Li Congjing led the hundred cavalry guards to charge into battle, not only rescuing Li Shaocheng in the chaos, but also slightly curbing the local offensive momentum of the Khitan army. At this moment in the battle, thousands of Khitan 20,000 troops have landed on the riverbank, wooden boats charge and transport troops, pontoon bridges follow closely behind, the Khitan army attack is gradually getting better, the general trend has been achieved, the white wolf water defense line is of course unable to hold, retreating into Tucheng, Yingzhou City is an inevitable choice, the Tang army can not commit with the Khitan army in the riverbank defense line to the end. Therefore, Li Congjing ordered the Tang army to withdraw from the south bank.

At this time, although the offensive of the Khitan army was fierce and the combat power of the landed army was not small, most of the Tang army could still retreat, and if it was any later, I am afraid that there was no way to evacuate. There are also fortifications in front of Tucheng and Yingzhou cities, which can slightly block the pace of Khitan pursuits and allow the Tang army to retreat into the city safely.

The White Wolf Water Defense Line is only the first line of defense for Li Congjing to block the Khitan, and the deployment of troops is not much, relying on strong fortifications, sufficient equipment, and proper tactics, the Khitan is not good at water warfare and river crossing warfare, so Li Shaocheng can block its 20,000 troops for many days, if it is replaced half a year ago, the Liang army on the 20,000 river crossed the river and fought, with the assistance of the building ship and warship, the current Tang army defense line and troops, not enough at all.

When Ding Hei took Li Shaocheng to gallop into the gate of Yingzhou, Li Congjing led a hundred cavalry guards, as a reference, and was breaking off the Tang army that had withdrawn into Tucheng and Yingzhou City. The Khitan side crosses the river, there is no war horse, the soldiers are all fighting on foot, Li Congjing beside this hundred cavalry guards and all gentlemen, the elite of the military intelligence department, everyone is skilled in bows and horses, extraordinary skills, under its leadership, in the Khitan vanguard team to rush back and forth, no one can stop, although the number is small, but the role is not small, killing most of the Khitan front army is frustrated.

Two or three thousand Tang troops were able to divide into two divisions and retreat into Tucheng and Yingzhou cities one after another.

Yelu enemy stabbed under the support of the guards, stood on the embankment of the White Wolf River, looked into the distance, the Tang army retreated in the field of vision, this situation made him can't help but be proud, smiled and said to the left and right: "It is said that Li Congjing can fight well, the hundred battles army is brave, since the establishment of the army swept the Central Plains, has not tasted a defeat, even Wang Yanzhang is a world-famous general, and he can only hate against it, I thought that this battle would be extremely difficult, but now I look at it, but Erer." Between Ben Shuai's backhand, the Hundred Battles Army has collapsed! ”

He said this very comfortably, and there was naturally a voice of flattery left and right. Now that he is indeed standing on the defensive line that originally belonged to the Tang Army, he has the confidence to say this. It's just that "I thought that this battle would be extremely difficult" and "between the backhands, the army of a hundred battles has been defeated", but he ignored the hardships of his fighting in the past few days, as well as the losses suffered by the Khitan army.

In the midst of the sycophancy, Yelu was full of ambition, and then looked at Yingzhou City, only to feel that it was time to go, and couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.

At this time, Yelu's eyes touched the hundred horsemen who were galloping back and forth in front of the Khitan army, killing and killing, but seeing that everywhere the other party went, like a hurricane passing through the post, Baicao bowed his head, and the Khitan soldiers could not resist, and as soon as they touched it, they were killed and wounded, and they were stunned for a moment, and then they were embarrassed. Pointing at the hundred horsemen, Jelu stabbed and said angrily, "Who is this? It was so arrogant! Come on, take them down for Ben Shuai, and smash them indiscriminately! ”

Left and right. But Yelu's enemy stabbed for a while, but no one moved, and when he looked around and around, he became more and more angry, and was about to attack, a cronie lowered his head, and only promised: "Commander, they are all cavalry, and our war horses have not yet crossed the river, so we can't chase them......"

The beard on Yelu's mouth trembled, and his face changed several times.

At this time, a general exclaimed in a low voice: "The person at the head is not Li Congjing, the commander of the Tang Army!" ”

Yelu was stunned, and his eyes were full of astonishment when he looked ahead. Then he was furious, drew his knife and raised it, and shouted with a red face: "Attack, attack the city, and take the Yingzhou for Ben Shuai!" ”

After the break, Li Congjing is not the first time to do this kind of thing, the reason why this is so is, of course, because he is the commander-in-chief, he should have the responsibility of being a handsome, and secondly, he is also showing grace to the soldiers under his command and gaining their loyalty. When the tail of the evacuation army retreated into the city, the soldiers who entered the city first had already arrived at all parts of the city, and under the command of the general, they entered the defensive posts.

Unlike the wide and complex lines of defense on the banks of a river, which can be difficult to defend, cities can maximize the advantages of the defenders. The Tang army's retreat into Tucheng and Yingzhou cities was like entering a fortress, and its ability to meet the battle and protect itself has improved a lot. When the Tang army withdrew from the riverbank defense line, the strong bows and crossbows were naturally taken away, and the trebuchets that could not be taken away in a hurry were burned to ashes by a fire, which was also inevitable that they would fall into the hands of the Khitan and let the Khitan army use it to counterattack the city.

"Command all the ministries to hold the city! Another order Li Zheng to guard the earth city and stick to it! After entering the city, Li Congjing did not return to the military mansion, walked directly to the city wall, gave the order, and asked the fifth who stayed in the city, "Where are Li Yanchao and Guo Wei?" ”

"There are still twenty or thirty miles!" The fifth girl reported to Li Congjing the latest situation of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

Li Congjing nodded and said: "The Khitan army is likely to attack the city in one go, we must hold on, and when the Eastern Expeditionary army returns to help, the Khitan army will break its offensive!" ”

The generals promised and went to prepare.

Li Congjing did not worse, although the Tang army had fully retreated into Tucheng and Yingzhou City, but the Khitan army was assembled outside the city, set up a formation, and transported the siege equipment from the other side of the river, and then launched an infantry army to start a siege battle.

It's just that 20,000 people have to cross the White Wolf Water, and they have to transport siege equipment to prepare for the siege, which is a time-consuming project. The Khitan army failed to bite the tail of the Tang army, and followed the retreating Tang army to attack Yingzhou City, and it had lost a good fighter. By the time the Khitan army was well prepared, it had been dark for a long time. However, the Khitan army had just broken through the White Wolf Water defense line, and its morale was high, and the Yelu enemy was anxious to assassinate the city, because although it was night, the Khitan army's offensive was still fierce.

Li Congjing wore armor and a sword, patrolled back and forth at the head of the city, and commanded the Tang army to meet the enemy.

Outside the city, the Khitan soldiers were densely packed, like ants, carrying ladders and other things, pouring into the city wall from the vast horizon, the scene was spectacular and shocking, and the shouts of killing were deafening.

However, since Li Congjing can operate the White Wolf Water Defense Line, the city defense will make a lot of arrangements, the moat has been widened and deepened, not to mention, on the inside of the moat, a large sheep wall has been built, the ground is also sprinkled with thistles, and many sharp wooden stakes have been erected. If the Khitan army wants to attack the city, before receiving the city, it first spends a lot of energy to fill the ditch and remove the wooden stakes and thistles.

Because Li Congjing had moved all the people near Yingzhou into the city before the war, and there was no one outside the city, when the Khitan army attacked the city, it was impossible to drive the people to fill the ditch and clear the obstacles, so they had to send regular troops to do these tasks, and all that was consumed was real combat power. Compared with the Central Plains army, the grassland army's ability to attack the city is weaker, and Li Congjing carefully arranged, although there are few people, the Khitan army wants to attack the city, but it is not an easy task.

Li Congjing even had the leisure to gather a few generals in the city tower and had a big meal.

Looking from the city wall and outside the city, the lights in the city tower are bright, and several figures in it are full of shadows, and the action of eating is obvious, and a few laughs are heard from time to time, which is extremely comfortable. The Tang army sergeant at the head of the city saw it, and saw that his commander and generals did not take the Khitan barbarians to heart, although they were worried because of the disparity between the enemy and the enemy, and the ferocious Khitan offensive, they were also confident at this time, thinking that the commander and the generals must have a strategy to break the enemy, and this time they will be able to hold the city and defeat the Khitan barbarians.

Seeing this scene, the Khitan army besieging the city outside the city was straight-headed, angry, and angry, and wanted to rush up and tear Li Congjing and others, and the generals and smart-minded sergeants saw that the other party had obviously been besieged thousands of times, and they could not stand still, they must have something to rely on, and they couldn't help but be suspicious, and they could no longer attack the city unscrupulously.

When Yelu was told this situation by his subordinates, he ran to the city to see, and saw that in the rain of bullets, several people in the lights of the city tower were drinking, and their posture was wanton, as if they were not on the battlefield, but between the green mountains and green waters, they couldn't help but be angry, and in addition to scolding Li Congjing for having no one in his eyes, he was also a little frightened.

The reason why Jerod's enemy was frightened was not because Jerudo had lost his news.

According to the prior plan, Yelu Rudo should have worked with Yelu Enemy Assassin to carry out a "two-sided attack" on the Tang Army, but not only did this scene not appear, but now Yelu Rudo is not even a trace, which makes Yelu Enemy Assassin not worry and frightened?

After eating with the generals, Li Congjing appeared at the head of the city again, commanding, with a confident and relaxed expression.

Outside the city, the offensive of the Khitan army continued non-stop, but at this point in the battle, its forward has not yet touched the city wall, and is still circling around the sheep wall, which is very hard. The sheep wall outside the city of Yingzhou is three or four feet high, the length is different, or zhangxu, or three or five zhang, and even more than ten zhang, the arrangement is also irregular, staggered, the front and back are often heavy layers, the purpose is to block, divide the siege army, so that its ladder can not reach the city wall safely. Hindering and delaying the pace of the besieging army, the bows and arrows of the defending side can inflict more and greater damage on them.

If conditions permit, the sheep wall can be connected into a line to form an "outer city wall", but although Li Congjing has time to arrange the battlefield, he cannot do it to such an extent. But even so, it was enough to make the Khitan army suffer enough.

In this way, Li Congjing is still as stable as Mount Tai on the city wall.

Just after the hour, on the avenue east of Yingzhou City, a fire dragon formed by torches appeared from the field.

But it was the Tang Army's Eastern Expeditionary Army that returned to the city!

The Khitan army saw the strange appearance of the fire dragon, because the vision was unclear and the situation was unclear, Yelu did not let the Khitan army act rashly. But the Khitan army did not move, which did not mean that Li Yanchao and Guo Wei would not move, they took the lead with gentlemen and launched an attack on the Khitan army.

Although Li Yanchao and Guo Wei's troops fought for a day, they won a big victory because of the attack on Yeluludo, and the morale of the soldiers was high. The previous scene of Li Congjing's "night banquet" in the city tower has spread among the Khitan army, and the generals of the Khitan army know that Li Congjing is cunning, and they are already suspicious, but now they see that there are strange soldiers attacking, and they don't know the reality of the other party, where they dare to fight to the death, and they begin to retreat soon after receiving the battle.