(First update.) ）

Soon after Yelu Assassin learned the news that his grain route had been destroyed and that his grain and grass had been destroyed, Li Congjing in Yingzhou City also heard the news. The reason why this can be done is not that Li Congjing's means go to heaven, but that Li Rong and Zhao Xiangyao rushed back to the outside of Yingzhou City after the success, and when the Khitan army was short of food and grass, they took advantage of the chaos to send the sharp soldiers of the Military Intelligence Department to sneak into the city in the middle of the night and explain the matter to Li Congjing.

Jerod did not want the news of the damage to the grain to be known to the army, but it was useless for him to do so. There were strong men under Huang Zong, Xu Boxian, and Lu Junyan who were fluent in Khitan language, and Li Rong used them to spread the news to the Khitan military camp, which made the Khitan soldiers panic for a while. It is precisely because of this that Yelu's plan to conceal this news and retreat peacefully is doomed to fail.

Li Congjing was surprised when he learned that more than 100 sharp soldiers from the Military Intelligence Department and 800 strong soldiers from Yingzhou Green Forest had attacked and destroyed the Khitan grain route. He immediately convened a meeting of the generals, told the generals the news, and sighed: "In the past, I heard that there were many heroes in the green forest, and there were many strong men in the grass, but at first I didn't think so, thinking that good and evil were clear, black and white, and there were no good and evil, and people and things were clear and white. However, since Qimen, it has been seen that the so-called soldiers of the military town are in the fish and meat township, for the disaster of the world, and the heroes of the green forest have many righteous deeds, and the war in Yingzhou is tight, and there are 800 heroes to help the king, attack and destroy the Khitan grain road, and help us to break the stalemate of the war, is not his line of loyalty, and his people are not heroes? ”

Li Yanchao disagreed with what Li Congjing said, he had been in the border for a long time, and he had dealt with these green forests before, and he had his own understanding of this, and said: "Today, someone came out of the mountains to attack the back road of the Khitan for Wang Shi, which is solid. However, the commander of the army looked up to the green forest because of this, but the last general thought that it was not necessary. Those in the green forest, thieves and thieves, gather in the mountains and forests, support the crowd and divide the territory, violate the ban by force, harm the people, and trouble the border army. Look at its line, solid for cruelty, look at its heart, solid for not ancient, its people when the Khitan barbarian thieves come, then far away from the mountains and forests, dare not look at it, once the Khitan barbarian thieves retreat, then repeated in the world, for the misfortune is not benevolent, show off the might, this generation of people, real villains, not worthy of the military marshal's praise, high look! ”

Li Yanchao's words are not unreasonable.

He is a general of the border army, and he has fought with the Khitan many times over the years, but before today, he has never encountered a situation where there is a green forest to help in the war. On the contrary, whenever the Khitan army enters, these "thieves" flee into the deep mountains and old forests, and disappear, let alone resist the Khitan, and after the Khitan retreats, they come out to act again, which is really a villain's behavior and a thief's mentality.

Therefore, Li Yanchao added: "At present, these thieves have gone out of the mountains to attack the Khitan grain road for no reason, although they have the role of helping the king's division, but their thief nature is difficult to change, and the military commander must beware of these people who have other plans." ”

Li Yanrao agrees with Li Yanchao's concept, he said: "The hustle and bustle of the world is profit, there is behavior if it is profitable, and there is no behavior if it is not profitable, and this is especially true of people in this generation." Thieves, Erzier, as long as the border army defeats the Khitan and then frees up their hands, they will definitely destroy such villains to ensure the peace of the border land! ”

Both of them were reasonable, but Li Congjing disagreed, and he sighed: "The people who survived the troubled times have their own way of survival. Their lives may be humble, their means may be dirty, but in the ring of life, they are the last strong ones. The strong, whatever the strong, should be feared, not despised. ”

"But there are big wars in the border areas, the army has passed everywhere, the lives have been ruined, and various forces such as agriculture and commerce have disappeared. And the best of them are like green forests, but they can be like a hundred grass when the hurricane passes, and they are wise to protect themselves, and once the wind passes, they will look for opportunities to rise, just as wildfires are inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows and grows. For them, no matter how the sky changes, as long as the earth under their feet is still there, they are the unchanging snakes of the land here, and the kings of one time and one place. ”

"It is not the right way to deal with these people, without distinction between them and to destroy them all. After this war, it is true that we must destroy those who are difficult to change their thief nature, but we should do our best to appease those who are forced to become thieves due to the current situation. ”

After a pause, Li Congjing said again: "Everything, because there are many kinds and different faces, just as the contradictions are intricate, they should be treated separately, don't be troublesome, try to save trouble, and try to slap things down." We are the army of Youyun Town, protecting the border and fighting thieves, not purely military, the military town has military and political power, and we need to take into account all aspects, everyone should remember! ”

After listening to Li Congjing's words, Li Yanchao and Li Yanrao had other ideas, and they couldn't refute it at this time, so they should have been.

Li Congjing has his own idea of governing the border land, which includes a part of the green forest policy, and now it coincides with Huang Zong and others to help Wang Shi gain battlefield advantages, seeing that the border army and the "border thieves" are about to meet and act together, Li Congjing naturally hopes that the two can live in harmony. For this reason, it is extremely important to set a tone among Li Yanchao's border troops.

This matter was agreed, and Li Congjing said: "Since the Khitan grain route has been destroyed, I expect that the Khitan army will withdraw without fighting, and the generals must make two preparations, one is to defend and the other is to attack. Li Shaocheng, you send more rangers to investigate outside the city to prevent the Khitan from escaping. Once the Khitan shows signs of retreat, report it to me immediately! ”

Li Shaocheng promised.

Li Congjing stood up, "Everyone go and prepare, this victory or defeat will be known in the next two days!" ”

From the battle of the White Wolf River Crossing to the attack and defense of Yingzhou City, the officers and men of the whole army were tired, seeing that the victory and defeat were about to be divided, and the war was about to end, all the generals were full of spirit and tried their best to deal with it.

On the same day and night, there was a return of the rangers who went out of the city, and the Khitan really showed signs of night escape!

At this time, he pursued and defeated the Khitan army in one go. Li Congjing did not hesitate and gave the order for the whole army to pursue.

Outside the city of Yingzhou, the Khitan army was retreating one after another, in the dark night, the face of Yelu's enemy thorn was bright and dark under the torch, he sat on horseback, silently watched the retreat of the army, without saying a word.

In order to conceal their whereabouts, the army did not light torches, and their movements were very light. Yelu did not choose to cross the river to the north nearby, but ordered the army to quietly retreat to the west, in order to get rid of the Tang army's pursuit, and then cross the White Wolf Water safely and retreat to the Khitan territory.

"How's the ambush army arranged?" Yelu stabbed and questioned the generals around him.

The general said: "Don't worry, the commander, all the departments are in place, as long as the Tang army dares to go out of the city to chase, they will be given a head-on blow, so that they will not come back!" ”

Yelu nodded and sighed: "When I came, I was full of spirits, I never thought about it, but after a month, I will retreat in a hurry, my heart hurts!" ”

The cronies and generals comforted: "Why should the marshal worry? Today, we are pretending to retreat, but in fact we have laid an ambush, and as long as the Tang army goes out of the city to pursue, it will definitely fall into the trap set by us. At that time, once the pursuing Tang army is defeated, the army will be able to enter the city of Yingzhou and take the city! ”

"That's right, exactly!" Yelu nodded his head, his spirit was slightly uplifted, and his eyes were full of expectations, "Zatu, if you can encircle and annihilate the pursuing Tang army, then the army can still turn defeat into victory, you are the humerus of Ben Shuai, you have fought with me for many years, you have many military exploits, you are a warrior under Ben Shuai, and Ben Shuai has always placed high hopes on you." Whether this battle is a success or a defeat, it depends on the results of your battle, you don't let this commander down, if you can win, this commander will definitely write to the emperor, in order to double the reward! ”

Zatu said excitedly: "Don't worry, Li Congjing, Yellow Tooth Xiaoer, if there is no strong city for him to shrink, how easy it is to lose, Zatu will live up to the expectations of the marshal!" ”

After some encouragement, Zatu saluted and retreated, and went to command the ambush.

Watching Zatu's back disappear into the darkness, Yelu's sad and happy look quietly disappeared, turning into indifference without any emotion, and his eyes when he looked at Zatu's back were indifferent and ruthless, not like a warrior who was seeing the testimony, but like looking at the ugly stone sinking into the river.

The darkness of the night is bottomless, and it is unknown that it contains infinite killing opportunities, and Yelu looked at the brightly lit Yingzhou City, as if he saw the young figure standing at the head of the city, overlooking the outside of the city. Glancing back at the direction where Zatu had gone, he muttered to himself: "Zatu, it's not that the commander wants you to die, but that you don't die, and it is difficult for the army to evacuate here safely!" Li Congjing is certainly a yellow-toothed child, but his teeth are not sharp, but he can break gold, his wings are not full, and he can soar, he is like an eagle on the grassland, and you are just a prey for him to hunt. He sighed and laughed at himself, "How can such a person be despised for him?" Ben Shuai has been fighting with him for more than a month, with an army of 30,000 and unable to win, wouldn't it be too stupid to blindly underestimate him? Fleeing tonight, the dress is defeated and retreats and sets up an ambush, although it is a clever plan, it is enough to deal with ordinary good generals, but how can it be so easy to hide from Li Congjing, not to be expected and recognized by him? ”

Yelu looked up at the sky, but saw the bright moon hanging high, there were black clouds outside the moon to cover the stars, and the whole night sky only left a full moon to dominate the coquettish, his expression moved slightly, and he felt it: "I know that the Central Plains people are outstanding people, heroes emerge in endlessly, and heroes are born one after another, but before the battle against the clouds for more than ten years, it is rare to meet a defeat, even a famous general like Li Cunxian, he can only shrink into Youzhou, and he can't set foot in my Khitan border!" After years of victories, it has blinded the sharp eyes of the wolf king Qingming! We all thought that there were no heroes in the Central Plains, and we could drink the Yellow River! As everyone knows, in the Central Plains, there has never been a shortage of warriors who dare to fight, nor have there been amazing generals...... There are people in the Central Plains, my Great Khitan wants to step on the Central Plains, how difficult it is! ”

The breeze blew on the hill, and Jelu pulled down the brim of his hat, twisted his horse's head, and went far away with the retreating army.

When he walked out of nearly ten miles, he suddenly heard a faint commotion outside Yingzhou City behind him, and when he looked back, the lights in the distance were lit, and the firelight jumped non-stop, connecting into a piece, illuminating Yingzhou City. In the lights, countless figures rushed back and forth, conjunct and separate, collided and fought, like chaos, but also seemed to be orderly.

Needless to say, the battle between Zatu and the Don army began!

Yelu stabbed the reins of his horse, stood still, and waited for a long time in the direction of Yingzhou City.

Finally, a group of rangers rushed to come, and immediately the knight dismounted in a hurry, and eagerly reported to Yelu's enemy: "Marshal, the Tang army has seen through the ambush of Zatu, and its troops have been defeated by the Tang army, and they can't get out!" ”

Yelu was slightly moved, and bowed slightly in the distance on his horse, "Zatu, when you return to the grassland, Ben Shuai will set up a grave for you, you rest in peace!" ”

Zatu ambushed the Tang army, although Yelu knew intellectually that he would not win, but psychologically he couldn't help but have a fluke, he had also made arrangements, once Zatu really succeeded in ambushing the Tang army unexpectedly, he led the army back to help, thus defeating Li Congjing in one fell swoop. However, when the news of Zatu's defeat was clearly informed, his illusions were shattered, and although he was mentally prepared, he could not help but feel saddened by it. As a general who leads the army, who doesn't want to win in battle?

Yelu stabbed up to the sky and sighed, and said with grief and indignation: "Immortal Heaven! Don't you care about the Khitan people anymore?! If this were not the case, why would there be a young but talented demon like Li Congjing in the Tang Dynasty? If this were not the case, why would the Tang Dynasty send Li Congjing to Youyun to trample on the land of my Great Khitan and slaughter the warriors of my Great Khitan? Immortality, why, why? Why is there Li Congjing?! ”

"In this world, why is there Li Congjing?!"

"Why, why, why!"

……