In order to facilitate the understanding of the news of the Liao civil war, Li Liangzuo ordered to change the title of the Liao State, calling the northern region under the command of Yelu Hongji Northern Liao, and the southern region under the command of Yelu Chongyuan as Southern Liao, which was also the beginning of the civil war of the Liao State for several years.

Unconsciously, it has been a month since Yale Chongyuan became emperor, and the army of Southern Liao has been stationed on the south bank of the Huang River for more than half a month.

The central army camp of Xingqing Prefecture, where the Tian Wolf Division of the Xia Army is stationed, that is, the heavy armored cavalry division, has a huge sand table in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the sand table is marked with the confrontation between the Southern Liao and the Northern Liao on both sides of the Huang River, as well as the contrast of military strength and the hoarding of logistics grain and grass.

Li Liangzuo sat on the handsome chair, and below sat the generals of the Central Army who came from all over the country and the senior officers of the border army stationed in Xingqing Mansion, Li Liangzuo's big tent of the Chinese army was very large, in addition to a big sand table in the middle, there were also two small sand tables on both sides, and all the generals were sitting on the small sand tables on both sides to deduce the war, and record these results in the book for later reference, which was also a special request of Li Liangzuo.

"Newspaper, newspaper, newspaper......" a sentry hurriedly ran in to report; Your Majesty, the latest report is that the Northern Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji has returned to Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, and at the same time has drawn troops from all over the country to arrive along the north bank of the Huang River. ”

Li Liangzuo nodded and said, "Go down and rest!" ”

Since Li Chahan was transferred to Xizhou by Li Liangzuo as the general of Anxi, the heavy armored cavalry division was handed over to Li Yi to command, and Li Yi reported to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, judging from the comparison of the strength of the two sides now, the Northern Liao has gathered more than 200,000 soldiers and horses on the north bank of the Huang River, and the Southern Liao has gathered nearly 600,000 soldiers and horses on the south bank of the Huang River, but in terms of troops, Yelu Chongyuan still has a great advantage. ”

Ji La Yong'er couldn't help but say: "This Yelu Chongyuan is not a person who does big things at first glance, and how smooth he started to do things!" It didn't take a few days to capture Yong'an, Longhua, Fengzhou and other places, and now the 600,000-strong army is stationed on the south bank of the Huang River and stagnates, giving Yelu Hongji the opportunity to gather troops and horses in vain. ”

Li Liangzuo stepped down from the handsome chair and knocked Ji La Yong'er's head and said, "This is the person who does great things." ”

Li Liangzuo pointed to the area around the Huanghe Stone Bridge where the two armies were opposed, and said with emotion: "Look at this small Huanghe Stone Bridge area, the Liao State has gathered 800,000 troops, and these are all the elite divisions of the Liao State!" Advantaged by the more than 200,000 palace tent troops under the command of Yelu Yixin, the king of the Northern Courtyard, is the most elite iron cavalry in the Liao army, have you ever thought that if one day Liao and Xia are fully launched, and the Liao State pours the whole country's troops to attack, can our Great Xia State be able to live?

We always talk about the Great Xia Kingdom, are we really big compared to the Song and Liao countries? In terms of population, land, and wealth, we are no match for the two countries, and you people think that you are invincible after two victories with me;

I will tell you today that you are still far away, I am still far away, why? Because we have not experienced a major battle, from my succession to the throne to today for more than ten years, we have not even fought a real battle, the war against Hehuang and Xizhou can only be regarded as a small fight, the real battle can not be solved in a few days, it may be carried out for months or even years, and it is necessary to launch round after round of offensives;

You just said that Yelu Chongyuan is not a person who does great things, I told you that this is a person who does great things, I also thought that Yelu Chongyuan would soon be able to conquer the Shangjing Linhuang Mansion, but I realized that I was wrong, although on the surface Yelu Chongyuan occupies all the advantages, but there is one thing that Yelu Chongyuan does not have, that is, righteousness;

Most of the soldiers and horses under the command of Yelu Chongyuan were the local Jingzhou soldiers of the Liao State, and these soldiers could not compare with the palace tent army under the command of Yelu Hongji in terms of combat power and equipment, according to the recent situation I have obtained, although the rebellion of Yelu Chongyuan was supported by some Liao nobles, but the common people at the lower level did not agree very much;

That is to say, the people's hearts in the rear of Yelu Chongyuan are unstable, the army and the people are one, and the people's hearts are unstable, so don't expect the army's hearts to be stable, if I guess correctly, there are two reasons why Yelu Chongyuan stopped on the south bank of the Huang River during this time; First, it is necessary to stabilize the morale of the military; Second: Prevent the Northern Liao Army from moving south, so as to integrate the forces in the southern part of the Liao State as soon as possible. ”

Jila Yong'er asked Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, according to your meaning, Yelu Chongyuan is doing defense rather than attacking?" ”

Li Liangzuo explained to everyone: "You look at the entire front of Yelu Chongyuan, it is completely arranged on the south bank of the Huang River, the 600,000 army is divided into six large camps for a hundred miles, and the distance between each camp is less than 20 miles.

But didn't you find out? First of all, Yelu Chongyuan has enough troops to defend separately, but what if he treats each camp as a place to attack! Once Yelu Chongyuan launched a full-scale attack, as long as the 600,000-strong army attacked, even if the Northern Liao army could block two of the battalions, there were still the remaining four;

As long as these four battalions can smoothly cross the Huang River, and quickly intersperse with the back of the Northern Liao Army, surround the Northern Liao Army, then this battle is won no matter how the Southern Liao Army is won, now the most important thing for the Southern Liao Army and Yelu Chongyuan is time, only in the shortest possible time to grasp the military heart of the Jingzhou soldiers, this battle of the Southern Liao Army will win;

At the same time, time is also of the essence for Northern Liao and Yelu Hongji, I have received information that Yelu Hongji is gathering troops from all over the north, if these troops can arrive in a short time, I am afraid that the situation will become, the people in the north of Liao are mostly herdsmen who are brave and good at fighting, and they are much stronger than the Southern Liao army in terms of combat power, so it is not certain who will win or lose this war until the last moment, but the best situation for us is that both sides can fight a defeat and lose both. ”

"Your Majesty means that this is a protracted war, and it is very likely that it will be fought for a long time." Ji Spicy Siyi said to Li Liangzuo.

Li Liangzuo nodded and said, "Yes, I see it that way, but the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and this is just my guess, and I don't know what will happen." ”

Li Liangzuo didn't dare to talk too much, after all, if the two sides fought a decisive battle tomorrow, wouldn't Li Liangzuo slap himself in the face? The best way to be an emperor is to give an ambiguous answer, just explain to Li Liangzuo just now, although he said a lot, but the core is one sentence: 'Who loses and who wins, I don't know!'" ’。