A flag with the character "Li" has been planted on the Lutai Army's city wall.

To be honest, there are too many generals named Li in Hedong Group, and it is really hard for you to tell who it is.

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 in charge of soldiers. More people follow Li Keyong as attendants. Who made Old Li like to take up adopted sons?

At this time, Li Sien, the former commander of the army of the army, and now the governor of Jizhou.

It is actually hard to say which one is better, the military envoy or the 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 doesn't miss you, it would be a tragic, because in theory, you can't control local government affairs.

Li Sien became the governor of Jizhou, and was purely for the prince of Jin Li Luoluo to take care of Li Luoluo. However, Li Keyong did not treat him badly. The Jingsai Army formed by Tanji Town, which was formed by Li Cunjin, was under his command. Although the Jingsai Army had dropped from more than 10,000 at its peak to five or six thousand, it was still a strong armed force.

In troubled times, you won’t fart without an army. Li Sien is still very grateful for being able to firmly grasp a unit.

The Jingsai Army was also an old army. Before the difficulties, one of the troops under the jurisdiction of the French governor of Fanyang was stationed in Jizhou. At its peak, there were 16,000 people, but now the monkey version of the Jingsai Army led by Li Sien has only a fraction of it.

After leaving Jizhou, the Jingsai army headed south all the way, stayed at Duliukou for only one day, and then marched quickly and arrived at the Lutai Army on July 15th.

The Lutai Army had more than 3,000 defenders, but at this time, two thousand had been drawn away by Lu Yanwei, leaving only 1,300 people. The guard general recruited another three thousand township warriors to defend the city. After Jingsai Army arrived, he knew that it was the helper invited by Lu Yanwei, and the guard general was very polite and opened the city to welcome him.

But the Jin soldiers quickly taught them a lesson.

The people around the Lutai Army were robbed by Jin soldiers, all the only wealth in their homes were plundered, horses were collected into the army, cattle and sheep were slaughtered for military food.

The guard was stunned and asked stammered: "Envoy Li, what does this mean?"

Li Sien stretched out his hand and said, "You guys are searching for food and money, don't worry."

The guard general was so angry that he smoked his orifices and said angrily: "Your army does not restrict military discipline, how can you not worry?"

"The boys only ask for food and money, but never hurt anyone, why worry?" Li Sien asked back.

The guard general was almost madly angry by his fallacies and said, "I must report to Lu Shuai and King Jin Jushi. It is unreasonable to indulge military discipline in this way!"

Li Sien's face changed, then sighed and said, "You think I'm willing to do this? There's really nothing we can do."

After saying that, without waiting for the defending general to question, he continued: "Now that years of war, there is insufficient money. If the soldiers are not allowed to gain more money when going out to fight, how can they drive them to fight?"

These words were reasonable and well-founded, and the general didn't know how to refute it for a while. However, this happened in his own jurisdiction and was still very angry. Just as he was about to say something, he saw another Jin army coming from the post road and shut up.

This is another army heading south from Duliukou, still holding the "Li" flag. I don't know which General Li is.

Duliukou was located in Duliu Town, more than ten miles northwest of Jinghai, Tianjin in later generations. It was called Duliukou in the Tang Dynasty, and Duliu Village was established in the Song Dynasty to rule the Khitan.

Whether you go north from Cangzhou to Jizhou or northwest to Youzhou, you have to pass through Duluokou, and the location is very important.

The size of this army is not small, with about 7,000 people. The commander is named Li Cunju, and the one who has recently emerged as a better son.

The military name of this army was "Lu Long", which was formed when Li Cunzhang was appointed as the envoy of Yingping Town. At its peak, the number of people exceeded 20,000. Due to the war and reorganization, only 7,000 people are left, and the shrinkage is quite serious.

From the routes of these two troops heading south, we can see that they were basically from Jizhou and Pingzhou, which was the defenders in the northeast of Youzhou. Once they left, there were no decent troops in the Linyu Pass area, and the defense was extremely empty.

But there was no way, the war with the Xia people was fierce. In order to raise troops, Li Cunzhang, the left-behind Youzhou, also fought hard.

He now basically realized why Xiong Town in Youzhou kept giving up the city and military town outside the pass, so that the Khitans pressed forward step by step, and almost without any means of war, they rushed straight outside the pass of Linyu Pass and turned it into their own pasture - something happened in the Central Plains, and they had to draw troops!

Of course, we all know that the drawn soldiers did not return in the end, but were buried on the fierce battlefield of the Central Plains, making the Khitans get the bargain for nothing.

But no matter what, Li Keyong's order had arrived in Youzhou and had to send troops to rescue Cangjing. Li Cunzhang also felt that it was impossible to let Cangjing be destroyed by the Xia people, and substantial assistance was necessary. And this so-called aid was naturally the army.

The arrival of Li Cunju's troops completely dispelled Cang Jingbing's possible will to resist.

More than 4,000 people obeyed orders, collected supplies, and recruited village warriors to prepare for further southward movement.

"The Xia people have been besieging Cangzhou for many days. At this time, I thought it was inappropriate." At night, a bonfire lit in the Lutai Army City. The soldiers killed cattle and sheep, ate and drank, and were so happy. Li Sien found Li Cunju and discussed the next strategy for the march.

"I also feel that their strength is not exhausted." Li Cunju said: "Maybe you can go south to deter it, but it is not suitable to fight."

"Cangzhou is a big county, and Yanwei's son can fight and it is not that easy to capture." Li Sien took the meat handed over by his personal soldiers, grabbed it with his hands and chewed it. He said vaguely: "The Xia people should have many troops. After spending so much effort, can they be willing to not capture Cangzhou?"

"So many troops stationed in the Lutai army, and it is impossible to hide it." Li Cunju said: "I am worried now that the Xia people heard that our army is approaching and dare not attack the city."

"I heard that the thief commander is Zang Dubao, I don't think he can do this." Li Sien said: "If you should fight, you have to fight. Shao Shude is waiting. If he returns without success, how will he explain? Cang, Jing and De's three cities have not been restored. Maybe Shao Shude has exhausted his patience and is now strictly urging the troops to attack the city."

Li Cunju laughed and said, "If this is the case, it will be easier."

Throughout history, there have always been some classic examples, such as internal and external cooperation.

The so-called internal and external cooperation, the most common scene is that one side sieges the city for a long time, but the reinforcements come to the opposite side, and the new force is still there. Taking advantage of your long-term siege, morale, energy, physical strength, weapons, soldiers and other aspects to the extreme, cooperate with the defenders, attack on both sides, and defeat the enemy.

The Battle of Luzhou where Li Cunxu became famous in history is actually a reflection of this kind of military idea.

The combat plan discussed by Li Sien and Li Cunju is theoretically very operational, and there is no problem in military principle.

As for their misjudgment caused by incomplete information, it is another matter.

“Haha…”

There were sounds of horse hooves in groups of three or three outside the military city. At first, it was sparse and gradually became denser.

Li Sien and Li Cunju put down the golden beef and asked the personal soldiers for inquiries. They found out that the Xia army had come over. The scale was not large and might be the vanguard.

"If you discover it, you will find it." Li Cunju said indifferently: "At worst, what can I do if I have done it!"

Li Sien patted Li Cunju, who was drunk a little, and smiled and said, "I'll take the men to have a look."

*******

In the dark inside and outside the military city, cavalry came and went, driving left and right.

Wang Jianji and more than 3,000 cavalry arrived outside a small village in the southeast of the city.

There are few families left in the village, and the only dozens of people are trembling and dare not look at the warriors.

Wang Jianji walked into a family.

The personal soldiers walked in front with torches, but saw pots and pans all over the ground, and the grain fell all over the ground. Several hens who were foraging saw someone coming and ran around cooing.

There was blood in the yard, the sheep pen was empty, and the cabinets were opened in the inner room and bedroom, but there was nothing inside, and it was cleaner than the face.

This is being robbed!

Wang Jianji was involved in Li Han's army. He was also a member of the beast soldiers at that time. He was used to robbing money and food and playing with women. He knew at a glance that the village was robbed very thoroughly and it was impossible to scrape out even a little bit of oil.

"The people of Jin should have incorporated the Lu Tai Army." Wang Jianji walked around the house irritably and said, "If this is not the case, the Lu Tai Army will not stop them."

Li Yu stood in the center and looked at the decorations inside the house in a daze.

This should be a family of scholars with a small wealth, which is very similar to him before he escaped. As a result, he was caused by a group of cruel warriors. What else does the husband say?

Scholars are really in danger in this world today.

"Did you see something?" Wang Jianji asked after leaving the bedroom.

"General, this matter is a bit inappropriate." Li Yu pointed to a side room outside the central hall and said, "Where have I just visited, there is a kitchen, and the people have not yet run away. According to the chef, the people of Jin came to rob during the day, and almost everything was needed. Even the chopped firewood was taken away by a car. Judging from their style, they seemed to plan to defend the Lutai Army for a long time, and they might not go south to Cangzhou in a short period of time."

"Is there a way to let them go south?" Wang Jianji asked: "The Lutai Army is one hundred and twenty miles away from Cangzhou, and it is far away after all."

"For the current plan, the general can only show his weakness and lure the enemy out of the city to fight, then fight and retreat, and run to Cangzhou." Li Yu said: "Otherwise, when the reinforcements come to the direction of Yukou Pass, the matter will be tricky."

Yukou Pass, fifty miles west of Dulikou, is located near Dongxin'an Town, Bazhou in later generations. The Song Dynasty established the Polu Army and Xin'an Army to stop the Khitan.

"This strategy is very wonderful." Wang Jianji smiled and said, "I really didn't pick you up on the road for nothing."

Li Yu smiled bitterly. You are not picking up, you are obviously catching them.

The sound of city gate opening and closing sounded faintly in the evening breeze.
Chapter completed!