Fighting 3,000 against 1,000 is not just a simple battle of one against three. Because of the events on the battlefield, it is impossible to meet like mud and sand into the sea, completely merging. The method of battle formations, in formations, but if not besieged from many sides, there are only a few battle lines, the difference in numbers, the significance of the difference lies in the replacement of soldiers one after another, and to supplement the blank left by the fallen soldiers, more is related to the ability to continue combat.

Yelu Pheasant relied on the Khitan army to have a large number of soldiers, and he intended to bully the less with more, so he rushed into battle. Li Congjing was not very afraid, and led the Datong army to meet the battle. The two armies fought, Li Congjing took the lead in breaking through the Khitan army formation, when even if he gave Yelu Pheasant a blow to the head, Yelu Pheasant was afraid of his bravery, afraid that he would completely kill his own formation, although he knew that he had many people, but he did not dare to fight with Li Congjing's formation, so he summoned other brothers, wanted to storm and behead Li Congjing in the formation.

In all fairness, it is much easier to kill one person than to kill a thousand people, and Yelu Pheasant thinks to himself, he and the third, fourth, fifth and other people, all under the command of Yelu Enemy, a brave and unparalleled generation, rarely meet opponents on weekdays, at this time, the strength of the four people, and it is a sudden murder in the military array, it is really easy to kill Li Congjing.

Furthermore, who is Li Congjing? That is the Tang Dynasty Lulong Festival envoy, sitting in Youzhou, controlling the 60,000 border troops in Kyushu, is the forefront of the Tang Dynasty's fight against the Khitan army, and regardless of its recovery of Pingzhou, repeatedly defeated several Khitan generals, how much trouble it has brought to the Khitan, how many crises have been created, this alone is enough for countless Khitan elite generals, and they will be killed at any cost.

First, because of this understanding, second, because of his hatred for Li Congjing, and third, because he knew the extraordinary significance of killing Li Congjing for the present and the future, Yelu Pheasant acted in a talented way. He is ambitious, can arrange, and is more scheming, whether it is the sudden onslaught of his four brothers, or his sudden return to the battle to cast cold arrows, it is an extremely dangerous and vicious move, in exchange for an ordinary general, I don't know how many times he died early!

It's a pity that the guy who gave him his life to the West has had many labels in his life, and has also left many impressions in the hearts of his friends and opponents, but there is no word "ordinary".

It's dark.

Li Congjing sat on the horseback again, holding a horizontal knife in his hand, and in the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, he stepped on the flying sand and stones, and once again entered the Khitan army formation.

In front of him, three or five Khitan soldiers habitually swung their knives at him, Li Congjing roared past them, and the horizontal knife in his hand slashed through several almost invisible broken line tracks, and when his figure passed by these Khitan soldiers, the blood mist sprayed was extremely dazzling. A Khitan sergeant holding a saber and a severed arm flew into the sky together, the white bones of the severed arm were clearly visible, and two other Khitan sergeants had a hideous and terrifying huge wound on their chests, and the internal organs and minced flesh were squeezed out of the chest cavity, and the last Khitan sergeant was cut through the neck with a horizontal knife, but the blade did not completely cut off his neck bone, which made his head hang like a balloon on his shoulder, swaying left and right when the blood surged.

Killing these barbarians, the barbarians behind seemed to have recovered from the horror of Li Congjing's killing of the four Yelu pheasant brothers, and in the face of the Tang army with strict formation, murderous awe, armor and sword soldiers, they could no longer raise the courage to fight with them, and they desperately strangled the reins of the horses, trying to stop the horses running forward.

For a while, the neighing of horses was continuous, and everywhere there were figures trying to stop the rushing horses, and the scene was chaotic. The Khitan knights in front, lost their fighting spirit, did not dare to fight again, suddenly reduced their speed, the barbarians behind did not know what was happening in front, completely unprepared, still struggling to rush into battle, this time immediately collided with the people and horses in front, in an instant, people turned on their backs, screams, shouts, collisions mixed together, resounded, dusty, people and horses were injured, the battle array was chaotic, and it became purgatory in an instant.

Li Congjing calmly controlled the war horse, led the Datong army and horse army, and turned a smooth bend in front of the chaotic Khitan army formation, avoiding the victory of this trampling on each other, and at the same time, the long lance in his hand was flat in front of him, and he plunged into the military formation next to him.

In this battle of disparity in strength, the Tang army did not show any disadvantage from the beginning, and when Li Congjing led them to kill the enemy for the first time, they had already gained the upper hand in momentum. After that, the vanguard array led by Li Congjing, like a tireless drill, chiseled through the Khitan army again and again, chiseled into a blur of flesh and blood, rampage, vertical and horizontal, and finally made it unrecognizable, and no longer looked like it, only the flesh and blood were rolled up, and the corpses were all over the field. Rushing back and forth again and again, Li Congjing successfully made 3,000 cavalry lose their combat effectiveness with the strength of 1,000 cavalry.

The victory or defeat on the battlefield is never determined by the number of people.

When they came, the three thousand Khitan riders who were like thunder and fierce were so far defeated on all fronts, throwing away their armor all over the mountains, and turning back in a panic.

Riding a horse and galloping, Li Congjing did not stop, and led the battle to pursue the defeated Khitan army.

More than an hour ago, it was still these Khitan barbarians who were screaming and chasing Li Congjing, and in a moment, they attacked and defended the aliens.

Chased and killed all the way, allowing the Tang army to take advantage, the Khitan army left corpses all the way, with heavy losses, and more importantly, in the face of the Tang army's fierce pursuit, their hearts had sunk to the bottom, and their will was close to collapse. The Khitan soldiers didn't understand, it was clear that they were chasing their opponents, and it was clear that they were outnumbered, so how could they be defeated so simply?

Poor Kou Mo chase, every time the forest does not enter, night terrors do not move, these can be regarded as the common sense of soldiers, but also the criterion for the prudent use of soldiers, although Li Congjing has often taken risks with soldiers, but that is a tactical need, in essence he is very serious with soldiers. However, this time to pursue the defeated Khitan remnants, Li Congjing had no intention of accepting it when he saw it, and kept moving forward. The figure galloping with the ups and downs of the war horse under the torch seems to chase and kill the Khitan barbarians before stopping.

In the past days, he never said his hatred for the Khitan barbarians, but everyone knew that he wanted to protect the border and fight the thieves, he showed no mercy to the invaders, even for the traitors who defected to the Khitan and colluded with the Khitan, he was never soft, and in the land of Youyun, his figure was the banner of the fight against the Khitan.

Zhang Daqian caught up with Li Congjing, his face was covered with blood, he didn't care about wiping his face, and said hurriedly: "General Li, our army has won, the barbarians have retreated, can we return to the army and join the infantry army?" ”

Li Congjing shook his head, "No hurry." ”

Li Congjing was indifferent, but Zhang Daqian couldn't do it, he showed a worried look, "General Li, we have chased far away, if we continue to move forward, in this dark night, I am afraid it will be disadvantageous." Besides, the Khitan still has a large number of reinforcements behind, if we run into them, we will defeat it! ”

The army chased far away, although it won a lot, but Zhang Daqian knew that the first thing in this battle was not to capture, that is, to annihilate all the Khitan elite cavalry in front of him, and it could not fundamentally change the situation of the war, and the most important thing was that the army should be able to cross the Yellow River smoothly and reach the other side. Because, only in this way can we get rid of the Khitan pursuers. At present, the infantry of the Datong army is already on the way to the Yellow River, according to their footsteps, it should be not far from the shore of the Yellow River at this time, at this time, the Ma army should go back to join them, in order to build fortifications on the river bank, build ships, and resist the Khitan pursuit of the main army that is very likely to arrive when the Datong army crosses the river.

Zhang Daqian was already deeply worried, but Li Congjing's next sentence made him panic, Li Congjing said: "It's okay, this trip to pursue the Khitan elite cavalry is to meet the main force of the Khitan pursuers behind him." ”

This sentence made Zhang Daqian's heart rise to his throat, he swallowed his saliva, and was about to say something, when he suddenly thought about it, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he seemed to understand Li Congjing's thoughts, this sudden rising thought shocked him, and even his eyes brightened a little, and he said tentatively: "What does General Li mean to drive away the rout and make it impact the main army of Khitan pursuers?" ”

"Exactly." Li Congjing replied that this was the calculation in his heart. Zhang Daqian could guess his intentions, which was somewhat unexpected to him, because in his impression, Zhang Daqian was a general who was more than brave and resourceful, and he was able to figure it out in such a short period of time, which was very unexpected by Li Congjing's estimation of him. Zhang Daqian is the current top general of the Datong Army, and it is necessary for Li Congjing to let him know his overall plan.

Li Congjing continued: "There is still a distance of about sixty or seventy miles from the Yellow River, and it will take some time for the infantry to rush over, and after arriving at the bank of the Yellow River, the infantry will need to spend time collecting and building boats to cross the river, and it will take time to cross the river. At present, the main force of the Khitan army was only thirty miles away from us before, and if we retreated to the bank of the Yellow River at this time, it would be difficult to cross the river safely. Therefore, we must buy enough time for the army to cross the river before then. ”

Zhang Daqian gradually came to his senses, and he deeply admired Li Congjing for being able to consider such a far-reaching problem when the fierce battle had just ended. It's just that since he saw Li Congjing, the other party's resourcefulness has been shocking and admiring him, and just now, Li Congjing was alone in the battle, killing Yelu Pheasant and several other Yelu enemy Lieyi in a moment, which made Zhang Daqian realize Li Congjing's force. It can be said that Zhang Daqian at the moment has already thrown himself to the ground for Li Congjing's admiration, and when he heard Li Congjing's words at this time, although he was surprised, he was not too shocked.

Li Congjing pointed to the defeated Khitan cavalry in front of him, and said to Zhang Daqian: "General Zhang, look, after we waited for an army of thousands to defeat the Khitan 3,000 elite cavalry, the morale of the Khitan barbarians has fallen to the bottom. At this moment, as long as we are in hot pursuit, even if we encounter their main army, it will be difficult for the Khitan barbarians to immediately stabilize their pace, as long as you and I have a little fire, it may not be possible to make these rout troops and disrupt their originally orderly reinforcement formation. You must know that the panic of defeat is far more easily spread than the encouragement of victory. What's more, it was already night at this time, and with the Khitan barbarians' poor vision, it would be even more difficult for them to stabilize their positions and fight with us! ”

Zhang Daqian nodded yes, he followed Li Congjing's train of thought, and the understanding in his mind gradually deepened, and finally he said: "Besides, General Li has beheaded all the generals such as Yelu Pheasant, and the Khitan army must be panicked when they hear this news, which makes it more difficult for them to muster up the courage to fight with us!" ”

These words made Li Congjing suddenly look at Zhang Daqian, and he showed a smile and said, "What General Zhang said is very true. As the saying goes, the defeat of the army is like a mountain, and it is said that a drum is like a tiger, I am equal to the victory in the crisis, and in an instant from the fleeing army to the pursuer, the morale of the soldiers is high; On the other hand, the Khitan army is clearly in a good situation, but it is defeated 'not clear', which is like falling from the peak to the bottom, no matter how strong-willed a person is, it is inevitable that he will be in distress and depressed for a while, not to mention an army with thousands of people? At this time, how dare and how can the Khitan army immediately pack up their fighting spirit and fight with us? As long as the Khitan army is allowed to rout and disrupt the main force of the Khitan reinforcements, it will retreat in a hurry, so that we will have time to cross the Yellow River safely! ”

At this point, Zhang Daqian was already convinced of Li Congjing, and he had to say sincerely: "That's true." General Li is far-sighted, wise and brave, and I can't wait for it! ”

Li Congjing smiled slightly, said no more, and continued to move forward.