It is impossible for such a large-scale military build-up and mobilization to hide from the enemy's disposition.

In fact, Tang Jun had no intention of hiding his intentions.

The slogans of the troops have already been shouted: "Crusade against the rebellious Shi Jingjiao!" ”

Shi Jingjiao, who was stationed in Lulong, had already sent someone to the West Building with an urgent report of the emergency military situation and rescue.

Yelu Deguang was preparing to dispatch troops on the one hand, and on the other hand, he sent an envoy to Jinyang to ask: "I have nothing to do with Tang Guoqiu recently, why does your country want to offend the Khitan for no reason?!" ”

Li Qi didn't see the Khitan envoys at all, and Wei Honglu Siqing came forward to reply: "That Shi Jingjiao and others are the rebel generals of the Tang Dynasty, why did the Khitan take them in for no reason, and if they want to think of a truce between the two countries, they will first return the rebel generals such as Shi Jingjiao and Zhao Dejun and 30,000 rebels!" ”

It's just non-negotiable.

When the Khitan lord heard the news, he was furious, and he personally led 200,000 Khitan troops to Yuguan, wanting to aid Lu Long, and ordered Xiao Wei, the king of Xi, to lead 100,000 Xi and Tuyuhun armies out of Bei'anzhou and attack Danzhou (Miyun).

On the third day of November in the eighth year of the Republic, Li Qi ordered Pei Yue, Lu Wenjin, and Wang Quanbin to attack Jingzhou (Zunhua), and led an army of 100,000 to cross Jishui and go straight to Shicheng and Luanzhou.

At the same time as the Tang army launched an offensive, Shi Jingjiao also made corresponding countermeasures, while sending cavalry to attack and harass the Tang army's attack, so as to delay the Tang army's advance. On the other hand, they concentrated their forces in the Longlu area and prepared to wait for reinforcements.

After capturing Shicheng (Kaiping), which had been abandoned by Shi Jingjiao, the Tang army began to march towards Luanzhou.

On the ninth day of November, the vanguard cavalry units of the Tang Army and the Khitan forward troops, which had already arrived for reinforcements, braved the wind and snow at the Tongjin River west of Luanzhou and fought for a whole day.

The two sides fought for a day, and at dusk they each withdrew their troops.

No one understands the meaning of this war.

Li Qi, however, looked at this war from the height of history.

The barrier that guarded the Central Plains during the Yanshan period was a sign of the strength of the Chinese Empire.

As long as this line is controlled, the security of the Central Plains Empire will be greatly guaranteed, and as long as the emperor does not die himself, he will slowly become stronger. Without the natural barrier from the Yanshan Mountain Range to the Hengshan Mountain Range, the Central Plains Empire will be weakened and difficult to return, and even become vulnerable.

For more than 400 years, the Liao, Jin, and Mengyuan dynasties have lost the protection of this natural barrier in the north, and the Central Plains have actually been under the threat and control of the northern grasslands.

So this battle, he is bound to win!

After the Youzhou army captured Jingzhou, and Wu Luan threatened Xi's lair along the Luanhe River in the north, Xiao Wei's main force was contained, and the threat of Xi's army from the flank was basically removed.

In the huge camp tent of the Chinese army, Li Qi listened to the military report in front of him while watching the huge sand table placed in the camp tent. On that sand table, the posture of both the enemy and the enemy has been marked on it with small flags.

"Can you attract the main Khitan force to the water?" Li Qi frowned, he was a little unaccustomed to calling this section of the lower reaches of the Luan River a wet water.

"It's very difficult, Yelu Deguang is not in vain, it can be regarded as a long-term battle, and Shi Jingjiao is also a veteran of the battlefield, they are guarding the wet water, and now they are fighting in a favorable position. If you cross the river, you will be asking for trouble. Charucci said.

Li Qi did not let Yuan Xingqin accompany him on this expedition, but ordered the deputy privy envoy Xia Luqi to come out with him.

"Hehe, if you want to fight with our army for grain and grass reserves, then everyone will consume it like this, I want to see who will not be able to hold on in the end!" Li Qi laughed, he didn't dare to risk crossing the river now. If the troops crossing the river were besieged and attacked by the Khitan cavalry, the result would definitely be more than lucky.

In most wars, there is no so-called conspiracy, and everyone fights for strength. The so-called conspiracy is often a desperate adventure of the weak in desperation, and most of the time it ends in tragedy. Some of the examples of miraculous victories that people talk about in history are praised precisely because they are extremely rare.

Now the Tang army is no weaker than the Khitan side, and it is impossible to take a big risk for this.

The festival in Lulong City has naturally become the place where Yerod Light is stationed.

Shi Jingjiao had no choice but to move out and settle in the house of the subordinate general Sang Weihan to make room for the Khitan Emperor.

Although Yelu Deguang, the lord of the Khitan Kingdom, has a brutal personality, he is extremely cool-headed about this war. Knowing that if he led the army to cross the water, he would lose the initiative, but he ordered the army to camp according to the water, and he refused to cross the river easily.

After a few days of heavy snowfall, it was inconvenient for both sides to move, and the fighting suddenly became much quieter.

The two sides faced each other across the camp on the Luanhe River, and in the winter days, no one was too happy.

In contrast, the Tang army had a better life.

Li Qi knew that the underground of Kaiping was a very large coal mine, and the Tang army opened the mountain to dig coal and opened dozens of tunnels to ensure the use of heating and roasting in the barracks. Comparatively speaking, the days of the Khitan were more difficult, and after cutting the wood near the camp, it was difficult to find enough firewood and grass for fuel.

Fortunately, the grassland people are more frozen, and the conditions are more difficult, which is not a big deal.

Li Qi found that his troops were somewhat insufficient, so he began to continue to mobilize troops in Youzhou.

Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Fu Yanqing, An Xianqi, and even Li Congke's department began to be transferred to the Youzhou front.

All of a sudden, the roads all over Hebei were full of marching troops and convoys transporting grain and grass, and such a large-scale gathering of troops also showed the determination of the Son of Heaven Li Qizhi!

The Tang army and the Khitan army only sent a small number of cavalry troops to fight outside Luanzhou every day, and now neither of them was willing to provoke a decisive battle first. This can be hard Jing Yanguang, who is trapped in Luanzhou, every day on the head of the city, watching the Tang army and the Khitan army fighting in the snow outside the city, but he is frightened, frightened and restless every night.

Henghai Jiedu, who was stationed in Cangzhou, led more than 10,000 Cangzhou troops to Shicheng, and after settling his subordinates and starting to camp, he first went to the Chinese military camp of the Son of Heaven to pay homage to the emperor.

After listening to Li Qi's discussion with Xia Luqi and Lu Wenjin on how to attack the military strategy, he suggested: "If his subordinates come forward to besiege Luanzhou, the Khitan lord will inevitably send troops to cross the river to help." Your Majesty took advantage of the time to hit it, isn't that good? ”

Li Qi smiled after hearing this: "I'm afraid that Yelu Deguang is not so obedient, this siege is too energy-consuming, and the loss is too great." So be it now, wait until the water is completely freezing, and then make a decision. ”

In fact, they have now found that Zhao Dejun, who was appointed by the Khitan as the assassin of Yingzhou (Changli), has weak troops, and is preparing to send troops to attack Yingzhou after the Luanhe River freezes, and then the army will block the Khitan reinforcements on the way and force them to fight a decisive battle......

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