On the way of Li Jiajun's rapid march to the north to outflank the Khitan troops left behind, Li Zhongyi received a very bad news from the sentinels: the Zhejia army, which was relatively slow, was discovered by the Khitans before they arrived at the predetermined interception site. At present, the Zhejia army is caught in a head-on bitter battle with the Khitans, and the situation is precarious.

According to the battle plan issued by Li Zhongyi, in fact, he did not expect the Zhejia army to face off with the Khitan cavalry troops, and only needed to contain it from the side and prevent the Khitans from escaping, and he fulfilled the obligations of the allies.

Now, the Zhejia army actually collided head-on with the Khitans, and the losses must not be small!

To Li Zhongyi's surprise, after Zhi Congruan learned the news that the Zhi family army was at a disadvantage, instead of urging Li Zhongyi to speed up the pace and rush to the rescue, he gently advised: "No blame, the army has fought two battles in a row, and although the soldiers are brave and good at fighting, they will inevitably have the risk of physical exhaustion." You must know that at the end of the strong army, you can't wear Lu Min, and rest for a while, and wait for the soldiers to recover their strength, and then rush to reinforcements? ”

Not to mention Li Zhongyi's thoughts, Yang Lie and other important generals who had been following him couldn't help but admire the heartfelt words of the old Linggong.

The old Zhe family in the northwest has accumulated a hundred years of hard work to accumulate such a small amount of family foundation, even if it only loses more than a thousand soldiers, it is enough for the old Zhe family to feel distressed for a while.

Now, no matter what Ruan thinks in his heart, at least, his posture is very high, so high that Yang Lie, who is used to seeing life and death, must also be moved and admired.

"Teacher, I have never let my brother work hard, but I have to sit back and enjoy the truth. The students asked for orders to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters. The forced march rushed to cooperate with the most cherished brothers of the Zhe family, and worked together to encircle and annihilate the Khitans. Yang Lie was the first to stand up. Xiang Zhi Congruan clearly expressed his respect and admiration.

Liu Heyang led the army to hold back the Khitans in this battle. It can be said that he has made a great achievement, and he is somewhat proud in his heart. However, Li Zhongyi did not favor his protégé Yang Lie, but ordered Liu Heyang, the general of the forbidden army who joined halfway, to independently lead the army to attack.

People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless?

Liu Heyang not only admired Li Zhongyi's way of employing people, but also felt that he was very hopeful in Li Jiajun.

"The old capital eunuch. The last general also asked for his life, and was willing to work with Yang Baixing to help his friends and destroy the enemy. Liu Heyang's new title for Li Zhongyi almost wants to blind everyone's eyes.

Li Zhongyi was appointed as the supervisor of Yulin's right guard, this was the old yellow calendar more than five years ago, and many people's minds were afraid that it would be difficult to turn the corner for a while.

At this time, Liu Heyang coldly took out the more violent title of the old capital eunuch, obviously wanting to tell everyone: My surname is Liu, and I also follow Li Dashuai to come and go in the wind and rain. The old subordinates who have gone to the sea of blood to kill the battle.

Li Zhongyi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't fight, Yue Zu and his old man are rich in gold, and they will help us for thousands of miles." How can I, the manager, hide behind and enjoy the blessings? ”

"Everyone, go and straighten out the soldiers and horses, Bai Xing will lead the first army first, and I will be with Xiaoda and Chaoyong. Hong Guang led the second army to the rear of the cushion. After Li Zhongyi issued the military order, Liao Shanhe couldn't help but be overjoyed by the command of the Third Army. Rubbing hands frequently and smiling.

Since the Northern Expedition. Yang Lie and Liu Heyang have both made huge military achievements, but Liao Shanhe has not received any grain so far, and he has not yet received any income, how can he not be anxious?

Liao Shanhe doesn't look vulgar, but his mind is very delicate, the Zhejia army and the Khitan people are caught in a bitter battle, how can Li Zhongyi, the grandson-in-law of the Zhe family, not show it greatly?

In this way, Liao Shanhe followed Li Zhongyi's side, why worry about not being able to fight a vicious battle?

For Li Zhongyi's performance of attaching importance to the Zhi family, Zhi Congruan was very satisfied, he stroked his beard and smiled, and looked at the generals of the Li family army with soft eyes, but what he calculated in his heart was: After this war, the friendship between the two families does not dare to say that it will last forever, at least there will be no major problems for a few decades.

After reorganizing the soldiers and horses, Li Zhongyi's military order was: re-tie the leggings.

Zhe Congruan had seen the officers and soldiers of the Li family before, and each of them had leggings tied to their legs, but at that time he didn't understand what it was for.

Now, taking the opportunity to be with Li Zhongyi, Zhe Congruan asked him curiously: "...... leggings"

Li Zhongyi was very familiar with Zhe Congruan's temper, and he explained with a smile: "After tying the leggings, whether it is marching or climbing, the legs will not be sore because of excessive force. In addition, there are many poisons and insects in the mountains and forests, and tying leggings can also prevent them from biting. If the children are injured, the leggings can be removed to temporarily stop the bleeding. ”

Zhi Congruan listened carefully and nodded frequently, Li Zhongyi was extremely thoughtful and meticulous about all the details of the marching battle.

Almost in an instant, Zhi Congruan understood in seconds, no wonder that Li Jiajun could always maintain a fast marching speed, but almost no one was left behind, and leggings were probably one of the most important factors.

Li 21 led two battalions of baggage soldiers, responsible for guarding the prisoners, collecting supplies, and sorting out the captured armor and horses.

When the sentinels in front kept reporting back the military situation, Yang Lie had already led the troops on the road, and at this time, it was only half an hour before the last battle, and the speed of the assembly and departure of the army was amazingly fast!

After marching on the road again, Zhe Congruan found that Li Zhongyi's large army of the Chinese army was advancing faster than when he rushed to encircle and annihilate the remnants of Yelu Hongguang's army just now.

"No blame, can the sons and daughters afford their physical strength?" Zhi Congruan was a little worried, even if Li Jiajun arrived at the battlefield in time, he was tired.

In the midst of the heavy rainstorm, Li Zhongyi, who was riding on the back of the "bloody killing", said loudly: "Ancestor Yue, relax your mind, when our army is training daily, it will march 120 miles fully armed every five days. ”

"Heavily armed?" Zhi Congruan frowned, raised his hand and pointed at the nearest Chinese soldier, "Is it like this?" ”

Li Zhongyi looked in the direction of Ruan's finger, but saw that it was his cronie soldier Li 30, Li 30 was wearing a felt coat, a felt hat, a strong bow on his shoulder, two quivers on his waist, and a huge marching leather backpack.

"Yes, what is necessary for war. They must travel 120 miles a day on their backs, which is a forced march at full load. "Li Zhongyi has been in charge of the army since he took charge. We have always regarded improving the mobility of the infantry army as a top priority. And a detailed outline of a complete set of training was formed.

Full load? Zhe Congruan heard a new word from Li Zhongyi's mouth again, and immediately understood: this must mean bringing all the supplies, including the unusually heavy backpack.

The rain was still heavy, and the original slippery loess paths and ridges became more muddy and difficult to walk.

"Boom." A thunderbolt suddenly struck in the sky, and he was looking up at the sky from Ruan. In a trance, a sentry scout rode his horse and quickly rushed to Li Zhongyi's side, whispering a few words in his ear.

"Throw away everything that has nothing to do with the battle, and march lightly." Li Zhongyi resolutely issued a military order, although Zhi Congruan did not know the antecedents, he knew very well in his heart that the Khitans should be not far ahead.

About half an hour later, Zhecongruan had clearly heard the sound of the Khitan horn. As well as the very familiar sound of the golden drum of the Zhejia family, as well as the sharp bamboo whistle unique to the Li family, it is obvious that they are very close to the battlefield.

Shouting to kill, howling. and the roar of the torrential rain hitting the ground, interwoven into a symphony of fate between Huaxia and the Tatars, fighting to the death.

"Rest for a quarter of an hour. Straighten out their respective ordnance. "It's getting closer and closer to the battlefield, and it's almost thought that from Ruan. When Li Zhongyi was likely to lead the troops out in one go, Li Zhongyi issued a military order to rest in place for a short time.

That's right! Zhi Congruan touched his already soaked white beard. Nodding secretly, not in a hurry, and with a cool head, this is the wind of a general!

When the army was temporarily resting, Li Zhongyi was not idle, he urged his horse to step forward, climbed a small dirt slope, climbed a single barrel of binoculars, and looked into the distance.

In front of it is the endless Hebei Plain, and the military flag of the Zhejia army looms in the north, and the Khitan people actually face north and south to set up a formation.

The rain was too heavy, and from Li Zhongyi's current perspective, even if he relied on a telescope, he still couldn't see the real situation on the entire battlefield clearly.

Li Zhongyi glanced at the battlefield in the rain and fog for a week, and found no trace of the vanguard led by Yang Lie, well, Bai Xing has become a big weapon!

Yang Lie led the army to take the lead, but he had not appeared on the battlefield so far, obviously, he wanted to wait for the best opportunity to attack.

As for why Yang Lie didn't send someone to report his combat ideas, this involves the tacit understanding that has been formed between Li Zhongyi and Yang Lie, a pair of masters and apprentices.

After so many years of getting along day and night, Yang Lie considered the key points of the problem, and Li Zhongyi knew it even if he didn't ask him.

Under the storm and rain, the Khitans did not take much advantage when facing a roughly equal number of Zhejia troops.

The steppe peoples' wolf pack assault tactics, which have always been highly admired, have lost the remarkable effect of repeatedly creating brilliant achievements in the pouring rain.

The bow could not be wound, which was equivalent to the tiger without fangs, so that when the Khitans faced the Zhejia infantry army, they could only take the death method of charging with horses and shaking the Zhejiabu army.

Like a hunter, Yang Lie, who was quietly ambushed on one side, stood from his point of view, and the entire battle situation was roughly visible.

Maybe it was because the situation was urgent, Yang Lie didn't find that the Zhejia army was swinging a thick rejection horse in front of the formation, but after careful observation, Yang Lie couldn't help laughing: Dare to love, the front of the Zhejia army's formation was full of uneven wooden stakes.

These wooden stakes, apparently improvised into the ground, were densely packed in front of the phalanx of the Folding Army.

The front and back of the wooden stake were covered with the dead corpses of the Khitans, the Zhejia army and the war horses, which actually formed a natural barrier about 30 zhang wide, which seriously hindered the Khitan people's breakthrough route.

In order not to startle the snake, Yang Lie did not rashly send a sentry to report his location to Li Zhongyi. Based on Yang Lie's understanding of Li Zhongyi, the Khitan people who were stranded in the northwest of the Central Plains were obviously the biggest campaign intention of the Li Jiajun at present, and there was no need to communicate at all, and Li Zhongyi would easily guess his thoughts.

Therefore, when the Zhejia army could still resist, Yang Lie did not directly join the battle group, but went far to the east of the Khitans.

On the boundary of the prefecture, the north and east are plains, which are very suitable for war horse assault. To the south and west, there are the remnants of the winding and bullying Taihang Mountains.

Now, the Zhejia army is blocking on the back, Yang Lie occupies the exit in the east, and Li Zhongyi is in the south, which also forms a battle situation of encircling three and missing one.

Li Zhongyi was already familiar with the terrain near Zhaozhou, and even if there was no prior communication, he expected that Yang Lie, who had not yet participated in the battle, must be a cat on the east side of the Khitans.

"Ordered Liu Heyang to immediately divert to the west, and quickly occupy the mountain pass of Heihugou at all costs, blocking the passage for the Khitans to escape."

If it weren't for the heavy rain, which seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the Khitans, Li Zhongyi would not have divided his troops into three ways and wanted to swallow the Khitans in one bite.

Zhi Congruan, who had been silent beside him, knew very well in his heart that with such a heavy rain, the Khitan and Zhejia troops had no way to use long-range strike bows and crossbows.

Although the Zhejia army was not equipped with steel strings, the Khitans also lost the magic weapon they relied on to win: the strong bow and the assault power of the horse formation.

As long as Zheyunshui did not forget to set up a horse rejection pile, no matter how strong the Khitans were, it would be difficult to penetrate the infantry army of the Zhejia army in a short period of time.

Ever since Zhe Congruan led the Zhe family army to the nest, he had no idea of preserving his strength at all.

On the contrary, Zhe Congruan has long been psychologically prepared to pay a heavy price, although the relationship between the Zhe and Li families is close, they still lack the last link of close allies: the blood alliance.

Li Zhongyi did not immediately order troops to assist the Zhejia army, from the perspective of Zhe Congruan, he could completely understand: after encircling and annihilating this group of Khitans, the forces led by Yelu Xiuge to invade the south this time were also cut in two by Li Zhongyi.

The total strength of Jeruxiugo's southward march was between 80,000 and 100,000, and he himself led an army of 15,000 leather chambers on the southernmost side.

The Khitan people in front of him, who were more than 30,000 people, were responsible for protecting Yelu Huge's retreat, and they happened to be at the waist of the long snake formation. In addition, there are about 40,000 people who are besieging Empress Dowager Fu's maiden home, the old nest of Fu Yanqing, King of Wei, the Daimyo's Mansion.

Even if Ruan used his feet to think, he also expected that Li Zhongyi would eat the enemy in front of him, seemingly out of the great encirclement of the Khitans, but in fact, the strategic situation had taken an unprecedented turn.

In the final analysis, Zhe Congruan thought that Yelu Xiuge had never really taken Li Zhongyi seriously.

If Yelu Hugo adopts a steady and steady tactic, concentrates nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, and pushes it southward, the military pressure on Li Zhongyi will be much greater than it is now!

Now, the encirclement is about to be completed, but the Khitan people are not aware of it at all, and they raised their hands to wipe the rain on their faces, and secretly sighed: The era of the so-called famous generals is about to become a thing of the past.

The originally extremely complicated war between the two armies has been greatly simplified in Li Zhongyi's hands, and the degree of victory or defeat can be determined by temple calculations alone.

This is really a little unacceptable, at this moment, Zhi Congruan has forgotten the joy of victory just now, but is full of melancholy!

PS: There is at least one more update, updated a little later. (To be continued.) )