Two or three months have passed since the battle in Zhangjiazhuang, the Khitan entered the Central Plains, and marched south twice before and after, counting the more than half a year of the truce in the middle, this war has been fought for nearly a year and a half. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Khitan, the northern wolf, was also tired, and Yelu Deguang led 80,000 Khitan iron horsemen, carrying countless gold and silver treasures looted from the Central Plains, and slowly retreated north, as if he was ready to return to the outside of the fortress to lick his wounds.

Du Chongwei raised 200,000 troops in Dingzhou, marched north far behind the Khitan army, and recovered the lost territory.

This beacon fire is about to be extinguished, and the people of Li in Hebei may have a few more years of stable life to live.

But no one thought that the 80,000 Khitan tiger and wolf division led by Yelu Deguang had withdrawn to Hubeikou (Note 1), and when he saw that he was about to leave the customs, he didn't know what had happened, and suddenly turned his horse's head, turned around and pounced on the Central Plains again.

After receiving the report, Du Chongwei was shocked, and he couldn't figure out the intention of the Khitan army for a while, so he hurriedly gathered the generals to discuss the matter, and Li Fengyun also attended the meeting.

The military debate was clearly divided into two factions, one was radical and the other was heavy and retreated.

The side of the main battle believes that there are now 200,000 troops, including more than 15,000 cavalry, while the Khitan army only has 80,000 iron cavalry, plus some new troops are only 1120,000, and the strength is not as good as the Jin army. And at this time, the morale of the generals is high, and the voice of recovering Hebei in one fell swoop, making noise on it, and then retreating at this time, is really to increase the morale of others and destroy their own prestige.

At this time, it is time to face Maimang with the Khitan army and raise the national prestige of the Great Jin.

Even if they did not take the initiative to attack the Khitan army, they should be encamped and garrisoned, how could they hand over the territory that had just been recovered to others? Just like the battle of Danzhou, the sharp spirit of the Khitan people was exhausted. As soon as the sharpness was exhausted, the Khitans naturally had to retreat to the north.

The main retreating side believed that when the land of Hebei was mostly plain, it was suitable for the Khitan cavalry to fight, and although the Jin army had 200,000 people, most of them were foot soldiers, and the cavalry would have suffered a loss. Although there are 15,000 cavalry, they belong to several princes, and their combat strength is uneven, which is not as elite as the Khitan cavalry. From the perspective of overall combat power, the Jin State can only be said to be on par with the Khitan at most.

On the other hand, the 200,000 army is composed of soldiers who have seen the battle formation and fought hard with the Khitan iron cavalry, which can be said to be the elite of the Jin Kingdom.

If all these elite divisions were to be lost here like this, the situation in the Central Plains would immediately take a sharp turn for the worse. Not to mention that the land of Hebei is in the hands of the enemy, Henan and Hedong will also be in danger.

How can this Central Plains have the ability to raise another 300,000 soldiers of King Qin?

If you win, you can only hurt your skin, and if you lose, you will risk losing your country.

Where to go from here, there is little need to think about it. You must retreat and choose a dangerous place to defend. The Khitan cavalry fought for a long time, and after holding each other for a long time, the Khitans would definitely retreat.

The two sides quarreled fiercely, each with its own reason, which made it feel difficult to make a decision.

Although Li Fengyun's military achievements are high, his qualifications are shallow, and he cannot be allowed to speak on such occasions.

However, as far as Li Fengyun's heart is concerned, he is the main battle. He's got such a heart that even in the most dangerous moments, he thinks about attack, not defense.

Counting the battles that Li Fengyun has experienced in the past, this is not the case:

In the first battle, in that nameless village, he thought about how to ambush and kill the nearly fifty Khitan iron horsemen.

In the second battle, on that hillside, when everything was critical, what he thought of was how to sneak attack the enemy commander Xiao Yuanqi, how to use the horses, and how to step on the Khitan iron horse.

In the third battle, outside Zhenzhou City, he circled around the four city gates and mobilized Yang Guangyuan's troops, which directly led to the victory at the east gate of Zhenzhou. Later, he attacked the south gate and killed the 1,000 servants who blocked the south gate, but unfortunately Du Honglian did not allow them to enter the city, which led to heavy losses later.

The fourth battle was the battle of the city wall of Zhenzhou, and he fought to the death and did not retreat.

The fifth battle was the battle of going west out of Zhenzhou for help, and there was no way out. Later, Yang Zhan, the general who ambushed Yang Guangyuan in the woods, killed Yang Guangyuan's cavalry completely demoralized.

The sixth battle was the Battle of Xinzhou, where he led dozens of masters, disguised as Khitan servants, planned to kill Xiao Yuanchu, saved the city of Xinzhou, which was in danger, and reversed the situation and defeated the Khitan.

The seventh battle was Li Fengyun's proud work, offering Liu Zhiyuan to burn Yeluanduan's grain and grass camp, resulting in the complete defeat of Yeluanduan's army. thwarted the Western Route Army of Jeredian.

In the eighth battle, Yang Zhan, the general who attacked Yang Guangyuan from behind, attacked Yang Zhan from behind, and defeated Yang Zhan, which indirectly led to a great victory in Zhenzhou.

In the ninth battle, Majiakou was burned, and the enemy's heavy troops were led away with a small force, and the sneak attack was successful, which led to the defeat of Yelu Mada on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the victory of Yunzhou Beijin can be said to be inseparable from Li Fengyun's burning of Majiakou.

The tenth battle was a sneak attack on Yelu Mada's military camp, which stirred the hearts of the Khitan army, resulting in the bombing of the camp and the defeat of Yelu Mada.

The eleventh battle was to infiltrate Xiaoyanggang, and he alone burned half of the grain and grass camp, and spied on the Khitan army's plot to pretend to retreat and really want to encircle and annihilate the Jin army. Saved 300,000 Jin troops.

The twelfth battle was the battle of Zhangjiazhuang, a man rode into the encirclement, rescued Huangfu with 3,000 soldiers and horses, and later broke into the Khitan army alone, and chased Yelu Tiande in the crowd of ten thousand troops, and killed the Khitan army in fear.

How could such a Li Fengyun accept the resolution to withdraw from the army?

If it was Li Fengyun, he would try his best to defeat the Khitan iron cavalry, rather than relying on stubborn defense to consume the Khitan army.

It's a pity that Du Chongwei is not Li Fengyun after all, he has too many things to consider, for example, he is in Zhenzhou City, obviously he can defeat Yang Guangyuan and break Yang Guangyuan's encirclement, but he chooses to be trapped in Sorrowful City.

This military discussion lasted until sunset, and Du Chongwei finally accepted the decision to retreat, and ordered the officers and men of each battalion to prepare immediately, and the battalion retreated to Dingzhou from the next day. The retreat of the various departments was discussed again, and the military discussion was hastily concluded.

After the military discussion, Du Chongwei left Li Fengyun behind and said, "Fengyun Xian, I'm very disappointed, right!"

Li Fengyun nodded and said, "How can the current situation be as unbearable as they say? The terrain here is not as much as they say, and our army is completely unfavorable. As long as it is used well, this battle may not be lost. Thousands of miles away, you will pout the general. The Khitan army is coming very fiercely and quickly, and if you can choose a good ambush location, you may not be able to win a big battle. ”

Du Chongwei sighed and said, "How could this commander not know this truth? Fengyun, you said that those who were in charge of the battle in the military discussion just now really want to fight? Those who retreated really wanted to preserve the strength of the 20th army?"

Li Fengyun was stunned for a moment and asked, "Isn't it?"

Note 1: Hubeikou, now Gubeikou in the northeast of Miyun, Beijing.