Li Zhen took Di Yan back to the marching tent, pointed to the seat and said, "Sit down and rest for a while." ”

Di Yan pursed her lips and sat down angrily, she was going to get married at home and no longer go out, and Li Zhen was going to marry her as a wife in ten days, but she didn't expect her father to tell her that Li Zhen had military affairs temporarily, and led the army to the north, and the marriage could only be postponed, which made her really angry, Li Zhen actually left without saying goodbye to her.

Her eldest lady had a temper attack, immediately changed her clothes, and chased out of Chang'an on horseback, she chased Li Zhen all the way for two days, and she was already tired, hungry, and exhausted.

At this time, Di Yan was aggrieved and angry in her heart, she stretched her face and said to Li Zhen: "I didn't bring dry food, and I forgot to bring money, I haven't eaten for two days." ”

Li Zhen was amused and distressed, and hurriedly took a portion of his dry food and kettle and handed it to her, Di Yan took the dough and devoured it, she drank some more water, and then her face was a little softer and said, "How are you going to persuade me to go back?"

Li Zhen said helplessly: "I don't want you to go back, if you go out to enforce anything, I wish you were by my side, but this is going to war, it's dangerous and not to mention, women are not allowed in the key army, this is military regulations, what do you let me do?"

"You're not right!"

Di Yan retorted to him: "I once asked my father, is there no woman in the army, my father said that this is not necessarily, but there are not allowed women who are dressed up and have nothing to do with the war, which affects the morale of the army, but if it is a combat woman, she can stay in the barracks, such as Li Huining, the princess of Pingyang Zhao, the founding of the country, she and her husband Chai Shao led the army to fight and made great contributions to the founding of the Tang Dynasty, she is a woman, why can she stay in the barracks?" Not to mention, there is also Zhao Qiuniang, she is also a woman, but she can serve as a general in your internal guard, why don't you drive her out of the barracks. ”

"This ......" Li Zhen really can't talk about her, in fact, Datang has always been tolerant of women, it is normal to have women in the army, and even the emperor is a woman, Di Yan wants to follow him to fight, what is not to do.

Li Zhen was actually worried that he would not be able to explain to Di Renjie, at this time, Di Yan held back the smugness in his heart, stood up and said: "Now I am also a member of the internal guard, you go and ask the internal guard generals to see who will oppose me as a member of the internal guard?"

After Di Yan's argument with confidence, Li Zhen had to give in and promised her to go with the army, in fact, Li Zhen also knew that since Di Yan had come, it was basically impossible for her to go back.

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The fierce battle in Youzhou has been fought for nearly half a month, and the 70,000 Tang army was divided into three parts, stationed in Jixian County, Huairou County and Yuyang County, while the Khitan army dispatched 36 units such as Khitan, Xi and Xia, with a total of 130,000 troops, to launch onslaught again and again on the three county towns.

Especially in Jixian County, the Khitan army used more than 20 heavy trebuchets to attack in turn, but the city of Jixian was thick and thick, and under the stubborn defense of the 30,000 Tang Army and Tang Army, Jixian County always stood majestically and was not broken by the Khitan army.

On the city wall, Su Honghui looked to the south from afar, his eyes were full of worry, although he was forced to give up his assistance to Wang Xiaojie under the repeated pressure of Wu Sansi, but he did not expect that Wang Xiaojie would unfortunately die in battle, which made him feel full of regret in his heart, and he had to fight desperately to redeem his mistakes.

But the 70,000 Tang army could not resist the 50,000 iron hoof cavalry of the Khitan army, in the battle of Lushui, his army was unfortunately defeated, more than 10,000 people were killed and wounded, and was divided into three parts by the Khitan army, the general Du Yuanshan led 20,000 people to retreat to Yuyang, and the left guard general Zhang Wenbin led more than 10,000 people to retreat to Taogu Fort in Huairou County.

Huairou County is terrainous, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are enough food reserves, Su Honghui is not worried, he is only worried about the 20,000 Tang troops trapped in Yuyang County, the city wall of Yuyang County is far less solid than Jixian County, the city is relatively short, and the food is insufficient, the 20,000 Tang Army will not last long at all, once the Khitans move the heavy siege weapons to Yuyang County, I am afraid that it will only take half a day, the city will be breached.

The 20,000 Tang troops were surrounded by the 100,000 Khitan army, and they only had the fate of being slaughtered, and now Su Honghui could only pray that the imperial court reinforcements could arrive as soon as possible to relieve the siege of Yuyang County.

At this time, a messenger rushed over, knelt down on one knee, and presented a letter high, "Deputy Chief Qiqi, this is the pigeon letter of General Huairou Zhang!"

Su Honghui took the letter and read it quickly, the letter said that the Khitan army attacking Huairou had unexpectedly withdrawn, and the reason was unknown, which made Su Honghui's heart full of doubts, how could the Khitan army give up attacking Huairou? Did they feel that they could not capture Huairou, so they withdrew their troops?

Or is Sun Wanrong preparing to concentrate his forces to attack Yuyang County? Su Honghui asked again: "Is there any news about General Yuyang Du?"

"Back to the deputy manager, there is no news for the time being. ”

Su Honghui's heart hung in the air again, there had been no news from Yuyang County for two days, could it be that the county town had been breached, and the Tang army had been completely annihilated? The more Su Honghui thought about it, the more worried he became, and although the city was surrounded by the Khitan army, he still ordered: "Quickly pass my order and send thirty scouts to break through separately and go to Yuyang County to investigate the situation." ”......

There are 70,000 Khitan troops stationed around Jixian County, including 30,000 cavalry, they have launched an offensive against Jixian County day and night, and they have also suffered heavy casualties, killing nearly 9,000 people in just five days, and the heavy casualties have slowed down the Khitan army's attack on Jixian County, but at this time, Sun Wanrong's eyes are fixed on the Tang Army in Yuyang County.

Since the siege of the famous Tang Dynasty general Wang Xiaojie in Liaodong, Sun Wanrong's prestige in the Khitan skyrocketed, and almost all the Khitan tribes submitted to him, the most direct manifestation of which was the large number of reinforcements rushing to Youzhou, increasing their strength from the initial 50,000 to 130,000.

The reason why the Khitan tribes desperately sent troops to reinforce Sun Wanrong is also an extremely important reason, Sun Wanrong has broken through Miyun County and entered Hebei, in order to maximize the spoils of war, the various ministries have sent elite young men to Hebei to plunder wealth and women.

However, the 70,000 Tang troops led by Su Honghui defended Youzhou, hindering the Khitan army's southward plan, and at this time, Sun Wanrong also got the news that the Tang Dynasty sent Xiangguo Lou Shide to lead 100,000 troops north, if you add the 100,000 troops in Xiangzhou, it will be 200,000 Tang troops.

Sun Wanrong didn't dare to take it lightly, he was ready to gather troops to fight against the main force of the Tang army, he knew very well in his heart that once he defeated the 200,000 Tang army, the female emperor of the Tang army would have to cede land to him and sue for peace.

At this time, a soldier outside the big tent reported: "General Luo has sent news that the 20,000 Tang troops in Yuyang County have left the county seat and retreated eastward. ”

Sun Wanrong was overjoyed, he knew that the Tang army in Yuyang County could not hold on, they really abandoned the city and left, Sun Wanrong immediately ordered: "Order Luo Wu to attack on the whole line, and be sure to annihilate the Tang army." ”......

Contrary to the Tang army of Huairou County and Jixian County, which always held the county seat, the battle to defend the city in Yuyang County was extremely fierce.

Yuyang County is the most important military town between Youzhou and Yuguan, taking Yuyang County, it will open the west gate to Yuguan, and the Khitan army can directly kill Yuguan one hundred and fifty miles away along the southern foot of Yanshan, and Yuguan will be in no danger to defend.

The 20,000 Khitan troops north of Yuguan will also move south and sweep through the eastern states of Hebei, so the battle for Yuyang County has also reached the level of life and death.

As soon as the day dawned, a cold current crossed the Yan Mountain, and the cold wind swept the land of Youyan, although the river channel on the land was cut off and the ice pond was all over the ground, but the low horn sound still sounded in the west of Yuyang County, and the black and oppressive Khitan cavalry appeared on the horizon again.

The battle to besiege Yuyang County has been fought for nearly ten days, and thousands of people have been killed and wounded on both sides, although the Khitan army tried to capture Yuyang County several times, but they were all stubbornly resisted by the Tang army and were repulsed again and again.

In fact, the loss of Yuyang County is already expected.

Even if the Tang army defeats the Khitan army again, it will be useless, the important thing is that the Tang army has been cut off from food and grass, and it can no longer support it again, so it can only abandon the city and withdraw its troops to the east.

The Tang army still had nearly 15,000 men, and under the leadership of the Tang general Du Yuanshan, they were arrayed in the endless wheat fields, and in the distance were majestic and tall mountains like a giant dragon, and about two miles away was Gushui, and the rivers were shining in the warm winter sun.

Gushui is formed by the convergence of two tributaries originating from Yanshan, all the way to the shore of the Bohai Sea, it will stop flowing when it freezes in winter, but in the spring and summer when the water is abundant, Gushui becomes the water source of hundreds of thousands of acres of wheat field irrigation, it is called the river of life in Jizhou, and you can reach the foot of Yanshan Mountain along Gushui northward.

The 15,000 Tang troops were arrayed in a vast wheat field, with 5,000 crossbowmen in front and 10,000 spearmen in the back.

Du Yuanshan knew that they could not escape the pursuit of the Khitan cavalry, and instead of being defeated, it was better to form a formation to face the battle, whether they were dead or alive, and victory or defeat was in this battle.

Crossbowmen are a sharp weapon against cavalry, they are actually spearmen, in the form of infantry, so that they can hold the crossbow, the range is longer, when the Khitan cavalry kills in front of them, the spear infantry from behind to fight, the crossbowmen pick up the spear, and become spearmen.

The Khitan army still has less than 20,000 troops, the strength of the two armies is not much different, the Khitan army has a slight advantage in numbers, and they have 10,000 powerful cavalry, and their field strength is significantly stronger than that of the Tang army.

However, in terms of weapons, the Tang army had the advantage, especially the Tang army's bows and crossbows were extremely sharp, and most of the Khitan soldiers died under the dense crossbow arrows of the Tang army in the ten tragic siege battles.

The general of the Khitan army is Luo Wuquan, who slaughtered tens of thousands of people in Zhaozhou, nicknamed the Liaodong butcher's knife, and likes to slaughter the city for fun.

Luo Wu was about forty years old, with a meaty face and a murderous appearance, but he was also an experienced general, especially familiar with the terrain of Hebei.

After the Khitan army conquered Miyun County, he led 5,000 iron cavalry to travel lightly and quickly, only brought a day's dry food, burned and looted all the way, and killed until Zhaozhou, where Wu Yizong, who led an army of 100,000, was so frightened that he fled, so that Luo Wuquan seized the heavy equipment of the Tang army, and his army was all replaced by the advanced armor and weapons of the Tang army, and the combat effectiveness was more powerful.

Luo Wu's 15,000 Tang troops in Yuyang County were already bound to win, and if they could not break through the Tang army's Yuyang defense line in the past two days, or if the total number of dead and wounded soldiers exceeded 5,000, their mission would end in failure.

Luo Wuquan silently looked at the Tang army array in the distance, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he would completely annihilate this Tang army today no matter what.

"Kill!"

Luo Wuquan roared, and the five thousand Khitan vanguard cavalry launched, they raised their shields, their war horses galloped, rolled up the rolling yellow sand, and the murderous aura filled the Gobi, sweeping towards the Tang army.