"Cross the river beam and attack the river beam, and raise troops to attack the king of Qin. There is a lot of snow and frost in October in Mengdong, and the cold road is difficult. The army did not surrender to the Qin division, and the princes were terrified. The voice of the sea is far away, dominating Mu Huan Qi Chuzhuang. The world is peaceful and long-lived, and the sorrow is gone. ”

"Wu Yue Spring and Autumn Period" contains, after Gou Jian destroyed Wu, he crossed the river and Huai in the north, and met with the princes of Qi and Jin in Xuzhou, paid tribute to Zhou, and ordered Qi, Chu, Qin, and Jin to assist the Zhou room, and the blood alliance went. Qin Huan Gong was not as good as the order of the king of Yue, and Gou Jian chose Wu and Yue soldiers to cross the river west to attack Qin, and the soldiers were very reluctant. The Qin people were afraid, blamed themselves, and Gou Jian was returning to the army, and the soldiers were very happy, so they wrote this poem.

The first word of the whole poem is the hard work of the war, and then the great army is mighty, so that the Qin State surrendered without a fight, and finally says that the soldiers are eager to return home and only hope to return to their hometown as soon as possible, which is the core of the whole poem. Since the Tang Army's Northern Expedition, Lian Zhan Lianjie, Fuping Prefecture, Keying Prefecture, this poem is used as the current situation of the Tang Army, which is somewhat appropriate, but its original intention is not to praise military merits and praise battlefield soldiers, but homesickness, which makes Li Congjing very worried.

When I went downstairs, there were already several guards in the courtyard downstairs singing in unison. The gentleman who guarded Li Congjing's safety was still so homesick that there was no noise, let alone other soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army. Although there were not many soldiers singing, only five or six people, the guards in the courtyard all turned their heads to look at each other, and their faces were full of sadness. "Where is the sunset township", it can be seen that when night falls, it is always homesick, the border is lonely, the four wilderness, the cold wind hits the bones, at this time, there is a flute first, and then there is a poem singing, how can the soldiers be able to help themselves?

When Lin Ying heard this, he brought people over, and when he saw this scene, his face first changed greatly, and he was angry and anxious. He has been following Li Congjing for a long time, and he has been a leading officer for many days, and his thinking is different from that of ordinary soldiers, so he naturally knows that the five or six soldiers are harmful, and he will immediately let the sergeants behind him take those people down and prepare for military law.

Li Congjing stopped Lin Ying and signaled that he didn't need to do this. Lin Ying wanted to take someone, Li Congjing appeared again, and the five or six soldiers who sang the poem had already stopped. The Hundred Battles Army has always had strict military laws, and gentlemen are even more so, when they saw Li Congjing, they knew what kind of disaster Fang Cai's "can't help it" would bring to them.

Just as Lin Ying reprimanded them when he came on foot, "The military law of the Hundred Battles Army, you know everything: those who gather crowds, make noise, and disturb the morale of the army will not be forgiven immediately!" Now that the war is imminent, the Khitan barbarians and we are across the river, you are doing this, where do you want to put military law, where do you want to put the life and death of the army, and where do you want to put the military commander wise?! ”

Just when they were honestly afraid, they found that Li Congjing had no intention of curing them. Li Congjing Wenyan inquired about the situation in the homes of several people, and then asked them what they had encountered since the war, how they had experienced the war, and whether they had made military achievements. There was a small man among several people, who had quite a success in the battle of Junzidu's ambush of Yelu Chishu in White Wolf Mountain, and loudly said his results, Li Congjing immediately appreciated and expressed his gratification.

Gradually, the emotions of the surrounding soldiers were mobilized, so Li Congjing sat in the courtyard and talked about the previous war with everyone. Like ordinary soldiers, Li Congjing also talked about his enlistment experience, and shared with all the soldiers his state of mind when he was an ordinary soldier, as well as the various thrilling emotions he faced after the general, he said wonderfully, and the sergeants sitting around listened very attentively.

If so, an hour passed unconsciously, and the lights in Yingzhou City were bright, and everyone was unconscious.

In the end, I don't know who initiated it, Li Congjing and the soldiers sang "No Clothes" together:

"Do you say that you have no clothes, and you are with the Son? Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear. Enmity with the Son!

How can it be said that there is no clothes, and he is the same as the son? Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd. Work with the son!

Do you say that you have no clothes, and are clothed with your son? Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor soldiers. Walk with the son! ”

The singing grew louder, and from time to time all the soldiers in the courtyard joined in the chorus. "No Clothes" was already impassioned, and now all the soldiers are in the border fortress, and the sound of Jin Ge Iron Horse inside and outside the city is singing, and then singing this poem in unison, the sergeants present are all enthusiastic.

After singing, Li Congjing stood up and said to everyone in the light of the torch: "The former Han Huo once said, 'The Huns have not been destroyed, why should they be at home'!" Today, we are the people of the Central Plains who are attacking the Khitan in the north, because the Khitan killed my compatriots and destroyed my homeland. The Han people have been unswerving for generations, and thousands of descendants of the Han people have fought against the grassland barbarians and protected the Han people. Since we are sitting in the clouds, if we can't fight the thieves and protect the border, what face will he face the Jiangdong fathers and elders in the future? Now this handsome wants to swear an oath with you, one day not to make the Khitan dare not go south and herd horses, one day not to return to the Central Plains! ”

All the soldiers were enthusiastic, they all got up, raised their arms and shouted, "I am willing to swear with the military commander: protect the border and fight the thieves, and one day will not make the Khitan dare to go south and herd horses, and one day will not return to the Central Plains!" ”

"Protecting the border and attacking thieves, one day will not make the Khitan dare not go south and herd horses, and one day will not return to the Central Plains!"

"Protecting the border and attacking thieves, one day will not make the Khitan dare not go south and herd horses, and one day will not return to the Central Plains!"

"Protecting the border and attacking thieves, one day will not make the Khitan dare not go south and herd horses, and one day will not return to the Central Plains!"

The sergeants were impassioned, their heads held high, and their fighting spirit boiled. The negative emotions that had previously been bred by homesickness have been swept away. Under the bright moon on the side of the fortress, at this time there are only warriors facing the north, and there are no thirsty returnees looking south.

Leading the army to the bank of the White Wolf River, Yelu stabbed on the back of his horse and silently stared at the clear river, his eyes reflected the Yingzhou City on the other side of the river, as well as the figure of the Tang army inside and outside the city.

Jerod has passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, but although he is so old, it is unknown whether he has understood his destiny in his heart. For Yelu's enemy, he may not have to understand the destiny of heaven, but he can't help but see the battle in front of him. Receiving orders in the imperial capital and being entrusted by Yelu Abaoji, Yelu's enemy stabbed southward this time, and it was necessary to recover Pingzhou and drive Li Congjing back to Youzhou.

However, the journey of this campaign was bumpy for Yelu's enemy, and soon after he set out from the West Building, he heard the news that Yelu Chishu had acted without permission and was then defeated. If it was just a defeat, the bad news came one after another, and within a few days, the information that Yelu Chishu had died in battle was returned, which made Yelu Enemy Assassin frightened in his heart, and secretly shouted that Yingzhou City might not be able to be saved. Sure enough, before entering the territory of Yingzhou, Yelu got the news of the fall of Yingzhou.

The battle to recover Pingzhou and drive Li Congjing away, before the Yelu enemy assassination touched Li Congjing's face, there was an extra battle to recover Yingzhou out of thin air, which made him as disgusting as if he had eaten a fly.

But in any case, the battle must continue. At noon today, Yelu led thousands of cavalry in the vanguard and took the lead in arriving at the place across the river between White Wolf Water and Yingzhou City.

There is no bridge on the river, and on the other side of the river is the Tang army that is strictly in order, if this is the case, it will be fine, and the military situation reported by the rangers makes Yelu extremely depressed, "Within sixty miles of the white wolf water, there is not a single boat to be found!" In addition, the section of the White Wolf River within 40 miles near Yingzhou, but there are places where the water potential is slightly slower and is conducive to crossing the river and building bridges, there are Tang army fortifications, and there are sheep walls, arrow towers, and fireworks stands. Within a hundred miles, there are Tang Army scouts cruising! ”

The former meant that it was difficult for the Khitan army to quickly start a battle to cross the river; The latter means that no matter where the Khitan army crosses the river, it will be received by the main force of the Tang army on the way to cross the river, so that the Khitan army will face the situation of being attacked by the main force of the Tang army!