Yang Lie led the army to the foot of the Yin City and reported that the Khitan reinforcements had arrived.

"Got it!" Yang Lie only paused slightly, and then gave the order to turn around and go south to hit the Xianghe.

After listening to the order, Zheng Mao couldn't help but smile slightly, that is, don't the Khitans claim to have a million armor, let them taste the taste of fortification everywhere and being beaten passively everywhere.

Yang Lie's soldiers and horses, at best, were more than 30,000 people, and they really fought hard with the Khitans, and they lost their combat effectiveness after a few consumptions.

Since the Khitans did not have a naval division, Yang Lie did not mind at all, and used the huge naval fleet to fight a guerrilla war with the Khitans.

Yelu Buhua knew the news that Li Jiajun had retreated, and it was already half an hour later, he felt a little strange in his heart, the southern barbarian retreated without a fight, what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd?

From Yin to Xianghe, there is not only a Gaoliang River in the middle, but also a distance of more than 100 miles.

Yang Lie's idea of turning around and hitting Xianghe, Yelu is not a fool and must have guessed it. It's just that Yelu's army of 30,000 people, except for a small number of leather valves, does not have too many means to cross the river.

There were not many fishermen in Yin, and they were all small fishing boats, and if the 30,000 troops wanted to cross the river successfully, it would take at least five days or more.

Yelu Buhua rode a horse and stationed on the west bank of the Gaoliang River, looking in the direction of the Xiang River, and he already vaguely felt that the Xiang River was probably not able to be saved.

In this era, the great plain of thistle, crisscrossed by river water networks, is indeed a treasure land for the development of agricultural production.

There are many rivers, which was originally a favorable condition for agricultural production, but now it has become the biggest geographical advantage that Yang Lie can take advantage of.

The enemy army came up from the water, this is the scene that Yelu Buhua is most unhappy to see, and it is also his biggest nightmare.

Yang Lie launched an attack from the water, and Yelu Buhua could only stare dryly on land, which happened to be roughly similar to the situation of the two Opium Wars in the late Qing Dynasty.

In the two Opium Wars, the foreigners took advantage of the super-mobility of the fleet to form a local advantage of fighting more and fighting less, and finally forced the Manchus to sign a traitorous treaty of land cession and reparation.

Yang Lie's current strategy is strikingly similar to the British's method at that time.

Now, Yang Lie's thinking is unusually clear, and if he can beat it, he will pounce on it and tear off a big fat meat. If the strength of the enemy and ours is roughly the same, even if the battle is won, the loss is not small, Yang Lie would rather avoid the battle for the time being, and find another delicious fat.

Xianghe County, which is moderately distanced but has a population of more than 100,000, happens to become a spare tire for the fat in Yang Lie's mouth.

When the army arrived at Xianghe, it was already night, and Yang Lie unequivocally ordered to attack the city overnight.

With the help of more than a dozen artillery pieces, it only took more than an hour for the city gate of Xianghe County to burst open.

In the second half of the night, Yang Lie took the Qinya Battalion, the Senate Department and other departments directly under him to officially enter the Xianghe Soldiers and Horses Governor's Mansion.

According to the usual practice, Yang Lie was only in charge of the battle, and the rest of the affairs were handed over to the suppressor Zheng Mao.

When Yang Lie was holding his chest and looking at the sand table and maps in the house, Zheng Mao took people in Xianghe County to count household registrations, raid official warehouses, and inspect the granaries of large households.

When the sky was bright, Zheng Mao came to Yang Lie, and as soon as they met, he said with a smile: "We made a small fortune, before, I never expected that there were so many wealthy families hidden in a small county town." ”

Yang Lie was not interested in these things, he just said briefly: "Prepare dry food for ten days." ”

Serious Mao had long been accustomed to Yang Lie's words, and he said happily: "Do you still need to say this?" It has been ordered to go down, and the battalion company is rushing to work at night, and the system must be completed before noon today. ”

The intimacy of Serious Mao's cooperation has always reassured Yang Lie, and this time is no exception.

Yang Lie nodded, turned around again, and continued to study the sand table with his hands on his chest.

He sat on a chair beside him, grabbed the large white porcelain teapot, and poured it violently.

"Comfortable, really comfortable!" Serious Mao drank a lot of water, and gently put a large stack of thick lists of supplies in front of Yang Lie, "Take a look, I have to find a place to rest for a while." ”

Just when Yang Lie took Xianghe County, Li Zhongyi led the main army and rushed to Gu'an County again.

Gu'an County, when the Qin Dynasty unified the world, set up Fangcheng County here. During the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen changed Fangcheng County to Gu'an County, and it has continued to this day.

In the Later Jin Dynasty, after the Shatuo warlord Shi Jingjiao donated land to the Khitans, Gu'an County was placed under the jurisdiction of Nanjing Daoxijin Mansion and became the southern gateway of Youzhou.

Gu'an County was originally a prosperous county town in the south of Nanjing Road, with a total of more than 100,000 people in Dingkou. It's just that in order to slow down the pace of the Li family's army to the north, Yelu Hugo adopted the strategy of clearing the wilderness and driving the Han people from the entire territory of Gu'an County out of their homes.

Today's Gu'an County has become an authentic empty city, and after Li Zhongyi entered the city, all he got was bad news.

The wells were thrown with dead bodies and filled in; There was not a grain of grain in the storenhouse; The big families in the city are also missing.

After Li Zhongyi took over the Daimyo Mansion run by the Fu family for nearly a hundred years, there was actually no shortage of military rations for the Northern Expedition, but who would dislike the fact that there was too much food to eat in these years?

"Brother Yelu Hugh is really a ruthless man, and before the war started, he came up with a trick to prepare for war in the whole territory." Li Zhongyi sighed and set his eyes on Zhang Sanzheng.

Zhang Sanzheng knew that the lord wanted to hear his opinion, so he said with a smiling face: "The little one thinks that Brother Hugh has done a beautiful thing, so that when the land is divided in the future, there will be bloodshed." ”

"What do you think?" Li Zhongyi turned his head to look at Gao Qiang, and Gao Qiang arched his hand and said, "I don't have a lot of cultivated land in Dazhou, but the magnates and gate lords have occupied too much fertile land, and they don't need to pay taxes, so it seems that there are fewer people in the land." ”

Li Zhongyi nodded and said with a smile: "What I lack now is not food, but a strong man who can farm, Yelu Xiuge is ruthless, gave up Gu'an and Yongqing and other places, and drove people out of their homes, which is just cheaper for us." ”

"Yes, yes, even if the land in the country is not enough, isn't there still the Kingdom of Goryeo?" Gao Qiang has been completely brainwashed by Li Zhongyi's colonial thoughts, and he must be called Goryeo.

Zhang Sanzheng said: "The world is so big, there are still Jingnan and other places that have not yet been reclaimed, but there are few people, not afraid of many people." ”

Li Zhongyi waved the horsewhip in his hand and said with emotion: "People are the most precious resource, and Yelu Xiuge doesn't understand this truth for the time being. By the time he understands, hehe, it's too late. ”

ps: I completed the three watches today, and I will continue the three watches tomorrow, and I will ask for a monthly pass, thank you!