After the arrival of Kuchi Yesu'er, the battle did not divide the victory and defeat in a short period of time, as Yelu wanted to hide. In his opinion, with more than 40,000 people on his side, against less than 30,000 Tang troops, it may be a little difficult to win, but it is just a matter of going through a fierce battle, and it is only a matter of three or two days to capture the Tang camp.

It is precisely because of such self-confidence that Yelu Yuyin dared to dispatch more than 10,000 defenders from Yingzhou, and he naturally had to go all out in the battle situation of winning with one blow. However, the war lasted for seven or eight days, and the Khitan army failed to conquer the Tang army camp, not only that, but the Tang army camp where Li Congjing's figure can often be seen is as stable as Mount Tai.

For seven or eight days, the Khitan army has been attacking day and night, and the Tang army has made Yelu Yuyin clearly realize once again what kind of attainments the Han people can have in the fortress attack and defense battle. The Hundred Battles Army rooted in front of them, although it is not a Xiongcheng like Youzhou City, but the attacker is not the hundreds of thousands of troops led by Yelu Abaoji.

Yelu Yuyin never expected that the battle in front of him would become a protracted battle.

It would be strange if he did not even have the confidence to defeat the enemy with superior forces. But the current battle situation poured cold water on him, and after days of fighting, the Khitan army as the attacker became more and more tired, while the Tang army, as the defender, did not collapse at all.

Yelu wants to hide his death and doesn't want to admit that the combat power of the Hundred Battles Army will be stronger than the almost invincible elite army under his command, but the facts do not allow for strong words, and the results of the war will never deceive people.

"The Tang army's camp has been repeatedly unbreakable, and the reason for it lies in Li Congjing. In the past few days, I have been watching the situation on the battlefield, but I saw that the configuration of the defensive equipment of the Tang army camp is extremely unusual, not to mention the strong bow and crossbow, and there are even the inexhaustible thistles and horses, so even the bed crossbow, which has always been fixed on the city wall, and the catapult, which can only be used in the siege of the city, also appeared in the Tang army camp, and there are quite a few of them! ”

At the military meeting, Yelu wanted to summarize the battle situation in these days with a calm face, and the more he said, the more unsightly his face became, "Not only that, but over the past few days, our army has repeatedly attacked the Tang army camp, but we always found that there is a wall after a wall, and a ditch after a ditch, and there is no end." The Tang Army camp is like a labyrinth, making it impossible to start! It can be seen from this that the Tang army is clearly building internal fortifications while fighting a fierce battle with us, and in doing so, Li Congjing has already made up his mind to fight with me here for a long time! ”

"Tang Army, guest army also! Long-distance running, not to mention that it should not carry so much baggage, even grain and grass, it is impossible to have too much, but since the battle with the Tang army, to Kuchi and the rapid reinforcement, before and after, almost half a month has passed, but the Tang army has not been short of half of food, everyone, is this normal?! At last he asked the doubts that he was also puzzled about, and fell into a deep rage—annoyed and angry.

Yelu wants to hide his heart and be arrogant, and he has been fighting for a long time, and he can't bear it for a long time, and he has repeatedly come up with strange plans to break the camp of the Tang Army. However, whether it was beating drums and feints all night, wanting to tire the enemy, digging tunnels, wanting to surprise attack, or driving cattle and horses to storm the gate, trying to break the door, they were all cracked by the Tang army one by one.

So far, the battle situation is stalemate, the Tang army camp is still as strong as a mountain, and there is no time to break the enemy, how can Yelu want to hide without being anxious and angry?

"After a long battle, the soldiers have shown fatigue, the Tang army camp is strong and extraordinary, attacking every day, the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, the screams of the wounded in the camp have been ceaseless day and night, and they can't bear to hear about it, and the morale of the whole army is no longer high, and the last general is worried that if the war drags on like this, I am afraid that there is little hope of victory." Ku Chi also hesitated for a while, but still said what he thought in his heart, he was a cautious person, and he couldn't help but remind Yelu to hide a thing or two of these words.

Yelu wanted to hide his displeasure, and stared coldly at Kuchi Yesu'er, "Are you questioning the improper scheduling of the commander and the fact that he can't let the army win?" ”

Hu Chi also felt embarrassed suddenly, lowered his head and said: "The commander is wise and resolute, naturally he can lead the soldiers to victory, and the words of the last general are just to ask the commander for a countermeasure."

Yelu snorted coldly, looked around at the people in the tent, and said with a majestic expression: "We have been fighting with the Tang army so far, and the soldiers are certainly tired, but why is the Tang army not like this?" Besides, the Tang army had already come from afar, and our Yannan army had the advantage first. After half a month of fierce fighting, to this day, the Tang army is trapped in the camp, there is no city to rely on, no reinforcements can be rescued, and it is in a desperate situation. In the past, the Tang army was quite capable of fighting, and it was the illusion of repelling our army, but now that half a month has passed, how can they not know that this hope is difficult to achieve? At this moment, it is the Tang Army who is tired and powerless, and it should be the Tang Army who is desperate, not us! ”

His words were reasonable, and immediately convinced everyone, and the morale of the generals was greatly increased.

Yelu Xiangyin's face softened a little when he saw this, but he had to despise these people in front of him in his heart, and secretly scolded a group of fools, and then said in an unquestionable tone: "These days, I have watched the Tang army fight, and it is no longer as brave as it was at the beginning, which shows that they have begun to be weak, and it is impossible to say, the military strength is no longer stable!" According to Ben Shuai's opinion, the Tang army is already at the end of the crossbow, and the battle of the trapped beasts is still at an end, and this is the case now, and the time for defeat is right. Pass my military order, tomorrow, the whole army will attack the camp and fight a decisive battle with the Tang army! ”

The generals received the order, and the morale was high.

Hu Chi also hesitated and said: "Marshal, although the Tang army can be defeated, if it fights back on the verge of death, its combat power should not be underestimated."

Yelu wanted to conceal the words, not only did he not look worried, but laughed, laughed, and glanced at the red and fast, "How easy it is to break the fighting spirit of the Tang Army!" Let's see that Ben Shuai uses a little means, and he will definitely make the Tang Army chaotic! ”

The next day, the sky was bright, Li Congjing got a report, and the Khitan army was all dispatched, and the troops besieging the camp on three sides were all arrayed, like black clouds pressing the city, as if they wanted to fight a decisive battle. Li Congjing, Mo Li and others climbed the corner tower of the front camp to check the situation in front of the camp.

The overwhelming Khitan army array, as far as the eye can see, is arranged on the earth, like a surging flood. In the meantime, the horses' hooves are rolling, the smoke and dust are endless, and the shouting and cheering come in waves, which can be heard clearly and make people tremble.

Mo Li shook the folding fan, looking light and breezy, and said with a smile: "Yelu wants to hide that this is ready to gather military strength and fight with me?" ”

"There must always be a result in a war, and the battle must be won or lost in the end. As far as Yelu is concerned, he has an army of 50,000 in his hands, so he naturally cannot tolerate the protracted indecision of this war. Moreover, behind him, Yelu Abaoji raised the Khitan army and attacked the Bohai Sea, but he had no reinforcements, and we are different, with our backs to Youzhou, when necessary, the border troops can be mobilized, and he can't wait forever. Wang Pu answered, his hands resting on the back of his head, his demeanor was casual, and he didn't look serious at all, "These days, Yelu wants to hide his calculations, and he can't break through my camp, this time he will have a head-on battle with us, and I don't know if there are other conspiracies." ”

While speaking, a group of cavalry rushed out of the Khitan army, and when they arrived in front of the camp of the Hundred Battles, they shot several waves of arrows into the camp. The arrows had letters on them, and they were scattered into the camp, and they were immediately picked up by many of the soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army, and when they were curious to open and look at them, some people also sent them to Li Congjing and others.

"It's not a good thing to shoot a letter before the war!" Li Shaocheng frowned, and his heart suddenly became vigilant.

Li Shaocheng's intuition was right, these letters were all letters of persuasion written by Yelu Yuyin in Chinese characters. The content is nothing more than that the Tang army has fallen into a desperate situation, and it is useless to fight again, only one death, and the Khitan army is victorious, and the decisive battle is about to be fought today, and the officers and men of the Tang army are advised to recognize the situation and surrender to the Khitan. If you can get Li Congjing's head, you will naturally not mention the high-ranking officials, glory and wealth.

In Li Congjing's view, this kind of thing is very common, he has seen a lot in later generations, but ordinary does not mean that it is useless, on the contrary, the more people use it, it shows that it has a reason for existence. The key to the effectiveness of such a letter lies in the occasion on which it is used, after all, ordinary officers and men in the army do not know the situation and the overall situation, nor do they know the plans of the generals, but only know the current war.

All in all, if not handled well, these letters can be very demoralizing.

After reading these letters, there was no shortage of people present who changed their colors, and everyone looked at Li Congjing together.

Li Congjing threw away the letter casually, and he didn't worry about other soldiers picking it up and looking at it, looking at the Khitan army outside the camp, he smiled sarcastically: "Even the trick of persuading surrender has been used, it can be seen that Yelu Xiangyin is already poor in donkey skills, and the Khitan army is not far from defeat!" ”

His words were immediately transmitted to the army and were learned by all the officers and men of the army.

On that day, the Khitan army attacked the camp of the Hundred Battles Army.

Fierce fighting, day long.

Before the twilight of the solstice, the Khitan army repeatedly broke into the camp, but they were all driven out by the Hundred Battles Army.

At dusk, the Khitan army finally attacked the camp and gained a firm foothold, and the two armies immediately started a melee in the camp.

At night, the battle did not stop, and the Khitan army entered the camp, and there were too many to count.

Yelu wanted to come to the front line in person and strictly ordered the Khitan army to break the camp tonight!

By the time he was gone, the Hundred Battles Army had lost almost half of its camp.

Just after the hour, in the dark night, a sea of stars and fire suddenly ignited, sweeping towards the Khitan army outside the camp.

This is Lu Longjun's order to go to the battlefield and directly take the Khitan Chinese army!

At the same time, the battalion of a hundred battle troops, launched a counteroffensive.

The Khitan army, which was half feet in the camp of the Hundred Battles and half feet outside, was suddenly panicked when they did not expect this big change. Yelu Yuyin hurriedly dispatched troops to block Lu Long's army and stabilize his position.

After several hours of fierce fighting, the Khitan army was defeated.

The Hundred Battles Army converged with the Lu Long Army, and the two armies joined forces to fight until dawn, breaking the Khitan army of 40,000.

When the rising sun rose from the horizon and the glow dispelled the darkness, outside the camp of the Hundred Battles Army, corpses could be seen all over the field, and blood flowed and drifted.