Seeing that the war was slowly tilting towards his side, Zhang Yuan was still happy, but Li Yuanhao ordered the withdrawal of troops. This made him very depressed, but he didn't dare to disobey Li Yuanhao's orders, so he had to obediently retreat all the troops ten miles according to Li Yuanhao's orders.

After Zhang Yuan finished his work, he couldn't wait to find Li Yuanhao and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask, we obviously have the advantage today, and the minister believes that it won't be long before Li Shibin's outer village can be broken, why do you want to retreat?" ”

Li Yuanhao: "Zhang Qing, you have only seen the superficial phenomenon, I admit that it is only a matter of time before I use my Great Xia warriors to fight Li Shibin's rabble, but the problem is also in this time!" ”

Zhang Yuan: "The minister doesn't understand, please make it clear to the emperor!" ”

Li Yuanhao: "I might as well tell you that beating Li Shibin is not my real purpose." Although Li Shibin took refuge in the Song State, he was nothing in the eyes of the ministers of the Song State, presumably the Song State was also happy for us to fight with Li Shibin, so that they could sit and reap the benefits. However, there is one thing you have to understand, Li Shibin can now be said to be the outer defense line of the Song Kingdom, and the Song people are not stupid, and they will not watch us destroy Li Shibin. I also told you that just today when we were attacking, a unit of the Song army was coming towards this side, and they will also go back when we retreat, and its purpose is self-evident! ”

Zhang Yuan: "That...... Then the emperor, should we give up? ”

"Do you think it's possible?" Li Yuanhao asked rhetorically: "I don't pay attention to Li Shibin's goods, but I am very greedy for the position he occupies now." As long as we take his territory, then we will be in the initiative to a certain extent in the war situation against the Song State, and then we can use the Eighteen Villages as a stronghold and run around, so that the Song army can take care of the head and tail, and then I can do whatever I want with our cavalry advantage. You said that such an important place, can I give it up! ”

Zhang Yuan: "The emperor is shengming!" Admire and throw yourself to the ground! I don't know what the emperor plans to do next, and what do you need the ministers to do? ”

Li Yuanhao: "Zhang Qing asked what he said!" Eighteen villages are determined to win, but if they attack head-on. Even if we win, our losses are not small, and we have to guard against the Song army, we must pull out Li Shibin's thorn in the eye with lightning speed before the Song State reacts! ”

Zhang Yuan flattered: "Your Majesty." I don't know what we should do? ”

Li Yuanhao: "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own clever plan, now with my hand, I will immediately return to Youzhou to transfer my garrison and Jianing army, and let the iron harrier follow me." You need to be careful. Put away the movement, don't let Song Jun see it. ”

Zhang Yuan: "Your Majesty, don't worry!" This Hengshan has always been our territory, and those Song soldiers didn't have the courage to come in, not to mention anything else, just the poisonous snakes and beasts on this mountain were enough for them. Those Song troops have not fought for so many years, they are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they are so lazy that they can't do it, even if the Song army commander sends them, it is just perfunctory! ”

Li Yuanhao: "Having said that, don't be careless. Many of the spies I sent out recently have not returned, and I am worried that they will run into the Song army, so you should be careful. ”

Zhang Yuan: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that they are more likely to meet Li Shibin!" You think, this is Li Shibin's lair, and his people are more familiar than ours. ”

Li Yuanhao nodded: "It's not impossible, in short, this matter is very important, you must not be careless!" ”

Zhang Yuan: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

After Zhang Yuandao returned home, Li Yuanhao continued to attack with his troops, and he came once a day. Attacking on time, retreating on time, leaving a little corpse behind each time, can be described as repeated defeats. But this Li Yuanhao is also stubborn, he has really been defeated repeatedly.

At the beginning, Li Shibin saw that Li Yuanhao had more people than himself, and he was really a little empty in his heart, but with his son-in-law watching in front of him, he was not easy to cowardly. Unexpectedly. After a few days, I won every time, and it was easy.

What kind of thing, so unbeaten, dare to love the name is blown out!

Gradually, Li Shibin became a little disdainful of the famous Li Yuanhao, thinking that he could beat Li Yuanhao down with his own strength. At the same time, I was glad in my heart that I didn't choose to stand on the side of Xixia, otherwise Li Yuanhao would be cleaned up by Song Guo sooner or later.

It's time to give that Ori-sama a welcome gift!

Thinking of this, Li Shibin hurriedly drove his son-in-law back, and passed on his central idea to Zhi Weizheng, promising to be a good subordinate and keep an eye on the north gate of Yanzhou. Xu Qing was still a little hesitant, but seeing the performance of Li Yuanhao's troops, he also had some contempt for the other party in his heart, and then he thought that these villages were full of wolf smoke, and if there was a problem, he could bring the army back at any time, so he slipped back to the base camp without insisting.

"My lord, my subordinates are back!" Xu Qing happily folded and said when he entered the door.

"Oh, Xu Qing is here!" Zhi Weizheng looked up, looked at his sand table, and said in a muffled voice: "How is the battle situation over there?" The envoy saw that Li Yuanhao brought a lot of people, why didn't he make a name for himself? ”

Xu Qing: "My lord, don't you know, Li Yuanhao's guy has more than 100,000 troops, and he looks quite bluffing, but he doesn't use it." I don't know if Li Yuanhao's head was squeezed by the door, and he sent a little troops to attack every day, and he was beaten away after a few hits, I have never seen such a game as wheel warfare? This guy must be not good at learning! ”

Zhi Weizheng shook his head: "Don't underestimate the enemy!" Before coming here, the saint specially confessed, saying that Li Yuanhao was ruthless, insidious and cunning, scheming, and good at guerrilla warfare and fraudulent surrender, so that the envoy should be especially careful of him. Moreover, the saint also said that there are two troops under Li Yuanhao that must be paid attention to, one is the heavy cavalry known as the Iron Harrier, which poses a great threat to our crossbow infantry. The other is the troops on the periphery of the Eighteen Villages, known as the Capture Army, to put it bluntly, it is to capture our people to work for them, don't listen to their names, but they are indeed the most elite mobile troops under Li Yuanhao. Over the years, Li Yuanhao has been causing trouble everywhere, and there have been many battles, do you think the elite troops under him are now so virtuous? ”

"Yikes!" Xu Qing was shocked: "My lord, hearing you say this, my subordinates also think it's weird!" Could it be that this is what Li Yuanhao is holding back? ”

Zhi Weizheng: "This is unknown, we can only be cautious now, the envoy has sent your special combat team out a few days ago, and asked them to go as deep into Hengshan as possible to monitor Li Yuanhao's every move." If there is an abnormality, we can deal with it too! ”

Xu Qing: "Your Excellency is wise! ”

Then the two chatted for a while about the current battle situation, and Xu Qing also gave a detailed explanation of what he saw with his own eyes, so that he could understand Li Yuanhao's situation more directly. The two chatted from noon until the sun was setting in the west, and they were ready to end the topic. At this time, Xu Qing's eldest brother, Li Huaibao, suddenly came to the base camp of the security army and asked to see Zhi Weizheng.

Xu Qing hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Uncle." What's wrong? Why are you here? What about roses? ”

Zhi Weizheng tugged at him and persuaded: "Shao'an don't be impatient, listen to him first!" ”

At this time, Li Huaibao took the time to say: "Brother-in-law, don't get excited, everything is fine!" Lord Zhe, my subordinates are here to ask you for a very important thing at the behest of my father! ”

Zhen Weizheng: "What's the matter?" ”

Li Huaibao: "My lord, things are like this, after my brother-in-law left early this morning. Li Yuanhao brought people to attack again, and his father felt that he hadn't seen how powerful they were after fighting them for so long, so he thought about taking the initiative to beat them, so as to give you a greeting gift. However, I didn't expect them to be more than we imagined, we used to defend them and stumbled for a while, but now we took the initiative to defeat them, and there are nearly 10,000 slow runners who surrendered directly to us. In such a big matter, my father didn't dare to make decisions on his own, so he hurriedly asked his subordinates to ask you for instructions! ”

After listening to it. Walking back and forth in the room, frowning and silent. Xu Qing stood up and said, "My lord, why do your subordinates sound so mysterious, you said that you wouldn't be expected by the saint!" If that's the case. The saint is too godly, even more divine than that Zhuge Liang! ”

"Hey!" Zhi Weizheng sighed: "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!" Looking at the initiatives that the Holy God has been taking all along, each of them is targeted. When he confronted Liao State a year ago, he didn't see how much attention the saint paid attention to, but this time Li Yuanhao, who didn't look down on the government and the opposition, was quite thoughtful, and the envoy couldn't understand it for a while. But. Since the saint specifically mentioned it, it naturally has his reasons, let's be cautious, and the heart of guarding against others is indispensable! ”

Li Huaibao: "My lord, what do you think my father should do?" ”

Zhi Weizheng: "Wait and see what happens, brake quietly, strengthen defense, and don't let Li Yuanhao take advantage of the loophole." As for those who surrendered...... We can't conclude that they surrendered by fraud now, but we still have to treat them preferentially, so that we may be able to attract more people to surrender in the future, and we will have to spend less effort! ”

"Do you mean to treat them as your own?" Li Huaibao asked tentatively.

"Definitely!" Zhi Weizheng waved his hand: "Until we are sure of their true intentions, we can't make presumptuous comments." However, it is also a problem for so many people to arrange with you, and if it is too risky to concentrate in one copycat, then you can only spread out in each copycat...... Hey! Do you think Li Yuanhao just hit this idea? ”

"What's the idea?" Xu Qing and Li Huaibao asked in unison.

Zhi Weizheng: "You see, you are all familiar with the situation of the eighteen villages, and the strength of each village is around 5,000, even if there is a difference, it is not very big." If it is purely a defensive battle, the difference in strength can be ignored to a certain extent with the help of geographical advantages, after all, the place where the enemy can attack is so wide, and it is useless to have a large number of people. But what can you do if you are suddenly given 10,000 surrendered troops now? It's definitely not safe to put it together directly, but to break it up to various villages! ”

"That's right!" Li Huaibao nodded: "There are a lot of people who surrender, and it will be troublesome to gather together and make trouble, and if you disperse to each village, you won't be able to make any big waves." ”

Zhi Weizheng: "If there are no unexpected circumstances, you are right to think so." But what if there is another possibility? What if Li Yuanhao just wants you to do this? ”

"You mean ......" Li Huaibao made up the follow-up picture in his own brain, and immediately said viciously: "My lord, my subordinates will go back and slaughter them all!" ”

"Wait!" Zhi Weizheng stopped him: "Young man, don't be too impulsive, we just said that these are all our guesses, and there is no evidence to prove that people are not really surrendering, and it will have a very bad impact if you want to slaughter them, and it is not in line with the image of my Great Song Dynasty as a great country." Well, then, go back and consult with your father, and if he agrees, we will send those who surrendered here in the name of changing equipment, and the envoy will watch them first, just in case."

Li Huaibao: "My lord is wise! (To be continued.) )