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!

Predicament and danger are taboos for soldiers, and they are problems that generals should try their best to avoid; in good times, we must not make mistakes in winning battles, and in adversity, if we want to make meritorious contributions, it is even more difficult. Now, these two problems are in front of the Khitan army, and if they are not properly resolved, the Khitan army will not be able to move forward. However, as the Khitan coach, Yelu's enemy assassination, although he had a dignified color, did not make trouble because of this.

He immediately looked at Yingzhou City on the other side of the river indifferently through the steaming water vapor on the river, smiled slightly, and said to a general beside him: "I have heard that the son of Li Siyuan can fight well, wise and brave, and is the most famous general among the young generation of generals in the Tang Dynasty. ”

His words sounded like a compliment at first glance, but his tone was full of ridicule, the so-called "son of Jiangmen", it can be seen that in his eyes, Li Congjing himself is not worthy of his high esteem, just "the son of Li Siyuan".

The commander next to Yelu's assassin grinned and said, "Yellow tooth child, the hair has not grown, how can you be both good at fighting and wise?" According to the villain, it is just a blessing from Li Siyuan, and everyone gives Li Siyuan face, and flatters him at will, so that he has a little false name. ”

Yelu shook his head slightly, pointed to the barracks and cities where the banners of the Tang Army were planted, and said with a smile: "Although Li Congjing is not too powerful, he is not useless, otherwise how can he go all the way to Pingzhou and Yingzhou?" Lu Wenjin is just that, but he is a Hannu, Yelu Chishu is not a sheep, he is a little capable. If Li Congjing is too unbearable, then Yelu Chishu and my thousands of Khitan warriors who were defeated in his hands are not even as good as domestic dogs? ”

Captain Yelu Ludo was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but then he said confidently: "Li Congjing can defeat Yelu Chishu, of course, he has some real skills, otherwise Li Yazi would not let him out of the town." It's just that Li Congjing's assets are okay to deal with ordinary generals, but when you meet the marshal, you will only have to eat deflated. This time, when we are out of the battle, we will definitely be able to let Li Congjing understand what a Khitan warrior is! ”

Yelu Enemy Assassin laughed, as if he was very satisfied with Yelu Rudo's words, laughed, he became serious, and suddenly shouted: "Yelu Rudo, this commander ordered you to lead the headquarters to ride the elite cavalry, hide along the river to the east, cross the river a hundred miles away, avoid the Tang army sentry, and then wave the army straight into the belly of Li Congjing's defense line!" ”

If this move is successful, it will naturally be a great achievement. Yeluludo was overjoyed and said loudly: "Jerudo obeys!" ”

Yelu stabbed and waved his hand, a little chic, "This commander leads the army to feint on the front and cover for you!" Then he snorted coldly, "Six days later, the two armies will move together and attack on both sides, which will definitely make the Tang army's defense line collapse at one touch, and then the yellow tooth child will be the fat sheep in your and my pen, let us and others kill at will!" ”

"The marshal is wise, the villain is not as good, this battle will definitely make Tang Jun cry his father and mother, let him Li Congjing have three heads and six arms, and he will not be able to return to the sky!"

"If you dare to provoke the majesty of the Great Khitan Kingdom, this commander will definitely make him pay the price of blood!"

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Because of the skillful formation, the hundred battle army is long in the field, and because of the courage and courage to fight, the various departments cooperate closely, and the hundred battle army is also good at siege, in comparison, the hundred battle army is slightly weaker in the defense of the city; Since the establishment of the army, every time there is a battle, most of the Hundred Battles Army takes the initiative to attack, and there are many battles with the enemy, and more when attacking cities and villages, which also hones the combat power of the Hundred Battles Army in field warfare and attacking fortifications. Lu Longjun is different, he has been fighting with the Khitan for many years, and due to the constraints of conditions, he is mostly on the defensive, and he has experienced a lot of defensive battles, so he is naturally familiar with this method. The year before last, Yelu Abaoji personally led an army of more than 100,000 to besiege Youzhou, and Lu Long's army held on for many days with an absolutely inferior force, which made it difficult for the Khitan to gain an inch, which showed its strength in defending the city.

It is common sense that most of the grassland armies are not good at attacking fortifications, but this is not something that can be generalized, and it is not lacking in power for the grassland peoples who can cause great harm to the Central Plains Dynasty and even invade the hinterland of the Central Plains. Yelu Abaoji founded the country with cavalry, there is no doubt about it, because his early opponents were other peoples in the grassland, and even the eight chiefs of the Khitan tribe; However, since Yelu Abaoji unified the Khitan and established the Khitan State, part of his attention turned to the Central Plains. For Yelu Abaoji, it has always been his dream to build a great empire that stretches from the polar regions in the north to the Yellow River in the south.

For this reason, over the years, the number of infantry troops in the Khitan army has increased day by day, and the study of infantry operations has also become more and more in-depth, and there has been a lot of climate.

This time he fought with Yelu's enemy, and because of the disadvantage of his troops, Li Congjing took a defensive position after capturing Yingzhou. He used the army of Lu Long to defend the city, and the army of the hundred battles to defend the river, as a way to deal with the assassination of the enemy of Jeru.

The Khitan had camped on the other side of the river three days ago, and Li Congjing stood on the city tower to watch the layout of his camp, but he saw that the camp and the road were square, and they were like knives and cuts. In the past, with Li Cunmiao to support Youzhou, when he fought with Yelu Abaoji, Li Congjing had visited the camp with Li Cunqing, and Li Cunmiao saw the camp of the Khitan army at that time, and he said: "Military discipline is so strict that the Central Plains cannot reach it, and it will be a trouble!" It's a pity that Li Cunqiao seems to have forgotten what he said at the beginning, and after destroying the Liang, he had no intention of going north to suppress the Khitan.

Early this morning, Li Congjing took several generals and 100 personal guards out of the city to the south bank of the White Wolf Water. This trip is nothing else, just because the Khitan has already begun to carry out the battle of crossing the river.

Before leaving the city, Li Congjing had watched the battle on the riverbank from the city tower, and Guo Wei said at the time: "Almost all the Khitans have left the camp and lined up on the riverbank, so in such a posture, is it planning to forcibly cross the river?" "I can't help but be surprised.

Although the Khitan had 30,000 horses, he didn't think about it at first, and immediately forcibly crossed the river, which made Li Congjing very angry, and he said coldly: "Yelu's enemy stabbed too much and no one was in sight!" Knowing that our army has been prepared for a long time, the river bank fortifications are dense, the defense line is strong, and the army is in full array, he still forcibly crosses the river as soon as he comes. ”

Guo Wei also felt underestimated, since he followed Li Congjing, he has led the gentlemen to fight countless battles, and he has not tasted defeat, where can he swallow this breath. took a step forward and said: "Marshal, please let the last general fight, if you can't let the Khitan return, you are willing to come to see you!" If there is a big ship, it is not impossible to kill it on the other side! ”

Li Congjing didn't agree, calmed down for a while, and said: "Don't care about him, I'll just wait for the battle according to the established arrangement." Don't act by yourself because the enemy army ignores the rules and regulations, and you don't have the rules, isn't that being led by others by the nose and messing up your own position? ”

When he arrived at the riverbank, Li Congjing climbed an arrow tower and held the female wall on the roof platform to look out.

On the river, the Khitan sergeants took more than 100 improvised wooden boats and galloped towards the south bank. The bow of the front half of the ship is open with a large straightened net to resist the bows and arrows of the Tang army, in addition, there are also a lot of wooden shields on the side of the ship, which covers the Khitan soldiers on the entire ship very tightly, and what makes Li Congjing laugh is that on the ships behind, there are even Khitan soldiers holding large branches and using lush branches and leaves to block sharp arrows.

"The Khitan people are not slow to build wooden boats." Guo Wei crossed his arms and said lukewarmly.

Li Congjing did not ridicule the Khitan army, even if the enemy made a mistake and the battle was unfavorable, he would not despise it, let alone the opponent's strong performance? He said: "First of all, it seems that Yelu Enemy Thorn is very well prepared for this battle, and ordinary Khitan soldiers will definitely not build wooden boats. Secondly, the Khitan wooden ships were very well guarded, which shows that Yelu was indeed quite accomplished in military affairs. "Craftsmen can build ships, and naturally they can also build siege equipment," from this point of view, the enemy assassination of Yelu should not be underestimated, and it is rare to be strict in the rules, if there is a strange plan, it will be difficult. Let you and I be careful to engage them at war. "Professionalism is in the details, and the same is true for marching and fighting.

Guo Wei put away his emotions, nodded solemnly, and showed his normal heart, "The military commander is wise, and it should be like this." ”

Li Congjing smiled, "But if the Yelu enemy wants to make achievements based on this, it will be too underestimated for me to wait." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the attack of the Tang army on the south bank was no longer as tepid as before, and with the order of Li Shaocheng, who was in charge of the war, a large boulder flew up in the Tang army's defense line, fell into the Khitan wooden boat formation, and smashed a high-flying splash and water injection on the water. If a boulder hits a wooden ship, it will surely be destroyed. In this war, the boulders thrown by trebuchets are well-deserved heavy weapons of mass destruction.

The wooden boat is not a warship, it is feasible to transport people, but it is powerless to resist the smashing of a hundred catties of boulders, once it is hit, the ship will be damaged, the river will rush in, and the ship will break and sink. In any case, the Khitan sergeants will inevitably fall into the water, there is no one in the grassland who understands the nature of water, there are even fewer sailors in the Khitan army, and once a person falls into the water, he will only be drowned.

The large net in front of the wooden ship, the wooden shield and large branches on the ship can resist ordinary arrows, but it cannot defend against powerful crossbow arrows. Every time a crossbow or arrow hits a big net or a big branch, it passes through the body and is effortlessly nailed into the body of the Khitan soldier.

While the boulders and crossbow arrows caused damage to the Khitan army, they also put the Khitan soldiers in a predicament, and the Khitan soldiers on the wooden boats, whether they were injured or not injured, panicked. The sergeant who was hit and shot howled miserably, but there were those who fell into the water, and in the face of the river's invasion of life, they cried helplessly. At this time, the bow and arrow of the Tang Army, which had limited attack power at first, had a good lethality at this time.

The clear white wolf water, this piece is gradually dyed red.

Seeing that the Khitan offensive was contained, Li Congjing turned back to Ding Hei and said, "Go and tell Li Shaocheng that the boulders, crossbows, and arrows are of some use." ”

Ding Hei took the order and left, Guo Wei was stunned at first, then reacted, gave a thumbs up knowingly, and said with a smile: "Military marshal, this move is very good, and the general will admire it." ”

Li Congjing smiled and said: "Since Yelu has such a good interest and wants to forcibly cross the river, as the host, I naturally can't spoil his Yaxing, and I should accompany him to have a good time." ”

Guo Wei laughed, "If Yelu Enemy Thorn knew the commander's thoughts, he would definitely be so angry that he gritted his teeth. "The anger that had been aroused by the forced crossing of the river by the assassin of Jerod had now disappeared without a trace.

On the river, the Khitan army crossing the river suffered great losses because of the sudden strength of the Tang army, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was defeated, after all, it lacked the experience of crossing the river and could not help but suffer. Seeing that his own side suffered heavy casualties, Yelu Enemy wanted to order the army to retreat, after all, it was a feint, and there was no need to really play with his life, just deceive Li Congjing.

However, without the order of the enemy, the Tang army's offensive suddenly became smaller again, the boulders falling like dumplings in the air became sparse, and the crossbow arrows disappeared, and the Khitan river-crossing army, which was already unable to move an inch, was able to move forward again. The army crossing the river has reached the middle of the river, and if they try harder, there is no possibility of rushing to the opposite bank.

Jerod hesitated, and stood on the watchtower, touching the beard on his chin, and hesitated.

He was not greedy for merit, he wanted to fight for the slim hope of reaching the other side, he ordered the army to cross the river in a feint, in order to cover Jerudo's attack. But since you have to do a play, of course you have to do enough scenes, otherwise, Li Congjing will see that something is strange, which will cause Li Congjing to be suspicious, which will be unfavorable to Yeluludo's actions. Now that the river crossing is hopeful, how can the Jerod enemy make the army withdraw?

Not only should it not be withdrawn, but the offensive should also be intensified.

Jerod made up his mind.

He waved his hand to the heralds, and ordered the fifty ships on standby on the bank of the river to strike again and join the battle to cross the river.

In this way, the momentum of the Khitan river-crossing troops soared, and a sky-swallowing pride was born out of thin air. The Khitan sergeants, who had been frustrated in the attack, were replenished by the new force, their morale rebounded, the leading commander shouted loudly, and thousands of soldiers once again exerted their strength, fighting back with bows and arrows, and rushing forward with all their might.

Seeing that the south bank was getting closer and closer, and the landing was expected, the Khitan soldiers were all overjoyed. However, at this moment, the offensive in the Tang army's defense line became larger again, with boulders and crossbow arrows firing at once, and what was even worse was that the attack density and strength were better than before. After several waves of force and several rounds of attacks, the river was already full of wooden blocks and debris, blood flowed sideways in the river, and floating corpses went east with the river, a mess.

The corners of Yelu's mouth twitched, although this scene was expected by him, but when the truth really happened, he still couldn't help but feel pain. The casualties of the Khitan army became more and more serious, and the Yelu enemy was inevitably angry, and when he saw that the landing was hopeless, he ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

But before he issued the order to withdraw his troops, the offensive of the Tang army weakened again. It made his eyelids skip a beat.

Although the Khitan River Crossing Army suffered many casualties, the main force was still alive and did not damage the fundamentals, and it still had the strength to fight. Just giving up crossing the river, Yelu felt that this feint was still somewhat obvious.

After hesitating for a while, Yelu gritted his teeth, and in line with the idea that he couldn't give up the child and not the wolf, he didn't sound the gold, but blew the horn, and ordered the river-crossing army to rush and kill!

The Khitan soldiers who crossed the river were miserable, but the military order was so that they could not move forward. Moreover, the battle has been going on for a long time, although they have advanced and retreated, but they are undoubtedly getting closer and closer to the other side, and some Khitan warriors who are eager to make meritorious contributions are not willing to admit it. As a result, the offensive resumed.

A moment later, the offensive of the Don army increased again.

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After three times, Yelu finally knew that he had been tricked by Li Congjing.

He was so angry that he threw his horsewhip, and without hesitation, he ordered the river-crossing army to retreat!

However, at this time, the vanguard of the river-crossing army was already very close to the south bank, and on the way back, they were still within the attack range of the Tang army's catapults and crossbows.

When the Khitan army exposed his back in front of his side, Li Congjing did not skimp on stones and crossbow arrows, and ordered Li Shaocheng to storm it!

When the Khitan army finally returned to the north bank, Yelu found that the casualties of the army were close to one-third! Most of this was caused by the sudden force of the Tang army when it was retreating. It was also when the Tang Army launched the last round of offensive that Yelu discovered that the original Tang Army's carefully arranged defense line was so lethal! Not to mention that he is a feint, even if he is really attacking, it is difficult to cross the thunder pool!

But this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Yelu suddenly woke up to the fact that this feint attack was supposed to withdraw the troops, but after experiencing "twists and turns" during the period, the retreating sergeants were hundreds less out of thin air! And all this, although there is an incentive for the Tang army's offensive to suddenly strengthen and weaken, and the most fundamental reason is that Yelu's enemy himself is unwilling to withdraw his troops easily! After all, according to the previous plan, these hundreds of people who did not need to be sacrificed were sent to hell by the Jerud Assassin!

Realizing this, Yelu scolded angrily: "Li Congjing, you erection! When Jerudo successfully crosses the river, I will surely break your body into pieces in three days! Let's make you arrogant for a while, and see who can have the last laugh! ”

Li Congjing saw that the Khitan had collected troops, and he no longer stood on the roof of the building to blow the wind, went downstairs to find Li Shaocheng, and after explaining some matters, he rode back to the city. Guo Wei was in a good mood, and said with a smile on the road: "In today's battle, almost no soldiers were lost, and nearly a thousand Khitan barbarian thieves were lured to sink into the sand. "If you feel something," the military commander often said that the details determine success or failure, and he also said that the details are the most true, and today's battle is in line with this statement! ”

For the next two days, the Khitan had to fight river crossings every day. What is rare is that the Khitan army is attacking more and more every time, and its wooden ships have been sunk a lot by the Tang army, but the number of them appearing every day is increasing, so that Li Congjing has to sigh.

The appearance of Yelu's enemy stabbing made almost all the generals believe that the Khitan army had made up their minds and was really going to forcibly cross the White Wolf Water.

Although there were heavy casualties in hard battles, most battles were completed through hard battles.

For the Tang army, the collection of boulders was not easy, and the crossbow arrows could not be replenished on the spot, and after two days of consumption, there was not much left. The Khitan army attacked for several days in a row, and finally launched its full force, and it is difficult to say who killed the deer.

Li Congjing began to think about how to deal with it.