On the wall of Lutai Army, a general flag with the word "Li" has been planted.
To be honest, there are so many generals named Li in the Hedong Group that it is really difficult for you to tell who they are.
Li Keyong, Li Kening, Li Kerou, Li Luoluo, Li Cunxu, Li Cunzhang, Li Cunxian, Li Sizhao, Li Siyuan, Li Siben, Li Sibi...
These are all soldiers, and there are even more who follow Li Keyong as attendants. Who asked Lao Li Ai to take in his adopted son?
Arriving at the Lutai Army at this time was Li Si'en, the former military envoy of the Tuozhen Army and now the governor of Jizhou.
It's actually hard to say which one is better, military envoy or governor. Generally speaking, it depends on your strength.
If the station is full of your people, then you will actually command the governor and be extremely majestic. If the governor ignores you, it will be more tragic, because theoretically, you cannot control local government affairs.
Li Si'en became the governor of Jizhou, purely to support Li Luoluo, the eldest son of the Jin Dynasty. However, Li Keyong did not treat him badly. The Jingsai Army formed by Li Cunjin, the envoy of Tanji Town, was put under his command. Although the Jingsai Army would not
It has dropped from more than 10,000 people at its peak to five or six thousand, but it is still a strong armed force.
In troubled times, you can't even fart without an army. Li Si'en is still very grateful that he can still firmly control an army.
The Jingsai Army is also an old-name army. In the difficult times, it was one of the armies under the control of Fan Yang Jiedushi and was stationed in Jizhou. At its peak, there were 16,000 people. Now, this monkey version of the Jingsai Army, commanded by Li Si'en, has
Only a fraction of it.
After the Jingsai Army left Jizhou, they went all the way south and only stayed at Duliukou for one day. Then they marched quickly and arrived at Lutai Army on July 15th.
The Lutai Army originally had more than 3,000 defenders, but at this time, Lu Yanwei had taken away 2,000, leaving only 1,300 to 1,300. The defender recruited another 3,000 local warriors to defend the city. The Jingsai Army
After arriving, knowing that it was Lu Yanwei who had hired help, the guard was very polite and opened the city to greet him.
But Jin Bing quickly taught them a lesson.
The people around the Lutai Army were being plundered by the Jin soldiers. All the little belongings in their homes were taken away, the horses were taken into the army, and the cattle and sheep were slaughtered for military food.
The guard was stunned and asked stammeringly: "Li Shijun, what do you mean by this?"
Li Si'en stretched out his hand and said, "The men are plundering food and wages, so don't worry."
The guard general was so angry that he said angrily: "Your army does not enforce military discipline, so how can you not worry about it?"
"Young men only ask for food and wages, and they never hurt anyone, so why should you worry?" Li Si'en asked in return.
The guard general was almost driven crazy by his absurd reasoning, and said: "I must give a concrete report to Commander Lu and the King of Jin. It is unreasonable to indulge military discipline in such a way!"
Li Si'en's expression changed, and then he sighed and said, "You think I am willing to do this? There is really no other way."
Having said that, without waiting for the general to question him, he continued: "Nowadays, we have been fighting for many years and have insufficient funds. If we don't let the sergeants earn more when they go out to fight, how can we drive them to fight?"
These words were reasonable and well-founded, and the guard didn't know how to refute them for a while. However, after all, this happened in his own jurisdiction, and he was still very angry. Just as he was about to say something, he saw another wave of people coming on the post road.
Jin Bing immediately shut up.
This is another unit heading south from Duliukou, still carrying the flag with the word "Li", and I don't know which General Li it is.
Duliukou was located in the area of Duliu Town, more than ten miles northwest of Jinghai, Tianjin in later generations. It was called Duliukou in the Tang Dynasty, and Duliukou was built in the Song Dynasty to control the Khitans.
Whether you are heading north from Cangzhou to Jizhou or northwest to Youzhou, you have to pass through Duliukou, so the location is very important.
The size of this army is not small, about 7,000 people. The commander is named Li Cunju, and he is one of the most outstanding of Ke Yong's adopted sons.
This army, nicknamed "Lulong", was formed when Li Cunzhang was the envoy of Yingping Town. At its peak, its number exceeded 20,000. Due to the war and reorganization, there are only 7,000 left, which has been a serious shrinkage.
It can be seen from the southward route of these two armies that they basically came from the direction of Jizhou and Pingzhou, that is, the defenders in the northeast of Youzhou. After they left, there were no decent soldiers and horses in the Linyuguan area.
, the defense is extremely empty.
But there was no choice. The war with the Xia people was fierce. In order to raise troops, Li Cunzhang, who stayed behind in Youzhou, also tried his best.
He now basically understands why the powerful town of Youzhou kept giving up the cities and military towns outside the pass, so that the Khitan people pressed forward step by step, and almost without any means of war, they reached the outside of Linyu Pass and made it their own
Pasture - something happened in the Central Plains, and troops had to be mobilized!
Of course, we all know that these soldiers who were taken away did not come back in the end, but were buried in the fierce battlefields of the Central Plains, allowing the Khitans to take advantage in vain.
But no matter what, Li Keyong's order has arrived in Youzhou, and troops must be sent to rescue Cangjing. Li Cunzhang also felt that Cangjing could not be allowed to be destroyed by the Xia people, and substantial assistance was necessary. And this so-called assistance was naturally soldiers and horses.
Already.
The arrival of Li Cunju's troops completely eliminated the possible will of Cangjing soldiers to resist.
More than 4,000 people obeyed the orders honestly, collected supplies, and recruited local braves to prepare for further march south.
"The Xia people have been besieging Cangzhou for many days. I don't think it's appropriate to go south now." At night, a bonfire was lit in Lutai Military City. The sergeants killed cattle and sheep and had a good time eating and drinking. Li Si'en went to Li Cunju to discuss
The next march strategy.
"I also feel that they have not exhausted all their strength." Li Cunju said: "Maybe they can go south to intimidate them, but it is not appropriate to fight."
"Cangzhou is a large county, and Yanwei Zikui is also capable of fighting. It will not be easy to capture." Li Si'en took the meat handed over by his soldiers, grabbed it and chewed it, and said vaguely: "The Xia people are dispatched.
There should be a lot of troops and horses. After spending so much effort, how can you be willing not to capture Cangzhou?"
"With so many people and horses garrisoned at Lutai Army, we can't hide our troops." Li Cunju said, "I'm worried now that the Xia people will not dare to attack the city again after hearing that my army is approaching."
"I heard that the commander of the thief is Zang Dubao. I don't think he is responsible for this." Li Si'en said: "We still have to fight. Shao Shude is waiting. If he returns without success, how will he explain when he returns? Cang, Jing, and De are three cities.
, none of them have been recovered. Maybe Shao Shude has exhausted his patience and is now giving strict orders to urge all armies to attack the city."
Li Cunju laughed and said, "It would save trouble if that were the case."
Throughout the ages, there have always been some classic examples of warfare, such as internal and external cooperation.
The so-called cooperation between inside and outside, the most common scene is when one side besieges a city for a long time and cannot attack it, but reinforcements come from the opposite side, and they are still fresh troops. When you have been sieging the city for a long time and your morale, energy, physical strength, weapons, soldiers and other aspects have been exhausted to the extreme, you can cooperate with the defenders.
The army cooperates and attacks from both sides to defeat the enemy.
In history, the Battle of Luzhou, for which Li Cunxu became famous, was actually the embodiment of this military thought.
The combat plan discussed by Li Si'en and Li Cunju is very maneuverable in theory and has no problems in terms of military principles.
As for their misjudgment due to incomplete information, that is another matter.
"Hey..."
The sound of horse hooves in twos and threes could be heard outside the military city. It was very sparse at first, but gradually became denser.
Li Si'en and Li Cunju put down the golden-roasted beef, and after asking some soldiers, they found out that the Xia army had come over. It was not a large scale, and it might be the vanguard.
"If you find it, you will find it." Li Cunju said nonchalantly: "At worst, I did it once, so what?"
Li Si'en patted Li Cunju, who was a little drunk, and said with a smile, "I'll take the boys to have a look."
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Inside and outside the dim military city, cavalry came and went, driving left and right.
Wang Jianji arrived at a small village in the southeast of the city with more than 3,000 cavalry.
There were only a few families left in the village, and the few dozen people there were too frightened to look at the warriors.
Wang Jianji strolled into a house.
The soldiers walked ahead holding torches, but they saw pots and pans all over the floor, food scattered all over the floor, and a few hens that were foraging for food ran away in all directions when they saw someone coming.
There were traces of blood in the courtyard, the sheep pen was empty, and in the bedroom in the back room, the boxes and cabinets were opened randomly, but there was nothing inside, and it was cleaner than the face.
This has been robbed!
Wang Jianji had been in Li Han's army, and he was also a member of the beast soldiers at that time. He was used to stealing money, food, and playing with women. At a glance, he knew that the village had been completely robbed, and it was impossible to scrape out even a little bit of money.
"The Jin people should have incorporated the Lutai Army." Wang Jianji walked around the room irritably and said, "If not, the Lutai Army would not be able to stop them."
Li Yu stood in the center, looking at the decorations in the room in trance.
This must be a family of scholars with little wealth. They are very similar to him before he fled. However, they were harmed by a group of ferocious warriors. What did the husband say?
Scholars, in today's world, are really in danger.
"Did you see anything?" Wang Jianji came out of the bedroom and asked.
"General, there is something wrong with this matter." Li Yu pointed to a side room outside the central hall and said: "I just looked there and there is a kitchen, and the people haven't left yet. According to the cook, Jin people go there during the day.
They came to plunder, and they wanted almost everything, even the chopped firewood was taken away in carts. Judging from their behavior, it seems that they plan to stick to the Lutai Army for a long time, and they may not go south to Cangzhou in a short time."
"Is there any way to get them to go south?" Wang Jianji asked: "The Lutai Army is one hundred and twenty miles away from Cangzhou, so it is far away after all."
"For the current plan, the general can only show his weakness and lure the enemy troops out of the city to fight, and then fight and retreat, rushing to Cangzhou." Li Yu said: "Otherwise, reinforcements will come from the direction of Yukou Pass.
That’s tricky.”
Yukou Pass, fifty miles west of Duliukou, is located near Dongxin'an Town, Bazhou in later generations. The Song Dynasty established Polu Army and Xin'an Army to contain the Khitans.
"This is a wonderful strategy." Wang Jianji smiled and said, "I really didn't pick you up on the road for nothing."
Li Yu smiled bitterly. You weren't picking it up, you were clearly catching it.
There was a faint sound of the city gate opening and closing in the evening breeze.
