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With the siege of Youzhou City, a large number of Tang troops and logistics personnel quickly gathered in the suburbs of Youzhou. In two days, there were more than [-] people. The temporary camp on the outskirts of Yanjing in Youzhou stretched for more than ten miles. mighty.

Yelufeng, who stayed behind in Youzhou, was shocked when he heard the news, and quickly gathered his cronies to discuss countermeasures. At that time, the entire surrounding area of ​​Yanjing was already surrounded by Duan Mingyu's troops. Except for Qi County, Yanjing City had completely become a turtle in the urn.Many battles in history have a characteristic. At the beginning, one side attacked the city and pulled out the stronghold. After the final defeat, it collapsed thousands of miles. Not only was all the land just captured taken back, but also its own territory was taken back. Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi defeated the Gaoliang River because he was very strong in the early stage and ignored the area around Youzhou City. In the end, he was made dumplings. Duan Mingyu has an advantage, that is, Yandi was occupied by the Khitan Kingdom not long ago, and Yandi Haner still had The feeling of missing the homeland, and Duan Mingyu is not going to attack Youzhou City directly, but cuts off the surrounding wings first, and completely isolates Yanjing, then the battle will be much easier.

After breakfast, the craftsmen squatted around the tent with large bowls of porridge and vegetables, listening to the head of the craftsman setting up a dragon formation there.Chief Zhang was a fat man, and the military masters in charge of the errands called him Fatty Zhang. Fatty Zhang was already very talkative, but when he was stimulated by this nationwide battle, he chattered even more vigorously.

He spitting and showing off: "If you say that the Khitan emperor Yelu Abaoji integrated the eight Khitan tribes with [-] tribal troops, he made outreach to Xi State. The attack first occupied Yunzhou, followed by the defense of Zunhua and Miyun. Submit the whole city to..."

Duan Mingyu, who was taking a walk, happened to pass by here. Hearing this, he thought to himself, of the three cities, only one was captured, only one city fought hard to the end, and one of the two commanders surrendered voluntarily. Because of the long time at the border and the grand prestige, since the two generations of Tang Xizong and his son ascended the throne, the people have not lived well, and all kinds of unpopularity are probably also an important reason.Otherwise, the Khitan at this time still does not see any possibility of success. If only considering their personal future, how could those generals surrender without a fight?Don't dare to fight hard, why not run away, I'm afraid they also have a sense of depression and injustice in their hearts. "

Fatty Zhang said: "Then, the Khitan sent troops to attack Juyongguan, the defenders were defeated, and there were more than ten thousand soldiers who joined forces from all walks of life. There were a total of 20 soldiers in one place. Zhu Wen also dedicated Youzhou, Zhuozhou and several prefectures. , Khitan's climate can be regarded as complete."

"Fatty Zhang, what nonsense are you talking about here again! Make other people's aspirations, destroy your own prestige, grandma, do you want to eat army sticks!"

A small flag patrolling the battalion led a few soldiers over, gave everyone a look, and said loudly: "Don't look at the Khitan's arrogance for a while, the emperor has appointed General Zhao Wang Duan as his commander, commanding 30 troops. Once the army arrives, If you conquer Yizhou, Zhuozhou, the mere barbarians and mobs, they will surely fall apart! Go to work when you are full, don’t talk nonsense here!”

As soon as all the craftsmen heard this, they scattered like birds and beasts, and Duan Mingyu also walked away quietly.

In Khitan's camp in the upper capital, Yelu Abaoji was holding a candle and looking at a simple sand table, Yelu Deguang, Xiao Kang and other generals surrounded him, Yelu Abaoji looked carefully for a long time, then sighed softly: "Duan Mingyu As expected of being the No.1 General of the Tang Dynasty, this deployment is really impenetrable and impeccable."

Xiao Kang leaned slightly and said, "Duan Mingyu moved outside the city of Youzhou, and led the main force to station on both sides of the Gaoliang River in the south of the city. General Xu Jing led troops to station on the river, and Wang Yanzhang camped in Yizhou. People and tigers look at Qi County. This kind of deployment, the teeth of the dogs interlock and bite each other, advance and attack, retreat and defend, echoing each other!"

Yelu Abaoji nodded and said: "Yes, if I fail in the first battle, Duan Mingyu, king of Zhao, will advance like an arrow, straight into my heart, and completely crush me with a powerful force. If I can win, he can come close Back to Yizhou Mansion, relying on the strong city to stand by and wait for help, this little fox is not easy to deal with."

Yelu Deguang was puzzled and said: "Father, in terms of the ability to defend the city, no one in our Khitan can surpass the Tang army. With such a strong position, why doesn't he directly guard the city of Yizhou? With this Tang army guard The ability of the city, I am afraid that even if we have ten times more soldiers and horses, how can we not be able to defeat him?"

Yelu Abaoji smiled slightly, and said: "He came here to punish me, a barbarian and rebel, so what's the matter with hiding in Yizhou City? Duan Mingyu defeated us in Yanmen Pass, but it was a field battle after all. , I have never fought a battle with me, this involves the strategy between the two countries, and the current deployment, he is also testing my ability."

Xiao Kang pondered for a while, and asked: "I wonder what your Majesty and the generals think about this situation?"

Yelu Deguang frowned and said: "The army of the Southern Dynasty claims to be 30, but my son once killed 20 of them in Zhenzhou, and it is estimated that there are only a little over 13. Now there are 30 gathered around Youzhou, and our army is now fully engaged. There are also [-] horses, so it’s okay to fight hard.”

Xiao Kang nodded and said: "What your Majesty said is true. From the humble opinion, we should use Youzhou as the axis, and continue to send troops to confront and consume. Duan Mingyu came here under his orders, so he can't squat in Yizhou city. He wants to fight Youzhou, we have to be wary of our reinforcements, and we can’t just watch us flee the desert, we have to lead him by the nose and reveal his flaws, then it’s better..."

As soon as he said this, he heard a commotion outside, and someone shouted loudly outside the tent: "His Majesty, the Han general Liu Yilong heard that the army of the Southern Dynasty had arrived at the city of Youzhou. More than a hundred people wanted to escape from the barracks, but we have now captured them, please punish them, Your Majesty!"

When Yelu Abaoji heard it, his face changed suddenly, Xiao Kang said: "I'm humble, let's go and have a look!"

Yelu Abaoji's expression was extremely stern, and he said sharply, "Don't look, they're all killed!"

There were more than a hundred people, Xiao Kang couldn't help shaking when he heard this, but when he saw Yelu Abaoji's livid face, he couldn't help but nodded, and said in a deep voice: "I understand!"

On the school field, more than a hundred soldiers knelt on the ground, with their hands behind their backs, and a steel knife was pressed on their necks. Surrounding them were soldiers from the three armies who were ordered to supervise and behead them. Xu Yang, the steel knives were reflected by the bonfire, flickering with a blood-red cold light.The school field with thousands of people was actually completely silent.

A large black flag was flying in the wind, and Xiao Kang, who was all in military uniform, stood on the flag. You should have heard it from the day you put on your clothes and picked up your knives and guns.

If military discipline is not strict, an army is like a mess. If the army is weak, it will be defeated when it is suitable for battle. As a soldier, you should be invincible when you are in battle. Let him have thousands of troops and powerful enemies like a forest. You can only move forward and never retreat. .Those who retreat from the battle are abandoning themselves and their robes. What should they do like these scum in the army? "