When a series of unfavorable news reached Li Fengyun's ears, Li Fengyun had been in Shaolin Temple for a month.

Hearing this, Li Fengyun's face changed, and he said: "How can you be so hesitant to march to battle? Du Shuai, if you didn't have the heart to attack the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, you shouldn't have marched to Yingzhou in the first place, and you could have stayed in Zhenzhou to gather grain and grass.

Since the troops have been sent to Yingzhou, they should fight with all their might. If a hammer can't be broken, a hammer is added until it is smashed. The Khitan army is a newly defeated division, and it is not good at defending the city, and there are many people in the sixteen states of Yanyun who are interested in the Great Jin.

However, he lost 2,000 soldiers and horses, and decided not to fight, and led his troops to retreat.

It is also a good choice to retreat to Bozhou, what if you withdraw to the Yellow River, Lao Tzu does not believe it, how long can the Khitans hold out in Hebei, which is beaten to a sparse ground and full of bandits.

But how can you suddenly change your mind and march toward Zhenzhou again? What kind of battle are you still fighting like this? Is it child's play that you should lead troops to fight?

Yelu Deguang is not a fool, will he watch you lead your army to Zhenzhou, rely on Zhenzhou Jiancheng, and set up a position to fight him?

Yelu Deguang will definitely choose the most unfavorable place for Du Shuai and launch an attack on the 300,000 army of the Great Jin.

No, I want to rush back and see if I can save the 300,000 army of the Great Jin before the situation is completely ruined. ”

Su Yunong on the side exclaimed: "Going to war again? The five decays of heaven and man in your body have not been eliminated......

Li Fengyun interrupted Su Yunong's words and said loudly: "What can be removed, even a person as capable as Master Ran can't get rid of it, let alone me? I will set off tomorrow...... No, just say goodbye to Abbot Huifa and Master Zhiran now, and leave immediately, I'm afraid that if I'm late, I'll be too late!"

Seeing that Li Fengyun was so urgent, Su Yunong knew that there was no room for delay, and hurriedly packed his bags.

Li Fengyun and Su Yunong took Ding Monkey and other personal soldiers, and immediately resigned to the Shaolin Temple, and borrowed a few fast horses, plus their original mounts, each of them had two or three horses.

Sure enough, as Li Fengyun expected, Yelu Deguang's army did not wait for Du Chongwei's 300,000 army under Zhenzhou City, but turned its head and rushed towards Du Chongwei's 300,000 army.

On November 27, the two armies met at the Zhongdu Bridge of the Hutuo River, Zhang Yanze led the elite cavalry to sacrifice their lives to fight, Yelu Deguang saw that Zhang Yanze's elite cavalry was extremely brave, and the Khitan iron cavalry was invincible, and they were cut down and fell into the Hutuo River, and the losses were too great, so he ordered to withdraw the soldiers and horses on the bridge and set fire to the bridge.

At this time, Du Chongwei's army arrived, and the Jin army and the Khitan army looked across the river, shouting and scolding each other, and no one could do anything.

Du Chongwei ordered the construction of the village, and the soldiers and horses of the Great Jin Dynasty and the Khitan soldiers and horses were stationed across the Hutuo River.

Hutuo River, commonly known as Futao River, originates in the area of Taixi Mountain in Xinzhou, Hedong, flows southwest between Taiheng Mountain and Wutai Mountain, flows eastward to the boundary river, cuts through Zhoushan and Taihang Mountain, flows east to Hebei, and joins the Fuyang River into the Ziya River and enters the sea.

When the Hutuo River passes out of the Taihang Mountain, the river channel suddenly widens, from the original sixty or seventy zhang suddenly to six or seven hundred zhang, although it is winter, the real river is not so wide, but there are also one or two hundred zhang.

The Hutuo River is not very deep, but the silt deposited in the riverbed is not suitable for horses or soldiers to wade, and this is in winter, which makes it more difficult.

When Li Fengyun arrived at the Dazhai of the Jin army on the Hutuo River, the Jin army had been facing off against the Khitan army for four days, and the Khitan army did not seem to be in a hurry to attack, and groups of cavalry were just patrolling back and forth on the other side of the Hutuo River to prevent the Jin army from smuggling across the river.

The Jin army was also constantly reinforcing the camp and arranging defenses, and it seemed that it really planned to confront the Khitans for a long time.

Coming to the tent and meeting Du Chongwei, Li Fengyun hurriedly said: "Marshal, this Hutuo River seems to be safe, but in fact it is extremely unfavorable to our army, we can't stay here for a long time, we need to fight quickly!"

"Alarmist!" Li Shouzhen snorted coldly, turning his face sideways to not look at Li Fengyun. He had a holiday with Li Fengyun, so he naturally listened to Li Fengyun's words.

However, Xue Huairang said strangely: "Why did General Li say this? My old Xue felt that this Hutuo River was very safe. Across such a big river, the Khitan cavalry will not be able to pass, even if they rush over, the silt in this river is enough for him to drink a pot, and ten percent of the strength is only three or two percent, we just need to rush up and chop indiscriminately, and harvest the head.

After all, the Khitans were in a hurry, and they must not have much food and grass prepared, and when they ran out of food, they would inevitably retreat. ”

Li Fengyun shook his head and said, "General Xue, although the Hutuo River is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is actually a dead place. As long as the Khitans secretly dispatch a large army, they don't need more, forty or fifty thousand people are enough, sneak across the river, and they don't come to attack me, they just need to cut off the food route of our army.

If the marshal sticks to the camp and relies on the food stored in the camp alone, how long can the marshal support?

If the commander pulls out the village and sets out, the soldiers and horses who cross the river will rush back and forth to kill until our army is scattered, and by then, it will be all over!"

"Child's opinion!" Li Shouzhen sneered.

Xue Huairang explained with a smile: "General Li is too worried! We have already considered this point. The sentinels released no less than a hundred miles left and right, and as soon as there was movement, they immediately lit the beacon fire, and every move of the Khitans fell in the eyes of our army. ”

Li Fengyun sighed and said: "How is it enough for the sentinel to release a hundred miles, how can a hundred miles be released? Don't forget, the Khitans are all cavalry, and it is not a problem to travel two or three hundred miles in one day and one night." Just imagine, the Hutuo River is so long, even if our army has 300,000 horses, it is impossible to fortify everywhere. As long as the circle of the Khitans is big enough, why is it difficult to avoid the eyes of our army?

Besides, back then, Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang waved the Northern Expedition to Cao Cao and flooded the Seventh Army, how brilliant was his record? In order to defend against Eastern Wu, he built a beacon tower for thousands of miles, but it was not the same as being broken by Lu Xun silently, and he carelessly lost Jingzhou?

There is a beacon tower that is still like this, not to mention that it is just a few sentry scouts, and the martial arts masters can easily kill them silently. ”

Xue Huairang's face changed slightly, and he said in disbelief: "It's not like this!"

"If it were me, I would definitely do it!" replied Li Fengyun in a decisive manner.

"Heh!" Li Shouzhen sneered, "You have only been a soldier for a few years, and you have read how many military books and war strategies you have read, and you dare to make such wild remarks? Ben Shuai is still afraid that he will not come! Cut off our army's food route, Ben Shuai thinks it is right to cut off their own back road? If the lone army goes deep, can the Khitans not eat or drink? As long as our army stops their way back, can they hold out for a few days? How many people are there around here for them to plunder?"

Li Fengyun stomped his feet and said: "Grain and grass, it's not a problem for them, they are coming for our army's grain and grass, and our army's grain and grass are their grain and grass." As long as the 300,000 troops of the commander are here, will they still be concerned that the imperial court will not send grain and grass? If the imperial court really does not send grain and grass, they will save even these 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses. ”

"It's just nonsense, it's nonsense!" Li Shouzhen said disdainfully.

As soon as the words fell, I suddenly saw a personal soldier rushing into the tent in a hurry, and said urgently: "Dashuai, it's not good, General Gao, who escorted grain and grass, was injured and returned to the camp, and the 80,000 loads of grain he escorted were all robbed by the Khitans, according to General Gao, there are more than 50,000 Khitans, all of whom are cavalry, and the 5,000 elite soldiers who escorted grain and grass are not their opponents at all.

"Ah!" The faces of the generals in the tent changed suddenly, and the eyes that looked at Li Fengyun became different.