Several soldiers led Du Yuanshan up, Du Yuanshan was very grateful in his heart, if it wasn't for Li Zhen leading the cavalry to arrive in time, they would have annihilated the whole army today, he knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and saluted Li Zhen, "In the lower Du Yuanshan, thank General Li for his great grace in rescuing!"

Li Zhen hurriedly helped him up, "General Du doesn't need to be polite, it was our duty to lead the army to come to the rescue, we just hope that the rescue will be timely, and the Tang army will not lose too much." ”

Du Yuanshan sighed, "When General Li arrived, the Tang army had already suffered heavy casualties and was about to be defeated, and I don't know how many casualties the Tang army had?"

Li Zhen saw that the sun had gone down and night was about to fall, so he said: "Quickly pack up and retreat! I am worried that the main Khitan force will return to the army, after all, we do not have many troops, and we will suffer a big loss." ”

A sentence reminded Du Yuanshan, and he immediately ordered: "Help the wounded, retreat immediately!"

The Tang army did not have time to clear the battlefield, but only collected the war horses and dry rations left by the Khitan army, the war horses were used to transport the wounded Tang soldiers, and the dry food was used to supply the soldiers, and more than 10,000 Tang troops quickly withdrew to the east under the escort of 5,000 cavalry.

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Just as Li Zhen worried, just after retreating west for more than an hour, Sun Wanrong led 20,000 Khitan cavalry to Yuyang County, at this time Sun Wanrong had already received an urgent express from Luoyang, Tang Ting sent Lou Shide as the commander, has led 100,000 troops to the north, he was afraid that Luo Wu would lose, so he led the army to support.

But Sun Wanrong was still a step too late, Luo Wu's entire army had been defeated by the Tang army, and there were less than 10,000 left in the 20,000 army, with tens of thousands of dead and wounded, and even the main general Luo Wucheng unfortunately died tragically, which was the biggest loss since Sun Wanrong raised his army.

Sun Wanrong looked at the corpses everywhere, his fists slowly clenched, and he gritted his teeth with hatred: "It's this Li Zhen again, I must kill him with my own hands!"

A captain next to him whispered: "They have only been evacuated for more than an hour, why don't we catch up, maybe we can catch up with them!"

Sun Wanrong shook his head, "This Tang army is not the main force, we can't focus on them, the key is Lou Shide's main force Tang army, we have to find a way to defeat him, as long as we defeat the main force of the Tang army, Hebei will belong to us." ”

At this time, Yi Yiyu stepped forward and said with a smile: "I have a strategy to defeat the Tang army, I don't know if the chief is willing to adopt it?"

Sun Wanrong's spirits perked up, so far, all of Yi Yuyu's strategies have been successful, Sun Wanrong almost obeyed him, he hurriedly said: "General, please speak!"

Yi Yiyu said in a low voice: "The Tang Army's 200,000 troops, the biggest problem is supply, it can be said that supply is a matter of success or failure, if we stretch the battle line, in this way, there will inevitably be a loophole between the main force of the Tang Army and the logistics supply, as long as we seize the opportunity to hit the logistics supply of the Tang Army, the main force of the Tang Army will be chaotic without a fight, then the total annihilation of 200,000 people will be under our control." ”

Sun Wanrong was overjoyed and asked again: "Then how to lengthen the battle line?"

Yi Yiyu whispered a few words in his ear, Sun Wanrong nodded slowly, and Yi Yanyu's plan went to his heart.

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At dawn, the Tang army arrived at Yansai Fort, which is a fortress in Yanshan, the only way to Yuguan, the terrain is dangerous, and the Tang army has 300 garrisons here.

Although it is difficult for the three hundred defenders to resist the attack of the Khitan army, with tens of thousands of Tang troops, the significance of this Yansai Fort is extraordinary, they can rely on the danger to defend it, even if tens of thousands of Khitan troops are killed, they may not be able to capture Yansai Fort.

The Tang army breathed a long sigh of relief, they were already exhausted, they all rested and drank water, replenished dry food, Du Yuanshan found Li Zhen again, sighed and said: "I counted it just now, there are still 12,000 soldiers, yesterday there was a fierce battle, we lost nearly 2,000 soldiers, and more than 1,000 were wounded." ”

"But we won in the end, didn't we?"

Li Zhen smiled and comforted him: "I also roughly estimated that our two armies killed at least seven or eight thousand enemies, and also killed Luo Wucheng, at least we can ask the court for credit." ”

Du Yuanshan understood what Li Zhen meant, he wanted to put the credit on the heads of the two armies, where was Du Yuanshan embarrassed to accept this battle merit that should not belong to him, he shook his head and said: "The credit of last night belongs to the general, we were saved by the general, and we will not be greedy for merit." ”

Li Zhen smiled, then diverted the topic, and said to Du Yuanshan: "There are still about one hundred and twenty miles from here to Yuguan, I plan to lead the army to Yuguan, and Yansaibao will be handed over to General Du to guard, there should be no problem!"

Du Yuanshan nodded, "I still have 12,000 brothers, there is no problem at all in guarding Yansai Fort, but I am short of food, this is the biggest problem at present, I plan to build a grain transportation line from Yuguan to Yansai Fort first, I don't know if the general can leave some horses for me." ”

?“ No problem!"

Li Zhen readily agreed: "I will leave all the 3,000 war horses I won from the Khitan to the general, and the army led by Lou Xiangguo will be killed in three or four days at the latest, and the general will support him for a few more days." ”

Du Yuanshan nodded silently, he was still a little worried about the situation of the Tang army in Jixian County, an hour later, Li Zhen's men finished cleaning up, and more than 5,000 people turned over and got on their horses, urging the horses to run in the direction of Yuguan......

After another three days, Lou Shide led an army of 200,000 to Youzhou, at this time, the Khitan army had withdrawn north to Miyun, and the siege of Jixian County was finally relieved, and Su Honghui personally went south to meet Lou Shide's army.

Lou Shide's army was stationed on the north bank of the Sanggan River, about 20 miles south of Jixian County, and the army covered an area of thousands of hectares, and thousands of large tents could not be seen at a glance.

Su Honghui was brought to the Chinese army tent under the leadership of several soldiers, Su Honghui was very worried in his heart, he was very responsible for Wang Xiaojie's death, he knew that the saint would not spare himself, it depended on how much he could atone for himself this time by desperately blocking the Khitan army from going south.

"General Su, please! Lou Xiangguo waited in the big tent. ”

Su Honghui pressed the tension in his heart, walked into the big tent quickly, and saw Lou Shide standing at the table staring at the map without saying a word, he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, hugged his fists high and said: "See Lou Xiangguo!"

Lou Shide glanced up at him, and said coldly: "General Su, please get up." ”

Su Honghui heard the coldness in Master Lou's tone, his face suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly said in panic: "Guilty of despicable duties!"

"You are indeed guilty, but your guilt is not something I can decide, you go and explain to the Holy God yourself, I only care about how to defeat the Khitan now, to what extent you can atone for your crimes, and here, do you understand what I mean?"

Su Honghui was silent, of course he understood Lou Shide's hint, and after a while, he sighed and said, "I will do my best to assist Xiangguo." ”

Lou Shide nodded, and the expression on his face softened a lot, "I want to know the situation of the Khitan army now, you tell me." ”

Su Honghui's heart settled down a little, and he hurriedly said: "Back to Xiangguo, the Khitan is currently stationed in Miyun, according to reliable information, they have about 120,000 people, and the grain and grass of the Tang army they plundered from Zhaozhou can support them for more than half a year." ”

Lou Shide secretly scolded Wu Yizong for being a coward, and the Khitan cavalry of several thousand people scared him with an army of 100,000 people, lost all the grain and grass, and was slaughtered by the Khitans Tens of thousands of people.

Lou Shide was depressed in his heart, and asked again: "How is the situation over there in Yuguan?"

"The Yuguan side is guarded by General Li, and 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 soldiers can be defended. ”

Lou Shide took a few steps, and he felt that the Khitan seemed to be unreasonable in some places, such as the fact that they retreated without plundering hard, which was completely inconsistent with the rules of the Khitan.

This is not because Sun Wanrong is benevolent, but that he, as the big chief, must meet the plundering requirements of the tribes, otherwise he will not be able to be the big chief.

Then there is only one explanation, the Khitan did not really withdraw the army, but lured himself to the north, trying to lengthen the front, wanting to defeat the 200,000 Tang army in one fell swoop, and then forcibly seize Hebei, Sun Wanrong After the ambush of Wang Xiaojie succeeded, his ambition was already difficult to suppress.

At this time, Su Honghui said in a low voice: "I think that the Khitan army wants to lead the Tang army to the grassland outside the Guanwai for a decisive battle, so that their cavalry will have the advantage, and the Khitan army has used the trick of luring troops several times, including the lure of General Wang, this time it should be the same, if Xiangguo underestimates the enemy, then they will be deceived." ”

"The Khitans, like the Tubos, are a strong people with strong combat effectiveness, and compared with the Turks, they are more well-equipped, especially plundering a large amount of Tang army equipment, this is a strong army, and those who underestimate the enemy will be defeated. ”

"Doesn't Xiangguo want to fight?"

"Not either!"

Lou Shide sneered and said: "Since this is the case, we will send troops to Huairou, I think who can survive whom?"

At this moment, there was a commotion outside, Lou Shide frowned, and asked dissatisfiedly, "What's the noise?"

A personal soldier ran into the big tent and reported urgently: "Xiangguo, it's snowing." ”

Lou Shide walked out of the big tent quickly, only to see that the sky was full of heavy snow, and the sky in the distance had turned gray......

The development of the war situation often does not follow the will of man, and this year's winter was particularly strange, and it was not until late November that the north wind fell the first heavy snowfall, but soon, three blizzards followed,

The blizzard raged for four days and four nights, and by the time the snow stopped, the heavens and the earth had already become a snow-capped world, and the snow in the wilderness was three feet deep, production came to a halt, and the war was forced to stop.

But at this time, the Khitan army could not return to the old nest of the Song Desert, the 120,000 army was trapped in Miyun, and the 200,000 Tang army was also trapped in Youzhou, the two armies were hundreds of miles away from each other, but fortunately, both sides had sufficient food, and they could only wait patiently for the final decisive battle when the snow melted.