The Song army camp outside Zhaozhou City was dead silent, and even the generals in the camp were hanging their heads and looked dejected, seeing that it was noon, but they did not see the smoke rising, if it were not for the soldiers walking back and forth on the wall, they couldn't help but make people this an empty camp.

"Zheng Ping, we've eaten compressed dry food for three days, and you're going to give us this today?" The luncheon in the handsome tent was being held, and there were several plates of compressed dry food, two plates of dried meat, and a pot of water on the table, Jiang Wei picked up a piece of hard dry food and said.

"Today is different from yesterday, today's is peanut-flavored, and I am reluctant to take it out on weekdays!" Zheng Ping didn't turn his face at Jiang Wei's 'rudeness', and said with a smile.

"Peanuts can be sold for 100 yuan a pound in Beijing, which is more expensive than mutton, and you still don't like to eat it." Zhang Shengkui, the commander of the Krup Army, broke off a piece and put it in his mouth and chewed it.

"Yes, this one is better than the old soybeans, and it tastes quite fragrant." The dragon general Li Gong ate with relish, wiped the dry food residue sticking to the corner of his mouth and said.

"Jiang Wei should eat some, it's better than being hungry, and besides, the compressed dry food now is much better than what His Majesty made back then." Zheng Ping devoured the broken dry food, and quickly poured a large glass of water and said, looking at his eating method, he knew that it was not right.

"Don't mention the things of the year again...... "Listening to the advice of people to eat a full meal, he just picked up a piece of compressed dry food and prepared to put it in his mouth, when he heard Zheng Ping's words, he felt a burst of dryness, and he couldn't eat anymore, so he grabbed a few pieces of dried meat and chewed vigorously and stopped breathing.

"Dutong, is there an allusion in this?" Zhang Shengkui looked at Zheng Ping's depressed appearance and leaned over and asked in a low voice, Li Gong was also curious and stretched out his ears to hear some inside information.

"That's a long story...... Zheng Ping said with a wry smile as he looked at the two people who were full of curiosity left and right. Zhang Shengkui was not born in Beifu, but the group of people selected from the forbidden army when His Majesty went to the northwest. Li Gong joined even later, when Zhao Yong was ordered to go to Remnant Liao to form the Kryu Army. Of course, I don't know what happened back then.

"I warn you that it's better not to say it, otherwise I'll be guilty of disrespect to you and let Your Majesty cut off your head!" Jiang Wei said a little angrily, obviously not wanting people to know about the troubles of many years ago.

"Hehe, this matter is not a secret, there are more people who know, if Your Majesty wants to cut off people's heads for this, I am afraid that no one in the court will go to court." Zheng Ping rolled his eyes and ignored Jiang Wei anymore, and said to the two people around him with his own care. "You don't know that this dry food was invented by His Majesty back then, at that time he had just returned to Beijing from Xiangyi, and he made all kinds of dry food when he had nothing to do, in order to verify whether it could be stored for a long time and whether it could be hungry, he made a large amount of dry food, and let the guards, servants, internal servants, and subordinates in the palace try it...... Tsk, I really don't know how to get through those days! ”

"Oh. It must be that the dry food made by His Majesty is much more delicious than the one produced in the workshop, and Du Tong and Commander Jiang were used to eating it in the palace back then, so that they can't eat this kind of workshop now. Li Gong said 'suddenly'.

"Fart, it's not as delicious as these! But His Majesty forced us to eat on and off for a year. often ate this from morning to night for more than ten days in a row, and the palace that ate almost rebelled. Jiang Wei couldn't hold back anymore and said loudly.

'Haha...... Li Gong and Zhang Shengkui froze for a moment. Then he burst out laughing, I see. This thing was okay for temporary emergencies, and they couldn't swallow it for three days. Thinking about Jiang Wei and Zheng Ping, they ate for so long back then, of course, they felt sick to their stomachs when they saw it, how could they eat it.

"Jiang Wei, you dare to speak foul about the dry food invented by His Majesty, believe it or not, I will behead you now?" Zheng Ping didn't laugh, and said sharply.

"As long as you don't let me eat this, I won't complain if you cut me now." Unexpectedly, Jiang Wei was not afraid, and said with a stiff neck.

"You...... You'd better eat some, please! Hold on for a few more days, and when you defeat Yan Yanying, I will roast you every day. Zheng Ping almost cried angrily, this kid didn't get in the oil and salt, so he immediately changed his face and begged.

"That's pretty much it, but we'll have to wait a few days!" Jiang Wei also said with a sad face. In fact, he was so noisy because he was 'dissatisfied' with Zheng Ping because of the withdrawal of troops that day.

On that day, the lion general withdrew Shaliang under the response of the dragon general, and then Jiang Wei asked for an immediate counterattack to drive the enemy into the river, he knew that it was completely possible to gather the dragon general, the Kryu army and the lion general who still had a certain combat effectiveness, so that not only could cause great casualties to the Jin army, but also occupy Zhaozhou. But his suggestion was vetoed by Zheng Ping, although this was Zhao Li's decision and for the victory of the entire battle, Jiang Wei was still angry.

In this battle, the lion generals rushed from the middle of the night to seize Shaliang, and then the fierce offensive and defensive battles, it can be said that they were extremely passive, with more than 1,000 casualties. It is said that this battle damage is very small compared to the Jin army, but this is the first time that a lion general has suffered such a heavy loss, so Jiang Wei is bent on revenge, and the general's order cannot be violated, so he changed the law to find Zheng Ping's 'trouble' and vent his dissatisfaction. In order to deceive the Jin army into creating the illusion of food shortage, the Song army did not raise fire and ate dry food every day, so he found an excuse again......

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Wanyan Yanying is a good thing these days. The First World War of Zhaozhou made him a prince and a marquis, and he became the leader of the new generation of generals of the Jin State. And he has won the trust and respect of the emperor and the Taishi, and now he has a heavy army, and everyone understands that as long as he can successfully repel the Song army on the Western Road and turn the Jingshi into a safe place, then he will become the hero of the Dajin Kingdom and the future successor of the Taishi.

But Wanyan Yanying has not been happy, not only facing the upcoming war, but also panic and anxiety about lying about the results of the war. Exaggerating military achievements has not been a new thing in the army since ancient times, and it is understandable for Wanyan Yanying to do so in order to stabilize the morale of the army and boost morale, but in order to conceal his casualties and highlight his achievements, he ordered people to throw the corpses of the men and horses who died in the battle into the river at night.

Seeing tens of thousands of broken corpses flowing down the river, and slowly sinking to the bottom of the river, dyeing the river pink, Wanyan Yanying couldn't express her feelings at that time. These soldiers were the last blood of the Jurchen clan, and in order to realize their plans, they rushed up and fell down without hesitation, fulfilling their name as the god of war, but they ended up dead without a place to be buried, which made him feel uneasy, as if he saw countless ghosts roaring and roaring on the river, asking for his life.

In addition, there is no news from the troops attacking Changchun City so far, and I don't know if they succeeded, which also made Wanyan Yanying feel uneasy. At the same time, he also has to face the expectations of all parties, and the uncertainty of the next battle attempt of the Song army that lingers makes him under tremendous pressure, and he can only turn to the gods for help when he can't relieve his depression.

spent several days in the ordeal, and as the Jiangbei army continued to gather, Wanyan Yanying regained his confidence. After three days of uninterrupted attack, the Song army suffered heavy casualties and gradually lost its strength, and the Jurchen people in the city took advantage of the chaos to open the city gate so that they could take the city, and the remnants of the Song army set fire to the warehouse when the city was broken. However, the Song army's return to reinforcements had already cut off the way back, and they could only avoid its edge and turn to Longzhou. It is reported that the grain and grass have been destroyed, and the Western Route Army has deployed Zhao Li to collect grain and grass everywhere, preparing to send troops to Zhaozhou again.

Wan Yan Yanying breathed a long sigh of relief, this can be said to be a surprise, at first he did not expect that the strange troops he sent could capture Changchun City, but only hoped to force the Song army to retreat, or divide the army, so that he could annihilate its forward army. Now there are only two ways for the Song army to re-collect grain and grass. The first is to collect on the spot, and now there are still some days before the autumn harvest, and the grain stock is not enough to cope with the long-term consumption of the 100,000 army; Second, grain is transferred from other places, and the nearest places also have to be transported from Datong, which also takes time. In addition, there are guns and guns, and the guns and gunpowder needed can not be gathered in a few days, which gives him time to calmly surround and annihilate the Song army stationed outside the city of Zhaozhou.

Everything is in place, the fighter has become more and more mature, Wanyan Yanying ordered the Jiangbei army to cross the river overnight to surround the Song army camp, in order to completely destroy the Song army's Northern Expedition, Taishi Wushu is also a bloody capital, he will Ningfu Road The state capitals are stationed in Moke, Meng'an are all requisitioned, plus part of the river defense troops are all handed over to Wanyan Yanying's command, plus his headquarters of soldiers and horses, in Zhaozhou City has gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, the strength far exceeds the Song army.

However, under the situation of superior troops, Wanyan Yanying was still cautious, and he only ordered to strengthen the attack and surveillance of the Song army camp outside Zhaozhou, and besieged the enemy but did not attack. Because the battle of Shaliang a few days ago made him fully understand the strong combat effectiveness of the Song army in defensive operations, if he forcibly launched an attack, even if he could annihilate the Song army, he would pay a great price. So he was waiting, and when the lone army had run out of food and grass, and when they were hungry and could not mount their horses, he would beat the water dogs.

After several days of siege, the besieged Song army also realized that they could not wait for reinforcements and began to try to break through, but they were repulsed several times as if they were surrounded by iron barrels. And Wanyan Yanying also found that the Song army had not raised a fire for many days, indicating that they had run out of grain and grass and had no rice to cook, and they would kill horses to satisfy their hunger in a few days, and that was when they perished.

But just when Yan Yanying was about to launch a decisive battle, suddenly news came from the camp in Jiangbei, which made him almost faint as if he had been hit by five thunderbolts - a Song army brigade suddenly appeared on the river opposite Yichun, and was preparing to cross the river, asking him to quickly transfer troops for reinforcements, but he knew that there were no troops to be deployed in Jiangnan...... (To be continued......)