The 200,000 troops of the Tang Army were still stationed in the area of Huairou and Youzhou, and the Tang Army camp stretched for dozens of miles, and the momentum was huge.

Lou Shide is an experienced veteran, and he is also a strong overall view of the current dynasty, he knows that the nomads are not suitable for protracted war, so he is not in a hurry to fight with the Khitans, but uses the method of procrastination to drag the Khitans' will to war to the end.

At this time, Lou Shide had already received the news from Li Zhen, knowing that Li Zhen and Emperor Li Pidi of Xi had reached the conditions for withdrawing the army, he was secretly happy in his heart, so that the Khitans could not sit still.

As soon as the morning dawned, a messenger rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army, "Qiqi Xiangguo, news came from Miyun that the Khitan army has been dispatched and is killing us." ”

The actions of the Khitan army had long been expected by Lou Shide, and he had already used a few months to make full preparations.

At this time, he didn't care about Sun Wanrong's Khitan main force, but he cared about the Tang Army on the Eastern Front, with about 10,000 Khitan troops stationed in Yingzhou, if nothing else, this Khitan army should abandon Yingzhou and retreat north.

So where will the 5,000 cavalry led by Li Zhen be? Will he cut off the Khitan army's retreat route from the eastern front according to his plan?

Lou Shide carefully looked at the map on the table, he reached out and took the pen, and drew a circle on the Luanshui River in Raolezhou, which was the key place for the Khitan army to withdraw.

At this time, another soldier rushed to the tent to report: "Yanbei Fort sent a pigeon letter, and the Khitan army is less than thirty miles away from them. ”

Lou Shide took back his thoughts and immediately ordered: "Pass my order, Huairou and Yanbei Fort will defend to the death, and they are not allowed to fight!"

From Miyun south to Jixian County, the terrain is gradually reduced, especially in the north of Huairou County, it is mountainous undulating, the road is difficult to travel, only a flat official road can go south, this official road is about 500 steps away from Huairou County.

Huairou County has little influence on the official road, and in a dangerous place not far from Huairou County, the Tang army built a plate military city on the mountainside, called Yanbei Fort, which is just above the official road, condescending, and the terrain is very favorable to the Tang army.

The Khitan army wants to go south and fight a decisive battle with the Tang army, the infantry can go over the mountains and detour, but the cavalry and baggage must take the official road, and they will be exposed to the eyelids of Yanbei Fort, Yanbei Fort has deployed 5,000 Tang troops, and the official road can be blocked only by bows and crossbows, not to mention that a large number of rolling wood and stones have been prepared, even if the cavalry forcibly rushes over, they will suffer heavy losses.

At dawn the next day, tens of thousands of Khitan troops appeared in a valley about a few miles north of Huairou County, Sun Wanrong stood on a hill, looking at the newly built military city of the Tang Army from afar, Sun Wanrong frowned, although he knew that the Tang Army had built this military city in a month, but he did not take it to heart, he did not expect that he would go south and fight a decisive battle with the Tang Army.

Now he found that he seemed to have fallen into the trap that the Tang army had already laid down, the Tang army obviously knew that they would march south, Sun Wanrong was even more suspicious in his heart, could it be that the Tang army had guessed that there would be this result?

"Khan!"

Li Kaigu, the commander of the cavalry, urged him to report to Sun Wanrongyu: "That military city is too dangerous, and the cavalry will be hit hard when they rush over, and the grain and grass will not be able to pass, so it is better to capture the military city first, so that the army can pass smoothly." ”

Sun Wanrong looked at the military city with dangerous terrain, this military city can accommodate at least five or six thousand people, I don't know how many Tang troops there are in it, in case there are a lot of Tang troops, and the siege will also suffer heavy losses, he is very embarrassed in his heart, after thinking for a long time, he said to a dozen spies: "Go to find the way again, see if there is a small road to bypass?"

More than a dozen spies rode away on horseback, and then Yi Yuyi stepped forward and persuaded: "It seems that the Tang army has been prepared, we are in such a hurry to go south, the chance of victory is not great, once the army is defeated, we are afraid that we will not be able to come back, it is better to retreat north, if the Tang army chases, we will fight with them on the grassland, if the Tang army does not chase, then we will occupy Liaodong, the Tang army will still go out of the pass to fight us, Khan, this is the best policy." ”

"What about Hebei?"

Sun Wanrong was very unwilling and said: "If I can't get wealth from Hebei, I can't explain to the tribes, how will they obey me in the future?"

Yi Yu sighed secretly in his heart, Sun Wanrong drilled the tip of the horns, and wanted to go south to rob Hebei, why didn't he want to think about it, the 200,000 troops of the Tang Army were waiting for him, how could he rob Hebei?

At this time, more than a dozen spies came back one after another, and they all reported: "Khan, there is no path, and the cavalry and baggage can only take this official road." ”

Sun Wanrong had no choice but to turn back to the commander He A Xiaoling and said: "I will give you 20,000 troops, and you will be limited to capture this military city for me within one hour, otherwise, you will come to see you!"

He Ah scolded carefully, but he didn't dare to disobey the military order, so he had to clench his fists and agree: "Obey the order!"

"Knock! knock!" The drums in the valley sounded loudly, and two Khitan 10,000-person phalanxes came out of the valley, densely packed with official roads, and the horn of the attack sounded, and 10,000 Khitan infantry rushed up the hillside, and they were all over the mountains and fields to kill the Yanbei Military City located on the mountainside.

At this time, a low horn sounded in the military city, "woo-" The horn sounded through the sky, and I saw countless Tang soldiers appearing on the city, holding bows and arrows aimed at the attacking Khitan soldiers, at this moment, Sun Wanrong suddenly ordered: "Five thousand cavalry rushed over!"

This is Sun Wanrong's wishful thinking, if the Tang army wants to defend against the Khitan army attacking the city, they must have no time to take care of the official road, so their cavalry and baggage team can take the opportunity to rush under the military city.

Five thousand cavalry suddenly launched, the sound of hooves was like thunder, the dust was all over the sky, and they rushed to the front of the official road with the momentum of covering their ears and thunder, but they just rushed to the foot of the mountain, only to see a large number of rolling wood and stones rolling down from the city, and smashed directly to the top of the Khitan cavalry.

A large number of stones and trees blocked the official road, so that the cavalry could not move forward, they turned their horses and fled back, Sun Wanrong was so angry that he rushed forward and whipped the fleeing soldiers with whips, "Bastard, give me back!"

Although Sun Wanrong was eager to behead all these unscrupulous cavalrymen, in fact, he also knew that before destroying this military city, even if his cavalry rushed over, it would be meaningless, what should he do with his grain and grass?

Sun Wanrong was helpless, he had to pin all his hopes on the 20,000 soldiers who attacked the city, but the intelligence was not optimistic, the Khitan soldiers who attacked the military city were strongly blocked by the Tang army, the military city was originally located in the middle of the mountain, and the military city wall was as high as two zhang, which made the military city appear more difficult, even if it was useless to use trebuchets.

Thousands of Tang troops on the head of the city have released arrows, arrows like a storm to the Khitan soldiers all over the mountains, countless Khitan soldiers wailed and fell to the ground, tumbling down from the mountain, many soldiers who had just approached the city wall were smashed by boulders and rolling logs, the Khitan soldiers suffered heavy casualties, in less than half an hour, there were nearly 3,000 casualties, but at this time, the Khitan soldiers did not even touch the edge of the city wall.

Seeing that he couldn't capture the military city, the general He A Xiao hurriedly ran to Sun Wanrong and pleaded: "Khan, it's not a way to fight like this, 20,000 soldiers will die on the mountain, please order the withdrawal of the army!"

Yi Yu also persuaded: "Khan, the casualties are too great, it is better to wait for the night to attack the city." ”

Sun Wanrong let out a long sigh, and had to order: "Withdraw the army!"

When the bell for the withdrawal rang, more than 10,000 Khitan soldiers withdrew from the mountain like a tide, and Sun Wanrong was listless and had to retreat back to the other end of the valley, where there was a large enough open space for them to station.

But before it got dark, a bad news came from the north, the Turkic army attacked the rear of the Khitan, and their belongings, wives and daughters were taken away by the Turks.

The soldiers hurriedly woke him up, at this time, Yi Yu also heard the news and rushed over, the news of the attack in the rear made him also frightened his hands and feet cold, he hurriedly said to Sun Rong: "Khan, time is running out, we must withdraw the army immediately before the news spreads, otherwise the army will collapse." ”

Sun Wanrong nodded, and said to the soldiers on the left and right: "Quickly go and pass on my order, and immediately withdraw the army back to Liaodong!"

That night, the Khitan army began to withdraw northward, and although Sun Wanrong tightly sealed the news, the news of the attack by the Turkic army in the rear spread throughout the Khitan tribes.

Just as Yi Yu was worried, this news caused the Khitan troops to quickly disintegrate, and the powerful Diera tribe took the lead in breaking away from the Khitan army, and the chieftain Diera Tongguang led an army of 30,000 to accelerate towards Songmo Prefecture.

At the same time when the Khitan army began to retreat north, Lou Shide, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, also led 200,000 troops to Huairou County, and Lou Shide also got the news sent by the Turkic Khan, and the Turks broke the Khitan lair, which made Lou Shide immediately realize that the opportunity had come, and he immediately raised troops to the north, he had already prepared, and in just one day, 200,000 troops arrived in Huairou.

The Tang army marched quickly on the official road to the north like a giant dragon, and at this time, the deputy general Su Honghui urged the horse to run in front of Lou Shide, and said with some concern: "Xiangguo, the Khitan army quickly retreated north, could it be their trick to lure the troops?"

He was very worried that the Tang army would fall for the tricks of the Khitans again as before, and finally suffered a fiasco, Lou Shide saw the anxiety in his eyes, and said with a slight smile: "Is it a trick to lure the soldiers, I know very well in my heart, the Khitans have no fighting spirit, if they don't take this opportunity to defeat their whole army, once they recover, they will fight back, this battle must beat them hard, let them surrender to the Tang Dynasty within a hundred years." ”

"Then why don't you just destroy the Khitan?" asked Su Honghui puzzled.

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