When Li Congjing led the coalition army to stop in Hezhou, Yelu Abaoji ordered the Khitan Southern Route Army, which was attacking Zhengzhou, Yalu Prefecture, to abandon the battle in front of him and return to the army, and the two joined forces in order to encircle the coalition army in Hezhou and force Li Congjing to fight a decisive battle with it under extremely unfavorable conditions. However, the weather was not beautiful, and the Khitan South Route Army, which had given up attacking Zhengzhou, was on its way to Hezhou, when it encountered a heavy snowstorm that lasted for half a decade around the Spring Festival in the fourth year of Tongguang, and had no choice but to postpone the march. Not only that, Yelu Abaoji himself, who was trying to outflank Hezhou from the north, also had to stop and wait for the wind and snow to stop. Half a decade passed, the wind and snow stopped, and before Yelu Abaoji and the Khitan South Route Army arrived in Hezhou, they got the news that the Youzhou and Bohai coalition forces had withdrawn from Hezhou.

And this was only the beginning of the bad news, after leaving Hezhou, the Youzhou and Bohai coalition forces rushed all the way to the south, and the south was Yalu Mansion and Liaodong. The battle has been going on so far, Yelu Abaoji is of course sure that Li Congjing will not return to Liaodong, so he ordered the light cavalry to pursue it in the starry night. When the Youzhou and Bohai coalition forces left Hezhou, the wind and snow would not stop, and the snow on the roads was very thick, which was very unfavorable for the march, but in order to surprise and get out of the threat range of Yelu Abaoji and the Khitan South Route Army as soon as possible, the coalition army did something risky. As soon as the Khitan light cavalry came out of the north and out of the direction of Zhengzhou, both sides pursued the marching coalition army.

The march before the snow melts is a last resort, and if you don't prepare thoroughly, the commander is stupid. After the Khitan light cavalry attacked, first of all, it was more and more difficult for the scouts to find out the whereabouts of the Youzhou and Bohai coalition forces, and the Khitan rangers that were originally arranged on the periphery of Hezhou evaporated almost overnight, which made Yelu Abaoji furious, and almost had to correct the scout general who was ineffective in order to punish him for dereliction of duty. After the Youzhou and Bohai coalition forces left Hezhou, the rangers sent out by the Khitan army were also seriously damaged, and the most unbelievable situation was that the rangers sent by the Central Route Army and the Southern Route Army were not heard from in ten days, and the military camp sent a brigade of light horsemen out of the camp to search, and found the burial place of these rangers less than thirty miles outside the military camp! The scout general in Yelu Abaoji's army, after seeing the corpses of these rangers, his hands trembled, and he barely collected the corpses of the rangers everywhere, and he was desperate to find that the rangers he sent out the day before yesterday had died thirty to fifty miles away from the barracks, and the Khitan general, who had just been replaced as the scout general, never returned to the camp to return to Yelu Abaoji, but immediately drew his sword and killed himself.

The scout general's suicide in fear of crime made Yelu Abaoji have to change the scout general again, and what made him angry was that since the march from the Zhonglu Army to Shuangtong, Yitai, and Jiuyang, he had changed three scout generals along the way, but it was useless. In this case, Yelu Abaoji had to rely on the battle situation deduction to predict the marching destination and route of the Youzhou and Bohai coalition forces.

After careful deduction, after more than ten days, the Khitan light cavalry finally discovered the traces of the Youzhou and Bohai coalition forces, and the ecstatic light cavalry followed the map all the way, caught up with the coalition army, and attempted to attack and harass. However, before catching up with the main forces of the Youzhou and Bohai coalition forces, they were ambushed by the Youzhou army. The light cavalry general, who suffered a loss, mentioned in his report to Yelu Abaoji after the war that their whereabouts had been mastered by the other party long before they discovered the Youzhou and Bohai coalition forces!

Although the Khitan light cavalry suffered a defeat, it also means that they successfully kept up with the Youzhou and Bohai coalition forces! According to Yelu Abaoji's arrangement in advance, the light cavalry general sent a ranger to quickly inform another ranger of the whereabouts of the Youzhou and Bohai coalition forces, and contacted the nearest Khitan main army.

This should have been a cause for celebration, but it was too late.

The Youzhou and Bohai coalition forces had already arrived at their intended destination, and the Khitan light cavalry generals who followed the Youzhou and Bohai coalition armies did not wait for their own reinforcements, but first discovered the Bohai local army that came to meet Li Congjing!

On the same day and night, the Khitan light cavalry general wrote in a report to Yelu Abaoji: The Tang army and the remnants of the Daming An army led by Li Congjing have been connected with the Bohai local army that came to meet them, and now the snow has melted, the road is smooth, and the enemy's march is no longer blocked. It's not that Li Congjing didn't find them before, but he has already regarded them as prey in captivity, and he will only be slaughtered at the right time! And this timing is the night before Li Congjing led the Tang army and the remnants of the Daming An army to leave Hezhou, the rumors near Hezhou sent back the news that Li Congjing had escaped, in fact, a few days after Li Congjing left, and then our army rangers were repeatedly intercepted and killed in the middle of the road, and when the ministers followed His Majesty's instructions to catch up with the Tang army and the remnants of the Daming An, the enemy army had already used this time to finish the distance they were going to take

When the report was finished, the light cavalry general dropped his pen and sat down in front of his desk tiredly, looking up and sighing.

Prior to this, he had always had the self-confidence of the Khitan cavalry. In previous wars, the Khitan army had always relied on cavalry superiority to control the battlefield vision, and they came and went like the wind, sweeping the land, and it was difficult to meet opponents.

And the current pursuit battle made him feel powerless. It's like a person who has always had a thousand miles of vision, and suddenly becomes blind, and that kind of contrast, powerlessness, and sense of loss is really difficult to understand without experiencing it.

From today on, he knows that there is still an army in the world, which can use rangers and scouts more than the Khitan army.

He knew the name of the commander of the enemy army. In fact, he had seen that person before that.

His name is Haig, and in the second year of Tongguang, he followed Yelu Deguang into Jizhou without permission. In that game within a game and a plan with the participation of Tianshan Jianzi, Yelu Deguang finally failed and was forced to flee into the mountains and forests. And he was one of the three people who followed Yerod Light out of the mountains and forests. In that tragic experience, he lost the best answer in this life, and he also realized the cruelty of Jerod Light.

At that time, he was just a centurion with his noble status, and that was the first time he met Li Congjing.

He had just been promoted to captain of ten thousand years, and now, he met Li Congjing for the second time

Yalu river.

There are countless large and small ships on the river, docked on the shore. On the shore, the Youzhou Army and the Bohai Coalition Army, lined up neatly, are boarding ships in batches.

The 60,000 allied troops will then travel down the river by boat to the destination of this battle, Xijing of the Bohai Kingdom.

The one who came to meet the coalition army was Dayou Tong, the general of the Xijing garrison of the Bohai State, who was also a relative of the Bohai Navy Admiral Daming Xing in the 60,000 coalition army.

Compared with Da Ming Xing's battlefield killing spirit, Da You Tong is much more elegant, or much weaker, bloated, pot-bellied, even if he is wearing armor, he can't see a bit of bravery, Li Congjing talked with him a few words, and he knew that the other party could mix with the post of the chief general of the Xijingbo Navy Garrison, and it had nothing to do with military talent. However, the other party has no merit, and it is already very good that he can lead the Xijing Navy to come to meet him in time.

The sky was high and the clouds were light, the breeze was blowing, and Li Congjing, who was standing on the deck of the largest ship, looked at the military formation on the shore with his hands in his hands. Behind the military formation, there was a military formation with strong armor on the back of the Yalu River, and in the distance in front of them, there was a Khitan light cavalry belatedly coming.

The Khitan light cavalry, which was late, faced the Youzhou army that was waiting for the battle, and did not choose to attack rashly, but stopped peacefully, and was also in formation. At this time, only half of the officers and men of the coalition forces had already boarded the ship, and if this Khitan light cavalry came to attack, if it could break through the barricade formation, it might receive an effect similar to "attacking it halfway".

"From Hezhou to Xijing, the most direct and best way is to pass through Zhengzhou, and then turn to the east, all the way without worrying about supplies, and the terrain should be flatter. The coalition forces chose to go straight south to the Yalu River first, and then to the east along the river, which undoubtedly made a big circle, and if it were not for this, it would not have taken us more than ten days to march. But no, even if our army suppresses the scouts and rangers of the Khitan army, it can't hide the battle situation deduction of Yelu Abaoji, once it is surrounded by the Khitan army in the field, it will be a fatal situation. On Li Congjing's side, Da Ming Xing was giving an answer to Da Youqi's doubts, and he smiled when he said this, "But our marching route, in the end, did not hide from Yelu Abaoji, but it was delayed to be detected, you see the Khitan light cavalry over there, even if they have caught up with us now, it is no longer half useful." ”

Dayou Tong followed Da Ming Xing's eyes, and the Khitan light cavalry was arrayed in his field of vision, and the other party's formation made him quite worried, although the ship was similar to a castle and had a strong bow, he still said worriedly: "The Khitan cavalry has caught up, should they attack?" Right now, the army is boarding the ship, and it is very unfavorable for us to face the battle at this time! ”

Da Ming Xing, who was full of wind and frost but was in good spirits, laughed, disdainfully Nunu mouthed, and said confidently: "Attack? They don't have that guts! ”

Dayou was stunned and a little unconvinced, but seeing Daming Xingman's indifferent appearance, and it didn't seem like he was pretending, he couldn't help asking, "Why is this?" ”

Da Ming Xing patted Da Youqi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother, you know about the loss in Fuzhou, but my old bones can still run to this Yalu Mansion safely and meet you, do you know why?" ”

"Why is that?" Dayou Tong subconsciously took over the topic, and said helplessly after the words came out: "Brother, don't hang my appetite!" ”

Da Ming Xing motioned to Da You to look to the side, and his eyes fell on the person in the black robe and black armor standing with his hands on the side, the meaning was self-evident. Da You looked at this Tang Army general who he saw for the first time today, and the young one was a little too much, but he gave him a feeling that he couldn't see clearly, and understood what Da Ming Xing meant: The reason is in this person. Dayou opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"This time in the battle, this light cavalry has already suffered a loss, and now because you led the troops to meet us, our soldiers are strong and strong, and the morale is high, where do they dare to act rashly? Besides, General Lee was not unprepared. Da Ming Xing took Da Youtong's look into his eyes, patted him on the shoulder and sighed, his old eyes shining, "Brother, along the way, our army has won battles one after another, although it has not been able to inflict heavy losses on the Khitan army." But let me tell you, I have fought for most of my life, and I have rarely been able to feel the victory of a war so firmly as I do now! ”

Dayou Tong was stunned again, he had been friends with Daming Xing for decades, of course he knew how difficult it was to let his relative say such things.

Da Ming Xing turned to look at the Khitan light cavalry that had finished the formation on the shore, but did not move, smiled slightly, and added: "Even in the face of Yelu Abaoji, in the face of the 200,000 army of the Khitan country, which claims to be invincible!" ”

The black cloak fluttered gently behind his back, the black hair under the helmet danced very freely, and Li Congjing, who was in armor, looked at the Khitan light cavalry that was standing still from a distance of several miles, and said lightly: "Yalu Mansion is connected to Xiande Mansion in the east, and Liaodong is in the west, and the geographical location is excellent. First, it is not only convenient to echo with Daming An, but also has the Yalu River to connect Liaodong, which is convenient for our army to contact Lulong; Second, Xijing has abundant manpower and material resources, and the army is stationed in Xijing, Bohai, and can get all kinds of supplies from Xijing nearby; Third, the Khitan army was kept away from Yalu Province, and strategically it also preserved the two southern provinces of Bohai State, winning more room for maneuver in the war; Fourth, it can avoid being divided and ruled by Yelu Abaoji between our army and Daming'an; Fifth, there is Hengzhou in the south of Xijing and Zhengzhou in the north, which can form a mutual defense trend with it and effectively contain the Khitan forces. ”

Mo Li shook the folding fan lightly and nodded: "It is precisely because of this that our army will choose Xijing." ”

"But there are pitfalls." Li Congjing's words changed, "After all, Xijing is a resort in the southern part of the Bohai Sea, and if there are many people, there will be grievances. ”

Mo Li smiled slightly, "Just take a look." ”

Li Congjing bowed his head slightly.

It was getting late, and all the troops boarded the ship, until the Youzhou army, which had set up a formation to guard against the surprise attack, collected its troops and boarded the ship, and the light cavalry led by Haig did not move.

A trumpet sounded on the river, the military flag sounded the flag, the horn and the drum moved in unison, and the ship sailed through the river and set off through the waves.

The Khitan light cavalry only came to the shore at this time, and it was just watching the fleet go away.

Li Congjing took one last look at those Khitan light horsemen, and felt that the figure of the leading general was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen it before. However, this did not attract much attention from him, and then he turned around and walked into the cabin with Mo Li.

The Khitan light cavalry parked on the shore watched the fleet leave, as if paying attention to it and seeing it off.