Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 259
Xiande five years, May [-]th.

Luo Youdu stood on the tower of the north gate of Youzhou, watching the army in front of the palace and some of the guards slowly withdraw from Youzhou City.

This day is the day when Guo Rong officially returns to the teacher.

For this return to the teacher, there are also small twists and turns.

According to Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu's intentions, since the troops are withdrawing, they should keep a low profile, go directly to Youzhou City, and retreat quietly one night.

Safe and convenient.

But Guo Rong refused and said angrily: "I didn't retreat in defeat, how could I sneak away? I came here in a dignified way, and I have to go in a dignified way when I return to my teacher. If the Khitan want to stop it, let them come. I will do it for you." Immediately, Son of Heaven, why are you afraid of a battle?"

Faced with Guo Rong's tough attitude, Luo Youdu, Zhang Yongde, Zhao Kuangyin and others naturally cooperated.

Those who secretly dispatch troops and generals should take precautions. If Khitan really wants to fight, they will fight a battle before withdrawing.

It just so happened that during this trip to the north, Dianqiansi didn't make much military exploits, and he could still have a full meal before leaving.

Best of both worlds!

Especially Zhao Kuangyin, most looking forward to the Khitan to fight.

Otherwise he would be too sad.

Because of Zhao Kuangyin's "little action" in Bianjing, Guo Rong deliberately suppressed him this time, and then released him.

Originally, I had the idea of ​​starving the tiger for a while, so that it would be easy to play.

It turned out that I was hungry, but I just had a gap between my teeth. Before the meal was officially opened, I had to withdraw because of Guo Rong's health.

This grievance, who to cry to?

But the result was bound to disappoint him.

As soon as Guo Rong moved, the Khitan spies immediately discovered the situation and informed Yelujing of Zhou Jun's movements.

Khitan made Luo Youdu's army stronghold very uncomfortable, and he was no longer willing to attack again.

After three days of storming, the Khitan casualties reached [-], and Luo Youdu burned all the corpses for several days.

How can you bear this?

The offensive and defensive battles made the riding and archery skills that Khitan relied on for survival useless at all.

Yelujing resolutely gave up this stupid style of play, and no longer wasted the soldiers in his hands unjustly.

He chose to spread horse scouts widely every day, looking for opportunities for field battles.

Zhou Jun's withdrawal gave them a chance to fight in the field, but it also made Yelvjing a little bit helpless.

Judging from the battle situation, the Central Plains Zhou army obviously has a certain advantage.

It's weird to have the advantage retreat.

Yelujing called Yelv Wansi, Yelusha, Xiao Qian, Gao Xun, Xiao Abudi and Yelv Xiezhen to ask for their opinions.

Gao Xun said solemnly: "I'm afraid there is a fraud! On the opposite side, Luo Youdu is known as the little Zhuge, who is the most resourceful. It is his idea to take Youzhou City and build a four-door fortress. This side retreats inexplicably because we have seen through their use of offense and defense. The intention of the war is to consume our troops. Use another strategy to lure our troops to pursue them, so that they can attack them with ambushes."

"Therefore, I think that it is better to stand still than to pursue rashly. This Youzhou City is surrounded by plains, and there is no danger to defend. They only occupy Youzhou City, and they only have to be beaten. This is what lures us to attack..."

"They are the ones who want to attack. They are not in a hurry. Why are we in a hurry? The initiative is in our hands, and there is no need to take risks."

Gao Xun also saw it in the previous three days of offensive and defensive battles.

Although Khitan has obtained many things from the Central Plains, he is still a novice on how to use them.

It is too difficult for them to use complex siege equipment to fight offensive and defensive battles.

Simply exhausted, forcing the Central Plains to take the initiative to fight in the field.

If you can't win this offensive and defensive battle, you can't beat the field battle.

So Gao Xun is acting very Buddhist now.

Anyway, Youzhou City has already fallen, and with Khitan's level of siege, it is not easy to fight back.Fortunately, Youzhou City is only high and thick, and there are no natural dangers to rely on in all directions, so they simply waited for the Central Plains to be unable to stay, and took the initiative to fight with them.

This method is not clever, but it is really popular.

Yeluwansi, Yelusha, Xiao Abudi and other generals were very reluctant to attack Youzhou City.

When Zhou Jun retreated, several people still wanted to ask for a battle to test the situation, but after hearing Gao Xun's analysis, they didn't dare to ask for orders rashly.

Zhou Jun's withdrawal was indeed too sudden.

Seeing the unmoving Khitan, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help cursing the Khitan for being cowardly, but he couldn't change the fact that he was traveling in Youzhou City this time.

Luo Youdu on the Youzhou City Tower saw that Khitan stood still, and felt a little regretful.

Not black or bragging, Dianqiansi is indeed the strongest elite of the Great Zhou.

With the same number of people, the combat power of the Dianqian Division is unmatched by the Guards and the Imperial Army Division.

If Guo Rong can take advantage of the time when Guo Rong is leading the Dianqian Division to withdraw the army, he can use his residual heat to give Khitan a head-on blow in the field, and the next battle will be much smoother.

As for Zhao Kuangyin's meritorious deeds, Luo Youdu didn't care.

Compared with the Song Taizu who was dressed in a yellow robe in history, the gap between today's Zhao Kuangyin is not even a star.

The three divisions in history are the Dianqian Division, the Guards' Army Horse Army Division, and the Guards' Army Infantry Division.These important positions in the Forbidden Army all belong to Zhao Kuangyin.

After Zhang Yongde was demoted and Li Chongjin was transferred from Huainan, Zhao Kuangyin was a veritable uncrowned king, No. 1 in the military.

Now?

Not to mention his own imperial battalion department, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't get in his way.He couldn't even control the Dianqian Division where he himself was, not only Shi Shouxin and Han Chongyun, but also some of Zhang Yongde's cronies.

"Check the day of the emperor", these five words are still very deterrent.

Zhang Yongde inevitably defended against Zhao Kuangyin.

Even if Zhao Kuangyin is allowed to drink more soup, it is impossible to turn the world upside down.

Zhao Kuangyin does not have the prestige of adding a yellow robe.

There is a high probability that the incident of adding the yellow robe will not happen.

However, the Zhao brothers were indeed a threat, and Luo Youdu did not take it lightly, and specially arranged for Zhao Pu to return to Beijing, and asked him to contact Zhang Jin, who was flourishing in Kaifeng, to deal with emergencies.

After Guo Rong withdrew to the border of Xiongzhou, Luo Youdu held the first military meeting in Youzhou City.

Luo Youdu is naturally the chief, and Han Lingkun is below him.

Han Lingkun, as Ma Shuai of the Guards and Military Division alongside Han Tong, is second only to Luo Youdu at this moment.

Next is Murong Yanzhao, the deputy commander in front of the palace.The existence in front of the palace is second only to Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin, with a full beard and a majestic and rough appearance.

Next came Yuan Yan, the deputy commander of the Guards' Army Division, Gao Huaide, the commander of Hujie's left wing, and Chen Sirang, the commander of the Dingyuan Army.

Then it was the turn of Cao Bin and Pan Mei.

After careful calculation, Han Lingkun and Yuan Yan have a total of [-] guards and military divisions, and the front palace division Murong Yanzhao has [-] troops, plus [-] imperial battalion divisions.

The Dingyuan Army and the [-] soldiers of the Tianxiong Army who are heading to the front line, as well as the [-] Dazhou Navy in Jingu, can deploy as many as [-] soldiers and horses at the moment.

Almost two-thirds of Da Zhou's troops are in his hands.

Looking at these historically famous figures under the tent, Luo Youdu also felt a sense of high spirits.

　There is a small explosion today!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)