Five days later, the Tang army arrived in Yingzhou.

Therefore, the main force of the Qianyingzhou garrison all went south with Yelu Chishu, and the city was empty of defense, so Li Congjing naturally would not let go of such an opportunity. The Tang army went outside the city, rested for the night, and attacked the city the next day. Fierce fighting for half a day, to the unitary time, Yingzhou Ke.

After the Tang army captured Yingzhou, it built an earthen city outside the south gate, and Li Congjing ordered Li Shaocheng to lead the main force of the Hundred Battles Army to garrison the earthen city, which was a horn with Yingzhou City.

Yingzhou City was built on the bank of the White Wolf River, and the Tang Army's fortifications not only relied on the newly built earthen city, but also destroyed the bridge on the river and arranged a defensive line on the riverbank.

When the structure of the earthen city outside Yingzhou City was completed, the Khitan army that went south from the Khitan territory entered the territory of Yingzhou, and it was only four days away from Yingzhou City. The cavalry horses are fast, and they can arrive in two days. After getting the news, Li Congjing convened the generals to meet. Li Yanchao, Li Shaocheng and others all believed that the only way to stop the Khitan army was to rely on the White Wolf Water Defense Line and not give the Khitan army a chance to cross the river, or to inflict heavy losses on it when it crossed the river, so that Yingzhou City could hold on.

"According to the scout's report, there are no less than 30,000 Khitan troops in the south, and half of them are on foot, led by the superior general Yelu's enemy." Li Shaocheng said, "Du Sima once said that those who can recruit good fighters in the Khitan country are headed by the Eight Tigers, and this Yelu enemy is one of the Eight Tiger Generals, and he is the minister of Yelu Abaoji's humerus. His life, follow Yelu Abaoji to expand the territory, establish the Khitan State, fight everywhere, and make great achievements, especially rare is that Yelu enemy thorn can not only fight on the horse, but also can govern the country on the horse, is the early years to follow Yelu Abaoji among the fierce generals, one of the few civil and military people. ”

Li Yanchao smiled when he heard this, "Vice Marshal Li said so much, didn't he just want to say that this Yelu enemy thorn is a strong opponent and difficult to deal with?" However, no matter how powerful the enemy is, this time he led the army to Yingzhou, and I have no choice between waiting left and right, in this case, why ask so much, just beat him back! ”

Li Shaocheng glanced at Li Yanchao, didn't bother with him, and continued to conclude: "Yelu is a rare Confucian general, and he is famous, not to be underestimated. Yelu Abaoji sent his army to the south this time, which shows that Abaoji attaches great importance to the current war and has the heart to win. There are high hopes for the king and soldiers to serve the order, and we cannot but carefully plan to meet the enemy. ”

Li Congjing agreed with Li Shaocheng's opinion, and said: "Unlike the Central Plains Dynasty, there are not many 'standing armies' in the Khitan country, and the soldiers and horses are scattered in various tribes, and they are all under the command of the chiefs on weekdays. In recent years, although Yelu Abaoji has the intention to emulate the military system of the Central Plains, and has also set up the hinterland department and the department as the 'Central Army', the military system has not been reformed, and there are not many 'Central Army'. One of the few 'central army', and the heavy responsibility of defending the imperial capital, and Yelu Beixi's expedition to the west of Huangtou and the two rebellions of Stinky Bo have not yet returned, this time Yelu Enemy Assassin led the army of 30,000 to the south, leaving aside the heart of the palace guard of Yelu Abaoji, the two departments are not to speak, it can be said that the main force is exhausted. With such a large army, it can be seen that what Li Shaocheng said is true, and Yelu Abaoji is determined to win this battle. ”

"In that case, how can I deal with it?" Meng Ping asked straightforwardly.

Li Congjing looked at the generals in the room, "At present, the enemy is in full swing, do you have any good strategies to break the enemy, but it doesn't matter." ”

The room fell silent for a while, everyone was thinking hard, Li Yanchao took the lead in speaking, "Yelu enemy assassinated 30,000 soldiers and horses, and our army after the battle of Pingzhou, divided troops to garrison Pingzhou, and fought fiercely after Yelu Chi, the military strength is less than 10,000, if you wait until the Yelu enemy assassins come to the city, I am afraid it will not be easy to fight, according to the will of the last general, if you take advantage of the Yelu enemy assassination has not arrived, we will take the initiative to attack, and set up an ambush in the middle of the road, so it may have a miraculous effect." ”

Li Shaocheng did not agree with Li Yanchao's strategy, thinking that this move was too rash, he said: "Yelu is a famous general, and the formation must be strict during the march, and we may not have an opportunity to take advantage of it." If we use cavalry to ambush, our army has few cavalry, and it is difficult to make a difference, if the whole army comes out together, once the enemy is spying on the movement, with the strength of more than 10,000 cavalry, if our infantry army sees that the situation is unfavorable and wants to retreat, I am afraid it will be extremely difficult. ”

"Then according to Vice Marshal Li's intentions, we should sit and wait to die?" Li Yanchao said unhappily.

"It's not about sitting still, it's about waiting for work!" Li Shaocheng corrected, "Yelu's enemy has come from afar, and he has the high hopes of Yelu Abaoji, so he must be eager to fight, and the morale of his subordinates is also very high. At this time, we should avoid its edge, consume its spirit, and wait for its advance to be slightly weakened, so that we can take advantage of it. ”

Hearing this, Guo Wei's eyes lit up, and he thought about it, and said: "The last general thinks that what Vice Marshal Li said is very true. However, whenever the Khitan army conquests, it mostly relied on its cavalry to be mobile, and rarely brought military rations, often because the food was on the enemy's side, and looted on the spot. According to the intention of the last general, we can take advantage of the white wolf's water, defend according to the river, frustrate its troops, and then clear the wilderness, so that it cannot replenish the military food. If it can hold out for more than a month, the Khitan is likely to collapse without a fight! ”

Guo Wei's plan is reasonable, it is a good strategy, not only let the generals applaud, even Li Congjing was impressed by it, he said in his heart: Guo Wei is worthy of being the founding emperor, and his wisdom is not comparable to ordinary people.

Speaking of this, Guo Wei added: "However, our army does not carry much rations, although there is a hoarding of grain and grass in Yingzhou City, but it is not enough for nearly 10,000 people for a month. After saying this, Guo Wei's eyebrows gradually cleared, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt.

"Guo Wei's strategy, it's really a clever plan!" Li Congjing smiled, "Do you think it's feasible?" ”

The main generals praised it one after another, and even Li Yanchao had no objections.

The plan has been decided, and Li Congjing began to order, "Guo Wei listened to the tune, and ordered you to take the gentlemen to inspect the section of the White Wolf River, collect boats, and know where to cross the river and where it is convenient to build bridges!" ”

Guo Wei clenched his fists, "The last general will take the order!" ”

"Li Shaocheng listened to the tune and ordered you to take your headquarters to collect grain and grass everywhere, and at the same time move the people into the city to implement the policy of clearing the wilderness!"

"The last general commands!"

"Li Yanchao listened to the tune, and ordered you to lead the headquarters and continue to arrange the defense line along the river!"

"Li Yanchao takes the order!"

"Fifth, I will order you to take the military intelligence department to closely monitor the movements of the Khitan army, and survey the terrain around the army's transportation route to ensure that the grain route is unblocked! In addition, he sent someone to inform Du Qianshu that he must raise grain and grass for the army! ”

"Fifth Compliance!"

“……”

“……”

The Khitan has not yet arrived, and the army has actually begun, the various departments act according to the order, the soldiers and horses inside and outside the city of Yingzhou gallop day and night, everywhere is a busy image, the atmosphere of the war is shrouded in people's hearts, and it is inevitable that people feel depressed.

Li Congjing sat in the central government to dispatch all parties, and a report was delivered to his desk from all over the city and abroad, and after he gave instructions, it was sent from the city to all departments, and the sound of the horses' hooves of the heralds was always the never-ending music outside the military gate, and there was a special rhythm.

After the evening, it was sunset, Li Congjing temporarily dealt with the military affairs at hand, raised his head from the case, accidentally tilted his head, and saw the sunset outside the window was falling on the mountain peaks, the green mountains were like a curtain, the yellow sun was sparkling on the white wolf water, and the red sun reflected in the water was like a golden cake, as if telling something. When the sun sets, the beginning of the twilight is temporary, it is always easy for people to ask themselves where they are, and they will inevitably think of their hometown and family, and the cold before the night makes people instinctively want to pursue warmth.

Li Congjing got up, looked out of the window, and saw an army returning to the city by the river outside the city.

In a trance, a melodious flute sounded faintly. The sound of the flute is quiet and ethereal, containing a certain indescribable emotion, gently echoing in the sky above this border fortress and lasting for a long time.

Following the prestige, on the pavilion on the other side of the attic, it was indeed a fine flute playing. She sat on the wooden railing, with the flute in front of her mouth, her long hair scattered on the side of her face, and her long skirt curved softly.

After all, Li Congjing hadn't seen her for more than a month since she asked to go to the MI and was taken away by the fifth, and it stands to reason that she should be training at the MI now, but somehow she appeared here.

The fifth girl stepped into the door and reported the daily military situation to Li Congjing, and Li Congjing asked her, "Is the detailed training over?" ”

The attendant lit the oil lamp in the room, and the fifth girl's red dress seemed to be speaking in the dim light, she looked at the thin figure and nodded: "The temporary training has ended, and the other subjects need to go back to Youzhou to carry out." After the training was completed, according to the practice of the MIA, I saw that she was delicate and unusually alert, so I arranged her into the guard department and asked her to serve as a guard next to the commander. ”

Li Congjing nodded, didn't ask any more, just said to the fifth: "We are not Youyun villagers, and going out of the town and Youyun is for the Hundred Battles Army, it is to go out to fight." Suddenly left home, and after several wars, there are many homesick soldiers, this song is a flute, the tune is soft and long, which makes people feel particularly homesick, you go over and let her stop. ”

"Yes." The fifth girl answered the door and went out.

Soon the flute stopped.

Li Congjing walked downstairs, wanting to see how the soldiers were in a mood, if the truth was thick, he had to find a way to resolve it. In the battle under the nuclear that year, the Chu army was defeated by Han Xin's hometown song, which shows how much nostalgia affects the morale of the army.

Before he could go downstairs, he heard someone singing outside:

"Cross the river beam and attack the river beam, and raise troops to attack the king of Qin. There is a lot of snow and frost in October in Mengdong, and the cold road is difficult. The army did not surrender to the Qin division, and the princes were terrified. The voice of the sea is far away, dominating Mu Huan Qi Chuzhuang. The world is peaceful and long-lived, and the sorrow is gone...... The world is peaceful and long-lived, and the sorrow is gone."

The singing grew louder and louder, and gradually the soldiers and soldiers became together.

Hearing this movement, Rao Yi Li Congjing's heart also changed suddenly.