Outside the south gate of Heqing City, Li Yi led more than 1,000 cavalry to ambush outside, waiting for Yelu Chongyuan to take the bait, "squeak, squeak" Heqing South Gate slowly opened, Yelu Chongyuan led hundreds of remnants of cavalry to flee out of the city, less than five miles out of the city, suddenly ambushed all around, shouting and killing, Li Yi led the Xia cavalry to rush out.
At this time, where is the Liao army still the opponent of the Xia army, three or five times was beaten by the Xia army, the Liao army was captured alive except for the rest of the dead in battle, of course, Yelu Chongyuan was also captured, Li Yi after capturing Yelu Chongyuan, according to Li Liangzuo's meaning, there was no humiliating behavior.
"The last general will see Your Majesty."
After Li Yi captured Yelu Chongyuan, he immediately visited Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo saw Li Yi's red face, and said with a smile: "Li Yi, it seems that your business is done, and someone brought it over to see me." ” "Your Majesty Shengming, someone will bring Yelu Chongyuan up" After Li Liangzuo saw Yelu Chongyuan being escorted in by the five flowers, he immediately quickly got up and walked to Yelu Chongyuan's side to loosen his ties and said: "The king, please forgive me, most of my subordinates are some reckless villagers, if you offend the king, I hope the king will forgive you." ” "Hmph," Yelu Chongyuan twisted his head to the side, ignoring Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo continued to speak: "I know that the king was also helpless to attack Xia at the beginning, but fortunately, there were not many injuries from the two countries' wars, and I wanted Xia and Liao to rebuild the alliance and do the good of Qin and Jin, I don't know what the king wanted."
Yelu Chongyuan sneered: "Your Excellency said it easily, now that the Xia army is attacking my Great Liao territory and killing my Great Liao soldiers and civilians, if Your Excellency says that if you rebuild the covenant, you will rebuild the covenant, wouldn't it be an insult to my Heavenly Empire."
Forgive Zuo, you are the lord of a small state, and the vassals of the Great Liao dare to call themselves me in front of this king, are you not afraid of the wrath of my million-strong army of the Great Liao?"
"Old boy, what are you talking about, you are impatient," Li Yi drew his knife and said to each other.
Li Liangzuo stopped Li Yi and continued to say with a smile: "I have already seen the iron cavalry of Daliao, but since the king wants me to experience it again, then I am experiencing it; The king is the uncle of the emperor of Liao, and I will never treat you badly; Li Yi arranged a better place for the imperial uncle, sent someone to take good care of the imperial uncle, and asked the imperial uncle to return to Xijing Datong in a few days. ” Li Liangzuo's army rested in Qinghe for a night, and the army returned to Jinsu City in the early morning of the next day, because the Xia army secretly sent troops last night, the Liao army sentry cavalry did not find out at all, and today I saw 30,000 Xia troops from the west, and they all thought that the reinforcements of the Xia army had arrived, and the Liao army in Yongbyon Prefecture was terrified for a while.
"When does Your Majesty plan to attack Datong and who will be the general?"
asked Zhou Wentai to Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo said bluntly: "I will lead five thousand iron horsemen to go, and I will set off tonight, after I leave, the army in the city will be temporarily in charge of Li Yi, and the military division will assist from the side; Li Yi, after I leave, you must listen to the opinions of the military advisor, and take good care of Yelu Chongyuan and don't let this old boy run away. ” "Yes, please rest assured that Your Majesty will definitely complete the task."
Li Yi took the military order and said.
Zhou Wentai said: "Your Majesty, it is too dangerous to go to Datong this time, it is enough for His Majesty to send General Li Yi between the ministers of Yiwei, why do you have to drive the expedition in person."
Li Liangzuo insisted: "This battle is very important, who wins and who loses the two armies of Xia and Liao in this move, Mr. only needs to mention that I have destroyed the 80,000 Liao army in the back, as long as Mr. destroys the 80,000 Liao army, I will have no worries, and the victory of my Great Xia Kingdom in this battle is in sight." ” "Yes, Wechen respectfully obeys His Majesty's holy decree," Zhou Wentai said.
That night, Li Liangzuo led 5,000 iron cavalry to leave Jinsu City, and went straight to Datong to the east, these 5,000 iron cavalry are the elite of a hundred battles, each person can be an enemy ten, and each person can exchange three war horses to ride, one day can march more than 400 miles, only two days can be in Xijing Datong.
Datong is located in the south to Yin Mountain, east to Yan Mountain, north to Luliang Mountain, Taihang Mountain and other four mountain ranges cross channel; The terrain is high in the northwest and slightly lower in the southeast, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and it is a strategic place for the Central Plains Dynasty to defend the northern steppe peoples to the south.
At this time, Li Liangzuo led an army of 5,000 troops, which were secretly stationed in a col in the northeast mountains, preparing to wait for an opportunity to besiege Xijing Datong; Li Liangzuo's Chinese army tent, the deputy general hurriedly walked in and said: "Your Majesty, the spies who infiltrated the city have sent information, and now there are only more than 10,000 defenders in Datong City, and most of them are in the Liao army camp in Dongcheng. ” "Oh, Datong is the Xijing of Liao, why are there only so few soldiers and horses," Li Liangzuo suddenly asked.
The adjutant general said: "Your Majesty forgot, Liao State Xijing left behind, Yeluren Xianzheng led 50,000 troops to garrison the riverside, originally there were 60,000 defenders in Datong City, and now Yeluren first drew out 50,000, naturally there are only more than 10,000 people left. ” Li Liangzuo smiled and said: "I originally thought that before the 50,000 horses led by Yelu Renxian left, he would send troops and horses from the surrounding area to guard Datong, but I didn't expect Yelu Renxian to be so arrogant, isn't he afraid that the Song army will raid his lair?"
"Your Majesty, you also think too highly of the Song army, since the founding of the country, the war with the Liao State has not been broken, but every time it is a big defeat, before the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Liao army drove straight into the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, and the troops came to the north bank of the Yellow River to force the Great Song Dynasty to sign the alliance under the city; According to the end of the general, the Song army was already afraid of the Liao army, and finally stopped the army for several years, how could the Great Song Dynasty dare to start a war lightly.
The adjutant general analyzed.
Li Liangzuo smiled, shook his head again and said: "Although what you said has some truth, but you have to remember what I said, the Great Song Dynasty is not as simple as you see, the Great Song Dynasty has a vast territory, a large population, a rich country and a strong people, although the Song and Liao and Xia have lost many battles and won less, but they have not hurt the fundamentals, on the other hand, although the Liao and Xia countries won, but the bigger and poorer they are, although they have the upper hand in a short time, but once they fall into a protracted war, they will undoubtedly be defeated. ” The adjutant general thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the last general has been instructed. ” "Okay, let's not talk about this, since there are only more than 10,000 Liao troops in the city, then we should change the following plan, if possible, it is best to capture Datong."
Li Liangzuo's eyes flashed with a fine light and said.
The adjutant general was shocked and said: "Your Majesty, there are more than 10,000 defenders in the city, and our army is only 5,000.
The corners of Li Liangzuo's mouth rose and said: "So this battle can't be forced, it can only be outwitted; The herald ordered the army to attack the city at dawn tomorrow, and let the spies in the city meet at the north gate. ” "Yes, the last general commands."
The adjutant general took the order; "Your Majesty, there is something unclear in the last general, why did our army choose the north gate, is it not good to choose the west gate, and it is close to us."
Li Liangzuo smiled and patted the adjutant general's shoulder and said: "Good boy, good at thinking, is a material for being a general, since you asked me, I will tell you; The north gate of Datong is relatively low, and the damage is more, and then our army and the Liao army are fighting in the west, and the west gate of Datong must be the focus of the Liao army's guard; In this way, we can avoid the heavy troops of the Liao State by choosing the north gate, and even if the spies can't take the city gate, we can also launch a round of strong attack, so that the chances of victory are greater. ” "The last general understands, thank you for your majesty's teaching":