Bao Qing decided to give it a try no matter what, first find a way to cut off the Liao army's grain route, or at least make some trouble for the Liao army's grain and grass supply. Secondly, see if you can find the location of the Liao army's grain and grass hoarding, if you can burn the baggage like the battle of Guandu, maybe this unlucky situation will be better.

Of course, there is also a risk that if you are not careful, you will toss away the only capital you have. Also, if you accidentally succeed and force this Liao army to be ruthless and swallow Cao Xi first, it will be bad.

"Your Excellency, you decide! We'll do it with you! Jin Wandao said.

Bao Qing looked at Li Qing, only to see Li Qing's worried face, it seems that this Commander Li has no confidence in himself.

Li Qing paused and said, "My lord, are you trying to attack the grain of the Liao people?" The last general analyzed for a long time just now, but whenever there is a little opportunity, the last general will try his best to do it. It's just, my lord, haven't you thought about the consequences? ”

Bao Qing patted Li Qing on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Opportunities are created by people, only when we move and get closer, will we find each other's loopholes and opportunities." ”

When Bao Qing said this, he didn't think much about it at all, he had to give it a try, and there was no other way.

"Confidence? Since the adults said so, they must have made up their minds, and the last general will follow the adults. ”

Scheduled? Bao Qing really didn't, his writing in his previous life belonged to the infinite stream of consciousness, he wrote wherever he wanted, never wrote any outline, and where did he have any plans.

"Good! Just do it! Actually, we still have one more chance, and that is Hongba's reinforcements. Bao Qing said.

"Hongba's reinforcements? Isn't Hongba a rebellion? Will he help us? ”

"Of course not. Hongba's reinforcements were divided into two routes, and our people did not intercept Hongba's messenger breaking through, presumably the reinforcements would definitely reach Bazhou. As soon as his reinforcements arrive, the Thirteen Princes will inevitably raise their banners and rebel immediately. At that time, the Liao army must immediately cooperate with the Thirteen Princes to attack our Great Song Dynasty. Then, the strategy of the Liao army needs to be adjusted, and the original plan to prepare for the reinforcements of the Great Song Dynasty has to be canceled. At this time, the Liao army will face two choices, either give up encircling and suppressing General Cao's subordinates, and directly help the Thirteen Princes attack the Great Song Dynasty. Either you don't carry out the final blow to General Cao's subordinates, and then go to help the Thirteen Princes. ”

"What do you mean, the Liao people have prepared two sets of plans? One is to wait for reinforcements to attack and rescue General Cao, and the other is to cooperate with the thirteen princes to rebel and attack my Great Song Dynasty? ”

"It should be, but attacking reinforcements is not the main purpose, but by the way, General Cao's soldiers and horses should be caught in the urn for the Liao army, and the Liao people don't care if they see through their plans, because, whether to save General Cao or not, we will all have losses."

"But now it's winter, and the Liao people's grain and grass are already poor, so they usually raid the border to grab grain. How dare you carry out the siege plan, aren't you afraid that the grain and grass will not be able to keep up? ”

Bao Qing laughed out loud and said, "Good question! This is also the reason why this official has the courage to fight with the Liao. ”

Li Qing thought for a while, and suddenly said in surprise: "What do you mean? There is still a second grain route that we don't know about the Liao people? So they don't have to run out of food and grass? ”

"Yes, this time the Liao people surprisingly adopted a siege strategy in winter, which is really rare. At first, the official thought that the Liao people had just plundered Bazhou and robbed Bazhou of all the grain, so they had the courage to besiege General Cao in winter. However, the official did not see any obvious shortage of food in Bazhou. It is estimated that General Cao never expected that the Liao people would dare to risk the lack of food to carry out the siege. ”

Bao Qing paused and continued: "Later, when I learned the news of the rebellion between the Thirteen Princes and Hongba, this official had some understanding, the reason why the Liao people besieged General Cao was that General Cao was a rare and experienced important general in the Great Song Dynasty, and the forbidden army he brought was also the elite of my Great Song Dynasty. This official believes that the reason why the imperial court did not rescue General Cao in time is probably also this idea. If the Liao people dare to eat hard, then they will lose both, and at most they will fight hard, and they all know that General Cao will definitely not surrender. ”

"Well, my dad is a big hero, and he will never surrender!" Cao Yun immediately interjected when she heard this.

Therefore, the Liao people chose to besiege, and when General Cao's army ran out of ammunition and food, the army naturally collapsed. In doing so, you can also attract reinforcements from the Great Song Dynasty to come to a siege point to send reinforcements. But the only difficulty in doing this is grain and grass, and the survival of tens of thousands of troops of the Liao army requires a large amount of grain and grass. But at this time, it was already winter, and the grass needed by sheep and horses on the grassland had withered and died. The food supply of the Liao people was suddenly in short supply, and the meat was not as easy to store as the grain of our Great Song Dynasty, so the Liao people had no choice but to attack the Great Song Dynasty city and plunder the grain. ”

"Therefore, the general Liao people will not take the siege strategy because they have no food, but if they really dare to do this, it means that there is food. Right? Zhanzhao asked.

"Yes, if you think about it, Yizhou transports grain too far and is unsustainable. Therefore, there must be a second grain road, and this grain road should not be far from the Liao camp, and I am afraid that this grain is provided by the thirteen princes. In addition, the Liao people did not move, and another purpose was to wait to cooperate with the thirteen princes to rebel. Bao Qing said.

After listening to Bao Qing's analysis, Li Qing was immediately in high spirits.

"My lord, I didn't expect you to have a set of marching battles! It's incredible. The last general was a little worried that the adults were civilian officials who did not understand military affairs and commanded indiscriminately. ”

"Commander Li, are you frightened by the indiscriminate march of the literati?"

"Indeed, after suffering like this, if the war is won, it will be the credit of the literati, and if it fails, it will become the responsibility of our generals."

"Hey, this court shouldn't let the literati come here, otherwise there will be any Liao people to be afraid of. Of course, Commander Li, although I, Bao Qing, am half a literati, don't worry, if there is really any credit, it will be yours. I bear the blame for the crime. Because, it is always you warriors who are desperate on this battlefield, and the literati just shout and shout. ”

"No, my lord, you are so humble!" Li Qing hurriedly said gratefully.

"Okay, let's do it! Commanded by Lee, the officer was going to send two detachments, each of about ten people, whose main purpose was to find the so-called second grain route in the next two days. At the same time, the official personally led a team of 100 people to check the grain routes of the usual Liao camps in Yizhou. Although it is clear there, it is better to see it on the spot! ”

"How are people distributed?" Li Qing asked.

In this way, Zhanzhao is the captain of the first team, and Jin Wandao is the captain of the second team. Commander Li, you see that they all cooperate with the deputy. Zhan Zhao and Jin Wandao, listen well, this time you go to investigate the grain route of the Liao people, mainly to investigate, don't think about sneak attacks, don't startle snakes. Militarily and topographically, it is mainly the deputies assigned to you by Commander Lee. The task given to you is to find out the second grain route of the Liao people. Commander Lee, give them twenty horses, ten men from your guard, and ten men from your army. ”

"Then I will go with my lord to check the grain road in Nayi Prefecture?" Li Qing asked.

"You don't need to go, I'll go with Brother Bao!" Cao Yun raised her head and said.

"This is General Cao's daughter, Commander Li don't blame it! This officer thinks that it is better for Commander Li to sit in the big battalion, and if we are in trouble, you can also reinforce in time. In fact, what Bao Qing thought was that once he was finished, at least he didn't drag down the 3,000 soldiers and horses, as long as they were there, there was still a chance to turn the tables.

"Now, my lord, do you really want to take the risk yourself?" Li Qing couldn't help but glance at Bao Qing with admiration, thinking that his cousin Li Guifei said that this Bao Qing was hateful and very dangerous, but looking at what he did, it didn't seem to be so unbearable.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger!" Bao Qing actually has no choice, let others go, he is not at ease, he can't stay here and wait for the result, Bao Qing is not the kind of person who waits for fate stupidly.

"Commander Li, equip me with some horses!"

When Li Qing heard this, he bowed respectfully to Bao Qing, and called someone to come, this life is burly and tall, without armor or a knife, his face is full of beard, and his beard is messy.

"Zhang Long, this is Lord Qinchabao, this time I want you to go with your lord to investigate the grain route of the Liao people in Yizhou. I entrust you with your trust, and you must ensure your safety. Li Qing said.

The dragon clenched his fists and roared: "Zhang Long has an order!" ”

Bao Qing was stunned for a long time when he heard this, Zhang Long? Could it be Zhang Long of Zhang Long and Zhao Hu?

Seeing this, Li Qing hurriedly explained: "Zhang Long is extremely familiar with the terrain in this area, and he just happened to help the adults lead the way!" ”