After the banquet was removed, the waiter brought tea, and everyone discussed things while drinking tea.

"How many days have it been since you burned the Hu people's grain and grass?" Gonggong Ji asked.

Huang Wenlong folded his fingers and said, "It's been about six or seven days." ”

"Then why don't you send troops against them now?" Gonggong Ji asked again.

"Now the scouts haven't heard any signs of a riot in the Hu camp, I think it may be that the other side brought some military rations with the army when the reinforcements came." Huang Wenlong replied.

"Well, it's possible. How many soldiers and horses does the Hu people have now? Father-in-law Ji asked again.

"With the 30,000 soldiers and horses who came to support, the Hu people should currently have more than 70,000 soldiers and horses." Huang Wenlong said.

"How many soldiers and horses do we have?" Gonggong Ji then asked.

"Our army is currently guarding three county towns, and the soldiers and horses are added together, counting the 20,000 forbidden troops brought by General Gao, there are a total of 60,000 soldiers and horses."

"It seems that our army does not have an advantage in strength at the moment!" Gonggong Ji frowned and said.

"Yes, and most of our army is infantry, and the cavalry fighting the Hu people is itself at a disadvantage." Huang Wenlong said truthfully.

"Your strategy now is to keep waiting like this, isn't it?" Gonggong Ji once asked.

"Yes, we don't have a very good strategy right now. The only thing that can be done now is to wait for the Hu people to run out of food, the people's hearts will be in chaos, and they will lose their combat effectiveness, so that our army can take the opportunity to attack. At the same time, our army is also waiting for a batch of ordnance, the ordnance of infantry against cavalry, which is currently being built. Huang Wenlong said.

"Didn't General Gao bring 20,000 sword forbidden troops? You can use the forbidden army she leads to fight against the Hu cavalry. Gonggong Ji suddenly thought of Gao Wanjun's forbidden army.

"Well, General Gao's forbidden army can indeed fight against the Hu cavalry, but the forbidden army is only 20,000, and the Hu people are basically all cavalry." Huang Wenlong explained.

Gonggong Ji nodded and did not continue to say anything. Before he was completely sure, he didn't dare to start a war with the Hu people easily. He stayed by the emperor's side all day long, and he knew a lot about many things inside and outside the Great Song Dynasty.

At the same time, Li Daocheng in the camp of the Hu people was thinking about the plan given to him by the national teacher to flood the border.

His general, Chi Bu Gou, was now commanding 500 soldiers, tearing down houses and walls, loading bricks, bricks, earth and stones, and building a barrage dam from the nearest nearby village.

Because the soldiers did not have enough to eat, and the workload of the shipment was heavy, the barrage dam was only a little bit built. Li Daocheng was anxious, at this rate, he might not be able to finish it in half a month! If it drags on for too long and is discovered by Dingbian City, it will be a failure.

Just now, a soldier from the leader of the gang came to report that the food in the army, even if he cooks porridge, is only enough to last another day. That is, after tomorrow, the 70,000 troops in the military camp will not even be able to eat porridge.

It is estimated that it will take about ten days for the next batch of military rations to arrive.

Li Daocheng almost turned white in a hurry, but it was useless to be in a hurry. Now there is no intention of sending troops to Dingbian City, and he doesn't know what idea Dingbian City is fighting. However, he heard the report and came back to report that two days ago, another 20,000 reinforcements came from Dingbian City, which was not good news for him.

Originally, it was a difficult problem to attack the city, but now that Dingbian City has come with reinforcements, it is even more difficult to capture this city. In this situation, even if the barrage dam is repaired on the Chibugou side, his army has no military rations to eat, and it is also ineffective, how can this capture the city?

A day later, the army was completely out of food, and Li Daocheng had no choice but to follow the advice of the previous military advisor Mao Yanshun and order the slaughter of war horses to satisfy hunger. Although the soldiers felt sorry for the horses, there was no other way.

At this time, the national teacher Li Wantong was carried to Li Daocheng's big tent, "The eldest prince, I suddenly remembered something. ”

"What's the matter?" Lee Dao Cheng said.

"There should be fish in the river where I escaped from Dingbian City, you can send some soldiers to the river to catch fish to satisfy your hunger." Li Wantong said.

"Oh, national teacher, you said it earlier!" Li Daocheng seemed to see another glimmer of hope.

"I just remembered it." Li Wantong replied.

Li Daocheng immediately sent people to lead the soldiers to the Dingbian River to catch fish and serve as military rations.

Not to mention, after some hard work, the soldiers really caught some fish, although for tens of thousands of troops, this fish is no different from a dime, but it is better than nothing, at least you can kill a few less horses!

Soon, the spies on the side of Dingbian City had already learned the news that the Hu people had gone to the river to fish, and immediately reported it to Huang Wenlong, who also immediately reported it to several other leaders.

This news is enough to show that there is no grain and grass in the Hu people's military camp now. Just starve them for another day or two, and they won't have the strength to fight.

After discussion, several leaders reached a consensus: two days later, gather troops and send troops to attack the Hu camp!

After several days of preparation, the arsenal has created hundreds of Mo knives and new crossbow arrows. Although the number of troops equipped with tens of thousands of people is still too small, the current production capacity of the county arsenal is like this. They're already working overtime to build it.

Two days passed quickly, and by this time, Gao Wanjun and Luo Simao's injuries had healed. Gao Wanjun was treated by Xiaoding, so the injury healed quickly; Luo Simao was originally a flesh wound and was not serious, so after taking the gold sore medicine, the scar healed quickly.

On this day, Gao Wanjun, as the commander of the three armies, wore a silver armor and was majestic. Luo Simao is also the position of General Mingwei sealed by the emperor, also wearing silver armor, standing beside Gao Wanjun, also mighty. As a prisoner, Gonggong Ji is considered a civil position, he is not wearing armor, he is still wearing his palace clothes, and he still holds a folding fan in his hand in the winter, pretending to fan it around.

Leaving Gonggong Ji and Yang County to order two civil officials to defend the city, Gao Wanjun led other generals to lead a total of more than 50,000 troops out of the city to fight in front of the Hu people's camp.

The troops did not mobilize soldiers from Xinquan County and Pubian County, so the total number of soldiers was less than 60,000.

Li Daocheng heard that Dingbian City sent troops to fight, and he complained bitterly, he knew that his soldiers, because they felt sorry for the war horses, so they did not slaughter a large number of war horses, but only killed a small number of war horses, just to maintain the soldiers from starvation.

But there is no way at the moment, so I have to fight hard.

Mobilize troops to lead the team, gather military generals, and lead the troops out of the camp, leaving only the national teacher Li Wantong to guard the camp.

In front of the two armies, they lined up and confronted each other.

"Which soldier is willing to take the lead?" Lee asked.

The generals under him drooped their heads one by one and remained silent.

If it were in normal times, these Hu generals would like to fight on the battlefield, but not now, they are so hungry that they can't hold their weapons these days, how can they fight?

"Bordo, didn't you eat a big fish in the morning, you go and take the lead for a while!" Li Daocheng saw that no one responded, so he had to name him personally.

Bordo stepped forward with a three-strand steel fork in his hand: "Subordinates listen to orders!" With that, he rode between the two armies.

Gao Wanjun rode on the horse, and when he saw that the other party had sent a military general to the field, he also shouted: "Which general is willing to fight for this first time?" ”

Before he finished speaking, he heard someone next to him shouting: "The last general wishes!" ”