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Before the arrival of the New Year, Li Jing finally decided on a two-way strategy to send troops.

Xi Ren's participation in the war made Li Jing have to take risks.

Generals Li Juyi and Liu Xun led the Crane Army and the Xuanfeng Army to continue to garrison the Xuanshui River Valley at the foot of the mountain to contain and attract the Khitan and Xi soldiers. At the same time, Lin Wei was sent as the main general, with Li Zhen and Li Liang as strategists, and then Fu Wenda, Wang Pu, Pei Pei, Guo Shunli and other generals were transferred to cooperate, and 30,000 elite soldiers, 20,000 auxiliary soldiers, plus 50,000 people, went east from Shanhaiguan, along the coast along the passage of the western Liaoning corridor drawn by Li Jing, opened the road along the coast in the mountains, built bridges in the mountains, and built a road directly to the Liaohe River.

If the Khitans wanted to intercept it, they had to divide their troops to come, and they had to leave the dangerous terrain of the White Wolf Water and the Songling Mountains to come to this flat area between the mountains and the sea. The Zhenguo Army has the advantage of soldiers, horses, equipment and equipment, and the Zhenguo Army fights on the ground, and the Zhenguo Army waits for work, and Li Jing doesn't have to worry too much about them.

Moreover, the most important thing is that Li Jing is not in a hurry to let the capital go down the mountain, and the two troops and horses in the western Liaoning corridor are in a hurry to attack. As long as you are not in a hurry, you can win the game.

The real killer move will be Li Jingli's arrangement, personally leading the two ace armies of the most elite Silver Spear Suburban Army and the Jinjia Shengjie Army, and 10,000 elites out of Lu Longsai. Although this army has few soldiers and horses, it is definitely the key to this battle.

All the military masters wanted to command the troops on behalf of Li Jing, but Li Jing refused one by one.

It's not that Li Jing doesn't trust the generals, but that the future of this army will be very difficult, and Li Jing must personally lead the troops. No one will stop this mission halfway.

The offensive in western Liaoning did not go well. Li Jing was very worried that Lu Longjun in Youzhou would make a move at this time.

The Xi people had already joined the Khitan side and were enemies of the Zhenguo army. Li Jing had to do something worse, when the Zhenguo army was attacking Liaoxi with all its might, no one could guarantee that the Youzhou army would not attack at this time.

Moreover, although Huainan's Gao Yu is far away, Li Jing is not at ease with him. This guy is forced to give in now, but Li Jing is still very jealous of him.

Under such circumstances, the battle of Liaoxi must end as soon as possible, and Li Jing should win this battle as soon as possible.

In order to achieve the effect of surprise and stealth. Li Jing asked Lin Wei and Li Zhen to send troops in the middle of the first month.

And Li Jing led this strange soldier, and chose to send troops during the Chinese New Year. The two armies of Silver Spear and Golden Armor set out step by step as scheduled, and secretly assembled in Lulongse. 10,000 elite soldiers, without an auxiliary army or a people's husband, led by Li Jing himself, and with the generals Zhou Dewei, Liu Shouqian, Zhang Chengzong, Li Wei, Xuancheng, and Li Jing's nine disciples, Wang Yanzhang, Gao Siji, Li Cunxiao, Yang Shihou, Fu Cun, Wang Tan, Li Si'an, Dong Zhang, Gao Jichang, and accompanied by strategists Jingxiang and Gaiyu.

There were no auxiliaries and civilians, and all 10,000 soldiers and horses carried two horses. Warhorses carry supplies.

Where there is a river, there is a road.

Li Jing chose to go north along Luanshui precisely because of this.

The first day of the first month. Li Jing led the army out of Lulongsai.

In order to inquire about the way to march, Li Jing entrusted this important task to Li Wei, and he led the most elite scout battalion to find the route to the march.

Before sending troops, Li Jing had already been mentally prepared, knowing that the passage of Luanshui was actually a road without a road. However, for many years, it was also a trail used by hunters or some merchants. It's not as good as Pinggang Road, Lulong Road and Wujian Road, but Li Jing has always felt that this road should be still walkable.

After all, the biggest reason why Li Jing chose this secret and difficult marching route is that this road has been walked by predecessors.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao, the hero of the Three Kingdoms, went north to Wuhuan in the northeast, and the road in the east was not passable at that time, so Cao Cao pretended to spread the news that he was going to go on the expedition in winter. As a result, he took the route that Li Jing chose now, and after a great detour, he directly killed the back of White Wolf Mountain, fought with Wuhuan, and succeeded in the first battle to seize the land of western Liao.

It is precisely because there is a precedent that Li Jing will decide to attack when all the generals oppose it.

But now, it has been five days since the army was out of the fortress, but the situation is far worse than predicted.

Days of rain and snow combined with heavy snow blocked the roads, the roads were muddy, and there were even no roads at all in many places, making it impossible to march. Even though the soldiers were equipped with the first batch of cotton uniforms made of cotton that had just been harvested this year and wore leather boots, the march was still extremely difficult.

In five full days, the army marched less than a hundred miles.

As far as Li Jing knows, it is necessary to get out of this river valley for at least 500 miles before he can reach the flat road where Pinggang Road and Lulong Road meet. Then, he had to march all the way for three hundred miles to reach White Wolf Mountain.

The soldiers were exhausted, and what was even more important was that they could not wait to get out of the 500-mile valley before they could get out of the 500-mile valley.

After marching like this, without waiting for these 500 miles, the morale and combat effectiveness of the army have been crossed.

"Zizhen." Li Jing's heart was dull for a while, and he lowered his head and sighed apologetically at Jing Xiang who was lying in the car. Jing Xiang is a weak strategist, marching in such a cold weather, and having to work hard for Li Jing all day, he was already tired in a few days, and now he still has a high fever. "Won't God help me and let me turn back?" Li Jing's face became even more gloomy.

"Zizhen, the road ahead is even more difficult, the carriage and horses have no way out, you are seriously ill, I plan to let you stay and return to Pingzhou."

Jing Xiang's face turned pale, looked at Li Jing, and asked, "What about you, the king of the county, do you want to keep going?" ”

Li Jing nodded, "I don't have a choice, the situation in the world is getting more and more chaotic, we must recover the entire Liaoxi and Liaodong as soon as possible, deter the Khitan, Xi, Goguryeo, Bohai, Tatar, etc., and stabilize the rear, so that we can use troops in Youzhou, and then go south to the Central Plains." For Jing Xiang, Li Jing did not hide his life goals.

"The king of the county, with troops against Liao, must win as soon as possible. At present, although our army is mighty, there is the Youzhou Army behind Pingzhou, and there is the Huainan Army with Gao Yu in the south of Ziqing. After the seizure of the Liaodong Peninsula, more and more people have begun to be jealous of us. Gao Biao's provocation is a signal that our power has become known to the whole world because of the seizure of the Liaodong Peninsula. Although there are still our allies in the court, the Son of Heaven is still dependent on our goods. But when they know our potential, they are afraid that they will have other ideas in the future. If we can't end the war in western Liaoning as soon as possible this time, I'm afraid that in the future, there will be more people like Gao Biao to provoke us. Now, as long as we take Liaoxi as soon as possible, we can not be afraid of others. ”

Jing Xiang coughed violently for a while before stopping.

"How can the golden scales be a thing in the pool, and they will turn into dragons when they encounter wind and clouds!"

"The king of the county, Taoguang has been obscure for several years, and the king of the county already has the capital to take off the clouds. This dispatch is crucial, and it must be persistent. I can still hold on, and I am willing to continue to follow the king of the county. ”

Li Jing sighed, "It's just that the situation is even more difficult than we expected, we can't even find a road, and even say that there is no road here at all." It was I who was reckless, and I only relied on the road that Cao Cao took when he sent his troops to make this adventure. Unexpectedly, after Cao Cao's victory, he also rewarded the generals and strategists who persuaded him not to go in and out of the army, saying that it was just a fluke to be able to win. Hundreds of years have passed, and this road has long since become impassable. ”

"How can the king of the county be so discouraged? Back then, Cao Cao also wandered around the river valley and couldn't find a way out. As a result, the most famous man Tian Chou came to meet Cao Cao and pointed out a way out for Cao Cao. It can be seen that things are not always smooth sailing. ”

Li Jing said: "But when can I wait for a field?" ”

"King Jun, if there is no Tian Chou to see, can't we go find a Tian Chou to lead the way?" Jing Xiang lay there, his face pale, but there was a light in his eyes.

"What do you mean, sir?" Li Jing perked up and asked.

Jing Xiang replied: "If you want to say that the person who is most familiar with the road in this Luanshui River Valley, it must be Xi Ren. However, the Xi people will definitely not show us the way, and it is impossible to find the Xi people here. However, in addition to Xi Ren, there are other people who are familiar with this passage. ”

"Who is it?"

"Tatars!" Jing Xiang said with a smile, "It should be the Yinshan Murowei people, the Wusugu tribe and the Heichezi tribe alliance. They moved all the way west from Mobei and then south. One of them was to Khitan first and then to Xi, and then to Youzhou, and then to Youzhou, and then from Youzhou to the capital of the army, to settle in the north and south of Yinshan. The Tatars of Yinshan must know how to get out of the 500-mile valley of the Dao Road. ”

Hearing the news, Li Jing became happy, but sighed in an instant: "But Yinshan Murowei is far away from Pingzhou, even if we send someone to Yinshan now, we are afraid that it will be delayed for too long." ”

"It won't take that long, ten days is enough." Jing Xiang said with a smile.

"How is this possible?" Yinshan to Yanshan, this is not close, within half a month, Li Jing does not believe that he can invite people.

Jing Xiang said with a little pride: "Of course it is impossible under normal circumstances, but it just so happens that the chief of the black car department of Yinshan Tatar, Hu Tu, just arrived in Pingzhou three days ago, as long as we send a fast horse to pick it up, we will be able to reach the camp in three days." ”

"Why did they come to Pingzhou?"

"Because of our old friend, Shatuo Black Crow."

Hu Tu was bribed by an envoy sent to Yinshan by Li Jing before, saying that Hebule, the chief of Wusugu, was ready to capture Li Keyong and give it to Li Jing in exchange for the official position of the governor of Yinshan and the gold and silk property. As a result, Li Keyong was alerted, and he attacked the Tatar camp in Hebul first.

In the next two years, the Yinshan Tatars fought with Li Keyong for almost two years, and as a result, the Yinshan Tatar tribal alliance, which had more than 200,000 units, was defeated by Li Keyong. By now, the situation between the two sides has reversed, and Li Keyong has grown stronger in Yinshan and began to pursue the Tatars. The Tatars could not stop Li Keyong's sneak attack, so Hebul asked Kutu to come to Li Jing for help.

After hearing this, Li Jing couldn't help but sigh, this Shatuo person is really tenacious. He had also received some news about Li Ke's use in Yinshan before, but he didn't expect it to be so strong that even the Yinshan Tatar Alliance, which had a million-person scale, began to be unable to control Li Ke. But now Li Jing doesn't have the time to care about Li Keyong at the foot of Yin Mountain, and he needs to show him a way to King Xi's tooth tent. (To be continued......)