Cao Youwan returned to the barracks, and all the yellow-faced and thin-skinned generals surrounded him.

"General, hasn't the Tatar army retreated yet? Your Majesty's reinforcements, haven't they come yet? ”

Yang Daquan was upset and couldn't wait to ask.

"General, there is no food in the city, and if you stay any longer, you will die sooner or later. After eight months, no one cares, and we are afraid that we have been abandoned. Life and death are fateful, and you can only rely on yourself! ”

Another officer, Sun Du, was listless, and his tone was full of dissatisfaction.

Sun Du's words surprised Cao Youwan.

The Mongol army has not yet retreated, and it is already unstable.

"Sun Du, what do you want to do? Do you want to join the enemy? ”

Cao Youwan's face was pale, his eyes were cold, and he stared at Sun Du.

At this time, if Yu Jue is here, he will definitely be able to appease the military more than himself.

In front of everyone's eyes, Sun Du's face quickly turned red. He avoided Cao Youwan's gaze and turned his head, still unceremoniously in his mouth.

"General Cao, the brothers were born and died, half of them died, where are the reinforcements? Can't you complain? If Your Majesty had saved us, he would have come a long time ago, instead of making us wait stupidly! ”

At the moment of life and death, the hopelessness of the future, and the fear of death, Sun Du's mentality has collapsed.

Sun Du's words made the soldiers in the hall silent, and then another general came out.

"General Cao, Your Majesty didn't say it, when will you save us? Is there any news outside, where the hell are the reinforcements? ”

The officers who were silent raised their heads one after another and looked at Cao Youwan.

"Sun Du, Wang Xiuwu, the Tatar army has not retreated, are you afraid?"

Cao Youwan's eyes widened. He looked around at the generals and smiled coldly.

"Your Majesty has asked you to keep it until the end of June, and it hasn't arrived yet, what are you anxious about? Do you want to resist the decree? ”

All the generals were stunned and clasped their fists and saluted.

"The last general will not dare!"

The emperor's holy decree, the military order is like a mountain, only more than 20 days of perseverance, who dares to disobey?

At the end of June, there were only twenty days, and they also had the confidence to defend the city.

Sun Du and Wang Xiuwu and other generals looked ugly and no longer said anything.

"Don't dare? Then I tell you, tonight I will go out of the city with three thousand soldiers and attack the Tatar camp. If any of you dare not go, you can stand up now and stay and defend the city. ”

Cao Youwan's eyes were cold, among the generals, many people blushed, and some lowered their eyes, not daring to look at Cao Youwan.

Cao Youwan saw it really and was secretly frightened. It seems that when the ammunition and food are exhausted, the morale of the army is already uneasy.

took the initiative to allow Li Deren to go out of the city to attack the camp of the Mongolian army, was he too arbitrary?

"General, the last general thinks that since His Majesty has ordered me to hold out until the end of June, there is no need to go out of the city and fight a decisive battle with the Tatars. Now that ammunition is scarce, it is completely unnecessary to go out of the city to attack the Tatar camp. ”

It's Sun Du again, and he said it unhurriedly.

"General Cao, the brothers don't have many firearms, and it's too risky to go out of the city to sneak attack. The general thinks twice. Besides, it is only twenty days before the end of the month, and perhaps His Majesty has already sent troops, so it is better to endure for a few more days. ”

Zhang Zhongxia was silent for a long time, and finally spoke.

At that time, when the Mongol army withdrew, the morale was still there, and it was the best time to go out of the city and attack. Now that the camp is full of wounded soldiers and morale is low, it is not a good time to sneak attack.

"The enemy is strong and I am weak, General Cao thinks twice."

Wang Xiuwu clasped his fists and saluted, but he also opposed the sneak attack out of the city.

Cao Youwan nodded, glanced at the generals in the hall, and said in a calm tone.

"Sun Du, Zhang Zhongxia, Wang Xiuwu, the three of you stay and defend the city. Others, is there anything else to stay? ”

The words have been spoken, and they will not be forced. Only when we work together can we have the certainty of defeating the enemy.

"General, starvation is death, and you can fight when you go out of the city. I'm going with you! ”

Immediately, an officer, Huang Xi, stood up with a red face.

"General, you're too underestimated! Isn't it just a matter of losing your head, afraid of a ball! Besides, the official family looks down on the brothers and will definitely take care of the brothers' families. I, Yang Daquan, will go with you, and I will be the front! ”

Officer Yang Daquan also said it viciously.

"General, isn't it just playing with your life? Give the order! ”

"General, I, Cao Shixiong, are the only ones who look forward to you!"

The vast majority of the officers in the hall enthusiastically asked for orders, and everyone was indignant.

"General, the military order is like a mountain, I am willing to fight with the army. However, I still say that the best opportunity has been missed for a sneak attack on the Tatar barracks. After this battle, life and death are uncertain. That's all I have to say. ”

Unlike the cowardice of Sun Du and others, Zhang Zhongxia still insisted on his own views.

What he didn't know was that most of the Mongol army outside the city had withdrawn, and the Song army had already crossed the Yellow River. Even if the Song army went out of the city to attack the Mongolian army camp at this moment, there would not be much risk.

Looking at Wang Xiuwu and Sun Du again, they didn't say a word, obviously unwilling to go out of the city to fight.

"Brothers, listen to me."

The military heart seemed to be available, and Cao Youwan nodded lightly, calming everyone down.

"Play hard, but try to come back. Your Majesty said that at the end of June, there are still more than 20 days to go. Until the end of June, we will be heroes, and Your Majesty will definitely send troops to save us. Think about it, Your Majesty is the son of my Song Dynasty, and he is also the principal of the martial arts hall, he is a man of all his words, can his words not count? ”

Cao Youwan said loudly, impassioned.

"Brothers, we are all cultivated by the emperor, the emperor's grace is high and the earth is thick, if we fail the emperor, wouldn't we be deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestors, and the emperor wouldn't make the world laugh. When the time comes, where will the emperor's face go? Aren't our families going to be scolded to death? ”

"General, give the order. Our brothers in Jinling Wutang can't afford to lose this face! ”

Cao Shixiong said it out loud, his face red and his ears red.

"General, give the order. Even if we die, we can't lose the emperor's face! Corporal Lixian of the Emperor, he loves soldiers like sons, and treats his brothers well, so we can't embarrass him! ”

Yang Daquan was also flushed and filled with righteous indignation.

The generals were impassioned, and Sun Du and the others were silent and stepped aside.

The indifferent attitude of the conformists, they all feel that they are already outsiders.

Zhang Zhongxia was going to persuade him, but he was afraid of chilling the army's heart, so he couldn't help but say nothing.

Cao Youwan has a quick temper, a stubborn donkey, and he can't pull back ten cows for what he decides. It's okay to sneak attack the Mongolian army camp, and there are some firearms, how can it not be wiped out.

"Brothers, bring the rest of the earth-shattering thunder. Concentrate all your ammunition, bring your artillery, storm the Tatar camp tonight, and it hard! ”

Cao Youwan resolutely gave a military order.

Instead of starving to death in the city, it is better to fight. In any case, you can't lose the face of Da Song.

"It's all up to the general!"

All the generals clasped their fists together and saluted, solemn and solemn.

Cao Youwan nodded, walked past the generals one by one, and returned to the main seat.

"Brothers, go down and prepare."

The generals withdrew one after another, and Cao Youwan sat alone in a chair with dull eyes.

"Serve the country with loyalty, kill yourself! Your Majesty, the minister will not fail you! It's not that the minister is incompetent, but helpless! ”

Cao Youwan pulled out the short sword at his waist and looked at it in a daze.

"The soul of a soldier", a symbol of a soldier, was personally given by the emperor in Jinling's martial arts hall, which is extremely precious.

Could it be that once the attack on the Mongolian army camp failed, he would use this "killing" sword and end up with his own life?

The reason why he was willing to lead the army out of the city and attack the camp of the Mongolian army was also because he had no hope of defending the city and wanted to die on the battlefield and shroud himself in horse leather?

Where are the emperor's reinforcements?

Cao Youwan had tears in his eyes, the sun shone on him through the broken window, tiredness and hunger attacked each other, and unconsciously, Cao Youwan fell asleep.

"Report!"

The sergeant rushed straight in to report and crawled, waking up Cao Youwan from his sleep.

"Don't you know the rules of the army? Panic what! Say! ”

Cao Youwan's face turned pale and he sat up straight.

The short sword that was placed on the table was also taken back by him and inserted back into the scabbard at his waist.

"Will ...... Army, Tartar ...... Tatar army ......"

The sergeant was out of breath and out of breath.

"What's wrong? Did the Tatar army attack the city? ”

Cao Youwan said coldly and stood up.

The Mongol army attacked the city, just in time to have a painful battle and make a decision.

"Will ...... Army, no! Tatar ...... The army is coming from the south! They were heading north in an endless stream, and the Tatar army outside the city was packing up their tents, as if they were about to retreat! ”

The sergeant was sweating profusely, and his face could not hide the ecstasy.

"What...... Is it? ”

Cao Youwan's heart was beating wildly, and his face turned red.

"Will ...... Army, the Tatar army gathered in one place, as if it was about to retreat! ”

The sergeant finally finished speaking out loud.

"Lead the way, go out and have a look!"

Cao Youwan strode forward, and couldn't wait, and the sergeant hurriedly followed.

Out of the lobby, the courtyard was full of suspicious officers, Cao Youwan nodded, and took the lead, the officers couldn't wait to follow.

Sun Du and the others looked at each other, and they also followed behind everyone.

Outside the city of Lingzhou, the Mongolian army came from the south, they followed the east bank of the Yellow River, passed the Mongolian army camp outside the city of Lingzhou, the flag fluttered, and went towards the north, wave after wave, endlessly, without stopping at all.

The Mongolian army camp outside Lingzhou City set up camp one after another, and soon cleaned up and became an army of its own, but also followed behind, leaving a mess in the wilderness.

"Tatar...... Is this a retirement? ”

"They're not going to attack Zhongxing Mansion, are they?"

"Look at it like this, the Tatars seem to have lost the battle?"

The Mongolian army outside the city was cleaned up, and for more than an hour, they did not raise their heads, listless, and did not seem to be worried about the sneak attack of the defenders of Lingzhou. The Lingzhou army watched from the top of the city, and everyone was amazed, but no one was bored.

"General, there are only three or four thousand Tatar cavalry outside the city, if I knew this, I would have taken my brothers out of the city and killed him for a while!"

Cao Shixiong looked carefully and shouted in surprise.

"These dog thieves! It turns out that there are only so many people! Pretending to be a ghost is too shady! ”

Huang Xi radiated and let out a long breath.

The tents of the Mongolian military camp outside the city were dense, thinking that there were at least tens of thousands, but who knew that when I saw it today, I was completely scared of myself.

"As long as the artillery is complete and the ammunition is sufficient, even if it is a Tatar army of tens of thousands, what is there to fear?"

Yang Daquan's face was full of red light, and the confidence and ambition on his body all came back in an instant.

The generals rejoiced, Cao Youwan looked at the city wall, his heart was pounding, and his eyes were rejuvenated.

How could the dignified Emperor of the Song Dynasty, the principal of the Jinling Lecture and Martial Arts Hall, and the leaders of tens of millions of Song Dynasty soldiers and civilians leave thousands of soldiers behind?

Thinking of the mood of giving up on himself just now, Cao Youwan's face turned red and he secretly took chances.

It is the duty of a soldier to obey military orders. The set learned in Jinling's lecture martial arts hall has been learned in the dog's belly.

I was too, I didn't believe in the emperor, and I was successfully brought into the ditch by Li Deren and Ning Zining, two-stirring sticks.

"General Cao, the Tatar army is retreating, you see this ......"

The-stirring stick got on the city wall for some reason, Li Deren had a ruddy face, and asked Cao Youwan softly.

The Mongol army will not withdraw for no reason. Something must have happened.

"Your Highness, the Tatar army has retreated, numbering at least three to forty thousand, and there should not be many Tatar soldiers in the south. It's better to send scouts to the south to investigate, if my expectations are right, my Great Song Emperor has already taken the imperial conquest and is on the Yellow River! ”

Zhang Zhongxia looked at the sky outside the city and in the south, and said calmly.

"Yes, yes, yes! Zhang Zhongxia is right! It must be my Great Song Dynasty Emperor who drove his own expedition and waved his army north! ”

Cao Youwan's heart was beating wildly, and under the excitement, his resentment towards Li Deren, a pig teammate, had already flown out of the clouds.

The Tatar army retreated, and the emperor must have sent troops to the rescue.

"It should be more than just a wave of troops going north. Between Song and Mongolia, there should have been several major battles, and the Tatar army did not take advantage of it, so it chose to retreat. Most likely, the two sides have already negotiated peace. ”

Yang Daquan followed and added urgently.

There is no pie in the sky, and the Mongol army will not retreat easily, unless there is an external force.

"Good, good! General, there is no Tatar army on the west bank of the Yellow River, hurry up and send someone to investigate, you must be careful! ”

Li Deren nodded again and again, flustered.

Earlier he broke with the Great Song Dynasty reinforcements, and earlier relieved the siege of Lingzhou City.