When the road finally came to an end, on the morning four days later, Li Zhongyi, surrounded by all the ministers, finally appeared outside the new Cao Gate of Kaifeng City.

The new Cao Gate, that is, the west gate of the nine gates of Kaifeng, Li Zhongyi gathered troops outside the west gate, mainly related to the topography of Kaifeng City.

In Kaifeng City, there is Wuzhang River in the north, Bianhe River in the south, these two rivers just divide the entire Kaifeng City into three.

Li Zhongyi amassed troops outside Xincao Gate, so he did not need to cross the river, but could directly enter the imperial palace in the city.

The army of 160,000 surrounded the entire Kaifeng city like an iron barrel, and the people in the city could not fly.

Li Zhongyi was stationed on a small dirt slope five miles away from Xincao Gate, holding a telescope, observing the defense of the city.

Generally speaking, the defenders of the city, even if the number of defenders is small, will plant flags all over the city walls, and even use scarecrows to pretend to be defenders.

However, at the head of Kaifeng City in front of Li Zhongyi, except for a few pale-faced old soldiers, trembling in the autumn wind, there were not many defenders.

Li Zhongyi has done Kaifeng Yin, he knows Kaifeng City well, and he can completely close his eyes to the extent that he is like a few treasures.

At present, Kaifeng City has not yet undergone large-scale expansion, and the circumference of the entire city wall is more than 20 miles. From the perspective of defense, in order to hold the entire Kaifeng city wall and not leave a dead end in defense, at least 40,000 people are needed.

In the siege of the cold weapon era, there are not too many people on the wall, and it is impossible to pile 10,000 people on each wall at the same time, and most of the soldiers have to take turns to rest under the wall.

After the battle to defend the city heats up, the defenders at the root of the wall rush to the city wall in the form of a new force to reinforce the battle.

It's just that on the west wall of Kaifeng in front of Li Zhongyi, even if you have round eyes and count the heads one by one, it is absolutely impossible for there to be more than ten people, and they are all veterans with white hair.

"What the hell is Zhao Lao Er doing?" Just as Li Zhongyi was pondering, Li Yong rushed to the front of the Chinese army.

"Lord, these days, none of the gentry and wealthy businessmen in Kaifeng City have run away, and they are all surrounded in the city." Li Yong was extremely excited to show his achievements.

Li Zhongyi's task to Li Yong was not to capture Kaifeng City, but to prevent the big fish in Kaifeng City from slipping away.

Li Yong's cavalry battalion, because it is the most important strategic mobile strike force at hand by Li Zhongyi, has always been a super-luxury war horse configuration of one person and three horsemen.

Before coming to Kaifeng, Li Zhongyi considered the possible loss of war horses, and with a stroke of his pen, he added one ride per person to Li Yong.

In this era, often after a big war, the loss of war horses is simply amazingly high.

In the autumn of the first year of Yuanshuo (128 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Wei Qing to be the general of the chariot cavalry, leading 30,000 cavalry to go out of Yanmen Pass to counterattack the Xiongnu.

Wei Qing took the 100,000 war horses on the expedition, but in the end, he lost nearly seventy percent, and there were only 30,000 war horses, which could still be used.

Among them, the core is actually the issue of horse breeds. In the Han Dynasty, I especially liked the tall horses of the Western Regions, especially the sweaty horses that traveled thousands of miles a day.

However, although the Western Regions Horse is tall and mighty, it looks very spirited, but it is very squeamish. As long as the combat conditions were a little worse, the horses of the Western Regions could not adapt to the harsh environment, and a large number of deaths occurred.

On the question of the merits of combat horses, no one knows better than Li Zhongyi. Regardless of the national position, in terms of war alone, the cavalry troops under Genghis Khan that swept across the Eurasian continent were all short Mongolian horses.

The Mongolian horse, which could not have been used as a racehorse, looked short and ugly, but it was a truly suitable military horse for long runs.

The living environment of Mongolian horses is very harsh, and the ability to adapt to the harsh environment is super strong, and they do not need to be fed concentrate for a long time, and they can usually eat grass.

Mongolian horses can not only tolerate the cold of minus 40 degrees, but also can travel two or three hundred miles a day without being tired to death.

The war horses that Li Zhongyi equipped the cavalry battalion with were all Mongolian horses, and what he considered was the loss of war horses for long-distance travel.

I think that at the beginning, when Li Zhongyi swept across the entire Great Plain of Youji, he paid special attention to collecting captured Mongolian horses, just to really arm the cavalry battalion to the teeth and give full play to the mobility.

"Not bad, not bad." Li Zhongyi praised Li Yong in public very rarely, and rubbed Li Yong's hands with joy, and his originally black face turned red.

The old subordinates who are familiar with Li Zhongyi's temper all know that Li Zhongyi easily does not praise people, especially in public.

Li Zhongyi praised Li Yong's posture in public, but in fact, the generals of the Li family army all knew it.

Hehe, if Kaifeng City is broken, but the big fish are all gone, will the entire Li Jiajun drink the northwest wind?

Whenever Li Jiajun went to a place, he raided the homes of local tyrants and inferior gentry, and then distributed dividends to the meritorious soldiers, which had long been an established policy clearly stipulated in the regulations.

"Master, the little one has good news to report." Li Yong came to Li Zhongyi's horse and whispered, "Zhao Kuangyin......"

Li Yong said a lot of words, however, Li Zhongyi's mood had already flown to the sky, what a powerful Zhao Er!

On that day, after Zhao Kuangyin was defeated in Wolongling, surrounded by family generals, he fled westward.

Li Yong discovered the big fish of Zhao Kuangyin, and naturally urged the soldiers to chase after him, biting Zhao Laoer's team to the death, and never let go.

However, the generals of the Zhao family have long been fed very well on weekdays, and someone took the initiative to stand up, put on Zhao Laoer's armor, and led Li Yong astray with Zhao Laoer's banner.

When Li Yong found out that something was wrong and turned around and chased again, he was surprised to find that there were traces of Zhao Lao Er almost everywhere.

Just chased and fled, Li Yong followed behind Zhao Laoer, almost front and back, and arrived at Kaifeng City.

Li Yong's troops were not many, and they were all cavalry, and Li Zhongyi gave him the task of controlling the rich to escape, so he did not dare to attack the city.

However, although Li Yong did not have the strength to attack the city, he took the lead in terms of mobility and impact, and controlled the escape routes of Kaifeng City.

Half a day ago, Zuo Ziguang suddenly sent someone to sneak out of the city and contacted Li Yong, and after some secret discussion, the conclusion surprised and delighted Li Yong.

Li Zhongyi narrowed his eyes, touched his chin, and stared at the tall and majestic Kaifeng city wall, his heart fluctuating.

Zhao Er, Zhao Er, how do you say hello?

To put it bluntly, in this era, there are only two giants that Li Zhongyi has always been a fierce rival, one is Zhao Lao Er, and the other is Yelu Huge.

Li Zhongyi waited for Brother Hugh to attack in Wolongling, and waited for many days, but only waited for the battle report sent by Yang Lie.

The old fox Hugh Ge took a big advantage, and he actually retreated without falling into the trap set by Li Zhongyi, which made Li Zhongyi breathe a sigh of relief.

Now, Zhao Lao Er is playing a big show under Kaifeng City again, Li Zhongyi doesn't know, should he be happy or annoyed now?

PS: Today's next two shifts, there will be the first watch in the afternoon, and the encouragement of the monthly pass will be applied! (https:)

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