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Guo Wei pointed to the map and said: "Bozhou and Yunzhou across the river, Majiakou is the key ferry port on the north bank of the Yellow River, Yelu Mada led tens of thousands of troops to raid Bozhou the day before yesterday and captured Majiakou, which is to flank Li Shouzhen."

If Yunzhou is lost, Yerod's road to the south has already been opened. The imperial court was afraid that it would be difficult to mobilize another army to besiege Yelu Mada.

At present, the imperial court relies on the Yellow River to arrange defenses, and heavy troops are gathered in the area of Danzhou, and the interior is empty.

If Yelu Deguang and Yelu Mada cooperate with each other and use the advantage of cavalry to intersperse flank attacks, the whole of Henan will have no peace.

If Yelu Mada is more bold and makes a surprise attack on Kaifeng, whether Kaifeng can be attacked or not, the morale of my Great Jin will be greatly affected, and the morale of the army will be uncertain.

The soldiers and horses on the front line of Danzhou will definitely send some of them back to Kaifeng, once the army moves, there is no camp to rely on, and Yelu Mada has the advantage of cavalry......"

Speaking of this, Guo Wei shook his head and refused to say any more.

The generals looked at each other and were speechless for a while.

Li Fengyun said: "What about Liu Shuai? Isn't Liu Shuai already behind Yelu Deguang, can't he divide a soldier and horse, raid Yelu Mada, and recapture Majiakou?"

Guo Wei was silent, and Zhao Kuangyin explained: "It's not easy to talk about, Yelu Anduan saw Liu Shuai die, although Liu Shuai defeated Yelu Anduan under Xinzhou City, but Yelu Anduan still has 40,000 elite soldiers under him, basically all of them are Khitan iron cavalry, and their combat power is still extraordinary."

Although Liu Shuai also has 40,000 elite soldiers in his hands, they are all foot soldiers, and if he divides his troops to attack, he must divide at least 20,000 or more elite soldiers to be useful. Moreover, the soldiers and horses that were separated were likely to be flanked by Jeluan Duan and Jelu Mada. Without a strong camp, it is difficult for the foot soldiers to compete with the Khitan elite cavalry.

What's more, if Yelu Anduan takes the opportunity to attack Liu Shuai's camp, Liu Shuai's troops are insufficient, and the camp is likely to be attacked.

If Liu Shuai's army is defeated, the situation in Hedong will definitely be eroded, and Taiyuan will probably go down without a fight. Hebei relies on Du Chongwei alone, but he is afraid that he will not be able to support it.

Similarly, it will also affect the front line of Danzhou, Henan, resulting in the fluctuation of military morale. At that time, whether Yelu Deguang increased his troops in Danzhou and Qicheng, forcibly defeated the army of the imperial court, or continued to cross the Yellow River and kill Yunzhou, it was very unfavorable to the Great Jin.

Now we can only see if Li Shouzhen can hold the line of the Yellow River!

Yelu Deguang is really powerful, he actually gathered tens of thousands of Khitan iron horsemen in silence, I am afraid that he has already started to prepare, and it is we who despise him. No wonder Yang Guangyuan only asked for 2,000 reinforcements, it turned out that Yelu Deguang laid out such a big situation.

Alas, it's a pity that the heavy troops of our army are all deployed in the area of Danzhou, Henan, and there are very few soldiers in Hebei and Hedong who can fight now!"

Li Fengyun understood the danger of the situation, scratched his head, and said strangely: "Isn't there still more than 10,000 of us and horses? Let's turn around and march towards Bozhou, and we should be able to reach Bozhou in five days! Maybe we can solve the crisis in front of us, General Guo, didn't you say that the Khitan army may not have discovered our people?"

All the generals turned their faces to look at Li Fengyun, who was puzzled and asked, "Am I wrong?" Or is five days enough time for Yelu Mada to cross the Yellow River?"

Guo Wei sighed and thought about his thoughts in a daze.

Zhao Kuangyin continued to reply: "That's not necessarily, the Yellow River is turbulent, and it is not so easy to build a pontoon bridge. Moreover, there was Li Shouzhen's Taiping army on the other side.

It's just that it's not that simple.

The order our army received was to sneak and attack Yeluanduan, not to attack Bozhou. Discipline is the most important in the army, and if we tamper with the direction of the march without authorization and attack privately, even if we win, I am afraid that we will be held accountable.

Moreover, we have less than 13,000 soldiers and horses, and we may not be able to impress Jerumada. Not to mention wanting to get close to Bozhou quietly. ”

Li Fengyunqi said: "The situation is so urgent, of course we have to take care of the present." If Kaifeng is lost, what is the use of defeating Yelu Anduan again?

As for whether he can beat or not, he will only know until he has beaten it, and he will not be able to drag that Yelu twist flower at the worst, so that he will not be able to cross the Yellow River so easily. ”

Zhao Kuangyi frowned and said, "The military order is like a mountain, how can it be child's play?"

Guo Wei bowed his head and said nothing, just looked at the map.

Zhao Kuangyin suddenly said: "Liu Shuai's general order, we have to respect it, but the Fengyun brothers are not Liu Shuai's subordinates, and they did not receive Liu Shuai's general order, and Du Shuai also explained that he acted cheaply." ”

He pointed to the map and said: "If it is just to harass the enemy, I think a thousand cavalry should be enough! As long as it can be delayed for two or three days, I think Liu Shuai's general order should also arrive!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up, and they all looked at Li Fengyun, and even Guo Wei looked up.

Li Fengyun didn't understand what Zhao Kuangyin meant, and laughed and said: "The kid asked General Guo for a favor, and wanted to borrow a thousand cavalry to go around Bozhou to inquire about the military situation, I don't know if it is possible." ”

Guo Wei smiled slightly and said, "Go to Bozhou to inquire about the military situation, how can a thousand cavalry be enough." In this way, I will allocate 2,000 cavalry, plus 1,200 spare horses for you, plus your own troops and horses, to quickly find out the military situation in Bozhou! Kuang Yin, you will also go to assist Fengyun. ”

When the crowd heard this, they laughed.

Guo Wei's cavalry was only 2,000, which was equivalent to lending all of them to Li Fengyun. Another 1,200 spare horses were allocated, which meant that everyone in the Fengyun camp under Li Fengyun had horses, and even if these people couldn't fight right away, they should always be able to use horses to run.

Without further ado, everyone discussed it again, decided on a strategy, and on the one hand, they hurriedly reported to Liu Zhiyuan's department, and on the other hand, they divided their troops into two routes, Li Fengyun and Zhao Kuangyin led two thousand cavalry and Fengyun battalions to go to Bozhou.

Majiakou, Yelu Mada immediately on the bank of the Yellow River, holding a horse whip, looking at the rolling Yellow River, talking and laughing.

So far, everything has gone well, Bozhou has been captured, the Yellow River crossing has been captured, and in two days, thousands of small rumors have been collected from the surrounding areas, which can send thousands of soldiers to the other side at a time.

And Li Shouzhen was obviously caught off guard, and only brought 10,000 foot soldiers to hold him across the bank. Other soldiers and horses are being transferred from various states and counties.

Even if Li Shouzhen transferred all the 30,000 elite soldiers under his command? Yelu Mada concentrated no less than 80,000 iron cavalry, and almost all the troops in Hebei were transferred, and as long as he crossed the Yellow River, Li Shouzhen's 30,000 elite soldiers would be just an appetizer for him. How could the heroic and fierce Khitan cavalry be matched by 30,000 Southern Barbarians?

After seeing the combat strength of the Jin army in Hebei, Yelu Ma replied proudly, in his opinion, as long as the first batch of three or five thousand Khitan iron cavalry was sent over, the Jin soldiers who lined up in the field were by no means his opponents.