Yelu Mada terminated the second batch of 3,000 soldiers who crossed the river, there was no strong beachhead on the south bank, so sending people over was tantamount to sending them to death, the Khitans were very expensive, not as many as the Central Plains, this southern expedition, Yelu Deguang only led 100,000 iron cavalry, plus some servant troops who came one after another, and Zhang Yanshou's 50,000 Youzhou soldiers and horses, no more than 200,000. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the great king Yelu Anduan also brought 40,000 remnants of the defeated generals, Yang Guangyuan also brought nearly 10,000 remnants, that total was only 250,000 people.

Among them, 80,000 horses under the personal leadership of Yelu Deguang have been killed to the south bank, and are confronting the 300,000 horses of the Jin army in Tanzhou and Qicheng, in fact, among the 80,000 horses, 50,000 are Zhao Yanshou's Youzhou soldiers and horses, only 20,000 are real Khitan iron horses, and 10,000 are just servant troops used as cannon fodder.

Yelu Anduan and Yang Guangyuan joined forces, a total of 50,000 horses and horses, on the north bank of the Yellow River to protect Yelu Deguang's back, and Liu Guangyuan's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

The remaining Khitan elite iron cavalry is about 70,000 people, all of whom are under the hands of Yelu Mada, this is where the elite brought into the Central Plains this time is, the Great Khan trusts him, and all of them are in his hands, Yelu Mada will never dare to lose it so easily.

It can be said that the elite of the Khitan are basically in the area of Danzhou and Bozhou, and in other places, only a small number of Khitan soldiers and horses are left to control the servant army to defend against resistance in various places.

For the huge Hebei, it is actually very dangerous to rely solely on those servant armies and subordinate troops who have no military discipline to maintain control.

The Central Plains is not like the grassland, walking on the grassland for three days and three nights, and may not be able to meet anyone, while in the Central Plains, there is a village every three or five miles, and the periphery of the village and Zhuangzi is protected by high and low walls.

Don't look at these people now seem to be scared of being killed by the Khitans, obey and obey, when the Khitans show their wounds and show fatigue, no one can say whether these militias and these surrendered troops will pounce on them and strike a counterattack, and take the Khitans' heads to the little emperor in Kaifeng to ask for a reward.

Yelu Mada led an army of 80,000 to attack Bozhou this time, and after he succeeded, he left the 10,000 servant army and 5,000 Khitan iron cavalry in Bozhou, which was his back road and could not be defended. He personally led more than 65,000 people to set up camp near Majiakou.

The 3,000 men and horses who crossed the river to the south bank were destroyed, and only more than 30 of the 3,000 people escaped, because there were still five small boats left on the south bank of the Yellow River, which were intended to be used to report credit in case of emergency, and two of them were overturned by the big waves on the Yellow River, and the two boats all fell into the Yellow River and fed Wang Ba.

The remaining three small boats were forced to squeeze more than thirty people, as well as dozens of arms and countless fingers. These are all cut down by the people on the ship, and the people are driven to a desperate situation, as long as there is a glimmer of life, there is really something that can be done.

These people were the most timid and the wisest, and when they saw that the form was not good, they thought of the five small boats that had been parked on the shore, and only such people could escape from the hellish south shore.

Yelu Mada looked at the more than thirty people in disgust, and after asking about the situation, he originally wanted to push these people out and behead them, but after seeing the sad expressions of the dead rabbits and foxes, he changed his mind. Yelu Ma replied very well that Yelu Chunguan could not be blamed for this defeat, nor could he blame these defeated soldiers who fled back. The real culprit should be himself.

Because of his negligence, more than 1,400 ships of all sizes were burned to the point that only four or five hundred remained, and the 3,000 iron cavalry that were originally going to cross the river were changed from cavalry to infantry.

Also because of Yelu Mada, he did not let his subordinates adapt to the wind and waves on the Yellow River in advance, resulting in after going ashore, the Khitan iron cavalry became a soft-footed shrimp, dizzy, difficult to organize a formation, and unable to resist the surprise attack of Li Shouzhen's elite cavalry.

Killing more than 30 people is a trivial matter, but the generals will certainly be dissatisfied, and Yelu Khan will also think that he is hiding something, not only will it not play the role of motivating the army, but it will backfire, causing the dissatisfaction of the people and the suspicion of the Great Khan.

"Escort me down, give me thirty lashes each, and then join the beggars!" shouted Jeruma with hatred.

When Li Fengyun heard the news and rushed to the vicinity of Majiakou to watch the battle, the battle was over, and the Khitan army was defeated too quickly in the battle of crossing the river, and it was only after resisting for less than half a pillar of incense that it broke up.

Li Fengyun and the others observed the gloomy Khitan army camp, and everyone returned to Jingke Village.

Returning to Jingke Village, a news came that Guo Wei's 10,000 horses had already obtained Liu Zhiyuan's generals, and they were rushing over here in the starry night, and they should be able to arrive in four days.

Li Fengyun was overjoyed when he heard this, with Guo Wei's 10,000 horses, he had a lot more in his heart, not only 10,000 horses, but also corresponding equipment, catapults, crossbows, etc., in terms of combat power, his 3,000 people plus the more than 5,600 people in Dian Kui could not be compared with them.

It's not that the combat strength of the two thousand elite cavalry is not good, and the cavalry is not durable to fight, especially the cavalry who are not prepared for horses. In field warfare, cavalry is far superior to foot soldiers because of its speed and impact power, but in terms of defense, cavalry is not as good as well-trained foot soldiers.

"I have an idea, let's see if it's okay?" Back in the council hall, Li Fengyun said with a smile.

"What's your idea?" Dian Kui laughed, "Don't you want to burn the ship again?" ”

Li Fengyun shook his head and said: "Of course not, look at the way it looks today, just relying on the current ship in hand, I am afraid it will be difficult for this twist to attack the south coast, but things will always change, only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves?"

Twist is estimated not to give up, and the methods he can choose are nothing more than the same.

The same is to search for ships on a large scale. I'm afraid I can't afford to make a raft, the Yellow River is so stormy, and the water is turbulent, I'm afraid the raft can't do it. If he were to search for ships, he would not be able to send out thousands of men, and then we would be able to attack the small force of men and horses he had sent.

There is also a possibility that the login location is to change the login location, repair the plank road openly, and secretly cross the Chen Cang. Or take advantage of the night to cross the river, if he really sends seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses, I think Li Shouzhen may not be able to stop it.

So, I thought, instead of sitting and waiting, it's better to take the initiative. How about we go straight to the camp?"

"Stealing the camp?" everyone looked at Li Fengyun with strange eyes.