After Team Zhang received the news, he left behind the broken people, and led people to the side of the official road and lurked behind the hills.

The Khitans on the official road, holding torches with great fanfare, escorting a carriage with great fanfare, galloped and galloped.

Team Zhang was frowning, carefully observing for a while, and suddenly ordered in a low voice: "Don't attack." ”

The Black Iron Tower thought about it for a while, and agreed with Zhang Teamzheng's decision very much, such a large group of people suddenly appeared on the originally empty official road, not a bait, what is it?

"Lao Hei, you hurry up and Da Niu, ride a fast horse back to the camp, report to Li Tou'er, and say that the main force of the enemy army is in Xiangzhou." Team Zhang stared intently at the official road for a while, and immediately made his decision.

"Why me again?" The Black Tower grumbled in dissatisfaction, obviously not wanting to go back.

Team Zhang was slapping his face and said, "This is a military order, violators will be beheaded!" "The attitude is extremely resolute, as long as the Black Iron Tower dares to disobey, the head will definitely move.

In the Yulin Right Guard, as long as it is a formal military order, it must be strictly enforced. Even if it is wrong, it must be carried out, otherwise, the head of the disobedience will be cut off first, and then the wrong order will be pursued.

The army is not a vegetable market where you can bargain at will, if there is no iron-like battlefield discipline, cats and dogs dare to disobey, how can it be done?

Since Team Zhang had made a decision, the Black Iron Tower had to say goodbye in tears, leading his old partner Da Niu Brother, leading the war horse, and quietly walked out of the old horse, only then did he turn over the saddle and get on the horse, and galloped towards Puzhou.

After the Black Iron Tower and Da Niu left smoothly, Team Zhang issued another military order, "Let's take a detour to the south." Avoid enemy encirclement. ”

In the right guard of the feather forest, after the order was given by the superior officer. The subordinates must carry it out unconditionally.

So the crowd left the lurking hills. I plan to bypass the official road and go to the south.

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"What? You mean the sentinel of the southerners, going south? About half an hour later, Jeruxiugo got word from the front.

The Khitan leather room army is worthy of being the elite of the elite, their sentinels are quietly hidden in the shadows, and Zhang Teamzheng's men and horses are the targets of activities, as long as they observe and listen carefully, more or less. There will always be a trail to be found.

Yelu Hugo touched his chin, pondered carefully, and suddenly chuckled: "What a cunning Southern Barbarian! ”

Xiao Deqian looked at Brother Yelu Xiu suspiciously, and asked puzzledly: "Cardinal, what are you ......?"

Brother Yelu Hugh walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said with a faint smile: "If the old man is not bad, we must be exposed." ”

"How can you see that, cardinal?" Xiao Deqian was a little confused. The sentinels of the Southern Barbarians have never been near this place at all.

Brother Yelu Xiu sneered: "Since we have been exposed, then let the Southern Barbarians see the power of our Great Khitan Leather Army, right?" Pass the order down. Let's go to Kaifeng City to play, don't stop on the road! ”

Xiao Deqian was shocked when he heard that he was going to attack Kaifeng City. Happy, for a while. I couldn't even speak.

From Xiangzhou to Kaifeng Mansion, it is actually not particularly far. With the elite foot power of the leather room army, I am afraid that it can be killed in two days.

The problem now is that it is easy to kill under Kaifeng City, and it is absolutely difficult to break through the city wall of Kaifeng without siege equipment.

In case, the lone army goes too far, and the southern barbarian army on all sides is outflanked, and the danger of annihilation of the whole army is amazing!

"Cardinal, we only have 15,000 soldiers and horses, and besides, they are all cavalry ......" Xiao De subconsciously wanted to persuade Brother Yelu Xiu to change his mind.

Unexpectedly, Yelu Hugh waved his hand and said categorically: "I have made up my mind, and I will go and pass the order." ”

Yelu Hugo is the Great Khitan Kingdom, the famous god of war, and his military orders, Xiao Deqian dare not disobey and does not want to disobey.

Since following Yelu Huge, Xiao Deqian has won battles that he has won for a long time.

About an hour and a half later, Yelu Hugo led the elite leather room army, like a tiger descending from the mountain, and rushed straight to the city of Kaifeng.

As soon as Yelu Hugo's side moved, the sentry system of Yulin's right guard immediately noticed the abnormal situation.

As a result, the military newspaper warning flew to Li Zhongyi's desk like snowflakes.

"Bai Xing, what do you think?" Li Zhongyi gently tapped on the table and asked Yang Lie calmly.

Yang Lie pondered it carefully and said, "At a cursory glance, I think Brother Yelu Xiu is crazy. However, after careful consideration, I have a deeper understanding, if Yelu Hugo knew that the capital was now extremely empty, and rushed straight to the past, it would be easy to mobilize the main force of our army to come back to help. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded, but he didn't squeak, and continued to stare at Yang Lie's face, waiting for him to come up with an opinion.

Yang Lie said carefully: "But the problem is that although our army is brave, most of them are infantry troops. If all our troops come back to help, Yelu Hugo can immediately turn around and head north, and take the Daimyo's mansion with big holes in the city defense. ”

"Teacher, you are the commander of the Northern Expedition, if the Daimyo's Mansion fails, the responsibility will definitely be inescapable." Yang Lie said this, and sighed heavily, "Perhaps, Brother Yelu Xiu saw this and wanted to force you to have a decisive battle on the battlefield he chose?" ”

Li Zhongyi looked at Yang Lie with satisfaction, the painstaking cultivation over the years has made Yang Lie mature rapidly, and he can be completely independent!

That's right, Yelu Hugo actually adopted a very clever plan, and its purpose was obvious, that is, he wanted to use the superior mobility of the leather room army to mobilize Li Zhongyi's main force, exhausted, and then find an opportunity to annihilate it in one fell swoop.

Yelu Hugo went south to Kaifeng City, which may be either an attack or an actual attack, depending on how Li Zhongyi responds?

The big problem was placed in front of Li Zhongyi, and even Li Yunxiao looked at him nervously, lest there be a mistake in judgment.

However, Li Zhongyi said lightly: "Brother Yeluxiu's goal, in fact, has always been on me. ”

In Kaifeng City, although there are no particularly famous generals, there are still tens of thousands of elite forbidden troops, and Shi Shouxin is also in the city.

If there is no inner city gate to open, and there is no heavy siege equipment, it will be difficult to take the capital of the Great Zhou.

Kaifeng City, no more than other places, the families and relatives of the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are all in the city. No matter who the temporary appointment of the imperial court is, he will do his best to defend the city desperately, and he will not dare to slack off.

So the question is, since Yelu Hugo knew that he couldn't take advantage of it, why did he lead his army south and make the appearance of attacking Kaifeng City?

In addition, take 10,000 steps back and say that even if Yelu Xiuge's successful sneak attack on Kaifeng is successful, Li Zhongyi has a heavy army at hand, and he only needs to cut off the way back, and Yelu Xiuge will not be able to escape the defeat of the army in the end.

At that time, the Great Zhou Dynasty fell in the hands of Yelu Huge, and if Li Zhongyi wanted to change the dynasty, it would be easy.

Therefore, both Li Zhongyi and Yang Lie agreed that Yelu Hugo was playing a trick of diverting the tiger from the mountain, in order to lure Li Zhongyi into the bait.

"Master, the King of Wei sent a messenger, saying that it was the main force of the Khitans who had surrounded the Daimyo's Mansion." Li Yunxiao walked quickly to Li Zhongyi's side and whispered the latest developments.

Li Zhongyi nodded and said with a smile: "Brother Yelu Xiu is worthy of being the first Khitan general who is scheming, he put the main force of soldiers and horses in the north of me, and he himself took and mobilized his troops to go around the south, which is really a bit of a headache." ”

Yang Lie pondered for a while, and suddenly reminded: "If we abandon the capital, I'm afraid that we will be drowned by the saliva of the Manchu Dynasty." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and said, "This is the idea that Brother Yelu Xiu is fighting, which puts me in a dilemma, even if I win, it will become a strategic defeat." ”

Li Yunxiao, who didn't understand much, figured out a lot of things in an instant, and couldn't help but scold hatefully: "Damn Khitan barbarian!" ”

Today's battlefield has obviously shown a trend of fragmentation, the Khitans are divided into two, the main force is under the city of the Daimyofu, and Yelu Hugo takes the elite troops to attack Kaifeng for a long time.

On the side of the Great Zhou, from the Daimyo's Mansion to the south, there was a need for defense everywhere, and the front was leaking on all sides, and it was simply full of beacons and embattled.

"Master, what should we do?" Li Yunxiao felt that the situation was obviously out of control, and asked Li Zhongyi eagerly.

Li Zhongyi chuckled softly: "Let's neither stay here nor go back to the capital, let's go here." The index finger of his right hand gently poked at an inconspicuous position on the military sand table.

Yang Lie looked at it and couldn't help but ask Li Zhongyi with some doubts: "Why is it Zhaozhou?" ”

Zhaozhou, now Yongnian County, Handan City, Hebei Province, is located about 100 miles west of the Daimyo's Mansion.

Although Yelu Huge's whereabouts have always been extremely secretive, the inherent geographical environment of Hebei and Henan determines that if the Khitans, who are mainly cavalry, want to go south quickly and smoothly, it is impossible to take the line of Beizhou, which is covered with water networks.

As long as Li Zhongyi is stuck on the front line of Zhaozhou, then it is equivalent to completely cutting off the return route of the Khitans.

"Master, Daimyo's Mansion, aren't we going?" Li Yunxiao asked Li Zhongyi with some concern.

Yang Lie saw Li Zhongyi's gaze looking at him, so he explained: "Even the section of the wall of the Daimyo's Mansion is made of tofu, and King Wei has more than 50,000 soldiers and horses. These people are probably not very useful in the field fighting, but relying on the city wall to defend desperately, it is still very possible to consume some of the Khitan vitality. ”

"In addition, with us staring at the sidelines, the Khitans should at least set aside some of them to guard against us, right?" Yang Lie has a complete understanding of the terrain of Hebei and Henan, even if he doesn't look at the sand table, he can still count the treasures.

"It's just, what about the Divine Guard Army and the Guangrui Army?" Yang Lie turned his head to look at Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and said, "Taking them together will only put us in and will not do any good." It is better to let them camp in the same place, dig deep trenches, and build high walls. ”

Yang Lie thought for a while and said with a smile: "The lonely city is difficult to defend, as long as they are outside the city, it is a pipe dream for the Khitans to take any nearby city." (To be continued.) )