”

"Hmph, you kid don't talk about these useless idle stories, the third brother ordered you to keep an eye on Shi Shouxin, naturally he has his reasons, and it's useless to talk more." As long as Wang Dahu puts on his old qualifications, Li Yanqing can only obediently obey without the slightest temper.

In terms of qualifications, Wang Dahu is an old revolution among the old revolutions, long before Li Zhongyi Hechi raised troops, they were righteous brothers.

In terms of status, Wang Dahu is Li Zhongyi's second brother, and he is also the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he has the power to supervise hundreds of officials, and his power can be described as smoking.

What's more, in the dark world of Kaifeng, the capital, Wang Dahu has woven a super large network of relationships, and the police temple in charge of Li Yanqing is still quite inferior.

"Hugong, I discovered a strange phenomenon, Shi Shouxin and Zhao Kuangyin were originally the brothers with the strongest relationship among the ten brothers of the Righteous Society. However, since the Lord attacked Kaifeng City, there was no trace of contact between the two of them. ”

Li Yanqing is an extremely shrewd eagle dog, otherwise, Li Zhongyi would not have reused him in the Military Justice Department first, and then put him in charge of the extremely powerful Police Temple.

Wang Dahu poured himself a glass of wine, motioned to Li Yanqing to also raise the wine cup, and after the two lightly touched the glass, he drank all the wine in the cup, and then said slowly: "What do you mean to cover up?" That's it. Hehe, in my experience, there is a great conspiracy hidden behind all such strange situations. ”

"Don't forget, the Zhao family's San Lang and the Khitan people must have a head and tail. The third brother led the main army to fight outside, and on this eventful time, you and I must keep an eye on the people on the list, understand? Wang Dahu educated Li Yanqing seriously, and Li Yanqing pinched his nose and recognized it.

"Tiger Gong, if you come to another 10,000 stones, I won't blink. But the problem is that the second son is very close to him, and if there is a mistake, I am afraid that it will be difficult to explain it to the Lord. Li Yanqing didn't dare to play tricks in front of Wang Dahu, so he had to reveal his difficulties.

Wang Dahu knocked a few melon seeds, and then smiled: "I knew that this was what your kid was worried about." I'm afraid, I have the third brother's handwritten edict here, if something bad happens to the family, your tiger and I have the right to dictate myself. ”

Li Yanqing blinked, and after completely digesting and absorbing this amazing news, he immediately smiled, smiled very calmly, and smiled extremely sincerely.

"Then there will be Lao Hugong who will preside over the overall situation in the future." Li Yanqing's words were hidden, and Wang Dahu just didn't understand them.

Wang Dahu and Li Yanqing, one is in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the other is in charge of the Police Temple, the well water does not interfere with the river water, and there is no need to meddle too deep in each other's bowls.

Wang Dahu rubbed his hands and said lightly: "You kid, don't put eye ointment on a certain family, I won't be vague about what I should preside, and everyone should take care of each other." ”

Li Yanqing didn't wrap Wang Dahu in, and he was not discouraged at all, and said with a smile: "Who told me that my thighs are thinner than your arms?" As the saying goes, those who can work harder, do you say that is not so reasonable. ”

Wang Dahu knew in his heart that Li Yanqing was also a guy who ate people and didn't spit out bones, and what he was most worried about was not Shi Shouxin or Zhao Kuangyin, but because he was afraid of getting involved in the housework of the old Li family.

Li Yanqing didn't know the original situation of the old Li family, Wang Dahu was a doorman, but even he didn't dare to reveal some old things.

Thinking about the Cao family back then, it was the eldest lady of the main house who was the only one in the Li family, and Li Zhongyi's mother and son could only rely on the Cao family to live in the house.

Who would have imagined that Li Zhongyi, who was useless back then, would suddenly rise up after his family was copied, not only turning defeat into victory, but even driving the invincible Cao family out of the house, how remarkable is this?

Wang Dahu is an understanding person, and some truths would rather rot in his stomach than be made public.

After all, although the three brothers are righteous brothers, it is the result of Li Zhongyi's friendship. In essence, Li Zhongyi is the king, Wang Dahu and Huang Jingsheng are ministers, and this point must not be wrong.

Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive soon.

Just when Li Yanqing wanted to say goodbye and leave, Huang Jingsheng arrived, and Wang Dahu welcomed Huang Jingsheng into the house with a smile.

According to Li Zhongyi's deployment, the government affairs on the surface are handled by the cabinet, and the work in private is actually decided by Wang Dahu, Huang Jingsheng, Zuo Ziguang, Li Yunxiao and Li Yanqing.

Wang Dahu is in charge of supervision, Huang Jingsheng is the third envoy in charge of money and grain, Zuo Ziguang is the commander of the Tiqi Division, Li Yunxiao is the commander of Jiumen, and Li Yanqing is in charge of the police temple that holds the power of public security.

Among these five people, a random one came out and stomped his feet lightly, and on some of the ground in Kaifeng, he had to shake three times.

"Alas, the ministers in the cabinet are looking for me to spend money, but even if they sell my old yellow, it's not worth a few dollars." As soon as Huang Jingsheng entered the house, he started to complain.

Li Yanqing was used to hearing his whining words, and he had long been accustomed to it, and he didn't think it was strange.

Among the three people present, the responsibilities of Li Yanqing and Wang Dahu overlap somewhat. However, between Li Yanqing and Huang Jingsheng, one wants to spend more money, and the other happens to control the money bag, which is a passive relationship that requires something.

To put it bluntly, Li Zhongyi's funds without the approval of the cabinet often need to go through Huang Jingsheng's hands before they can be smoothly allocated, and Li Yanqing does not dare to offend Huang Jingsheng, the God of Wealth.

If Huang Jingsheng and Wang Dahu were both mischievous, Li Yanqing could reach a certain tacit understanding with the two of them by grabbing each other's handles.

However, Huang Jingsheng and Wang Dahu are not short of money to spend, they are high officials and power, and they never do anything wrong, which makes Li Yanqing can only stare dryly, and there is no way to do it.

According to the regulations, these two yamen are short of money to do things, so they can only ask Li Zhongyi for approval, and it is absolutely forbidden to set up indiscriminate fees.

This is mainly due to the fact that Li Zhongyi used to have an old classmate who was the head of the police station, and at that time, the funds allocated by the above were only enough to pay 60% of the salary, and as for bonuses and reimbursements, they all needed to be self-raised by the police station. Or after the fine is handed over to the treasury, it will be returned to the office according to a certain percentage and used for various expenses such as office and fuel expenses.

In view of this, Li Zhongyi has been extremely strict with the handling of cases and office expenses of privileged departments. As long as it is discovered that there is money from unknown sources in the various yamen, the person concerned and his direct supervisor will be regarded as corrupt and bribe-taking, and will be severely punished.

Therefore, don't look at Li Yanqing's great power, the funds in the account of the police temple have always been very tight, which requires Huang Jingsheng's close cooperation.

Soon after Huang Jingsheng arrived, Zuo Ziguang and Li Yunxiao also arrived, and after discussing for more than an hour, the five of them reached a consensus on the current situation in Kaifeng City.

The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings!

ps: The two chapters have been merged into one chapter, the promise has been fulfilled, ask for a monthly pass to encourage me.