Chapter 276: The Attack Failed

A great victory, a hearty victory, leaving no less than 4,000 Khitan corpses on the battlefield. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When Huangfuyu's cavalry rushed out of the black pine forest and accelerated on the flat land, the Khitans seemed to have exhausted their last courage, and the next thing was to chase and flee.

There is often a difference between winning and losing, if Li Fengyun tries his best and still can't cut down that big shot, the Khitans are very likely not to lose, and it is very likely that Li Fengyun and Huangfu will lose.

An army that has regained its courage is unstoppable.

It's a pity that when Yelu Tiande once again aroused the blood and courage of this team, Li Fengyun gave him another blow.

This team is finished, at least in front of Li Fengyun, they will never lose the courage to raise their knives again.

After completely defeating Yelu Tiande's men, leaving a few people to clean up the battlefield, Li Fengyun and Huangfu immediately returned to the division to aid the Khitan men and horses led by Dian Kui's Fengyun battalion.

After the two returned to help, they found that the road had stopped, set up camp, and only advanced less than twenty miles.

This is also understandable, since Yelu Tiande was defeated by Li Fengyun all the way, it means that Xiao Han is not safe all the way. Moreover, the defeat of Yelu Tiande also lowered the morale of the army to the bottom.

Moreover, it will take time for Yelu Tiande's rout to gather along the way.

Therefore, it is understandable for Xiao Han to stop.

Since the Khitan army stopped, Li Fengyun couldn't ask for it, and took advantage of this gap to set up various traps frantically. Li Fengyun knew that Yelu Tiande's 60,000 main elite cavalry was about to arrive, and it was basically impossible to sneak attack the Khitan army. The only way is to use these various traps to slow down the Khitan army.

At the same time, Yelu Tiande led an army of 60,000 troops to enter the camp prepared by Yelu Tiande. In fact, there were not only 60,000 Khitan iron horsemen who came with Yelu Tiande, but also 30,000 servant troops and 20,000 surrender troops. Yelu Tiande's soldiers and horses actually reached 130,000.

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Fengyun was overjoyed, it seemed that it was impossible for Yelu Tiande to march at night.

That is to say, the task of delaying the Khitan army for two days and two nights and gaining time for Du Chongwei to build a strong camp can be regarded as a complete completion.

The news from Du Chongwei also proves this.

The camp of Yangcheng Baituanwei Village has been basically completed, and a complete defense system has been built, and the remaining thing is to strengthen and improve.

Du Chongwei sent an order that Li Fengyun and Huangfu could lead their troops to retreat, but it would be better if they could delay for a longer time.

Li Fengyun decided to continue with the harassment strategy.

This is for the sake of Du Chongwei's 200,000 army and consumes the energy of the Khitan army. Moreover, in doing so, there was no actual contact with the Khitan army, and the losses of his soldiers and horses were extremely limited.

In the tent of the Khitan marshal, Yelu Tiande told him about the events of the past two days, Yelu De nodded, and instead of blaming Yelu Tiande, he comforted him a few words.

At this point, what's the use of blaming Yelu Tiande? Although Yelu Deguang is very dissatisfied with him, the third brother, he can't really kill him. Killing Yelu Tiande is simple, and it will cause a lot of turmoil within the tribe, and many people will think that Yelu De is just eliminating dissidents, maybe it will cause a lot of chaos.

Yelu Tiande is the son of Concubine Xiao, not born to the Empress Dowager Shu Luping, and in the process of competing for the throne, he can't fight Yelu Deguang, who is supported by the Empress Dowager Shu Luping.

However, Yelu Tiande had a high reputation among the Khitan tribes, for example, Xiao Han, the head of the Khitan Eight Divisions (Note 1), firmly stood on Yelu Tiande's side, and even after Yelu Tiande lost his qualification to inherit the throne, he still firmly supported him.

Now, Yelu Deguang's authority is already in full swing in the Khitan, and Yelu Tiande has long given up those small actions in private, and has died of the desire to inherit the throne, just wanting to consolidate his position, which is no longer a threat to Yelu Deguang.

Therefore, there is no reason for Yerod to cut him.

And, on the other hand, Jerodin had done his best. Lost more than 4,000 soldiers, seven first-class masters, one was beaten away, four were wounded, and one was killed in battle, and even Xiao Li, the proud disciple of Xiao Guoshi, was also killed in the chaos. This can only be said that the opponent's strength is too strong, and it is not the fault of the war.

Of course, Jerodind is responsible, but it is not all his responsibility.

After all, under Li Fengyun's hands, the great king Yelu Anduan and the general Yelu Mada were defeated one after another, which shows that Li Fengyun does have something extraordinary, no wonder Yelu Tiande is not supported.

If Yelu Tiande is punished, should the great king Yelu Anduan and the general Yelu Mada, who have been defeated more severely than Yelu Tiande, deal with it?

Therefore, Yelu Deguang did not intend to punish Yelu Tiande.

Tonight, Li Fengyun will definitely come to harass again, no matter in any way, it is a very necessary thing for the Jin army to consume the energy and morale of the Khitan army. This is the unanimous opinion.

In response to this, Yelu Deguang discussed with the generals and made some arrangements in advance.

The night was hazy, and when it was approaching, the Khitan soldiers should have just fallen asleep.

Suddenly, the drums sounded, and the dense horse's hooves hit the heavy ground, shaking the earth slightly, and Li Fengyun led five hundred elite horsemen to rush towards the Khitan camp.

When he rushed to the Khitan camp, which was about 300 zhang away, Li Fengyun suddenly felt bad in his heart, the Khitan camp was too quiet, and he hurriedly whistled and beckoned everyone to leave quickly.

The soldiers were still a little puzzled, but they rushed straight to a distance of more than 100 zhang from the Khitan camp before turning their horses' heads, and ran around the Khitan camp for most of the circle, until the Khitan iron cavalry rushed out of the camp gate before leaving, why did they evacuate so quickly today?

The effect of such harassment on the Khitan army is really not high, and it is not enough to make the rest of the barracks jump up from their sleep and cause chaos.

Although he was suspicious of Dou, the five hundred elite horsemen still turned the horse's head in strict accordance with Li Fengyun's requirements.

The five hundred elite horsemen had just turned their horses' heads, and suddenly the Khitan camp gate was opened, and a large number of Khitan iron horsemen poured out.

At the same time, from a large area of woods outside the gate of the Khitan camp, a large number of Khitan cavalry were also killed, and they rushed towards Li Fengyun, forming an encirclement of the five hundred elite cavalry.

"There's an ambush!" everyone understood.

Fortunately, Li Fengyun found it early, the Khitans failed to successfully surround Li Fengyun, Li Fengyun took five hundred elite horsemen, successfully interspersed through the gaps, only the last ten elite horsemen were shot by the Khitan iron horsemen, and the loss was negligible.

In the vast night, the Khitans did not dare to pursue Li Feng, and only sent Li Fengyun's 500 elite horsemen a few miles away before returning to the camp.

However, this also means that Li Fengyun's attempt to harass the Khitan army tonight has failed.

It is conceivable that last night's various harassment methods of Li Fengyun, the Khitan army must have made targeted arrangements.

Note 1: Before the establishment of the Khitan Liao, the traditional social organization model was the eight-part alliance.

Among them, there are three of the most important eight divisions, namely the ancient eight divisions, the eight divisions of the Oga clan and the eight divisions of the Haruka clan.

The specific chronology is as follows:

The ancient eight divisions of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty were generally the same as the Northern Dynasties.

The eight divisions of the Dahe clan began at the beginning of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty and finally opened between Tianbao.

The eight divisions of the Yaoyuan clan began at the time of Kaiyuan Tianbao, and finally Liao Taizu established the Liao Dynasty.