"Fired......"

"Gone out of the water......"

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The clanging gongs and shouts sounded in the silence, and the soldiers of the camp who were asleep woke up, and when they got up, they saw a soaring flame in the direction where the grain and grass were stored......

For the army, grain and grass represent combat effectiveness and morale...... Represents everything. et

The fire caused by the heavy grain and grass immediately made all the soldiers and generals of the army shocked, and they did not wait for the head to give orders, and hurriedly got up and rushed to put out the fire.

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In the early morning, the air in Yongzhou City was filled with a scorched smell. More than 20 miles away from Yongzhou, you can still see smoke slowly rising into the sky.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is overjoyed......"

The early dynasty was scattered, and he was excited, and he almost stumbled into the inner part of the Western Xia, and then ran to the Golden Palace, and even forgot to do the courtesy of the monarch and the minister in a hurry and excitement.

"Daiki?" Xia Chongzong Li Qianshun, who was discussing the government affairs with the palace ministers, was shocked when he heard this, and his voice was even more shocked.

Since the Song army invaded the summer, the Western Xia Dynasty has been almost every day, and the ministers were also shocked when they heard this.

Cheng Xiangsi Boerhua asked: "There is no Tibetan Vulture, why is there any joy?" ”

Wu Wu said: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, yesterday when the ugly, the Song army's grain and grass in Yongzhou City caught fire, according to Chen'an's investigation in the Song army, the Song army's grain and grass was burned seventy percent, and there are at most four or five days of rations left, as long as our army sends more cavalry to harass the Song army's supplies, or the Song army's lack of food and grass will be unsustainable in a few days, and the army will definitely retreat." ”

Hearing this, Li Qianshun was also surprised, and then asked in an unbelievable tone: "Is this serious?" ”

Wu Zangwu hurriedly replied: "Yesterday, when the ugly time, the minister's lurking in the Song army's exploration saw the fire of the Song army's grain and grass in Yongzhou City, and after getting the news, the minister also sent several groups of probes to sneak into Yongzhou, confirming the authenticity of the news, and the minister dared to report to His Majesty!" ”

Li Qianshun immediately laughed, and after the laughter fell, he exclaimed: "The sky will not die, my Great Xia, the Song army will not continue to have food and grass, and it will not be a matter of time before the army retreats, I want to go to Taimiao to comfort the ancestors and ancestors!" ”

"Your Majesty is driving the Taimiao, don't hurry up and prepare ......"

Hearing that Li Qianshun was going to the Taimiao Temple to worship, the eunuch who was waiting next to him hurriedly instructed the little attendants who were waiting to be used at any time.

It is a national event for the emperor to go to the temple to worship the ancestors and ancestors, and the military officials must also go together. When Li Qianshun walked out, a group of military officials from Western Xia also lined up behind him according to their ranks.

Out of the main hall and walked towards the palace gate, after walking a few steps, Li Qianshun suddenly stopped, turned around and said: "Privy envoy Ning Duoli, Taiwei Longsuo, you two don't go to Taimiao with me to worship, stay to discuss the matter of sending troops to attack and disturb the supply ......of the Song army, as long as this matter is done, I will have no worries about the rivers and mountains of Daxia."

"Command!" After receiving Li Qianshun's instructions, Ning Liduo and Long Suo saluted together.

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At noon, the scorching atmosphere could still be smelled in the Yongzhou Marshal's Mansion, and from the Song army to the bottom, everyone's face was gloomy.

In the lobby of the Shuaifu, Liu Fa, Seed Master Dao, Liu Zhongwu and others each had gloomy faces and did not say a word.

Seeing Liu Fa and the others with serious faces, Lotte couldn't help laughing, but he was glared back by the seed master Dao, Liu Fa and others, and Lotte had no choice but to make a look of grief and indignation, but his heart was slanderous, Liu Fa, Seed Master Dao, Liu Zhongwu and Seed Master, if these four people are in China in the future, what Oscar, Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers, Golden Horse and so on A bunch of awards are absolutely not a problem, especially the expression is the same as the real one.

The fire in the place where the grain and grass were stored last night was naturally planned by Lotte under the secret arrangement of the planter Dao, Liu Fa, Liu Zhongwu and others, of course, the fire was real, but it only burned some unused baggage equipment, as for the grain and grass, only the ones outside were real, and the rest were filled with other things.

Liu Yanqing entered the city late, and the army grain and grass were not placed in the same place with the planter Dao and others, so this fire did not affect Liu Yanqing's army, Liu Yanqing had to be concerned about this, and asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, how much weight did the fire burn our army at night?" ”

"That's enough food and grass for five days at most!" Liu Fa sighed, and then said: "The grain and grass for the past five days are still as much as I said, and the army still has nearly 40,000 prisoners of war of the Xia Army, and these prisoners of war also have to open their mouths to eat, but the grain and grass of the army are only enough for four days to consume." ”

"Four days?" Hearing this, Liu Yanqing couldn't help but gasp, judging from the distance and the speed of the march, it will take twenty days to send grain and grass from Weizhou to Yongzhou at the earliest, Liu Fa, Seed Master Dao and others only have four days of military rations left, even if some military rations are delivered, they will not last a few more days, and they will be cut off from grain and grass at that time, what does this mean? It means that this summer harvest will end in vain.

At this time, the planter Dao set his eyes on Liu Yanqing and asked, "I don't know how much grain and grass Liu Jingluo has, can he make the whole army hold on for a few more days?" ”

Hearing Liu Fa's words, Liu Yanqing did not reply immediately, but thought about it in his heart before saying: "The military rations in Liu's hand, if only used by 30,000 people under his command, can still last for seven or eight days, but the total number of soldiers and horses on the four routes is 140,000, if it is calculated according to this, it can only last for two more days at most, and it can last for six days!" ”

"On the sixth day, I want to be able to hold out until the supplies of our army arrive!" Hearing this, the planter nodded his head.

Hearing the seed master say this, Liu Yanqing immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that as long as he could wait for Tong Guan, everything would be good to talk about.

"Report ......"

After the words of the master fell, I only heard a small colonel coming in outside the handsome hall, and reported in a panic: "Report that the four handsomes are not good......

"Why are you so flustered?" Liu Fa snorted lightly.

The little colonel hurriedly replied: "Back to the words of the four marshals, the grain and grass brought by our army from the rear were attacked by the Xia army's light cavalry after passing through Shunzhou City, most of the casualties were killed, and most of the grain and grass were burned......

"Damn!" In Liu Yanqing's view, such a loss was tantamount to making things worse for the Song army at this time, and he couldn't help but express his anger angrily.

At this time, Liu Zhongwu said: "Three meals a day are changed to two meals, from dry to thin, I want to be able to last from six days to ten days, as long as I wait until Tong Shuai comes, it will be easy to say at that time!" ”

After Liu Zhongwu's words fell, Liu Fa and the seed master shook their heads in unison, and the seed master even said: "Liu Jingluo, you and I are both the people who lead the troops, three meals are changed to two meals, and the dry ones become thin, and the morale of the army will inevitably be affected. ”

Liu Yanqing opened his mouth and said: "Liu agrees with Liu Jingluo's suggestion, these days, our army is neither an army nor a war, and the consumption is very small, just surround Xingqing Mansion and wait for Tong Shuai to arrive, eat some thin and eat less, I'm afraid there is no problem!" ”

Liu Fa still shook his head in this regard: "The summer realm is cold and freezing, and it is even colder in the northwest of my Great Song Dynasty, and if you can't eat enough, you can't keep out the cold, and you can't fight, if the Xia army attacks my military camp at night, how can our army resist the enemy?" ”

"No military rations?" At this time, Lotte opened his mouth and said: "Our army can slaughter the captured Xia people's war horses as military rations, if the war horses are not enough to eat, then our army will eat the Xia army's prisoners of war; I think that when the Jin Dynasty fell, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was in the southeast corner, and the people in the north were chaotic, which was the ...... of using human flesh as military food."

What Lotte said made all the generals present shudder, and they all looked at Lotte with strange eyes, and Liu Yanqing and Liu Guangshi's father and son were even more surprised, and even their eyes began to be full of fear.

Is this what a scholar can say, the generals in the handsome hall scolded in their stomachs, but no one dared to say it, after all, Lotte is the person with the highest position here except for the four-way side marshal.

Facing the surprised and frightened eyes of the generals, Lotte disagreed: "What's the fuss, don't you read history, my Chinese history is a history of killing people and cannibalism!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" The seed master rebuked Lotte, "My Great Song is the king's teacher, how can I do this unrighteous thing, if so, how will I govern Lingxia in the future?" ”

Lotte smiled: "The lower official just said casually, and you adults should be treated as a joke!" ”

The mouth is a joke, but everyone knows that if a person is hungry and eats human flesh, this person can say it, and he can do it when he is hungry.

"Report ......" Here, another junior colonel ran in and reported: "Four handsome masters, according to the scouts sent out, more than 1,000 Xia army light horsemen galloped out of the west gate of Xingqing, and then divided into several strands to gallop south in different directions!" ”

Liu Yanqing didn't care about this, and snorted lightly: "All the land south of Xingqing Mansion is occupied by our army, are these light horsemen looking for death?" ”

"Not good!" The face of the planter changed, and he said: "These Xia army light cavalry must have come to supply our army with food and grass. ”

Finding out Bai Xiajun's straightforward intentions, Liu Yanqing's face immediately became difficult to look at, and he asked, "How should our army deal with it at this time?" ”

Mo said that it was a group of generals, even Liu Guangshi, the son who stood behind Liu Yanqing, also felt ashamed of his own son, and Lotte looked at Liu Yanqing almost with idiotic eyes, how did this person get into the position of being a side marshal all the way.

"The only way to do this is to besiege Xingqing Mansion with soldiers to cut off the Xia army!" Liu Fa said.

"Liu Shuai, the grain and grass stored by our army is only enough for six days at most, and after six days, our army will not have to retreat!" Regarding what Liu Fa said, the planter shook his head again and again.

At this time, Lotte said: "According to the detailed report sent to Xingqing Mansion, Xingqing Mansion has accumulated enough grain and grass for 100,000 troops to eat for three years, since our army has besieged Xingqing Mansion, then attack the city, if you can attack Xingqing Mansion within six days, you don't need to worry about grain and grass anymore!" ”

"No!" Regarding Lotte's proposal, Liu Yanqing was opposed, saying: "Tong Shuai has not arrived, how can he ......"

Without waiting for Liu Yanqing to finish speaking, Lotte interrupted and asked: "After six days, our army ran out of food and grass, does Lord Liu want to watch our army rout and return?" If Yan Yan and Liu Shuai can afford this responsibility, we will all act according to Liu Shuai's words! ”

As the commander-in-chief of the six-way side affairs, Tong Guan directly commanded this battle to destroy the summer, if he fell short because of this, even if Liu Yanqing and Tong Guan had a close relationship, according to Tong Guan's urine, he didn't mind giving up the car to protect the handsome, throwing Liu Yanqing out of the pot, and even stepping on a few feet.

Regarding Tong Guan's temperament, Liu Yanqing is very clear, although he can pat himself on the back, but if he is used as a scapegoat for the sake of sycophancy, he is naturally unwilling.

Besides, the treatment of officials and military attaches is different, when the Wulu Expedition failed, Emperor Shenzong wanted to find a transfer judge and cut him down, because the transfer judge was a person, and Emperor Shenzong did not cut it alive; And he is a military attaché, when Han Qi killed Jiao Yong, Di Qing's persuasion was useless, Jiao Yong was still cut off his head, if he carried this pot, the head of his neck would definitely not be able to be saved, and Tong Guan would not come to protect his head.

After thinking about it, Liu Yanqing suddenly became angry: "How can the husband procrastinate in doing things, now I have no food and grass, so I should adapt to the situation, immediately surround Xingqing Mansion, and take Xingqing within six days, so as to realize the long-cherished wish of the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yanqing's gaze swept over everyone in the pawn, "What do you think, adults?" ”

It's all right!

Seeing that Liu Yanqing was forced to change his attitude, Seed Master Dao, Liu Fa, Liu Zhongwu and others exchanged glances with each other, and their faces were immediately full of smiles.

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