There are quite a few allied troops in the five northern Khitans, but they are not much, with a total of 1560,000 people. The 100,000-strong allied army of the Xiaoguo Army and the Khitan Three Divisions fought on the border line more than 30 miles long.

But it was only a stalemate for a month, and it seemed that because of the internal problems and logistical supply problems of the Xiaoguo Army, the coalition forces of the Xiaoguo Army and the Khitan Third Division began to retreat, and the military camp was abandoned to the Khitan Northern Coalition Army.

Every time a battalion was withdrawn, it held out for a while, and then there was a retreat, and in more than a month, the withdrawal of seven large battalions completely relaxed the tension of the northern coalition army, which was somewhat cautious at first. Whenever the southern coalition retreated, they would advance, and they would drive the other party into the territory of Yan in one fell swoop, and even kill into Youzhou.

Of course, when you enter Youzhou and look down on the Xiaoguo Army, that is just the opinion of ordinary soldiers, and the five patriarchs definitely don't have such an idea. If you can become the head of a clan, you can't be stupid. For the withdrawal of the Southern Coalition Army, they also made a detailed investigation and learned that the army of the Xiaoguo Army was very strange, and the main general would be the former Governor of Youzhou, that is, the former defeated general of Zhao Xun of the Xiaoguo Army. Youzhou was obtained by Zhao Xun from Li Huaiyuan, and Li Huaiyuan has now become the leading general of the Xiaoguo Army.

Secondly, the army of 50,000 is a mixture of two races and four armies. There were also internal dissatisfactions, and the living habits of the Xiaoguo army were different from those of the Khitans, so as a result, they were forced to withdraw the army. When the army withdrew, it also fought with the Khitan army many times. The two armies in the north and south lost more than 20,000 soldiers, of which among the 20,000 soldiers in the south, 5,000 were under the officers and men of the Xiaoguo army. It can be seen that the combat power of the Xiaoguo Army is very strong, but unfortunately it is not used in one place.

At first, the Northern Coalition was cautious, the Southern Army retreated one battalion, and they then occupied one battalion. Of course, it is also carefully occupied. Later, after seeing that the southern coalition army did not launch a large-scale counteroffensive, he was relieved. Immediately afterward, after a fight with each other, the Southern coalition withdrew.

After discovering that the Khitan soldiers in the south were not clear about the withdrawal of the army, and even the three Khitan clan chiefs were extremely dissatisfied with the Xiaoguo army's order to withdraw, they let go of their worries in this regard.

Only Fubu was puzzled in his heart, and he didn't know what Li Huaiyuan's idea was when he fell to the ground. However, in the process of withdrawing back and forth, he also reached an agreement with Li Huaiyuan, of course, to complete the agreement, he naturally needed Zhao Xun's warrant, and he would obey it. Otherwise, if the matter is done and the benefits are not reaped, it will not be self-defeating.

"Report! Ladies and gentlemen, the Xiaoguo Army and the three southern coalition forces have withdrawn, and in addition, there is still grain and grass in the enemy's camp that has not been transported. It seems that the retreat was in a hurry, and the striker had already entered the camp and searched the surrounding area for more than ten miles, and there was nothing abnormal. ”

Tu Yan, the leader of the Turbulent Tribe, asked, "Have you ever captured a prisoner of the enemy coalition?" Why did the other side withdraw in a hurry? ”

The messenger who reported the news shook his head and said, "My subordinates don't know, but the forward soldiers should have something to gain." ”

Tu Yan glanced at everyone and said, "Let's go into the camp!" Since the other party has left it to us, why don't we accept it? We can't live up to their hard work. ”

The rest of the people laughed when they heard this. Speaking of which, the hard-working battalions were abandoned one by one, and the northern coalition forces did not even need to set up barracks, and directly settled in.

glanced at the coalition soldiers behind him, and couldn't help frowning. The 150,000 or 60,000 troops at the time of departure are now only 80,000 with them.

Could this be Li Huaiyuan's idea, to use the large battalion to eliminate our superiority in troops? I couldn't help but think about it. But now the coalition army under Li Huaiyuan is only 70,000 or 80,000. Among them, both sides lost more than 20,000 each. However, the Northern Coalition still had defenders in each of the large battalions.

But he believes that this plan is definitely not the purpose of the confident Li Huaiyuan. Although the strength of the two sides is equal, but now that they occupy a strong camp tent and set up a sentry outside, Li Huaiyuan wants to attack like this, I am afraid that it will not be easy to succeed.

Either way, though, it has nothing to do with him. Li Huaiyuan has the advantage, so he will contribute to Li Huaiyuan. If Li Huaiyuan falls into a disadvantage, he will also take advantage of the fire to rob, of course, he may move a little smaller. If it really angers the Xiaoguo army, as Li Huaiyuan said, the army will be pulled out, then it will really suffer.

Does the Xiaoguo Army have the energy to open an army? Obviously not, if it is feasible, it will not be 50,000 cavalry, but a combination of infantry and cavalry. Seeing the financial statement brought by the Chief Secretary for Administration, Zhao Xun was speechless for a while.

There is a lot of income, most of which are collected from merchants, and of course, most of the people in Youzhou still have to pay taxes. But with a deduction of the salaries of more than 200,000 soldiers, plus the need for weapons and equipment, food and grass, there is basically nothing. The only thing that made Zhao Xun arrive was a little comforting that because of the military tun, there was no shortage of food in the short term. Despite this, Zhao Xun still asked the chief secretary to build several granaries in Youzhou, Dongsanfu, northern Hebei and other places to purchase grain in the market for prevention.

"Alas...... Our foundation is still too thin! Zhao Xun couldn't help sighing. But with the watch in his hand, Zhao Xun no longer has a headache. Because Zhao Xun issued self-made forms to officers at all levels of the Department of Administration, the Department of Military Affairs, and the Department of Supervision, and asked them to take this as an example, when they wrote the number of jù tables in the future, they would list them in this way, which was simple to write and comfortable to read. Importantly, it is also easy to audit.

Because in the inner house, there was no one around, except for the two little ones sitting on the carpet behind Zhao Xun, not knowing what they were playing, not far away, a few ladies in the compartment sewed autumn and winter clothes for themselves.

"Come, let me see, how are you two fighting?"

"Lan'er, you say, what's the point of your husband letting Rui'er and Heng'er play with small wooden blocks? And I enjoy it all day long. Su Ziyan said strangely.

Li Ruolan couldn't cry or laugh, so she had to smile bitterly and said: "Who knows, my husband said, piecing together wooden blocks of different shapes into a complete figure can increase intelligence or something." Anyway, I don't really understand that. Anyway, it's still a child, so you can play with it. Don't you see? Fujun had a lot of fun with Ruier and Heng'er. ”

In this day and age, there really isn't much fun for these two kids. But he usually has to read official documents, and the two little guys love to rely on themselves, so Zhao Xun had to make some small animal patterns out of the wooden board, and then disassemble them, give them two, and let them go to the puzzle.

"I hope that after the battle of Khitan, we can get a little bit of money, otherwise, this will be a big loss." While showing the little guy how to puzzle puzzles, he muttered to himself.

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I learned from the forward general that the enemy army evacuated in such a hurry this time because the governor of Youzhou was dissatisfied with the successive defeats of Li Huaiyuan, the general of the Xiaoguo army, and changed generals on the spot, so that the army quickly retreated, reorganized, and prepared for the next Jedi counterattack.

"Fight back? They don't have a show! Changing generals in battle, a taboo for soldiers! Let's rest well and wait for the enemy army to be broken. Several patriarchs said with a smile.

The sky darkened, and on the empty grassland, the huge military camp began to light up. Piles of bonfires were lit not only for lighting, but also for heating. Although it is late autumn, the weather in the north has begun to turn cooler, and more importantly, above the grasslands, strong winds are common, and the nights are very cold.

Generally speaking, the central part of the camp is the safest. This time, the Fubu did not compete with the other four divisions for the division of the station, but was directly stationed on the west side of the south.

As the night deepened, several special guests appeared in the tent of Fubu.

"Patriarch Lost Kuo, let me introduce you, this is the envoy of the Grand Governor, holding the Imperial Golden Sword, and can make an alliance with you on behalf of the Grand Governor."

"It's a distinguished guest, please take a seat!"

"If you lose it, take someone to guard around the tent, within a hundred meters, you can't let anyone come, I want to meet your guests."

"Yes, my king!"

"Brother Li, looking at your appearance, it doesn't seem to be as rumored, you have changed generals!"

Li Huaiyuan said with deep meaning: "If I don't be replaced, can you have a good rest tonight?" Besides, you should know best whether I was replaced or not. ”

Kuo shook his head and said with a dry smile: "I know that this repeated retreat, Brother Li, you must have some tricks." But I really can't guess where the mystery is, I wonder if Brother Li can solve my puzzles? ”

Li Huaiyuan smiled: "I don't see anything abnormal at all? "There is unbelief in the words.

Kuo smiled bitterly: "I can only see that you use this method to balance the strength comparison between you and me, and you can't see anything else." ”

Li Huaiyuan also knew that it was impossible at that time not to let this loss know some inside information, and wanted him to fall to himself.

"One of the reasons why I retreated like this, the Khitan Three lost two of their territories, is to flatten the ratio of your and my forces. Of course, this is not all, or even the most important. ”

"I want to hear about it!" He said in a deep voice.

"Our coalition army is outside the big camp, there are only 50,000 people! Do you know that after the three Khitan tribes lost their territory, they urgently recruited more than 100,000 troops. As you know, these people can be people or soldiers. The only weapon that is missing is exactly what my Xiaoguo army does not lack. ”

"And what about your extra 100,000 people?" Widening his eyebrows, his subordinates jumped and asked urgently. He also understands what Li Huaiyuan said. If the weapons are sufficient, the five-part coalition army can wield more than 300,000 troops. Of course, not all of them are regular soldiers. However, they can go to the battlefield to kill the enemy like soldiers.

Li Huaiyuan smiled and said, "What do you say? ”

"Our back?" He said in a lost voice, but he was not nervous, because the five coalition troops also carried livestock as food and grass with the army, and they were not afraid of cutting off the road at all. As long as the enemy forces on the front line are defeated, and then turn around to face the battle, the five-part coalition army is not afraid of anything.

"Of course not here, not here."

"It's not the back road! Should...... Could it be...... It's the Five Tribes! Said in a trembling voice.

"Well, that's right, 100,000 heavily armed Khitan cavalry and more than 20,000 Xiaoguo troops have entered your five divisions, of course, women and children will still stay, and as for those who surrendered, they may also stay. However, I don't think they will be able to defend themselves for long, because they have brought with them the news that your entire army has been destroyed. Think about it, too, the enemy army has appeared directly in the rear, and the conquest army in the front is not completely destroyed. ”

"Impossible, how can your army of hundreds of thousands appear behind us? We've sent a lot of sentries on the left and right flanks, and that's impossible. Lost exclaimed. What does Li Huaiyuan mean by this? In other words, even his ambush was targeted.

Li Huaiyuan said lightly: "There is nothing impossible, the east is the Beihai tribes, and it is not a problem at all to pass through its territory." ”

"This ...... This ...... "loss of breadth is somewhat difficult to accept." In this way, it is different from his own plan, and he is no longer in a strong position, in other words, the Xiaoguo army may not particularly need itself, because, according to this, the solution of the war is generally predictable. The status I want is impossible.

"Okay, I won't say more, I'm going to start our plan, if you surrender, we sign a new covenant, and from now on, the eight Khitan divisions will become four. If not, there will be only three. Li Huaiyuan said coldly. I didn't care at all, I was in the enemy camp.