The battle at night was thunderous and rainy, the Khitan army withdrew too quickly, and the noise in the middle of the night was only exchanged for the capture of more than 1,000 people, and many Lulong generals were not satisfied. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although strictly speaking, it cannot be said that there are more than 1,000 enemies killed, but it is really a little incommensurate with the initial general layout of the two armies fighting step by step and attacking from both sides, and the great movement of calmly counterattacking and mobilizing the three armies.

Li Congjing is certainly cunning, but Yelu is not stupid, two masters have made a move, and it is a battle of tens of thousands of people, naturally there is no reason to easily cover the water and be difficult to recover, one side wants to let the other party break the muscles and bones or collapse with one blow, the difficulty coefficient is really not small, and it is not easy to do.

As the coach of Lu Longjun, Li Yanchao couldn't enjoy this battle, although he also ambushed Yelu's repulsion, but in Li Yanchao's opinion, it was just a puppet, and he couldn't get into the eyes of the law at all.

The Khitan army retreated early at night, and Lu Longjun's pursuit failed to take much advantage, Li Yanchao thought, since Yelu Enemy Lie has a heart that is eager to fight, after suffering such a loss at night, he should make a big counterattack today and compete with Lu Longjun.

With such a thought, Li Yanchao ordered Lu Long's soldiers to be tightly guarded and never slack. The officers and men of the three armies got the military order, and they had to cheer up, rearrange the thistles, debug the crossbows, and polish the horizontal knives, and wait for the Khitan barbarians to rush up again, and give them a good look.

After dawn, Li Congjing inspected the battle situation between the barracks and various departments last night, but after learning of Li Yanchao's arrangement, he only smiled and did not comment.

Li Yanchao, who was accompanying him, didn't understand Li Congjing's reaction, Li Congjing's appearance was clearly another opinion, but out of prudence and thoughtfulness, he didn't let Lu Long's soldiers relax their preparations.

Listening to Li Yanchao's doubts, Li Congjing didn't sell Guanzi, "I'm afraid that Yelu Enemy Lie will not take the initiative to attack again." ”

Li Yan was puzzled, "Why is this?" ”

Li Congjing didn't answer directly, "I just received a report that Yelu Bei has led the main force of the Western Expeditionary Army to return to the army from Heichezimu, and it is expected that in a few days, he will face Yelu Deguang outside the West Tower." ”

"The black car Murowei joined forces with the Tatar Ministry, but he failed to retain the Khitan Western Expeditionary Army?"

"For the grassland tribes, the Khitan is still a behemoth, and it is not easy for the Tatar department to help Heichezi Murowei block the Khitan army and save the latter from being wiped out soon, where can they expect them to win?" Li Congjing's tone was flat, "It is inevitable that Yelu Bei will return to the West Building, and then it will depend on how he faces Yelu Deguang." ”

"Although Yelu Deguang has an elite army, his foundation in the Huanglong Mansion and the Dalugu tribe he recruited can be called brave, but the troops gathered along the way are just a group of old and weak, and the army of Yelu Beixi's expedition has been fighting for days and days, and now it is running back and forth, and it is inevitable that he will be tired, so it seems that the two may be able to fight." Li Yanchao groaned.

Li Congjing smiled, "Originally, there were 50,000 elites stationed in Raozhou, and just by working together with Xilou, it was enough for Yelude to walk around without food." The Raozhou army is a force that is enough to break the balance, and anyone with the support of Yelu Enemy Lie is enough to quickly defeat the other party, and Yelu Bei should also be aware of Yelu Enemy's different aspirations, so he has to hurry back to the army. ”

"Yelu Deguang arrived at the West Tower one step ahead of Yelu Bei, whether Ye Lu Min took the initiative to open the city gate, or Ye Lu Enemy Martyr helped him attack the city, he could enter the West Tower before Ye Lu Bei returned to the army. But it's a pity that now that the Raozhou army has arrived in front of us, and the West Building has become treacherous, Yelu Min didn't mean to open the door for him early. Now, the battle between Yelu Bei and Yelu Deguang has become a battlefield duel between their respective headquarters, and this battle will not be easy for both of them. ”

He looked at the Khitan camp in front of the mountain, with a mocking expression on his face, "Yelu Enemy Lie is an old fox, and he has a good calculation. Previously, he saw Yelu Deguang's westward advance, and wanted to rely on Yelu Deguang to win the dragon's work, but unexpectedly, at this time, Lu Long's army suddenly went north, and one day and Keyi Kunzhou, which immediately changed the Khitan situation, and at this time, it was not only his Raozhou army that could break the balance of power of Yelu Bei and Yelu Deguang. ”

Because he didn't want to be replaced by Lu Longjun and robbed of his job, Yelu Dilie decisively went south to block Lu Longjun's northward movement. In this way, if the Raozhou army defeats the Lu Long army, then Yelu Enemy Lie can still maintain the previous weight, and choose the main thing between Yelu Bei and Yelu Deguang, if the Raozhou army can not quickly defeat the Lu Long army, but he resists foreign enemies, no one can accuse him of not, the most important thing is that in the end, whether it is Yelu Deguang stealing the throne or Yelu Bei pacifying Yelu Deguang, he has a great merit in protecting the flanks, which is enough to go further and become the leader of the Khitan military. ”

"Fighting with the Lu Long Army, not to mention a big victory, as long as it is not defeated, blocking the Lu Long Army from the West Building, so that the Lu Long Army cannot affect the situation in the West Building, Yelu Enemy Martyr is a great achievement. Moreover, there are three advantages to fighting Lu Longjun: on the one hand, he avoids making a choice when Yelubei and Yeludeguang are not decided, and can calmly wait for the price to sell; On the other hand, the two princes in the country competed for power, and he alone blocked foreign enemies, which was enough for him to gain great prestige after the war, and even a very popular minister was possible; Third, Yelu Bei and Yelu Deguang competed, and the army of the descendants of the headquarters would suffer heavy losses, so after the war, Yelu's Raozhou army was the cornerstone of the Khitan Kingdom's military boundaries, and if he was more ambitious, he could try anything. ”

Speaking of this, Li Congjing paused and smiled thickly, "Fighting against Lu Longjun, if you can win, it is good, if you can't win, it is also the safest move not to seek merit but to seek no fault, this is the personal will of Yelu Enemy Lie." In addition, the chaos in the country, the emperor and the traitors met each other, and the beacon fire ignited the national capital. What's more, the Raozhou army has been defeated repeatedly, and the army's morale is weak, that is, Yelu Enemy Lie wants to fight with me, but it is impossible to get it, and if he continues to attack rashly, the possibility of failure is greater, which is a realistic factor. ”

Li Yanchao pondered for a long time, and when he thought through the joints, he couldn't help but sigh. At this time, he suddenly sounded After the battle of Yikunzhou, Lu Longjun heard that the Raozhou army was going south, and all the generals wanted to return to defend Yikunzhou, but Li Congjing insisted on what was in the book, "On that day, the Raozhou army went south, and His Royal Highness was unwilling to return to Yikunzhou, and was determined to go north to defeat the Raozhou army, because at that time, His Highness had seen through these hidden circumstances and knew that our army would be able to defeat the enemy of Yelu?" ”

Li Congjing didn't hide it, "Almost." ”

Li Yanchao sighed, "Your Highness is far-sighted and long-term, I can't wait!" With His Royal Highness strategizing, why should our army be invincible! ”

Li Yanchao has already thought long-term, and he can see what Li Congjing thought at that time, which is very rare, but in fact it is still not long-term enough.

The Khitan has today's situation, as big as the Yelu Bei and Yelu Deguang brothers fighting, as small as the Yelu enemy Lie led the superior forces and did not dare to let go, in the final analysis, it is the follow-up role of Li Congjing's arrangement eight years ago.

Eight years ago, Li Congjing joined forces with Yelubei, and then helped him succeed to the throne as the Khitan Emperor, which was the root cause of all this.

Because Yelubei became the Khitan emperor, there was today's Yelubei expedition to the west, Yelu Deguang and Shu Luping's counterattack on the West Tower, and the continuous chaos in the Khitan country, which made Yelu's enemies become opportunistic traitors from the pillars of the country, and only when the Tang army came and went calmly and majessarily in the grassland.

In real terms, from the life-and-death struggle of the Khitan Emperor, to the lack of fighting spirit of ordinary soldiers in the face of the Tang Army, Li Congjing's weakening of the Khitan is not only the limitation of the land and the loss of the army?

Even the appearance of Yelumin, a person who is destined to shine in the future and will be very beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, although it is Li Congjing's unintentional move to insert willows, is it not an inevitability under the butterfly effect?

Although he played a game of chess, Li Congjing still had no intention of taking credit, listening to Li Yanchao's words, he shook his head slightly, looked around at the generals, and said: "The army can win, the most important thing is not to strategize the lone king, but to work together with the soldiers of the three armies, report to the family and the country for the king's worries, and follow the military order to move forward bravely." The soldiers are loyal and brave, how can Datang not win? ”

Everyone said yes. Although Li Congjing is not proud of his achievements, and he has long been accustomed to sympathizing with the hard work of the soldiers, the generals still can't help but be in awe.

Of course, Li Congjing does not boast of himself, of course, he has a reason not to boast, this is not because he has no vanity and selfishness, but as the eldest son of the emperor and the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he does not need to put gold on himself at all, on the contrary, he should put gold on the imperial soldiers, only in this way can the soldiers be respected, they can be more loyal and brave to fight for the country, and make the empire stronger.

What could be more important to Li Congjing than the strength of the empire? If we talk about selfishness, this is his biggest "selfishness" - this is also his long-term vision.

As for vanity, "to me it is like a floating cloud."

"As a general of the country, Yelu Enemy Lie does not think about Kuang Fu Sheji, does not think about sharing worries for the king, but only thinks about his own interests and interests, and limits himself to some power and position struggles. Li Yanrao sighed with emotion, showing disdain.

"In the second year of Tongguang, when he won the first battle, Yelu was already the king of the Southern Courtyard, with high power and huge power, and he was also admired by tens of thousands of people. Because of the heavy losses suffered in Feng, Sheng, and Bohai, he should have been degraded, but because of Yelubei's new status, his foundation was unstable, and he urgently needed the support of all parties, and Yelu's enemy was reused. Wandering between the peaks and troughs of power, it is inevitable that the experience of human feelings is more profound, and now Yelu is not young, and it is not difficult to understand that he can't get out of the circle of personal power. Li Congjing did not shy away from this.

Li Yanrao still sniffed, "This kind of old horseman, it's as easy as a hand!" ”

Li Congjing smiled and said nothing, which can be regarded as acquiescing to Li Yanrao's words.

The struggle between people, to a certain level, the competition is vision and mind, Yelu enemy Lie cherishes his own feathers so much, and it is inevitable to act with his hands and feet, such opponents are holding 100,000 male soldiers, what is Li Congjing afraid of?

Xu Jing suddenly said: "According to His Highness's inference, I am afraid that Yelu Enemy Lie will take a defensive position next, not seeking merit but seeking no fault, after all, his purpose is to make it impossible for our army to reach the West Tower." In this way, with the cunning of the old horseman of Yelu Enemy, will he take attack as defense and make enough desperate posture with our army to deceive us and make our army dare not act rashly? ”

Xu Jing's idea is reasonable, no matter how unbearable Yelu Enemy Lie is, it is also Yelu Enemy Lie, he is the king of the Khitan Southern Courtyard, and his military attainments are still not comparable to ordinary people.

Li Congjing just smiled faintly, "No." ”

Xu Jing was stunned, his face was puzzled, but Li Congjing had no intention of continuing to answer.

In the end, it was Du Qianshu who answered his doubts, "Yelu is cunning, but it is because of his cunning that he does not dare to act rashly." Attacking and defending, blinding the opponent, this kind of technique seems to be clever, but it also scores who the opponent is. With such a trick in front of His Highness, how can His Highness not see through it, then isn't Yelu Enemy Lie asking for his own death? You must know that the Khitan army is attacking, once our army seizes the opportunity to fight back, it is very likely to take advantage of the situation to rush into the Khitan camp. He's not that stupid. ”

Xu Jing was right when he thought about it, and he was immediately embarrassed.