[I'm really sorry, Lao Gao remembered the wrong day, thinking that today on the 27th, he missed a chapter in the morning, and today he will compensate for three chapters! ] 】

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Li Yanqing led the army into the city, and at this time, Gao Zhong led more than a dozen surrendered Han soldiers to step forward and said: "Qiyu Dushuai, before the Jin soldiers retreated, they sent people to burn the forage storehouse, these dozen people are the soldiers guarding the forage storehouse, they killed two Jin soldiers who came to burn the storehouse, so as to keep the forage storehouse, and also save the entire warehouse city!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded approvingly: "Each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and they will be replaced with Song Army armor!" ”

More than a dozen soldiers kowtowed and thanked them, and their own soldiers led them down, and Li Yanqing asked Gao Zhong again, "How much grain and grass is there?" ”

"I asked the other party and said that there were 300,000 stone of military rations, 500,000 quintals of forage, as well as armor and various military supplies."

Li Yanqing nodded, 300,000 stone of military food alone was enough to support the Northern Expedition of 100,000 troops.

Not long after, Cao Meng sent people to bring news that more than 1,000 Jin soldiers had been completely annihilated, and the Song army had only injured dozens of people, and none of them had been killed.

Li Yanqing then ordered the army to rest for two days, and commanded Gong Zuwen to lead 10,000 troops to defend Xuzhou, while he led 90,000 troops to continue northward and march in the direction of Jeju.

However, Li Yanqing did not directly intervene in the war with the Qi army, so it had nothing to do with him, it was the battle of the five major capitals, and the five major capitals had more than 200,000 troops against the 80,000 Qi army, at least at this stage, Li Yanqing thought that he didn't need to take action for the time being.

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Although the strong winds and waves off the coast of southern Shandong forced Wang Gui to land in Haizhou ahead of schedule, the other army escaped the strong winds and waves because it had set out a few days early and continued to drive towards the entrance of the Yellow River.

This army consisted of fifty warships, including 10,000 sailors led by Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiaoer, and 20,000 elite soldiers led by Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing, who came to the aid of the Daimyo.

Two days later, the warship docked in Gaotang County, where the wharf had been burned by the Song army, Zhang Shun had to have people build a temporary wharf, Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing led 20,000 Song troops to land, each carrying seven days' dry rations, and marched quickly in the direction of the famous city.

At this time, the battle for the attack and defense of the Daimyo Castle had entered the fifth day.

Gao Qingyi launched five large-scale attacks successively, all of which ended in failure, but although Gao Qingyi sent a large number of troops, it was not like Wan Yan Xian also requested, taking the famous city at all costs, his attack was very controlled, as long as the soldiers were slightly expanded, he immediately ordered the troops to be collected, so each attack only lasted more than an hour before it ended.

But even so, Gao Qingyi's army also paid 12,000 heavy casualties in just five days, and this was the case that the Song army did not use the earth-shaking thunder.

The casualties are so large, but the harvest is very small, there are many reasons, on the one hand, the army of Gaoqing descendants does not have heavy siege weapons, the heavy siege weapons used in Hebei were all taken to Hedong to attack Taiyuan, there are only more than 1,000 siege ladders left in the warehouses in Hebei, these siege ladders constitute the main force of Gaoqing's attack, and it is natural that they will encounter the heavy blow of the powerful arrow array and rolling wood and stone of the Song army.

On the other hand, Gao Qingyi was unwilling to fight for Wan Yan Xian, but in the end, Wan Yan Xian also easily picked peaches, so he had reservations in his attack, and basically stopped at a shallow level, so how could the siege pose a real threat to the defenders.

Yan Qing discovered this secret on the first day, so he ordered not to use earth-shaking thunder for the time being, and only defended the city with bows and arrows, fire oil and rolling wood and stones, and after five days, the Song army also suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, basically all of them were arrow wounds.

Five days later, Gao Qingyi's army gradually became tired and stopped the siege, and the remaining 38,000 troops were stationed outside the northern and western cities, because the west side of the Daimyo Castle was the Yongjiqu wharf, and a large number of ships were transporting supplies and wounded soldiers back and forth, and the army needed to protect the safety of the shipping routes.

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As night fell, Yan Qing stood on the head of the city and looked at the camp of the Ji army in the distance, the fierce battle for five days made him a little worried, Gao Qingyi's army obviously did not want to attack the city, but they refused to retreat, which shows that there will be a real siege army soon, as the commander said, the real test is in the Jin soldiers to attack the city.

Yan Qing is not afraid of the Jin soldiers, but he is a little worried, his own strength is insufficient, the 10,000 main force has already suffered 2,000 casualties, this is still not caused by the full attack of the city, if the Jin soldiers attack the city with all their might, the casualties of their main force will increase, and the army converted from prisoners of war, the combat effectiveness is still not good, Yan Qing is afraid that once the casualties are too large, the famous city may not be able to be saved, so wouldn't it delay the entire overall situation of the capital commander?

While he was pondering, a soldier rushed to report, "General Qiqi, a brother has come down from Dongcheng, saying that General Niu Gao sent him." ”

Yan Qing's spirits perked up, he only received a letter from Du Shuai Pigeon a few days ago, saying that he would send Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing to lead the army to support him, he was still worried that he would not come, but he didn't expect to arrive so soon.

Yan Qing hurriedly asked, "Where are the people?" ”

"I've climbed the soft ladder to the city."

"Bring him to me!"

In a moment, the soldiers brought a thin and clever young man, he was not wearing a military uniform, he looked like a local peasant, the young man knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Humble scout general Li Zhen, see Dutong!" ”

Yan Qing was the commander of the scout battalion, of course he remembered this subordinate, but the stakes were very high, Yan Qing didn't dare to be careless, and asked, "Where is the token?" ”

The young scout said in a deep voice: "Tang Yin is a great victory! ”

Yan Qing suddenly laughed, this sentence is the password that Du Shuai left for him in the pigeon letter, that's right.

Yan Qing hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile: "General Li, please get up quickly, thank you for your hard work." ”

He asked two stools to be sent and asked the young scout to sit down, and Yan Qing asked again, "Is there a dense patrol outside?" ”

The young scout nodded, "It's not too dense, so the lowly position can be mixed up, if there are more people, it will be discovered, there are enemy patrols ten miles away, General Niu Gao is also worried about this, so he let the lowly rank mix in first and contact the capital." ”

Yan Qing asked again, "Where is General Niu now?" How many troops are there? ”

"General Huiyu, this time a total of 30,000 troops went north by boat, General Zhang Shun and General Ruan led 10,000 troops to block the Yellow River, General Niu and General Yang led 20,000 troops to support Daming City, and now they are in Yangshe Town, thirty miles away."

Yan Qing paced a few steps, turned back to the soldiers, and said: "You go back and tell General Niu that there are hundreds of transport ships of the Ji army on the Yongji Canal, I think it is a big threat, the main force of the Jin soldiers can take these boats to cross the Yellow River, please General Niu must send someone to destroy these transport ships." ”

"I understand the humble position, and General Niu wants to make an appointment with the general to enter the city."

Yan Qing thought for a while, "It's only time now, thirty miles is not far, in order to prevent long nights and dreams, we have made an appointment to enter the city at five o'clock tonight, you come from the south city, I will cover your entry into the city." ”

"I'll go back and report on my humble duties!"

Yan Qing asked him to change into a Ji army uniform, and the scout said goodbye and left in a hurry.

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In less than one watch, the scout general named Li Zhen returned to Yang Shezhen, who was fifty miles away, saw Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing, told Yan Qing about the agreed time, and talked about the ship.

Yang Zaixing said to Niu Gao: "According to my experience in dealing with the Tangut people, the Tangut people can use rafts to carry cavalry across the river, and it is estimated that the Jin soldiers will also, so destroying the ships is only one aspect, and the more important thing is to keep an eye on the main force of the Jin soldiers. ”

"You have a point, you really have to watch out for the raft of the golden soldiers."

Niu Gao said to Li Zhen: "General Li may shoulder this task?" ”

"I am willing to do my best to complete the task!"

Niu Gao then ordered 500 scout cavalry and handed them to Li Zhen, who soon led the cavalry away from the main army and made a detour south to Yongji Canal.

At the same time, Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing also led an army of 20,000 to the south, preparing to enter the city at the fifth watch.

According to the information left by Li Zhen, there were two teams of patrols outside the southern city, about ten miles away from the city, each team patrolled ten people, and Niu Gao immediately sent two hundred-man troops to hunt down these two patrols.

At the fourth watch, a ten-man patrol cavalry was patrolling listlessly in the wilderness, and Gao Qingyi arranged a total of fifteen patrols on the periphery, focusing on the north and west, each with five patrols to prevent the camp from being stolen by the enemy, and three in the east of the city and two in the south of the city.

As soon as an abnormality is detected, an alarm is immediately issued with a rocket.

Although Gao Qingyi thought it carefully, his soldiers couldn't stand this kind of high-intensity battle, and the five-day siege of the city had exhausted all the soldiers, and they had to patrol day and night, and the soldiers were really complaining.

"We are beaten with iron, and the war horses can't stand it!" One soldier complained.

"Don't be verbose, after walking this circle, find a place to squint with my brother for a while."

"Do you two want to die?"

The escort team turned around and shouted angrily, "I must be given an all-night patrol, who dares to slack off, military law is engaged!" ”

Everyone had to complain in a low voice, and continued to patrol with a strong spirit.

At this moment, countless black shadows suddenly rushed out from both sides to surround them, and a Song army general shouted: "If you don't want to die, raise your hands!" ”

The first escort team hurriedly opened their bows and arrows, ready to shoot the Ming Di, and the generals of the Song army were furious and shouted: "Release the arrows!" ”

Hundreds of Song soldiers immediately fired arrows in unison, killing all ten patrol soldiers.

A few miles away, another patrol was also captured by a hundred soldiers, but their escort was not reckless, did not lose the lives of their soldiers, and became prisoners of the Song army.

Fifteen miles to the south, in a wood, Niu Gao was patiently waiting for news from the hunting team, but he did not rely on the hunting team, if the hunt was unsuccessful, he would go straight over, he believed that the distance of ten miles, even if the enemy sent cavalry, it would be difficult to rush over.

"Old Niu, why don't we directly attack Gao Qing's army?" Yang Zaixing asked in a low voice.

Niu Gao smiled bitterly and said, "Why don't I want to attack, but have you thought about it, why did Du Shuai give us this task?" Isn't it because we have always resolutely carried out military orders? After all, the enemy army has nearly 40,000 people, and if the enemy army cannot be defeated, but the rescue plan is destroyed, wouldn't it be a bad strategic deployment for the commander. ”

Yang Zaixing nodded, "You're right, we must withstand this temptation, and we can't try to break the strategic deployment of the commander in a moment." ”

At this time, two hunting teams came back one after another, one killed all the patrol posts, and the other returned ten prisoners, Niu Gao interrogated and made sure that there were no enemy patrols outside the southern city, so he immediately set off with 20,000 troops, and they passed through the patrol line and rushed to the south city gate.