The emperor and Cao Xinyang greeted the Youyun soldiers at the city tower, and the Youyun soldiers entered the city, and the emperor stepped forward and said very movingly: "Thanks to you, you have made great contributions, and I want to reward you." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Youyun soldiers all knelt down and said in unison: "The grass people don't dare." The emperor said: "Why do the generals still call themselves grass people, and from today I will seal you the post of protector general." "Youyun soldiers thanked them in unison, in fact, everyone knows in their hearts that this is nominally a protector general, but in fact it is just an official position, and there is also a fortune, but there is no military power in his hands, but the emperor can reward such a big official from their cloth clothes is already a grace, and then the emperor rewarded them with a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, and ordered them to follow the emperor and Cao Xinyang to plan a retreat from the enemy before retreating from the enemy.

In Zheng Tong's military camp, Zheng Tong was already dead, and the military power was in the hands of Yeluda, the deputy general of the Liao State. The next morning, Yeluda, who had not slept all night, was in the camp and kept hearing someone come to report, "Report, my lord, I have checked all the soldiers in the barracks, and there are no other spies." Yeluda waved his hand and said, "Well, go ahead, got it." After a while, someone came and said, "Report, my lord, our grain and grass, grain and grass." Yeroda said, "What happened to the grain and grass, and how much was saved." The man said, "It has been less than ten days." Yeluda sighed, and then said, "Hmph, everyone is not much better, it's a big deal to fight to the death." "Because this Yeluda knew that Cao Xinyang's troops suffered heavy losses at the last stop, he still had some certainty in attacking the city, but if it wasn't for the last resort, no one would dare to rush forward. This Yeluda also has his own little abacus in his heart, he knows that Yelu Xiuqi is attacking the border pass, if he can attack it, this allied army will go straight from Luzhou to the capital together, and he can seize half of the world. Yeluda gave the order and said: "Come, pass on my military order, from now on, all sergeants are only allowed to have one bowl of porridge per meal per day, and the forage for horses will be halved." ”

In the capital, Cao Xinyang and Youyun soldiers came to their military camp from the palace, and there were already many generals in this military camp, and everyone discussed strategies to meet the enemy together. One of the generals said, "General, the generals who have been fighting to protect the country have burned their grain and grass, and I think they must be starving now, so it is better for us to go out of the city and fight them." Another general said: "No, they wish we went out in this crisis situation, haven't you heard of the truth that the mourning soldiers will win, not to mention that now our food and grass city defense is also tight, we can't afford to fight this battle, the only thing we can do is to wait for reinforcements, now hold on to the city, now they are short of food and grass, presumably it will not take a few days to collapse without a fight." Cao Xinyang said: "Well, what you said is reasonable, now what we have to do is not how to fight, but to think about what to do if they forcibly attack the city, as long as they hold on for a while, they will collapse without a fight." At this time, the boss said: "General Cao, may I ask if this enemy army will transport grain from Luzhou, if this is the case, it will be unfavorable to us." Cao Xinyang said: "No, I have already sent someone to investigate, when they came, Luzhou was already empty of grain and grass, and they have never opened up the route of transporting grain from Luzhou to here, if they go back to transport grain now, it will take a lot of time." The boss nodded, knowing that there was not so much danger now.

Yeluda was also discussing with the generals how to attack the capital at this time, Yeluda said angrily: "These Han people are too cunning, we burned their grain and grass, but I didn't expect them to mix in our military camp and burn our grain and grass." One of the generals on the side said: "General, we never dreamed that they were mixed up during the battle, this kind of thing is unheard of, and these people are not ordinary elite soldiers, we generals can't defeat them." Yeluda squinted her eyes and snorted, "I know who they are, it's a bit tricky for these guys to be here." One of the generals asked, puzzled, and said, "General, you say you know them, so who are?" and Jeroda said, "They are the eighteen horsemen of the clouds who once terrified all the armies. "The generals in the tent were all shocked and surprised, because although the generals of this Luzhou had never met the Youyun soldiers at the border pass, all of them knew the story of the Youyun soldiers. Yeluda said, "Let's discuss how to deal with the enemy first." A general said: "General, now that there is a shortage of grain and grass, we should solve it quickly." Another general said, "General, now we should find an opportunity to attack the city, their walls are not so strong, and the soldiers defending the city are tired, and this is a good time to attack." It turned out that Zheng Tong's lieutenant said: "General, we can not only attack the city like this, but also when we drag them to the bottom, we can camp outside their city and set up a military formation, if they don't come out at that time, we can find time to sneak attack them, if they come out, we can also use the formation to consume their forces and fight with them." Yeluda said: "Okay, just do as you say, but this formation is still not good at this general, since you say so, is it because you are good at formation?" The deputy general said: "General Hui, I followed General Zheng Tong's father to practice martial arts many years ago, and I also studied the military formation. Jeroda said, "Well, it's up to you to take care of this." ”

Cao Xinyang sent people to observe the enemy's movements at the various gates of the city wall at all times, and the enemy did not make any big moves for a while. Cao Xinyang said: "Alas, I was clumsy, I didn't expect that there were such capable people around the horse, this is something I don't understand." The boss said: "General, please speak?" Cao Xinyang said: "I already know some of your origins, it was the horse that saved you at the beginning, but I didn't know who you were at that time, and now I am very curious, I don't know if I can tell you." The boss said: "We are all from the rivers and lakes, small sects, and General Cao must not know it." Cao Xinyang said: "The general is too modest, I see that your eighteen brothers rush to kill the military formation as if entering a no-man's land, and then see that your weapons are all plugged scimitars, and that day the eighteen girls followed the general's people to check the spies, this Liao language is also very proficient, I guess you are the eighteen horsemen of Youyun who robbed the village back then." When the boss heard this, he thought he couldn't hide it, and said: "Well, the general has good eyesight, and we did fight a lot at the border back then." Cao Xinyang knew that this Youyun soldiers had killed the soldiers and people at the border pass, but now that things have passed, they have also changed their ways, and the emperor knows that the inside story has not punished them, and they have also made miraculous achievements, and they are not good at saying anything, so he sighed and said: "Alas, I actually know your identity, and there is nothing to ask, I have nothing to do to walk around, don't bother, I will go back." "This boss, they also know that this General Cao should have some opinions about them in his heart, but everyone is not an enemy, it's hard to say anything, the boss They sent General Cao out of the Horse Mansion, and this Cao Xinyang went back to the barracks.