When passing through the Tongji Canal Grand Canal crossing, Li Zhongyi did not solicit civilian ships to trace the canal north and go directly to Xiongzhou by waterway, as Yang Lie expected.

When the army reached the bank of the canal, Li Zhongyi ordered to cross the canal directly and go north by land.

Yang Lie thought about it for a while, and immediately understood Li Zhongyi's intentions, this time to send troops to the north to help, and the previous battles of advancing Goryeo, the country of Haidong, and sweeping away the Tuoba family in the northwest, are very different.

The main change is that there are nearly 10,000 more cavalry troops in the army advancing north. Originally, a civilian ship with 100 materials could carry more than 100 soldiers, but if it was a cavalry boarding, a dozen horses, plus grooms and horse materials, it would be completely crowded.

An army of 20,000, plus tens of thousands of horses, countless weapons and baggage, good fellows, at least a thousand ships are needed.

The question is, where to find so many civilian boats?

According to the previous training mode, the senators of the Senate Division, under the dispatch of Yang Lie, requisitioned nearly 100 civilian boats, and it only took more than three hours to erect five large pontoon bridges on the bank of the canal.

After the road was opened, the flying dragon cavalry at the forefront of the army, under the leadership of Gao Xiaode, made a mighty passage to the pontoon bridge on the canal and rushed to the distance further north.

By this time, it was already dark. In view of the fact that while waiting to cross the river, the army had already eaten dinner and rested for a long time, Li Zhongyi decisively ordered to rush overnight.

During the day, there was no difference, but at night when the moonlight was shining, the flying dragon cavalry under Gao Xiaode's command was a little unbearable.

The party cavalry instructors under quite Chaoyong did not need to light torches, and they lined up in battle formation. Moving forward quickly.

The soldiers of the Flying Dragoon Cavalry were complaining. Most of them have night blindness and don't light torches. There is no way to travel at night.

When he was on the night road yesterday, Li Zhongyi saved face for Fu Zhaoxin and did not prohibit the Flying Dragon Cavalry from lighting torches to advance.

However, today Li Zhongyi did not continue to tolerate this bad habit of easily exposing the whereabouts of the army.

Before leaving, Li Zhongyi called Gao Xiaode to the Chinese army and told him with a straight face: "Hurry overnight, it is forbidden to light torches, so as not to be hidden on the road." Discover the movements of our army. ”

Although Li Zhongyi's reasons are above board, Gao Xiaode always has an extremely uncomfortable feeling of being put in small shoes in his heart.

"Prime Minister of the Minister, it's not the last general to push the way, Fu Shuai has never had this kind of requirement before, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the sons and daughters to adapt." Gao Xiaode carefully lifted Fu Zhaoxin, the uncle of the country, on the table, and hoped very much in his heart that Li Zhongyi would see Fu Sanye's face. Cut them some slack.

Li Zhongyi sighed and said: "From Xiongzhou to the south, there are all large plains with a flat river. If we light torches and rush to the night, how can the Khitan sentry not find out? ”

"But......" Gao Xiaode's heart sank violently, the elite iron horsemen of the Khitans. It has always been a lingering nightmare in the minds of the Han people in the Central Plains.

Without waiting for Gao Xiaode to continue to argue, Li Zhongyi waved his hand. He said, "I will ask you, the Khitans of the cavalry." If we had discovered the movements of our army in advance, how would we have reacted? ”

Gao Xiaode lowered his head. After thinking about it, I couldn't find a strong statement that could be put on the table.

Li Zhongyi saw that Gao Xiaode was silent, and he sighed softly: "There are only 20,000 people in our military region, if more than 100,000 Khitan iron cavalry calculate the movement, they will set up an ambush in advance. Do you think we have enough soldiers and horses to fight our way out of the encirclement? ”

"Most of the Flying Dragoons are from Kaifeng!" Li Zhongyi didn't want to use tough methods to force Gao Xiaode to accept his military orders, and he always adopted the method of inducement to make Gao Xiaode understand his hard work.

At this time, Yang Lie seized the opportunity, stepped forward, and sneered: "Commander of Gaodu, if you are not afraid of being poked in the backbone by the people of Kaifeng, you can do it yourself." ”

Yang Lie's words were not much, but he suddenly pierced Gao Xiaode's vital point and buried the responsibility of the Flying Dragon Cavalry, can he Gao Xiaode bear it?

"The last general is only the prime minister." After Gao Xiaode weighed the pros and cons, he made a wise choice and obeyed Li Zhongyi's command.

Due to the lack of torches, people in the ranks of the Wyvern Cavalry kept falling off their horses. So much so, in the silent night sky, there were terrible screams from time to time.

Li Zhongyi has never heard of this, and he is about to go to the battlefield, and the Flying Dragon Cavalry is likely not to help, but to be a burden.

Instead of losing a small life on a bloody battlefield, it is better to fall into a disability, but you can save a small life.

Once the success is done, the bones are dry, and the truth that mercy is not in charge of the army, Li Zhongyi naturally understands it.

In war, how can there be the possibility of immortality?

The truth of sweating more in peacetime and less bloodshed in wartime, except for Li Zhongyi, few generals clearly understand.

"Teacher, before the war broke out on the Wyvern Cavalry side, a lot of people were broken, I'm afraid they will hold a grudge, right?" Yang Lie's heartless and bad laughter made Li Zhongyi feel very uncomfortable.

"Are pig livers, fish eyes, and all kinds of medicines for night blindness properly added to the meal?" Li Zhongyi asked Yang Lie angrily.

Yang Lie didn't hear Li Zhongyi's dissatisfaction, he said lazily: "The soup, the cake, and even the pickles are all added with your special night blindness medicine. It's just that if it really works, I'm afraid it will have to wait until four days later. ”

"Teacher, why do you take these useless things with you? Why don't you send them back to Kaifeng City, and the wives and children will be hot on the kang, okay? Yang Lie shook his head and gave the Flying Dragon Cavalry eye medicine.

In the night, Li Zhongyi's smile was full of shadows, and he said lightly: "As long as it is a soldier and a horse, there will always be a time when it comes in handy." If you can't go to the battlefield, can't you do anything else? ”

Yang Lie had already known Li Zhongyi's battle plan, and he said disapprovingly: "It's feasible to be cannon fodder for us." ”

Li Zhongyi understood in his heart that Yang Lie was actually worried that the Flying Dragon Cavalry under Gao Xiaode was likely to be insufficient, but more than defeated.

"When I see His Majesty, I have my own opinions." Li Zhongyi was worried that Yang Lie would make a demon moth in private, so he deliberately sold it and avoided talking about it.

Yang Lie's eyes rolled slightly, and he said with a smile: "If you can do without their people, as long as their horses, it will be much easier." ”

Li Zhongyi sighed secretly in his heart, what a shrewd and capable Yang Lie, Yang Baixing!

The army went all the way north, passing through Beizhou, Jizhou, Shenzhou, Yingzhou, and Mozhou, and finally arrived at Xiongzhou, where Chai Rong was traveling.

The whole journey was more than 1,300 miles, and Li Zhongyi's northern reinforcement army only took ten days to rush to the forefront of the confrontation between the Great Zhou and the Khitan.

However, to Li Zhongyi's surprise, he waited for an hour in front of the door of the temporary palace, but he never saw Chai Rong summon him. (To be continued......)