Outside the south gate, Li Xuanji, Fan Hengwen, Li Xuanqi, and Xiao Chen exchanged a few words of greeting, and then welcomed the flying cavalry into the city. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

100,000 flying cavalry troops entered the city, and the pattern of Youzhou City changed dramatically.

Li Xuanji took the lead in giving the order, and Zuo Qianniuwei, who was guarding the four gates, all moved to the north gate.

The flying cavalry army was divided into four parts, and Xiao Chen led 30,000 cavalry to guard the east gate. Chang Fengchun led 30,000 cavalry to garrison the West Gate. Lu Dingyuan led 30,000 cavalry and garrisoned the south gate.

Ye Qinghu led 10,000 people to the north gate and coordinated defense with Zuo Qianniuwei.

A few days ago, the Khitan cavalry attacked from the north gate, but the attack failed, and the north gate still became the focus of Li Xuanji's defense.

The armies changed their defenses, and the atmosphere of the Youzhou war became stronger and stronger, and the atmosphere became more and more urgent.

After setting up camp, Li Xuanji specially invited Fan Hengwen, Xiao Chen and other seven people to go to the study to get together to discuss the battle.

At this moment, Youzhou City gathered more than 100,000 troops, with tight defenses, and Youzhou City was as strong as an iron bucket.

However, in the north of Youzhou, there are 200,000 coalition troops stationed, most of whom are elite veterans of a hundred battles, so they have to be guarded.

Snowflakes are falling outside, and the earth is covered in snow.

In the palace of the assassin history, it was also covered with white snow.

On the way to the study, Ye Qinghu and Chang Fengchun met, rubbed their cold palms, and sighed: "This weather is really weird, Chang'an is dry and cold, but Youzhou is snowing." ”

"The north has always been bitter cold, and Youzhou is no exception. If there is a chance, it will be colder for Ye Zhonglang to go to Yingkou, so the northern departments will try to encroach on the territory of the Tang Dynasty. "Chang Fengchun is a veteran, and he once went to Yingkou with the Taishi Zhang Chenfeng to make peace with Han Xifan, the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu, and at that time, it happened to be a cold winter.

Ye Qinghu smiled bitterly: "In this way, the Khitan and Silla warriors are better at winter battles. ”

"In winter, most of the northern tribes have a truce." Chang Fengchun explained.

"It's not a good thing to fight hard in winter!" Ye Qinghu said with emotion.

During the exchange, the two arrived at the government study.

Fan Changwen, Li Xuanqi, Xiao Yun, Xiao Chen, and Lu Dingyuan arrived in advance and gathered around the stove to keep warm, and the two deputy generals Zuo Qianniuwei next to them helped warm the wine.

Ye Qinghu, Chang Fengchun walked into the study, patted the snow on the armor, Li Xuanji smiled and said: "Ye Zhonglang, Chang Zhonglang, sit down and drink a glass of warm wine to keep warm." ”

"The Khitan people and the Silla people, when they are full, they are not afraid of freezing to death?" After cleaning up the snow on the armor, Ye Qinghu moved, walked to the desk, picked up the wine jug, poured a glass of warm wine and drank it all, and his tone was displeased.

"Ye Zhonglang, if you want to survive the winter safely, you must hit the Khitans hard." Li Xuanqi said that he had followed Yang Yue for three years and knew that the Khitan people bullied the soft and feared the hard.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to cat in front of the stove this year." Fan Hengwen held the wine glass, and there was a warm feeling from the wine glass, which reminded him that when he came to Youzhou with Yang Yue, in winter, he still rode horses, braved violent storms and snowfalls, and fought against the Khitans in the grassland.

"Lord Fan, Lord Li, once followed King Yan, fought between the black mountain and the white water, and spent a period of eventful years." Li Xuanji made sure that Fan Hengwen and others had all arrived, and said: "The situation of the state is not like three years ago, Han Xi Fan put the Khitan and Silla armies to the south, Jizhou, Pingzhou both lost, a few days ago, the Khitan general Amusu led the army to try to attack Youzhou, estimating, in winter, there is the idea of capturing Youzhou. ”

Li Xuanqi bowed his head and explained to the generals: "Amu Sunai is a fierce general under the account of King Zuoxian of Khitan, ambitious, once occupied Pingzhou, once led the tribal cavalry, attacked Youzhou many times, half a year ago, was heavily injured by the right guard, and led the remnants of the army to arrive at the tent of King Zuoxian.

This time, King Zuo Xian personally led the army south, and Amusu was the forward, so he must have thoughts of revenge. ”

"The Khitan and Silla have ambitions, they have the ability, and they can't support their ambitions! There are flying cavalry and Zuo Qianniuwei stationed in Youzhou, and they don't want to step into Youzhou City for half a step! Chang Fengchun said murderously.

"Chang Zhonglang, don't be careless about the enemy, how many troops Silla has is currently immeasurable. Under the account of King Zuoxian, he controlled more than 30 tribes of all sizes, among these tribes, except for children and women, whether young or middle-aged, or the old man, they were warriors on horseback, which should not be underestimated.

King Yan once sent troops to investigate Zuo Xianwang's department, and the total number of regular cavalry was three or four hundred thousand, and the number of cavalry was even more. Fan Changwen got up, walked to the map hanging on the screen, and gushed.

"Lord Fan, there are many cavalry under King Zuoxian's account, but there are only 200,000 cavalry in Youzhou City, as long as this army is eliminated, King Zuoxian may not dare to go south." Lu Dingyuan said.

"The Khitans have a strong sense of revenge, and they want the Khitans not to dare to go south to herd their horses, unless they are hit hard.

Otherwise, if you defeat the coalition army outside the city, King Zuo Xian will definitely send 200,000 cavalry, if you don't win, the Khitan Khan, most of you will participate, if you want to calm the war, don't beat the Khitans, and if you are afraid, we will always be in revenge. Fan Hengwen explained that these are all his experiences.

"So, the Khitan cavalry will still attack Youzhou?" Li Xuanji asked.

The weather was cold, the battlefield was brutal, and the casualties were far more than usual, Li Xuanji expelled the Khitan cavalry, expecting that the Khitan people would wilt and would not send troops before spring.

At this moment, listening to Fan Hengwen and Li Xuanqi's explanation, it doesn't seem to be as simple as he imagined.

"The Khitan cavalry will come, just tonight, General Li, you have to prepare early." Li Xuanqi was full of confidence and kindly reminded.

According to the character of the Khitans, the greater the casualties, the heavier the revenge, and in the end they will either defeat the opponent or be completely defeated by the opponent, otherwise, the Khitans will never give up.

"Lord Li, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, which is not conducive to the march. What's more, judging from the current weather, there will be strong winds and heavy snow tonight, and the Khitans will attack, isn't it asking for hardship? Li Xuanji was suspicious of the Khitan cavalry attack. Listening to Li Xuanqi's categorical railway, the Khitan cavalry attacked tonight, and he became more and more disbelievable.

Could it be that Li Xuanqi is like a god and has no last resort?

"General Li, surprise and cover up his unpreparedness, this is the usual strategy of the Khitans." Li Xuanqi said.

In the third year of Youzhou, as Yang Yue's adviser, he didn't dare to say anything about the Khitan fighting style, but he would also guess the Khitan action.

"It's okay, just in case, all the lieutenant generals, you must personally garrison the city wall tonight to prevent the Khitan cavalry from attacking." Li Xuanji doubted Li Xuanqi's words, but war is not child's play, Youzhou is an important town in the north of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no room for error.

"The moon is dark and the wind is high, and it is the time to kill." Xiao Yun also spoke: "If Lord Li's guess is right, the Khitan cavalry is attacking the city, will we send ambushes in advance to intercept and kill the Khitan army halfway when it evacuates?"

"Attacking as defense is the best defense, naturally you have to intercept and kill halfway, and the Khitan cavalry will kill as many as you want, until the Khitan cavalry has no power to fight back." Fan Hengwen bowed his head and had a strong fighting spirit.

(To be continued.) )