Li Yuanhao sat in the carriage, looking at a book of soldiers in his hand, he is proficient in Chinese, and he also knows Tibetan, he usually likes to read books on the military the most, especially after he is disabled, he can't let go of the book, even if there is a special box for storing books in the car, it is also convenient for him to read books when he is in a hurry.

But now Li Yuanhao is flipping through the books in his hands, but in fact, his mind is not on the books, but considering the current predicament, this year, the Great Song cavalry has continued to harass his only remaining territory, resulting in heavy losses to the large and small tribes attached to him, many tribes do not even dare to go south to graze horses, can only move to the north, and further north is the territory controlled by the Liao State, in other words, after these tribes enter the territory of the Liao State, they will no longer belong to him.

It is also in this situation that the tribes controlled by Li Yuanhao continue to lose, and the monthly offerings received are getting less and less, fortunately, the 20,000 main forces under his command are all henchmen under his control, and they have not been greatly affected for the time being, but as the materials handed over by the tribes are getting less and less, it is becoming more and more difficult for him to feed these 20,000 people.

To make matters worse, winter is approaching, but he has not yet stored enough food in his hands, and in the cold winter, no food means death, unless he gives up some of his subordinates' lives and concentrates food on the rest, which is likely to cause civil unrest.

"What a tired enemy's plan, such a vicious strategy should be from your hands again!" Li Yuanhao stroked the telescope in his arms at this time and whispered to himself, the telescope was captured by him from a Song army general who died in battle, and he also knew that the telescope was from Li Zhang's hand, so sometimes he also regarded the telescope as a symbol of Li Zhang, and even sometimes talked to himself to the telescope.

Since being crippled by Li Zhang, Li Yuanhao wants revenge all the time, so he has also been investigating Li Zhang, but the more he investigates, the more shocked he becomes, because he found that many changes in the Great Song Dynasty are inseparable from Li Zhang, such as firearms, cotton cloth, etc., which are all made by Li Zhang.

In fact, Li Yuanhao also thought that if he could catch Li Zhang one day, if the other party was willing to take refuge in himself and contribute to the party, he might not be able to bear to kill Li Zhang.

However, with the fall of Xiping Mansion, even his hometown Xingzhou was captured by the Song army, which made Li Yuanhao completely understand, if there is anyone in this world who must die by himself, it must be the Li Zhang who is far away in Tokyo City, which makes him sometimes wonder, what did he do to make this Li Zhang hate himself so much?

However, the above question may never have an answer, because it is impossible for Li Yuanhao to see Li Zhang, and after losing his lair, the strength he has mastered is also weakening day by day, and now it is even the moment of life and death.

Thinking of the above, Li Yuanhao's heart became heavier and heavier, and at the same time, his hatred for Li Zhang became stronger, if he still had the heart to cherish his talents and wanted to let Li Zhang use it for himself, but now he only needs to kill Li Zhang to take revenge, even if he fights for his own life, he will not hesitate.

"Things haven't reached the worst yet, as long as we can prove the value of our party in this battle, the Liao side should give some assistance, as long as we can survive this half, there will be a chance to breathe, and it's not too late to make plans then!" At this time, Li Yuanhao whispered to himself again.

The reason why Li Yuanhao gave up the golden season of autumn to give fat to livestock this time and attacked White Horse City with a large army was because his losses were too great, no matter how hard he tried, it was impossible for cattle and sheep to expand to the point where they could feed so many people under him in such a short time, so he had to find food, and the easiest way was to rob it, White Horse City was used as a bridgehead for the Song army to attack him, and a large amount of grain was stored in the city, as long as he could take down here, then they would not have to worry about eating and drinking this winter.

And in addition to the above reasons, there is another reason that Li Yuanhao wants to prove his strength to the Liao State, and when he thinks of the Liao State, Li Yuanhao's face full of scars can't help but show an expression full of humiliation.

In fact, Li Yuanhao personally went to see the Liao country's guard on the border a month ago, and it is said that the other party is still the cousin of the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao State, but this Xiao general is very arrogant, and he looks down on their party members at all, and he is also extremely humiliated to Li Yuanhao.

Originally, when Li Yuanhao thought that he would get nothing this time, he didn't expect that there were still some far-sighted people in the Liao State, and they felt that the Song State had been a little aggressive recently, which made them feel threatened, so they persuaded that General Xiao to support Li Yuanhao, and finally General Xiao finally nodded, but gave one condition, that is, let Li Yuanhao prove that they have the strength to be supported.

In this case, Li Yuanhao can only take the initiative to send troops, otherwise he will not get food, and secondly, he will not get the support of the Liao State, which will be fatal to him now, so it is logical to send troops this time, and even he did not encounter much resistance, because now the party also understands the predicament faced by the entire tribe, if you don't want to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, then you can only fight against the water.

However, Li Yuanhao did not lose his mind because of the current situation, in fact, he was not optimistic about this dispatch, because he was the strongest before, and he also occupied a big city like Xingzhou, but he was still not the opponent of the Song army, and now he only has only 20,000 troops in his hands, and the materials are also very scarce, even if the Song army on the side of White Horse City has few soldiers, but the Song army has always been known for being good at defending the city, so the other party is likely to delay the arrival of reinforcements.

It is precisely because he knows this, so Li Yuanhao has no intention of attacking White Horse City at all, the six thousand cavalry in front of him is just a chess piece he sent to cover people's ears, his real target is actually the Sand Stone City a hundred miles away on the west side of White Horse City, Sand Stone City is a small city, and there are not many Song troops in it, as long as he can take down here, it is enough to prove his strength to the Liao State.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanhao couldn't help but smile calmly, I'm afraid that Song Jun would never have dreamed that he would divide his troops into two ways, there should be no preparations on the side of Shashi City, and after he defeated Shashi City, he would wave his troops to Baima City, if he could fight, he would fight, and if he couldn't, he would retreat, and then ask Liao for assistance.

However, when he thought of the short-sighted General Xiao of the Liao State, Li Yuanhao couldn't help frowning, what he was most worried about now was that this General Xiao would regret it, in case the other party did not admit it, it would definitely be a fatal blow to the party.