When Cai Dao was training these recruits, he had been providing them with three full meals a day, and before setting off near dawn, Cai Dao also let everyone drink a pot of fried noodles beautifully.

This Dongdong is naturally a military ration developed by Cai Dao, which not only alleviates hunger, but also replenishes calories. Although the temperature in Thang Long City is not high, the humid weather of the Red River will still make the soldiers lose some of their temperature.

Besides, at this time, Cai Dao couldn't put thicker clothes on them. At noon, I had to die of heat.

The fierce battle lasted for three hours, from early morning to 10 noon.

It's not that Li Changjie doesn't know the truth of the one-shot effort, but the Dayue army under his command really can't hold on.

As a result, the entire battlefield at the north gate fell into an eerie tranquility.

The opposing sides finally got a little respite.

Originally, he wanted to rely on the superiority of troops to take the north side gates on the east and west sides respectively, and Li Changjie sent 20,000 soldiers to attack these two places. Unfortunately, even with 10,000 against 2,000, in the end, the other two teams were not able to win their goals.

Such a result made Li Changjie feel an ominous premonition in his heart.

There has been no news from the East Gate and the Imperial City until now.

The forbidden troops in the south and west of Thang Long City were all under their own command, and here in the north city, they were almost wiped out by the Song army, and the remaining stragglers were brave and had lost their sharpness. It's no wonder that a team of 10,000 people can't take the conservative side door of 2,000 people. This time, it was his fault that Li Changjie believed too much in the ability of his generals and underestimated the Song army's deterrence against the Beicheng Forbidden Army.

Most of the soldiers who were sent to attack the two side gates before were composed of the fleeing forbidden troops and the captured forbidden troops in Beicheng, and they were led by two generals known as the Four King Kongs among Li Changjie's generals.

The so-called 'Four King Kongs' are all adopted by Li Changjie, named Li Sizhong, Li Sixiao, Li Sijie, and Li Siyi. The general who was the soldier in East Street before was Li Sizhong, the eldest of the 'Four King Kongs', and although the general on West Street was still alive, he was seriously injured, he was Li Sixiao, and the only general of the Great Yue Kingdom who was shot by Di'an, but was still talking.

And the remaining two, Li Sijie and Li Siyi, are the ones who led 10,000 soldiers, but they did not take two side doors.

In Li Changjie's mind, the Yue Forbidden Army in Dongcheng must have been collected by General Ruan Chong, and the guards in the palace were enough to deal with the Song army in Dongcheng.

But why hasn't there been any news yet?

The soldiers of the Great Viet Nam were burying the pot and cooking, and as a departure, the soldiers who attacked at the north gate were able to rest, while those Vietnamese soldiers who had previously surrendered were not so lucky. After hurrying back from the east and west, he had to cook for the friendly troops.

And Song Jun in front of him is also cooking, but it is much more convenient for them to cook, and the rice they make is simple, affordable, and delicious - the famous mutton steamed bun in the northwest.

Cai Dao didn't know when mutton steamed buns arose, but he brought it into the military camps in the south.

The black flour is baked into a half-dead cake, which is served with various spices and seasonings, such as coriander, daylily, and the indispensable salt and dried meat made from mutton. Just boil a big pot of hot water, put these things into a big bowl, and don't mention the aroma of eating.

Although the daily meals of these Song army recruits have also changed some tricks, the favorite food of these recruits who grew up in the south is mutton steamed buns. What the soldiers love the most is the juice squeezed out of the spicy dogwood, which is quite spicy, but spicy and pleasant. It's a pity that this place does not have the conditions for soldiers to eat the necessary side dish of mutton steamed buns - sugar garlic.

This mouthful, even the soldiers of the Great Yue Kingdom on the opposite side were salivating after smelling it.

After resting for about an hour, Li Changjie ordered his subordinates to continue the attack, and he recruited Li Sijie and Li Siyi back, which was to fight for Bi Qi. Once the frontal enemy is repulsed, the two side gates will naturally be unable to defend.

The reason why Li Changjie chose to divide his troops before was because the front of the city gate was not too open, and there were layers of trenches and breastwork blocking the way, and the men and horses of nearly 70,000 people could not be used at all.

Today, only the archers on the city walls and the Song army of less than 5,000 people blocking the city gate are left.

After the second drum, it is bound to completely defeat the enemy in front of you.

This time, Li Changjie was fully prepared and deliberately arranged 5,000 people in both of his capitals, just to prevent the Song army general in Dongcheng from doing anything.

But just when Li Changjie was about to give the order to attack, there was the sound of a fast horse galloping behind him.

Li Changjie put down his hand, looked back and looked at it, the person who came was dusty, and he could see from the dress on his body that this was a eunuch in the palace. Moreover, it is the godson of the great eunuch Ruan Defu next to Li Qiande - Ruan Xiaoshou.

As soon as he saw Li Changjie, Ruan Xiaoshou seemed to see a relative, and shouted loudly: "General, general, hurry up and return to the army!" The imperial city has been breached by the thief army, and His Majesty specially ordered the little one to come to your rescue. ”

"What?" As soon as Li Changjie heard the news, he hurriedly asked, "How is this possible?" Your Majesty's imperial city is so strong, so it is possible that it will be broken by the Song army? Also, what about General Nguyen Nguyen? Where is he? ”

"Woooooo Ruan Xiaofu finally couldn't hold it back anymore, and cried loudly, and it took a long time to stop his grief, choked up and said: "General, General Ruan Chong has done his best, and he has always been sticking to the imperial city with his people. However, there was a demon in the ranks of the Song army, and he didn't know what demon magic was cast, but he actually thundered during the day, and after a roar, General Ruan flew into the sky together with the east gate of the imperial city. ”

"What about the emperor and others?" As soon as the walls of the imperial city were broken, the entire imperial city was completely undefended, and staying in the palace was tantamount to sitting and waiting to die. Li Changjie knew that Li Qiande had to be ruthless at a critical time, so he naturally asked this question.

"General, the emperor knows that once the imperial city is broken, the imperial palace can no longer hold on, so under the protection of the guards, he is moving in the direction of the southern city. His Majesty sent a small one to let you personally lead the army to meet the Song army in Dongcheng, if you can't do anything, you don't have to worry about Shenglong City, you just need to lead the troops to escort it. At this time, Ruan Xiaoshou was able to say it smoothly at this time.

"What?" After hearing this, Li Changjie finally changed color and asked, "Who is it?" Who instigated His Majesty to go to the southern city. ”