The Song army used the pillbox to form a defense with Lucheng, and Hou Ming sealed it in front of Lucheng, and he did not advance for more than half a month.

At this moment, Zhao Hongru seems to have a strategy to break the enemy, he is extremely happy in his heart, if he can break Meng Kuo's intention, he will inevitably change the passive situation.

Zhao Hongru walked to the map, observed in detail for a moment, looked up at Hou Mingfeng, and said: "General Hou, people move to death, trees move to live, how powerful a defense Meng Kuo built in Lucheng, but he forgot that Lucheng is not a one-man pass, and it is not an important city. In the early stage, General Hou did not pass through Lucheng, all because of the limited troops. However, at present, there are hundreds of thousands of Yan troops gathered in Lucheng, and there is no need to consume them with the Song army."

Hearing the sound, Hou Mingfeng seemed to understand, and also walked to the map, observed in detail, and after a short time, he completely understood the meaning of Zhao Hongru's words.

Lucheng is an important passage from the central part of the Song Kingdom to Kaifeng, but it is not the only passage.

In this way, the Yan army insisted on confronting the Song army in Lucheng with the help of Yuecheng, and at the same time, it also sent troops to cross Lucheng and choose other roads to Kaifeng.

What's more, he believed that as long as Meng Kuo learned that the Yan army had left Yuecheng, avoided Lucheng, and went to Kaifeng, Meng Kuo would definitely send an army and take the initiative to pursue, and the strict Yan army would go to Kaifeng to join the emperor.

In this way, the Yan army may not be able to inflict heavy losses on the Song army, and even conquer Lucheng and completely eliminate the Mengkuo army.

It's just that in this way, their plan must be watertight, and if there is a flaw anywhere, it is possible to be caught by Meng Kuo.

In Hou Mingfeng's cold face, a smile gradually appeared, and he reached the center of the study, picked up the teacup, took a sip of cold tea, and said: "If we follow General Zhao's proposal, we are afraid that we will part ways in Yuecheng."

"General Hou, what do you mean? Do you want to come up with a solution?" Zhao Jun asked.

Hou Mingfeng did not hesitate, with a smile on his face, he told Zhao Jun and others in his heart, and said loudly: "What Hongru said is true, Lucheng is a dead city, Mengkuo built it stronger, and the Song army will still be led by the nose of the Yan army.

Hearing the sound, Zhao Jun, Bai Yisheng, and Li Lin all knew Hou Mingfeng's intentions, turned the tiger away from the mountain, and turned passive into active!

In this way, no matter how strong Meng Kuo built Lucheng, in front of the extremely mobile Yan cavalry, this city would be constrained by the Yan army.

Excited, confused in the study, for a long time, without waiting for Hou Mingfeng to propose, Zhao Hongru took the lead in standing up, and said loudly: "General Hou, let you stay in Yuecheng and defend the city, it is really useless, not to mention, the Blue Feather Legion is all cavalry, and it has never been good at defending the city, your battlefield should be Kaifeng, let Zhao defend this Yuecheng."

The ironclad cavalry and the ironclad infantry belong to two different arms, the ironclad infantry can attack, retreat can defend, and stay in the city, which is in line with the current situation.

Hou Mingfeng heard the sound, got up and looked at Zhao Hongru, staring at each other with his eyes, a little at a loss.

According to the current situation, Zhao Hongru ordered the ironclad infantry to go to Kaifeng City to join the army led by the emperor.

He believed that there was no one among the generals present who did not want to go to Kaifeng City and fight side by side with the emperor.

Now, Zhao Hongru took the initiative to stay in Yuecheng, undoubtedly giving him this great credit.

As the saying goes, great grace is not grateful, but Zhao Hongru's move really made him admire.

couldn't help but step forward, grabbed Zhao Hongru's arm, and said, "General Zhao, you took the initiative to stay in Yuecheng, do you know what it means to do this?"

"Zhao's heart is like a mirror, compared with personal honor, it is more important to capture Kaifeng City early and annex the Song Kingdom!" Zhao Hongru smiled and said nonchalantly.

To this day, his position in the Great Yan Army is second only to Hou Mingfeng, and he didn't dare to imagine that even if he gave Hou Mingfeng the credit for conquering Kaifeng City today, it would not change his status in the Great Yan Army.

What's more, the four kingdoms of Wu, Yue, Shu and Chu in the south have not been destroyed, and there are many opportunities to make contributions, so you don't have to care about the current gains and losses.

In an instant, Hou Mingfeng didn't know how to speak, and just slapped his palm on Zhao Hongru's arm.

However, Zhao Hongru said loudly: "General Hou, the empress ordered Meng Kuo to be in Lucheng and Yuecheng to contain the main force of the Yan army. When the general leads the troops to Kaifeng, he must act quickly, lest the emperor lead the troops to Kaifeng half a month later, and the general has not yet arrived with the troops."

Hou Ming sealed his chin, turned to look at Zhao Jun, Bai Yisheng, Li Lin, and ordered: "General Bai, leave half of the canine wolves in Yuecheng, assist General Zhao to defend the city, the canine wolf legion, and the cavalry under General Zhao's account, rest for a day, tomorrow night and the Blue Feather Legion, all move, go to Kaifeng City."

"Yes!" Zhao Jun, Bai Yisheng, Li Lin, hugging their fists one after another!

At this moment, Zhao Jun, Bai Yisheng, and Li Lin were a little happy in their hearts, if the Dog Wolf Legion, the Blue Feather Legion, and the ironclad cavalry could avoid Lucheng and gallop all the way to Kaifeng, the imperial city of the Song Kingdom, and fight side by side with the emperor, he would inevitably have someone to pay homage to the prime minister.

After all, they rarely have Zhao Hongru's integrity.

Time turns and the stars move, Bai Yisheng, Li Lin, Zhao Jun, rest in Yuecheng for half a day, since sunset, the whole army began to pack their bags, polish their weapons, and always prepare to fight with Hou Mingfeng's army and go to Kaifeng City,

When night fell, the Blue Feather Legion, the Dog and Wolf Legion, and the Iron Cavalry, totaling nearly 200,000 male soldiers, took advantage of the darkness of the night to quietly leave from the north gate of Yuecheng and headed towards Kaifeng City.

Although the future is confused, and perhaps there will still be battles and strong enemies, I am afraid that there is no army more powerful than the Mengkuo Army, and it is simply wishful thinking to block nearly 200,000 well-equipped cavalry.

Whether Zhao Hongru, who stayed in Yuecheng, can persist is related to Zhao Hongru himself, and even more related to their front-line war.

If it can attack quickly and cause a crisis to the Song army, the Mengkuo army in Lucheng is bound to lead the army back to help, as long as the Mengkuo army gives up the unsoaked Lucheng, Zhao Hongru's crisis in Yuecheng will be resolved suddenly.

Hou Mingfeng led the troops to leave unconsciously, but unfortunately, he was still detected by the Song army spies who were wandering near Yuecheng.

After all, the war is going on at a delicate juncture, and any small moves of the enemy army may change the battle, not to mention, the empress sent an army to transport a large number of ordnance from Kaifeng, and Meng Kuo released the Yan army.

The secret agent observed the Yan Qi in Yuecheng, basically in the night, hurriedly left from the north gate, instantly, was aware of the seriousness of the problem, did not dare to hesitate, hurriedly rode back to Lucheng, reported to Meng Kuo.

At night, the gate of Lucheng had already been closed, and Guo Wanjun led the troops to patrol the west gate of the city wall in person, beware of Yan cavalry sneak attack at night.

The spy galloped on horseback, arrived at the west gate, and hurriedly lit a special signal made by the Song army to remind the defenders of the city wall to open the city gate quickly.

Guo Wanjun saw the signal of the Song army from the messenger under the city wall, but he still did not dare to take it lightly, and did not order the defenders to open the city gate, but only ordered the soldiers to release the rope ladder and let the spies under the city wall climb up.

At the critical moment, he had to be cautious to prevent the Yan army, not to mention, when he personally defended Yuecheng, Hou Mingfeng sent the Yan army, turned into a spy of the Song army, knocked on the gate of Yuecheng in the middle of the night, but was unexpectedly rushed into the city by the Yan cavalry lurking near the city gate, resulting in the loss of Yuecheng.

Once bitten by a snake for ten years afraid of the well rope. Guo Wanjun is really afraid of Yan Qi.

The secret agent quickly climbed to the top of the city, but he didn't have time to breathe, and hurriedly said to Guo Wanjun: "General Guo, the big thing is not good, the main force of the Yan army in Yuecheng is out of the city, and the movement is unknown!"

Hearing this, Guo Wanjun's expression instantly drooped, and he had a bad premonition.

The southern Yan army and the Yan army in Yuecheng converged, how many Yan horses were in Yuecheng, he knew that now, in the middle of the night, all the Yan horses in Yuecheng went out of the city, and he was afraid that he would attack Lucheng at night.

Even if the defense of Lucheng City is strong and the defense is not leaky, nearly 200,000 Yan cavalry will attack like a mountain and a sea, which will still cause very serious casualties to the Song army in Lucheng.

What's more, the Yan army has always been scheming, 200,000 cavalry, leaving Yuecheng, I am afraid that it is not as simple as attacking Lucheng.

Guo Wanjun did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the defenders to beat the drums to remind the defenders in Lucheng to be vigilant, and in addition, hurriedly took the secret agent to the Lucheng Mansion to meet with Meng Kuo and discuss countermeasures.

Hou Mingfeng was between Yuecheng and Lucheng, and fought with the Song army many times, so it was impossible not to know the defense of Lucheng. In addition, the Yan general who is the best at cavalry combat in Yuecheng is none other than Hou Mingfeng.

He must know what the consequences of the cavalry marching forward to attack the city and encountering the fortress of the Song army, even if the Yan army is strong and strong, it cannot be stormed, and for a long time, Hou Mingfeng has never sent cavalry to attack.

Therefore, Guo Wanjun was faintly uneasy in his heart, and always felt that Yan rode out of the city, and it was not as simple as storming Lucheng.

At this moment, not long after falling asleep, Meng Kuo, who was woken up by the sound of the military drums on the city wall, was already dressed in armor and wearing a helmet, grabbed his war knife and walked to the door of the palace.

As soon as the guards opened the gate of the palace, Guo Wanjun and the secret agent happened to walk up the steps of the palace, Meng Kuo saw the two of them appear, he was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "General Guo, why are the war drums rumbling at the head of the city, is the Yan army attacking the city?"

"Marshal, the Yan army has not yet attacked the city, but many Yan troops have left from the north gate of Yuecheng, and their movements are unknown." Guo Wanjun hurriedly answered Meng Kuo's inquiry,

Hearing this, Meng Kuo's expression was calm, and he secretly took a breath, before the flying army successfully trained, he really didn't want the Yan army to attack the city, otherwise, he really couldn't help rating the flying army on the battlefield, tooth for tooth, eye for eye, and return all the suffering inflicted by the Yan army on the Song army.

Now, the Yan army has not yet attacked the city, and he can still endure it.

However, in the blink of an eye, Meng Kuo's face gradually became serious, and he couldn't help but ask Guo Wanjun: "Since the Yan army has not yet left the city, why did the drums sound at the head of the city, and why did General Guo appear at the gate of the palace in a hurry?"

Guo Wanjun didn't say anything, but instead motioned to the secret agents around him and explained to Meng Kuo.

The spy moved forward steadily, came to Meng Kuo's side, and said softly: "Dashuai, the villain sent the spies to the vicinity of Yuecheng according to the instructions of the marshal, and always monitored the movements of the Yan army.

"North?" Hearing this, Meng Kuo muttered to himself, as if thinking about a problem, and soon, he asked Guo Wanjun: "General Guo, in the north of Lucheng, the closest city to Lucheng, is it Xiangcheng?"

"Dashuai, that's right, Xiangcheng, Licheng, these two cities are very close to Lucheng, is Dashuai suspicious, Hou Mingfeng led Yan Qi to leave Yuecheng and attack Xiangcheng or Licheng!" Guo Wanjun replied, and asked Meng Kuoyan about his riding movements by the way.

That's right, Meng Kuo was really worried that Yan Cai would go out of the city and take the initiative to attack Xiangcheng and Licheng, and even, he probably guessed Hou Mingfeng's intentions, for fear that the Yan army would converge and the number of Yan troops in Yuecheng would double, Hou Mingfeng began to lead Yan Cai to conquer the east and west, capture all the cities near Lucheng, and gradually make Lucheng an isolated city and lose contact with the outside world.

At that time, no matter how strong the defense of Lucheng was, if the food in the city was exhausted, the external reinforcements could not transport the military rations, and the survival of the Song army could not be maintained.

For a moment, the paler face became, his body couldn't help but tremble slightly, and his arms were supported on the door frame.

His worries are by no means mediocre and self-disturbing, but are very likely to be born.

Guo Wanjun anxiously waited for Meng Kuo to answer, however, his eyes noticed the change in Meng Kuo's expression, and asked anxiously: "Dashuai, are you okay?"

Hearing this, Meng Kuo realized that he was a little rude, hurriedly raised his hand to arrange his clothes, took a long breath, and said to Guo Wanjun: "General Guo, Hou Mingfeng is despicable, he is a bully, he is afraid that he will take advantage of the large number of Yan cavalry in Yuecheng to quickly capture the city near Lucheng, so that Lucheng will become a lonely city, a dead city, so as to destroy us."

"What?" Guo Wanjun was taken aback, opened his mouth, his round eyes were round, staring at Meng Kuo incredibly, and said: "Marshal, if Hou Mingfeng leads the army to cut off the city near Lucheng, not only will we lose contact, when Emperor Yan leads his troops from the north to Kaifeng, we may also be difficult to break through the defense formed by Yan Qi on the periphery and gallop to the aid of the imperial city, this Hou Mingfeng is really too insidious and cunning."

At first, they planned to build Lucheng into an iron barrel defense, cut off Hou Mingfeng's army, and join the Yan Emperor's army that was about to go south.

In this way, the empress is preparing near Kaifeng City, in front of the two converging Yan horses, I am afraid that it will be extremely difficult to wield the effect, and the Song State will destroy the country.

Meng Kuo also looked serious, and when he was silent for a while, he said: "General Guo, you immediately order the army, carry the iron pulley, and go to the north gate of Yuecheng to ambush, in addition, General Guo, you personally lead the troops, take a treadmill, pursue Yan Qi, and strive to arrive in Xiangcheng before Yan Cai arrives in Xiangcheng, resist the city and defend it, block Yan Cai, and never let the northern city of Lucheng fall into the hands of Yan Jun."

Xiangcheng, Licheng, how important it is to the Song army in Lucheng, Meng Kuo is not unclear, in a dangerous situation, he does not dare to sit still, even if he pays a heavy price, he must block Yan Qilu outside the city, forming an encirclement situation.

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