After Han Derang received the military order, he quickly withdrew from Yuguan and rushed to Jizhou.

In Yuguan, Shi Shouxin, who had been trapped for more than two months, finally broke through.

After he waited until Han Derang left, he led the only remaining 150,000 soldiers and horses all the way down to Zhending Mansion.

ignored Yang Qi's plan to sneak attack Han Derang's rear army.

After Han Derang's men and horses arrived in Jizhou, they teamed up with Xiao Tzu Rin's soldiers and horses to launch a fierce attack on Jizhou City.

Yang Er in Jizhou City seemed to have expected this situation a long time ago, and he made arrangements early to build Jizhou City like an iron bucket.

Han Derang and Xiao Tzu Rin, two departments of hundreds of thousands of horses, fought fiercely outside Jizhou City for ten days.

The city walls of Jizhou City were beaten into a sieve, and the Yangzi banner erected on the city walls of Jizhou City, they still couldn't shake half a point.

Yelu Huge, who learned about the battle situation in Jizhou City, directly ordered Han Derang to lead his soldiers and horses to Youzhou City to help.

In an instant, nearly half of the elite soldiers of the Liao State gathered in Youzhou City.

Yelu Hugo immediately anxious about the deliberations of the generals under his command.

The City Lord's Mansion of Youzhou City.

Empress Dowager Xiao and Little Emperor Yelu Longxu sat worriedly at the top.

Yelu Hugo stood in the first place on the left hand, Han Derang stood in the first place on the right hand, and the group beat their chests with one hand, and after giving a salute.

In the childish voice of the little emperor Yelu Longxu, they all sat down.

Empress Dowager Xiao glanced at the faces of Yelu Huge and Han Derang, and said softly: "Two Qing families, now that nearly half of my soldiers and horses in Daliao are here, what should be the next war?" ”

Yelu Xiuge said coldly: "Yang Yansi set up a bureau and set up troops and horses in Zhao City Wall, Youzhou City, Jizhou, and Danzhou, and launched a posture of encircling our army.

Therefore, this king decided to gather half of my soldiers and horses in Daliao here, and prepare to fight Yang Yansi head-on.

As long as Yang Yansi is defeated in one fell swoop, the enemy soldiers on the other three sides will be self-defeating. ”

Han Derang nodded and agreed: "The old minister agrees with the opinion of greater than Yue, and now the sixteen states of Yanyun in my Great Liao have suffered military disasters that have been rare for decades, and they are all the disasters of Yang Yanhe.

Yang Yansi is the head of the thieves again, as long as we defeat Yang Yansi in one fell swoop and kill him.

The rest of the thieves have nothing to fear.

At that time, we will not only be able to recover the lost state capital, but also take back the four northwestern prefectures under the rule of Yang Yansi.

The wealth of the four northwestern provinces under Yang Yansi's rule is enough to make up for the losses of our Great Liao in this battle. ”

The two important ministers that Empress Dowager Xiao relied on the most were both talking, and Empress Dowager Xiao nodded convincingly.

In the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, there was only the commander of the army, with a bitter face.

Empress Dowager Xiao glanced at it, and inadvertently saw the bitter gourd face of the commander of the army, she frowned and said: "Muro, this palace sees that your face is full of reluctance, do you have any objections to the proposal of the Yue and Han Qing families?" ”

Seeing that Yelu Hugo and Han Derang glanced over with two pairs of tiger eyes, the commander of the army, Mu Luo, stood up, beat his chest with one hand, and said with a bitter face: "How dare the minister have any objections, but the minister has a question, and he wants to ask Lord Yue and Han." ”

"Humph......"

Han Derang snorted coldly and didn't overdo it.

Yelu Hugo narrowed his eyes and stared at the envoy of the unified army, and pretended to be careless: "You ask......"

The commander of the army, Murara, could not afford to offend these two, and seeing that they were both displeased, he hurriedly made amends again.

Then he said with a bitter face: "I don't know how long it will take for Yue to defeat Yang Yansi?" ”

Brother Yelu was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously frowned.

He didn't understand why the commander of the army, as a man from a military background, could ask such a stupid question.

"Humph......"

Han Derang snorted disdainfully: "Muro, are you used to being pampered in the capital city, and you have forgotten the truth that the battlefield is impermanent and ever-changing?" ”

The envoy of the unified army, Mu Luo, said pitifully: "The subordinate has naturally not forgotten this matter......

Muroro glanced at everyone and said helplessly, "Maybe everyone thinks I asked a stupid question." But many of you don't know that it is this stupid thing that can affect the success or failure of this battle. ”

A sharp glint flashed in Yelu Huge's eyes, and he said coldly, "What do you mean by this? Those who shake the hearts of the army before the war should be punished! ”

Mu Luo laughed miserably: "The lower official did not mean to shake the heart of the army. It's just that the generals have been busy with the war, but has anyone ever cared about the grain and grass? This time, my Daliao sent hundreds of thousands of troops, and hundreds of thousands of troops were added before and after, adding up to millions of soldiers and horses in the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Our army fought a fierce battle for half a year before the Song army, and now it has been fighting with Yang Yansi for more than a month.

The grain and grass we brought with us, as well as the grain and grass captured from the Song army, have not been consumed much.

Now, the soldiers and horses under the command of Yang Yansi have occupied Danzhou, where our army transports supplies, and cut off the transportation line for our rear army to supply grain and grass.

We don't have so much grain and grass to support us to fight with Yang Yansi. ”

The Limang in Yelu Huge's eyes flashed away, and after listening to Mu Luo's explanation, he realized that what Mu Luo said just now was not a stupid thing, but he was wholeheartedly thinking about Da Liao.

Han Derang also realized that he was wrong to blame Muro, and subconsciously didn't overdo it.

Yelu Hugo pondered for a moment and asked in a low voice, "How many days can the grain and grass of our army supply the soldiers and horses under his command?" ”

Murora said with a bitter face: "Less than seven days......"

Yelu Hugo narrowed his eyes and ordered: "From tomorrow, the rations of all soldiers and horses will be halved, and it should last a few more days." Send people to go back to collect grain along the line of Jizhou and Yuguan. Make sure you have enough food and grass for my army for a month. ”

Mu Luo's face became even more bitter, and he said sadly: "Bigger than Yue, there is no food in the Liao land of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. The army has been fighting abroad for almost eight months.

We have repeatedly requisitioned grain, and we have searched all the grain and grass on the Liao soil near the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

Those people who had lost their food had become mobs and rushed into the hinterland of Daliao.

Farther afield, officials were killed, and with the onslaught of mobs, there was no food to collect.

Now, in my Daliao territory, I am afraid that only by going to the capital can we have enough grain and grass to support our army to continue to fight for more than a month. ”

Speaking of which, Muro took a deep breath and threw out a bombshell.

"Look, it's about to be winter......"

Muroro only said the words 'It's winter', and everyone present understood the meaning of Muro's words.

For the people of the Great Song Dynasty, the beginning of winter means that it will snow.

Northerners are looking forward to how much snow will fall.

Southerners even go to the north in winter in order to chase the snow.

Although there are occasional snow disasters, they rarely cause major disasters.

However, for the Liao people living further north, the onset of winter represents the arrival of disaster.

Heavy snow several feet thick will close mountains and roads.

When the Liao people arrived in winter, they could only nest at home obediently.

Cattle and sheep will freeze to death a lot in winter, and many old and weak women and children may not be able to survive the winter.

Although Yelu Hugo and other aristocratic classes do not need to worry about starving to death and freezing to death in winter.

But in the current situation of lack of grain and grass, in winter, it means that the soldiers and horses in Youzhou City, don't want to get a grain of grain support from Shangjing City.

For a moment, everyone present seemed to be silent.

Fight to the death with Yang Qi?

And Yang Qi to consume?

The problem is that they have that power, but they don't have that confidence.

A discussion ended unhappily in the end.

After leaving the city lord's mansion, all the generals of the Liao State subconsciously began to organize people to hoard grain as much as possible.

However, there was Yang Qi outside the city, and they could only search for the people of Youzhou City inside the city.

Han Derang watched with one eye open and one eye closed as they looted the people in Youzhou City.

After searching Youzhou City, the food I got was only a drop in the bucket.

The biggest landlord in Youzhou City is Han Derang, and Han Derang has lived in Shangjing for a long time, so the grain storage in previous years and so on are basically transported to Shangjing, and there is not much grain in Youzhou City.

Previously, after Yang Qi helped the Great Song Dynasty break through Youzhou City, Cao Bin searched the Han family's family.

So there is nothing left for the Liao army.

The few times of the biggest harvest, there were still Liao army soldiers who risked great disapproval, stormed the temple, grabbed grain in columns, and looted a large amount of grain from the temple.

However, even so, compared with hundreds of thousands of Liao troops, it is still a drop in the bucket.

As the saying goes, a house leak coincides with overnight rain.

Yelu Hugo acquiesced to the time when his soldiers were searching for food in Youzhou City.

Yelu Xianzhen, who was far away in Yanzhou, and Xiao Tzu Rin in Jizhou, came to write one after another, telling Yelu Xiu Ge that the grain and grass were in short supply, and asked Yelu Xiu Ge to send someone to send grain and grass over.

"Bang~"

Jeruxiugo threw the letters of the two men to the ground with great difficulty, and after a while, he ordered them to be picked up.

"Convene the generals."

The generals of the Liao Kingdom in Youzhou City gathered again in the City Lord's Mansion.

Yelu Hugo unceremoniously threw the letter from Xiao Tzu Rin and Yelu Xian to them, "You all have a look......

After reading it, the generals were all stunned.

Yelu Xiuge frowned tightly and said in a deep voice: "Tell me, what should you do now?" ”

Look at me, people, and I'll look at you.

After a while, someone whispered: "In the opinion of the following officials, we seem to have no choice but to withdraw from the army." ”

Many people agreed with him, but no one agreed.

Yelu Hugo's eyes widened and he roared angrily, "Retreat? After months of fierce fighting, the end result is a withdrawal of troops? If this is the case, this king would have retired a long time ago, so why wait until now?

Moreover, we and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are sitting in Youzhou City, if we give up the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to Yang Yansi, what face will we have in the future? ”

The general who spoke was stunned, stunned, and couldn't say a word.

"That'...... What about peace talks? ”

Someone whispered a proposal.

Yelu Hugo was even more annoyed when he heard this, "Peace talks? Yang Yansi named the sixteen states of Yanyun, unless my Da Liao was willing to cede the sixteen states of Yanyun, and he would not negotiate with him. What is the difference between this and retiring from the army? ”

The Liao generals who had this intention in mind subconsciously shrank their necks.

Han Derang, who had been silent on the side, raised his eyebrows and said, "Greater than Yue...... The old man felt that what he said was reasonable. ”

Brother Yelu Xiu frowned and wondered, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Han Derang is by no means a person without purpose.

Since he speaks, he must have a plan.

And it's a different plan from others.

That's why Jeruxiu asked.

Han Derang said quietly: "Now that our army's food and grass are scarce, even if we win the battle with Yang Yansi, we won't be able to bargain much." Yang Yanhe's troops outside the city, less than 100,000 soldiers, defeated them, and the captured grain and grass at most allowed our army to respond to emergencies, but it could not solve the fundamental problem.

Even if we take the opportunity to wave our troops south and invade the Great Song Dynasty to plunder, it will be difficult to loot more grain.

The old man thought that it was better to pretend to negotiate peace with him, and then secretly send people to attack Danzhou and the city wall of the ancient Zhao Kingdom, and take back Danzhou, we would be equivalent to opening up the road to the rear.

At that time, we will be in control of the advance and retreat, and Yang Yansi will be helpless against us.

Occupying the walls of the ancient Zhao Kingdom, we can take the opportunity to invade the state capitals of Yun, Ying, Wei, and Huan.

The old man heard that in order to appease the people in these places, Yang Qi sent them a lot of food.

As long as we plunder them, we can easily obtain a lot of food, which will be enough to support our army to fight against Yang Yansi at that time. ”

Han De made this say atmospheric, and even had some braggadocio elements.

For example, the grain and grass in Yang Qi's hands are their emergency use.

If they are really sure to overturn Yang Qi at once, then they can still ink here.

He had already waved his troops out, overturned Yang Qi, robbed Yang Qi's grain and grass, and carried Yang Qi's head to praise his achievements.

The deterrent effect of artillery on them is huge, even if they now have as many as six times more soldiers and horses than Yang Qi, they still don't have the confidence that they can win Yang Qi in a battle.

This is also the key to why, after the commander of the army, Mu Luo, said that the grain and grass were scarce, they tacitly agreed not to mention the matter of attacking Yang Qi.

It was precisely because they were not sure that they would overturn Yang Qi in a war, and there was no extra grain and grass to support them to spend with Yang Qi, so they could only think of other ways.

Han Derang's suggestion, at present, can be regarded as a highly feasible proposal.

After thinking about it carefully, Yelu Xiuge went to the Empress Dowager Xiao to discuss the matter.

Although in the army, Yelu Hugo monopolizes power, but when it comes to peace talks, it is a political matter, and it requires the nod and cooperation of Empress Dowager Xiao.

Empress Dowager Xiao is now also the master of the six gods, and when she learned about this plan to negotiate peace openly and secretly attack, she immediately nodded and agreed.

Empress Dowager Xiao, Yelu Huge, and Han Derang, all three of them passed the proposal.

Then Jeruxiu immediately began to arrange.

And Yang Yanhui, who escaped his life in Luofengpo, once again became an envoy to Yang Qiying's peace talks.

Outside the city of Youzhou.

The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.

Yang Qi, Yang Wu, Peng Pai and others were eating hot pot together, a pot of bone broth, which was filled with tender mutton slices and beef slices.

Other than that, there is nothing else.

Cattle were forbidden to be slaughtered in the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, beef is a rarity in the Great Song Dynasty, even rarer than venison.

Obviously, this law can't control the head of this wave of people in the tent.

In this war, a lot of cattle and sheep were seized from the Liao people, and Yang Qi can be said to have slaughtered dozens of heads a day.

If it weren't for the difficulty of shabu-shabu, Yang Qi would even have the idea of letting his soldiers make shabu-shabu together.

A few people sat around and were eating and sweating.

I saw a scarecrow, hurriedly entered the big tent of the Chinese army, bowed down and said, "Young master, the Liao people opened the city gate and sent a messenger to the Yuanmen. ”

"Emissary?"

Yang Qi was stunned, put down his chopsticks, groped for a layer of short whiskers that appeared on his chin, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Liao people are going to negotiate peace?" ”

Yang Wu raised his head and glanced at Yang Qi, sighed helplessly, and continued to eat with his head down.

Peng Paile raised his head, gave Yang Qi a thumbs up, and exclaimed: "The young master is really like a god!" ”

Yang Qi glanced at Peng Pai and said, "Send people to Jizhou, Danzhou, the city wall of the ancient Zhao Kingdom, and Confucianism to give orders, so that they can strictly guard against it, and they must not let a grain of grain flow into the hands of the Liao people."

At the same time, he told Yang Yanping to quickly divide his troops into three routes, send them all the way to Yang Yanzhao's department, cooperate with Yang Yanzhao, and compress the survival circle of the Liao people.

The other way was sent to Danzhou, with Yang Yanguang's department, to the south to the junction of Shunzhou and Danzhou, blocking the Liao people in the mountain pass, and they must not be allowed to enter the mountain.

The last soldiers and horses stayed at Gubeikou, and by the way, the artillery of Yang Yanguang's department was transferred over to guard Gubeikou. ”

After giving the order, Yang Qi stood up and said arrogantly: "Finally, when the Liao people run out of ammunition and food, it is time for us to counterattack." ”

Everything about the Liao people failed to hide from Yang Qi's eyes.

Jeruhuko was completely unaware of this.

And how did Yang Qi clearly understand the problem of grain and grass in the Liao army?