At night, the road should be slower, a night of fierce fighting, galloping, after dawn, Li Congjing led the Datong army and horse army to the shore of the Yellow River.

The surging Yellow River flows very slowly here, and the vast river surface is like a huge mirror, holding the sky and the sea in your arms.

On the riverbank, the infantry of the Datong Army was neatly arrayed, ready to fight at any time, and fought to the death with the enemy in front of them.

When Li Congjing led the Datong army to appear in their field of vision calmly and energetically, there was silence in the circle for a while, and then a burst of cheers resounded across the river.

Before the battle, the Ma army stopped, and Li Congjing fell off the horse, and walked steadily towards the generals of the Datong Army who greeted him.

"General Lee!" The generals of the Datong Army, who led the infantry to this point, looked excited, and their eyes flashed with bright brilliance, they saw the horse army with such a neat appearance of the army, and knew that they had won the victory in the resistance battle, and for a while, these generals who were not subordinate to Li Congjing were full of joy and gratitude in their hearts, but in the face of Li Congjing, they didn't know what to say.

Immediately, all the generals who greeted Li Congjing suddenly stopped tacitly and gave him a military salute neatly.

Li Congjing didn't say anything, stood still, and returned the salute.

Zhang Daqian dismounted with Li Congjing, and at this time, the happy generals briefly explained the situation of yesterday's battle. When the generals heard this, they were all stunned. They had just seen that Li Congjing led the Datong army to victory, but in the limit of their imagination, it was only Li Congjing and others who repelled the Khitan vanguard horse army, which alone made them admire Li Congjing enough, because it was extremely difficult to win three thousand with a thousand people. However, Li Congjing could not lead the Datong army to defeat the 3,000 Khitan vanguard elite cavalry, but pursued all the way to drive these Khitan routs, and scattered the main forces of the follow-up Khitan pursuers, so that they were also defeated. This move has exceeded the limit of Datongjun's imagination, it is no longer an extremely difficult thing, but something that ordinary people will never think of, and even if they do, they will never dare to do it. But Li Congjing not only did it, but did it.

Even in last night's battle, Li Congjing and others did not cause much damage to the main force of the Khitan reinforcements, nor did they completely lose their combat effectiveness, after all, Li Congjing did not lead a lot of troops, and it was the limit of what could be done to make the Khitan reinforcements retreat in chaos. It was Li Congjing who accepted it last night, and did not fight with the main force of the Khitan pursuers, but just forcing it to retreat was already a great feat.

After hearing Zhang Daqian's words, the Datong Army fell silent at the same time.

For a long time, Chen Li, who had been quite unconvinced by Li Congjing before, took the lead in speaking out, he sighed, regardless of the fact that he had just finished the ceremony, he bowed deeply to Li Congjing again, and said from the bottom of his heart when he got up: "General Li is worthy of being the 'blessing of the clouds', and also the blessing of my Datong army, if there is no General Li this time, the Datong army will not only be in danger!" In terms of wisdom, courage and courage, General Li is really the only one he has seen in the life of the last general, and the last general has served! ”

The other handful of people who were quite unimpressed with Li Congjing before were also all subdued at this time. It's not that they don't have a position, but in the face of iron-clad facts, as long as they don't lose their minds and go crazy, it's pointless to be stubborn.

Li Congjing didn't have much idea about the Datong army, at most he hoped that on the battlefield in the future, they could hold Yunzhou and reject the Khitan with Youzhou. If you think about it more far-reaching, Li Congjing will leave Youzhou one day, and if the Datong army can carry the banner of guarding the border, Li Congjing will be satisfied.

Regardless of this, Li Congjing asked the infantry generals, "At present, it is important to cross the river, have the boats been prepared?" ”

Chen Li replied: "General Li, rest assured, the ships are ready. After speaking, he said with a smile: "General Li and the soldiers are blocking the stubborn enemy for the army, and we are already uneasy when we take the first step, since we have arrived at the Yellow River, where is the reason not to prepare the ships in place as soon as possible?" ”

Li Congjing nodded and said, "It's so good, hard work General Chen." ”

Chen Li shook his head and said with a straight face: "In front of General Li, who dares to say that it is hard?" ”

The generals laughed, and then, Li Congjing ordered the Datong army to cross the river.

In the absence of the threat of Khitan pursuers, the crossing of the river by the Datong army went smoothly.

After crossing the Yellow River, Zhang Daqian and other generals of the Datong Army breathed a sigh of relief. At the moment, at least they have no worries about their lives.

This is a good thing, but as the saying goes, when the soldiers are not threatened with life, the officers and men of the Datong Army, who have not eaten for two nights and one day, feel extremely unbearable hunger, which is another difficult problem in front of the Datong Army.

The day before yesterday, the Datong army was led by Qin Shide, and Yelu Pheasant battled, because Qin Shide was seriously injured, the army was in trouble, and then because of Li Congjing's begging, under a fire, the soldiers of the Datong army were able to retreat. However, the baggage, including the food, that they carried when they issued their certificates was forever left in the fire and could never be recovered.

In the past two nights and one day, the officers and men of the Datong Army have been fighting hard, first, they really have no time to eat, and secondly, they have no energy to search for food, so up to now, all the soldiers are hungry.

To tell the truth, Li Congjing was also hungry.

When everyone was discussing this issue, Wang Pu looked at the calm surface of the Yellow River and muttered: "Such a resort, such a big river, how many delicious big fish should be in it?" ”

His sigh made Li Congjing can't help but think of the greedy appearance of Wang Pu when he saw him roasting rabbits that day, this guy is also a foodie, Li Congjing and others carry dry food with them, but they have long been destroyed in the fierce battle, and they have not eaten for so long, and the Yellow River that Wang Pu saw is probably not a river, but a river full of fish.

The fifth girl squatted on the ground, her bright red dress looked like a flower, she supported her little head with both hands, and looked at the river in a daze, "There are countless big fish in this river, why don't we catch some fish and eat them?" ”

Wang Pu found out for the first time that he and the fifth girl could also communicate, and he almost burst into tears, so he immediately nodded fiercely, "That's how it should be, it's how it should be!" But fishing needs bait, you and I have to dig up some earthworms first, this riverbank soil is fertile, there must be a lot of earthworms! ”

"Okay, dig the earthworms first!" The fifth girl stood up and agreed to Wang Pu's proposal neatly.

Li Congjing slapped his forehead with his hand, this situation made him feel that his face was lost by these two foodies. Things gather people in groups, this is true, Li Congjing thinks that he can also be regarded as a foodie, so the people around him are also like this?

Eating fish is a wonderful idea, but it is not feasible.

Li Congjing said to Zhang Daqian and others: "Fishing is time-consuming, and what we lack most now is time, besides, the four thousand army is sleeping in the wilderness, fishing and eating here, it is too child's play." ”

Zhang Daqian looked at Li Congjing with blank eyes, and the face of a pure man was helpless, "But besides, General Li, is there any other way to solve the problem of hunger?" ”

Li Congjing faced the north and said, "Shengzhou." ”

"Shengzhou?" Zhang Daqian was puzzled.

"Yes, Katsuju!" Li Congjing affirmed, "Shengzhou is only thirty or fifty miles away from here, and it can be reached in half a day, if Shengzhou can be captured, not only can the ration problem be solved, but also many wounded in the army can also be treated!" ”

Even though Zhang Daqian was accustomed to Li Congjing's toughness, he inevitably opened his mouth wide at this time, "Capture Shengzhou?" ”

"It's indeed feasible to capture Shengzhou!" Wang Pu Shiran came over to talk, his eyes were shining with golden light, which made Li Congjing very suspicious, did this guy come over when he heard that there was grain in the city, "I waited from Yunzhou to here, came suddenly, I believe that the defenders in Shengzhou City have not yet learned the news, now we are waiting for Fang to cross the Yellow River, if we march at double speed, we can rush to Shengzhou City before dark, and when the time comes, it will not be difficult to break the city in one fell swoop!" ”

Li Congjing nodded in agreement with Wang Pu's concept, and he continued: "Capturing Shengzhou is of great significance. If we can get this city, not only can we keep up with the logistical supplies, the wounded can be treated, and the soldiers can rest well, so that they can recuperate and face the more challenging battles in the future. In addition, according to Shengzhou, entering can coerce Fengzhou, deter Yingtian, and retreat can support Sangjia Pass, in any case, it is enough to make Yelu enemy throw a rat bogey, greatly reducing the pressure on Sangjia Pass. In this way, we will be able to further grasp the initiative in this war and thus decide the outcome of the war! ”

This is a real truth, and Zhang Daqian naturally agrees. Wang Pu added: "Besides, Shengzhou is known as my Tang Dynasty land, and it has only recently been conquered by Yelu's enemies, and most of the people in the city are Han Chinese. Even recruiting troops to reinforce Sangganguan is promising! ”

Speaking of which, everyone had no objections, so they decided on the direction of the marching army, galloped to Shengzhou, and attacked Shengzhou City tonight!

Everything was arranged, Chen Li proudly asked Li Congjing for his life, "General Li, yesterday to block the Khitan chasing army, it was the Ma army that contributed to attack and capture Shengzhou City tonight, since I am the main foot soldiers, and when the time comes, General Li will give an order to let the last general's troops be the vanguard!" ”

Li Congjing said with a smile: "Since General Chen has such a fighting spirit, how can this commander be unreasonable?" After speaking, when Chen Li was excited, he said again: "It's just that in tonight's battle, I'm afraid the big head is not attacking the city!" ”

Chen Li was stunned and puzzled: "Why is this?" ”

Li Congjing smiled, but refused to say more.

The plan has been decided, the Datong army first rested for a while, mainly because the horse army needs to take a breath, and then the foot soldiers cut down wood to build a simple ladder, which also takes time, and the three are to conceal the approach to Shengzhou, so the distance close to Shengzhou City needs to be arranged at night. At this time, a group of people took the lead in leaving the assembly place of the army and set off first. Later in the day, the army marched out.

Three hours after nightfall, Li Congjing led the Datong army to the outside of Shengzhou.

In the darkness of the night, the army halted and assembled in a sheltered place outside the city. Li Congjing and the generals and colonels of the Datong Army got closer to Shengzhou City to observe the defense situation of Shengzhou City nearby.

The lights of the city are faint, and there is nothing to look like in normal times, although Shengzhou is the city of Khitan Xinke, but once the Tang Dynasty has never sent troops to recover this place, now Yelu enemy Lie has gone to Sangqing Pass again, Shengzhou City has become the rear, so it is no longer a wartime state, the Khitan soldiers patrolling the city, it has only taken a long time to go through a wave.

Seeing that Shengzhou's defense was lax, Zhang Daqian and the others were all happy in their hearts, and he said: "Tonight's battle has a good chance of winning!" ”

Li Congjing didn't speak, someone leaned over in the dark, and after being inspected by the scouts who were scattered to be vigilant, he arrived in front of Li Congjing and others for a while, this person saluted Li Congjing, and Li Congjing asked him: "How is the situation?" ”

The man said: "Everything is going well, there is no danger. The Fifth Commander is ready to get up on time! ”

But it turned out that after Li Congjing decided to attack Shengzhou, he sent the sharp soldiers of the Guards Department, and a group of clever and brave men selected from the Datong army, pretending to be ordinary people, had already mixed into the city in batches before dark.

After Li Congjing killed Zhang Lang in Weizhou, Li Cunqiao led his army of 500 to attack Gongcheng, Qimen, and Keqimen, Li Congjing used the tactics of combining inside and outside, and used Meng San and Li Shaocheng to pretend to be a defeated Liang army, mixed into the city in advance, and finally cooperated with the army to successfully capture Qimen. Today, on the premise that Shengzhou didn't know that he had rushed here, he decided to repeat his old tricks.

And to pretend to be ordinary people to blend into Shengzhou City, the fifth girl, Liu Xixi, these women, undoubtedly have great convenience, so they both entered the city at this time.

"How many defenders are in the city, and where the military camp is, have you found out clearly?" Li Congjing asked.