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However, at noon, three cannons fired from the Tang army camp, and the army broke into the camp, shouting and roaring, like a raging sorghum river, and launched a full-scale attack on Youzhou City.

Ascending to the watchtower, Yelufeng stood high and looked far away, commanding as determined, under his orders one after another, the flags were changed, and the orders of generals were accurately and timely passed on to the armies. The defense was in order, and his barracks was always a rock, even though the Tang army came in waves like a flood, it remained motionless.

Suddenly, a team coming like arrows attracted people's attention. There were two big flags in that team, one said "Yan" and the other said "Di". Looking at the board of the watchtower, he murmured to himself: "It's the King of Yan, and Zhu Di, the King of Yan, went out in person."

Yelufeng's heart jumped up involuntarily. He stared intently at the team led by King Zhao Duan Mingyu himself. According to visual inspection, the strength of this team should be around 4, all of which are cavalry. Duan Mingyu personally leads fine cavalry. He rushed to the city gate in the southeast corner, and immediately raised his hand to order: "At the southeast corner, arrows meet the enemy, swords and shields are in the back, and then deploy guns, three lines to block, don't let the Tang army step into the city for half a step, those who disobey the order, beheaded."

"Hula la,"

The banner was fluttering on the watchtower. The soldiers in the southeast corner followed the command of the commander and hurriedly mobilized their troops. However, they came in a menacing manner, like a dragonfly on water. The rain of arrows in the southeast barracks just flew into the air like a dark cloud, and Duan Mingyu rushed forward. The cavalry seemed to have bumped into a wall invisible to the naked eye, and turned the horse's head in unison. Without stopping for a moment, the pawn drew a scimitar-like arc, cutting sharply towards the terrain in the southwest corner. .

"Such brilliant riding skills, so neat and uniform, really well-trained, this must be the elite of the Northern Expedition Army, maybe it is the famous Shence Army Light Armored Cavalry,"

Standing on the watchtower, Yelufeng could see clearly, and couldn't help giving a secret compliment, but he didn't take it seriously when Zhao Wang pretended to attack the southeast corner, and then used the swiftness of the cavalry to raid the southwest corner, his defense was impenetrable, how could it be this It can be broken by such a simple trick.

Especially... Duan Mingyu actually chose the southwest corner, and the southwestern wind is blowing today, isn't this conducive to the defenders' arrows to exert their power.

Under the conditions of modern warfare, a military satellite, the mobilization of the army is almost invisible, the use of strategy and tactics is almost a kind of confrontation with high-tech weapons under the condition of complete transparency of the military plans of both sides, the generals are similar to 36 It is almost inconceivable to say that he is more clever than the famous ancient generals through the pondering, research, and application of traditional strategies and tactics such as Ji Ji.

Duan Mingyu knew that if he was rashly given an army at the early stage of crossing and let him stand alone, his end would probably be ten times worse than that of Zhao Kuo who was talking about armies on paper. Therefore, even now, he is still brainstorming and not acting arbitrarily , Every step is the result of discussion by the generals of the whole army, appointing people on their merits, and never acting emotionally, which makes the subordinates have another layer of understanding of Duan Mingyu's personality.

"Generals, our army has been attacking the city for several days. Yelufeng has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has learned the skills after suffering a big loss. If we want to use a strange army, it may be difficult to succeed. If we cooperate with the right army, we will not be able to fight for a long time, and two. I can't afford to suffer such casualties, what do you generals have in mind?" Duan Mingyu waited for the generals to arrive, and immediately explained the current dilemma, the generals were silent for a while, and after a long while, he let the other party say: "I will be the general See, Yelufeng lost a game first, and now he is absolutely unwilling to give up Youzhou. We have limited food and grass, and we have to be prepared for the Khitan soldiers who will support Youzhou in the near future. The soldiers are also limited, and we cannot attack by force. It is better to retreat temporarily , prepare the army for war,"

Duan Mingyu was still a bit reluctant, and asked again: "Cong Zhou also thought that we can't take Youzhou in one go. You should know that if we can take Youzhou, it will be a heavy blow to Khitan. If we succeed in the first battle, Ben The king will gain momentum, and the Khitan Han generals who are watching may also change their flags to vote, this is the key to turning the situation around, this king... I really can't bear to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, "

Ge Congzhou said: "Your Majesty, Yelufeng is not easy to deal with. Now that our army is exhausted and we can't take Youzhou City for a while, we should let it go decisively and stop the attack temporarily, otherwise we will be forced to wait for the Khitan reinforcements to arrive. The decisive battle is also impossible, and the results of the battle that have been achieved at that time will also be destroyed, so the last general also thought...,"

"This..." Duan Mingyu hesitated.

"Cough, my lord, can the young general say a few words?" Xu Jing coughed and asked Duan Mingyu.

Duan Mingyu said with a smile: "As the so-called listener will understand, although General Xu knows everything, I want you to participate in military affairs, but I don't want you to be Xu Shu."

All the generals laughed when they heard this, and the atmosphere in the tent suddenly relaxed, Xu Jing smiled and said: "Yes, let me talk about my views on the humble post, the prince has won a great battle, the morale has been boosted, the morale of the army has been set, and we have already established a relationship with you." The capital of the Khitan, now it is the Khitan that is anxious, why should we put all our eggs in one basket under the city of Youzhou? You must know that taking down a city of Youzhou does not mean that the Khitan has lost. Our goal is not to win the city of Youzhou, but to win it. Khitan's vital energy has been seriously injured, destroying its vitality, making it afraid to go south for decades or even a hundred years, the prince may wish to think about it, if the main force of Khitan is defeated, then the so-called cities are just waiting for us one by one Are you going to take it? Furthermore, the number of our soldiers is already very large. They are motivated by Khitan’s injustice, so they turn to the prince, but it doesn’t mean that the prince can do anything to them now. If we are in Youzhou The city has encountered a serious setback, and it is inevitable that some people have different ideas, which is a hidden danger.

If we recuperate the three armies and reorganize the ranks now, we should arrange the outer defense line of Youzhou City and wait for the Khitan reinforcements to arrive. At that time, it will be the real decisive battle. Going to the battlefield, this is sharpening the knife and chopping the firewood, "

Duan Mingyu said eagerly: "That's right, it's Xu Jing's words that are clear. General Zhou and the generals have information in their stomachs, but they can't express it. Xu Jing can't explain it clearly in just a few words. It’s true that the tiger father has no dogs and sons, old general Xu has a spirit in heaven, and he will surely rest in peace.”

Go to Fugou Station in the north of the capital, where the second prince of Khitan Yelu Deguang is currently stationed, ready to go. It is said that Yelu Abaoji has three sons. The love of Yelu Abaoji and Empress Shuluping, in Duan Mingyu's time, Yelubei was also afraid of having the title of crown prince and did not become emperor, but the second prince, Yelu Deguang, was more like Yelu Abaoji, because he was brave and good at fighting, and made great contributions. Quite a lot, Abaoji placed great hopes on him, so Queen Shuluping, who was also brave and resourceful, looked at him differently and fully supported him on the issue of inheriting the throne. Yelu Deguang later became the famous Emperor Taizong of Liao Dynasty, The three-character Yelu Lihu is brave and Duoli is also a fierce general, but compared with Yelu Deguang, he is slightly inferior.