Chapter 2018

Li Qiufeng and Qi Jiu had both seen officers and soldiers perform drills. After hearing what Feng Wei said, they both thought that the formation of troops on the battlefield is indeed very important, but they have to bet all their money on one formation map.

, but it is too ridiculous. Although Feng Wei's origins are doubtful, but judging from his appearance, even if he has been an official, he is still a civil servant. Regarding battle formations, he is probably just following what others say, so he has such faith in Zhuge Wuhou's formation diagram

If you are a god, you don't know that wars are ever-changing. If you want to conquer the world with one formation map, it is tantamount to sticking to the rules and talking about war on paper, which will inevitably lead to big disasters.

Just listen to Feng Wei continue to say: "Yelu Deguang led more than 300,000 Liao troops to go south and stationed at the border of Liao and Tang Dynasties. When the time came, the army went south, marched straight in, and captured the Central Plains and Jiangnan in one fell swoop. But although he

He was cunning, but in terms of his ability to march and fight, he was far behind Yelu Abaoji and Yelu Bei. Li Cunxu mobilized his troops to kill the rebels, and hid in the capital to enjoy himself. This was originally the last step for Yelu Deguang to go south.

It was a good time. However, he received a secret report from spies and thought that Li Cunxu was unwilling to lead troops to conquer the rebels in person, and was planning to sit in the capital himself to prevent the Liao army from going south. Therefore, although a Liao army general persuaded him to send troops to conquer the south, he would be wiped out in one fell swoop.

After losing Li Cunxu, Yelu Deguang was worried about gain and loss, and it hindered Li Siyuan from guarding the border. Therefore, he kept his troops stationary and did not dare to rush south.

"Later, Li Siyuan received an order from Li Cunxu, asking him to lead his troops south to quell the rebellion. Li Siyuan knew that once he led his troops south, Yelu Deguang would take the opportunity to attack the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun, and the situation would be out of control. So before Li Siyuan went south, he

The various places in Youyun Sixteen Prefectures bluffed and ordered small groups of soldiers to set up more flags and gallop back and forth between the cities. People who didn't know the details thought that the Tang Army had added many more troops and horses in Youyun Sixteen Prefectures. The Liao Army's detailed generals

This matter was reported to Yelu Deguang. Yelu Deguang did not know what the plan was, so he had to restrain his generals and not send troops easily.

"Li Siyuan led the army south, and Li Cunxu died two months later under the arrows of the rebels. Li Siyuan ascended the throne in Luoyang and became emperor. He knew that Yelu Deguang had been leading an army stationed at the border of Tang and Liao, spying on the Central Plains, just waiting for the opportunity.

As soon as he arrived, he led his army southward. The first thing Li Siyuan did after becoming emperor was to mobilize troops and horses to go north and set up defenses in various places in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to guard against the Liao army's attack. Only then did Yelu Deguang know

Li Cunxu was dead, and he was shocked and happy. He was about to send his army south, but he didn't expect that the Tang army marched north in a large scale and had defended the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun like an iron barrel. Yelu Deguang regretted it constantly, knowing that although Li Siyuan was not as brave as Li Cunxu

, but in terms of defending the city, he was more powerful than Li Cunxu. So he waited and watched for several months, but had no chance to take advantage of it, so he had to lead his army back outside the fortress.

"When Li Siyuan came to the throne, in order to deal with Yelu Deguang, he sent a letter to Yelu Bei, asking Yelu Bei to take advantage of Yelu Deguang's army going south to send troops to attack the capital of Liao Kingdom to force Yelu Deguang to return to his army.

Yelv Bei was not a fool. He knew that although Yelv Deguang had led his troops outside, relying on his more than 10,000 troops to attack the capital of Liao was tantamount to attacking the capital of Liao with an egg against a stone. Moreover, he was hiding in Dongdan State, worrying about Yelu Deguang day and night.

Come to conquer. If Li Siyuan follows Li Siyuan's idea and goes to provoke Li Siyuan, it is not known whether the danger of the Tang army can be relieved. He will have to be beaten by Yelu Deguang and the entire army will be annihilated. Therefore, although Yelu Bei replied and agreed to Li Siyuan's request, he did not

Lead the army on an expedition.

"Later I heard that Yelu Deguang had not taken advantage of Li Siyuan and had led the southern expedition back outside the Great Wall. Yelu Bei's heart was in his throat again. He knew that Yelu Deguang had not taken advantage of Li Siyuan, and he was full of fire.

He sent it to himself. So he hurriedly wrote a handwritten letter, sent an envoy to Luoyang, and delivered it to Li Siyuan. In the letter, Yelu Bei requested the Tang army to expedition to the north. He was willing to lead an army of 100,000 to respond. Both sides attacked Yelu Deguang.

Then great things can be accomplished.

"Although Li Siyuan became emperor, there was a civil strife in the Tang Dynasty. Many elite soldiers died, and many old ministers loyal to Li Cunxu were still there. Li Siyuan's throne was not stable. What's more, the people were in poverty and they all hoped for peace and stability.

The calamity of war. If we send troops to the Northern Expedition at this time, not only will we not be sure of victory, but it will easily cause trouble. In addition, Li Siyuan also sent detailed troops in the Liao Kingdom, knowing that Yelu Bei claimed that he had an army of 100,000, but in fact he only had 10,000 men.

Moreover, there was a serious shortage of food, grass and ordnance. He said that he wanted to attack Yelu Deguang with the Tang army, but once the war broke out, he could not count on Yelu Bei. The Tang army could only fight the Khitan cavalry alone. Even if he could defeat Yelu Deguang in the end.

Deguang, if Yelvbei, who has been sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, has other plans, the Tang army will be in danger.

"Li Siyuan thought about it again and again before writing a reply to Yelvbei. He wrote very politely in the letter. He only said that the Tang Dynasty was in chaos and had been fighting for more than half a year. There were many casualties among the elite soldiers and the loss of food, grass and weapons.

After all, it was no longer possible for the Northern Expedition. If you want to regain your strength, you have to spend three or four years. Therefore, although you have the intention to join forces with Yelu Bei to attack Yelu Deguang, you are unable to do so. You can only recover your strength first, and then proceed with the Northern Expedition.

"Yelübei became more and more anxious after receiving Li Siyuan's reply. However, he knew that what Li Siyuan said was true. After the chaos, it would be really difficult for the Tang army to make a northern expedition. The more Yelubei thought about it, the more frightened he became, but there was nothing he could do. He could only do it.

Sitting trapped in the palace, drinking wine every day to drown my sorrows.

"Ever since the last time he prayed to heaven, which resulted in chaos in the Central Plains and Yelu Deguang gave up attacking Dongdan Kingdom, Yelu Bei believed in the theory of ghosts and gods. He read many books written by Han people in the Central Plains with Han Yanhui since he was a child, and later sent

People brought a lot of money to the Central Plains and bought a large number of books. In addition to the sage classics such as the Four Books and the Five Classics, these books also included many miscellaneous books on astrology, divination, farming, iron smelting, etc. Yelvbei believed in the theory of ghosts and gods, so he

Among the books I purchased, I selected many miscellaneous books on divination and astrology and studied them carefully, hoping to find ways to use them to drive ghosts and gods to defend against enemies.

"In these miscellaneous books, there are many witchcraft methods to exorcise ghosts. Yelvbei followed the same example, set up an altar in the palace, opened the altar, and performed rituals. For these rituals, cinnabar, glutinous rice, and dog blood must be prepared

Waiting for strange things, the servants and maids in the palace didn't know what Yelvbei was up to, and they were frightened and confused. Originally, Yelvbei was secretly called a "vampire demon", but now he is acting more and more weirdly, and the servants and maids are suspicious of him.

He was even more frightened. He hid from him when he saw him during the day. When it got dark, he ran away from the palace and did not dare to stay in the palace. When the news spread, all the officials and people in the city thought that Yelvbei had been possessed by evil spirits.

Don't dare to look at him.

"Yelübei was trapped in Dongdan Kingdom. He was worried day and night that Yelu Deguang would come to beat him. Although he wanted to drown his sorrows with wine, he became even more depressed after drinking. Every time he got drunk, he would shout loudly in the palace.

He screamed, cried and laughed, and looked like a devil. If a servant or a woman was unlucky enough to be caught by him at this time, he would often beat her to a bloody head or even lose her life. Therefore, Yelvbei became a "vampire demon"

With this nickname, the whole city regarded him as a devil, and everyone stayed away from him."
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