Chapter 61: Li Yu's Past

Speaking of Li Yu, maybe Guo Yitian's parents know better. He is not only a brave and warlike centurion, but also a wise star who strategizes and wins thousands of miles away. In the past, the Khitan and the Song State fought many times, but they were all saved by Li Yu's strategy, thus avoiding greater losses.

Until one day, the Song side had less than 3,000 troops, and there were 30,000 Khitan soldiers on the other side of the Yellow River, a difference of ten times the number of troops. Li Yu asked the imperial court to send more troops to help, but after waiting for several days, there was still no news. Seeing that the Khitan soldiers were about to join the army to go south, and then go straight to Huanglong.

Li Yu is familiar with Sun Tzu's Art of War on weekdays, and also likes to read some literary and historical books, such as Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms". Thinking of this, Li Yu suddenly had an idea and wanted to learn from Zhuge Liang to borrow the east wind.

After the altar was set up, Li Yu held an iron sword in his hand, picked up a yellow talisman, and kept chanting the incantation, and the yellow talisman was immediately ignited. Broken thoughts, not feel daunting. The yellow talisman has been burning, Li Yu picked it up and circled around the spiritual platform, and reverently chanted, "Heavenly Spirit Spirit, Feng Po will soon manifest her spirit; ”

When a stick of incense was burned, Li Yu didn't dare to say whether the method could be completely successful. After all, the lives of more than 3,000 soldiers are in Li Yu's hands, and there is not the slightest fork.

The sky was still deep, cloudy, wordless but elusive.

Tomorrow, the Yellow River will have a gust of east wind, and the river will be turbulent. Smoky and poor visibility. The soldiers of the Song State were all jubilant and their morale was high. So the soldiers lit the straw boats that had been prepared long ago, and this time the enemy had no return, burning not a single piece of armor.

The Khitan general is not a straw bale, and when he was drinking to strengthen his courage, he suddenly felt a burst of discomfort. Perhaps the reason for seasickness, northerners are not used to water battles. Just like the serial scheme in Cao Cao back then, seasickness and vomiting were a common phenomenon among soldiers. The Khitan general immediately ordered a retreat in case of contingencies.

The soldiers who received the order immediately returned to sail, and more than 100 boats rowed up to the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and the scene was quite spectacular. The fireboat, which was blown by the strong wind, quickly approached, but fortunately, the Khitan army withdrew quickly, otherwise a catastrophe would have been avoided.

Although this use of the east wind failed to inflict heavy damage on the enemy, it caused a huge shadow on the psychology of the enemy general. This gave Li Yu's troops three or four days of favorable time. When the imperial court troops arrived, the guards did not lose a city or a pool. Li Yu was naturally promoted, from the original centurion to the commander of the military division.

Then with the Yellow River as the boundary, neither the Song State nor the Khitan dared to act rashly. Li Yu measured his own strength and the Khitan soldiers, and then divided the troops into three routes: one way, Li Yu personally sat in the battle, faced the battle head-on with elite forces, and mediated and outflanked the Khitan soldiers in two ways, and made dumplings for the Khitan soldiers.

The idea is good, but the victory or defeat on the ever-changing battlefield is only a thought. This time, Li Yu took the initiative to attack, and the Khitan soldiers had to be forced to fight. 10,000 Song troops dealt with 30,000 Khitan soldiers, and the Khitan generals forced them back all the way. Li Yu was tired of dealing with the chaotic army, and thought in his heart that the other two routes would arrive quickly.

Who knows that people's hearts are unpredictable, and the receiving army heard that Li Yu is Xiao Zhuge , and the elite troops are all under his command, so he indulged in mountains and rivers halfway, and prepared to come over and clean up the mess directly.

The reinforcements had not arrived for a long time, and Li Yu's lungs were blown up. Seeing that the good situation is ruined, it is rare to see this opportunity again. Li Yu's troops fought bloodily until the last moment with one enemy and three enemies. The previous troops of the Song army were forced to the end of the valley and had no way to retreat. In the midst of the chaos, Li Yu and the Khitan generals fought for thirty rounds. In the middle of the sword, the Khitan general was red-eyed, and his shot was domineering, and the horizontal knife was in the direction, Li Yu bent back and avoided a catastrophe.

Li Yu used the fish to leap over the dragon gate, picked up the sword and slashed, killing the enemy invisibly. However, the Khitan general dodged left and right, seized a good opportunity, and cut Li Yu's hamstring with a knife, and suffered a comminuted fracture of the ankle joint. Li Yu screamed in pain, and Song Junjun's heart suddenly collapsed.

Later, reinforcements from two routes arrived, and the Khitan soldiers retreated.

In this battle, both the Song State and the Khitan suffered more than half of the casualties, and both were defeated. Li Yu did a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect the reinforcements to be so uncompetitive. But after this big war, the leader of the reinforcements took all the credit on his own head, and the promotion of the promoted officer, and the addition of the knight. When it was Li Yu's turn to divide the seal, he slowly visited Emperor Taizong on iron crutches. The ministers looked at each other, and Emperor Taizong wanted to reward Li Yu with some gold and silver treasures or official positions, but he refused.

After that, the Khitan did not dare to wantonly violate the borders of the Song State. And Li Yu returned to the countryside of Suzhou and no longer cared about the affairs of the imperial court.

Once, the imperial court sent people to Li Yu to be an official many times, but he was rejected on the grounds that "he has a disease in his right foot and is inconvenient to be an official". In fact, Li Yu knew in his heart that the whole court was in cahoots and colluded, and he didn't want to be in the same stream there.

But the legend of Li Yu borrowing the east wind has always been circulating in the rivers and lakes, and his deeds have infected generations of people.

Later, Li Yu was forced to join the beggar gang because of life, and successfully became the brainchild of the gang. Because of his generosity, he has included some disabled knights. This made the three rudder's masters in the east, west and south very unhappy, but because of Li Yu's prestige, the three rudder's masters were all pointing fingers behind their backs, and they didn't dare to openly tear their faces.

And the north helmsman is Guo Qi, who always stands with Li Yu. At that time, the beggar gang leader had an ambiguous attitude towards this matter, and the three helmsmen regarded the newly recruited disabled gang as a thorn in their side, and often let them do some tiring and heavy work. If Li Yu hadn't come forward and interceded in front of the beggar gang leader, they would have "honored" to join the ranks of the death squad.

But after a long time, the three helmsmen often said bad things about those people in the ears of the beggar gang leaders, but it didn't work. The leaders of the beggar gang have always trusted Guo Qi and Li Yu, and there can be no prejudice and arrogance.

Later, Cao Yang, the owner of the southern rudder, conspired to kill the leader of the beggar gang, and ascended to the position of the new gang leader, and the power of the beggar gang was tilted.

Guo Qi was ostracized everywhere because of this, so he left the beggar gang in a fit of anger. Li Yu knew the truth of the cold lips and teeth, so he also resigned on the same day.

After listening to Li Yu's past, Guo Yitian, as the son of Guo Qi, sighed a lot: "The world is unpredictable, my father actually has such a brother who is a good friend." Bai Lang is a Khitan, and he is a little jealous of Li Yu who is fighting against Liao in his heart, or he hates it, and he puts on a haughty expression that he doesn't care about employing people, "Oh, I know, let's go back and wait for a few days to be notified." ”

Guo Yitian immediately showed great dissatisfaction, "Brother Bai, you and I worship brothers, but don't you still believe in my human vision?" Bai Lang retorted: "This...... It's hard for me to say, Longmen is recruiting elites, but how can Li Yu prove his worth?"

"He's worth a lot! I've fought him, and within ten moves, I haven't taken any advantage. Now you should be at ease, and his identity is relatively special, he is Han Fen's uncle. Guo Yitian replied.

Hearing the word "Han Fen", Bai Lang suddenly regretted. Although she is gone forever, no one can replace her position in Bai Lang's heart. Love the house and Wu, Bai Lang changed his normality, and said loudly: "The predecessor of Longmen is Yihezhai, since this is the case, from now on you are the housekeeper here, responsible for the affairs of Longmen." ”

"I am grateful for the heart of the Lord of the White Gate, and the old man will be loyal to the Dragon Gate and will never give up. Li Yu limped over to Bai Lang and thanked him.

"Don't bow too much, I can't afford it. Bai Lang said to the two, "There is also the deputy sect master Guo Xiandi, you will also treat your family like a family member and Li Yu's predecessors in the future." ”

"Of course, he is my father's old friend, and I will definitely treat him well, please rest assured. Guo Yitian patted his chest and affirmed.