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Every man has to find his place, every nation has to do that, just as every nation must do it, and if he finds the wrong place, he is finished.

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Yelu Deguang, Yang Yi, and Chai Rong were all looking for their place in the Battle of Shangjing.

Yes, the battle for Shangjing has begun.

This is not a pediatric like Guo Zhang, who directly leads the troops to attack - that is indeed what the vanguard does, not what the commander of the country does.

It's a battle that could decide the fortunes of the nation – if anything. Most of the soldiers and horses of the Five Routes of the Tiance Tang Army have entered the Huangshui Valley, and the number of the Five Routes Army has reached 200,000, with more than one million horses, and countless baggage. The desert march did not use vehicles, but directly used horses to carry the burden. In the spring and summer, the consequences of the war were already evident before the horsepower was fully restored, and countless load-bearing horses had shown discomfort before the war, although for the time being, this did not affect the overall situation, but the herdsmen who were familiar with horse affairs were already shedding tears, and they knew what kind of disaster it would be for Mobei after this war.

At this time, Yang Yi came from the northwest, Shangjing was in the southeast, the Khitan formation presented a big "∧" type, Shangjing was the apex, and hundreds of large and small camps on the left and right wings stretched backwards, this is what Li Bin said about the cone line formation, the strong forces are gathered at the apex and the two wings, the more empty and weak the more they go to the middle, if the Tang army can go around behind them to attack, it will form a terrible popping chrysanthemum effect - but the two wings of the "∧" type walled city are very long, and it is almost impossible to do this under the surveillance of Shangjing.

Therefore, the arrangement of the Tiance Tang army, the vanguard led by Chai Rong was arranged in the southeast, Guo Zhang and Yelu An were in the northeast, Shi Jian was in the southwest, and Murong Yang was in the northwest. Yang Yi was in the center, responding to the Khitan formation, forming an irregular semicircle.

The elite soldiers and horses were gathered somewhere, and the rangers scattered in small groups: Murong Yang's rear army was the longest, extending from the rear of the camp to the banks of the Yuju River; Guo Zhang and Yelu An's left army had already found a stronghold in the upper reaches of the Wolf River. Its farthest vanguard had crossed the Wolf River and tried to get behind the Khitan "∧" formation, but as soon as they crossed Shangjing, they would be harassed by Yan zhòng.

The Khitan men and horses were all shrunk in the "∧" type walled city group, but once the men and horses tried to cross Shangjing, there would be cavalry out of the city to attack, which formed a northeast-southwest Leichi boundary with Shangjing as the midpoint - according to the most ideal plan, the front of the Tiance Tang Army might have formed a crescent-shaped layout to form an encirclement of the Khitan "∧" formation, but it was effectively prevented by the Shangjing field troops. In the end, the core of the forward, the left and right wings, are almost all lined up in the same straight line - that is, outside the minepool line. Chai Rong's previous construction was also forced to be suspended because of this situation.

Li Bin looked at the final formation of the military layout map, and sighed: "The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and the Khitan's combat power is still strong!" ”

The meaning of his words, Yang Yi and Yelu Ruan both understood very well. It was precisely because the Khitan still had strong field combat capabilities and was not afraid to attack from the "∧" walled city line that the Tang army was unable to complete the crescent-shaped layout and could not use the crescent-shaped left and right tips to surround the chrysanthemum position of the "∧". And the result is the current irregular semicircle.

said that this semicircle was irregular, not only because Murong Yang's rear army was also dragging a long tail. What's more, Shi Jian's right road expands to the southeast very strongly. Ding Hanshan, who belonged to the Chinese army, had already penetrated hundreds of miles to the southeast as early as the beginning of the formation, and Shi Jian's follow-up men and horses followed in the footsteps of Ding Hanshan to continue to expand southward, crossing the Heihe River and reaching the banks of Huangshui, where they were sniped by Khitan soldiers and horses—attacking Bandu who attempted to cross the river.

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To be precise, the area around Shangjing City is known as Linhuang Mansion. However, Shangjing is not on the bank of Huangshui, and it is about 200 miles south from Shangjing to the bank of the Huangshui River. Yelu Deguang adopted Han Yanhui's strategy of "all plants and trees are soldiers" and arranged a camp hundreds of miles long on the south bank of Huangshui.

If you look at the past from the north bank of Huangshui, the flags on the opposite bank are fluttering, and the camp stretches for hundreds of miles from east to west. It's simply a million-strong formation. However, any strange strategy is difficult to repeat and have miraculous effects, as long as a Han person with a little historical knowledge knows the allusion of "all plants and trees are soldiers", Ding Hanshan was naturally not intimidated by this empty camp that stretched for hundreds of miles, and the same Yelu Deguang not only arranged virtual soldiers, but also an elite cavalry with thousands of long-range shooting teams, constantly wandering along the Huangshui River, once Ding Hanshan tried to cross the river, he concentrated his forces and attacked half-crossing.

Since the slightly formed trees on the north bank of Huangshui have been cut down, it is impossible to build rafts from local materials, and the water has risen in spring and summer, making it impossible to cross the river on horseback. Originally, there was a kind of river crossing tool in Mobei, that is, a kind of blowing skin, which was tied to an ugly but practical lifebuoy after blowing. But crossing the river by this is more dangerous than crossing the river on a raft! Once revealed, the river-crossing army that is powerless in the water is an excellent target!

The north bank of Huangshui has been cleared, there are no trees to block, the actions of the Tang army on the north bank are unobstructed by the Khitan, and the Khitan can enter and exit in and out of the camp of hundreds of miles of defense line, so that the Tang army is unpredictable, and what makes Ding Hanshan a headache is that the Tang army has been clear from the Lingxi period The "cat's eye lamp" has also been learned by the Khitan because of the inevitable diffusion of technology, and at night there are constantly cat's eye lights to scan the river surface, making Ding Hanshan's plan to cross the river at night also become difficult.

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Ten days after Yang Yi arrived in Shangjing, the tentative and layout of the offensive and defensive sides were basically formed, the Khitan held their cone-shaped walled city group and Huangshui, and blocked the Tiance Tang army in the west of the Leichi boundary line and north of Huangshui, and in the hundreds of square miles north of Huangshui to the west of the boundary line, there were figures of Tiance soldiers and horses everywhere, although the Khitan had cleared the field before, but the wild grass in spring and summer was inexhaustible after all, and the mountains were full of the military cattle and sheep of the Tiance Tang army, but the grass and trees were grazing far beyond the cattle and sheep that met the strength of this landCattle and sheep not only eat grass leaves, but even gnaw grass roots, and it is foreseeable that the ecological environment around Linhuang Mansion will suffer great damage after this war.

But at this time, who cares?

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"How's the shape of the south?" Jerod asked.

"Zhang Mai is still in Qinzhou. Xue Fu is still in Eilechuan. Han Yanhui said: "If there is a problem with the sweaty BMW, Xue Fu may change his route and enter northern Shanxi." ”

"Beware, it's just a façade." Yelu Deguang said: "Let Yelu Shuogu and Xiao Shili pay close attention, no matter what, Xue Fu can't be allowed to go north!" ”

"Yes," Han Yanhui said, "But even if Xue Fu goes north now, I'm afraid it's too late." Unless the war in Shangjing drags on for a long time. ”

Yelu Deguang's face was a little gloomy: "It shouldn't be delayed for too long, because Yang Yi can't afford it!" ”

Yelu Deguang's scout temptation let him know some of the situation in Yang Yijun. The cattle and sheep all over the mountains are not only eating the new grass sprouts, but also gnawing at the future of the land of Linhuang Mansion.

The last entanglement in Yelu Deguang's heart was let go, no matter what the final shape of this war was, Linhuang Mansion would no longer be able to become the political center of the Khitan within a few years.

"That one of yours, go ahead!" After Yerod said this, Yerod next to him showed a look of disgust on his face, he was not a master who hated him. It's about hating Han Yanhui!

Last winter, Han Yanhui put forward an astonishing strategic idea: a strong man with a broken arm!

The premise of this strategic assumption is that the Khitan cannot win this war in the face of Yang Yi!

In terms of the shape at that time, this possibility is indeed not small, but Han Yanhui's next suggestions caused huge turmoil in the Khitan high-level! Shu Luping even took a knife to question Yelu Deguang, and finally reached a compromise after a fierce debate!

Han Yanhui's strategy was: to completely abandon Linhuang Mansion. Withdraw all the Khitan elites to the northeast, relying on the Jinshan Mountains (Daxing'an Mountains), forming a separatist trend. Repair government affairs internally, raise elite soldiers, and receive external aid to Shi Jin to fight against Tiance!

This is a strategy of retreat, but if Yerod can do this, then the Khitan will become quite safe in the next few years.

The Northeast is a vast land. In addition, there are mountains and rivers that are solid, there is enough room for internal development, and there is a complete national defense risk externally, and it is indeed in a pattern of attacking, retreating, and defending. At the beginning, Goguryeo divided the northeast and flourished in the Sui and Tang dynasties. It also took three full generations to pacify it - from Emperor Yang of Sui to Taizong of Tang to Gaozong of Tang, they are all heroes! It is also the third emperor with the strongest foreign expansion in Chinese history!

But retreating to the northeast would also mean that the nascent Liao State would become a secessionist regime.

Since ancient times, there have been many people who have won the world by secession, but few have been strong enough to win the world, and then they are forced to retreat to secession, and then they can still win the world.

Because the former is in a state of rise, people's minds are progressive, which will make the whole country in a state of vitality, and potential allies around will join the camp because they are optimistic; The latter, on the other hand, is in a dilapidated state, where people's minds change, which will cause suspicion within the regime, while the surrounding latent enemies will take the opportunity to emerge from the water and bite hard!

As soon as Zhou Tianzi lost Hojing, he never had a chance to turn over; After Fu Jian's defeat in Huishui, he could not get it if he wanted to cut off Guanzhong; The reason why Xiang Yu refused to cross Jiangdong was not necessarily completely due to the temper of the horseman.

Where is this still a strong man's broken arm, it is simply to survive in death!

However, Yelu Deguang is not Xiang Yu, and Han Yanhui's plan to stick to the political strategy is indeed quite tempting - he not only wants to move all the Hu and Han soldiers and civilians in Linhuang Mansion to the northeast, but even builds a plan to move all the hundreds of thousands of Han people in the entire Youzhou region eastward when Yelu Shuogu retreats!

This is not only a strategic retreat, but also accompanied by large-scale immigration, it is conceivable that the Northeast will usher in a large-scale opening!

After a fierce confrontation with Shu Luping, Yelu Deguang finally reluctantly set this direction, the Han people in Linhuang Mansion have now moved east, and even Shu Luping has now gone to the northeast, but some of the Khitan high-level leaders represented by Yelu Pode are still unwilling to completely give up Linhuang Mansion after all, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, they want to recapture Mobei!

Until now, Yelu Deguang finally saw the inevitable ruin of Linhuang Mansion in the cattle and sheep gnawing on the grass roots, even if this war can really be won, this place cannot be used as a center.

"Let Jerushuogu get to work." Yelu Deguang said to Han Yanhui: "You also went." ”

Han Yanhui is no longer needed for the attack and defense of the capital.

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"The royal spirit of Linhuang Mansion has been bad!"

In Tiance's camp, Li Bin said to Yang Yi: "Regardless of victory or defeat in this battle, it is a foregone conclusion that the Khitan will retreat into the Northeast, and the problem now is. Will we allow them to retreat into the Northeast! ”

Yang Yi's expression was a little heavy, if he followed the attitude of marching forward, he would naturally not allow the Khitan to retreat to the east of Jinshan (Daxing'an Mountains). But judging from the current military strength of the two sides, it is tantamount to a fool's dream for either side to completely annihilate the opponent!

Regarding the strategic choice of the upper, middle and lower strategies, Yang Yi only discussed with Li Bin in front of the generals. He's just going to tell them to do things at the executive level.

"The key is not whether to retreat into the Northeast," Yang Yi said: "The key is what attitude the Khitan retreats into the Northeast." ”

The generals looked at Yang Yi, and Yang Yi looked at the southeast and said: "The marshal recited a poem, which is said to have been written by a talented woman named Li Qingzhao in the Central Plains, I asked some Confucian scholars, but no one knew which dynasty the talented woman belonged to, but the poem was really well written!" ”

Yang Yi paused. Chanted: "Life should be a masterpiece, death is also a ghost, today I think of Xiang Yu, and I refuse to cross Jiangdong!" ”

The generals listened to this poem, and they were all amazed in their hearts, in fact, it was not the first time that several people present heard it, and Li Bin couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this poem for the first time from Zhang Mai's mouth: Such a heroic verse is really from the hand of a woman?

At this time, Yang Yi said: "This poem." At the beginning, when we were in danger in the Western Regions, the marshal groaned. At that time, it was natural to sigh about Xiang Yu's heroism. But now the offensive and defensive dynamics have changed, and we have become the dominant side, so I have a different feeling. I'm thinking, why didn't Xiang Yu go to Jiangdong in the first place? I was thinking again, even if Xiang Yu crossed Jiangdong, would he still be able to fight back?

"The situation at the beginning of the Han Dynasty. is different from the first now, but Xiang Yu's situation may be universal everywhere, and he refuses to cross Jiangdong, on the one hand, because of his character. But at the same time, because of his heroic courage, he has been defeated by Han Xin's ambush on all sides! When he arrived at Wujiang, he was already at the end of his rope, even if he crossed Jiangdong, he could survive for a long time, but he would not have a chance to make a comeback!

"Therefore, our decisive battle this time is to destroy all the heroic spirit of the Khitan like Han Xin's ambush on all sides!

"Our battle, although it is not necessary to extinguish the light of Yelude, but we want to make him never turn over, so that even if the Khitans can return to the northeast, they will only become zombies guarding the dead grave and waiting to die!"

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Yelu Deguang said a sentence: Yang Yi can't afford to delay!

Yes, although Yang Yi's army was not plagued by the lack of food and grass for a considerable period of time due to the large amount of cattle and sheep booty, such a time could not be extended indefinitely. The cattle and sheep in Mobei will eventually be eaten one day, and it is impossible to really wait for that day.

Zhang Mai and Yang Yi have to try to weaken Mobei, but there is also a tipping point here. After this critical point, it will be a catastrophe for Zhang Mai to clean up the mess in the later period.

But there is one thing that Yerod didn't say, that is, he can't actually afford it.

Although Shangjing's savings are abundant, after the great migration a month ago, what is left is limited. To provide the supply of hundreds of thousands of military horses within the boundaries of Linhuang Mansion, it is impossible for Yelu Deguang to consume it for a long time - but this is not what Yelu Deguang fears the most, what he fears the most is the threat from the south.

Drag Yang Yi and hit his vanguard, so that the Eagle Yang Army will lose the sharpness after breaking through Mobei last year, this is the wishful thinking of the Khitans. But they must not wait indefinitely, because maybe when Zhang Mai will be able to unify the rear and lead the troops and horses north—if they wait until then, and Shi Jingjiao can't hold Zhang Mai back, then the Khitan will be over.

Therefore, at a certain juncture, the two sides are actually producing a subtle tacit understanding, which is the decisive moment that both sides feel is the most beneficial for themselves.

And at this moment, this juncture has arrived.

Well, or rather, just when Yelu Deguang thought that this juncture was "coming", Yang Yi had already decided to take the lead!

"It's time!" Yang Yi ordered: "Don't wait for news from the south!" War! ”

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On this day, the wind and the sun are beautiful, which is suitable for walking.

But Chai Rong, as the vanguard, did not have any freehand plan, he led more than 6,000 soldiers and horses, and began to attack the left flank of the Khitan - his soldiers and horses crossed the Leichi boundary, and an equal number of cavalry was sent out to the capital.

Chai Rong's men and horses are his core combat force, including the orphan army of the two provinces, the three Hu battalions led by the three warriors, and the three tribal army brigades of more than 1,000 people.

The Khitan who went out of the city to pursue. It's 5,000 Tokai Murowei.

In the past ten days, the two sides have done more than one probing and provocative war, and the mutual probing war between the Khitan and Tang armies has always been like this. No matter how many troops and horses the Tang army drives, the Khitan will not send an overwhelming interceptor force - this seems to be a hint and demonstration: The combat effectiveness of our Khitan boys is not under your Tiance Tang Army!

At the same time, it is also a strange tacit understanding, which seems to be done. Both sides will be able to restrain the battle in the midst of local battlefields and tactical trials.

In the past, once the Khitan left the city, the Tang army would be forced to abandon the set goal and adjust the direction of the march to meet the enemy.

But this time Chai Rong ignored the men and horses of Shangjing, he continued to march, and the soldiers and horses continued to drive to the camp in the middle of the left flank of the Khitan, and sold his back to the cavalry from Shangjing - from the perspective of the art of war, this is a big taboo, if there are only these two troops in the entire battlefield.

But just after the five thousand Donghai Murowei left the city. In the Tang army's camp, another group of men and horses was driven - that was the right army from Tiance, Shi Jian sent 5,000 tribal cavalry into the battlefield, and rushed to attack 5,000 East China Sea Murowei.

At the head of the capital, after Yelu Pode Tong Guò Qianli Mirror appeared, he immediately sent another 5,000 Bohai Navy to flank and attack the tribal army sent by Shi Jian to intercept them.

The forward department of the Tang Army is now behind. Immediately sent a tribal army of 5,000 people to the 5,000-strong Bohai navy, which had just left the city.

Jereopod is now. Immediately send another army in response. The first two groups of men and horses who went out of the city were all from the south gate of Shangjing through Hancheng to ensure that the boundary of Leichi was not broken by the Tang army, but this group of men and horses no longer went out from the south gate, but from the west gate of Qiandemen. In a roundabout way, the five thousand brigade of the Tang Army's vanguard will be outflanked! And there are as many as 10,000 people!

When Shi Jian heard the news, he immediately sent another 10,000 troops into the battlefield.

"Bah! Here it comes! It's finally here! Jerupod sighed.

Originally, Yelu Deguang was ready to end the tactical test tomorrow and start the attack, although the Khitan was also ready, but after all, Yang Yi was in a hurry. Seized the initiative in this decisive battle.

Then, throughout the capital, the horn sounded over and over again, and as soon as all the high-level generals heard the horn, they knew that the tactical test had ended, and the official decisive battle was coming!

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The Liao soldiers and horses who have already left the city have not yet officially engaged in battle with the Tang army from all walks of life, and in the capital, the soldiers and horses from all walks of life are equipped with armor and saddled horses, and nearly 100,000 people have been prepared to go out!

Bano heard the horn and a firework went out. Fireworks explode in the air, that's a sharp sword!

On the left side of the Tang army, Yelu An saw the fireworks, and immediately led 10,000 horsemen, not rushing to the capital, but running to the northeast - Yelu Pode looked at it, this army has 10,000 people, but there are 20,000 war horses, which is clearly not a short-distance charge but a long-distance preparation, 20,000 war horses to the northeast, that is, to attack the right wing of the Khitan in a roundabout way, and may even want to bypass the right flank and rush to the rear of the cone line formation to burst chrysanthemum!

But in the face of this qiē, Yelupod did not send any troops and horses to intercept him, although he allowed Yeluan to go northeast!

Yelu Deguang appeared, he put on armor, pressed the sword in his hand, and came to the crowd in person, although Yang Yi disrupted his plan, at the beginning of the decisive battle, it did not explode on the open plain directly west of the Qiande Gate, the battlefield scheduled by Yelu Deguang, and now it seems that the war may be cemented in the southwest of Shangjing!

But Yelu Deguang didn't intend to let this battle come according to Yang Yi's rhythm.

"In the order class, I fought with my life and guarded the right wing for me!" Yelu Deguang ordered: "After the battle is engaged in the southern battlefield, the army will be ready and march into the west battlefield, Yang Yi wants to break my two wings first, then let him see how I deal with his army in the middle!" ”

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At this time, the Tang army reacted again, and Shi Jian once again sent 10,000 tribal troops to calculate the target of the 10,000 Bohai soldiers and horses who finally left the city.

The right wing of the Tang army had more than 30,000 people, of which about 8,000 people followed Ding Hanshan and then opened up to the south, and this time there were 25,000 tribal soldiers and horses, and the other was the Longxiang Iron Armor Army of the Seven Prefectures! Now that the 15,000 tribal armies have all been dispatched, the Qifu Longxiang Iron Armored Army and the other 3,000 tribal armies on the right flank will no longer move, and they will wait for Yang Yi's order before entering the key battlefield. (To be continued......)