Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Defang and his party prepared in Dingzhou for three days. After breakfast, Defang, Li Jilong, Kong Shouzheng, Fan Tingzhao, Li Jixuan, Pei Ji, Shang Zhaoyi and Chang Yuanzong made the final arrangements before departure in the main hall. Everyone in the middle contributed their strategies. After repeated discussions, it was finally decided to follow Li Jilong's strategy to send troops to protect the food. Li Jilong summoned Tian Min, an officer of the Serenity Army, and ordered him to rectify the cavalry. The army, Defang took the emperor's order and ordered Li Jixuan to be the supervisor of the three routes of Zhen, Ding, and Gaoyangguan. After the grain guard army arrived in Baozhou, Kong Shouzheng led the Baozhou army to clear the way. It was difficult to intercept. Li Jilong knew that if Brother Yeluxiu could not intercept the supply, he would definitely attack the grain guards, so he decided to wait for the supply to reach the Weilu army. Kong Shouzheng quickly returned to the Caohe troops in the north of Xuhe, and ordered thousands of soldiers Set up an ambush ten miles north of the city, Li Jilong led the army back, and the Liao people were not familiar with the terrain, so they took advantage of this to lead them to Xuhe. With Fan Tingzhao leading thousands of soldiers and horses to attack back and forth, once the Liao people are in chaos, they will lose the momentum to fight again. In addition, they will not stay for long when they go deep into the Song Dynasty, otherwise it will be tantamount to being in a dangerous situation. The army will quickly withdraw to the north, and the Song army will pursue it for several miles, and the surrounding camps will send troops to attack, and the Liao people will inevitably suffer heavy losses and flee for their lives in a hurry.

Defang looked at the map, deliberated in his head according to Li Jilong's strategy, and then said, "General Li, this time the imperial court supplies three thousand vehicles. Excluding the 5000 troops guarding Dingzhou, only the emperor can protect the food and meet the enemy." There are 3000 imperial guards in the city, [-] from General Fan's Zhenzhou army, [-] from the Baozhou army in the north, and [-] from Dingzhou's main state. Among these more than [-] people, there are [-] people who need to protect the grain carts. It's hot, if we move forward quickly, will it make it difficult for the generals to support their physical strength? If the Liao army rushes ahead of us to intercept the grain carts, wouldn't it be passive."

"Back to your lord, this time Brother Yeluxiu gathered [-] cavalry and [-] infantry at the border." Li Jilong pointed to a part of the map. No problem, the Liao soldiers have already entered the country with thousands of cavalry, they dare not rush into battle, the last general sent people to Beipingzhai and Baozhou Army yesterday, and sent out hundreds of archers and infantry from the two places, so the Liao people have more than a thousand cavalry It is inevitable to move. If Yeluxiu's army sees the cavalry being driven away, he must be worried that they will be besieged. He will definitely send the cavalry to help. It will also take a day. We will put the heavy armor on the grain carts and horses when we set off from here, and light armor to protect the grain, so as to reduce the burden on the soldiers, and then take this opportunity to quickly pass through. The interception will be in vain, and our army will quickly turn back on the same day after unloading the supplies. General Kong and Inspector Li have already set up their positions at this time. Our army of more than [-] troops is enough to resist the exhausted division of the Liao army."

Defang looked at the map and pointed, "General Li, here you can bypass the Xu River to reach Dingzhou, and there is also a mountain pass to transport grain. If the Liao army sends [-] infantry and a few cavalry to go south from here, wouldn't it be more troublesome? "