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Last year's Mobei victory made the morale of the entire Tiance Tang Army unprecedentedly high, but under the overall morale, there was still a subtle difference internally.

The core troops of the Tiance Tang Army have strengthened their belief in fighting and their determination to win, while those tribes who come to join are looking at whose power is greater and who they take refuge in, which is very dog-like. Both of these seem to be high morale and a kind of arrogance on the surface, but the difference is that the former is a kind of pride, while the latter is arrogant - they are contemptuous when they see the Khitan repeatedly defeated by Tiance, and seem to forget that the Khitan used to be a strong man who beat them all over the ground to find teeth, and after being attached to Tiance, they feel that they are a strong army that can beat the Khitan all over the ground.

Yang Yi used a fetter strategy for these tribes, and did not carry out step-by-step transformation as during the Eastern Crusade of the Tang Army in Anxi, the three-stage transformation method requires considerable energy and not a short time, and it can only be completed under the persecution of a specific form, which is suitable for the stage of small territory and few people, and belongs to the relatively refined "small country model", and now Yang Yi is elite with tens of thousands of heavenly strategies, bound hundreds of thousands of ethnic affiliations, and controls millions of square miles of territory. On the eve of this decisive battle, most of the energy was devoted to the success or failure of the battle against the Khitan, so it was impossible to have enough time and energy to carry out internal reforms.

Therefore, last winter, Yang Yi fed these people like eagle dogs, and he did not feed them, not only did not give them the space for logistical autonomy, but also put them in a state of semi-starvation and cold, so this year, after these desert tribes got the order of "let you plunder", as soon as they entered the Huangshui Basin, they went out to look for meat like tens of thousands of hungry mad dogs.

But looking forward to the Zhongda Liao Shangjing flowers and mountains do not exist, even if they knew that they had experienced a catastrophe last winter, they did not expect that the Liao army would destroy the remnants of the Huangshui Basin! When the hope was disappointed, it turned into anger, and as the two wings of the Ghost Face Army moved in unison, 6,000 people surrounded the 2,000 Khitan soldiers and horses surrounded by them.

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Jerupod looked at the tribal horses rushing towards him like he looked at a horde of dead people!

Last winter was an unprecedented blow to the Khitan nation, and all the old people who were familiar with the old things in Mobei regarded it as the third Mobei catastrophe after the Xiongnu in the Han Wu period and the Turks in the Tang Dynasty, and the Khitan not only lost more than half of the country's land, but also lost most of the followers of the Mobei tribe. However, because of this, almost all of the Hu'er who can still stay in Linhuang Mansion are tribes who are willing to share hardships with the Khitan -- from the perspective of the general trend of history, the current Khitan nation should still be in the rising period, so its popular morale and heritage can still be self-reliant despite the great defeat.

In addition to the shortage of supplies in Linhuang Mansion last winter, the whole group adopted the most cruel principle of first being strong and then weak, the first is to ensure that all young and middle-aged soldiers can be fed, and the second is to ensure the survival of children and women who can give birth, and the old, weak, and disabled are all left to fend for themselves -- in that kind of icy and snowy environment, this is equivalent to these people pushing to the place of death! This is a kind of semi-natural elimination, which eliminates the old, weak and unfaithful, and the rest are loyal and strong!

But the Hu people of Linhuang Mansion did not resent Yelu Deguang because of this cruel order, they thought this in their hearts, and the real leaders of this qiē were all those Han people who captured Mobei! As for those who don't think so, most of them have fled to the Tiance Tang Army.

The entire Linhuang Mansion was angry because of this, mourning for the relatives and comrades-in-arms who died last winter, and angry for the "Han disaster" that caused this qiē!

Shangjing as the capital of the Great Liao, the weapons and equipment accumulated over the decades are actually enough to fully arm the entire Mobei, the reason why those miscellaneous tribes were forced to use primitive weapons similar to bone arrow clusters in the past is because of the Khitan's vigilance and restrictions on these tribes, but now, Yelu Deguang ordered all weapons to be put down, regardless of Hu and Han, regardless of whether the Khitan or not, all were reorganized into a unified strong army, a "mourning army" eager for revenge!

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This can understand why when those tribal armies affiliated to Tiance rushed over, the two thousand Khitan cavalry, including Yelupode, did not pay attention to them at all.

These two thousand men have been in battle for a long time, and when they look at the loose formation on the left and the right side, and listen to the rapid and discordant sound of horses' hooves, they know that this is a poorly trained, warlike and frivolous horse!

In the face of their onslaught, the Liao army did not retreat, did not flee, and did not attack, but moved slowly and orderly under the command of a majestic voice in the army. At this time, Yelu'an, who had already retreated into the formation, was far away, so it was naturally impossible to hear that voice clearly, but he also faintly sensed that it was not Yelupode who was really in command in this battle array, but someone else.

Looking at the shape of the enemy and the enemy, Yelu An felt bad anxiety in his heart for a while, and faintly felt that this war was only afraid of being difficult to fight!

Two thousand Khitan people and horses head outward, forming an olive-shaped, at this time the ghost face army is from the northwest, Yelu Pode out of the city is from the southeast, the two sides in the northwest and southeast confrontation, so this olive is pointed to the northwest and southeast, belly to the northeast, southwest, each belly line has 800 people and horses, divided into two teams before and after, the left and right wings of 3,000 people each of the ghost face army affiliated tribes, the impact is these two olive lines.

Due to the lack of training and the fact that everyone grabbed the credit, the pace of the attack was very inconsistent, and the first few hundred people had already hit the edge of the belly line, while the one or two thousand people at the back were still dozens of steps away! These tribal armies are not elite, and they do not have the ability to shoot arrows while riding horses, so they just blindly rush forward, and the second layer of the two belly lines is four hundred horses each, and the knights have already drawn their bowstrings, and the majestic voice in the Khitan army is constantly restrained, not allowing the knights to shoot arrows to attack, and it is not until about two or three hundred Han army tribes that run to the front rush to the point of close combat, and then suddenly order!

Suddenly, 800 feather arrows flew out to the northeast and southwest at the same time, and landed in the middle of the Han army tribesmen, these feather arrows were accurate and powerful, and they caused a powerful lethality in an instant, and in a few seconds, it was the second round of salvos, and the unprepared tribal army was in confusion and could not advance, and the follow-up troops were even more hindered by it, and the Han tribes, who were the first to run to the front of the Liao army, fell into a temporary state of non-support.

"Kill!"

The sound of the arrogant costume exploded from the formation, and then a hundred and ten killing words sounded at the same time, and the eight hundred cavalry on the periphery of the belly line moved together, rushed out, and slaughtered the Han army tribesmen who were far inferior to themselves in equipment, body and combat power, and slaughtered them like chopping melons and vegetables, and before Yelu'an reacted, the hundreds of people had already suffered more than half of the casualties! The soldiers and horses in the middle of the two wings of the tribal army were originally choked by the rain of arrows, but now they are still hesitant to move forward - that is because they are afraid to see the Liao army killing so wildly!

This is the difference between the proud self-improvement and the arrogant who bully others, the arrogant who does not have the strength themselves, as soon as they meet the real strong people, after tearing off their powerful disguise, the vain arrogance will quickly dissipate!

Four hundred people from each of the outer layers of the two belly lines rushed out in this way, killing all the way, cutting all the way, their number was only eight hundred, but they were against the current to kill the two winged Tiance affiliated tribes with a total number of six thousand.

"The wings are defeated!"

Jeredian was shocked.

"These useless guys!"

At this time, his lieutenant was already reminding him to hurry up and help!

In fact, there is no need for the deputy general to remind him, as a member of the Khitan Zhi General, Yelu'an knew that if he didn't support these affiliated tribes, he would be defeated as soon as he saw the signs! But in the current situation, will the shape of shì improve after supporting them?

Seeing the eight hundred Khitans driving the six thousand northern deserts to fall and fight, the core of the Ghost Face Army is also the Khitans, and they saw the ancestors of the past and today's enemies showing their might, and strange thoughts surged in their hearts. At that moment, there were many people who rushed over and returned to their own clan!

However, there is no going back!

They can't go back!

Last winter's Mobei chase and Linhuang Mansion burning, I don't know how many compatriots died tragically under their swords, it was Yelu An who was showing his loyalty to Yang Yi to make up for the inaction of the Ghost Face Army on the beachhead, so they killed people more than the Han people killed Hu!

Now that there is no place for them under the Khitan Dynasty, it is conceivable that the Khitan people on the opposite side will hate them more than the Han people! After all, the Han people killed Hu to fight for their own people, and what did they mean by killing Hu? Regardless of Hu Han, defecting to the enemy and rebelling is the most despised.

Just when Yelu'an hesitated, the Khitan who stayed in place changed again, they actually used 800 people to deal with 6,000 people on both wings and gained an advantage, and the remaining 1,000 people turned into the shape of arrows, and slowly approached the main formation of the Ghost Face Army!

There are 4,000 people in the headquarters of the Ghost Face Army, more than three times the number of the opponent, but at this moment, he has no certainty of victory in the face of the 1,200 Hu cavalry who are approaching, let alone divide his troops to support the useless wings.

At this time, the shape of the two wings also changed, when the victory was hopeless, but the casualty rate was close to the edge of what they could bear, when the current main formation did not support, the two wings of the tribal army that were still barely resisting began to flee, at first it was just a few individual actions, and after a while, it became a collective reaction, and then it became a collective rout!

When the enemy on the opposite side loses the will to fight, the eight hundred Khitans are no longer fighting, but driven out like pigs and sheep!

"Defeated! These useless bastards! ”

Yelu'an's heart was alarmed!

In fact, whether it was in the Khitan period or under the banner of Tiance, he always looked down on these northern desert tribes.

As a wise general, he can make many calculations before the war and make the most advantageous command on the battlefield, but when the situation becomes unfavorable, he does not have the courage and courage to turn the tide! This is the difference between a wise general and a fierce general.

Yeluan raised his hand with some difficulty, and finally gave the order to retreat, he knew that this defeat would have a bad impact on him, but if he hesitated any longer, when the rout hit the main formation, it would be a more difficult rout to clean up!

At the same time, the Khitan side roared with a heaven-shattering roar, and more than a thousand horsemen who were originally slowly approaching let go of their horses' hooves and rushed over!

"Let's go!"

The ghost-faced army died down without fighting, and the Khitan swept in pursuit, with 2,000 people chasing more than 10,000 people, driving out more than 30 miles, and then returned, leaving a shameful smile before the triumph:

"Do you really think that my big Khitan, what kind of miscellaneous fish and rotten shrimp can bully!"

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Yelu'an escaped for dozens of miles, only then did he clean up the remnants of the defeated army, the real mortality rate in the era of cold weapons was not high, the entire Huangshui Valley is now desolate, the deserters have nowhere else to go, most of them still ran back to rely on the ghost face army, Yelu'an gathered the troops, and it didn't take long to meet Guo Zhang and Wei Fei who came to meet from behind.

The three armies were stationed at the site of Buyeo City, which had been burned to ruins by Yeluan last year, about 150 miles from Shangjing, and was directly west of Shangjing.

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"You fled without a fight!"

After Guo Zhang heard about the whole battle situation, he almost shouted in anger.

"It's not that our army headquarters is not fighting effectively, it's just that the affiliated tribes are defeated too quickly, and the deserters are counterattacking, if I don't see the opportunity to be impulsively moved by the deserters, the headquarters army will also be defeated."

"There are only 4,000 people on the other side!" Guo Zhang said angrily, he didn't know that Yelu'an had lied about doubling the number of enemies.

"After all, the Khitan is a strong clan," Yelu'an said, "Even if there are only four thousand people, it is not something that these Mobei miscellaneous tribes can resist the enemy." ”

"Strong?" Guo Zhang sneered: "When Mobei chased the north last year, I couldn't see how strong it was. ”

This sentence made Yelu'an very unhappy in his heart, but he couldn't overturn this statement, last year's Mobei War, in the second half of the Yingyang army was indeed extremely smooth, after the battle of the beach, the Hu and Han sides were simply a thousand-mile chase, and the Khitans were almost unable to organize even an effective aftermath under the pursuit of Guo Zhang and Wei Fei without breath - this is the Mobei people after the rout, and Yelu Deguang's retreat from the Central Plains is completely different.

"Maybe it was last year that made it too easy for you to win......"

"What did you say!" Guo Zhang heard Yelu'an's muttering.

"Nothing."

"Humph! The defeat of the war greatly damaged the morale of our army! How are you going to take this sin? ”

In the face of Guo Zhang's fierce questioning, Yelu'an tried his best to restrain his face, but he was very angry in his heart, he knew that there would be no good fruit to eat after defeating this battle, and he would admit it if it was a punishment from Yang Yi, but Guo Zhang was young and his position was not higher than himself, so such a condescending tone made Yelu'an unhappy in his heart.

Wei Fei saw the abnormality, and hurriedly said: "General Yang's soldiers and horses are already behind, and it is only a few days away, let's stop for two days, wait for the army to meet, and then settle accounts with the Khitans." ”

"How's that going to work!" Guo Zhang said: "The defeat of the war, although it was the defeat of the ghost face army, but we are both pioneers, if we don't get it back, the brothers in the back will be laughed at!" ”

Wei Fei said: "It is precisely because of the defeat in the battle that we should be more cautious. We went around to Mobei last year, although it was a surprise victory, but you have also experienced how cautious you were along the way. The Khitan is a hundred-legged insect that dies but does not stiffen, and now that it has hit their lair, we should be more careful. ”

Guo Zhang hesitated a little, and Yelu'an said: "I also thought that it was better to wait for General Yang to come and march again." In this Linhuang Mansion, we are a guest army, and the Southern Khan Blood Cavalry Regiment has not yet arrived, so we are alone and must not be cautious. ”

He didn't interject, as soon as he interjected, Guo Zhang's heart was high, and he couldn't help sneering: "It's better if the sweat and blood cavalry regiment doesn't come, we can take this great credit alone." The big scene naturally needs Brother Yi to clean up, but we have to play a good-looking opening! The Khitan is a defeated army after repeated battles, but we have an army of 30,000, so I'm afraid of where he will come from! ”

Yelu'an said: "According to my view of the Liao army's arrangement today, I'm afraid there will be a trick!" ”

"Conspiracy? So what! Guo Zhang said: "On the battlefield, what is important is strength!" As long as we don't show flaws, we are afraid of any tricks. Do you not want to fight, or are you afraid of defeat today? If you don't dare to go, leave the soldiers and horses to me, and I will make meritorious service myself!" ”

The three of them are the three forwards on the left, the center and the right, and there is no difference in status, but Yelu Anjun is a new general, in the face of Guo and Wei's lack of confidence, they dare not fight, although Wei Fei has Zhang Mai's trust, but naturally he can't compare with the children of the old Guo family, so everything makes Guo Zhang three points.

At this time, Wei Fei still wanted to persuade him, Guo Zhang didn't wait for him to speak, and said: "Don't forget, our left arrow camp and right arrow camp, although they are under the control of Brother Yi at the moment, we are not the Eagle Yang Army!" We are the marshal's pro-army! The Red Satin Blood Spear was sent by us! Our heads can be broken, blood can be shed, and the face of the marshal cannot be lost! Rest well tonight and march tomorrow! ”

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The three of them joined forces together, and the order of the positions of the three forwards was originally determined by Yang Yi - with the Ghost Face Army as the vanguard, Guo Zhang's Wei Fei echoed in the rear left and right, at this time Guo Zhang decided to march into the army, and the order was also changed under his leadership - with Guo Zhang's right arrow battalion in the front, Wei Fei's left arrow battalion on the left, and Yelu An's Ghost Face Army on the right.

The second is called the camp, still looking at the capital to come, when the ghost face army fled for its life, it was said that it was a hundred miles away, but the army of 30,000 people marched head-on, even if it was all cavalry, in order to ensure that the body had been prevented from the enemy's sneak attack, but did not go very fast. In the last battle, Yang Yi had already given instructions that the three forwards did not need to be fast - now it was different from the situation last winter when the Khitans could not assemble.

Although Guo Zhang was young and energetic and had the heart to make meritorious contributions, after all, he was a general who had been killed thousands of miles with Zhang Mai, and he was familiar with the changes in the battlefield, so he did not rush in at this time, and he said that he traveled thirty miles, and there was no obstacle all the way, he privately sent someone to Wei Fei and said: "Look, where do the Khitans still have the courage to fight us?" I think that Yeluam's defeat was purely due to his own cowardice. ”

After four days, I saw the capital of the Great Liao, the three people and horses set up the camp, still standing on their feet, Guo Zhang was in front, the camp was established, the three generals met again, led a small team of people and horses to look at the geography of the capital Zhou, Guo Zhang rode the horse to the front of the camp, looked at Shangjing, and saw that it was a zigzag city, long from north to south, narrow from east to west, and couldn't help laughing, and said: "This is Shangjing!" Dare to call a Beijing character, I thought it was a majestic capital! Now it seems that it is what a state city in the Central Plains looks like! ”

In fact, the circumference of this city is twenty miles, which is not small, but who told Guo Zhang to compare it with the Central Plains. After all, the Khitan is a nomadic people, although Yelu Abaoji set up the capital, but he did not live in the imperial capital for at least nine months a year, usually still living in the water and grass, although a set of bureaucratic system was established, but it is not as complicated as the dynasty established by the Han people, before the annexation of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, the Khitan people still take nomadism as the main ecology, although a lot of farmland has been opened in the area of Linhuangfu, but it is still in a supplementary position, and has not become dominant, and the economic level is far inferior to the Tiance regime that attaches equal importance to industry, agriculture and commerce at the beginning.

Yelu'an said: "Shangjing is divided into two parts, the north is the imperial capital, mainly the residence of the Khitans, and the palace city and ancestral temple of the Liao lord are here. The south is called Hancheng, it is the place where the Han people live, the imperial capital is high, about three zhang, and Hancheng is short, about two zhang. The imperial capital governs Hu for the northern courtyard, and Seoul governs the Han for the southern courtyard. There are more fortifications in the imperial capital, whereas there are fewer fortifications in Seoul. If you want to attack the city, you can start with Seoul, but even if Seoul is breached, the Liao army can still rely on the imperial capital to defend it, because the imperial capital and Seoul are connected, but there is a wall facing the line of Seoul. ”

He was familiar with the affairs of the Khitan, and almost didn't need to investigate, and he knew the situation in the capital as if he were a treasure. The two cities of Shangjing and Hu and Han in the Great Liao are a rectangle together, and they are two irregular squares when separated, Guo Zhang and they came from the northwest, so the city walls of the two cities of Hu and Han are visible, and they are really high in the north and low in the south.

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Guo Zhang, when they checked the Liao State in Beijing, they also sent scouts out to investigate, Yelu'an showed that Shangjing at this time has changed compared to when he came last year, the Khitan also arranged defensive points outside the city, but not pillboxes, but a number of military camps, the military camps and Shangjing are connected into an arrow cluster, and the arrow is Shangjing, the other military camps extend to the northeast and southeast, and the soldiers and horses between the military camp and Shangjing are endless, and they do not hide because they see the Tang army coming, on the contrary, they see the Tang army scouts come to trample and investigate, Then men and horses rushed out to intercept them.

Seeing this formation, Yelu'an said: "This is not a purely defensive formation, the Liao army is arranged like this, obviously not wanting to defend to the death, I am afraid that it is preparing to fight with our army in this field!" ”

Guo Zhang said with a smile: "The field is the field!" We and the Khitans fought from the Western Regions to Mobei, and there were still fewer field battles? ”

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When they were exploring the Khitan, there were also people watching them in Shangjingtou.

Under a yellow umbrella, stood Yelu Deguang, behind him were the three important commanders of the Khitan: Yelu Pode, the new king of the Southern Courtyard, and another general, Yelu Sachat--both failed in the southern expedition and were punished after returning, but after all, this defeat was Yelu Deguang's personal expedition, and the emperor himself was defeated, and the generals who went with him were only punished on the surface, and they were not removed after returning. Besides, there are not many Khitan people to remove now.

After the three commanders, there are two fierce generals, one is to drag Duo Duo Kuo, the other is to drag the Jieli, their brother Drag Hua Brother is one of the three strong generals in the heart of the Khitan hinterland, died in the Huanma Heights last year, and the Han people have a common hatred. At that time, he wanted to take revenge on the spot, but he was forced down by his own boss, and when he saw the Han army bullying him, he couldn't help but be stunned, but he didn't dare to speak for a while.

In addition, there are two old men, one Hu and one Han, Han Yanhui, Hu Ren is another loyal minister of the Khitan, Yelu Anduan - that is the father of the Khitan Shenwen Yelu Cha who was defeated at the hands of Yang Yi last year, and he is also the younger brother of Yelu Abaoji and the uncle of Yelu Deguang.

Yelu Deguang was on the tower of the enemy in the city, holding a clairvoyant mirror, and after carefully inspecting the camp of the Tang army, he said: "Yang Yi has not come yet!" It's just pioneers. ”

Han Yanhui said: "Further east of Huangshui, there is a mountain, Yang Yi can't go around behind us again, this time it must be a head-on decisive battle." ”

Yelupode also said: "There has been news from Yunzhou several times, and it can now be determined that there is a problem with the sweat and blood cavalry regiment, and Xue Fu is afraid that he will not be able to come." But even if it's just Yang Yi, with his record in Mobei, we can't take it lightly. ”

Jeruzachel snorted, "It's all Jeruzachel's mistake!" If it weren't for his incompetence and loss of Mobei, why would we rush back from Guanzhong! Not only did he lose Mobei, but he also lost the army! If not, with the Mobei army joining forces with us, we are still afraid of a Yang Yi! ”

When Yelu'an heard this, he fell to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The defeat of the Cha Cutting army and the misguided country deserve death!" When he comes back, the old minister will definitely break him into thousands of pieces with his own hands! ”

Jerod snorted and didn't speak.

After the defeat of the Yelu Cha army, the whole person and the army did not return to Linhuang Mansion, but disappeared in the vast snowfield, last winter the ice and snow closed the road, not only the road of the Tiance Tang Army is inconvenient, the Khitan side is the same, all kinds of news are different, Yelu Deguang is also inconsistent, until this spring there is no news that Yelu Cha cut ran to the Duck River (Songhua River) side.

The defeat of the army does not return to the country, and then the defeated army is carried to a distant place, without reporting to the emperor, this is the rhythm of supporting the army and rebellion! But the more so, as long as Yelu Chacha is not defeated for a day, Yelu Deguang will not do anything to his Lao Tzu.

Yelu Deguang still wants to appease An Duan, but Jeruza is not so good-tempered, and his anger is still bursting: "What's the use of a thousand knives, can you exchange his flesh for our inheritance in Mobei?" That is the foundation that our Khitan has accumulated for hundreds of years and took half a lifetime of hard work to lay when he arrived at the Emperor of Heaven, and it was all cut off at once! ”

Yelu Deguang waved his hand a little anxiously: "Okay! And now what are you talking about! Let's deal with Yang Yi first! ”

Yelu Pode said: "In the previous battle, the Tang army was not very strong, and we may not be about to lose the ancestral foundation of Linhuang Mansion - please think twice about this matter!" Although this place has been destroyed, it is still a springboard for the counterattack on Mobei, if it is lost, it will be difficult to counterattack Mobei in the future! ”

Hearing him mention this matter again, Yerod's face sank suddenly, and Jeruza snorted: "Count the battle before, don't count it at all!" That's the thief who delivered the treason, plus a group of mongrels from Mobei, the main force of the Tiance Tang Army hasn't made a move at all! ”

Yelupode had never experienced the Mobei War, nor had he been to Guanzhong, and said: "Is the Tiance Army really as strong as the legend? ”

"It's not that strong, we're going to fight like that in Guanzhong? It's not that strong, will the 'belly three' die and die? Sa Chai gritted his teeth and said: "Fortunately, the Mo Sword and Battle Axe Formation has been abolished, and there is a problem with the Sweat and Blood Cavalry Regiment, otherwise, if they are allowed to go north, they will join Yang Yi's Long Xiang Army and Eagle Yang Army...... That's unthinkable! ”

When it comes to the Modao Battle Axe Formation, I can't help but think of the man who used his life to drag the Khitan cavalry back and exhaust his energy last year! Fortunately, the man is dead, and the battle array is gone with him, and it should not be back in the world.

However, within the Tiance Tang Army, will Yang Yi, who is still ranked above Xi Sheng and Xue Fu, be easy to deal with? If you add Zhang Mai's Longxiang Iron Armor Army in Yang Yi's hands - it is Zhang Mai's pro-army!

Although this battle has not yet been fought, and Yang Yi has not yet come, the class and Sacai are under the dark cloud of the Tang Army's residual power last year, and they have no bottom in their hearts. And they are not the only ones who are shrouded in the same cloud. (To be continued.) )