(There will be a second update of 4,000 words later.) ）

Li Yanchao set out with the will to die, but he did not die in the fierce battle, but won a triumphant victory, so after he entered the city safely, he respected Li Congjing even more.

Li Congjing didn't know what Li Yanchao was thinking, but he also sensed his "eagerness" and "loyalty" from Li Yanchao's eyes, which was an impulse to be under his command, follow him to fight in all directions, and make contributions.

Compared with Li Yanchao's violent mood swings, Guo Wei and Meng Ping are much more indifferent. As the generals of the Hundred Battles Army, they have long been accustomed to Li Congjing and Mo Li's "unpredictable" strategies, and today's victory is just a heavy battle manual, and they have turned the usual page.

After Li Yanchao, Guo Wei and others led the main force of the Tang Army into the city, they should have noticed the matter of Kecheng, and they could not do anything for a while, and the Khitan army stopped the siege of Yingzhou City and retreated to the camp. Li Congjing smiled at the generals: "Although the Khitan crossed the river and retreated after attacking the city in less than one night, it is not because they are unwilling to conquer the city, they really can't do it!" Now I have all the tiger generals Ruoqing and others, and there are 8,000 tiger soldiers as wings, you and I are of one heart and one mind, although the number of Khitan barbarians is numerous, what can I do? ”

When all the generals heard this, they were all excited: "There is a commander to command the army, although there is one enemy and ten, we are not afraid!" ”

Li Congjing calmly accepted this "flattering word", and the generals looked around the Khitan camp and military array outside the city. Near the lights, such as the vast sea of stars, feeling the night breeze blowing in his face, the whistling north wind in his ears contained the silence of the wilderness, he sincerely said to the generals: "When I heard about the surprise attack of Yelu Rudo before, there were many soldiers in the army who were worried about the cowards, and the situation could change dramatically in one day. Hundreds of thousands of people in Youyun have been looking forward to the Northern Expedition of the king for decades, and everyone is eager for peace if the drought is long. ”

Li Congjing's words were sincere, and all the generals could feel the heavy affection between his words, Li Yanchao sighed: "The military commander has a compassionate heart, has the world in his heart, and has the common people's eyes, and it is the blessing of the people that the military commander can sit in the town!" ”

Guo Wei's vision was broader, Li Yanchao's voice fell, and he continued: "Since the Anshi Rebellion in this dynasty, Kyushu has lost peace, there have been repeated wars in various places, the courtiers are wrong, the rebels are in rebellion, and the barbarians are the trouble on the border, and my people of the Tang Dynasty have long been miserable. Especially after the Huangchao Rebellion, the mountains and rivers were broken, thieves were everywhere, the sages died in the wilderness, the villains stole power from the court, the court rewarded and punished excessively, and the world was a sign of doom. When Gaozu Taizong was alive, the four seas were leveled, and the eight directions came to the court, and there was a king who had the reputation of "Heavenly Khan", and the people were proud of being a Tang person. Now it's only a hundred years, the world is declining, thieves are numerous, the people are panicking, and the grassland barbarians have been unable to control the border land for decades, which is heartbreaking! ”

Guo Wei was angry, and his words were subdued and frustrating, which was very infectious. Indeed, when Taizong was the queen of martial arts, the Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous, with the grassland as the back garden, the Western Regions as the courtyard, the front crossed the Caspian Sea, and countless small countries around it came to the court, scrambling to be the first. The people of the Tang Dynasty walked on the road, all with their chests held high and their heads held high.

However, Guo Wei's words are a bit taboo, "revering the past and degrading the present", isn't that a disguised refutation of today's emperor Li Cunmiao, saying that he is not virtuous? Although Li Yanchao and others thought it was true, they also had similar sighs, but they didn't dare to answer.

"Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, isn't this the way of the world now? pity the princes and nobles, and do not know how to sympathize with the people; It's painful to be full of powerful people, and I don't know how to be angry and strong! After a moment of silence, someone took the lead in breaking the silence, and as soon as the words came out, it was a "great rebellion". Everyone followed the prestige, and saw that Meng Ping's eyes were full of anger and disdain, as if he was very disdainful of the powerful people of the current dynasty. He looked at the Khitan camp outside the city, stood upright with his sword, and said: "If the Tang Dynasty is still strong, just a barbarian thief, how dare you step on the border and kill my compatriots?!" ”

Li Congjing saw that Meng Ping was quite excited, so he asked: "The world is like this, you and I are in the game, what should we do?" ”

Meng Ping was full of vigor and said firmly: "Immediately settle the country, immediately go down to Anbang, and support the rivers and mountains, Zhengsheji, and An Limin, so that you can live up to this life as a Tang person!" ”

This is the first time that Meng Ping confided in front of Li Congjing, and Li Congjing was very surprised. Looking at Meng Ping carefully, the young general in front of him has faded from his childishness at some point, and he is no longer confused and ignorant.

The brothers are so majestic and heroic, Li Congjing was full of emotion for a while, and encouraged: "The sages of the ancients can fight on the horse, and they can govern the country when they get off the horse." Now my brother has the ambition of Wei Huo, and it is exciting to hear it, and he should encourage himself, not to be full of enthusiasm and full of enthusiasm to learn in vain! ”

Meng Ping turned to face Li Congjing and bowed for a long time, "The son has a word, Meng Ping should be brave!" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the tacit understanding of the years kept them needless to say.

Seeing this, Guo Wei said in his heart: Although I have been following the military marshal for a short time, I have a lot of contact with Meng Ping on weekdays, but I have never heard him speak grandiosely, and I didn't expect his ambition to be so grandiose. Meng Ping, the military marshal's retainer, still has great ambitions, he is the first in the war, he is in front of the battle, he often has miraculous feats, I should work hard, I can't ask him to compare!

Compared with Guo Wei, Li Yanchao was even more surprised, he thought: I have known that the good generals of the hundred battles are like a cloud, and their combat power has been amazing in several wars since this time. Now seeing Guo Wei's mind and Meng Ping's ambition, I can't imagine that the generals of the Hundred Battles Army are such pillars, no wonder they have not tasted defeat since the establishment of the army. I should encourage myself, I can't lag behind others, and let the commander underestimate Lu Longjun.

Thinking of this, Li Yanchao said: "General Guo and General Meng are ambitious and talented, and the last general admires them, and it is really the luck of Lu Longjun to be able to fight side by side with the Hundred Battles Army." Marshal, tomorrow to attack the enemy assassin of Yelu, the last general is willing to be the vanguard! ”

Li Yanchao's positive attitude made Li Congjing very happy, and he smiled: "The general's meaning, how can this commander not know? However, at present, the army is not in a hurry to fight, when relying on the city fortifications, tired of the Khitan barbarians, after their soldiers lose sharpness, it is not too late to give them a thunderous blow. At that time, the commander will use the general as the vanguard! ”

Li Yanchao is not ignorant of the current war, as Li Congjing said, first seek to exhaust the enemy army, and then seek to break the enemy, the reason why he asked for war is to let Li Congjing know the fighting spirit of him and Lu Longjun. Seeing that the goal was achieved, Li Yanchao didn't say much, and hugged his fists and promised.

In the next few days, the Khitan army continued day and night, under the supervision of Yelu's enemy, and stormed the city of Yingzhou. Relying on the fortifications of the city and the full preparations made before, the Tang army coped with it in an orderly manner and did not make any mistakes.

Although the Tang army is less than 10,000 people, as Li Congjing said, whether it is the Hundred Battles Army or the Lu Long Army, as long as they work with one heart and one mind, it is "Eight Thousand Tiger Ben". Moreover, there was a Tucheng outside the city, and the Khitan army had to divide its troops to contain it in order to prevent the Tang army in Tucheng from attacking behind and scattering its forces.

Yelu saw that it was not an overnight task to conquer Yingzhou City, and a few days later, he turned to attack Tucheng. After Li Congjing saw the intention of Yelu's enemy, he ordered Li Yanchao, Guo Wei, and Meng Ping to lead an army of 5,000 out of the city to meet the enemy, so as to contain the Khitan forces and achieve the strategic goal of "mutual reference" when building the Tucheng.

Unexpectedly, Yelu's enemy assassination of Tucheng was fake, and the encirclement of reinforcements was real, and after the 5,000 Tang army went out of the city, the reverse killing general came over, wanting to eat the 5,000 Tang army.

However, this tactic obviously had no effect on Li Congjing, who was familiar with the tactics of the army in later generations. Before Yelu could realize his tactical arrangement, Li Congjing transferred back the Tang army out of the city, and kept Yelu's enemy assassin busy.

After a few days of fighting, the Tang army was as stable as Mount Tai, and Yelu's enemy assassins were never able to attack the head of Yingzhou City.

In the meantime, there was a hiccup.

Yelu Rudo, who was defeated by Li Yanchao and Guo Weidong's expedition, was defeated with thousands of remnants of the army, and finally joined up with Yelu's enemy.

Although Li Yanchao and Guo Wei won a big victory in the previous time, they could not gather and annihilate their army when their troops were not superior and Yelu Rudo's troops were full of cavalry, so Yelu Ruduo picked up a life.

The return of Yelurudo undoubtedly strengthened the Khitan army. After that, Yelu relied on its strong military strength to launch a multi-tactic attack on Yingzhou.

On that day, Li Congjing, accompanied by the generals, stood at the head of the city and saw Yelu Luduo leading the army from the east into the Khitan camp. Seeing that the Khitan army was expanded, Li Congjing was not half worried, but he also said to the generals around him: "The Yelu enemy's army has been strengthened, and he will do his best to attack the city, and we should guard against its use of means." ”

As if to confirm Li Congjing's words, on the fifth day of the siege, the Khitan army appeared in the south of the city, more than 10,000 people, everyone is a lotus, and the soil is piled up in the south of the city.

After this scene was reported to Li Congjing by the soldiers, Li Congjing immediately rushed to the south of the city.

There are many people who are easy to do, Li Congjing has seen the power of 10,000 people, but it has only been half a day, and Tushan has begun to take shape. Guarding the south of the city is Li Yanrao, he said to Li Congjing worriedly: "Military marshal, Yelu enemy assassin is worthy of being a famous Khitan general, although he is a grassland general, but he is so proficient in the method of attacking the city, he is intending to build the soil for the mountain, when the mountain is the same height as the city wall, the Khitan army can cross the city in a big way!" If the situation is like this, what can I do? ”