Soon after Yang Yegang led an army of 3,000 out of the city, he returned.

There was no need for him to go in person, some clever soldiers had already escaped back and reported the news to Yang Ye.

The grain and grass are burned, what are you going to do?

Zhuozhou City was immediately overcast, this is not a joke, Cao Bin and Mi Xin have a total of 120,000 troops, but not only, this time they came to bring all the township soldiers in Hebei who have been trained in recent years, and also recruited some strong men and archers, the two together reached 200,000, not including the people who escorted grain and grass materials in the rear, only in Zhuozhou City, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses were gathered, and they had to eat 300,000 catties of food a day, and they had to eat more than 30,000 catties of food in ten days, and more than 30,000 stones were eaten by people in ten days, as well as war horses.

Song Jiu's face was gloomy, but it was not easy to attack.

For no other reason, Pan Cao's two families have a good relationship with Song Jiu, from the old to the young, before Song Jiu made his career, they did business together, sailed, formed a football team and Juju, and even their eldest sister regarded Pan Mei and Cao Bin as elders.

When he came back from Liaodong, Zhao Pu's power was monstrous, although Cao Bin did not fight back against Zhao Pu for himself, but secretly he was slightly biased towards himself, that is, to manage the government, Cao Bin, as the No. 1 prime minister of Xifu at that time, did not fight with himself.

Don't say that outsiders can speak, hundreds of thousands of generals are living and dying, where do you care about outsiders talking or not, if you have a seizure, first of all, you can't say it in your conscience.

What's worse is that it is a good thing to have a cordial relationship, but Cao Bin is not like his father-in-law, who thinks that he is much more skilled in military affairs than himself, so he can't hear what he says.

This is also true.

Judging from his resume, Song Jiu went to Lingnan and fought what battles? Wang Zhen lifted his little sedan chair, and where he passed, he looked at the wind and threw it. In the first battle of the Gaoliang River, Song Jiu was in the transfer of envoys. Although the prediction was accurate, it only said something that most wise generals would not dare to say. Then to Liaodong, don't say that Song Jiu is just in command, not on the front line, but on the front line, oh my God, did those small tribes win the glory? There is also the northwest, dealing with a grass coward, sending out an army of more than 100,000 people, and making trouble for half a year. Is this also called ability?

Changing time and space, and postponing it for a few hundred years, one is a Jurchen and the other is a Western Xia, which inadvertently turned Song Jiu upside down. Although there is some suspicion of fraud, he still has skills. But at this time. Who admits it?

It's not the time to have a seizure.

A solution has to be found. If the three armies have nothing to eat, then they will be in trouble.

When the generals gathered, there were only two ways, one was to send a large army to the rear and then urge the grain and grass to come over, but that's it. Zhuozhou's grain may not be able to wait until that moment, in case Yelu Xiuge is robbed again on the road, then it will be fun. Hundreds of thousands of troops are running away hungry.

So there is only one other way, withdraw! Withdraw to Xiongzhou to eat.

……

Song Jiuzhi said that there was a big problem. But I didn't figure it out for a while, all the way to Xiongzhou.

He figured out what the problem was.

Cao Bin decided to retire to Xiongzhou for food.

Zhao Kuangyi was shocked when he heard this, and immediately issued an edict to let Cao Bin retreat to the Baigou River and join the Mixin army for food.

However, when this edict reached the front, the generals did not listen.

In fact, some generals already felt that there were countless mistakes in the Northern Expedition plan formulated by Zhao Kuangyi, so the edict had no deterrent effect.

Moreover, the Chinese and Western roads have accumulated military exploits, but the eastern road has the most troops in its hands and is the most elite army, but it has not been captured, and they are unwilling one by one.

So they put the edict behind them, and each had his own ideas.

Cao Bin lost his prestige because of the mistake of grain and grass, and could not make it, so he had to compromise in the end, and the three armies waited in Xiongzhou, and then went to Zhuozhou when he had 50 days of military rations in his hands.

But wait, there was a lot of grain and grass, but let Yelu Huge rob, Xiongzhou City has grain and grass, but not too much, I had to transfer grain from the rear, fortunately, thanks to Yang Guang, opened the Grand Canal Guangji Canal, a few years ago it was repaired, and the waterway went directly to Xiongzhou City.

Song Jiu walked out of the tent depressed.

Not far away, someone was playing football, Song Jiu walked over, two groups of sergeants were playing football, and Yang Shiquan was teaching a young man how to play football well.

Seeing Song Jiu coming, they stopped and saluted together.

Song Jiu looked at Yang Shiquan and then at the young man.

Yang Shiquan said: "He is my ten generals Hu Anguo. ”

"Anguo, what a name."

"Song Gong, it was taken by a scribe next door."

"How old are you?"

"The youngest is seventeen."

"Commander Yang, how well did he kick the ball?"

"It's okay, but he runs fast, and the small battalion calls him the Ten Little Generals of the Divine Walk."

Song Jiu was happy: "That's why you taught him to bow?" ”

"It was he who asked me," Yang Shi'an said in a low voice: "The little lady from Zhu Yuanwai's family in the city has taken a fancy to him, but he is only a ten-year general, and the situation at home is not very good. So Juan Guo asked me to teach him to bow, this kid is a good person, so I agreed to him. ”

"Oh, Juan Guo, come here."

"Whoa."

"I have to fight bravely, after this official returns to Beijing this time, let my wife protect the media for you."

"Thank you...... The little one dares. Hu Anguo reflected and said.

"Don't be inhibited, I'm not as good as you when I'm seventeen, just a nerd."

"This, Xie Song Gong, the little one must kill the enemy bravely, serve the Great Song Dynasty, serve His Majesty, and serve Song Gong."

"Don't serve me, just serve Your Majesty."

"Whoa."

Not only Hu Anguo, but also the other soldiers also flashed excitement in their eyes. What a good prime minister.

Song Jiu looked at these energetic faces, and a large shadow gradually appeared on his face.

They all have families, parents, wives, and lovers, but in this battle, how many of them can go back alive.

No, I have to do something.

Not for the Song Dynasty, not for Yuping, just for this group of living soldiers.

Song Jiu paced back and called Yang Ye, Fu Zhaoshou and Liu Zhixin.

Fu Zhaoshou and Liu Zhixin are both prisoners of the escort team, but they are not escorting grain and grass, mainly to cooperate with the supervision army to supervise the soldiers and horses, manage military discipline, and ensure safety.

This Northern Expedition was initiated by Liu Zhixin and the He family's father and son, Song Jiu didn't blame them, they were just Zhao Kuangyi's throat, not that they wanted to fight, but that Zhao Kuangyi wanted to fight, and he intended to say it through their mouths. And although Liu Zhixin is a relative, he can fight bravely, several times better than Fu Zhaoshou. There is another reason, Liu Zhixin is also one of the Hezhou Yanei, only a little less deed shares, and he used to have a good relationship with Song Jiu.

Song Jiu called them over because he took a fancy to the soldiers in their hands, although the two of them together were not as many as Yang Ye's troops, but they were not a lot. If the three of them obey their own command, then it is equivalent to having more than 30,000 soldiers and soldiers, and more than 20,000 forbidden soldiers can obey their own command. Of course, if Cao Bin is transferred, this soldier is not Yang Liu Fu and the three, but if Song Jiu intends to operate from the shadows, maybe the three of them will have more troops.

Song Jiu said: "General Yang, Erlang, Zhicheng, you will call your credible and capable generals to my account to discuss matters, but remember, don't alarm others." ”

At this time, Yang Ye and Liu Zhixin were also worried, only Fu Zhaoshou was still ignorant and didn't quite understand.

The three of them went down and brought more than a dozen generals and commanders for a while, including Yang Yanzhao, as well as Yang Ye's third sons Yang Yanpu and Li Jixuan.

looked at Yang Yanzhao and Li Jixuan, Song Jiu was determined in his heart, at least among these people, Yang Yanzhao and Li Jixuan could fight. Or to make an analogy, Jing Si can fight, but can it be said that he is better than Yang Yanzhao, no!

Even if he wins, it won't be too obvious, as a general, he must not only have personal force, but also need wisdom, command ability, and military talent, just like Chen Qingzhi, a cripple, the horse can't ride well, but how many people are better than him, I'm afraid that Yelu Xiu may not be better than Chen Qingzhi.

Yang Ye and Liu Zhixin are even better.

This means that he has generals and soldiers in his hands.

Song Jiu said: "We will lose this battle. ”

"Huh?" Fu Zhaoshou was surprised.

"Erlang, listen to me, Your Majesty's strategy is to contain the main force of the Liao State on the east road, advance on the second road in the central and western directions, and then join the army from the Sanggan River in the north of Ulzhou. Then follow the outer side of Taihang Mountain to Juyong Pass and Victory Pass, which is the road that Yelusha rescued Youzhou from behind the mountain. Then the three-way soldiers and horses attacked Youzhou, or attacked the city, or pinned down the reinforcements of the Liao State, and took Yanyun in one fell swoop. However, General Cao was careless and lost his grain and grass, so he had to go back to Xiongzhou to eat. This problem comes, the soldiers and horses of the two routes of China and the West are after taking the mountain, at least there will be no reinforcements on the West Road. The second is to meet under the city of Youzhou, where the division can be combined and the troops can be divided to deal with it. But there is a risk, and that is that there are not many troops. Therefore, His Majesty gave General Cao the most troops and used this to contain them. Now that General Cao is leading the army back to eat, what will happen if there is no containment? ”

"What consequences?"

"Everyone in Liao is a soldier, of course, it is practically impossible, but if the whole country responds to the war, it is not too difficult to gather two or three hundred thousand troops. And most of them are cavalry, and they are not slow. Our army did not retreat from Zhuozhou, these reinforcements had to try their best to protect Youzhou, and the Chinese and Western armies would not have problems, and they would successfully join forces, and finally fight a decisive battle under Youzhou City. But our army has retreated, and we have to stay in Xiongzhou for a few days to wait for food and grass, and Youzhou will not be so critical. So where will the Liao State transfer its troops? ”

"Move to the back of the mountain, just in time to break each one."

"Sincerely, you're right. Although Tian Chongjin broke the Dapeng wing, but the Dapeng wing only had 30,000 soldiers and horses, once the Liao army reinforcements came, it would be 108,000 soldiers and horses, and the command of the Dapeng wing was wrong, and he actually trapped himself in the mountains to fight, using his own shortcomings to my strengths, can I not be defeated. But can we still expect such a mistake in Liao? ”

The faces of more than a dozen people were all gloomy.

Don't break through the Central and Western Routes, as long as they are forced to retreat, the Liao army concentrates on dealing with the Eastern Route Army, even with Cao Bin's original performance, what consequences can there be?

Defeat! (To be continued......)