In mid-October, outside the city of Wuzhou.

Wuzhou is one of the sixteen states of Youyun, located on the border of the northern frontier of the Later Tang Dynasty, and is at the forefront of facing the Khitan army.

As soon as the sky turned white, a group of Khitan scouts appeared outside Wuzhou City, ignoring the Later Tang garrisons in the city, and even unscrupulously plundered the people outside the city and set fire to the houses!

In the face of the arrogance of the Khitans, the more than 4,000 Houtang soldiers and horses stationed in Wuzhou City only guarded the city and watched the play, and they did not have the courage to go out of the city to face the battle.

It didn't take long for a big banner to appear on the hill in the north of Wuzhou City, and a huge wolf-headed battle flag fluttered in the wind. Immediately afterwards, countless banners of the Khitans appeared around the hill, and the dense military array soon covered the hill and its surroundings, and then began to drive towards Wuzhou City.

The sky above Wuzhou City suddenly sounded the sound of war drums of early warning, and more than 4,000 soldiers in the city flocked to the top of the city, nervously watching the Khitans who were pressed by the army outside the city.

"Your Majesty!"

An extremely burly general stepped forward and stopped next to the Khitan lord Yelu Deguang.

This person is Yelu Deguang's third brother, Yelu Lihu, who is only nineteen years old this year. Although Yelu Lihu was young, he was brave and powerful, and Yelu Lihu was cruel and cruel by nature, and his ability was far inferior to his two brothers, but he was deeply loved by his mother Shu Luping.

Since Yelu Deguang ascended the throne, Yelu Lihu has led his army many times, and all of them have returned with great victories. And when Yelu Deguang led the army to conquer in person, at the insistence of the Empress Dowager Shu Luping, Yelu Lihu often stayed in Beijing to guard.

Just last year, Yelu Deguang, under the proposal of the Empress Dowager Shu Luping, made Yelu Li Hu the emperor's younger brother, titled the emperor's younger brother of Shouchang, and concurrently served as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses.

Because of this, Yelu Deguang also began to be wary of this younger brother, and this time he sent troops south and took Yelu Lihu with him.

At this time, Yelu Li Hu looked at Wuzhou City in the distance, with a sneer on his face, and said, "Isn't it just going south to fight the grass valley?" His Majesty mobilized the army so much, not only commanding 100,000 troops, but also bringing his subordinates, enemies, and Ou Xin, which was really a bit excessive! ”

The enemy is Yelu Wuqing, this person is a child of the Khitan royal family, although he is only fifteen years old, but he is very knowledgeable in the Khitan royal family, and even sometimes Yelu Deguang has to consult him.

Oshin is the word of Yelu Chacchi, this man is the nephew of Yelu Abaoji, good at riding and shooting, and now he is only twenty-three years old, but he is already very famous in the army, known for his fierceness.

Whether it is Yelu Wuzhi or Yelu Cha Chui, they are the leaders of the new generation of Khitan, and they are also the people that Yelu Deguang is afraid of.

Yelu Deguang glanced at Yelu Lihu, and then said: "This time, Shi Jingjiao used a large number of treasures as bait and invited me to lead the army south to create momentum for it. ”

Then, Yelu Deguang pointed at Wuzhou City in the distance with a horsewhip, and said to Yelu Lihu, Yelu Wuzhen, and Yelu Cha Chai beside him: "This time you can just take a look at the combat power of the Tang people, and see if the military might of my Khitan can deter the Tang people!" ”

Yelu Li Hu smiled and didn't speak, but his expression said it all.

And Yelu Wuzhi and Yelu Cha were eager to try, looking at Wuzhou City in the distance, their eyes were full of war intent.

"Your Majesty, when will the army attack the city?"

Yelu Deguang looked at the sky, and then said to Yelu Wuzhi and Yelu Chachot: "You two each lead three thousand warriors from the outer tribes to attack the city, and the one who enters the city first will win, and the time limit is one hour, is it okay?" ”

"Yes!"

Yelu Wuzhi and Yelu Cha were ecstatic, and soon each gathered 3,000 iron horsemen, these 6,000 men and horses are all vassals of the Khitan Mobei tribe, and the equipment is very poor, but the soldiers of these peripheral tribes are full of wildness and are not afraid of life and death at all, so they are often used as cannon fodder by the Khitans.

"Woo~woo!"

The Khitan horn sounded, and then Yelu Wuzhi led 3,000 soldiers to attack from the east of the city, and Yelu Chachai led 3,000 soldiers to charge from the west of the city, and the two armies rushed to Wuzhou City almost simultaneously.

More than 4,000 Tang soldiers in the city began to shoot arrows, but after a rain of arrows, the Khitan army outside the city was shot and killed some soldiers and horses, but the charging momentum of the east and west armies was still unabated, and they soon rushed to the city.

Such a situation made the already low morale of the Tang army in the city even more depressed, the number of arrows shot was greatly reduced, and even deserters began to appear in some places!

"Shoot the arrows! Give me arrows! ”

At this time, Yelu Cha cut held a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, and stood under the city and roared loudly, and five hundred archers behind him began to fire a volley, suppressing the Tang army at the head of the city to the death, opening the way for the follow-up soldiers and horses to climb the city.

Soon, Yelu Chacha's road went smoothly, more than a dozen ladders leaned against the city, and the dense Khitan soldiers began to climb the city wall and fight to the death with the Tang army defending the city.

These Khitan soldiers were like wild wolves, constantly howling and attacking the city, even if they were shot by arrows or cut by long knives, they still roared and waved the weapons in their hands, and even died with the Tang soldiers!

Yelu Cha was even more in the lead, a scimitar was powerful, and he directly divided a Tang soldier into two, and then Yelu Cha jumped down from the cloud ladder and landed directly next to several Tang soldiers, a flash of knife flashed, and these Tang soldiers fell in a pool of blood.

"Occupy the city, occupy the city!"

Yelu Chacha roared excitedly, and more and more Khitan soldiers behind him poured into the city and began to advance towards the two wings of the city wall.

At this moment, Yelu Cha saw that the wolf head battle flag of the Khitan people had been erected in the east of the city, and the Yelu House Quality Department had completely captured the east city wall, and the Khitan army outside the city suddenly thundered with joy, and tens of thousands of iron horsemen were moving in the direction of the east city gate, and it seemed that they were preparing to break into the city.

"Bastard!"

Seeing that he had failed in the competition, Yelu Cha roared angrily to vent his dissatisfaction, and then slashed a subordinate general beside him with a knife, and waited until the blood splattered his body before he slowly calmed down.

"Kill me, don't leave a single one!"

In less than an hour, the city of Wuzhou fell, and the more than 4,000 Tang troops in the city were wiped out, and no one survived. Subsequently, Yelu Deguang led a 100,000-strong Khitan army into Wuzhou City, and burned and looted in the city for three days.

Three days later, Yerod left with his army and turned to attack the surrounding state capitals. At this time, Wuzhou City has been completely reduced to a ghost city, most of the people in the city have been slaughtered, the houses in the city have either been burned by fire, or covered with stumps and blood, and the whole city is like purgatory on earth!

Outside the city of Dengzhou, a team of officials from the Fusi Division of Beizhen quickly whipped their horses and rushed directly into the city from the north gate, and the pedestrians along the way avoided it when they saw this, and suddenly provoked a burst of cursing.

In the mansion, Li Congyan dismantled the information sent by Beizhen Fusi Pegasus, his face suddenly turned pale, and his eyebrows were filled with a murderous aura.

Wu Conghan and Li Wei stood aside, and the two didn't dare to say anything when they saw this, but guessed in their hearts what was going on. Then the two looked at Bai Jixun next to him and kept shaking their heads at him, but Bai Jixun was expressionless, looking up at the roof without saying a word.

Li Congyan stood up suddenly, slapped the information on the table, and said coldly: "The Khitans are going south!" The Khitan lord Yelu Deguang led an army of 100,000 to the south to plunder, and has already broken through Wuzhou, Ruzhou and Xinzhou, and the rest of the state capitals have also been plundered to varying degrees, and the Youyun region has been devastated! ”

Wu Conghan and Li Wei changed color in shock, and Li Wei immediately shouted: "What about the defenders? Where is the army of the imperial court! The defenders in these places are tens of thousands, not to mention tens of thousands, and they are defeated in an instant, are those soldiers all pigs! ”

Wu Conghan's expression changed, and he said: "Lord, it didn't take long for the Beizhen Fusi to find out that Shi Jingjiao colluded with the Khitans, and the Khitan Lord led the army south to plunder, could it be a coincidence?" ”

Li Congyan said coldly: "This naturally can't be a coincidence! Remember what I said? This time, the Khitans must have been colluded by Shi Jingjiao, and the two have been embarrassed! It seems that Shi Jingjiao is willing to be a traitor for the sake of authority. ”

At this time, Wu Conghan and Li Wei really understood Li Congyan's mood, and understood why Li Congyan hated Shi Jingjiao, who had never met before, so much, and why he planned to assassinate Shi Jingjiao secretly!

Li Congyan looked at Bai Jixun and said, "Tell the commander of the Beizhen Fusi to control the movements of the Khitan army at any cost, and do your best to collect information about Shi Jingjiao!" ”

"Whoa!"

"The Ministry of Civil Affairs immediately raised military money and food, and strengthened the armor protection system in various parts of Dengzhou to prevent foreign elaboration!"

Based on the experience of later generations, Li Congyan formulated the detailed rules for the armor protection system a few months ago, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs' Household Registration Department was responsible for implementing them.

At this time, Wu Conghan forked his hand and said: "The lord can rest assured, his subordinates will personally supervise this matter, and they will definitely build all parts of Dengzhou like iron buckets!" ”

"The Ministry of Military Affairs immediately began to mobilize, the field army immediately carried out special drills such as marching and combat in the field, the garrison army carried out special drills such as defending the city and supporting, the training army increased the number of recruits and the speed of drills, and the whole army must be ready to fight the Khitans!"

"Whoa!"

Then Li Wei asked: "Lord, Wuzhou and other places are thousands of miles away from our Dengzhou, will the Khitans really rush to Dengzhou?" ”

In fact, Li Congyan didn't know that although in history, the Khitans did not rush to all parts of Shandong this time, but at this time the history has deviated, even if the major events are still developing according to the original trajectory, but there have been a lot of discrepancies in the details, and even some aspects have changed beyond recognition.

Because of this, Li Congyan did not dare to guarantee whether the Khitans would only fix the scope of raiding and harassment in the Youyun region of northern Xinjiang, as they did in history.

"This time the Khitan people are huge, we must be fully prepared, no matter whether the Khitans will rush to Dengzhou or not, the whole army must also strengthen vigilance, and must not fight an unprepared battle!"

"And the Khitan people are mainly cavalry, and the Khitan people's leather army and hinterland are even more powerful in the world, and the distance of thousands of miles is only a few days' journey for the elite cavalry, so we must not take it lightly!"

"Whoa!"

After speaking, Li Congyan suddenly remembered something, and said to himself: "The cavalry of the Khitans? ”

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Li Congyan's mind, and then he sneered and said, "Cavalry? How did I forget this weapon against cavalry! ”

Li Wei, Wu Conghan, and Bai Jixun asked one after another when they saw this, and Li Congyan said mysteriously: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, tomorrow you will go to the R&D Department with me, and I will show your hand!" ”