A knife in love

Chapter 1981
When Feng Wei said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "Although Yelubei was defeated by Li Cunxu's single-handedly, he was not reconciled. He divided his troops into four teams and took turns in Li Cunxu's camp day and night. However, whenever Li Cunxu led his troops out of the camp to fight, the Liao army would immediately retreat and not engage in battle. When Li Xiaoxu led his troops to the front of the Liao army camp, Yelubei ordered all arrows to be fired. Li Cunxu's troops shot back.

"Li Cunxu is also a famous general in hundreds of battles. Seeing that Yelubei closed his camp and refused to fight, but kept sending troops to challenge him, he realized that he must have other plans. Therefore, Li Cunxu found a sergeant in the barracks who was somewhat similar in shape and appearance to himself. He was asked to wear his own armor and ride his own horse every day, and when the Liao army came to challenge, this fake Li Xiaoxu would lead people out of the camp to fight. But he himself brought [-] elite soldiers. He quietly left the camp and ran straight to Youzhou.

"Li Cunxu led his troops out for seventy or eighty miles, and there was a report from a scout. The Liao Emperor Yelu Abaoji took advantage of Li Cunxu's being blocked by Yelubei, and personally led an army of 15 to the south. He first attacked Youzhou and broke through the city in seven days. Then the Liao army pointed directly at Zhuozhou and captured Zhuozhou in only three days. The Liao army surrounded Dingzhou, and saw that the city was about to be captured by the Liao army. The defender had no choice but to send seven or eight generals and warriors in the army to ask them to break out of the encirclement and ask for help from the king of Jin. But Yelu Abaoji was determined to take all sixteen prefectures of Youyun, and he had surrounded Dingzhou city like an iron barrel. Most of the rescue soldiers sent by Dingzhou guards did not even break through the camp of the Liao army outside the city. He was beheaded by the enemy. Only two people rushed out, but they were also seriously injured. One of them was beheaded by the Liao army's pursuers while escaping, and the other had an arm broken and more than ten arrows in his body. He ran wildly at his own risk , happened to meet the scouts sent by Li Cunxu, and told the scouts that Dingyouzhou and Zhuozhou had fallen, and that Dingzhou had been besieged.

"The spy originally wanted to escape with the spy, but the general shook his head and refused. He said that the Liao army would never let him go in order to prevent King Jin from knowing that Dingzhou was trapped. If he escaped with the spy, the Liao army The pursuers pursued closely, and both of them had to die under the sword of the Liao army in the end. It is better to let the spies escape before the pursuers arrive. The Liao army chased up and saw that the general was alone, so he would not doubt the news Leak. If you die in the hands of the pursuers, they will definitely retreat and will not go after the spies again. The most important thing right now is to inform Prince Jin of the fact that Dingzhou is surrounded by Yelu Abaoji as soon as possible, and ask him to send troops quickly Rescue. Otherwise, if Dingzhou is lost, all the sixteen states of Youyun will fall into the hands of the Khitans in a blink of an eye, and the Central Plains will have no danger to defend. At that time, the Liao army will march south in a large scale, and the Han people will suffer again.

"The spy saw that the general had lost his mind, so he knelt down, kowtowed his head three times in a row, and then got on his horse and fled from the small path. But after running half a mile, he turned his head and saw that the general had come the same way. He ran back. Presumably, in order to confuse the chaser, he did not let the Liao people know that the news of the siege of Dingzhou had already been learned by the spies, so he went straight to the chaser like a moth to a flame.

"Li Cunxu is good at using troops. When he saw Yelubei set up camp, he neither attacked nor fought. He thought to himself that the Khitans were attacking the sixteen prefectures of Youyun, so he was naturally eager for a decisive battle. If the war dragged on, the Khitans would stay away from Saibei, and their food and grass would not be available. , but violated the taboo of military strategists. Yelubei set up camp to defend, but sent soldiers and horses to harass him from time to time. He must have other plans. Most likely he wanted to drag himself here, and another Khitan army went to attack the city and plunder the land. Therefore, Li Cunxu used his strategy to get out of his shell, leaving the army in place to confront Yelubei, and secretly led [-] elite soldiers to leave the camp and head straight for Youzhou.

"Li Cunxu thought that Youzhou was the seat of the sixteen prefectures of Youyun. If the Liao Kingdom wanted to go south, it must first seize the sixteen prefectures of Youyun. To occupy these sixteen prefectures, it must first take Youzhou. Therefore, after Li Cunxu left the camp, he led his troops and horses to go straight to Youzhou. But he did not expect that Yelu Abaoji, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, would personally lead the army to the south. They captured the city of Youzhou, which the Khitans had never touched before. Fortunately, when the spies rushed back, they happened to meet Li Cunxu who was rushing towards Youzhou. Only then did they know that the Khitan army had captured most of the sixteen prefectures of Youyun. The rest of Dingzhou is still struggling.

"After hearing the spies' report, Li Cunxu immediately led [-] soldiers to Dingzhou to help. The day before, the Khitan cavalry caught up with the general who broke out of the siege, and cut him to pieces. Only Dingzhou was besieged. The news was not leaked, so they took the body of the general and returned to the camp to claim the merit. At that time, Dingzhou had been besieged for five days and four nights. The Liao army attacked the city more than ten times. Although they were all repelled by the defenders, the defenders Most of the army suffered casualties, and there were no soldiers left capable of fighting. What's more terrible is that the Liao army could be divided into five or six groups to attack the city in turn, but the defenders could only guard the city day and night. They fought for more than [-] days and nights. The soldiers defending the city were already exhausted. Although they wanted to fight the Liao army who was attacking the city, they had no strength. Seeing this situation, Yelu Abaoji knew that the defenders were no longer able to fight anymore, so he ordered the soldiers of the Liao army to have a full meal and wait for After they were full of wine and food, they attacked the city with all their strength and wanted to take Dingzhou City in one fell swoop.

"It's just that Yelu Abaoji never expected that Li Cunxu would suddenly lead [-] soldiers and horses to kill him from behind. The Liao army was preparing to attack the city with all its strength, and there was no warning that reinforcements from Dingzhou City would come. Li Cunxu took the lead and led a group of soldiers. Wan cavalry attacked the Liao army under the city of Dingzhou like a landslide. Yelu Abaoji was discussing with the generals in the big tent to attack the city of Dingzhou. There was a commotion outside, and the sound of horseshoes was earth-shattering, approaching the big tent.

"Yelu Abaoji and the generals hurried out of the big tent, and saw that Li Cunxu's banner was not far away from the big tent. Yelu Abaoji had suffered several times under Li Cunxu's hands, and was in awe of Li Xiaoxu. Now seeing Li Cunxu's military flag , He was so frightened that he couldn't even get on the horse. The personal guards were anxious, and they didn't care about the distinction between monarchs and ministers, so they rushed up, pushed and shoved Yelu Abaoji onto the horse, and protected him to escape desperately. Seeing the emperor fleeing, the generals fled with Yelu Abao if they dared to stay. The Liao army under the city of Dingzhou lost its command and immediately collapsed. The Song army in the city saw that the prince of Jin personally led troops to rescue, and their morale was high. Zhen, he also opened the city gate and rushed out. Two flanking attacks, the Liao army was killed all over the field, and blood flowed like rivers.

"Yelu Abaoji fled northward desperately until he retreated to Wangdu City, which was previously occupied by the Liao army, and then he was relieved a little. After seeing the generals and defeated soldiers pouring into Wangdu City, Yelu Abaoji was shocked and was about to He ordered to regroup the army and horses, and then fought a decisive battle with Li Cunxu. Only heard the shouts of killing outside the city, but it was Li Cunxu who killed and scattered the Liao army under the city of Dingzhou, followed the fleeing Khitan people all the way, and even rushed to the city of Wangdu. When Yelu Abaoji heard the news, his face paled with fright, and he didn't even bother to eat the food he had just prepared, so he rode his horse and fled across the city, until he fled into Yizhou city."

(End of this chapter)