The Yuan army was overwhelmed in the territory of the Song State, and Liucheng, which originally took ten days to be able to break, was broken on the seventh day.

After breaking through Liucheng, the 100,000 elites of the Yuan army immediately waved their troops south and went straight to Fengcheng, the capital of the Song State.

Anfeng City was originally the capital of the Song Kingdom, and it was the former royal capital, so the agriculture and industry here are more developed than the average city, of course, in comparison, this side is also heavily guarded.

However, the army of the Song State was defeated in successive battles on the front line, and even lost the military town of Liucheng, and the Song army suffered countless casualties.

When the Yuan army broke through Liucheng, the Song army was almost broken, although the soldiers who were defeated in front of them had already retreated to Anfeng City, but the defenders in Anfeng City were still in danger at the moment.

Why?

The Song army was already frightened by the momentum of the Yuan army at this time, and now for the Song army, the Yuan army is simply an invincible demon, and no one can defeat the Yuan army anymore.

And the Yuan army was also unceremonious, after coming to Anfeng City, the troops were in full swing, and the marshal immediately ordered to attack the city in turn.

Maybe it was because the Yuan army won consecutive battles, so the Song army had already lost all its spirit, and the only thing that could be done was to defend it, and what disappointed the soldiers and civilians of Anfeng City was that the Song King was afraid that the Yuan army would attack the royal capital like a bamboo, so the Song king ordered all the available soldiers in the Song State to be transferred back to the royal capital to protect the safety of the royal capital.

Inside the marshal's tent.

At this time, Tuoba Jian, the commander of the Yuan State of the Song Dynasty, was discussing with the generals.

"Marshal, Anfeng City is just around the corner, once the city is broken, half of the Song Kingdom will be our Yuan Kingdom. ”

A general laughed and said to Tuoba Jian.

Tuoba Jian nodded and said: "Our army is in full swing, although this Anfeng City is strong, but the soldiers and civilians in the city no longer have much determination to resist, I heard that the King of Song has been so frightened that he has retracted the army back to the capital of the Song Dynasty, haha, it seems that we are not only going to take half of the Song Kingdom, maybe this time we can take the entire Song Kingdom in one fell swoop." ”

"The marshal is brave and invincible, taking the Song State is a miracle feat, the king will definitely greatly reward the marshal, in the past, our Great Yuan was the four great marshals, once the Song State was taken, the marshal will be the first marshal of the Great Yuan Kingdom. ”

When Tuoba Jian heard the words of his subordinates, he immediately laughed.

Tuoba Jian is indeed a warrior, which is very clear to the people of the entire Song Kingdom, but because he is the youngest of the four generalissimos, he has always been ranked last among the four generalissimos, which is also the most unconvincing to him.

Therefore, in this attack on the Song Dynasty, he commanded the 100,000 elite soldiers to march quickly, just because he wanted to prove that his marshal was the strongest among the four generalissimos of the Yuan Kingdom.

At this moment, many generals are flattering Tuoba Jian.

However, at this moment, one of them suddenly said: "Marshal, the food stock in our army ......"

When Tuoba Jian heard this man's words, he thought that the reason for this meeting was because of a lack of food.

You must know that 100,000 soldiers eat horses and feed, and they need a lot of food.

But what he couldn't imagine was that there was no grain and grass for six days, and there was still enough food in the army before, so they didn't have any worries, but it had been six days since grain and grass were delivered, which was obviously abnormal.

Tuoba Jian said: "How much food is left in the army now? ”

"Less than two days. ”

Tuoba Jian had actually expected this value, but when the other generals heard this, they were all very surprised.

A soldier has to eat enough to fight a war, and if he can't eat enough, then what kind of war is there to fight?

"What the hell happened, why hasn't the grain been delivered for a long time? Qi Rong, the grain transport officer is your nephew, what do you say. ”

Tuoba Jian glared at a general-like man and said.

The person named Qi Rong is the uncle of Qi Heng, the grain transportation officer, and the reason why Qi Heng was able to become a grain transportation officer was precisely because of Qi Rong's protection, but what he didn't expect was that his nephew disappeared.

"Subordinate convicted!"

Qi Rong immediately knelt down.

"Guilty? Then tell Lao Tzu, what sin do you know? Damn, Lao Tzu's 100,000 army is waiting to eat and drink, and your nephew is actually delaying military rations, what should he be guilty of? ”

Tuoba Jian scolded.

Qi Rong knelt on the ground and trembled with fear.

Now he wants to cry and can't find a way.

Tuoba Jian then asked, "What about the people sent to urge food?"

Qi Rong hurriedly said: "I have been sent out three waves to urge food, but there has been no response. ”

Tuoba Jian's face was extremely gloomy.

As a commander-in-chief, Tuoba Jian would not fail to understand that something must be wrong.

It's just that he can't understand that this battle against the Song Dynasty was ordered by the king, why is the military rations released now? Could it be that the king withheld the military rations?

Tuoba Jian had to think so, after all, he led an army of 100,000 outside, if King Yuan did not have the slightest suspicion, this is probably impossible.

That's when it happened.

Suddenly, there was an urgent report from outside the tent.

"Report to the general, three days ago there was a fire in Dongcang, and all the grain was burned. ”

Tuoba Jian, who was still sitting, suddenly jumped up, glared at him, and said, "What did you say? ”

It wasn't just Tuoba Jian who was surprised.

Everyone present was shocked.

Dongcang is one of the four granaries of their Yuan Kingdom, and it is also the largest granary, and this time to cut the Song Dynasty, Dongcang is the root of their Song Dynasty, without Dongcang, their 100,000 army will face the tragedy of no rice to cook.

If there are three or five people who have no food, it may be fine, but if all the 100,000 troops have nothing to eat, it will be a great disaster.

All the generals present also panicked.

Although they are also battle-hardened, but if the 100,000 army runs out of food, then the 100,000 army will be in chaos in a blink of an eye, and at that time, the Song State will wait for their 100,000 soldiers and horses to be hungry and bored, and if they come to fight again, although they are said to be the elite of the brave and good at fighting, but at that time, they are also cattle and sheep to be slaughtered.

"It was burned three days ago, why do you report it now?"

Tuoba Jian was furious.

You know, if they knew the news of the burning of Dongcang three days ago, then he would not have gone deep into Anfeng City, you know, there are also a lot of Song soldiers in Anfeng City, if they let them know the news of the food shortage here, then I'm afraid things will be difficult.

"Back to the marshal, three waves of heralds have been sent, the first two have disappeared, and only the last one has sent the news. ”

"What?"

Tuoba Jian and the generals present were stunned when they heard these words.

Obviously, for them who have been on the battlefield for a long time, this is absolutely unusual.

"Marshal, this thing is happening too strangely, I am afraid that there is fraud. ”

Hearing the words of his subordinates, how could Tuoba Jian not understand this truth, he faintly felt that someone was doing something in secret.

It's just that now their enemy is the Song State, and the Song State has been beaten and has no power to fight back, who else can fight against them?

Who the hell is it!

Tuoba gritted his teeth, he just wanted to find out who was behind it now.

At this time, Qi Rong said: "Marshal, my nephew is in charge of transporting grain and grass, and I haven't seen him coming, I'm afraid something happened to me." ”

Tuoba Jian listened to Qi Rong's words, and he also nodded slightly.

Obviously, although Qi Heng is Qi Rong's nephew, even if he is a little slack, he has not sent grain and grass to the front line for six consecutive days, which is simply looking for death, so Qi Heng definitely does not have the courage to do so.

At this time, another person said: "Marshal, now that the food and grass are scarce, we are not suitable to continue to attack the city, not to mention much, if the Song State holds out for another two days, as soon as the news of the shortage of food in the army comes out, the army's morale will inevitably be in chaos, and at that time, it is difficult to say whether we can bring back this 100,000 army, and the marshal must make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Of course, Tuoba Jian knew what his subordinates meant by making decisions.

Now the only way to talk about the withdrawal of the army is to withdraw the army, as for these territories of the Song army, they can only occupy as much as they can, as for Anfeng City, it is absolutely impossible at this moment.

"Pass the order and withdraw immediately!"

As soon as Tuoba Jian's words came out, all the generals were red-eyed.

You must know that this war is the best opportunity for them to make meritorious contributions, as long as they can take Anfeng City, they will be people with great merit.

But now that An Fengcheng is close at hand, he wants to give up, and no one is unwilling.

"General, Anfeng City is about to be captured, there must be enough food in Anfeng City, as long as we can capture Anfeng City, we have made a great achievement. ”

The generals next to him also agreed.

As military generals, what they want most is to be able to fight all the time, because only by keeping fighting can they always be rewarded for their meritorious service.

This is also the difference between military generals and civilian officials.

"What if we can't take it in two days?" said Tuoba Jian coldly.

When he said this, everyone present immediately closed their mouths.

Although this Anfeng City said that the defenders inside had no fighting spirit, but the city was strong, and it was really difficult to take it down within two days, and although their 100,000 soldiers and horses were elite, they also consumed a lot.

If you don't succeed in taking Anfeng City within two days, then these 100,000 elites will be annoyed, after all, this is the hinterland of the Song Kingdom, and if you fight on someone else's land, you must always be ready to occupy the change.

"Since there is no one to promise from this, then listen to my military order, withdraw the whole army to Linyang City, and then come to the Song Dynasty after resting. Tuoba Jian shouted.

As the supreme commander of these 100,000 elites, Tuoba Jian's general order, the originally powerful 100,000 elites began to retreat in an orderly manner, but they could never think of what was waiting for them in front of them!