Long before the Xia army and the Liao army acted, Zheng Fei had secretly come to Yanggu County.

Yanggu is only a hundred miles away from the Daimyo's Mansion, and it is also very close to the battlefield, the defense of the county town has laid a solid foundation when Hua Rong was stationed here in the past, and there is a military garrison around, there is no problem with security at all, according to Zhu Wu's suggestion, Zheng Fei placed the commander's battalion here, which is convenient for commanding the front-line operations.

In the past few days, the latest news on the battle situation in various parts of the battlefield has been flying into Yanggu like snowflakes day and night for Zheng Fei and the command to refer to, so as to make a judgment on the battle situation in the shortest possible time and issue correct orders to the whole army.

Before dawn on the morning of the third day, Zheng Fei hastily came to the headquarters after breakfast, Wu Yong, Liu Fa, Hua Rong and others were surrounding the map, marking the location of the enemy army and each army on it, everyone saw Zheng Fei coming in, and they all immediately straightened up and saluted Zheng Fei,

"Commander-in-chief, early!"

Zheng Fei waved his hand, "Morning, everyone," and then walked quickly to the map to look at it, only to see that only three hours had passed before he went to rest last night, and many of the annotations on the map had changed a lot, Zheng Fei nodded with satisfaction with a sweep of his eyes, because in the center of the various annotations on the map there is an irregular circle drawn with a line, this circle was not completely closed yesterday, and this morning's closure means that the encirclement of the Xia and Liao armies has finally formed!

"Brother Wu, tell me about the latest battle situation!" Zheng Fei kept his eyes off the map and continued to ask,

"Yes," Wu Yong introduced to Zheng Fei while pointing to the map, "Our first and fourth armies have joined up with the Song army and completed the defense line on the western front. ”

"Second, the Sixth Army has also joined up with the Song Army and completed the defensive line on the Northern Front."

"The Third Cavalry Division of the Independent Army has successfully attacked the Liao Army's grain fleet and burned most of the Liao Army's grain and grass."

"The Song army has also successfully attacked the Xia army's grain team, and it is said that it has also successfully burned nearly half of the Xia army's grain and grass."

"I just received news from the Daimyofu in the morning that they have completed the defense line on the southern front. In addition, our eastern border defense line here has actually completed the encirclement of the Xia and Liao armies. ”

"The two armies of Xia and Liao did not stop attacking Linqing, but they had divided their troops to attack Linxi, Zongcheng, Qinghe, and Enzhou respectively, trying to open the gap, and now the five places have been fiercely attacked by them. Our army and the Song army in the five places had great casualties, but they still held on! ”

"According to the latest intelligence, a Xia Liao coalition army of about 40,000 people is rushing towards Xia Jin, and another army of about 70,000 people is killing on the front line of the Daimyofu. It seems that the Xia and Liao armies saw that the western front could not be broken, and they had begun to try to find a breakthrough from the northern and southern fronts. ”

Zheng Fei nodded and continued to ask, "What are the casualties between our army and the Song army?" ”

Wu Yong replied, "The combat effectiveness of the two armies of Xia and Liao exceeded our expectations, and the casualties were very large in various places, it is said that the Song army lost 5,000 people when attacking the Xia army's food team, and I just received the news this morning that Zongcheng was almost lost, because a city gate mainly guarded by the Song army was breached, fortunately, our people made up for it in time, but it was also attacked by many enemy troops, and the defenders in the city have now lost more than forty percent of the casualties!" ”

Zheng Fei continued to ask, "What about the casualties of the Xia and Liao armies?" How long can they be expected to sustain their food? ”

Wu Yong replied, "In three days of fighting, the two armies of Xia and Liao lost about 40,000 people, and the grain and grass are estimated to be able to eat for two days, plus the grain they plundered the people everywhere, it is estimated that it can support about five days." ”

"Is it only 40,000 people......?" Zheng Fei stared at the map and frowned and said to himself,

"What is the Commander worried about?" Wu Yong asked puzzled, "Our army has completed the encirclement of them, and the entire encirclement has a total of about 270,000 people from our fifteen armies, and about 130,000 people from the twenty-five generals of the Song army, with a total strength of more than 500,000 people, which has surpassed them, and we still occupy the advantage of defending the city and abundant food and grass, they can't escape!" ”

Zheng Fei shook his head, "The food and grass of the two armies of Xia Liao are about to run out, and they have fallen into a heavy encirclement, they have no way to retreat now, and they will be desperate soon, if the defense lines everywhere are our people, I will naturally not worry, but there are two defense lines that we and the Song army are composed of, and one defense line is purely composed of the Song army, to be honest, I don't trust the Song army, once they break through from any place, our plan will fail, and at the same time, the Song army does not fully trust us, we still have to fight against the Xia Liao army on the side, On the one hand, beware of the Song army, the combat effectiveness will inevitably be deeply affected, this is one of them. ”

"Second, if they can be besieged here, the two armies of Xia and Liao will inevitably be in chaos without help and food, but this is what I am most worried about, if they are a whole army, they will also be limited by various factors, such as food and grass, flanks, retreat and whether they will fall into an ambush, and the enemy on their backs, etc., they must advance and retreat together and fight together. But if they are defeated on all fronts, these 400,000 people will be scattered all over the place like scattered sand, and then they will no longer have to worry about anything, one or several people will be a team, there are mountains into the mountains, there are rivers to cross the river, they will kill people when they see them, they will rob them when they see food, just like rogues, and it is not easier to catch them than to find a needle in a haystack! ”

"Third, the combat effectiveness and tenacity of the Xia and Liao armies have far exceeded my expectations, according to the current rate, this battle will be fought for at least another ten days, and by then the situation in the Song Kingdom will be clear, and Yao Gu is likely to change!"

"Fourth......," Zheng Fei said in a deep tone, "Don't forget our true purpose, we don't want to destroy them, but ......!" ”

"So, the reality is that we can't put it off any longer! The battle must end as soon as possible! Not only must it end as soon as possible, but it must also be the result we hope to appear! ”

Everyone fell silent, Zheng Fei was right, the situation was not as good as it seemed,

"What can you do?" Zheng Fei raised his head and asked everyone,

"I have!" I saw Hua Rong say, "Since the Song army is not trustworthy, we are also worried that the Xia and Liao armies will be broken into pieces and become rogues, so why not ...... Gather them together and catch them all in one go? ”

Zheng Fei's eyes lit up, "What do you mean?" ”

Hua Rong pointed to the map, "The two armies of Xia and Liao are now like a headless fly, desperately attacking everywhere in a vain attempt to open a passage, why don't we deliberately let go of a gap, let them enter through the gap, concentrate them in one or several places, and then concentrate superior forces to surround them and narrow the encirclement!" The smaller the encirclement, the more concentrated our forces can be! ”

Zheng Fei pondered with his eyebrows, thinking about the pros and cons,

Wu Yong thought for a while and said, "This is indeed a good way, but it's just ...... Isn't that too risky? If we want to gather hundreds of thousands of people together, can we be sure that we will trap them? And will they be fooled? ”

Hua Rong nodded affirmatively, "It's very simple, we can set up two or more gaps, and the enemy army will be divided into two or even more, I have calculated, with our troops, although it is a bit risky to do this, it is not impossible, and then we only need a little more sweetness, for example, if we call a city our food camp, the two armies of Xia Liao, who are already hungry and crazy, will definitely flock in!" And ......,"

Hua Rong said to Zheng Fei, "I have already found out that the two Liao generals I worked with when I was in the Liao State, Yelu Bu Guye and Zeng Mingyi, are also in the Liao army, and I am sure that they will become our entry point!" ”

Zheng Fei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he clapped his hands and smiled, "Okay, just do it, pass on the order, and withdraw all the people in Gaotang and Bozhou in the shortest possible time, and then let the 17th Army and the 22nd Army retreat in foreign uniforms, and give Gaotang and Bozhou to them!" ”

Everyone said in unison, "Yes!" ”

At this time, Zhu Gui walked in from outside the door, he came to Zheng Fei with a piece of paper in his hand and said, "Commander, our people caught a party member disguised as a Han person, and found this thing from him, after interrogating the person to confess, in order to ensure that this thing can be delivered to the Xia Kingdom, he sent at least more than 100 people with the same letter to sneak back to the Xia Kingdom disguised as Han people. ”

Zheng Fei took the piece of paper and looked at it, and after a while, he saw him frowning and saying with a wry smile on his face, "This ...... Is that okay? ”

Wu Yongqi said, "Commander, what happened?" ”

Zheng Fei handed him the paper and said with a smile, "Our cooperation with the Song army made Brother Cha mistakenly think that there was actually a scene between us and the Great Song Dynasty, and we were in the same group with the Great Song Dynasty, he was worried that the Great Song Dynasty had set up an ambush on the border, and asked the Emperor of Xia to not send troops easily." ”

Wu Yong and the others were taken aback, and then they all laughed, Wu Yong's eyes suddenly lit up and said to Zheng Feixi, "Commander, this is a good thing, the emperor of the Xia Kingdom will definitely not dare to send troops, and the northwest will not worry!" ”

Zheng Fei smiled and said to everyone in a strange voice, "Do you say that there are such good 'anti-thieves' as us from ancient times to the present?" We all helped Da Song the hearts that should be and shouldn't be. ”

Everyone laughed,

Zheng Fei said to Zhu Gui, "Find a chance to let that party member go, and create another 'accident' to let him get a pass token or something, let's give him a ride!" ”

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Zheng Fei always pays attention to the changes in the battle situation, Yao Gu is the same, and even he has put in more effort than Zheng Fei, and every day there are all kinds of military information delivered to Yao Gu from all over the battlefield, of course, their speed of transmitting news is much slower than that of the Heavenly Dao Army,

Before dawn on this day, Yao Gu was called up by several urgent military information sent back from the front line, all military information showed that the Xia Liao and Xia Liao armies had stopped attacking Linqing, Xia Jin and other places, not only them, but even the 70,000 Xia Liao coalition troops who had just come to the outer front of the Daimyofu actually turned around and left, and they all galloped away in the same direction from different places! And that direction is the front of the Heavenly Dao Army!

Yao Gu was taken aback, and immediately thought that it was the Xia Liao army that finally broke through the defense line of the Heavenly Dao Army?

Thinking of this, Yao Gu couldn't help but be happy again, if this is the case, it will be good news, let the two armies of Xia Liao fight to the death for the Tiandao army, both defeated, no matter how it is good news for the Great Song Dynasty!

But Yao Gu didn't be happy for long, and soon news came, this time he was a little incomprehensible.

According to the news, the two armies of Xia Liao did successfully capture Gaotang Prefecture and Bozhou City, which were controlled by the Heavenly Dao Army, and it is said that these two places were still the grain camps of the Heavenly Dao Army, but then they were surrounded by more Heavenly Dao Army, and they became turtles in the urn!

Yao Gu looked at the two cities marked with Gaotang and Bozhou on the map, and couldn't help but mutter, "Zheng Linfeng...... What do you want to do? ”