After a long absence, after everyone greeted each other for a while, Yu Qing had to go back to Taiyuan to return to Liu Zhiyuan, Guo Rong wanted to go back to Xingzhou to marry Liu Yushuang, and Huiqing wanted to go back to Wolf Mountain to shape the golden body of his aunt.

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At the end of November of this year, Du Chongwei led his troops to Wuqiang, and when he heard that the Khitan army had approached Hengzhou under the leadership of Yelu Deguang, he was afraid and prepared to retreat south from Beizhou and Jizhou to avoid encountering the Khitan army.

At this time, Zhang Yanze happened to garrison Hengzhou, and after hearing that General Du Chongwei's army had also arrived in Hengzhou, he led his army to join Du Chongwei. When Zhang Yanze heard that Du Chongwei was going to retreat south, he tried his best to dissuade Du Chongwei.

He said: "Now the Khitan seems to be strong, but in fact it is not. The Khitan army worked hard and traveled long distances, which was a taboo for soldiers. Although the Khitan army is claimed to be 200,000, but there are not so many, according to the spies, the Khitan army is at most 150,000, and now only 100,000 have come to the city of Hengzhou. There are 100,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the adults, although the men and horses under the command of the adults are also tired, but we are fighting on the ground, and the defenders of Hengzhou are all well rested, so it can be said that they are waiting for work. There are a total of 20,000 defenders in Hengzhou City, if our two armies attack inside and outside, we will definitely be able to break the Khitan, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity given by God to adults. ”

Wang Qing also said: "What Lord Zhang said is extremely true, the long-distance attack of the Khitan army can be said to be the end of the strong crossbow can not penetrate Lu Mian, as long as the general you raise your arms and shout, my Dajin soldiers will be able to fight the same enemy and kill the enemy bravely, this is a God-given opportunity for us to complete our work in one battle!" ”

Du Chongwei heard Zhang Wang and the others say this, but he was a little moved, if he can really break the Khitan, it is undoubtedly a miracle, when the time comes, the wind will be windy, the rain will be rainy, what do you want, are you afraid that the emperor will not agree?

So, he ordered Zhang Yanze to be the vanguard, and his confidant led the Jin army to attack the Khitan army.

However, when Du Chongwei's army came to Zhongdu Bridge, the Khitan had already occupied Zhongdu Bridge.

Zhang Yanze asked for orders to lead the 2,000 cavalry of the forward battalion to fight for the Zhongdu Bridge, and Du Chongwei was approved.

The Jin army, led by Zhang Yanze, stormed the Khitan army.

Seeing that Zhang Yanze fought bravely, the Khitan army was afraid that after the Jin army occupied the Zhongdu Bridge, it would form a north-south attack with the Hengzhou defenders, so they set fire to the Zhongdu Bridge.

Now the weather is cold, the water of the Hutuo River is cold and biting, and the soldiers of the Jin army do not dare to cross the river rashly. So the Jin army and the Khitan soldiers camped across the river and confronted each other in the north and south.

At this time, the Cizhou assassin and the northern transfer envoy Li Xiangnan asked to see him, and strongly persuaded the commander Du Chongwei and the deputy marshal Li Shouzhen to say: "Now our army and Hengzhou are close at hand, and we can see each other's fireworks. ”

Du Chongwei said: "Lord Li said it easily, now the weather is cold, the river is cold and biting, the only passage on the Hutuo River, the Zhongdu Bridge, has been burned by the Khitans, how do we cross the river?" ”

Li Xiangnan said: "My lord, as long as we go and cut down a large number of three-strand wood and put it in the river, build a pontoon bridge, and then spread some firewood, grass and soil, we can cross the river, we can send people to secretly get in touch with the defenders of Hengzhou City, take the bonfire as a number, take advantage of the night to cut down the fence of the Khitan camp, and attack the Khitan camp from the inside and outside, we will definitely be able to win by surprise, even if we can't completely annihilate the Khitan soldiers, they will definitely escape." ”

Li Xiangnan's remarks made sense to the generals present and agreed with it. However, for some reason, Du Chongwei disagreed.

In fact, Du Chongwei has his own wishful thinking, and now he is constantly asking Emperor Shi Zhonggui for more troops, and all the armies of the imperial court are under his jurisdiction.

Shi Chonggui wanted to defeat the Khitan and recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun, his original intention was good, but his heart was higher than the sky, and his life was thinner than paper, and the fault was that he believed in this uncle too much, and even transferred all the army, including the forbidden army, to Du Chongwei.

Du Chongwei held a heavy army, but in the face of the Khitan army did not move, firstly, he wanted to use the Khitan invasion as an excuse to put forward conditions to Shi Chonggui openly, and secondly, he did not want to really start a war with the Khitan, his purpose was to support the army and expand his strength. Because he also thinks that what An Chongrong said is right: "The Son of Heaven would rather have a kind of Yan? The ears of the strong and the strong! ”

Now that the imperial court defense is empty, as long as the Khitan army retreats, and at that time he waives his army into Beijing, then the emperor's throne is not his own?

Therefore, although Li Xiangnan's subordinates, including Li Shouzhen, thought it was feasible, he just stood still and resolutely disagreed.

In order to reserve grain and grass, Du Chongwei ordered Li to go south to Huaizhou and Mengzhou to supervise the transportation of military grain.

Unexpectedly, Du Chongwei's news was learned by Khitan spies.

Yerod Guang made a big tent, and the Khitan army was holding an emergency military meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the current situation of our army is not optimistic, there are Du Chongwei's 100,000 troops stationed in the south, and 20,000 defenders in Hengzhou City in the north, the situation is extremely unfavorable to us, what are your best strategies to break the enemy?" Jerod asked.

The general Xiao Han said: "Your Majesty, although on the surface the Jin army has formed a north-south attack on us, they could have crossed the river and defeated us in one fell swoop, but since Du Chongwei's 100,000 army did not move, there are only two possibilities: one is that they are taboo and dare not fight with our army, but this possibility is obviously not true, because judging from the previous confrontations between our army and the Jin army, the Jin army fought bravely, and it is not like they dare not start a war with us. The second possibility is that the commander of the Jin army has other ideas, and in the current situation, the most likely idea is to become the emperor. Therefore, as long as we pretend to promise Du Chongwei to be the emperor, he is a person who is willing to do anything. ”

Yelu Deguang said: "What my uncle said is very true, we can send someone to contact Du Chongwei secretly and find out his tone, if it is really as my uncle said, then we promise him to be the emperor, and then he will not obey us?" ”

"Report!"

"Come in!"

At this time, Khitan spies came to report that Du Chongwei had sent Li to Huaizhou and Mengzhou to supervise the transportation of military rations.

Yerod asked, "Have you found out, is the situation true?" ”

The spy said: "Your Majesty, it is true, our people have been following Li Xiangnan out of the Hengzhou territory. ”

Xiao Han said: "Your Majesty, the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, since Du Chongwei sent people to urge the grain and grass at this time, it means that the grain and grass in their army are not enough, as long as we cut off the grain and grass channel of the Jin army, there is no grain and grass, the Jin army will definitely shake the morale of the army, and when the time comes, we can take Hengzhou in one go, and then wave the army to the south and take the Liang." ”

"But who to send?" Jerod muttered.

"I'll go! Ahem! ”

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