(The situation is grim, all brothers should do a good job of protection and respond to the overall situation.) For the sake of your family and others, take care. ）

The night was noisy, and the ten-mile long post became more hectic and noisy with the arrival of the enemy infantry. Torch bonfires lit up the chilly spring nights. The noise of people and horses made the soldiers and horses of the fallen geese on the hill sleepless all night, and their spirits were highly tense.

After dawn, the combined forces of more than 300,000 Jurchens and Lu Zhongtian had already drained the water around the ten-mile long gang, making the mountain hill truly an isolated island in the sea.

In the cold air of the early morning, Wanyan Agu and Lü Zhongtian had a pre-war meeting in Lü Zhongtian's tent on the north bank of the Bianhe River. Lu Zhongtian arrived in the middle of the night last night, and he was tired and old, so he was very tired at that time. Originally, Wanyan Aguda wanted Lu Zhongtian to meet with him as soon as he arrived to discuss the attack, but Lu Zhongtian rejected Wanyan Aguda's idea because his body couldn't bear it, and rested for a few hours, and then completed the meeting in the early morning.

In the big tent, the fully armored and arrogant Wanyan Agu stood in front of Lu Zhongtian, who was wearing a black robe and was weak. The two men looked like a lion and a docile old goat. However, those who know the inside story, including Wanyan Aguda himself, also understand in their hearts that the heart of this gentle-looking old goat in front of him is actually more ferocious than that of a lion, tiger, leopard and wolf, and it is no less ambitious and courageous than Wanyan Aguda. In the chaos of the fire, stealing the Great Zhou Dynasty, how can such a person be measured by appearance.

"Lord Lu, you have such a big row. I wanted to see you in the middle of the night, but you ruthlessly refused. I had to wait dryly for several hours. Hehe, as if we are the only ones in a hurry about this war, if you really don't want to send troops to fight, just say it. I can withdraw my troops immediately, and we'll break up. Wanyan Aguda faced Lu Zhongtian with a lot of ridicule and accusations.

Lu Zhongtian laughed, his face was well-maintained, cleanly washed, and his beard and hair were neatly combed. On the handsome face, except for the obvious crow's feet at the corners of the eyes, it is absolutely impossible to see that it is the face of an old man in his old age.

"The big leader of Wanyan seems to be really angry, and the old man can't accompany the big leader of Wanyan. The old man is old and old, unbearable to the fatigue of the journey, yesterday after a day of marching, the body is tired, so he has to rest for a few hours, it is also human nature. How can the old man compare with the great leader of Wanyan. The big leader is in the prime of life, has the power to bind the tiger and capture the wolf, and is extremely energetic, so naturally there is no need to rest. The old man's body is unbearable, please forgive me. Moreover, our soldiers and horses had already arrived at the foot of the hill and set up camp, and after hearing that, the leader of Yan sent tens of thousands of cavalry to cut off his rear route, and the rebels had been besieged and could not escape. Why be in such a hurry? It doesn't matter if it's a moment early or a moment later, they're all going to be finished. Yes and no? Lu Zhongtian stroked his beard and said with a smile.

Wanyan Agu snorted loudly and said, "That being said, I'm afraid you don't know how powerful the other party is." The Wild Goose Army has fought against us, and only we know how powerful they are. Before the battle, we must plan carefully to be invincible. Lin Jue is scheming, I don't want to fall short because I take it lightly. This time, you and I will join forces, and I don't want you to work hard and despise your opponents, leading to the defeat of the big war. The most hated thing in my life is defeat, so I came to you to discuss the specific attack. I don't want such a nonchalant response from you. ”

Lu Zhongtian smiled and nodded: "Of course the old man understands the mood of the Great Leader of Wanyan. The old man just needs to rest and rest his body, but he doesn't have the slightest heart to underestimate the enemy. Hehe, don't forget that Lin Jue is from my Great Zhou, before the great leader of Wanyan didn't deal with him, the old man couldn't be more familiar with him, how could the old man not know that this son was scheming, treacherous and cunning? The old man dares to take it lightly with everyone, but he will not despise him. In terms of his attitude towards the enemy, the big leader can rest assured. Since the old man has dispatched all the soldiers and horses he can dispatch, he wants to eradicate this bane in one fell swoop and solve this thorn in your heart. ”

Wanyan Agu nodded and said, "This is the sentence." However, Prime Minister Lu Cheng thinks, how should we attack the Luoyan army? Now that they are cowering on top of the long hill, it looks like they want to use the terrain to fight to the death, and our previous attack plan is probably going to be modified. ”

Lu Zhongtian nodded and said, "What the Great Leader of Wanyan said is very true, and the old man also thinks so. They are going to fight to the death precisely because they understand that this time they will be difficult to resist. If it were any of the troops, we wouldn't need to be so cautious, just storm down. But because it was the soldiers and horses led by Lin Jue, and they were armed with firearms, they couldn't be taken lightly. But this time, the old man thought that Lin Jue was smart but was mistaken by cleverness. He wanted to resist the attack of our army with terrain and firearms, and if we rushed to attack the hills, we would be severely damaged. The power of those firearms, the great leader of Wanyan also knows how powerful. If we force an attack at this moment, it is equivalent to attacking a city from above. Lin Jue must have built a lot of fortifications on the hillsides and in the woods, and the firearms and arrows are condescending, and our casualties are definitely not small. ”

Wanyan Agu frowned and said, "What Lord Lu said is very reasonable. So what do you think we should do? ”

Lu Zhongtian muttered: "The old man has three strategies here, I don't know which one the leader of Wanyan prefers." This is the best policy, we only need to surround them, there is no need to rush to attack, as the so-called army to fight, besiege but not attack, do not fight the soldiers of the people, this is the best policy. You must know that they are stationed on the hill, as far as I know, these ten miles long hill is just a barren hill, and there is no water source. The old man thought that as long as they were trapped for three or five days, their grain and grass would be consumed. Then they will make a mess of themselves. At that time, we don't need to take the initiative to attack at all, they will either surrender or take the initiative to break through the siege and fight a decisive battle, and we don't need to attack on the hill at all. What does the Great Leader of Wanyan think? ”

Wanyan Agu frowned and muttered: "You southerners sometimes say that this kind of behavior of not having the courage to fight hard is too high-sounding. What a fucking soldier who doesn't fight, it's just that he's afraid of death. But...... It seems that what you said is not unreasonable, as you said, if you besiege but not attack and force them to take the initiative to attack or attack again when the army is in turmoil, it will also get twice the result with half the effort. But how do you know that their food and water will last less than three to five days? If they can keep going, won't we just wait here stupidly? Moreover, more than 300,000 of our soldiers and horses are spent here with them, and the materials we consume are four times that of the other party. Maybe you, Lord Lu, can hold it, but my Jurchen army can't hold it anymore. I'm not afraid to show you anything. I have run out of supplies in the north, and now that supplies are running low, the situation will be serious if I don't recuperate sooner. You see, I told you Lord Lu all these words that exposed my life, which shows my frankness and sincerity to you. Unless Master Lu can provide us with the materials, food, and grass we need, then I can spend it here. It's not impossible for us to 'surrender without a fight' together, and it's not impossible to consume the Luoyan army on the hill, and I don't want to fight them with their firearms." ”

Lu Zhongtian frowned tightly, and scolded angrily in his heart. At this time, Wanyan Aguda actually came to rip off the bamboo, which is simply unreasonable. Before, Lu Zhongtian had given a lot of food, materials and manpower to the Jurchens in order to show goodwill, but the Jurchens took things but failed to eliminate the disaster for others, and they were actually defeated by the Luoyan Army, and those things were given for nothing. Now that Wanyan Aguda has come to cry poor again, and wants to supply him with supplies, grain and grass by himself, Lu Zhongtian has to weigh it. Maybe Wanyan Aguda really has the problem of insufficient supply of grain and grass materials, but it will never be as serious as he said. Intelligence shows that Liao is the unjust leader in supplying materials to the Jurchen army, and the supply has been smooth. The Jurchens were also looting for grain and grass in the cities occupied by the Great Zhou North, and they were by no means unable to guarantee the supply of his soldiers and horses. Otherwise he can still fight? The supply of food and grass was insufficient, and he had already withdrawn his troops. He just used this to knock a stroke on his head.

The problem is that Lu Zhongtian himself is already in a difficult situation now. Although the reserves of food and materials in Bianliang City are abundant, the consumption of millions of people is not a small amount of their own hundreds of thousands of troops. Lü Zhongtian had actually issued an order to the local state capital in the name of the Great Zhou court, asking them to supply supplies to the capital. However, in the current situation, most local state officials are pretending to be dead and have no actual action at all. Some of them prevaricated on the grounds of lack of food supply, and some prevaricated on the grounds of war chaos around Gyeonggi, and Lu Zhongtian had no way to take care of them for the time being. It is true that under the current circumstances, these people are in the wait-and-see situation, and their own tricks can be fooled in Bianliang, but in the eyes of the officials in the field, it must be a farce, and they will not easily surrender to themselves, and these are all conceivable. Only when the Luoyan Army is destroyed and the situation is stabilized by themselves, under the coercion of the forbidden army, will these people face the reality.

Because of these reasons, the food supplies in the city are actually very tight. Not long ago, Lu Zhongtian had begun to implement a quota supply system in the city, and had begun to forcibly confiscate the grain stored in the homes of the people, and then supply it according to the quota received by the people every day. Each person can only receive two taels of food a day, which has actually caused a great commotion in the city. This kind of act of snatching food from the mouths of the people is a great blow and damage to the people's hearts, and Lu Zhongtian himself understands this in his heart. But in order to guarantee the supply of the army, he had to do it.

Under such circumstances, now Wanyan Agu Da wants to take out a large amount of grain and grass materials to support hundreds of thousands of Jurchen troops? That's absolutely impossible. The preciousness of food supplies will be exacerbated in the coming months. This year's grain will not mature until June and July, and the most important thing is the grain and materials, and Lu Zhongtian will never waste this precious grain and grass.

Besides, after exterminating Lin Jue's Luoyan Army, he still has to deal with the Jurchen group of tigers and wolves, how can he use precious food and materials to feed this group of tigers and wolves? Do they have enough to eat and drink to fight against themselves?

"The big chief, the old man is also very nervous about the grain and grass in his hands, and the big leader is making such a fuss in the south, which makes the north of my Great Zhou a wolf smoke, and my Bianliang has become a lonely city for a time. There were indeed some reserves in the city at the beginning, but if you think about it, millions of people, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are consumed, even a mountain has to be emptied, right? The waterway is impassable, and the smoke is everywhere, and the southern state capital is unable to reinforce our food supplies. Originally, an agreement was reached between you and me, if the old man could preside over the situation, the situation would settle down, and the matter could be resolved. However, Lin Jue and Guo Kun took the Luoyan Army out of the mountains to make trouble, and Guo Kun also ascended the throne as the emperor. Hey, you can imagine the old man's current situation. The old man had some grain and grass in his hands, but the old man explained that those were kept by the old man to save his life. If the old man can't stabilize the situation in Bianliang, the people of Bianliang will have nothing to eat and rebel, and the old man's old bones will be eaten by them. The great chief wants me to supply you with food and grass, please forgive me for not being able to obey my orders. Lu Zhongtian said slowly.

Wanyan Agu sneered: "Why is Lu Xiang so stingy? If you want the situation to be stable and want to become the master of the Great Zhou, shouldn't you make the capital? The more this time, the more they want to exterminate the Luoyan Army and kill Guo Kun and Lin Jue. In that way, you Lu Xiang can truly become the master of the Great Zhou. Since you and I have formed an alliance, we should be honest and help each other, and at this time you are still playing your little calculations, which is not good. If my Jurchen army retreats, what will you do? What are your chances of winning against the Wild Goose Army alone? Lu Xiang's vision should not be narrow-minded, and he should not lose his big because of the small. ”

Lu Zhongtian stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Great Leader Wanyan, your subordinate Li Guoqiu said such things to the old man in Bianliang before, and now the big leader has also come to threaten the old man with the withdrawal of troops." Hehe, do you really think that the old man agreed to do his best to send troops because he was afraid that he would have no chance of winning against the Luoyan Army alone after you withdrew your troops? This is a bit too shallow. To say something that your big leader doesn't like to hear, your Jurchens going south to invade my Great Zhou is an unrighteous act. The old man cooperated with you, in fact, he has risked the world's condemnation and is despised by the world. When you leave, the old man can tell the world, saying that it is the old man's credit and gathering a wave of people's hearts. It is of great benefit to the old man. With the strength of the big leader, he has not yet been able to break through Bianliang, could it be that the old man will be afraid of Lin Jue's tens of thousands of bandits? How about having firearms? Can firearms penetrate the thick and high walls of my Bianliang City? The old man is not afraid of the wild goose army at all. ”

Wanyan Agu said coldly: "You mean, regret sending troops with our alliance?" Okay, Lao Tzu immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops, come to the mountain and watch the tiger fight, see how capable you are. When you lose both, Lao Tzu will benefit again. ”

Lu Zhongtian shook his head and looked at Wanyan Agu Dao: "Big leader, don't talk angry, you won't retreat." The big boss came with great momentum, originally with great hopes, wanting to get a good result that the big leader dreamed of. However, now the big leader is difficult to ride a tiger, and he has not even captured Bianliang City, with nearly 500,000 soldiers and horses on both sides, and now there are more than 200,000 left, and the loss has been more than half. This time to send troops, the big leader has exhausted the materials and manpower of your Jurchen clan and the Liao State, and it can be said that he has put all the bets on it. But so far, the Grand Boss hasn't won anything. At this time, the retreat of the army was not a waste of work, and he also lost half of the soldiers and horses, and even lost the first reputation of the big chief. The great leader suffered this defeat, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the north in the future. ”

Wanyan Agu shouted angrily: "Fart, Lao Tzu is not defeated." Our army is now withdrawing its troops, at least we will get the two roads in Hebei and the two roads in the west of Beijing to the north. Isn't it a big profit to get this large piece of land in hand? ”

Lu Zhongtian shook his head with a smile and said: "I correct the big leader, the Hebei Two Roads and the Jingxi Two Roads are not yours, at best, they are the land of my Great Zhou that you have occupied." That's encroachment, does the chief understand the difference between the two? The encroachment was not permitted by the Great Zhou, and it was not justifiable, and sooner or later it would have to be taken back. The real possession is that my Great Zhou ceded this large piece of land to you, and recognized that it belonged to your great leader from now on. The difference between the two is so great that the great chief will not fail to understand. You help the old man control Da Zhou, and the old man can cede this large piece of land to you. This is the agreement between you and me. If you withdraw your troops, the old man will not recognize this agreement, then you are encroaching. When the time comes, no matter who is in charge of Da Zhou, he will ask you for it. Only when the old man wins the Great Zhou world, can you truly own the land of the four roads that you occupy. Therefore, to help me is to help you the Great Leader himself, and the covenant between you and me is beneficial to both parties. Don't threaten the old man with the withdrawal of troops. Got it? ”

Wanyan Agu opened his mouth and couldn't speak, Lu Zhongtian Chaotang has been in the hall for so many years, and he has already refined it, and he is experienced in seeing things and people, and he has a deep knack. Although Wanyan Aguda is also a ruthless person, he is too tender to debate with Lu Zhongtian and try to fool Lu Zhongtian. Lu Zhongtian easily pierced his lies, pointed to the point, and was speechless in embarrassment. Indeed, as Lu Zhongtian said, Wanyan Aguda has indeed reached a situation where it is difficult to ride a tiger. He can't retreat at this moment, as long as he retreats, his previous achievements will be wasted, and his reputation will plummet. Even if it is not as serious as Lu Zhongtian said, it will not be able to gain a foothold, but I am afraid that I will not have the opportunity to infect the land of the guide in this life. The shadow and shame that followed him would follow him for the rest of his life. His loyal generals will also be suspicious of him, and after his strength is weakened, the Liao people will definitely not listen to him again. It's going to be a lot of trouble. Therefore, he can only rush forward now, solve the Luoyan Army, and then find an opportunity to solve Lu Zhongtian, then his great cause is still to be done. As soon as it retreated, it vanished.