Evening.

More than 100 cavalry Datong troops escorted Qin Shide back to Sangqing Pass, and the national-faced military general stayed behind and implemented the plan to intercept the Khitan army with Li Congjing. In front of the hills, although the situation of the Datong Army was critical and there was some confusion, the overall position did not collapse, and the main force was still trying its best to hold the battle formation.

In the case that the main general was seriously injured and had to take the lead in withdrawing from the battlefield, the army could still not be defeated. And such a fierce army must come out of the strict training of the commander and countless battlefield killings, only the veterans of a hundred battles who have come out of the blood and fire can have such mental strength.

Li Congjing knew in his heart that Datang was not short of elite soldiers. There is not even a shortage of good generals, and there is no shortage of great strategists. If it weren't for this, it would not have been possible for the Tang Dynasty to use a corner of Hedong to fight with the Liang Dynasty for decades, not only was it not wiped out, but it grew stronger and stronger, and finally succeeded in destroying the Liang Dynasty.

Datang's army, Datang's current strength, originally had the hope of dominating the world.

At present, although the main force of the Datong Army is not chaotic, it can still stand and retreat, showing its elite nature, but the elite soldiers cannot withstand the overall defeat, and it is not uncommon for the elite soldiers to be defeated in the unfavorable situation. The dying struggle of the Datong army can only last for a while, and if it cannot be asked for as soon as possible, a total rout is still inevitable.

The military general who stayed behind was the deputy commander of the Datong Army, his name was Zhang Daqian, and at this time he said anxiously to Li Congjing: "General Li, my army can't support it for long, we have to rescue it quickly, what good plan do you have, please do it quickly!" ”

The sunset gradually sank on the horizon, and the twilight began to cover the earth, Li Congjing said: "Ben Shuai's plan is already in progress, but whether it can be achieved or not is only five points certain." Before that, I had a question I wanted to ask the general. ”

"General Li is already doing something?" Hearing Li Congjing's words, Zhang Daqian was surprised and delighted, and at the same time puzzled, but after thinking about it, it was also natural that Li Congjing was dignified and modest, and it was impossible for him to appear here alone. In Zhang Daqian's cognition, Li Congjing must have brought the army, so as long as the reinforcements arrive soon, then the Datong army has hope of survival. Thinking of this, Zhang Daqian was inevitably glad that when he saw that Li Congjing had a problem, he naturally knew that he had nothing to say, "General Li just asked." ”

Li Congjing pointed to the Khitan army on the battlefield in front of him, "It's against you, but Yelu Enemy Lie himself?" ”

"It's not." After a fierce battle with the enemy so far, it is impossible not to even know who the main general of the other party is, it is too oolong, Zhang Daqian said: "The main general of the Khitan barbarian thieves on the opposite side is Yelu Pheasant, the son of Yelu Enemy. As far as we know, it seems that Yelu did not come in person. ”

Li Congjing nodded, knowing in his heart. He has been standing on the mountain bag for so long, and he has long seen the overall situation and details of the battlefield, and through observation, he found that although the Khitan army in front of him is excellent, there is still a gap between him and the famous generals. The situation of the Datong army is so unfavorable that even Qin Shide has withdrawn from the battlefield, not to mention the Yelu enemy, even if Yelu is the enemy, Yelu Deguang, Yelu Bei and others are here, it is impossible for the Datong army to resist until now. In other words, the Datong army has not been defeated so far, although it is because of its elite, but there are also reasons why the Khitan generals on the opposite side are not strong enough to arrange their troops.

"If that's the case, my plan will be six." Li Congjing said, ignoring the astonishment and joy in Zhang Daqian's eyes, and then asked, "How was General Qin injured?" ”

Speaking of this stubble, Zhang Daqian was annoyed, and he said angrily: "At the beginning of the battle with the Khitan barbarian thieves, the military commander led us to break into the Khitan army formation, invincible, killing the Khitan barbarians to lose their armor and abandon their armor, and they were terrified, seeing that the army was about to break the formation, but suddenly killed several Khitan generals out of thin air. One of the Khitan generals who arrived first was very young, not yet twenty years old, but his skills were extremely fierce, and he was scheming. Although the commander succeeded in killing him, he was not able to guard against the group of Khitan barbarian thieves, and although we tried hard to protect him, the commander was still wounded......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Daqian's eyes flashed with fire, "Later, I learned from the shouts of the Khitan barbarians that the Khitan general was the youngest righteous son of Yelu Enemy Lie, this person was extremely insidious, and he deserved to die, and the military commander cut it in half with a knife, and it was still cheap for him!" But after the marshal was injured, a member of the Khitan general, who followed closely behind the little wolf cub and had never shown up before and deliberately hid his figure, suddenly came out and slashed at the shoulder of the marshal, making the marshal suffer a big loss - that was the fifth righteous son of Yelu Enemy Lie, and the Khitan barbarians called him the fifth prince. ”

"But the most hateful thing is not here, when the five wolf cubs succeeded in one blow, I waited for the brave rush, but he had no chance, but at this moment, while the commander was injured, I couldn't wait, an iron arrow three times larger than the ordinary sharp arrow, suddenly shot out of the Khitan army, the general's chest pierced, and then the commander was seriously injured and had to withdraw from the battle!"

After Zhang Daqian said this, he didn't have to scold the Khitan barbarians with shame and anger.

Li Congjing heard this, but his eyes were a little brighter, and he said slowly: "The old eight are young and reckless, but they do not lose their scheming, the old five can't bear it, and shoot after the old eight consumes the enemy, not only is the scheming deep, but also ruthless, and the old eight has the intention of attracting the enemy's firepower...... The last iron arrow, that is the big man behind the scenes of snatching military merits! ”

He took a deep breath and said, "In this way, my plan has become eight." ”

"What?" Zhang Daqian didn't understand what Li Congjing meant at all.

Li Congjing didn't plan to explain anymore.

It was completely dark.

Li Congjing glanced at the darkened sky, there were no stars tonight.

He smiled, "I can't imagine that there is a beautiful sky, so I can do it!" ”

Zhang Daqian touched the back of his head, not knowing why.

And at this moment, there was a firelight in the night, and the firelight gradually expanded, and from time to time there was a tendency to burn the prairie fire. Seeing that, there was a fire on the grassland, burning the weeds, and immediately rolling towards the battlefield.

Zhang Daqian was anxious, "It's not good, someone set fire, the army is in danger!" ”

"It's not dangerous, it's not dangerous. In this way, it will be possible for the Datong Army to get out. Li Congjing shook his head and chuckled.

……

In the Khitan army.

Lao Ba's body lay quietly on the ground, the cold corpse had no trace of temperature, half of his body was split, all the viscera flowed out, the entire chest cavity seemed to be hollowed out by a big hand, only the skeleton and flesh were left in it, and there were no other organs, looking like a sheep that had been eviscerated.

Next to this corpse, there were six people standing silently, their faces were not good-looking, especially when they saw the eyes of the old eight who were as big as a big copper bell, revealing a deep fear and unwillingness, and the soles of everyone's feet were a little cold.

Yelu Pheasant grabbed Lao Wu and reprimanded angrily: "You said that you swept the formation for the eighth child, you said that you want to take care of him in order to protect the whole, this is your perfect strategy, is this the result of you sweeping the formation for him and taking care of him?!" ”

The faces of the two of them had to be pasted together, which made the hooked nose of the fifth man look very obvious, in the face of Yelu Pheasant's scolding, his expression was gloomy and cold, he broke away from Yelu Pheasant's hand and patted his shirt, "Lao Ba's skills are not as good as people, and he was cut in half by Qin Shide with a knife in his face, that is his fate, I want to take care of it, how can I have time?" ”

Yelu Pheasant stared at Lao Wu with a dark face, gritted his teeth and said: "Lao Wu, you have to shirk your responsibility, don't think I don't know what your idea is!" Didn't you deliberately let Lao Ba strike first to attract Qin Shide's attention, so that he could make another move when the two of them were fighting, so as to take advantage of the fisherman! You are very deep and want to snatch the military merit in your own hands, but what about now, the eighth child is dead, but Qin Shide has run away, how can I explain to my father when I go back?! ”

Lao Wu was not afraid, not only was he not afraid, but he did not have the slightest sense of apology, he looked at Yelu Pheasant coldly, and sneered: "If you want to say that it is deep, who can compare to you, big brother?" Who sent the last iron arrow, everyone knows! But it's a pity that the arrow didn't penetrate Qin Shide's throat, but let him run away, is this considered a lack of skill and scared away the prey? ”

"You ......" Jerod Pheasant.

Lao Wu turned around and left, and said lightly: "The eighth child will always look high, Lao Tzu is the first in the world, why should it be his, thinking that everyone should let him, he has never pretended to be someone else in his eyes, only himself, don't talk about me, big brother, you can see it well?" Such a fool dies when he dies, what's the pity? ”

Yelu Pheasant: "Old Five, you ......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by an exclamation.

Someone ran to Yelu Pheasant and said anxiously: "Big Prince, it's not good, it's on fire, it's on fire everywhere, and it's already burning towards us!" ”

"What?!" Yelu Pheasant was stunned.

When he walked up to the open field of vision and looked around, the four fields had gradually become a sea of fire.

In the invisible fire, thick smoke billowed from the fire.

"Who set the fire?"

"I don't know, this fire is burning all of a sudden!"

"Big brother, the fire is big, and it's already burning towards us, what should we do?"

"Big brother, could it be that reinforcements from the Tang Army have arrived?"

"Let's withdraw, if we don't withdraw, it'll be too late!"

The other Yelu enemy Lie Yizi shouted in a gossiping voice, "Isn't the Datong army chasing and killing? ”

"When the Datong army is defeated, you and I will be turned into ashes, so what's the use of killing them!"

Everyone looked at Jerod.

Yelu Pheasant's face was pale, and he gritted his teeth with hatred.

……

Zhang Daqian looked at Li Congjing in a daze, "This fire was sent by General Li, you?" But our soldiers are still on the battlefield, and the fire is burning like this, and they have to deal with the Khitan pursuit on the one hand, and escape on the other, isn't it even more difficult? ”

Li Congjing waved his hand, looking at the wild and battlefield of the fire without waves, "The Datong army can't get rid of the pursuit, it's not that the situation is too chaotic, on the contrary, the situation is too stable." Only by letting the battlefield chaos and leaving the Khitan army to take care of itself can the Datong army escape. This is a steppe, not a deep forest, and the fire is far less terrible than the enemy army. ”

Zhang Daqian was speechless in surprise, stunned for a long time, and asked: "But how can General Li be sure that the Khitan barbarians will not bite our army regardless of the fire?" ”

"The fire is over, the smoke is billowing out, what is behind the smoke, is there any reinforcement from the other party, is the other party waiting for the fire to burn out, who knows?" Li Congjing said in a calm but firm tone, "Today, I will first look at the Khitan military formation, and know that although its main general has some talents, it is still far from the famous general, and the main general is not resourceful enough, so he can't see through the reality of the change; Later, I learned that the Khitan generals had their own scheming, and they might have intrigue with each other, and they would compete for merit, so that in the face of the crisis, they would only seek to protect themselves, and they would not sacrifice their dedication to form a joint force, so how to deal with this wilderness fire? And today, the moon is dark and the wind is high, and the Khitan barbarians have limited vision, so they dare not act rashly. ”

"With the above three, I expect that the Khitan army must only temporarily give up the pursuit of the Datong army, and when I was in the case of fire prevention, I deliberately flowed out of the fire on the east and west sides to be slightly weaker, which is to facilitate the two armies to flee separately before the fire is encircled, so the Datong army can retreat safely!"

While Li Congjing was talking, the situation on the battlefield changed greatly, and the Datong army certainly gave up the formation and began to run out as if it was dead. And the Khitan army, although it is restrained by the main general, is also chaotic, barely chaotic. For the fleeing Datong army, in addition to staring dryly, they could only turn around and run out.

Zhang Daqian looked at this scene blankly, forgetting the joys and sorrows in his heart, only shock.