Chapter 880
Jurchen fled all the way, and finally arrived at Lingzhi City in the west of Liaoxi. The Han army chased and killed them all the way. Only 4 of Yuan Yuangai Suwen's 3 men were able to enter the city.

In the rear, tens of thousands of cavalry led by Yuwen Chengdu, Yu Chigong and others also pursued the [-] soldiers and horses of Wanyan Zongwang's troops who had been defeated.Since Jurchen arrived at Lingzhi, Liu Bian was unable to attack the city, so he ordered people to occupy Jurchen's eastward escape route in advance and set up an ambush.

The battle had lasted for two days, and the Jurchen soldiers and horses fled to the east one after another. The Han army gained a lot, but there were also Jurchen cavalry who broke out and fled into Lingzhi City.

It wasn't until two days later that there were gradually no Jurchen soldiers and horses passing by, so Liu Bian ordered the ambush to be withdrawn and set up camp under Lingzhi City.

At this time, Di Qing, Zhang Shigui and others also led the infantry to Lingzhi to join the cavalry and replenish supplies for the Han army.

After days of fighting, the Han army originally had 13 soldiers and horses, but now there are only more than 5000 left, which can be described as a heavy loss.

But it's no wonder that the battle between the Han army and the Jurchen is head-to-head. It is commendable to win more with less, and some casualties are also to be endured.

However, the casualties of the Han army are a bit insignificant if compared with the nunvzhen.

The Jurchens have a total of 15 soldiers, and now only nearly [-] have fled back to Lingzhi City, with more than half of the casualties, and the morale of the Han army is so high that it is obviously impossible to fight the Han army head-on .

Yuan Gai Suwen fled into Lingzhi, while arranging troops to stabilize the morale of the army, he asked for reinforcements from the rear and asked Vice General Wanyan Zonghan what to do.

Fortunately, Lingzhi City is also a dangerous city. For the Han army, it guarded the way of the Han army's eastward advance.If the Han army wanted to repel the Jurchen, they had to defeat the Jurchen soldiers head-on.

For more than ten days in a row, the Han army did not attack the Jurchen, but just set up camp under the city, waiting for the Jurchen's next move.

The two sides continued to confront each other. At this time, Liu Bian heard a system notification sound in his mind: "The system has detected that the battle has come to an end. This time, the Han army defeated the strong with the weak, and wiped out [-] Jurchen soldiers. For the battle of Xu Ping, it is a third-level major incident, and now three people have entered the chaos, please remember well the host."

"No.1 in Chaos, Wang Junke, general of the Wagang Five Tigers in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, with a force of 98, a commander of 84, and an intelligence of 59."

"Unexpectedly, among the Wagang Five Tigers, there is still such a powerful character? The martial arts is only inferior to Luo Cheng? But that's right, Wang Jun can use a fishing knife to kill the second-ranked Iron Spear among the four fierce ones to protect his son, and fight with him Wei Wentong won the two battles with no distinction, and his martial arts can be rated as 98. But the system, you always have the same appearance as Guan Yu. If Guan Ling and Guan Sheng hadn't died, they would all be able to make up for it. It's a mahjong table." Liu Bian shouted to the system in displeasure.

The system ignored it, and continued to give the rest of the list: "The second person in the chaos, the first master of the Water Margin and Liangshan Jade Qilin Lu Junyi, with a force of 98, a commander of 89, an intelligence of 63, and a politics of 52.

The third person, Wu Yanguang, the first general of the Shuihu Liao Kingdom, has 97 in military strength, 89 in command, 72 in intelligence, and 61 in politics. "

On the other side of Changli, Wanyan Zonghan had already received the news that Wanyan Zongwang was defeated and captured, so he left [-] soldiers to guard Changli. At the time of Lingzhi, there were [-] soldiers and horses.

With 3 horses and [-] soldiers and horses in Lingzhi City, in terms of military strength, the Han army and the Jurchen are on equal footing.

When Wanyan Zonghan arrived in Lingzhi, he set up camp behind Lingzhi, and fought against the defenders of Lingzhi City.If the Han army comes to attack its camp, the soldiers and horses in the city can attack the Han army; if the Han army attacks Lingzhi City, the soldiers and horses in its camp can attack the Han army.

However, Liu Bian had no plans to attack Lingzhi City and the Jurchen camp, but stood still, as if quietly waiting for something.

However, standing still did not cause any loss to Liu Bian. Younan had kept a low profile for several years, and the food and wealth he had accumulated were enough to last several years of war.

On the contrary, the Jurchen soldiers and horses came from afar, and all the replacements had to be taken from the common people. After a long time, the rear was bound to be unstable.When the people can't provide the food and grass to support the Jurchen's battle, the defeat will be a foregone conclusion.

However, Liu Bian didn't seem interested in procrastinating for so long, because a few days later, Liu Bian secretly summoned a messenger in his tent.

"How is it? Where are Li Qing's troops?" Liu Bian looked at the messenger and asked in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, the commander-in-chief did not personally lead the army this time!"

Liu Bian raised his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice: "Why? Could it be that Li Qing thinks that my plan of outflanking will not work, so he doesn't want to do it?"

The surname is Li, and he is the governor of one side. Of course, Liu Bian is referring to Li Jing, a generation of military gods in history.

It turned out that before going out for the expedition, Liu Bian thought about the way to defeat the Jurchen, and thought that the Jurchen army would go deep alone, and the base camp Changli was hundreds of miles away from Xu Wuyou.So they decided to use the strategy of outflanking and outflanking, so that a group of soldiers and horses would detour to Changli and raid Changli to make the Jurchens have no supplies on the front line. In this way, not to mention completely defeating the Jurchens, even if the Jurchens have no supplies, they will definitely withdraw from the territory of the Han Dynasty.

This envoy was sent by Liu Bian to contact Li Jing's confidant, and now he has returned to Telai to reply to Liu Bian.

Hearing that Li Jing didn't go to the battle, Liu Bian couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. Could it be that the strategy he came up with, Li Jing didn't think would work?
The envoy clasped his hands and said: "Your Majesty misunderstood. Li Dudu didn't think that the strategy was not good, but the Northern Mongolia learned that the Jurchen was attacking Youzhou, so they eyeed Bingzhou. The Dudu didn't dare to leave easily, so he didn't send troops in person. However, the Dudu appointed others. Lead the army to complete His Majesty's outflank plan."

Hearing that Li Jing didn't go out in person, Liu Bian couldn't help being disappointed, Bingzhou didn't have many cavalry available, if Li Jing didn't go out in person, could the other generals rush to attack Changli and cut off Jurchen's supplies?
Disappointed, Liu Bian couldn't help but snorted and said: "Tiemuzhen really is not dead, he knows that I have fewer soldiers than Jurchen, and it is very likely to use soldiers from Bingzhou, so he sent troops to the north of Bingzhou.

One is that I cannot use Bingzhou soldiers and horses to attack Jurchen, which makes me lose in the battle situation in Youzhou.Second, once I use a large number of soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, he is bound to attack Bingzhou and seize our northern gate. "

The messenger nodded repeatedly and said: "That's what Dudu Li said. Youzhou and Bingzhou are the northern barriers of the Han Dynasty, so you can't lose anything. Therefore, the governor can't go out in person, but you can't ignore the situation in Youzhou, so he sent other generals to lead the cavalry three Wan attack to cooperate with His Majesty."

"Is Lin Yu the one leading the army?" Liu Bian looked at the messenger and said, "I heard that Lin Yu has worshiped Li Jing as his teacher, and his art of war has been taught by Li Jing. If he leads the army, there is a good chance of winning."

"It's not General Lin!" The envoy shook his head and said.

"Isn't it Lin Yu? Chen Dao, Pei Jun, Gao Shun and others are all generals, but they may not be able to take on this important task. Li Siye is both civil and military, but his Modao army is an infantry army. They are all guarding the important town, I wonder who Li Qing will send to take on this important task this time? It can't be General Yang who goes into battle in person!" Liu Bian stroked his chin and guessed.

"Because Bingzhou has been confronted with Mongolia all the year round, Mongolia knows our army well, and none of the generals and governors who can lead the army alone have been sent out, so as not to be detected by Mongolia and use troops against Bingzhou. The governor said that our army is not afraid of Mongolia, but it is hard to bear it." Only when the two sides are cultivating and living, the Central Plains has not yet been settled, and now they are once again at odds with Mongolia, which is not good for the situation."

Liu Bian nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, Bingzhou should accumulate strength at this time, and Bingzhou will be the biggest force to attack Mongolia in the future. Once Bingzhou is consumed by Mongolia, it may be delayed for many years to destroy Mongolia.

Therefore, at this time, Mongolia must not be aware of the lack of strength in Bingzhou and give Mongolia a chance to attack Bingzhou.

Once both Bingzhou and Youzhou are in a war situation, the north will fall into a protracted war, maybe the Mongol Jurchens will unite.At that time, the Central Plains, Jiangdong, and Central Shu will be able to recuperate, and the unification of the world will be infinitely delayed again.

Liu Bian nodded in approval and said: "Li Jing did the right thing. If you don't send a general that Mongolia is familiar with, Mongolia will not dare to act rashly. Once Mongolia mobilizes troops, it will gain something. After all, they also want to accumulate strength. If they don't gain anything, the loss will not be worth the loss It’s just that who Li Qing sent, don’t try to keep me guessing, tell me quickly.”

The envoy smiled awkwardly: "The villain saw that His Majesty wanted to guess, so he didn't say that the general sent by Li Dudu is not well-known, but he is the heir of Li Dudu. According to his seniority, he is also the senior brother of General Lin Yu?"

Liu Bian's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and then he realized: "Is it Su Lie and Su Dingfang?"

"That's right, it's Su Lie!" The envoy nodded and said, "When the villain contacted Li Dudu, Li Dudu wanted to send this person, and the villain also objected many times, but Li Dudu reassured the villain. He said that Su Lie was his." Personally passed on to his disciples, the Art of War has been deeply taught by him. Didn't you expect His Majesty to know Su Lie's name?"

"I've heard it, of course I've heard it!" Liu Bian smiled, since the leader this time was Su Lie, Liu Bian was completely relieved.

The top commanders in the world are Han Xin, Bai Qi, Li Jingyuefei and others, and the slightly weaker ones are Su Lie, Xu Da, Xue Rengui and others.

Su Lie's ability is only inferior to Li Jing and others. If Li Jing and Su Lie face off on the battlefield, the outcome may be unknown.

After destroying the Three Kingdoms, all captured their masters, and expanded the territory for the Tang Dynasty, from the Aral Sea in the west to the Korean Peninsula in the east.With such great feats, there are few people who can rival the generals. I am afraid that only Wang Jian, the general who destroyed the country of Qin, can stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

"Besides Su Dingfang, are there any other generals following?"

"The general accompanying the army is Pei Jun, and there is another person who is Pei Jun's younger brother named Pei Yuanqing. It is said that this man is quite brave, but he has recently joined his brother. Because he doesn't know Mongolia, Li Dudu sent him out." the messenger replied.

"Pei Yuanqing..." Liu Bian's eyes became even more serious.

"There is the peerless general Su Dingfang and the peerless fierce general Pei Yuanqing. If the battle is stable, even if Wanyan Aguda sends troops to rescue, Su Dingfang can also fight with him!" Liu Bian said happily in his heart.

The messenger cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, General Su Lie led the army from Yanmen into Dai County of Youzhou, and now it has arrived at the coast south of Yuyang. Going all the way along the coast, Jurchen will definitely not be able to find it. It is expected that within five days, they will be there." Arrived at the city of Changli. Does Your Majesty have anything to tell them? I will chase after Qingqi, and I think I can catch up."

Liu Bian shook his head and said: "No, as a general, everyone has his own ideas. Even though he is an emperor, his strategy of marching and fighting is not necessarily better than them. You have been on the road for more than [-] days, and the journey is exhausting. For the hard work, go down and rest first."

"The villain will leave first!" The messenger left with his hands clasped.

(End of this chapter)

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