In the beginning of autumn, the Tang army had finished sweeping the Khitan Rangers inside the Great Wall, and then the Pingzhou Yuguan garrison in the far east was the first to launch a large-scale counterattack against the Khitan army outside the pass.
The battle has been fierce from the very beginning, and the two armies have fought fiercely for days, each with a lot of casualties.
The Khitan army relied on strong camps to defend their camps, while the Tang army relied on their strong bows and crossbows to destroy one line of defense of the Khitan army and occupied one camp after another.
When the war was at its worst, a camp changed hands three times within half a day.
At the same time, the Beikou garrison also launched an assault on the Khitan camp outside the pass. The Confucian scholars headed by Zhang Zai, after a period of rest and mutual understanding with the garrison, displayed their abilities on the battlefield. more significant.
However, any battle involving Confucian scholars is more ferocious than other trilogy, and often they will never leave the battlefield until they complete the combat mission or fight to the last person.
Compared with Yuguan in Pingzhou, the progress of the battle outside Beikou was faster. In three days of the battle, the entire West Camp of the Khitan army was completely captured.
Li Ye and Li Maozhen hung above the Beikou tower, overlooking the bloody battlefield where the two armies fought.
"As far as the current strength of the two armies in the northern border is compared, the Khitan has no advantage at all. If the war continues like this, it will undoubtedly be extremely beneficial to us. But Yelu Abaoji is not without strength, and the strength of the near department is complete. , is still a threat that cannot be ignored, if used well, it has the ability to reverse the situation."
Speaking of this, Li Maozhen's eyes darkened by two points.
She continued: "Since the counterattack, Yuguan and Beikou have achieved good results, but Yelu Abaoji's main force has never been on the battlefield. Their monks have protected the grassland very tightly, and our big monks can't detect it. It is impossible to determine the current location of the Sijin Department.”
According to Li Maozhen's intention, Yelu Abaoji hid the Sijin Department as a surprise soldier, just to use it at a critical moment, for example, when the Tang army was exhausted after a long battle, to make a final decision.
Li Ye said slowly: "The Tiger Guards from Guizhou have arrived at the predetermined position, ready to attack the back of the Khitan Army at Beikou at any time. Once the Tiger Guards launch an attack, the Khitan Army here will never be spared. This is the reason I understand, and Yelu Abaoji also understands."
Li Maozhen glanced at Li Ye, "So you think Yelu Abaoji wants to use the Sijin Department to deal with the Tiger Guards?"
Li Ye shook his head: "Although the Sijin Department is elite, but the Tiger Guards are accompanied by Shangguan Qingcheng's new Spike Army, why does Yelu Abaoji think that he will definitely win
"If the Sijin Department is defeated, the Khitan war will collapse completely. On the contrary, if the Sijin Department is in charge of the camp, whether it is Yuguan or Beikou, our offensive will not be so smooth."
Li Maozhen thought for a while, "Even if Yelu Abao's secret department is stationed in the camp, it can only guarantee one place at most, and we can still open the situation from another place."
Li Ye looked at the battlefield and said in a deep voice, "This is exactly what I can't figure out."
The reason is actually very simple. Before the battle of Guizhou, the Khitan army had no ability to break through the defense line of the northern border of the Tang Dynasty. After the battle of Guizhou, the Khitan army had lost the ability to compete with the Tang army.
At this time, Yelu Abaoji could only pin his hope of victory on the battlefields of Hexi and Shu.
However, the Uighur and Nanzhao armies in Hexi and Shu were already firmly blocked by the Tang army.
In other words, Yelu Abaoji has no hope of winning the war until now.
Then his most sensible choice is to withdraw troops.
Withdrew in time from the Tang army's blade and retreated to the grassland, at least they could guarantee that they would not suffer a big defeat.
Even if the Tang army pursued them, relying on their familiarity with the grassland, using their strengths, and fortifying layers of defenses to stop the Tang army's advance, it was much better than relying on the defense of the camp outside Beikou and Yuguan.
After the Battle of Guizhou, Yelu Abaoji still refused to retreat, which only shows that, in his opinion, Khitan still has hope of winning. Moreover, this hope is not yet on Uighur and Nanzhao.
"Could it be on Si Jinbu?" Li Ye asked himself. The answer is of course impossible. No matter how elite the near department is, it is not much stronger than the heart department, and it has no ability to change the situation of the battle.
Finding out Yelu Abaoji's intention is the next thing Li Ye has to do.
Of course, he will not be restrained by this. When the time came for the Tiger Guards to attack, they would still follow the plan and completely defeat the Khitan Army outside the North Gate. If Si Jinbu appears at that time, then he will see the real chapter under his hands.
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The Division is near the camp, not too far from the North Exit.
Yelu Abaoji is in the big tent of the Chinese army.
"The time has come, and the plan has already begun to be implemented!" The god sent the high priest to lift the curtain and enter the tent, without hiding it, and the first sentence he spoke, he said what Yelu Abaoji was most concerned about.
Yelu Abaoji, who had straightened up because of the other party's money, leaned back after hearing this sentence. The solemn look on his face also became calm and indifferent in an instant.
"Li Ye is dead this time!" The envoy high priest sat down in the tent after making this conclusion.
Yelu Abaoji picked up the wine glass, drank most of it contentedly, smacked his lips, and said with a smile, "I have to say, Li Ye is indeed extremely powerful. Today, there is almost no match for him in the mortal realm. Such a hero should live forever."
The high priest said sarcastically: "There is a saying in the Tang Dynasty that gold has no feet and no man is perfect. It's a pity that Li Ye's weakness is too obvious."
Yelu Abaoji took over the conversation: "One person with two bodies, existing in both the fairyland and the mortal world at the same time, is indeed a supernatural power. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have believed it was true."
The high priest said proudly, "God can see everything and give us instructions when necessary. Li Ye in the mortal world has ordinary cultivation and is not worth showing. This gives us the possibility to assassinate him."
Yelu Abaoji smiled and said: "This time, Li Ye didn't come to the northern border in person, because he didn't want to give us this chance. He hid in Chang'an, and there were many expert guards by his side. We didn't have a chance in the first place."
The high priest said: "But he is not the emperor of the Tang Dynasty after all, this is his greatest weakness."
"Those who are not emperors are always restrained by the emperor."
"Li Ye is also a smart person, why has he not resolved such an obvious hidden danger?"
"Maybe it's because of brotherhood that you can't do it?"
"That would be ridiculous!"
"When Li Ye dies, there will be civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, and our Khitan army will be able to march south and seize the land of the Central Plains!"
"At that time, even the gods will praise the king!"
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Chang'an, Miyagi.
Emperor Li Yan has been feeling low in energy lately. He often wakes up feeling sore and weak, and sometimes his head hurts. Since Li Ye helped him improve his cultivation, he has always been full of energy, and this situation has not happened for a long time.
"I shouldn't have drunk so much last night..." Li Yan rubbed his forehead and moaned in pain.
He has made this kind of determination countless times, but it has no effect. Once the interest in reciting poems, composing poems, playing songs and dances comes up, he will still do it according to his whim.
Li Yan has always regarded this as a true temperament and a true romance, and believes that life is so free and easy, there is no need to worry about it, or to calculate anything. Do what you like, and abandon it if you don't like it, so that you can live up to your identity.
"Your Majesty, get up quickly. A few days ago, you told King An that you want him to enter the palace today. When King An arrives, if His Majesty hasn't gotten up yet, then you will have to wait for King An."
The confidant actor Liu Ling lifted the curtain, walked in with a bow and helped Li Yan.
"Is it today? It's really time to get up, and I planned to sleep for a while." Li Yan dragged his tired and heavy body off the bed.
Although he doesn't care about state affairs, he also knows that Li Ye is busy with political affairs and doesn't have much free time. If he wastes the other party's rest time on waiting for him to get up, it would be too wrong.
"By the way, Your Majesty, King An came into the palace today, just to let him appreciate His Majesty's new work yesterday. I guarantee that King An will appreciate it when he sees him." Liu Ling reminded while serving Li Yan to get dressed.
Li Yan couldn't help feeling a little complacent when talking about the little words he wrote last night.
Although most of the sentences in this poem were uttered by Liu Ling after he was drunk, he still believed that it was his own work, and therefore he had a lot of trust in Liu Ling.
In order to avoid suspicion, Li Ye did not place any manpower in Miyagi. It was up to him to decide who was around Li Yan. Now, Liu Ling is deeply favored and trusted, and has actually managed the affairs of Miyagi, and her authority is not small.
...
When Li Ye entered the palace gate, there were no followers around him.
When entering Miyagi, of course he would not bring guards, nor could he bring guards.
Although Li Yan didn't mind, it didn't mean that Li Ye would disrespect his emperor's authority. But Li Ye wasn't worried about anything, the elder and younger commanders were all in the imperial city, and if there was any accident in the palace, they would be able to come in time.
"Your Highness, His Majesty is in Xiyuan, and this servant will lead His Highness there."
Contrary to Li Ye's expectations, the person who came to greet him today was actually Liu Ling, a celebrity beside Li Yan.
Li Ye had a special impression of this Liu Ling.
He knew that the other party had only been favored for more than half a year, and the reason why he was favored was that he was very talented in poetry, poetry and rhythm, which could be said to suit Li Yan's appetite. When Li Yan went to Prince An's Mansion before, he mentioned this person to Li Ye, and seriously said that he would introduce him to Li Ye.
Li Yan had the mentality of sharing good things with his brothers, but Li Ye naturally didn't care about any actor, nor was he interested in getting acquainted with the other party, so he never took this matter to heart.
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After entering the palace more times, they met naturally. Li Yan also specially arranged for the other party to show off his talents and learning. The expression like showing off a baby made Li Ye dumbfounded.
Xiyuan is the northernmost part of Miyagi, the farthest place from the imperial city. In the past, Li Xian beheaded the eunuch Liu Xingshen here.
After entering Xiyuan, Li Ye saw Li Yan waving to him on the dragon boat in the garden pool.