Naturally, this must have excluded Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin, and in Zheng En's heart, these two elder brothers were the objects of his worship.

Zheng En said casually: "It would be nice if the eldest brother could send the Ming army to help me wait." ”

This sentence silenced everyone.

Chai Rong is also very conflicted, and the generals under his command have a point, but he prefers to continue the crusade.

However, the entry of the Liao army into the battle made the outcome of the war confusing, and it was impossible to predict who would lose and who would win.

Asking for help from the Ming army should be the most appropriate way, although the Zhou army is strong, but they are scattered in various state towns, close to Suizhou Zhou state garrisons have been emptied, now the Zhou army in Suizhou city and the damaged Zhou army are from these state towns.

Now, even if Chai Rong immediately ordered the transfer, it would be impossible to rush to Suizhou without a month. But the Ming army is different, the edge of Suizhou is Shizhou, from Shizhou troops, a day and a night of marching can reach Suizhou, if there are reinforcements from the Ming army, the two armies work together, then it is a certainty to take the five states that will be difficult.

But Chai Rong is unwilling to owe Baili Wuji favors, the emperor owes favors, that is to pay a considerable price, without knowing what the conditions of the Ming Kingdom are, Chai Rong can't decide whether to ask Baili Wuji for help.

When the monarchs and ministers of the Zhou State were in trouble, the messenger sent by Fuzhou arrived in Suizhou, which was from Fuzhou through Shizhou of the Ming Kingdom and then turned west to Suizhou.

Fuzhou Yong'an Festival made the secret letter of Zhede Ran's sweep away the hesitation of the monarchs and ministers of the Zhou State.

Since the Ming army has sent troops disguised as the Zhou army to aid Fuzhou and participated in this battle, Fuzhou is still part of the Zhou state. So no matter whether Chai Rong asks Baili Wuji for help now, he already owes a favor.

So what else can be an obstacle to asking for help from the Ming army.

As a result, the monarchs and ministers of the Zhou State unanimously agreed to ask the Ming State for help. It was hoped that the Ming army would be reinforced from Shizhou, the closest to Suizhou.

Even Zhao Kuangyin, who has no good impression of Baili Wuji, thinks that this move is very appropriate, because only in this way can the Zhou State successfully occupy the five states of Dingji, and only then can he have the possibility of moderation.

Baili Wuji received Chai Rong's letter for help, and he also felt deeply troubled, the Yang Ye Department of the Twelfth Army stationed in Shizhou had gone north to rescue Fuzhou, and now only a 5,000-person Ming army of the Ding Sijin Department of the Fourth Army was in Shizhou.

It should not be a big problem to send 5,000 Ming troops to help defend Suizhou, but the problem is to attack Yinzhou and Xiazhou in the north. Then the 5,000 Ming army is probably not strong enough.

I don't know if Yan Yun's 20,000 soldiers of the Eighth Army have arrived in Taiyuan.

But in any case, it was necessary to rescue Chai Rong, so Baili Wuji ordered Ding Sijing to lead 15,000 Ming troops to Shizhou. After meeting with the 5,000 garrison, he immediately reinforced the Zhou army in Suizhou, and reminded Ding Sijin to use more firearms against the Liao cavalry to minimize casualties. Leave 10,000 Ming troops to guard Taiyuan. Twenty thousand soldiers of the Eighth Army waiting to go south.

At the same time, let the messenger of Zhou send a message to Chai Rong. Ask him to provide 20,000 reinforcements of the Ming army with Zhou army clothes to change. Baili Wuji also put forward some suggestions for the battle, suggesting that Chai Rong should fight the Liao army independently by the Ming army after the arrival of the Ming army, and after the Ming army and the Liao army went to war, the Zhou army bypassed Yinzhou along the left bank of the Wuding River, went all out to the north, and then turned west to march to Xiazhou.

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Yeluwan in Yinzhou City was very satisfied with the money and goods sent by the envoy sent by Li Yiyin. But he was a little hesitant to rescue Xia Zhou, which is not to say that Yeluwan didn't want to save it. It's that after two battles with Chai Rong, he has some fear of the Zhou army's combat strength.

His 30,000 cavalry can't afford to lose, if it is lost again, after returning to the Liao State, what capital does he have to get involved in the emperor's throne? Yeluwan's rebellion was not eliminated because his father was taken hostage by Yelujing, and in Yeluwan's heart, only by becoming the emperor could he change the fate of his father Yelu Lihu and the whole family.

Therefore, Yelu Wanyan politely rejected Li Yiyin's request to reinforce Xiazhou, and only promised to hold Yinzhou and not give the Zhou army a chance to attack Xiazhou from the east and west.

At the same time, Yeluwan sent scouts in the direction of Shengzhou and Fuzhou in the north, and he wondered why Yeluanbo had not sent a messenger to report the battle situation to him, but Yeluwan never imagined that his other line of 20,000 Liao troops had already been wiped out at this time.

Li Yiyin learned that Yeluwan refused to send reinforcements to Xiazhou, and his heart was shocked, this Liao dog was too hateful, and he ransacked Yinzhou, but he refused to come to the rescue, but Li Yiyin understood that now was not the time to argue with Yeluwan.

These days, the Zhou army attacked the city three times a day, it became a law, relying on the solidity of Xiazhou City, as well as the 15,000 cavalry of Li Yiyu's return, it is not difficult to hold Xiazhou, the Li family, who has been running the five states for decades, has already built Xiazhou like a fortress, and the ordnance and food are inexhaustible, so that the Zhou army did not pay several times the price of the Dingyan army, it is impossible to break through Xiazhou.

Li Yiyin firmly believed that it was impossible for the Zhou State to sacrifice tens of thousands of people for Xiazhou.

Thinking of this, Li Yiyin began to feel at ease, Xiazhou is not lost, and Yinzhou is blocked by the Liao army, so he is safe.

Li Yiyin ordered Li Yiyu to lead the cavalry to choose the right time to go out of the city to attack the Zhou army, and the interference of the cavalry could make the Zhou army dare not easily attack the city with all its might.

Maybe this trick can achieve unexpected gains, Li Yiyin said in his heart.

The Liao army was entrenched in Yinzhou, and Chai Rong spent the past few days peacefully in Suizhou City.

When Baili Wuji's letter arrived, Chai Rong read it, let the generals read it, and the monarchs and ministers of Zhou nodded to Baili Wuji's suggestion, which allowed the Zhou army to avoid the Liao army and concentrate on attacking Xiazhou with Guo Jin, which was the real reason for the praise of the monarchs and ministers of Zhou, at this time, no one raised objections to whether the Ming State harbored evil intentions, including Zhao Kuangyin.

Chai Rong quickly mobilized the Zhou army to the southern Zhou State.

Three days later, Ding Sijin led 20,000 Ming troops to arrive, the original Northern Han Dynasty twelve states are lacking everything, the only thing that is not lacking is the war horse, the Ming army that came this time is all the cavalry that Ding Sijin has just trained, Ding Sijin has already itched his hands, this trained cavalry is in need of Liao cavalry such an opponent as a whetstone to have a good experience.

After Chai Rong negotiated with Ding Sijing, according to Baili Wuji's suggestion, Ding Sijin led 20,000 Ming troops to the north first, and Chai Rong led 30,000 infantry of the Zhou army to follow five miles away.

If the Liao army went out of the city to block the Ming army, the Zhou army immediately launched a flank attack on the Liao army from the banks of the Wuding River, and the two armies went all out to defeat or annihilate the Liao army.

If the Liao army closed the city gate, the Ming army launched a siege, and the Zhou army marched west from the Wuding River bank to Xiazhou. Thinking that the Liao army was under the siege of the Ming army, even if it found the intention of the Zhou army to advance westward, it was not able to come and stop it.

After the battle plan was decided, the two armies went to prepare separately.

At this time, Chai Rong and others really felt the strength of the Ming army and the spirit of the Ming soldiers, which was incomparable to the soldiers of the Zhou army. Moreover, the physique of the soldiers of the Ming army is quite strong, this doesn't seem to be the physique that the Jiangnan people should have? (To be continued......)