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September, Xijing Road...

Under the command of Li Hu, the rebel army began to clear the prefectures and counties outside Xijing and plunder food and grass. At the same time, the news that Li Hu led the Liaodong rebel army to enter Yunshuo began to spread among the people behind the mountain. A group of Yunshuo's righteous men took the opportunity to rise up, kill the rich and help the poor, attack the cities and plunder the land, and sent people to contact the rebel army to follow Li Hu to kill the enemy and restore the Han Dynasty, and realize the long-cherished wishes for generations. The big and small bandits hiding in the mountains heard that the Tiger King had arrived, and they went down the mountain one after another. Some defected to the rebel army, some took the initiative to convey the news, and some took the opportunity to make a fortune.

At this time, Ying Qin advised Li Hu, asking Li Hu to send two troops to recover Shuozhou and Yingzhou, and first get all the prefectures and counties within the Great Wall. There were many generals who had the same idea as Ying Qin, and they also said the same words on different occasions. These people were based on establishing their footholds in Xijing Road as soon as possible to gain room for maneuver. Even if the reinforcements of the Khitans came, the rebels would not have no rear. Another worry was based on the Song people, because the Song people must have secretly deployed scouts in the Yunshuo area for the Northern Expedition. The news of the rebels' attack on Xijing would soon reach Bianjing. If the Song army took the opportunity to kill in, the rebels would then fall into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides, so it was necessary for the rebels to seize Shuo as soon as possible. Ying and Wei were the necessary conditions for the rebels to establish their footholds in Xijing Road.

Li Hu rejected this suggestion.

"The primary goal of the Song Dynasty's Northern Expedition was Yanjing, which was the seven prefectures in front of the mountain." Li Hu repeated what Ma Kuo said that day, "The emperors and prime ministers of the Song Dynasty had a more comprehensive idea and had a longer vision than we did. If they heard that the Liaodong rebels entered Xijing Road, they might attack Yanjing in advance."

The matter about the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty was absolutely confidential, and Li Hu could not say too much. Ying Qin was not most worried about the Song Dynasty's opportunity to attack Xijing, but to gain a foothold on Xijing Road. So he explained his reasons in detail, especially the support of the Han people in Yunshuo area for Li Hu and the rebel army was the key.

"If you want to gain a foothold in Xijing Road, the key is not how many prefectures and counties we can occupy, nor whether we can conquer Xijing. Instead, you must severely damage the Liao army as quickly as possible, drive the Khitans to the north of the Great Wall, and it is best to drive them to the desert north of Yinshan Mountain." Li Hu smiled, "Shief Tuo, you are from Yunshuo, I can understand your desire to recover Yunshuo. But at this moment, the Liao army is outside the Great Wall, and I cannot divide the troops no matter what."

Ying Qin was helpless and asked, "What do the General General plan to do? Siege the city and fight for help? Or, while besieging the city, killing outside the Great Wall?"

"The purpose of the Khitans is to lure us outside the Great Wall." Li Hu shook his hand, "I have to find a way to lure the Khitans in. If I keep dragging it like this, there will be more and more Liao troops outside the Great Wall, which is very unfavorable to us." Li Hu looked at him and asked, "What are you going to lure the Liao troops in?"

Ying Qin thought for a moment and smiled bitterly: "In my opinion, the best way to lure the enemy is to divide the troops to attack Shuo and Ying the two states."

"The Khitans are not fools, they will never be fooled." Li Hu smiled, "Once we divide our troops, Xijing will not be able to conquer. Since Xijing is not lost, why did the Khitans enter the Great Wall to fight us?"

"What's the trick of the general manager?"

"I have no choice."

There is no way? Just wait here stupidly? Ying Qin couldn't figure it out. I don't know why Li Hu did this.

"There is no way, it's a way." Li Hu smiled. "What will the Khitans do when we fail to attack for a long time, are exhausted, and have insufficient troops, insufficient food and grass, and no rear support?"

Of course, the Khitans would not miss such a good opportunity. Of course, they had to take the initiative. But the problem is that by that time, the Liao army outside the Great Wall had already assembled and had already gained an absolute advantage. Once the rebel army was defeated, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Correct." Li Hu laughed. "If the Khitan Emperor had the same idea as you, I would definitely win this battle." He was nervous and busy. He made siege equipment in a place, dug tunnels in a place, and blocked the moat... At the same time, the rebels shot a letter into the city and ordered the Liao army to surrender. More letters were to advise the enthusiastic situation of the Han army in the city. He recaptured Yunshuo with the rebels and realized his long-cherished wishes for generations.

On the third day of September, the Bohai Army and the Second Army of the Tiger and Lieutenant Army headed north to the Great Wall and made an attempt to block the Liao army.

Starting from the fourth day of September, the rebel army began to use various methods to "torture" the Liao army in the city, making them unable to rest. After seven or eight days, the rebel army temporarily recruited more than 100,000 people from prefectures and counties near Datong Prefecture rushed to the city of Xijing one after another. All preparations for the siege were fully launched, and the momentum was amazing. They surrounded Xijing and attacked fiercely, but because of the limited number of troops, there was no hope of conquering in the short term, and they became bolder. Under the persuasion of Xiao Delithi, Yelu Mage and others, they led the palace tent army from Yuanyanglu to Baishuilu.

Baishuilu is only more than 100 miles away from the Great Wall. At this moment, the Kaiyuan Army in Yunneizhou has arrived. Some foreign tribe troops in the northern part of Yinshan are moving south rapidly. The Liao army's troops outside the Great Wall have reached about 100,000. After seeing the emperor, the southwestern commander Yelu Foding immediately reported the military information. For more than ten days, the Liao army's scouts mingled in Yunshuominli and probably found out the rebel forces.

"We discovered Li Hu's Hu Lie Army, Dong Xiaochou's resentful army, Gao Baolong's Bohai Army, and Turtle Yunshuo Army, which together were about 50,000." Yelu Foding said, "This is too different from our previous estimates. We estimated Li Hu's strength over the high ground. After the rebels surrounded Xijing, they did not attack the city for a long time, but instead plundered the prefectures and counties near Xijing to replenish food and grass. Later, they forcibly recruited more than 100,000 people to serve as civilians to help them make siege equipment. Although they began to attack in recent days, due to the serious shortage of troops, the thunder and raindrops were heavy, and no progress was made."

Yelu Foding looked up at the emperor and said carefully: "Your Majesty, if we want to fight this battle, we have a very high chance of winning."

When the emperor heard this, he was excited. Fifty thousand rebels came over for a long distance and conquered the cities and land. He was already exhausted. The chances of winning this battle were too great, and he could fight.

Xiao Fengxian immediately questioned, "Why do you think that Li Hu only has 50,000 people? If this is Li Hu's plan to lure the enemy, and we will attack rashly, wouldn't it be a good idea to fall into the trap?"

Yelu Ma Ge couldn't help it anymore and said angrily: "What do the scouts in the army do? If you can't even trust the scouts in the army, then what else can we fight? Who else can we trust?"

His words were puns and insidious, and immediately angered Xiao Fengxian. He immediately asked: "What did Li Hu use to conquer Longhua? How did he break through the siege and break through the Targastra Mountain and Jinzhou? Think about it with your brain, he rushed to Xijing Road thousands of miles away, would he lead 50,000 troops? If you were Li Hu, would you lead 50,000 troops to attack Xijing?"

"Don't you suspect that King Yan usurped usurpation? King Yan and Li Hu are father-in-law and son-in-law, can they cooperate with each other?" Yelu Ma Ge retorted, "Li Hu has the support of King Yan, so he still needs to lead an army of more than 100,000 to attack Xijing?"

A group of civil and military officials immediately started arguing. They originally discussed whether to attack the rebels, but in the end they became arguing whether the King of Yan had usurped the enemy. The emperor was still hesitating. When he heard that his ministers were fighting for the King of Yan's loyalty, he suddenly made up his mind to fight.

The emperor wanted to fight, and the ministers in charge of the war certainly supported it, but Xiao Fengxian and a group of leaders and ministers tried their best to stop it. Xiao Fengxian once again mentioned the Northern Expedition of the Song people and their intention to unify China and foreign countries, and advised the emperor not to take risks in attacks, so as not to suffer defeat and lose all the last little capital.

In recent years, the Liao army has never won a war. If it has been defeated too many times, it will destroy people's confidence and morale, so the emperor hesitated again. As the saying goes, a gentleman must take care of his foundation. If he is defeated and lost all his capital, he will really have to escape to the distant desert north to herd sheep.

Yelu Mage understood the emperor's thoughts and offered a compromise in order to defeat the rebels.

First let the Wuding Army of Fengshengzhou support Xijing and test the rebels' reaction. If the rebels divide their troops to block the attack, then let the Kaiyuan Army of Yunneizhou enter the Great Wall from Baidaoban. At this time, if the rebels divide their troops to block the attack again, then Xiao Fengxian's judgment may be correct. Li Hu's army must have more than 50,000. On the contrary, if Li Hu took the initiative to retreat under the attack of the three Liao troops, it would be enough to show that Li Hu's troops were insufficient. We immediately launched a pursuit to catch the rebels to the Taihang Mountains, or drove him back to Nanjing Road.
Chapter completed!