Yelu pointed to the camp of the Datong army and said, "Tonight, storm this camp!" This made Han Zhongxi shocked, he almost subconsciously blurted out that something was wrong, but the foundation of self-cultivation for many years did not make him lose his temper immediately, and he turned his mind to think about the intention of Yelu Enemy's move.

Of course, the end result was that Han Joong-seok didn't figure out anything.

"King, it seems inappropriate to attack the Datong army camp at this time. When I look at its camp, it can be called as strong as a barrier, and it is not easy to conquer this camp in a short time. Besides, Li Congjing is a cunning person, I think the Datong Army camp is well defended, and he may not have been unguarded against the king's move! Han Zhongxi said worriedly, "Besides, we will storm Sanggan Pass for a while, and then we will attack the well-guarded camp of the Datong army, if we can't attack it again, the army will fall into a situation of fighting on both sides, I'm afraid it will not be good!" ”

Han Zhongxi's concerns were by no means meaningless, Yelu Enemy Lie heard it, but there were not too many different colors, he looked at Han Zhongxi, and asked Zhengse: "Zhongxi, you tell this king the truth, my army is here, attacking Sangqing Pass, is it still possible to conquer this city?" We waited for the previous plan, Kesang Guanguan, Xiayunzhou, coerced Youyun, and opened up the situation for the emperor to go south, as far as the current situation is concerned, is it still possible to realize? ”

This question is very sharp, but Han Zhongxi knows that he has no possibility of evasion, so he can only answer him face to face, his words are half loud, and then he slowly speaks: "King, attacking Sangqing Pass, although the battle is going on very hard, but I have been storming for a few days, and I have consumed a lot of defensive strength on the pass, if I hold on for a while, I may not be able to capture this pass!" ”

This positive remark was not approved by Yelu Dilie, and he said: "You can also see that our army has been storming the Sangjia Pass for several days, but the defense and counterattack forces on the Sangjia Pass have not decreased much, which shows that the defensive equipment in the pass is well prepared. To beat this level, it will be more difficult than I expected. After speaking, he paused, and had to admit: "Before, I underestimated Qin Shide's family, and his attention to Sangjia Pass and the construction of its defense system far exceeded your and my estimates!" ”

Han Zhongxi didn't know what to say, what Yelu Dilie said was indeed the truth, but he couldn't raise his hands to agree with the other party's point of view, and said that Sang Kangguan couldn't be captured, so it was better to withdraw the army. In this case, Yelu Enemy Lie can say that Han Zhongxi feels that he can't say that in front of Yelu Enemy Lie, he can't make any decisions for him, but can only give advice to him, analyze the situation, and what the final decision will be, it has to be decided by Yelu Enemy Lie.

This is different from the relationship between Li Congjing and Mo Li, Wei Dao, Du Qianshu and even Wang Pu.

Han Zhongxi didn't speak, Yelu Dilie could naturally guess what he was thinking, and he suddenly said: "When I found out that Li Congjing arrived in Yunzhou a few days ago, you and I were surprised, I don't know what the purpose of his trip is, it's strange to say, after so many days, we still don't know why he came here. Zhong Xi, this king has asked you to arrange for rangers to go to various places in the grassland to find out if there are Tang troops outside the Great Wall, how is this going? ”

Han Zhongxi has always been concerned about this matter, and he is also well aware of its latest developments, and when he saw Yelu Enemy Lie asking, he replied: "The ranger is a hundred miles away, and it has been reported three times a day for several days, and no trace of the Tang army has been found outside the Great Wall." King, if the Tang army comes out of the customs and intends to join forces with Li Congjing and Qin Shide to attack our army from behind and from the flanks, there is no need to worry. ”

The reason why there was no Tang army outside the Great Wall was, on the one hand, that Yelu had to guard against threats from the back and flanks - these two threats were the most dangerous, and on the other hand, the Khitan rangers could not cross the Great Wall at all and probe the situation inside the Great Wall.

The look of doubt on Yelu's face was even stronger, "Since Li Congjing didn't lead the Hundred Battles Army here, it seems unreasonable for him to appear here alone. Could it be that because Li Congjing has made many military exploits in Lulong, Datang intends to promote and reuse him again, so that he can even command the military of Yunzhou? This is because of this reason when I came back to Yunzhou? ”

Han Zhongxi pondered, "This is possible. The officers and men of the Datong Army have been fighting in the west under the leadership of Li Congjing these days, and there has been no turmoil, not even complaints, and no internal strife, which seems a little unusual. ”

Yelu Enemy Lie waved his hand, stopped the topic, and led the question back to the beginning, "Zhong Xi, Sang Qian Pass is difficult to conquer this time, you and I are still ready to withdraw our troops!" ”

"Withdraw?!" Although Han Zhongxi had anticipated Yelu's intentions in his heart, he was still surprised to hear Yelu's words say such a thing, but he had never said such words from Yelu's mouth - no matter where he fought before, Yelu's enemy's lie had always returned victorious, so how could he have taken the initiative to retreat?

Han Zhongxi had a million words in his mouth, but when he saw the look of pain flashing in Yelu's eyes, he swallowed the words that came to his mouth with interest. Han Zhongxi felt that such a decision was difficult to accept, let alone Yelu Enemy Lie, who presided over the war and personally ordered it?

"Great king......" Yelu was speechless.

Yelu Enemy Lie sighed, and there was a rare hint of gloom in his expression, "In fact, since Li Congjing returned to the east, you and I should be vigilant, give up the plan to attack Sang Kang Pass in time, and lead the army to retreat to the sky." It's because this king is too greedy, and he always thinks that he is unwilling not to take Sang K, and he always thinks that it is still possible to win Sangk. Until Li Congjing led the Datong army to appear in the camp, this king still thought so. In order to deal with Li Congjing, this king even deliberately laid out the iron armor array, but he never thought that Li Congjing did not enter the iron armor formation, not to mention, the sense of tactical arrangement this day is extremely sophisticated......" Speaking of this, Yelu Enemy Lie took a deep breath, looked at Han Zhongxi, and said seriously: "I have to admit that you and I underestimated Li Congjing before. Although you and I both think that we already attach great importance to him, in fact, we do not pay enough attention to him. ”

Seeing the appearance of Yelu Enemy Lie, Han Zhongxi's heart suddenly swelled with a sense of sadness, which was to see the bleakness of the hero's end, "The Great King's ......"

Yelu Dilie interrupted Han Zhongxi and continued, "It's not too late to make amends. Battlefield battles, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, how can there be a general in this world who is invincible in a hundred battles, how can there be a commander who does not experience defeat? This king has not been defeated for decades, and he looks imposing, but when he was young, he also suffered some defeats, and even had a heavy defeat. It's nothing. He looked into the distance, looked at the vast world to the west, was silent for a while, and said slowly: "As long as we can protect the army, sit firmly in the sky, and ensure that the overall situation of my Great Khitan Western Expedition is not affected, other things are not important, at least, not so important for the time being." He looked at Han Zhongxi again, "Zhongxi, knowing how to advance and retreat, Fang is the true character of a wise man, if you only know how to advance, but not to retreat, the final destination is to fall off the cliff and fall into the sea, there is no possibility of the whole body!" ”

Han Zhongxi nodded, bowed his hand, and sighed: "What the king said is very true, the king is really a true hero, he does not raise the army with personal honor and disgrace, he is concerned about the overall situation of the whole army and the whole country, and he is really a model for the Khitan!" ”

Yelu Enemy Lie smiled, and the meaning in his smile was complicated, "Attack the Datong army camp tonight, attract Li Congjing's attention, drag the Datong army, and the army will take the opportunity to retreat and respond to the sky!" ”

……

Li Congjing didn't know about Yelu's intentions. Not only did he not know, but the defenders of Sangganguan, who were being attacked by the Khitan soldiers, did not know either.

Qin Shide walked down from the fierce battle on the city wall, sat down casually on the road, the horizontal knife on the ground was covered with blood, he was panting tiredly, and there was a deep twilight in his vicissitudes of life. In Fangcai, he led his own soldiers to kill a group of Khitan warriors who rushed to the city wall, and he himself added two deep scars to his body. The wound was bleeding outward, taking away the strength from his body, and his eyelids were extremely heavy and closed all at once.

When Qin Lin found Qin Shide, he saw Qin Shide with a tired face and an extremely old face, seeing Qin Shide's exhausted appearance, Qin Lin only felt that his throat was hot, and he almost burst into tears.

Others didn't know, but he knew that Qin Shide, who had been pierced through the chest by Yelu Pheasant's arrow, was still able to hold the city because the sharp arrow did not pierce the heart, deviated from its position, and landed near its shoulder. However, after all, the exposure of the arrow wound was very large, and it was close to the heart, and Qin Shide's pain was actually extremely heavy.

In the past few days, in order to boost the morale of the whole army and hold the Sang Khao Pass, Qin Shi was able to hold the city head with serious injuries, command the soldiers to meet the enemy, and even when the war was tense, he personally went into battle regardless of the serious injuries, which made the original injuries aggravate at the same time, but also added new injuries - it is also thanks to Qin Shi's courage to be very brave, so that he can always stand.

But how long can Qin Shide hold out in such a battle? Looking at the other party's tired and crumbling figure, Qin Lin really had no bottom in his heart.

He turned around and glanced at the Datong Army camp outside the gate, and a trace of resentment suddenly rose unreasonably in his heart, "Li Congjing, Li Congjing, since you are so capable of fighting, why don't you hurry up and repel the old thief of Yelu Enemy?" Do you know that the military commander can't hold on for long! ”

Qin Lin was sad and angry, and began to blame himself again, complaining about why he couldn't replace Qin Shide and defend this border pass for him, but let Qin Shi have half a hundred remnants of his body, and fought so hard and painfully.

He suddenly raised his head, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a different scenery on the galloping road in the pass.

Qin Lin hurriedly took a closer look, from time to time, he trembled with excitement, he had been fighting for several days without saying anything, but at this time, he really shed tears!

On the gallop road, there is a military flag fluttering. Under the banner, an army is galloping in.

On the military flag, there are only two words: a hundred battles!

……

At night, Li Congjing was watching the sky at night from the watchtower, speculating on the time of the next few days, and there was a sudden commotion outside the camp.

The Khitan army attacked the camp.

Li Congjing stood up and ordered the soldiers who were strictly guarding the camp to meet the enemy.

All of a sudden, the fire inside and outside the camp was like a sea of fireflies, and there was the sound of a golden iron horse.

The Khitan army attacked very much, was repulsed several times, and attacked several times.

Seeing this scene, Li Congjing frowned slightly.

An hour later, a scout came to report that the Khitan army was quietly withdrawing at night!

Jerod Martyr wants to run!

At this time, the brightly lit Sanggan was closed, a circle of torches was swaying back and forth, and a military flag was erected at the head of the city.

Li Congjing showed a knowing smile, "Yelu Enemy Lie, I just remembered to run at this time, it's too late!" ”