The narrow and long Liaoxi Corridor has a span of about 70 miles east-west. A hundred thousand troops are deployed. Eliminate many unpassable landforms in the middle, which are actually quite crowded.

Therefore, the Fifth Division and the Imperial Army infantry could only follow the rear as reserves.

Li Xingzhou's central army was about ten miles away from the army advancing ahead.

The war horses kept running back and forth, reporting on the war ahead.

Li Xingzhou has also practiced it, but at this time he will not go to the front line to show off his power. What is the concept of a 100,000 army? If it is arranged side by side, it can last for a hundred miles.

In the face of such a huge army's decisive battle, personal courage cannot make any waves.

At the same time, learning from the lessons from the previous few times, Li Xingzhou decisively ordered that any person on the way forward would be killed, regardless of whether it was the Jin army or not.

After learning a lesson along the way, Li Xingzhou, who was coordinating and commanding such a large-scale legion for the first time, finally understood what it means to be kind and ruthless, which is a taboo for the commander.

In fact, putting aside moral judgment and standing in his current position, Li Xingzhou is increasingly understanding many behaviors that he once couldn't understand.

For example, Bai Qi's killing, and Temujin's iron blood.

The general must first be responsible for his soldiers. As for the enemy and others, that is something that politicians consider.

The army continued to advance. When Li Xingzhou rode Meixue up the hillside, he could vaguely see Ningyuan City in the distance, gunfire sounds came from the front, and then became more and more intense.

From a distance, the smoke of gunpowder never dissipated, and the sky in the north became hazy.

Through telescope observation and soldiers' continuous reporting, Li Xingzhou generally grasped the situation on the battlefield.

The gunfire sounds in the front right are the most intense, and it is very likely that they have bumped into the main elite of the Jin army. On such a large-scale advance and taking an offensive posture, the Jin army will not sit still and wait for death. Give up the land they finally recovered, and fighting is inevitable.

But Li Xingzhou never worried about head-on battles.

Then he looked at the left wing again. Five miles ahead of the left was a small forest, and the left wing seemed to have not encountered any enemy.

After a while, a fast horse rushed over and the messenger turned over and dismounted, "Report! Report to the general, the vanguard of the Fourth Division encountered the enemy's fire. General Wei and General Yang asked the general whether to reinforce the east!"

"There is no need for reinforcements, let them continue north according to the established route." Li Xingzhou thought for a while and ordered.

The messenger turned over and went back to convey the order.

The firefighting on the west side of the front was very fierce, and it could be heard from the dense gunfire. However, the troops on the east side could not be mobilized. There were large forests on the east side.

Li Xingzhou could see clearly with a telescope ten miles away. He could see the birds in the woods hovering over the sky and dared not fall for a long time.

There were people in the woods east, but I didn't know how many. He quickly made this judgment. Based on this judgment, Li Xingzhou guessed the tactics that Wanyan Zongbing might have adopted.

Wanyan Zongbi is a veteran in the battlefield. Such a general often does not have any Qimen Dunjia and rare formations as sang in opera, but rather has been tempered on the battlefield experience and intuition.

Just like the previous light cavalry night attack tactics, Yelu Tuohu died and lost his soul. Shanhaiguan was defeated every day. Jing Jun, who won the battle in a row, was defeated for the first time because Wanyan Zongbi saw their weakness at a glance.

Since he could see through his weaknesses, he must also understand that confronting Jing Jun head-on is equivalent to seeking death, so Li Xingzhou inferred that the Eastern Front should be a feint.

Wanyan Zongbi's idea may be to attack the Eastern Front, so he could not sit still, so he sent troops to reinforce the Western Front, and then the elite troops who had been ambushed early broke directly from the Western Front, which was empty in defense, and the target was directly aimed at him, the commander in charge of the rear.

What I saw in the telescope supported Li Xingzhou's idea even more. There must be people and horses lying in ambush on the western mountain, but I don't know how many of them were.

Li Xingzhou was as motionless as a mountain. He did not allow the first and second divisions to reinforce the west, nor did he move closer to the mountain. He just allowed all troops to take steady steps according to the plan, step by step, and advance layer by layer.

The well-trained and disciplined new army also fully implemented it.

On the west side are Wei Yubai, Yang Hongzhao, and on the east side are Liu Ji and Yan Shen; the army won consecutive battles and was in full swing. Li Xingzhou's prestige in the army is increasing day by day. Now they are even more struggling to land that their ancestors can't find, and they are excited!

Until noon, the army had already pushed to Ningyuan City, and the battle reports continued to change and overlap. Li Xingzhou also knew that the attack on the Eastern Front was indeed the most elite cavalry of the Jin army.

However, no matter how elite the enemy is, they can't withstand the muskets and cannons, and the morning of the confrontation has completely defeated them.

On the west, the ambush on the mountain approached in an orderly manner with the Jing army, and finally did not dare to exchange fire and flee back to the city.

In the afternoon, all armies gathered at Ningyuan City. The artillery of the five divisions had already found positions, set up artillery, calculated the firing angle, and waited for an order to blow the Ningyuan City Gate open.

.........

Li Xingzhou looked at the city wall from a distance and was a little confused because there was no one on the city wall in Ningyuan.

Before, the Jin army would only leave guard posts, and the tactics of the rest of the people waiting under the city wall would leave guard posts at the city top. This time it was completely different. The city top was really empty!

What's the point of this?

Li Xingzhou was not understanding. At this moment, the crowds in front separated. Yan Shen rode a horse back from the front and bowed to him directly: "Your Highness, I think there seems to be no one in the city. My subordinates requested that it be difficult to fire the cannon first, so I will take people up and see what dragon gate formation the Jin Kingdom has set up."

"No!" Li Xingzhou immediately refused, and then said, "It's okay to send someone up to see it, but don't go."

Yan Shen nodded: "Yes!"

...........

After a while, a few people were picked out from the military formation in front, and then slowly set up a ladder to climb to the evening. During this process, countless guns were pointed at the top of the city, and as long as the golden man dared to show his head, he would die.

Half a quarter of an hour later, more than a dozen elite soldiers climbed up to the city, and he could see clearly from behind.

Not long after, several people walked around the city and looked at the situation in the city. Then they were dancing and shouting something on the city.

Due to distance reasons, Li Xingzhou didn't know what he said.

But soon someone rushed to report: "Master General! Ningyuan became an empty city, and the Jin army fled with the people!"

When Li Xingzhou heard this, he was too unexpected and immediately ordered the people who came to the city to open the city gate and the imperial army entered the city to take over the city defense.

The other army bypassed Ningyuan and pursued northwards. Everyone on the road surrendered and refused to kill. With Ningyuan City, there was no need to care about the issue of captives.

Soon the army bypassed Ningyuan and chased all the way. On the way, countless defeated soldiers who fled Ningyuan on the way, and the people knelt down and surrendered.

However, what puzzled Li Xingzhou and all the generals was why Wanyan Zongbi abandoned the city and left.

Logically speaking, if the Jin army is given up on the southern front, it will become very passive. Therefore, when everyone was discussing the matter, Li Xingzhou believed that even if the Jin army fought to the death, it would be firmly stuck in Ningyuan. All the generals agreed with this statement and be mentally prepared.

I thought a tough battle was inevitable, but the enemy fled when the troops were at the city?

...........

In the evening, the pursuing army came back one after another, escorting all kinds of prisoners of war, both men, women, young and old, and more than ten thousand that day.

In the hall of the government office in Ningyuan City, there was a lot of charcoal fire, and Li Xingzhou and the generals were discussing what the current situation was.

"If I want to say that, it's just that scary. Don't think so much, just continue to fight north." Yan Shen spoke.

Liu Jize spoke silently.

"I think I'd better send more scouts to find out the situation before making a decision. Wanyan Zongbi is not a mediocre player on the battlefield. He defeated half of the Jin Dynasty. Don't be careless and underestimated the enemy." Yang Hongzhao is relatively steady.

"The new cavalry can be sent out as scouts. As long as the military discipline is strictly enforced, there should be no accidents. You will definitely have a look within four or five days." Wei Yubai was more direct and simply proposed a solution.

Li Xingzhou listened to their discussions, nodded constantly, and his mind was spinning rapidly, but he quickly thought of a possibility...

Will Di Zhi from Liaodong take action? Moreover, the results achieved were very brilliant, so the Jin army could not confront them in the south and was forced to retreat to Liaodong to rescue in the north?

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this possibility was, but he soon thought of a problem. Logically speaking, the geographical location of Liaodong is not as important as the throat of the Liaoxi Corridor.

Giving up Liaoxi to save Liaodong would not be worth the loss. Wanyan Zongbi would not have been like this.

Seeing him frowning, Wei Yubai said with concern: "Did Your Highness think of something?"

Li Xingzhou looked up, "Do you think western Liaoning is important or eastern Liaoning is important?"

Everyone was stunned, not understanding why he asked such a stupid question.

Wei Yubai pinched his white and beautiful chin and thought for a moment: "For us, western Liaoning is important. Only by opening up the important road in western Liaoning can we enter the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom.

However... Liaodong is important to the Jin people, and that is the foundation of their fortune. Many big clans and soldiers' families are in that area."

Yes! Li Xingzhou slapped his legs. He thought about this issue purely rationally, but humans are not machines. The family members of Jurchen soldiers, and many Jurchen clans have their foundations in Liaodong. If something happens in Liaodong, let alone the senior management is anxious, even ordinary soldiers will not be interested in fighting!

Di Zhi took action! He quickly came to this conclusion, and was at least 80% sure!

If this is the case, you cannot hesitate and cannot be defeated by each one, but you must attack on both sides!

"I am the commander. I will be in the fourth morning tomorrow morning and the Fifth Division will set off north to pursue the Jin army!" Li Xingzhou said.

"I'm afraid there will be ambush..."

"Don't worry, just pursue." Yang Hongzhao still had any worries, but was interrupted by him, and then bowed and stopped talking.
Chapter completed!