Whether in ancient times or modern times, retreat is the most difficult part of the marching and the biggest test of generals in the army. Once a mistake occurs, it will lead to a great defeat in the entire army, which will eventually lead to the annihilation of the entire army, resulting in a complete failure of a battle, or even the complete destruction of a regime.

Now this question is before Yelu Renxian, but Yelu Renxian had already made some arrangements for this. When the morning came, Yelu Renxian had already led his army to retreat for nearly a hundred miles, while Yelu Chongyuan was still chasing him back.

The army chased after a night and was exhausted. Yelu Chongyuan looked at the tired soldiers and ordered: "I'll order the entire army to rest and then chase after me!"

"Yes, your Majesty." The messenger took the order and left.

The entire army is already very well assigned to prepare at this time. If they continue to chase them, they will not have the energy to fight. It is better to stop and rest. Since Yelu Ren first retreated along the Sanggan River, Yelu Chongyuan's army also pursued along the Sanggan River. Now the garrison is naturally on the side of the Sanggan River, but the problem lies here.

Yelu Chongyuan dismounted and came to the edge of the Sanggan River under the protection of the guards. After walking for a while, Yelu Chongyuan found that his feet were covered with mud. Yelu Chongyuan looked at the Sanggan River and asked the people around him: "It is not the dry water period now. Is the water level of the Sanggan River so low before?"

At this time, Yan Shu was beside Yelu Chongyuan. Yan Shu said to Yelu Chongyuan: "Your Majesty, the water flow in the Sanggan River is quite large, but I don't know why the water flow has decreased in the past two days."

Yelu Chongyuan smiled and said, "How come the water flow suddenly decreases! Unless someone in the upstream deliberately intercepts the flow."

"Intercepted." Yelu Chongyuan's face changed when he thought of this, and hurriedly issued a military order: "I ordered the entire army to move to the high ground immediately, and the entire army evacuated northward to the high ground."

Yan Shu was stunned and said, "Your Majesty, brothers have just stopped."

"What are you talking about?" Yelu Chongyuan said furiously; "Immediately, it will be too late."

Seeing Yelu Chongyuan's long-angered furious, Yan Shu immediately shouted loudly: "Your Majesty's decree, the entire army withdraws northward, and immediately withdraws northward."

But it was still a little late. As Yan Shu finished sending the order, the Southern Liao army had just retreated northward when suddenly a loud noise came from the west, like tens of thousands of war horses running wildly on the wasteland. Not long after, Yelu Chongyuan saw a wall of water slapped at this side. Seeing the wall of water Yelu Chongyuan's heart sank, he was stunned on the spot. The guard next to him immediately took Yelu Chongyuan to retreat to the north.

At this time, on a hillside northwest of the water wall, Yelu Yixin looked at the rushing river water and rushed downstream to a large stone in his heart. This was a move Yelu Yixin had already thought of. After receiving the news that Feihu Pass was lost, Yelu Yixin ordered Yelu He to lead 10,000 cavalry to build a dam upstream to block the water, preparing to use the river water to block the pursuit of Yelu Chongyuan's main army.

The flood became Yelu Yixin's helper. Under Yelu Yixin's control, the Southern Liao army that had not had time to evacuate was completely destroyed. Yelu Yixin did not use this opportunity to conceal the Southern Liao army. Although Yelu Yixin temporarily delayed Yelu Chongyuan's pursuit, the morale of the Northern Liao army under Yelu Yixin's command was still low, and the road washed by the flood was muddy, which was not suitable for counterattack.

Therefore, Yelu Yixin took advantage of this gap and led all his troops to evacuate westward, preparing to rely on favorable terrain to fight Yelu Chongyuan again; although the flood on the other side caused a lot of trouble to Yelu Chongyuan, the army did not lose much. After all, the Sanggan River is a small river with a small flow of water, and Yelu Chongyuan ordered the withdrawal of troops in time, so it did not cause much loss.

On a hillside north of the Sanggan River, Yelu Chongyuan set up a camp, gathered the remaining troops swept by the river, and then reorganized and prepared to attack Datong. So far, the first contest between Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Yixin has been completed. In this contest, both sides have their own winning or losing, but the main army did not suffer any losses, and everyone is waiting for the next decisive battle.

A day later, in Xingqing Mansion, the Imperial Study Room.

Li Liangzuo has obtained all the information of this stage of the Datong Battle, including the deployment of both sides, how each battle was fought, and the character of the commander was recorded one by one. On the large sand table in the imperial study room, small flags representing the colors of both sides clearly marked the strength of both sides.

"This is the latest situation." Li Liangzuo asked Xiao Zhuozi.

Xiao Zhuozi immediately replied: "Yes, Yelu Chongyuan was defeated in Sanggan River, Yelu Yixin's main force had retreated to Datong, Xiao Yuanshan gathered more than 10,000 troops in Weizhou and had also retreated to Yingzhou."

"Great defeat." Li Liangzuo shook his head and said, "Yelu Chongyuan can be said to be a setback at most, and it will not be a big defeat. Yelu Chongyuan's main force has not lost much. Moreover, although Zheng Hun's troops in the south have suffered heavy losses, there are still more than 20,000 people in the south. At most, both sides can be said to have their own victory and defeat, and the decisive battle has not begun yet!"

"I will continue to send people to collect relevant information. Your Majesty, don't worry!" Xiao Zhuozi said to Li Liangzuo.

"I don't have to worry about doing things, but don't just collect information. After sorting out this information, you are making a judgment on the future situation of both sides." Li Liangzuo said to Xiao Zhuozi.

"Yes, the servant obeys the order." Xiao Zhuozi said to Li Liangzuo.

Li Liangzuo asked Xiao Zhuozi with a smile: "Then tell me, the next step is that both sides will put the battlefield of the decisive battle!"

Xiao Zhuozi said without thinking: "Of course it was a decisive battle in Datong, and Yelu Yixin would naturally resist the city and stick to it!"

Li Liangzuo smiled and said, "No, Yelu Yixin is not that stupid. If I was not mistaken, he would set up defenses along this line. His camp should be stationed on Baideng Mountain."

"I don't understand." Xiao Zhuozi shook his head and said.

Li Liangzuo said: "You will understand from now on. Let your people monitor the line I draw. I need to know the latest battle report."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xiao Zhuozi answered the order.

At this moment, Xiao Fuzi walked in and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor's Uncle, ask for a meeting."

Li Liangzuo said to Xiao Fuzi: "Let the emperor come in! Prepare two cups of ginseng tea for me."

"Old me, pay homage to Your Majesty." After Verg Ning Ling's experience, he saluted Li Liangzuo.

Li Liangzuo said to the courtesy of the Prince Ning Ling: "The emperor is exempted from the gift, please take your seat. I wonder what the emperor is doing to come to me?"

Vergil Ning Ling said to Li Liangzuo: "The old minister is here to recommend a talented man to Your Majesty."

Li Liangzuo frowned and asked, "Talented man? What kind of talent?"

"He is a debater, but this person is so talented that he can dominate the world!" Vergil Ning Ling said to Li Liangzuo.

Li Liangzuo sneered: "Defendant, to put it bluntly, isn't it just a verbal person! What I hate the most is this kind of person."

Vergiling Ling advised Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, you are the emperor and you need to use any person. This person is indeed talented, why can't you meet him?"

"Okay! For the sake of the emperor's face, I saw this debater. I wanted to see what kind of flowers he could tell me." Li Liangzuo curled his lips and said.
Chapter completed!