It was late at night, and the combined forces of the Zhi and Li families marched quickly under the foot of the remaining veins of Taihang Mountain.

Zhi Congruan did not want to miss this historic decisive battle, so he simply handed over the military command to Zhi Yunshui, and he himself walked side by side with Li Zhongyi on horseback.

The orders received by Zhi Yunshui were simple and clear, and everything was under Li Zhongyi's command.

To tell the truth, before sending out the troops, Zhe Yunshui was not very convinced that Li Zhongyi was overly praised.

However, since he joined forces with Li Jiajun, Zhi Yunshui felt that his brain was completely insufficient, and fresh affairs came out one after another, smashing him dizzy.

Now, Zheyunshui is still holding his last breath, the whole team is fast, and the formation is in unison, which is certainly very eye-catching, but the army still has to see the real chapter on the battlefield after all.

As Li Zhongyi said, let iron and blood verify the bravery of the family army!

"Report to the marshal, the allies of the folded family are still fifteen miles away from the main force of our army."

When he was resting halfway, Zhi Congruan heard the sentinel report the marching speed of the Zhi family's army, and the old man couldn't help but sigh secretly, the Zhi family only used a state and a half of land, and could not afford to raise too many cavalry troops, and the family force could only be based on the infantry army.

Even if it is a half of this state, due to the newly acquired southern part of Shengzhou, it has been occupied by the Khitans for a long time, and it has not been well developed, and there is not much grain and taxes to collect.

Therefore, despite the expansion of the territory, the Zhejia family as a whole is still very poor.

The infantry army of the Zhejia family, on the territory of the northwest, is a well-known and strong army. In the past, when the power of the Tuoba family was soaring. The forces that can compete with it, who are the family soldiers?

Fold from Ruan's foot strength for the Fold family's infantry army. I've been full of confidence, but it's a pity. There is a comparison to know the gap, it was only three hours to start the army, and the Zhejia army had been left far behind by the Li family.

Thanks to the assistance of the sentinels scattered all around, Li Zhongyi could easily grasp the latest positions of the various units of the army.

Zhi Congruan is also a veteran general who has fought in old battles, and he certainly knows very well in his heart how difficult it is to grasp the dynamic military situation of each department in real time during the march?

After a night's march. Before it was dark, the combined forces of Li and Zhe finally arrived behind a hidden hilly area. This is the hiding place chosen by the sentinel in advance, less than fifty miles away from the place where the Khitans set up an ambush.

After breakfast, the army rested in place, quietly waiting for the rear of the Zhejia army to catch up.

According to the report from the sentinels, the large army of the Khitans was attacking Zhaozhou, and the Khitan ambush soldiers were lying in ambush nearby, and they did not move.

According to Li Zhongyi's opinion. Instead of crushing the large army of the Khitans, it is better to annihilate the elite cavalry they set up in ambush. The reason is actually very simple, there are the most elite two thousand leather room troops of the Khitans there.

After listening to the report, Zhe Congruan turned his head to look at Li Zhongyi. sighed: "The old man has always boasted that the sons of my broken family have amazing foot strength. Unexpectedly, I don't blame the soldiers under your command. The speed of the march is rare in the world, and I really have to admire it. ”

Li Zhongyi took a sip of tea. He smiled slightly and said: "There is a shortage of horses in the Central Plains, and training the cavalry is time-consuming and labor-intensive, so it is difficult to form real combat effectiveness in the short term. You must know that fighting with the Khitans, just winning the battle is far from enough, you must also bite and catch up. ”

Zhi Congruan stroked his white beard and said with a smile: "The old man can see that if it weren't for the outstanding performance of the elite sentinels, the certainty of your subordinates winning the battle would be reduced by at least fifty percent." ”

"Yue Zu is really sharp-eyed, and he broke through the key point at once." Li Zhongyi nodded with a smile and slapped Ruan's ass in public.

Zhu Niang held back a smile, peeked at Li Zhongyi's side face, and suddenly remembered the strange moves that the man used to toss her hard, and her snow-white pretty face couldn't help but be slightly hot, smack, stinky and immodest villain!

In fact, when Li Zhongyi was idle, he was quite interested in teasing the very shy bamboo girl. Don't look at Zhu Niang is a typical hearty Northwest girl, in terms of sexual affairs, she is always not as open as peony.

Because of this, the bamboo girl can't let go, whether Li Zhongyi is working in the study or going out in a carriage, he always likes to bring a hundred funny bamboo girls.

Of course, Zhu Niang has learned an otherworldly good martial arts since she was a child, and she is a concubine who can be guarded closely, so it is no wonder that Li Zhongyi is biased.

Although Zhu Niang has a hearty personality, she is not stupid, Li Zhongyi is really fond of her, and she naturally knows it.

Li Yunxiao touched her sore buttocks a few times from time to time, and she was so depressed that she was going to die, can't the turtle sons of the Military Justice Department beat lightly?

Zhi Congruan sighed and said, "My eldest and second lang ......" started at the beginning, but did not continue.

Li Zhongyi is so shrewd, as soon as he listens to the words, he knows that he follows Ruan's words. Although, the statement that the son-in-law has half a son, that is just a statement, and it cannot be true.

The eldest grandson and second grandson of the Zhe family have long been rumored to be quite discordant.

In fact, this is also a very understandable thing, there can only be one person who inherits the position of the head of the family, and Zhe Delan only has two sons and a daughter, and they are all from his wife.

In addition to Zhesaihua marrying into Kaifeng, Zhe Deran's two sons-in-law, Zhe Yuxun and Zhe Yuqing, are actually qualified to inherit the family business.

As the saying goes, it is difficult for a Qing official to cut off family affairs, and he wants to hear Li Zhongyi's opinion. Li Zhongyi didn't want to go to this mess to muddy the waters, so he deliberately pretended to be stupid and wanted to get by.

Zhe Congruan also knew Li Zhongyi's difficulties, he sighed, and said sullenly: "The family is blessed, if there is no blame, how good it would be?" ”

Li Zhongyi couldn't sit still this time, so he had to accompany his smiling face to comfort Zhi Congruan: "Ancestor Yue, I heard a story that the eaglet that has been staying under the knee of the mother eagle has never been able to grow into a real eagle. ”

Zhe Congruan asked Li Zhongyi with some hesitation: "Oh, what do you mean?" ”

Li Zhongyi smiled, raised his eyes to look at the clear blue sky, and didn't say anything.

Zhe Congruan immediately understood, and couldn't help sighing: "I'm old, my homeland is hard to give up, and I always hope that my children and grandchildren will be full." And and the beauty of the United States. Alas, it's time to make a decision. After this battle. I'll leave the two bastard boys in your hands, and if you don't obey, you'll slap them in the mouth. ”

How dare Li Zhongyi take such a hot potato. He was about to find an excuse to push it away, but Zhe Congruan waved his hand and said, "That's it, it's my old bones, please." ”

"Uh, okay." Li Zhongyi was folded from Ruan to the fire, but he couldn't push it back, this is the authentic hospitality.

Zhi Congruan promised to go bankrupt to help Li Zhongyi, but he never made any requests, with Li Zhongyi's personality. He must appreciate this friendship.

Li Zhongyi is the kind of guy who doesn't ask for benefits, the more he cares about giving benefits. Zhe Congruan obviously saw his temperament, prescribed the right medicine, and tried it well.

Zhu Niang was secretly funny, in fact, Zhe Congruan had already discussed it with Zhe Saihua, and the grandfather and grandson joined forces and calculated Li Zhongyi.

Political sides need to be taken as soon as possible, since he has already made up his mind. If you want to be tied to Li Zhongyi only, why don't you tie the heir of the family more tightly?

You know, love the Wu and the house. It's definitely not just an empty idiom, a similar fable, and the face of the Buddha without looking at the monk's face. Dog beating also depends on the owner.

Just imagine, Li Zhongyi personally selected the heir of the folding family. Is it possible that you will not be able to survive to the end?

Li Zhongyi understands very well what he thinks about Ruan, it's just. He took away the Huanghua eldest daughter of the Zhe family, and received the favor of Zhecong Ruan Tianda, eating people with a soft mouth and taking people with short hands, there is no way to do it.

The commanders under Song Yunxiang's jurisdiction are like industrious worker ants, never stopping to supplement all kinds of military information transmitted back from the front, and then make briefings and submit them to the senior commanders of Li Jiajun.

Zhe Congruan has adapted to Li Zhongyi's style of letting go of the shopkeeper, he stroked his white beard, looked at the busy senators and officers interestingly, and a thought suddenly popped up in his mind: Famous generals are likely to become a historical term!

After extensive brainstorming of Li Jiajun's battle plan, the officers of the Senate Department carried out the so-called map and sand table operations in accordance with a standardized process.

Onlookers Qing and Zhe Congruan were surprised to find that almost all of Li Jiajun's military maps were made from a mold, and each middle and senior officer had a copy.

Zhe Congruan, who has been the head of the family for many years, knows very well in his heart that if it is not for the stable large-scale printing of technology, it is obviously impossible for the military maps to be so similar.

If I am not mistaken, I heard Li Zhongyi say a sentence from Ruan's own ears: The devil is always hidden in the details!

At that time, Zhi Congruan didn't particularly care, just listened to it as a joke.

Now, when the situation was right, Zhe Congruan broke this passage again, and after chewing it countless times, he suddenly woke up: With the meticulousness and thoughtfulness of Li Jiajun's response to the battle, as long as the level of the commander is in the middle of the generals, it will be difficult to suffer a big defeat again.

After coming to this conclusion, Zhe Congruan secretly rejoiced, thinking that at the beginning, Hua'er really had a vision, and would rather wronged herself than marry Li Zhongyi as a flat wife.

Now, almost all of the Fold family members are around Li Zhongyi, and the two boys who are competing for the heir will follow Li Zhongyi to learn skills in the future. Fold Saihua is about to be produced, if it is a man in one fell swoop, then, the position of the Fold family will be more consolidated.

At the same time, Zhu Niang is deeply loved by Li Zhongyi, no matter where Li Zhongyi goes, Zhu Niang is always indispensable by his side.

Hmm, an unbreakable alliance, Zhi Congruan narrowed his eyes, and his thoughts drifted to Zhi Saihua's side again. No matter in the future, the mother is more expensive than the son, or the son is more expensive than the mother, and the family will make a lot of money.

Li Zhongyi has never fought unprepared battles, he led his troops to this hiding place in advance, for two purposes: first, to recharge his energy and prepare to attack at night; The second is that this place happens to be not far from the flank of the Khitan ambush and the big camp.

Zhe Congruan found out from close range that in addition to browsing the military information reported by the sentinel at any time, Li Zhongyi often stood alone in front of the military sand table with his hands behind his back, not knowing what he was thinking.

After Zhu Niang personally refilled the tea from Ruan, she held a small wooden bowl filled with fried soybeans, walked lightly to Li Zhongyi's side, and waited silently aside.

Li Zhongyi smelled the fragrance of beans, and didn't look back, he reached over directly, accurately grabbed a handful of fried soybeans from a small wooden bowl, stuffed them into his mouth one by one, and chewed them slowly.

Seeing this situation, Zhe Congruan couldn't help but nod secretly, small places can see big things. It seems that Zhu Niang is by Li Zhongyi's side. She is an indispensable woman.

Han Xin, Marshal Lin Sanhu. are all tragic fateful endings, Li Zhongyi, who is familiar with history, has to sigh for a long time every time he thinks of them.

God, who is truly fair, gave Han Xin and Lin Sanhu otherworldly military command geniuses, but also made them both short of political talent.

The habit of eating fried soybeans, Li Zhongyi himself has forgotten, when did it start. But. Since he developed this habit, before every big war, when he was studying the situation between the enemy and the enemy, he would pick up a few handfuls of fried soybeans and swallow the beans while thinking carefully about the strategy of the battle.

Zhi Congruan didn't want to do something annoying, so he picked up the tea cup and called Li Yunxiao, who was limping, and asked him to lead him around the camp.

Li Zhongyi was tired of standing. Let Zhu Niang move a horse over and sit and continue to study the enemy. About two hours later, Zhu Niang stretched out her little hand and stroked it in front of Li Zhongyi's forehead. Said softly: "Husband, concubine help you rub and press?" ”

Li Zhongyi enjoyed the rare warmth before the war, and leaned his head into Zhu Niang's towering chest. Comfortably, he said, "Then rub it and press it." ”

Zhu Niang's pretty face suddenly turned red. When Li Zhongyi bullied her in the bed, he always liked to say this kind of shameful ruffian.

Li Zhongyi closed his eyes slightly. Completely leaning on the body of the bamboo lady, smelling the refreshing fragrance in the nose, enjoying the gentle rubbing of a pair of jade hands on the temples, both body and mind are happy!

Well, with a successful career and a group of wives and concubines, this is the nourishing life of the old man!

Zhe Congruan found that the soldiers of the Li family army on both sides of the valley, even if they sat on the ground, always had a hand on the weapon they carried with him, and he couldn't help nodding secretly, to strengthen the army, it is necessary to be ready to meet the enemy's sudden attack at all times.

"Little Nineteen, the old man is far away in Fuzhou, and I have heard that you are in the blameless family, and you are already in the status of a man of his word?" Fold Congruan inadvertently poked Li Yunxiao's sensitive point.

Little Nineteen? Li Yunxiao was in a trance for a while, how long has it been since no one dared to call him that? Maybe it's three years, maybe it's two years, but it's not a short time!

Leng Buding was called out by Ruan's old name, Li Yunxiao was more or less uncomfortable.

Li Yunxiao would not be too polite to change someone so rude, but the old man in front of him couldn't even be provoked by Li Zhongyi, let alone him Li Xiaosong?

"Oh, hey, my old Linggong, you say so, if our grandfather knows, my head won't move?" In the struggle at home, Li Yunxiao has learned to toss and turn, and use strength to fight.

Zhi Congruan smiled slightly and said, "Come on, it's interesting to pretend to be energetic in front of the old man?" ”

Li Yunxiao had no way to deal with this old man, so she had to say with a smiling face: "If you have something to order, no matter whether the little one can do it or not, try to do it." ”

"Idiot. Just boasted that you can do it, why is it ten times stupider than a buffalo? Fold Congruan Blowing His beard and glaring at Li Yunxiao, "You are the cronies of the cronies around you who are not to blame, and you should act in order to do everything, I have nothing to tell you to do." ”

Li Yunxiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if Ruan Zhen said something that was not easy to do, he could only bite the bullet and report to Li Zhongyi.

But the problem is that Li Yunxiao is in the door of the mansion, and he has no teacher and has a great understanding.

In other words, Li Yunxiao didn't want to offend the Zhe family, let alone carry Li Zhongyi behind his back and engage in small actions of private communication.

Since, Zhi Congruan did not make any requests, whether it was true or not, Li Yunxiao was secretly glad that some things were most afraid of piercing that layer of paper.

As the saying goes, leave a line in everything, and meet in the future, which is exactly the portrayal of Li Yunxiao's true mood.

Not wanting the Khitans to discover their tracks, the two coalition armies divided the entire valley into two, each according to its formation, and rested and camped on the spot.

Many of the Li family's troops were lying on the grass with their backs against small trees or on their backs, holding scrolls in their hands, and concentrating on their hard work.

Zhe Congruan quietly walked to the side of a junior officer, looked down and looked at it, only to see that the title of the book was: "On the Essentials of Logistics".

Don't look at Ruan's old age, but his eyesight has not diminished, but the beginning is the frontispiece inscribed by Li Zhongyi himself: Hungry, there is no way to fight.

The flowers are not rough, Zhe Congruan nodded secretly, and continued to walk forward without stopping, but saw a small officer next to him, holding another scroll in his hand, called "Outline of Military Training".

Since, the petty officer has seen in the volume. Fold from Ruan's eyes, and saw a line of eye-catching bold black font: I usually sweat a lot. Less bloodshed in wartime.

Hehe, where did that kid learn these concise words. What about easy-to-understand slogans? Ruan Bai was puzzled, and his heart was itching.

When he walked all the way from Ruan, he found that in the Li family's army, the phenomenon of squeezing out time to read and practice calligraphy and learn the art of war was unusually common.

On the other hand, on the side of the Zhejia Army, although everyone is also very well-behaved, no one makes a noise. However, most of them just lay down in the grass and slept soundly.

There is a gap between comparisons, and Zhe Congruan made up his mind that after this battle, it is necessary to promote Li Zhongyi's method of leading troops in Zhejia's army.

During lunch, in order to avoid fireworks from rising and causing grass to startle snakes, Li Zhongyi, like everyone, took a sip of water. A bite of pancakes.

Zhe Congruan is a veteran who has suffered a lot, so naturally he doesn't have any discomfort, he sits opposite Li Zhongyi and eats with relish.

Zheyunshui is a little unbearable. After he hastily swallowed a dry pancake in his hand, he didn't have the appetite to nibble on the second pancake at all.

It's just that Li Zhongyi ate three pancakes in one go. It really made Zhi Yunshui feel a little uncomfortable.

What is Li Zhongyi's status? What kind of strength do you have? Which green onion is Zheyun water?

It can be seen from Ruan's speed of eating only from Li Zhongyi. This grandson-in-law of his is definitely not a duck with a dead mouth and a hard mouth. Hard-propped façade.

are all generals from the army, and it is the entrepreneurial period, how can they be so delicate?

Zhi Yunshui noticed that Zhi Congruan's scorching gaze was staring at him, and he couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp, yes, Li Zhongyi could suffer a lot, not to mention a small character like him who hadn't grown his hair yet?

Under the silent coercion of Zhi Congruan, Zhi Yunshui seemed to drink bitter decoction medicine, and he barely ate another pancake.

Li Zhongyi has always been insightful about the silent fighting methods of the ancestors and grandchildren of the Zhe family, but there is no need for him to interfere in the housework of the Zhe family.

According to the battle reports from the front, the Khitans have been attacking Zhaozhou from three sides, obviously wanting to take the second largest official warehouse in the Hebei region of the Great Zhou State as soon as possible.

In order to facilitate the support against foreign enemies, since Guo Wei ascended the throne, the Great Zhou State has been hoarding military rations and baggage in Zhaozhou, which is not particularly far from Xiongzhou and Bazhou.

Once the Khitans took the state, there was no need to work very hard to go around and fight grass and grain, and loot grain, grass and money.

Robbers and robbers also need to consider the input-output ratio, and strive to minimize costs and maximize benefits.

As the prime minister of the political affairs hall, and with the assistance of Li Qiong, Li Zhongyi wanted to get the details of the city defense of Zhaozhou, which was as easy as a finger.

This city is six zhang high, the wall is more than ten zhang thick, and there is also a female wall to assist in defense, and there are more than 10,000 garrisons in the city. Considering the Khitans' unreliable siege capabilities, although they dare not say that the city defense is impregnable, there is no need to worry too much in the short term.

Previously, the loss of Xiong and Ba Erzhou was inseparable from the Khitans' decades of secretly cultivating traitors who betrayed the country. This is just a special case, and it does not mean that the Khitan people's siege ability has made an essential leap.

Li Zhongyi has always had an idea that he must find an opportunity to completely annihilate the Khitan people stranded under the city of Zhaozhou, and now, the Khitan people are actually divided into two, which is just in line with the principle of dividing and breaking.

It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers, concentrate superior forces, and annihilate a lone enemy, whether it is the era of cold weapons or the era of hot weapons, it is an extremely important battle criterion.

According to the information sent back by the sentinels, the main force of the Khitans was obviously not far away, waiting to ambush the elite cavalry units of the Li and Zhe coalition forces.

Cavalry has a strong strategic advantage, but it also has an obvious disadvantage, so it is not good at night fighting.

In the dark of night, even in the plains of Yima Pingchuan, the cavalry units could only move with fire, completely exposing themselves to the enemy's noses.

The outcome of a war is full of chances, depending on who makes fewer mistakes and who prepares more carefully before the war!

Fu Yinyin led the maids and generals to cross the Yellow River and go north to find Li Zhongyi's main force.

However, the further north you go, the more people are in turmoil, and the official road, which is not wide, is blocked by the refugees who fled south.

Finally, after Fu Yinyin squeezed into Weizhou City, she wanted to buy a horse and hurry. However, when there is a shortage of horses, even cattle and donkeys are bought out by large families.

As a last resort, Fu Yinyin had to order someone to take the gold medal given by the Empress Dowager Fu, find someone from the state government, and forcibly recruit more than a dozen official horses, so as to get rid of the embarrassment of being able to only ride in a carriage.

Not long after Fu Yinyin left Weizhou, she suddenly heard an astonishing news: Li Zhongyi was ambushed by the Khitans in Weizhou, and he was defeated and died.

To put it bluntly, because Chai Rong once made a very high evaluation of Li Zhongyi's military talent, it was difficult for Fu Yinyin to believe the news that Li Zhongyi had been defeated.

However, among the chaotic people, bad news was flying all over the sky, and it spread to the south one after another, but Fu Yinyin never found out about the exact news further. In desperation, she had to lead the generals and maids to make a detour back to the Daimyo's Mansion to see if the Fu family could piece together the division of King Qin.

Who would have thought that the house leak happened to rain overnight. Fu Yinyin had just approached the state border of the Daimyo's Mansion when she heard even worse bad news: the main force of the Khitans was besieging the Daimyo's Mansion, and the foundation of the Fu family was in danger.

Fu Yinyin's whole person was immediately not good, and in her eagerness, there was no good way for a while. The generals persuaded her one after another, it was better to return to the south, just because the north returned to the Daimyo's mansion, and there were Khitans who fought the robbery team in the grass valley.

With Fu Yinyin's identity, if it falls into the hands of the Khitans, will the maids and the family members who stayed in Kaifeng City still have a way to live?

Just like that, the group turned around and went south again, not daring to take the main road, and kept copying the small road to rush back to Kaifeng City.

Unexpectedly, when they were halfway through, Fu Yinyin and his party met a messenger sent by Li Zhongyi to the imperial court.

The messenger is a tooth soldier commander of the Chinese army battalion of Yulin's right guard, named Liu Dangdang, he leads a cavalry, with only one purpose, to send the urgent military situation in front to the political hall.

The so-called emergency military situation is actually just a trick played by Li Zhongyi, the front line is tight, the enemy is outnumbered, and the court should not count on him!

According to Li Yunxiao's private instructions, Liu Dangdang was on the road, grinding and slow, deliberately walking very slowly, and even the reason was ready-made: there were Khitans everywhere.

Liu Dangdang has been following Li Yunxiao's side and helping to help, even if Fu Yinyin did not take out the gold medal of the Queen Mother, he could recognize that the noble girl in front of him was the sister of the Queen Mother of the Dynasty and the daughter of Fu Yanqing, the King of Wei.

Although Fu Yinyin has a strong personality and is also very assertive, after all, she is a noble girl who does not know the battle array and geography, with Liu Dangdang's assistance, she immediately felt much more relaxed.

However, the ease was only relative, because they were in great trouble: Jerexiugo's soldiers and horses had blocked the passage to the south.

"Commander Liu, where are you Li Dashuai now?" Fu Yinyin thought about it, and finally turned around to find out the news of Li Zhongyi.

As a member of the Fu family, Fu Yinyin is very close to the Empress Dowager Fu, so she naturally knows many insider stories that are not known to ordinary people.

It seems to be a strong Great Zhou, but the hinterland of the Central Plains is actually extremely empty, the three important generals in the court, Li Zhongyi is in the north, Zhao Kuangyin is trapped in the northwest, and Han Tong is sitting in Jingzhao Mansion at the junction of Zhou and Shu.

In the capital, although there are still elite forbidden troops in their early 100,000s, it is difficult to feel at ease without a general in command.

Liu Dangdang explained: "When Xiang Shuai ordered me to deliver the letter, he personally told me that after the letter was delivered, there was no need to rush north. ”

Fu Yinyin was originally a smart person, and she immediately realized that this Liu Dangdang didn't know where Li Zhongyi was now?

"Now, the way back has been sealed by the Khitans, what are Commander Liu's plans?" Fu Yinyin always had an idea in her heart, found Li Zhongyi, and asked him to lead the troops back to King Qinwang of Kaifeng.

When Li Zhongyi and Fu Yinyin were dating, although Liu Dangdang was by his side, it was impossible to know what kind of friendship Fu Yinyin and Li Zhongyi had in the end.

"With the military order in place, I can only try my best to go south to Kaifeng City." Liu Dangdang played a trick and deliberately did not tell the truth to Fu Yinyin. (To be continued.) )