(3rd Watch)

As one of the few young generals in the Khitan Kingdom who has fought with Li Congjing at close range and can still be safe and sound, Haig's understanding of Li Congjing and Lu Longjun is very comparable, which is also one of the reasons why he was entrusted with the important task by Yelubei. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Marshal, most of the Tang army is a foot soldier, and they are about to cross the river now, should we send elite cavalry to intercept it and attack it halfway through? Even if the Tang army cannot be defeated on this occasion, it can add a lot of chaos and make the Tang army suffer a lot. Beside Haig, a close aide spoke to him.

Different from Haige's rough skin, this person was born with fine skin and tender flesh, although he was not confused by his age, he was not half old, and his temperament was incompatible with the roughness of the Khitans, which looked a little elegant in comparison. His name is Liu Wenyang, he is a Han Chinese, like Han Yanhui and others, he was taken captive from Lulong to Khitan in the past, and he was gradually appreciated because of his poetry and books, and now he is the mastermind of Haige.

Liu Wenyang's suggestion was reasonable, but Haig shook his head, "No need. ”

"Why is that?" Liu Wenyang was puzzled.

Haig patted the wall and asked Liu Wenyang, "What does Mr. think of this city?" ”

"Built on the mountain, overlooking the flat land, fortified layer by layer, impregnable." Liu Wenyang replied with doubts, he didn't have the slightest moisture in what he said, after these years of expansion and repair, the city defense of Yikun Prefecture has formed a fortress group by the mountain, dozens of large and small fortresses, and these fortresses will defend the main city like stars and moons, and the walls are strict. In addition, between the fortresses, between the fortresses and the main city, there are spacious horse roads to connect, which makes the city not only retreat but also send elite cavalry to attack quickly, which is really an important military town with both attack and defense.

Haig smiled, "When the emperor was there, the Khitan army crisscrossed the grassland, relying on fine horses to come and go like the wind, everyone has lived in tents for generations, and they have long been used to it, it is the west building of the national capital, and the city defense fortifications are not as layered as Yikun Prefecture, Ben Shuai asked you, why did the city of Yikun Prefecture build such a look?" ”

Although Liu Wenyang did not understand the intention of Haige's words, he still replied honestly: "The city pattern of Yikun Prefecture can be regarded as unique in the Khitan country, and the construction of city fortifications completely imitates the method of building fortresses of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the strong support of the emperor that can be built in a few years to build such a heroic city." ”

"Well said." Haig nodded, because the city was on the hillside, and the view was very good, he looked into the distance, "Then do you know what is the purpose of Yikun Prefecture to build such a majestic city?" ”

"Of course it's to deal with the Tang Army!" Liu Wenyang blurted out.

"That's it." Haige's expression was solemn, "Four years ago, it was also such a season, Li Congjing led the Tang army to the north, instigated the grassland tribes, and surrounded the West Building, the first emperor died of grief, and the Khitan elite cavalry suffered many casualties. ”

Haig's eyes cooled, and the next words seemed to pop out from between his teeth, "The emperor is far-sighted, so he ordered me to come to Yikun Prefecture, build this city at any cost, and lead a large army to station here, in order to prevent the Tang army from going north again one day." Emperor Shengming, now that the Tang Army is really here, how can I not let them have no return? ”

Liu Wenyang seems to understand whether he understands or not.

Haig took a deep breath and continued, "If you have built this city, you should rely on this city. Where the Tang army, there are many foot soldiers, few horse troops, on defending the city, on attacking the city, and even on the cooperation of the battle array, the Khitan army is not an opponent, Li Congjing is familiar with the art of war, and it is even more difficult to deal with, you have not seen him, I don't know how terrible he is, but the commander knows it clearly. Since he knew that he was going north to cross the Tuhe River this time, how could he not be prepared for such a common thing as the battlefield where we waited for the half-crossing to attack? With his cunning, if we attack rashly, we may fall into his trap. ”

"Therefore, if you want to destroy the Tang army, you must defeat the Tang army first, and if you want to defeat the Tang army, you must defend this city first. With the city defense of Yikun Prefecture, Rao is the Tang Army's foot soldiers are good at attacking the city, and there is nothing to be done, under the long battle, it is enough to frustrate its spirit, and when it suffers from casualties and has to retreat, the commander leads the army to kill, and the Tang Army can not be defeated? Not dying? And the Tang army can not abandon Yi Kun Prefecture in spite of it, Yi Kun Prefecture is still four hundred miles away from the West Building, once the Tang Army is completely exposed to the wilderness, the commander can send elite cavalry to attack and disturb, the city of fine cavalry more than 10,000, is more than twice the Lu Long army horse army, and the Huang River lies in front, all this, enough for the commander to eat it up! ”

"Handsome and strategic! Clever, really clever! Liu Wenyang was shocked and praised from the bottom of his heart.

However, in the end, he is still a little knowledgeable, thought about it, and asked: "The Tang army is good at fighting and has excellent armaments, and I can really attack and disturb it and eat it up step by step?" ”

Haig showed a sinister smile, "How to attack the elite cavalry, the tactics of this marshal have long been well understood, you don't know much about military affairs, naturally you don't know the method of training on weekdays, but you should know that some time ago, the elite cavalry of Yikun Prefecture changed its bow - it was specially prepared for harassing the Tang army, and it was enough to deal with the Tang army's crossbow." ”

Liu Wenyang saw that there was no more place to blame, and his heart was settled, and then he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said: "In this way, the humble position is the first to congratulate the handsome, and this time in the battle with the Tang army, you will definitely be able to win a big victory!" ”

Haig waved his hand, pretending to be indifferent, he looked into the distance, and seemed to have seen the Tang army at the end of his sight, "As long as you don't rush to kill the Tang army in formation, there is naturally no reason to be invincible in this battle." He sneered, "Since the Tang army has reached the Tuhe, if they don't cross the river, it's fine, if they cross the river, they won't even have a way to retreat." From the moment they crossed the river, they were doomed to total annihilation! ”

His still young eyes flashed with the pleasure of imminent revenge!

......

As Haig had hoped, Lu Long's army crossed the Tu River.

"Let Li Yanrao come back, the Khitan cavalry will not come to disturb the army to cross the river." Li Congjing looked at it from afar, and after receiving the scout's report, he asked Meng Songbai to convey his instructions to the heralds.

"It's really strange that the Khitan let our army cross the river without even having the intention of attacking." Du Qianshu expressed his doubts on the side.

"It's not just that there is no meaning of attacking, you see that the Khitan rangers on that mountain pack are not, but they are shaking their horsewhips and screaming and leaving, that look, it seems that our army has crossed the river, and they are very happy." Mo Li's eyesight has always been excellent, and he pointed to the distance.

Li Congjing hesitantly, "The Khitan commander who guards Yikunzhou is also an old acquaintance of you and me, Yelu Haige, I don't know if you still remember?" ”

Mo Li and Du Qianshu looked at each other and shook their heads, at that time, the other party was just a small person, so naturally they couldn't get into their eyes, but Tao Yaoyao was doing intelligence work after all, and his memory was better, so he thought about it, "It's the Yelu Heige who once entered Danzhou with Yelu Deguang, and later wanted to take the princess back to Khitan?" ”

"That's the man." Li Congjing smiled and nodded, "Life is unpredictable, the little people in the past are now in charge, but those Khitan Eight Tiger Generals who were once prominent are almost no news now." ”

"Since this person was once a close confidant of Yelu Deguang, how can he be reused by Yelu Bei now?" Mo Li asked curiously.

Li Congjing laughed and said: "In the past, Yelu Deguang entered Danzhou privately, almost killed Haige, and was later sent by Yelu Deguang to kidnap Wanru, and almost died, so he was quite resentful of Yelu Deguang, and also thought from the bottom of his heart that Yelu Deguang was in danger of believing in soldiers, not the talent of the Holy Lord, and in the battle of the West Building, he voted for Yelu Bei at a critical time, and helped Yelu Bei a lot, and then Yelu Bei trusted him. ”

When the battle was about to go, Li Congjing naturally would not be unfamiliar with the enemy commander, and the Military Intelligence Department had a lot of information about Haig, and Li Congjing could almost memorize it backwards.

After talking for a while, Li Congjing rode his horse and quickened his pace, "Yeluhege did not send people to attack and disturb our army to cross the river, it can be seen that he is looking forward to me waiting to go to Yikun Prefecture, even if this is the case, how can I live up to his kindness, it is better to go for a while." ”

Mo Li followed Li Congjing closely, "Although I have seen the city defense pattern of Yikun Prefecture countless times, I have never seen the real thing, what is the appearance of this Xiongcheng that is rumored to have cost half a year of Khitan wealth, I can't help but take a look." ”

Everyone hurried up, led the vanguard horse army all the way, and arrived in front of Yikunzhou City the next day.

The two thousand horse army approached five miles outside the city, and did not see the Khitan cavalry come to stop it, everyone felt very strange, if it weren't for the scouts on the left and right to detect clearly, there was no ambush everywhere, Du Qianshu couldn't help but persuade Li Congjing to go back, but soon, Du Qianshu had no idea.

Not only did he lose this thought, but he had no thought in his head at this time.

Only a blank space remains.

In other words, there is only one majestic city left.

Du Qianshu looked at the city built on the mountain five miles away, and was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

It can no longer be simply called a city, but a group of cities, a group of cities composed of dozens of fortresses of all sizes!

A single fortress is not big, and even the main city is not big, at least it is far from being comparable to Luoyang, and it is much worse than Youzhou, but after all, there are dozens of fortresses, and it seems that the entire mountain has become a city.

An army of 2,000 horses in front of this majestic city is no different from a fly meeting a goshawk.

How big is the gap between the pattern and the real thing, Du Qianshu can be regarded as a clear understanding today.

"Qianshu now finally knows why Jerehage didn't send cavalry to attack and disturb our army to cross the river...... There's no need for it! Du Qianshu finally closed his mouth and immediately began to sigh.

"These fortresses are interdependent, the big ones can hold hundreds of people, and the small ones can also put down several strong bows, and although the roads are wide, they are all within the range of the bows and arrows of the surrounding fortresses, if this is a strong attack, it is the corpses of the armor soldiers all over the road, piled up as high as the fortress, and it may not be able to take it, right?" Mo Li is a military advisor in the end, an expert who looks at the doorway, and breaks the sky in one word.

Li Yanrao's throat was so dry that he barely swallowed his saliva, and the look on his face showed that he was very suspicious of life, "Even if Lu Longjun is all in battle, he can't fill these fortresses, right?" ”

Tao Yaoyao glanced at Li Congjing, her eyes were very strange, and she said quietly: "How much does Yelubei hate you to build the city like this?" ”

Li Congjing sighed and said seriously: "The hatred of killing my father is not shared. ”

Du Qianshu nodded heavily, "I didn't understand it before, but today I know it, Yelu Bei still respects Yelu Abaoji very much!" ”

Mo Li also echoed on the side, "Use the Khitan half-load wealth to build this city, whether this matter is true or not, Li believes it." ”

Li Yanrao agreed with Mo Li's opinion, "I heard that Yelubei dug a trap and was completely sure that Lu Longjun would be defeated here, this statement is indeed not groundless......" With his appearance, he almost asked Li Congjing for his life, and asked Lu Longjun to hurry back home.

Li Congjing glanced at Li Yanrao, and his tone was not good: "Li Yanrao, what kind of big-tailed bear are you pretending, and others are just that, haven't you sneaked here to see it before?" ”

"That was a long time ago, before the city was built like this." Li Yanrao suddenly looked extremely embarrassed, and then resolutely puffed up his chest and said heroically: "Although the city is dangerous, as long as His Highness gives an order, the last general will definitely be the first to rush forward." ”

Li Congjing waved his hand, signaling that he could get out of the way, what idea did the other party have in his heart, could he still not know? These arrogant generals are really getting more and more unpleasant.

After Li Congjing finished teaching Li Yanrao, he began to teach Mo Li and Du Qianshu again, "How long will you two maintain the expression of your own majesty?" ”

"Surprised, surprised...... Mo Li sneered, "Yelubei has spent a lot of effort after all, such a majestic city, even if you look at it, you can't help but feel pain for him, so I can give him some face......"

Du Qianshu stopped talking, patting his chest vigorously, looking extremely happy.

Li Congjing waved his hand, "Set up camp." When the army arrives in the coming day, the city will be broken! ”