Xiongzhou Shuaisi, Du Zhongxiao handed the official document in his hand to Fu Bi and said: "The saint has decided to recruit in person, and we must discuss how to welcome it." ”

Fu Bi was taken aback, hurriedly took the official document, and read it carefully. said to Du Zhongxiao: "Now that Youzhou has fallen, the main Khitan force is surrounded in the Wuqing area, lacking food and clothing, and will perish in a few days." At this time, why did the Holy One personally recruit? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It is convenient to have a railway, and it is a battle that must be won, what's wrong with the personal expedition?" ”

This is what you ask, why did Zhao Zhen pro-recruit at this time? Of course, the battle is going to be won, and Youzhou has also been recovered, so come and take a trip. The results of this battle are too great, and only Du Zhongxiao and Fu Bi can't afford it. Not to mention the old words such as defeating Yanyun as the king, just to destroy the main Khitan force in one battle and shock the whole world, it should not be the two privy envoys who alone get this credit.

Zhao Zhen came at this time, it was useless, the end of the war was already doomed. He came, and the aura of victory this time was mostly draped on the emperor. It is good for boosting the morale of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, for Du Zhongxiao and Fu Bi, the credit is still the credit, and it will not be reduced by half a point. It's just some embarrassing things, such as whether to seal the king or not, how much the reward should be, and it won't be so embarrassing to do.

In addition to some false names and etiquette, the most important thing is to be a king, and there is not much difference in actual power. Du Zhongxiao does not rely on himself to live, nor does he value his false name, and he does not expect to be crowned a king. What's the use of sealing? and not to pass it on to their children. After this war, the most important thing is to be able to be the prime minister and go further in his career. After destroying the Khitan, this official is much easier to do.

After pondering for a while, Fu Bi quickly figured out what was at stake. Said: "The Holy Lord's personal expedition, the matter is not small, do you want to summon all the commanders and envoys to face the army together?" It's just that now they are besieging Yeluhongji, and they are afraid that they will be summoned and something will happen to the front line. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's okay. The Khitan army has been besieged to death, and there is no food and grass, so it is unable to break through. Several of them were in command, and it would not affect the deployment. Not only the commanders of each division, but also the commanders of the divisions. Especially in Ma Huaide's army, the division masters in the army have all been promoted recently, and they have never faced the king. This great victory on the front line and welcoming the saints to the personal expedition is exactly what should be done. ”

Fu Bi nodded: "As long as it doesn't affect the war, it's best." By the way, when the saint comes here, he must go to Youzhou. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "That's nature. Youzhou is an important place in the north and is not comparable to other places. When the saint came, he naturally wanted to go. Zhang Yu's Dragon Guard Army had just assembled in Xiongzhou and had not yet gone to Wuqing, just to escort the saint. After going to Youzhou, go to Wuqing again and annihilate the main Khitan force. ”

Fu Bi couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "It's been a few days since the Khitan army was besieged, so it's not good to wait any longer." Wouldn't it be better to go to Wuqing first, annihilate the Khitans, and then go to Youzhou? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "The Khitan people have no food, wait one more day, and then they will be able to fight." In recent days, more than 10,000 signed troops have surrendered. After surrounding them for a while, it is estimated that more people will surrender. If the Khitan and Xi people do not surrender, those signing troops will not die in vain. ”

Fu Bi nodded: "That's what I said." The Khitan people's grain route has been cut off, and there is no grain to be found in Youzhou. Alas, this war did not expect to end up like this. When the Khitans came, they were violent, but they were defeated when they fought. ”

Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but nod when he heard this. Don't say it's Fubi, it's yourself, and you didn't expect that the gap in combat power between the two armies would be so big. Only the forbidden army on Hebei Road for training faced some difficulties due to the lack of officers and inexperience in the early days. After a few days, it matured quickly. Now Ma Huaide's 100,000 people are also one of the strong troops, and they are not something that the Khitans can face.

At this moment, Zhao Zi came in and said, "I just got the news that another 8,000 troops on the front line have surrendered. According to them, the Khitan barracks were running out of food. The Khitans did not give the army food and grass, no matter whether they lived or died, they could only surrender. ”

Fu Bi said: "In this way, the Khitan army is afraid that it will not be able to support it. Taiwei, if the Holy Lord didn't come, what if Yelu Hongji was lowered? ”

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and shook his head: "That's no way, and it can't be surrendered." This battle cannot be ended until the Holy One arrives. Even if all of Yeluhongki's subordinates surrendered, they would leave him there and wait for the Holy Lord's fate. ”

Zhao Zi smiled when he heard this: "At this time, I'm afraid that the Khitans on the front line have little hope." The army was surrounded, there was no food and grass, and they could not see a way out at all. I heard that what Yelu Hongji is telling his subordinates now is that reinforcements will arrive in Zhongjing Province soon. But in Youzhou, Liu Ji is very well guarded, where are there any Zhongjing Road reinforcements? Yelu Hongji's big words are just bluffing. ”

Fu Bi said: "Is there any way?" Did he tell his subordinates that there was a dead end? Tell the surrounding armies to make careful arrangements and not to make any mess at this time. The day after tomorrow will come, and we are ready to welcome it. ”

Outside the city of Wuqing, Yelu Hongji's big tent. Yelu Xiantong came in and saluted: "Your Majesty, there are 8,000 signed troops, and they are not strictly guarded for a while, so they have been thrown into the Song army." There is a shortage of food and grass in the army, and it is inevitable that people will be panicked. ”

Yelu Hongji waved his hand: "Those signing troops are useless, and now they are just wasting food." The situation is so difficult that from tomorrow onwards, the grain and grass for the signing army will be stopped. Let them fend for themselves, and leave it alone. ”

Yelu Xiantong hesitated a little: "If these signing troops vote for the Song army, it will be a trouble after all." It is useless in the battle array, but it is still useful to transport grain. The Song army had an army of five or six hundred thousand in this area, and it was not easy to supply grain and grass. There are many signed troops who have been cast, but they are afraid that the Song army will use them to transport grain. ”

Yelu Hongji listened, was silent for a while, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said coldly: "Then tell Yelu Yixin to kill all the signing troops!" ”

Yelu Xiantong was startled and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Weichen didn't mean that. They don't have much food to eat, so they can cut the grain in half, so that they don't flee to the Song people. Now that the war is unfavorable, if you kill your own soldiers—"

"What own soldiers? These Han and Bohai people, as soon as the Song army came, they went to the enemy and killed them cleanly! "The base of Jeluhom sinks like water." Now everything is difficult, and we can only try to ensure that the army is fed. The situation has changed, and he has to get out of the encirclement. ”

Yelu Xiantong had to talk about it again, and Yelu Hongji waved his hand and asked him to go out.

Out of the handsome tent, Yelu Xiantong sighed. Although the signing army was recruited from the nearby state army, the Khitan army did not regard them as their own. Ordered to kill, really got to do it. Now that they are surrounded on all sides and have no reinforcements from outside, what will be the consequences if they kill their own signing army?

Yelu Xiantong didn't dare to think about it. Looking up at the sky, I saw that the sun was bleak. The wind was not strong, but it was cold. Looking at the soldiers next to him, they all looked listless. Not far away, several soldiers were killing horses, and the air was filled with a faint smell of blood.

For nomads, horses are supposed to be their companions and are usually taken care of. But now that the war has been fought, the grain road has been cut off, and horses have begun to become food. At first, people ate dead horses, and then they killed thin or sick horses. In a few days, probably all the horses in the army will become military food. After killing the horse, how to fight the Song people? Who cares, you have to live first.

Zhang Qi had already occupied Pingzhou, leaving 5,000 men to defend it, and the army returned to Wuqing. Now to the north of Wuqing, there are four armies of Jia Kui, Hantai, Dou Shunqing and Liu Jianji, plus Zhang Qi's 45,000 men and 250,000 troops. To the south are 100,000 people from Shisanlang and Liu Lian, plus 100,000 people from Ma Huaide, and 200,000 people. A total of 450,000 troops surrounded the Khitans.

These days, the Khitans continue to break through. After countless attempts, it finally became clear that all of their armies could not break through the defenses of any of them. All the roads around have been blocked.

The so-called twilight road is poor, and the Khitan army has reached the end of the road. Hundreds of thousands of people, all waiting for the Song army to launch an attack and put an end to all this.

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