Zhao Zhen was deeply infected by the affection of the soldiers, and suddenly felt that his spirit was much better, and he galloped forward with a whip.

After arriving at a forked intersection, the 70,000 soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty divided into two routes, one led by Di Qing to Licheng, and the other by Gu Qingjue with the official family towards Rongcheng.

Yes, their purpose this time was not to attack Gaocheng, but to form a triangle with Gaocheng Li City and Rong City.

They were determined that the Great Liao would hold Gaocheng, and at the same time would send troops from the other two cities to reinforce Gaocheng.

There are 20,000 garrisons in each of these two cities, it depends on how much Deng Lu will draw this time, if it is less, it will be more difficult for them to attack the city, but if they draw more than half of the troops in the city, it will be much easier to attack these two cities.

When he was still twenty miles away from Licheng, Di Qing ordered his soldiers to march in concealment.

Not long after, the Da Liao soldiers who came out from Licheng to reinforce Gaocheng passed by not far from them.

Looking at the Da Liao soldiers who were running at great speed, Di Qing was very happy in his heart, and after a glance just now, the soldiers of Li Cheng almost poured out.

In this way, the number of soldiers defending the city is definitely less than 2,000.

"General Di, we are safe!"

"Okay, go full speed, be sure to knock Li Cheng down as quickly as possible."

In the direction of Rongcheng, the situation encountered by the 35,000 soldiers led by Zhao Zhen was basically the same as that encountered by Di Qing.

They also marched in concealment, and only after everyone had passed did they speed up to Banyan City.

Two hours later, reinforcements from the two cities were in place, but the Great Song army was not seen for a long time.

Deng Lu in Gaocheng was faintly uneasy in his heart.

According to the situation reported by the scouts, the Great Song army should have been not far from Gaocheng at this point, but the scouts sent out afterwards have not returned.

He doesn't know what the situation is now. I was worried that the Song army would bypass Gaocheng and attack Licheng.

Thinking of this, Deng Lu quickly walked towards the emperor's tent.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something important to do."

Yelu Zhenzong was also anxiously waiting for news, and Deng Lu came in at this time only thinking that the Song army would soon be in the city.

"Is Song Jun coming?"

The tone could not hide the excitement, excitement and worry.

Deng Lu shook his head: "Your Majesty, two hours have passed, and the scouts sent out behind have not returned, and there is no shadow of the Song army. ”

Yelu Zhenzong looked at Deng Lu fixedly: "Why do you judge that the Song army will not fight the important Gaocheng City, but go to take those two small cities?" ”

"Your Majesty, although Licheng and Rongcheng are small cities, they form a triangle with Gaocheng, once these two cities are lost and form a combined encirclement, Gaocheng will be very dangerous!"

In fact, Yelu Zhenzong also understands this truth, after all, he has fought for so many years.

It's just that there have been too many defeats in the past few years, and the development momentum of the Great Song Dynasty is far from comparable, so he was anxious for a while, and now Deng Luyi said that he also knew that he was anxious, and he didn't calm down to analyze the war situation.

"General Deng, you quickly send someone to investigate the movements of the Song army, and you must find out the latest situation."

Deng Lu said worriedly: "Your Majesty, the minister sent two groups of scouts two hours ago, but they haven't come back until now, the minister is worried that the Song army has been guarding against scouts, and they are very likely to have ......."

Everyone present knows what it is.

Ten thousand scouts finally ran back desperately, and Song Jun would definitely not let such a thing happen again.

"What does General Deng mean?"

"The minister thinks that at this time, they can only let them go in order to find out the movements of the Song army."

Deng Lu was talking about some loose cultivators recruited by Yelu Zhenzong, and in their opinion, these people had unpredictable abilities, and it was definitely not a problem to inquire about the news.

Yelu Zhenzong agreed with what Deng Lu said, and immediately called Mao Chenfang and the others.

Mao Chenfang: "......"

I called him two hours ago, and I wanted him to assassinate Emperor Song, but he refused, and now I want to call him again.

"See Your Majesty!"

"You're welcome, I called you here to let you go to the front to find out the movements of the Song army. See if they are heading towards Gaocheng or Licheng and Rongcheng. ”

Mao Chen Fang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Just to find out the direction of the Song army's march, this is a trivial matter for them.

"Yes, let's go right away!"

Mao Chenfang took three loose cultivators, and set off from Gaocheng to fly ten miles with the sword, but he didn't see the Song army.

"That being the case, the purpose of the Song army is definitely not to attack Gaocheng, we are now divided into two routes, Lu Minghua and I will go to Rongcheng, and the two of you will go to Licheng, and once you find out about the situation, you will immediately send a message to contact Li Ze."

Li Ze was one of the scattered cultivators who stayed in Gaocheng.

Mao Chenfang took Lu Minghua to turn around and fly straight to Rongcheng. It was only a matter of half an hour to go to Banyan City with their cultivation.

"Look!"

Lu Minghua saw in mid-air that Rongcheng had fallen into the flames of war, the Song army was struggling to attack the city, and the city gate could not support it for too long.

Mao Chenfang's eyelids jumped: "Da Song is moving so fast!" ”

He immediately took out the transmission note and transmitted the situation on Rongcheng's side to Li Ze.

As soon as Mao Chenfang approached, Pan Gong immediately noticed it, but he had no plans to fight with Mao Chenfang.

Now that the situation is clear, there is still half an hour left for the land to take the city.

At this time, unless the soldiers of the Liao army have wings, it is impossible to come, so let them watch it in a hurry, which is good.

Sure enough, Yelu Zhenzong got the news, and the whole person sat down on the chair.

"Your Majesty, the Song army attacked Licheng and Rongcheng by surprise, even if these two cities are captured now, they will not gain a firm foothold so quickly, we can take the initiative to attack."

"Okay, listen to General Deng! The rest is up to you. ”

Deng Lu breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as His Majesty is willing to delegate power and does not command indiscriminately, he still has the confidence to fight the Song army.

At this time, the 35,000 soldiers led by Di Qing and Gu Qingjue each captured the two cities.

In this siege, about 2,000 people were killed and wounded in Licheng and about 1,070 in Rongcheng.

The casualties were small and could be described as a big victory.

After capturing the city, there were cultivators in both armies who were used to deliver news.

Gu Qingjue meant to immediately rectify the defense, and then sent 20,000 soldiers to set up an ambush along the road between Gaocheng and Rongcheng.

The main thing is a surprise.

Gu Qingjue's thoughts coincided with Di Qing. They moved quickly, and the remaining 33,000 or so soldiers, 13,000 who stayed in the city to reorganize the defense, and the remaining 20,000 people set up ambushes in two places.

In the middle of Licheng and Gaocheng, there were three places suitable for ambushes, and Di Qing decided to leave only 10,000 people in the city, and the remaining 23,000 people were ambushed in three places.

They were very fast, and they reached their designated position in two hours.

And Deng Lu ordered the generals, and then arranged the troops to line up, and ordered 50,000 troops from Gaocheng, which was also divided into two routes, plus the Liao army that came out from the two cities to support before, so that there were about 38,000 people on each road.