In the Khitan military camp, Dieli had to drink with several main generals and discuss the war. They were originally the strikers of the Khitan, and they wanted to attack the places where the Song Dynasty had no strong walls and clear fields as quickly as possible. As a result, the military rations were exhausted, and the Song Dynasty in front of them was cleared, so they could only retreat hungry. After Shisanlang and Liu Jian arrived at the Yongjing Army, Yelu Hongji added tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to Dielid and let them defend here.

The fire in the tent was blazing, and a sheep was set up on it, which was already cooked, and the whole tent was filled with the smell of meat. Although the food and grass are difficult, the commander of the tens of thousands of troops is not hungry, and there is wine and meat here.

The soldiers cut the meat, put it on a plate, and brought it to several commanders.

Dieri had to pick up the meat and take a bite, pick up the wine bowl, and take a long sip of wine with his head up. Put down the wine bowl and said, "This evening, the Song army of the Yongjing Army in the south suddenly came north and camped ten miles away from us. Isn't it, the Song army wants to counterattack? ”

Nerugu said: "That's not what we want!" For more than two months in the south, the Song army has been hiding in the city, and the battle cannot be fought. This time, the Song army came, just in time for a big battle! Without the city, how can these Song troops be our opponents! ”

Xie Shi on the side said: "That's right." For hundreds of years, the southerners have relied on the city to fight against our steppe army. Since they are out of the city on their own, let them see how good we are! ”

Dielid shook his head: "I don't think it's that simple. Outside the Qianning Army City in the north, Gu Yin fought for more than half a month, and he still confronted him there? kept reporting how many Song troops were eliminated, but they didn't even touch the Qianning Military City. ”

Nelugu said: "There are less than 150,000 people in Guyin, but the Song army has increased its troops by more than 200,000, where is it so easy?" ”

Dieri had to pick up the bowl and take a sip of wine, but did not speak. He was very skeptical of the figures. More than 200,000 troops? Coupled with the original Song army under the Qianning military city, the Song army had 300,000 there. Where are more than 300,000 troops, playing games like this with Gu Yin? Unlike the others, Dieri had to take 10,000 soldiers as the vanguard, but as a result, the Song army was strong and cleared the wilderness, and was starved back. After suffering hardships, understanding nature is different. If it is really like what others say, the Song army is not good at long field battles and can only defend the city, the Khitan army should not be so uncomfortable.

The tower on the side also suddenly said: "The Song army suddenly came north, could it be, they are going to counterattack?" ”

Nerugu laughed when he heard this: "The Song army is just hiding in the city, counting on the time to consume us. Out of the city to counterattack, more than 400,000 troops of this dynasty are here, 100,000 people, what is the counterattack! ”

Ta Bu also said: "If it weren't for the counterattack, they would have stayed in the Yongjing Army, what did they suddenly do?" According to what I just said, if the Qianning Army did not have more than 200,000 troops, where would the main force of the Song Army go? Cangzhou is a city, and there should not be many soldiers and horses in the city. ”

Xie Shidao: "Cangzhou is so difficult to attack, hundreds of thousands of troops can't do it for dozens of days, how can there be fewer soldiers and horses in the city?" In my opinion, there must be tens of thousands of troops in the city. If not, it would have been breached a long time ago. ”

Ta Bu also said: "Cangzhou City is not big, if there are tens of thousands of troops, where will the grain and grass come from?" I haven't heard of a big granary built in such a city, and for such a long time, there is no outside grain to transport it in, isn't it starved to death a long time ago? ”

Nelugu said: "Even though Cangzhou does not have tens of thousands of troops, the main force of the Song army is also hiding in other cities. The 400,000 army came south, and the Song army did not have a million people, how could they dare to counterattack? If you don't believe it, tomorrow morning I will go to the Song army camp to ask for battle, and I will know by taking a look. ”

Dieri looked at Nerugu and said slowly, "What if the Song army doesn't fight?" They have a lot of artillery, and you can't get close to it just by using it. ”

Nerugu shook his head: "Where is the artillery of the Song army so powerful?" Moreover, artillery is worth a lot of money, and there may not be many of the 100,000 Song troops in front. ”

Dieli said: "Okay, tomorrow you will bring 10,000 soldiers and horses to fight the Song army." What they are going to do, we guess it's useless, we can see a rough idea of what the last battle will be. If it is a counterattack, it will definitely be impatient and fight me in a decisive battle. If it's just a stick, it's not going to be. ”

Nerugu gladly agreed. After staying in Song Realm for so many days, it's really a little annoying. In the past two months, the Song army has only held the city tightly, and has not gone out of the city to attack, which makes the Khitan army feel that life is a little boring.

Early the next morning, Shisanlang came out of the tent, looked at the sun that was about to rise in the east, and stretched. I entered the military academy a few years ago, and I have never been to the battlefield again, and I feel that my whole person is a little stiff. When I returned to the army today, I was in good spirits.

At this moment, a personal soldier came over and said with a crossed hand: "Tai Lieutenant, there are about 10,000 people in the Khitan, and they are coming to us. Taiwei Liu was sitting and waiting in the tent, discussing with Taiwei how to meet the attack. ”

Shisanlang high-fived: "Okay, it's finally here!" ”

After speaking, he took a big step and arrived at Liu Lianshuai's tent on the side.

Liu Jian was anxiously pacing in the tent. Seeing Thirteen Lang coming in, he hurriedly said: "It's just right to visit Malay to report, the Khitan has sent 10,000 soldiers and is coming to us." Needless to say, it's supposed to be attacking us. Taiwei thinks that how should he face the battle? ”

Thirteen Lang said: "We have an army of 100,000, and the Khitan only sent 10,000 people over, is this looking down on us!" Taiwei, according to my estimation, the Khitans are just here to test the truth, and they should not want to fight us to the death. If not, send 10,000 people, they will be funny! ”

Liu Jian said: "It should be so. It's just that how to destroy the Khitan army in front, we haven't decided on a battle plan yet. Now that the Khitans are coming, many things are disrupted. I'm a little unsure about what to do. ”

Thirteen Lang said: "What's so difficult about this? When they arrived, as long as there were as many infantry as they put themselves in formation, they could not advance with artillery. We don't have to rush to attack until the plan is ready. Let them stay here for two days without hindering us. ”

Liu Jian said: "Our 100,000-strong army, if we don't take the initiative to attack, it will inevitably make the Khitan people suspicious." ”

Thirteen Lang smiled and said: "Taiwei, if the 100,000 army suddenly arrives here, of course the Khitans will be suspicious. We don't care what the Khitans think, we just do what they do. The 50,000 troops in front did not retreat, so they made a plan and prepared to destroy them. ”

Liu Jian nodded: "It also makes sense." Okay, so be it. I arranged soldiers and horses to block the Khitans. If 10,000 people come, just send a division, and there is no need to send a large army. ”

Thirteen Lang nodded: "That's the best." Just hold on, and my cavalry won't need to be dispatched. ”

Liu Lian was originally a civilian official, but when he was fighting against the party, he took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Hehuang to contact the people, and he was promoted. Liu Lian's character is warlike and joyful, according to his nature, when the Khitans come, they have the advantage of their own troops, so they will come forward and destroy them in one fell swoop. But if you are too strong, you are afraid that the tens of thousands of Khitans behind you will run away. His own infantry can't catch up with the Khitan cavalry, and the credit goes to Thirteen Lang, so he is naturally unwilling.

According to what Shisanlang said, it is better to send the Khitan people to block it first. When the arrangements are made, the army will come out in a few ways, so that the Khitans will not be able to run.

The 100,000-strong army, divided into several parts, could not actually rely on generals to command in front of the battle, and it was necessary to have a battle plan. How many soldiers and horses can a general command in front of the battle? If there are more than 10,000 people, they can't actually command it, and they must be divided into several military formations. The battle plan must be exhaustive.