The Wind Riders retreated to the camp in disarray.

When counting the sergeants, they found that in this battle alone, they had lost more than a thousand soldiers, so they scattered their troops in discouragement, and returned to their military tents, never daring to mention any sneak attacks again.

The next day, when the Wind Riders were depressed, they heard that Richard had sent them to return to the city immediately, and arranged for him to take charge of the camp outside the city.

The Taoist returned to the city as ordered. When he arrived in the city, he found that there seemed to be a large number of horses, and when he arrived at Richard's house, he saw Richard standing tremblingly in the main hall, and on the throne sat a half-masked woman with a frown on her brow. Nine times out of ten, this person is the Concubine Li, and the Taoist couldn't help but panic.

When Brother Richard saw the Wind Dao man coming back, he hurriedly said to Li Qiushui: "Old Ancestor, this person is the Wind Dao Man. ”

When Li Qiushui heard this, a cold eye shot over, and he saw that the people of the Wind Dao were frightened, and he trembled and hurriedly bowed down.

Li Qiushui stared at the Taoist quietly, and the silk on her face was shaken by the anger that came out of her nose. After a while, he slapped the handle of the chair vigorously and said: "Sending troops in vain, losing troops and breaking generals, rubbing the sharp spirit of our army." Come on, push it out and cut it off!" The officer on the side had already stepped forward at the order and grabbed the arms of the Wind Rider.

When Brother Richard saw that she was about to kill the wind rider, he wanted to ask for mercy, but he hesitated and opened his mouth.

Li Qiushui saw his reaction like this, and reprimanded: "King Jin, as an important member of the state, how can you be so childish?

Brother Richard was hesitant to say it, but when he heard Li Qiushui say this, he looked at her cold eyes again, and suddenly felt like falling into the abyss, but he couldn't spit out half a word.

Seeing this, the Wind Controlling Dao people suddenly widened their eyes, and struggled to shout: "The poor Dao has a strange skill! It can take people's lives in the air! Please let the concubine allow me to atone for my crimes!"

When Li Qiushui heard him say this, he became even more determined to kill, and said sharply: "How can military law allow child's play?

The Wind Rider offended the concubine somehow, causing her to swear to take her own life, thinking that there was no other way, so she hurriedly pinched the trick and cast a spell. I saw him take a big mouth, exhale a black gas, and quickly float to both sides, and the two officers who were holding him immediately rolled their eyes and fell to the ground.

The Wind Rider suddenly broke free of his restraints and lay on the ground, just wanted to get up, but before he had time to be complacent, he heard Li Qiushui say loudly again: "Do it!"

I saw two soldiers on one side, one of whom opened a bamboo tube and slammed all the dog blood inside onto the Taoist. The man immediately collapsed to the ground, and where the dog's blood was placed, puffs of white smoke rose and emitted an unpleasant stench.

Several soldiers hurriedly stepped forward and dragged him out. After a while, a hideous human head was sent in and presented to Li Qiushui.

Brother Richard looked at it with a puzzled face on the side.

Li Qiushui glanced at Brother Richard out of the corner of his eyes, waved his hand to let the head be taken off, and said softly to him: "King Jin, don't blame the mourning family for not giving you face, this person can't stay." The mourning family is for the sake of you and the lord of the country. ”

said so, but in fact, she was afraid that one day, Brother Richard would have a heart of disobedience, and this Taoist priest would become Brother Richard's greatest help. So when I heard that the person had a secret method of killing people in the air, I made up my mind to kill the killer.

Brother Richard didn't say a word, rubbed his fists lightly, and stood there steadily, listening to Li Qiushui's persuasion.

Li Qiushui saw that he didn't say a word, and knew that he had resentment in his heart, but he was helpless and went with him.

After dealing with the people who control the wind road, Li Qiushui was promoted to gather the generals, and said: "The vanguard of the Song army was pinned down by the Western Army of Great Xia, and now the Song Dynasty will no longer allocate a soldier or a grain to them, and they have become turtles in the urn." What do you think is the next step for the generals?"

The pioneer under the tent held his fists and said: "Why worry about the concubine, I will wait for 300,000 people, and Song Gou is only 30,000, just push them over and crush them!"

Xiangyou's military commander commanded the army and said: "The vanguard is brave, and if you use tactics and tricks, it is better not to use brute force." The last general felt that at this time, he should send someone to shoot a letter to inform the Song army, so that they would know that the supply of military rations had been cut off. When they heard the news, the army was in turmoil!"

Helian Tieshu, the general of the Eastern Expedition, listened to this suggestion, nodded incessantly, and said: "The words of the army are well in line with the art of war." The last general felt that he could not attack immediately. The Song army went on an expedition, and the grain and grass it brought must be limited. In a few days, the Song army will run out of food, and our army will surely win a great victory if it moves in several ways at the same time!"

Li Qiushui listened to the proposal of several people, and also felt that it was a foolproof plan, so he followed the plan.

Therefore, for a few days, the Xia army waited for the Song army to run out of food, and gathered all the people.

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Let's say that Sun Xu and others, after repelling the wind road people here, heard the Malay report that the evil way had been executed by the new commander, and the Xia army reinforcements were constantly marching into the city of Xipingfu, about 120,000 people, but they were only defending the city, and had no intention of marching.

When the generals of the Song army heard this, they all gasped.

The Great Song Dynasty had less than 30,000 men and horses, but it was only by breaking the prefectures and counties and collecting the Han people that it could make up 35,000. A few days ago, Sun Xu sent Qiao Feng's elite men and horses to intercept the reinforcements on the West Road, and the headquarters had less than 30,000 people, and most of them were recruits and had no training. The disparity in the strength of the two sides was so great that they suddenly felt sad.

But Sun Xu listened to the report, but he stroked his palms and laughed.

The generals were puzzled and asked why.

Sun Xu smiled: "The generals don't know. The Gao party has already cut off our grain and grass, and also instructed the border army not to share the pressure on us, thinking that the Xia army in the direction of Weizhou will come to Xiping Mansion soon. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked, didn't this mean that they were going to starve to death in this Western Xia territory? Also, this marshal was not crazy, how could he be so happy when he heard this extremely bad news?

However, if something goes wrong, it has to be solved. So, Lin Chong said to Sun Xu: "Marshal, the imperial court has run out of grain and grass, should we continue to attack Xiping Mansion and take the grain from its treasury, or will we withdraw the army?"

Sun Xu still smiled and said: "Neither fight nor withdraw, wait for the Western Xia people to make a move." ”

Lin Chong felt incredible, and admonished: "Marshal, the army with the army is only enough for ten days, if it can't continue to be supplied after ten days, the army's morale will be in chaos!"

The rest of the people also followed to advise Sun Xu, after all, military food is the biggest problem. Since ancient times, much of the success or failure of wars has depended on logistical supplies.

Sun Xu looked at everyone and said, "If you are short of food, just come to me to get it." As he spoke, he took out one item after another from the treasure seal's storage bag. When everyone saw it, it was actually some millet cakes, miscellaneous cakes, wrinkled rice, hard pieces of salt and sauce, and other military rations.

After a while, Sun Xu took out the military food and materials that filled the Chinese military tent, so much that everyone shouted to stop. But if they take it again, they will not be able to stand still, and they will go out.

Everyone was full of admiration for Sun Xu at this time, and said in their hearts: "Didn't this marshal already anticipate today's situation when he set out on the expedition, so he was so properly prepared?"

Seeing that they no longer objected to confronting the Xia army, Sun Xu said with a smile: "What the generals just said, don't I know? The Xia army is not moving now, but it is just knowing that our army is in internal and external difficulties, and wants to wait for the morale of our army to collapse, and then attack our army." But at present, our army has abundant military rations, and the military rations I produce here can be used for a year. ”

When Wang Jin heard this, he was a little surprised: "What does the marshal mean is that there are people in the court who are secretly communicating with Western Xia?"

Sun Xu said: "These are no longer important, as long as we defeat this group of Xia troops, Western Xia will already be in our pocket." Now that the Xia army has 200,000 people, how much does it take to eat and chew horses, how much grain and grass do they need every day? Now, on the contrary, they will be one step ahead of the other because of the lack of grain and grass, and they will not be able to hold on. At that time, they will definitely take the initiative. ”