"The Khitan barbarians on the other side of the river, as if they went crazy, crossed the river day and night, tens of thousands of troops took turns to fight, tirelessly, and the power was stronger than once, and our army's arrows, crossbow arrows, and boulders consumed a lot, especially the boulders, which have been more than three out of ten, and if this continues, the riverbank defense line will be broken one day, which is really worrying!"

On this day and night, Li Congjing summoned all the generals in the army to discuss the military situation in the military palace. The more they discussed, the more they felt that the situation was not optimistic. When Li Yanchao said the above words, his brows furrowed into a Sichuan character, his chin was fixed for a moment, and then he said: "Marshal, our soldiers are less than 10,000, and the strength is already at a disadvantage. According to the general's opinion, it is better to transfer the garrisons of Yingzhou City and Tucheng to assist in the defense of the riverbank fortifications, coupled with the natural danger of the river, and the fortifications as a barrier, the Khitan barbarian thief is to put on his wings, and he is expected to not be able to fly! ”

Li Yanchao's opinion is very pertinent and appropriate to the current reality, and Li Congjing also felt a little reasonable after listening to it, and thought carefully about the details.

While the generals were pondering, Li Shaocheng further explained the battle in front of him to everyone, he said: "In the past few days, the Khitan barbarian thieves have not stopped crossing the river, and you all know about it, but there are also details that you don't know in detail. When the Khitan barbarians crossed the river for the first time, they had no formation at all, and the means of defense were only large nets, wooden escapes, and large branches, and the first battle could be described as heavy losses; When it crossed the river for the second time, the formation was no longer as tight as before, and it was narrow in front and wide in the back, in the shape of sharp arrows, and the speed increased greatly, not only that, but the Khitan barbarians also stacked horizontal logs in front of the boat, so that the crossbow arrows could not penetrate; By the third time the Khitan barbarians crossed the river, although the formation between the wooden boats had not changed much, there was already a considerable degree between their advance and retreat, especially the single-boat defense, which could be described as as strong as a turtle shell, and the crossbow-arrow could not cause much damage to it, and only the boulder could kill it. However, due to its loose formation, the power of the boulder has also been greatly reduced. ”

After speaking, Li Shaocheng said solemnly to Li Congjing: "Military commander, Yelu's enemy is very human, and his use of troops has been so clever that he has fought three battles and three changes, making the Khitan barbarian thieves fight three battles and advance three times, which is really a fierce enemy!" ”

Li Yanchao was displeased when he saw that Li Shaocheng was so ambitious, and said: "According to Deputy Marshal Li's words, Yelu is so good at fighting, then the Khitan barbarians should have crossed the White Wolf Water and landed on the south bank, why are they still cowering on the north bank at this time?" ”

Li Shaocheng was accustomed to Li Yanchao's constant response, and said lightly: "Our army used rockets to shoot at the Khitan. After speaking, he said to Li Congjing: "However, with the good fighting of Yelu's enemy's assassination, and the preparation for this battle is sufficient, it is presumable that he will soon be able to find a way to crack the rocket, and it will be much more difficult for us to retreat from the enemy at that time." The enemy changes nine times and I change nine times, and then the nine changes also come to an end, and the winner and the loser always have to be divided. In addition, the last general has a feeling that the Jeru's enemy assassin seems to be training his troops with battle! ”

"Training soldiers with war?"

"Not bad. The grassland people are not good at water warfare, and whenever the grassland army invades the border and the Central Plains, it is not chosen when the autumn is high and the horse is fat, or the river is frozen in the cold winter. Yelu enemy assassin, a generation of famous generals, now personally to Yingzhou, seeing that our army along the river fortifications are strong, knowing that forcibly crossing the river will bring great casualties to the Khitan barbarians, not thinking of strange plans, but insisting on going their own way, with the most brutal and stupid tactics to start the war, what is the reason? According to the last general, only the four words of combat training can be reluctantly explained. In addition, the Khitan fought three battles and three changes, which also shows the outstanding military talent of Yelu's enemy, and it may be absurd for ordinary people to train soldiers in battle, but for him, it seems to be becoming a possibility! ”

Li Shaocheng is the chief general of the Tang Army's defense line on the south bank of the White Wolf River, and he has personally commanded the battle of crossing the Khitan River in the past few days, and he knows the battle situation best. After he said this, the generals reacted differently, some angrily shouted at the arrogance of the Jerod Assassin, some were deeply shocked by the courage and talent of the Jerod Assassin, and some were deeply worried about the current situation.

A general said: "Today, I Keying Prefecture, not to occupy Yingzhou, but to advance as a retreat, and to retreat to retreat, and finally keep Pingzhou." Since the assassination of the enemy is so difficult, why should we fight against it, we can withdraw our troops to the south according to the predetermined plan. ”

Li Congjing shook his head and denied this person's opinion, "The time has not yet come, and it is too early to retreat south." ”

"What should we do?"

Li Congjing thought for a while, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he turned his head to look at Li Shaocheng, "You just said that Yelu didn't think of a strange plan, but chose the most stupid tactic?" ”

Li Shaocheng didn't know why Li Congjing asked like this, and nodded: "Yes." The Khitan has an army of 30,000 and the terrain of Yingzhou is vast, for the Khitan barbarians with more than 10,000 cavalry, there is a lot of room for choice in tactics. Therefore there will be such a thing at the end, but ......"

Before Li Shaocheng finished speaking, Li Congjing had already stood up and said to Ding Hei outside the door: "Pass my handsome order, summon Sun Erniu and the fifth to see!" ”

……

After Li Congjing's heralds arrived at the camp where Sun Erniu's headquarters were stationed, they did not see Sun Erniu, and the soldiers left behind told the people who came that Sun Erniu had already gone out and personally inquired about the enemy.

At this time, Sun Erniu was in a place that Li Congjing and Yelu were not aware of.

Jasper Mountain, Bending the Bow Moon, and the shadows of the trees. Sun Erniu pushed aside a bush of wild grass and peeked out of the dense grass, his sparkling eyes shining in the darkness, reflecting the brightly lit camp not far away.

More than ten days ago, Sun Erniu encountered the Yelu Chishu ranger on the way to guard in person, and in the end, a team of scouts all died, and only he survived. This humiliation, which was almost unbearable for him, kept him from eating during the day and sleepless at night. After recuperating in Yingzhou for a few days and his injuries improved slightly, Sun Erniu couldn't wait to leave the camp to wash away the shame.

He's a scout, and scouts have a way of being a scout.

It has been five or six days since the Khitan army reached the north bank of the White Wolf River, and there was no movement in the first three days. The Khitan coach Yelu is an enemy assassin, a famous Khitan general, and the minister of the humerus relied on by Yelu Abaoji, who has both wisdom and bravery, and is a strong opponent of the Tang army. In the face of such a situation, the Tang army did not know anything about the reality and depth of the enemy camp for five or six days, and none of the Tang army scouts crossed the White Wolf Water to survey the Khitan camp, which was almost intolerable for Sun Erniu. Li Congjing's conquest has always relied on heavy scouts, and before and during the war, he has always tried to grasp the enemy's situation in as much detail as possible, these are all details, and it is precisely by relying on the advantages of these details that the military can win many battles in a hundred battles.

Because of this, Sun Erniu sneaked to the north bank of the White Wolf Water today, hiding in the mountains and forests to explore the Khitan military camp.

This kind of thing was done by himself when Li Congjing was still from Ma Zhi. At that time, Li Congjing was not a scout, and as the most professional scout of the Hundred Battles Army, Sun Erniu felt that he had to at least meet the standards that Li Congjing had achieved.

The wilderness was silent, and the Khitan camp not far away was equally quiet at this time. Sun Erniu turned his head and gestured to his comrades beside him.

"General, it's time." The comrade replied.

Sun Er Niu Fu stared at the direction of the Khitan camp again, his eyes flickering, and he fell into deep thought. After a while, he said in a low voice: "I waited three times during the day, and there were only about 20,000 Khitan soldiers inside and outside the camp, and now it is time to go, and the other 10,000 people have not returned, so it can be seen that these 10,000 people are not going out to perform temporary tasks, but should not come back." ”

"If so, what then?"

"If that's the case, then the whereabouts of these 10,000 people are at the heart of the problem." Sun Erniu said in a deep voice, and after speaking, he fell into deep thought again. After a moment, Sun Erniu's face changed slightly, and he waved his hand to signal the scout behind him to withdraw from the grass. When returning to the place where the war horse was hidden, Sun Erniu said: "Ten thousand Khitan elite horsemen, there are really too many things that can be done, this time we are fighting against the Yelu enemy, the troops are already at a disadvantage, and because they are trapped in the terrain, they can only defend passively, and if there are other changes, I am afraid that the army will be in danger." It is imperative to inform the military commander of this news as soon as possible, and ask the military commander to deal with it as soon as possible! ”

When he finished speaking, several war horses hidden in the forest had been pulled out, and several people got on their horses and were about to leave, when suddenly there was a strange sound behind them.

"There's a Khitan ranger coming!" The scout who had spoken to Sun Erniu before. Along the way, several people were extra cautious, relying on Sun Erniu's professionalism, and avoided countless Khitan rangers before, but they didn't expect that when everyone completed the task of surveying the enemy camp and was about to return, they still ran into Khitan rangers.

Almost without any hesitation, Sun Erniu immediately made a decision and said in a low voice: "Liu Wen, you return to Yingzhou City quickly, and I will take the rest to lure away the barbarians for you!" ”

Liu Wen hurriedly said: "General, you are a scout general, a scout can't be without a general, a hundred battles can't be without a scout general, and you're willing to cut off the queen for you!" ”

While galloping, Sun Erniu took out the short knife he carried with him, grinned, and said to Liu Wen: "From now on, you are the scout general!" ”

"General!"

"Shut up! This is a military order! Sun Erniu shouted angrily.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes were full of determination, "I promised Xiao Fang to find a daughter-in-law for him after the war, but unfortunately he didn't have this blessing, and he was folded in the hands of the Khitan rangers the day before yesterday." These days, I often think that he should be blind to death, and maybe when he gets there, he will also scold me for being a general who has no faith...... But I have promised the commander that I will be the eyes of the army for him. I can lose my trust in the soldiers, not in the army commander, and not in the hundred battle army! ”

"General......" Liu Wen's eyes were red.

Ahead is a fork in the road.

"Liu Wen, the scout commander will be handed over to you, I hope you will live up to your high hopes!" Before parting ways, Sun Erniu slowed down his horse, watched Liu Wen ride forward, his tone softened, smiled, and finally almost said to himself: "Tell the military marshal, I, Sun Erniu, don't go back......"

The Khitan ranger appeared at the bend at the end of the road, and Sun Erniu took the rest of the horses and ran to the other side. Ahead, in the depths of darkness, there was no way to be found, and the back of their advance was a little lonely and gloomy, but resolute.

Just as Youyun has countless hot-blooded children, waving their knives and rushing towards the Khitan barbarians.

……

Soon after the person sent by Li Congjing to give the order to Sun Erniu returned, the fifth girl came to him. Sun Erniu was not there, so he could only let the fifth girl lead the sharp soldiers of the military intelligence department to the main roads to find the possible Khitan army. In addition to this, he personally gave orders to the scout commanders and dispatched them to action.

After arranging all this, Li Congjing ordered all the officers and men of Baizhan and Lu Longjun to cancel their sleep, and be ready to fight at any time. The senior generals of the two armies did not leave the military palace hall, and Li Congjing took them to study the strange tricks that Yelu's enemy might use to stab them.

However, without knowing all the circumstances, it is really difficult to "calculate" the plan of the assassin out of thin air.

"Even if we only know how many people the Yelu enemy assassin has sent, we can deduce which plans he will carry out, but how can we calculate it with such a blind eye?" Li Yanchao was anxious and worried.

Although Li Congjing is wise, he can't be clever, and he keeps pacing back and forth.

An hour later, Ding Hei came to report that the deputy general Liu Wen had returned and brought back important military information!

Li Congjing hurriedly let Liu Wen enter the door, and after listening to Liu Wen's report in detail, he turned back to the map, slid his fingers back and forth on the map, pondered for a long time, and finally his fingers fell on a few points.

"Within fifty miles of the White Wolf Water, the barbarian thieves and ten thousand cavalry elite soldiers cannot cross the river in concealment, and there are many places that can cross the river a hundred miles away, how to determine where the Khitan elite cavalry will come from?" Li Yanchao was so anxious that his hands kept hammering each other.

Li Congjing suddenly turned around in front of the map, looked around at the generals, and said in a deep voice: "The worst situation now is that more than 10,000 Khitan elite horsemen have crossed the White Wolf Water and are coming to our Yingzhou City!" The arrangement of Yelu's enemy spurs in this way must have been the idea of fighting on both sides. Once the time comes, with the combat experience gained from a few days of river crossing operations, he commands the Khitan army to cross the river head-on, and sneaks up on the back with elite cavalry, and we will suffer from the enemy on our backs! ”

"This ...... How good is that? ”

"The situation is critical, the Khitan army is menacing, and the strength is several times that of me, coupled with the attack from both sides, although we have a city to defend, we will eventually be trapped and killed, and it is inevitable to be controlled by others! Commander, withdraw! ”

"Marshal, give up Yingzhou and retreat south!"

"It's hard to win, it's just a predicament, military commander, withdraw!"

"Retreat south, commander!"