Half a month later, Lin Long returned to the capital. Han Ying was already having a hard time in the west, and Li Yin felt that he could not delay it any longer. However, Li Yin had not decided on the candidate for the expedition. After Lin Long returned to the capital, he wanted to

I went out with him to practice, but after much deliberation, I still let him sit in the capital. I took Wang Meng, Ouyang De, Wang Zhen and Li Ji out.

The army marched westward and headed straight for Wuchang. Li Yin had walked this road more than once and was very familiar with it. He urged the army to move quickly, hoping to arrive in Wuchang early to meet with Han and Ying.

In Wuchang, Han Ying had been confronting Zhao Guangyi for many days. Zhao Guangyi had a large number of people, so Han Ying did not dare to fight. He just stayed at the camp and waited for reinforcements to arrive. Zhao Guangyi did not find a suitable opportunity, so he stood still and looked for opportunities.

When Li Yin and the others arrived, Han Ying let out a long breath, and the tension he had felt for many days could finally be relieved.

"How's it going?" Li Yin asked.

Wang Meng took out the marching map, and several people gathered around him.

"Your Majesty, although Zhao Guangyi came from the north, the troops he led were mobilized from all four sides. Look, this is Wuchang where we are, and to the west is Jingzhou. There is Cao Bin's navy there, which originally numbered 100,000, but Zhao Guangyi drew

After leaving 50,000, there are still 50,000 left. There are a large number of troops from the Song Dynasty stationed in Bengbu in the northwest and Xinyang in the north. If we want to deal with the enemy, we must not go out with all our strength. Someone must stay in the camp to prepare for any danger." Han Ying explained.

Li Ji looked at the march map and said: "We have a total of 250,000 troops, and Zhao Guangyi has 300,000. If we send people to stay behind, our troops will be obviously insufficient. Therefore, if we want to win completely, we need to use a strange strategy."

Li Yin looked at Li Ji and said with a smile: "Does Master Li already have a strategy to defeat the enemy?"

Li Ji shook his head and said: "In the face of absolute strength, there is no chance. In my opinion, we can send troops to respond to the enemy, but we cannot love to fight and fight with each other. That would be detrimental to us. Then send General Wang Zhenwang to lead all the cavalry to attack

Afterwards, we can take advantage of it."

"Well," Li Yin nodded and said, "Okay, this can also be a surprise. Do you think it would be better for Wang Zhen to send troops from that side?"

"We have a total of thirty thousand cavalry. To display our power, we need a flat terrain to facilitate galloping. In my opinion, it would be better to cross the river from Wuchang and approach from the east." Li Ji suggested.

Li Yin naturally had no objection, so he asked Wang Meng to give 20,000 of the 30,000 cavalry points to Wang Zhen. Before Wang Zhen left, Li Ji warned: "General Wang, your mission is to harass the people behind you. You must not be reluctant to fight.

Remember! Remember!”

Wang Zhen fully agreed and led his troops away.

After Wang Zhen left, Li Ji said again: "Your Majesty, Zhao Kuangyin has an army of 300,000 men. We cannot garrison all the troops in Wuchang, otherwise they will become turtles in the urn. In my opinion, we can allocate 50,000 troops to General Ouyang and let him garrison Caidian.

Caidian is not far to the northwest of Wuchang, so we can use it as a horn to prevent Zhao Guangyi from taking advantage of it."

Li Yin looked at the march map and felt that Li Ji's words were very reasonable. Wang Meng also thought it was feasible, so he immediately gave Ouyang De 50,000 troops and went to Caidian. When Ouyang De left, Zhao Guangyi wanted to intercept him, but when he saw the Wuchang camp

The army inside was ready to move, so he left it alone.

With the arrangements in place, Li Yin was completely relieved, and the whole army went out of the camp to confront Zhao Guangyi. There was a man sitting on the horse in front of Zhao Guangyi, and it was Li Ling.

Li Yin saw Li Ling from a distance and wanted to go forward and say a word, but he was afraid that something would go wrong, so he had to give up.

Just when the two armies were facing each other, there was a commotion in the Song army. Li Ji knew that Wang Zhen's cavalry was effective, so he told Li Yin that he could go out to fight. Li Yin signaled to Wang Meng, Han Ying, and then the two armies

They all marched out and attacked the Song army. The Song army was still in a mess due to Wang Zhen's attack, and it was difficult to deal with Wang Meng and Han Ying. Zhao Guangyi had to order the troops to retreat first. Li Yin and the others had few soldiers, so they did not pursue them.

Returning to the camp, he checked the soldiers and found that the losses were very small. Li Yin was very satisfied with the battle. He used only half of the army to repel Zhao Guangyi, which he did not expect.

But at this moment, Li Ji was frowning in deep thought, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Yin smiled and asked: "Master Li, we won the battle, why are you unhappy?"

Li Ji shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, although Zhao Guangyi was defeated in this battle, his main force is still there. Moreover, his soldiers are all fighting in the north and south. They are all brave and brave, and there are many veteran generals among the generals. Now Zhao Guangyi can't find a complete victory.

If there is a chance, we might be able to unite our army for a decisive battle."

Li Yin also became more solemn when he said this. Yes, if it was a decisive battle, even if he won, it would definitely be a miserable victory.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Li Yin asked worriedly.

"There is no other way but to send more spies to understand its movements, and the camp must be on strong alert to avoid danger. Then we act when the opportunity arises." Li Ji shook his head.

It is said that since Wang Zhen succeeded in his last sneak attack, which allowed Li Yin and others to make some profits, he got out of control and often led people to harass. Zhao Guangyi sent people to fight. Wang Zhen immediately withdrew and refused to fight. This made Zhao Guangyi uneasy.

On tenterhooks.

Once, Wang Zhen went to harass him again. In anger, Zhao Guangyi sent his own cavalry to pursue him, but Wang Zhen was led into a valley. Zhao Kuangyi's cavalry thought that Wang Zhen did not dare to fight, so he chased Wang Zhen furiously, but was turned around and killed Wang Zhen.

He was quickly defeated and returned in defeat.

This happened so many times that Zhao Guangyi couldn't bear it anymore and sent out all his troops to fight to the death with Li Yin's army. Li Yin, who had been prepared for this for a long time, did not panic and sent troops to meet him.

Zhao Guangyi, who was already furious, said nothing. With a wave of his hand, the army rushed towards Li Yin and the others like a tide.

Looking at the opponent's army all over the mountains and plains, Li Yin was a little scared.

"Li...Master Li, what should we do?" Li Yin said worriedly.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the turning point will come soon. Don't panic now, let Wang Meng and Han Ying slowly retreat towards the camp, and don't let Zhao Guangyi see the flaw." Li Ji said comfortingly.

When Li Yin heard about it, he quickly sent someone to notify Wang Meng and Han Ying.

Looking at the nervous Li Yin, Li Ji smiled and consoled him: "Your Majesty, I guarantee that our army will win this battle! Moreover, the camp is guarded by Yang Xuan. Even if we cannot defeat him, even if we retreat, we will still be safe."

Seeing that Li Ji was so sure, Li Yin slowly felt relieved. Wang Meng and Wang Zhen had slowly retreated. Zhao Guangyi just thought that he was afraid, so he just ordered the army to attack. Waiting for him to notice

By the time something goes wrong, it's already too late.

Li Ling had already followed Zhao Guangyi. As a bystander, he saw that although the army was retreating, it was not in a mess. Moreover, based on his understanding of Li Yin and others, they would not be defeated so quickly, but he did not say anything.
Chapter completed!