The enemy is more than 40,000 Khitan elite cavalry troops, and the Li family army has less than 20,000 people, and the difference in strength is very large.

The disadvantage is indeed obvious, however, the enemy made a mistake and actually raised fire in the middle of the night to hurry, which is a typical taboo for soldiers!

In fact, this also proves that the arrogance of the Khitan people, they didn't take the Fu family army of the Daimyo Mansion in their eyes at all.

The praying mantis catches the cicada, but he doesn't know that the yellow finch is behind, Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, and solving the outstanding military exploits of 70,000 Khitans at one time will definitely make his prestige spread throughout the Great Zhou.

However, Li Zhongyi has another layer of hidden dangers, but he doesn't want to say it for the time being, and wants to hear the opinions of his subordinates.

After Song Yunxiang finished agitating, Yang Lie suddenly stood up, he walked to the side of Yutu, and loudly put forward a terrifying assertion, "Our army defeated the Khitans three times, even if it is a war of annihilation, it is inevitable that there will be a very small number of fish that slip through the net." Suppose that the Khitan people outside the Daimyo's Mansion are just bluffing, and the purpose is to ambush our army with other Khitan troops, then the situation is very bad! ”

Zhu Niang didn't care much about military issues, she kept kneeling beside Li Zhongyi, carefully serving tea and water for him.

After Yang Lie spoke, Zhu Niang was surprised to find that the smile on Li Zhongyi's face was more than twice as thick as just now.

Could it be that Yang Lie said that it was in her husband's heart? Zhu Niang turned her gaze thoughtfully and stared at Yang Lie's body.

Liu Heyang endured and endured, and finally waited for Yang Lie to finish speaking, he got up with a smile, walked to the front of Yutu, pointed to the direction of the Khitan retreat north, and said in a deep voice: "This place is a depression, once our army rushes in, if we can quickly resolve the battle, it will be fine." If the Khitans come from the outside to counter-surround it, it will be a situation where the whole army will be annihilated. ”

Zhu Niang didn't care much about what the men discussed, her attention was all focused on Li Zhongyi's body, and when she noticed Li Zhongyi's small movement of licking the corners of her mouth, she hurriedly lifted the teapot in her hand and refilled the tea for him.

Li Zhongyi didn't look at the tea cup, he was watching Liu Heyang's every move intently, and Zhu Niang peeked and found that Li Zhongyi had a smile on the corner of his mouth, which was five points more than Fang Cai.

Liao Shanhe, who has always been low-key, doesn't deal with Liu Heyang very well on weekdays, but now, Liu Heyang has shown his face, how can he be left behind?

So, Liao Shanhe didn't wait for Liu Heyang to finish speaking, and shouted: "I'm a big old man, I don't like those twists and turns, I'm thinking, I'm afraid that Brother Yelu Xiu has arrived, right?" ”

As soon as Zhu Niang heard the words Yelu Hugh clearly, she saw Li Zhongyi grab the teacup and drink the tea soup in one gulp, and then the teacup was handed to Zhu Niang.

is Li Zhongyi's pillow person, Zhu Niang is naturally familiar with Li Zhongyi's temperament, and her husband is obviously in a great mood!

Everyone in the tent was waiting to see Song Yunxiang's joke, but unexpectedly, Song Yunxiang unhurriedly took out a brand-new battle plan from his arms, and held it in front of Li Zhongyi with both hands, "Lingshuai, this is the Senate's plan B......"

Li Zhongyi waved his hand and said with a smile: "I won't read it, read it out in public, and let everyone listen to it together." ”

"In view of the abnormal behavior of the Khitans, the Senate Department sent the most elite sentinels to investigate around, and finally found that Yelu Hugo ......" Song Yunxiang read out the content, which can be described as shocking.

Li Zhongyi squinted his eyes while drinking tea, listening intently to the plan B formulated by the Senate.

Plan B was actually a reproduction of the battle plan for seizing Xiongzhou and Bashu drawn up by the Senate Division, but the difference was that the army had already arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion after a day's rapid march.

At the end, Song Yunxiang added: "Lingshuai has always taught us to try to take the initiative and destroy the enemy in the movement. Therefore, the Senate believes that as long as our army does not take the bait and decisively advances north, then it is very likely to attract the Khitans to chase after it. Hehe, as long as the Khitans dare to chase after them, our army can take the opportunity to annihilate them in the movement. ”

Zhu Niang found that the smile on Li Zhongyi's face had never stopped, and it was obvious that he was in a very comfortable mood.

Although Zhu Niang's life is the largest, only Li Zhongyi and Zhesaihua are the biggest, but she also knows in her heart that Li Zhongyi's good mood is inextricably linked to the increasing command and combat ability of her subordinates.

For Yelu Hugh, although Li Zhongyi has never met, he has already heard of it.

Most of the famous Khitan generals in their heyday were not in vain, especially Yelu Huge, who can be called the first Khitan general, must have a few brush drops.

To put it bluntly, Li Zhongyi's previous successive battles and victories are closely related to Yelu Huge's excessive trust in the field combat ability of the Khitans.

To be honest, previously, if Yelu Hugo concentrated the superior strength of 100,000 Khitan elite troops and fought a head-on decisive battle with Li Zhongyi, I am afraid that Li Zhongyi's chances of victory would not exceed 30%.

The reason is obvious, the Khitans have a strong ability to maneuver, even if Li Zhongyi uses the power of the fire pot and the steel crossbow to take advantage of the positional battle, it is impossible to catch up and swallow the 100,000 people in one bite.

As long as you can't eat Yelu Huge, you will inevitably be entangled and beaten by Yelu Huge, who has the advantage of maneuvering, which is also the so-called wolf pack bite tiger tactic that the Khitans are best at.

Whether it was the Khitans or the Dangxiang people, most of their battles with the Central Plains army did not rely on frontal attacks to achieve victory.

Often, because the Central Plains army could not bear it, the logistical baggage was cut off by the rangers, which led to a great confusion in the army's heart, and on the way to retreat, the Khitans captured the fighters, and then they were bitten all over the body, and they were defeated and lost.

Similar examples of wars, in the history books, endless, are extremely impressive.

Therefore, from the beginning of the Hechi Township Army, Li Zhongyi attached great importance to the production and carrying of easy-to-store military rations such as pancakes.

Now, I have to say that due to the good habit of prudence and prudence, Li Jiajun can be pulled out anytime and anywhere. There is no need to worry about temporarily burying the pot to cook, which not only slows down the speed of the march, but also easily exposes the disadvantages of whereabouts due to fireworks.

Li Zhongyi silently listened to his subordinates speak freely, but did not express his attitude for a long time, this is a good habit he has always had, listening more and analyzing more, which is more conducive to making correct decisions.

Li Zhongyi, who is a doctor in this profession, is not the kind of great military strategist who is a genius, he racked his brains to formulate military regulations, and tried his best to train his officer corps, the purpose is actually very simple: to determine the possibility of all emergencies, and at the same time to preserve his own strength, try to make as few low-level mistakes as possible that should not be made.

If you stay in the green mountains, you will not be afraid of no firewood, and the struggle between the Great Zhou and the Khitans, judging from the current strength comparison, it is impossible to achieve a decisive battle!

After Yang Wushuang finished speaking, everyone's eyes were all focused on Li Zhongyi.

Everyone has finished saying what should be said and what should not be said, and the rest depends on how Li Zhongyi, the commander, makes difficult trade-offs?

Li Zhongyi smiled faintly and asked everyone slowly: "Think about it from another perspective, if you are Brother Yeluxiu, where will you put the main battlefield?" And how to ensure the victory of the Khitans? ”

In the silence of everyone, Li Zhongyi slowly got up, walked to the front of the military sand table, pointed to a hilly area on the northward road, and said lightly: "If I were Brother Yelu Xiu, I would definitely guess what we might do after discovering the abnormal behavior of the Khitans." If my prediction is correct, Yelu Hugo not only set up an ambush on the way to attack the 40,000 Khitans, but also may take advantage of the night to cover up from behind us. ”

"The soldiers of our sentry camp are indeed elites, but in the night, it is inevitable that there will be places that cannot be searched." Li Zhongyi saw that everyone's eyes were focused on him, so he smiled and said, "Of course, what I said is just a possibility, perhaps, Yelu Huge just wants to entangle us, and when we are so hungry that we faint, we will swallow us in one bite with the help of superior forces." ”

"To tell you the truth, the fire jars stored by the army are running out after many battles and consumption." Li Zhongyi didn't look at anyone, just talked eloquently, "All things considered, in order to avoid unnecessary risks and achieve our tactical goal of taking Xiongzhou and Bazhou at the same time, I decided that we would first take a detour to the west, along the foot of the mountain, and then turn to the north." ”

Yang Lie's blazing gaze had never left Li Zhongyi's body, and his expression was extremely excited. He asked himself about his ability to command operations, and he was already able to take charge of himself, but in terms of accurately grasping the situation of the entire battle situation, he was still far behind Li Zhongyi.

Liao Shanhe slapped his thigh violently, and suddenly exclaimed: "It's so hanging!" If it weren't for the first candle machine in the Dashuai Cave, my army would probably suffer a big loss. ”

Liu Heyang glanced at Liao Shanhe angrily, and scolded secretly, your kid's level of fighting is very average, but this sycophant is far beyond everyone.

"Tell the order to go down, turn west first, and then go north, to avoid the trap that Jeruxiugo may have set." Li Zhongyi has always been cautious and cautious in the use of soldiers, although his soldiers and horses are elite, they are not many in number and cannot withstand too much attrition.

"Whoa." The generals bowed emotionally, and they didn't say anything, but in their hearts, they all thought that the imperial court's treatment of their elite army was extremely unfair.

Now that Li Zhongyi has made up his mind, all the disputes will end here, and what Yang Lie and others need to consider is to resolutely implement it.

If you go to Xiongzhou and Bazhou, as long as you win smoothly, fools will know that the Li family's army, which is strong and rich in materials, will definitely be greatly expanded.

Li Jiajun immediately changed the direction of the march again, turned around and headed west without hesitation, and walked away!

When the sky was dark, Yelu Huge, who had been leaning on the tiger skin chair and closing his eyes to recuperate, finally waited for the bad news from the sentinel, "Li Zhongyi ran west......

"Very good, very cunning, the old man likes it very much." Yelu Hugo slammed off the tiger skin chair, stood up, and said with blazing eyes, "Li Wujiao must be playing with my Xiongzhou and Bazhou ideas, hehe, then try it, see who will break the front teeth?" (To be continued.) )