What Bao Qing is worried about is that the princess of the thirteen princes was left alone, and it is very likely that the princess will leave first, and after the preparation outside, he will wait at the exit to pick up the princess.

This passage is so narrow that it can only be crossed by one person, and this exit must not be very big, if Zhanzhao recklessly walks to the exit, it is really too risky.

The thirteenth prince wants to leave first, is it only Hongba who is left to support the situation? Or is the thirteenth prince going to Liao to ask for help in person?

Bao Qing heard movement ahead, so he slowly retreated to the entrance of the passage, waited for Zhanzhao and them to come out, and then asked where the exit was, and the princess might know if he interrogated him.

After a while, a group of people came out of the entrance, and the last person to come out of the cave was Zhanzhao.

"My lord, why are you in a hurry to pass me back? Only the princess and a few retinues were caught. Zhan Zhao was a little puzzled.

Bao Qing looked at the pale princess who was dressed in ordinary women's clothes, and said, "Don't come to harm, princess." Although I only saw you once, you can't hide that extravagance no matter how much you dress up. What about the prince? ”

With a resolute look in her eyes, the princess turned away and did not answer.

Bao Qing's face was a little gloomy, such a situation, dragging it out was obviously not good for him.

"Lord Bao, please don't embarrass the princess, okay!" Mrs. Yelu on the side saw Bao Qing's gloomy face, and hurriedly said in a wailing voice.

"Xiaoluo, don't worry about this, does the injury on your head still hurt?" Bao Qing asked.

When the princess heard that Bao Qing actually called Mrs. Yelu's maiden name, she looked at Mrs. Yelu in some surprise.

"Forget it, help the princess rest. There are some things, I'd better ask Xiaoluo to you. Bao Qing is very proud, he just likes to use some small tricks to cause disharmony within the opponent.

Sure enough, the princess's face became a little ugly, and she looked at Mrs. Yelu with suspicion, and the word doubt was engraved on her face.

"My lord, a letter from the capital!" At this time, Jin Wandao walked over and whispered, and at the same time handed a letter to Bao Qing.

Bao Qing opened the letterhead and saw that it was written by Dong Yanran, and Bao Qing was informed of a message in the letter. The imperial court sent 10,000 forbidden troops to Bazhou, and it was Xia Zhu, the squire of the military department, who came in person. This is both bad and not bad news. The good news is that Xia Zhu has no holiday with himself, and I believe that he will not be too embarrassed by himself, and Xia Zhu seems to support the war against Liao, which can be regarded as the main battle faction.

The bad news is that Hongba's rescue letter has worked, and the news of Hongba's rebellion sent by Zhuang Lei should not have been received by the imperial court. Therefore, this Xia Zhu only brought 10,000 forbidden troops, and these 10,000 forbidden troops did not come to quell the rebellion, nor were they enough to quell the rebellion. They came to tell the soldiers at the border pass that the imperial court had not abandoned the besieging General Cao, and had now sent troops to the rescue. But in fact, the army of the imperial court is afraid that it may only have a wait-and-see attitude towards saving Cao Xi, and perhaps the imperial court also thinks that this is a trick by the Liao people to surround and send reinforcements.

"Take them all back!" Bao Qing said.

Back on the ** floor, Bao Qing didn't forget to go to see Mrs. Yelu, but saw that Mrs. Yelu was full of resentment.

"Lord Bao, the Thirteenth Prince did not rebel, he just wanted to temporarily go to my Daliao to hide!" Mrs. Yelu said.

"Go to Daliao to hide? Then the passage of your jewelry store leads to the territory of Liao? Bao Qing asked.

"It's okay to tell the adults, the exit is in a dense forest in the north of Bazhou City, and it took the slave family a long time to dig it."

"Don't tell me, the thirteenth prince went to Liao to see his daughter! Visiting relatives in this way. ”

"That's really the case, your emperor of the Great Song Dynasty can't tolerate the prince, and the prince wants to hide in Daliao."

Bao Qing was very skeptical of this, but one thing was certain, if the thirteen princes did not rebel, but were forced to hide in Liao, it would be a great shame for the imperial court, and the people of the world would inevitably discuss that today's son was mean and unkind, and killed his relatives.

I was entangled for half an hour, waited and waited, and finally waited for the news brought back by the dynasty.

"My lord, we are going to the barracks, and I am afraid it will be a little inconvenient to take these women with us." Jin Wandao said.

Bao Qing nodded when he heard this, it was indeed inconvenient. So after some discussion, he asked Zhanfang to bring some people to send the princess and Mrs. Yelu to the village outside the city.

"My lord, don't worry, it's my subordinate's hometown, although I haven't returned for many years, but there is still a place to live, some time ago, let the dog clean it up." Jin Wandao said, and Bao Qing was relieved.

Originally, Bao Qing also wanted Cao Yun to accompany Zhanfang, but Cao Yun was bent on saving her father, so she was very reluctant to give up.

Bao Qing took the number one hundred and ten people and found Li Qing's camp under the leadership of the dynasty.

More than 100 miles north of Bazhou City, there is a mountain called Baishi Mountain, and Li Qing's camp is located at the foot of that mountain. Li Qing's department is about more than 3,000 people, although the grain and grass are slightly insufficient, but because Li Qing leads the troops in a good way, he is deeply supported by the soldiers.

"The last will see you!" Li Qing saw Bao Qing coming, and bowed with his fists.

"Commander Li doesn't need to be polite, and he doesn't have to be called the last general, and I, Bao Qing, am just a pusher." Bao Qing helped Li Qing up with a smile on his face.

"Commander Li, this officer sees that there seems to be a shortage of food and grass in your big camp, why, there is a difficulty in supply?" Bao Qing asked.

"Indeed, to tell you the truth, the grain and grass are only enough to sustain the army for about ten days." Li Qing replied.

Bao Qing sighed and said, "Where is General Cao's headquarters now?" The official pondered, in a few days, the Liao army should have a move. ”

Li Qing did not rush to answer, but welcomed Bao Qing to the center of the big tent, pointed to the map on the desk and said: "My lord, please see, General Cao's headquarters is besieged in Shilixi, the surrounding terrain is quite flat, grassland on three sides, and a hillside on one side. The strength of the Liao people reached at least 30,000, and most of them were cavalry, even if they broke through, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not be overtaken. ”

Bao Qing understood when he heard it, the Liao people were powerful, and it was very difficult to break through. But the map on this case is too much, it's just a few lines, and some small circles are drawn on it, and I don't understand it.

So Bao Qing continued to ask: "Then how far is General Cao from us?" Probably in the direction above? ”

"Probably to the west of us, if we march, it will take about four hours." Li Qing replied.

Four hours, or eight hours, that's a long way off.

"How many cavalry do we have?" Bao Qing asked.

"Three hundred horses and more than a hundred cavalry."

How to play this? Bao Qing couldn't help but be discouraged, if he wanted to raid the Liao army with lightning speed, it was obviously impossible to rescue Cao Xi. One is that his mobile forces are too small to achieve the goal of attacking the Liao army, and if he goes, he will be sent to death. Second, to do this, Cao Xi needs to cooperate, and only by attacking from front to back can he ensure that a hole is torn in the encirclement of the Liao army.

"No, we don't have enough grain and grass, so the Liao army has 30,000 troops, how do they maintain the supply of grain and grass?" Bao Qing asked.

"The grain and grass of the Liao army are collected from Yizhou, and the grain road is also very long, but the Liao army has many cavalry, and the grain road is very safe, and we have too few troops to attack the grain road, and the distance is too far, and the mobility is too poor. Therefore, there is no way to attack the grain route. Li Qing explained.

However, Bao Qing doesn't think so, Li Qing's analysis is correct, but Bao Qing thinks that some things can only be known if they try themselves. So Bao Qing wanted to give it a try, which was better than doing nothing.