Yang Yegang led a three thousand troops out of the city and came back shortly after he led a army of three thousand.

He didn't need to go in person, some clever soldiers had already escaped and reported the news to Yang Ye.

The food and grass are burned, why are you going to do it?

Zhuozhou City was immediately covered with clouds, which was not a joke. Cao Bin and Mi Xin of the Ming Dynasty had only 120,000 troops, but not only this time, they came to bring all the soldiers in Hebei who had been training in the past few years, and also recruited some strong men and archers. The two groups combined to reach 200,000, which did not include the civilians who were escorting food and supplies in the rear. They gathered more than 100,000 troops and horses in Zhuozhou City alone, and had to eat 300,000 kilograms of food a day. In ten days, people only ate more than 30,000 stones, and war horses.

Song Jiu's face was gloomy, but it was not easy to have an attack.

For no reason, the Pan and Cao families had a good relationship with Song Jiu. From the old to the young, before Song Jiu became successful, they worked together in business, sailed, and formed a football team Cuju. Even their elder sister regarded Pan Mei and Cao Bin as elders.

When he came back from Liaodong, Zhao Puquan was stunning. Although Cao Bin did not fight back against Zhao Pu for him, he secretly turned his back on his own. Even if he was the number one prime minister of the Western Prefecture at that time, Cao Bin did not compete with him.

Don’t say that outsiders can speak anymore. Hundreds of thousands of generals are alive and dead, so what else can you care about whether outsiders speak or not? If you have an attack, you will be unable to argue with your conscience first.

The worst thing is that being intimate is a good thing, but Cao Bin is not like his father-in-law. He thinks he is much more superior to his military talent, so he can't hear what he says.

The same is true in fact.

Judging from the resume, what battle did Song Jiu fight when he went to Lingnan? Wang Zheng lifted his sedan chair and rushed to the wind wherever he passed. In the battle of Gaoliang River, Song Jiu was a transshipment commander. Although the prediction was accurate, he just said what most wise generals dare not say. Then in Liaodong, don’t say that Song Jiu was just in charge of command. Before he went to the front line, he was on the front line. Oh my God, did those small tribes win the glory? And the northwest, when they dealt with a bandit, they sent out more than 100,000 troops, and had been in trouble for half a year. This is also called skill?

If you change the time and space, you will delay it for hundreds of years. One is the Jurchens and the other is the Xixia. Inadvertently, Song Jiu has turned upside down. Although he is somewhat suspected of fraud, he still has the ability. But at this time, who admits it?

It's not the time for an attack either.

We have to find a solution. If the three armies have no food, it will be troublesome.

The generals gathered together, and there were only two ways. One was to send a large army to the rear and urge the food and grass to come. But in that case, the food in Zhuozhou may not be able to wait until that moment. If Yelu Xiu Ge is robbed on the road, that would be fun. More than 100,000 troops ran away hungry.

So there is only another way, withdraw! Withdraw and eat after withdrawing Xiongzhou.

...

Song Jiu knew that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, and went to Xiongzhou.

He only realized what the problem was.

Cao Bin decided to withdraw his troops to Xiongzhou and eat.

When Zhao Kuangyi heard this, he was shocked and immediately issued an edict to ask Cao Bin to retreat to Baigou River and meet with Mi Xin's army to eat.

However, after this edict arrived at the front line, the generals refused to listen.

In fact, some generals already felt that the Northern Expedition plan formulated by Zhao Kuangyi had made countless mistakes, so the edict had no deterrent effect.

Moreover, both the Chinese and Western routes have achieved military achievements, but the East route has the most military forces and the most elite army, but they have not won. They are unwilling to accept it.

So they put the edict behind their minds and each had their own ideas.

Because of the mistakes in food and grass, Cao Bin lost his prestige and could not control it. So in the end he had to compromise. The three armies waited in Xiongzhou, and after they had 50 days of military rations, they went to Zhuozhou.

But I had to wait. There was a lot of food and grass, but Yelu Xiu Ge robbed him. There was not too much food and grass in Xiongzhou City, so I had to transfer grain from the rear. Fortunately, I had to thank Yang Guang for opening the Guangji Canal Canal. I repaired it a few years ago, and the waterway went straight to the bottom of Xiongzhou City.

Song Jiu walked out of the tent in depressed manner.

Someone was playing football not far away. Song Jiu walked over, two groups of sergeants were playing football, and Yang Shiquan was teaching a young man how to play football well.

Seeing that Song Jiu was coming, they stopped to salute together.

Song Jiu looked at Yang Shiquan and then at the young man.

Yang Shiquan said: "He is my ten generals, Hu Anguo."

"Anguo, what a good name."

"Mr. Song was taken by a scholar next door."

"How old are you this year?"

"Seventeen years old."

"Yang instructs, he played the ball well?"

"It's okay, but he ran very quickly, and everyone in the small camp called him the little ten generals of the God-Walking."

Song Jiu laughed: "That's why you taught him Cuju?"

"He asked me for advice," Yang Shi'an whispered: "The young lady from Zhu Yuanwai's family in the city fell in love with him, but he was just a ten general, and the situation at home was not very good. We used General Fu and Cuju, and General Fu also gave him some rewards. So Hu Anguo asked me to teach him Cuju. This kid is a good person, so I agreed to him."

"Oh, Juanguo, come here."

"Here."

"You have to fight bravely. After I return to Beijing this time, I will ask my wife to protect the media for you."

"Thank you... I dare you, young." Hu Anguo reported it and said.

"Don't be restrained, I was not as good as you when I was seventeen. I was just a nerd."

"This, Xie Song Gong, the younger one must have bravely killed the enemy, serve the Great Song Dynasty, serve Your Majesty, serve the Song Gong."

"Don't serve me, just serve Your Majesty."

"Here."

Not only Hu Anguo, but also other soldiers also had an excited expression in their eyes. What a good prime minister.

Song Jiu looked at these energetic faces, and a large cloud of shadows gradually appeared on his face.

They all have family, parents, wives, and lovers, but how many people can go back alive in this battle?

No, I must do something.

Not for the Song Dynasty or Yuping, but for these living soldiers.

Song Jiu walked back and called Yang Ye, Fu Zhaoshou and Liu Zhixin.

Fu Zhaoshou and Liu Zhixin both held the team chief supervisors, but they did not transport food and grass, but mainly cooperated with the military supervisors to supervise the troops, manage military discipline, and keep the security of the entourage.

This Northern Expedition was initiated by Liu Zhixin and the He family father and son. Song Jiu did not blame them. They were just Zhao Kuangyi's throat. It was not that they wanted to fight, but that Zhao Kuangyi wanted to fight and deliberately said it through their mouths. Moreover, although Liu Zhixin was a relative of the foreign country, he was brave in fighting, which was several times better than Fu Zhaoshou. There was another reason. Liu Zhixin was also one of the yamen in Hezhou. He only had a fewer shares of the charity and had a good relationship with Song Jiu in the past.

Song Jiu called them over because he was attracted by the soldiers in their hands. Although the two of them were not as powerful as Yang Ye's hands, they were not as powerful as Yang Ye's hands. If the three of them obeyed their commands, then there would be more than 30,000 officers and soldiers, and more than 20,000 forbidden soldiers could obey their commands. Of course, if Cao Bin mobilized, this soldier would not belong to Yang Liufu and the other three. However, if Song Jiu intentionally operated in secret, the troops they possessed might increase.

Song Jiu said: "General Yang, Erlang, sincerely, you will call the trustworthy and capable generals instructed by your subordinates to my account to discuss matters, but remember, don't disturb others."

At this time, Yang Ye and Liu Zhixin were also worried, and only Fu Zhaoshou was still ignorant and didn't understand much.

The three of them went down and brought more than a dozen generals and commanders, including Yang Yanzhao, as well as Yang Ye's third son Yang Yanpu and Li Jixuan.

After looking at Yang Yanzhao and Li Jixuan, Song Jiu was determined to be determined. At least among these people, Yang Yanzhao and Li Jixuan could fight. Or make a metaphor. Jing Si could fight, but can you say that he beat Yang Yanzhao? No!

Even if you win, it will not be too obvious. As a general, you not only need personal force, but also need wisdom, commander ability, and military talent. Just like Chen Qingzhi, a lame man cannot ride a horse well, but how many people are better than him, I'm afraid that Yelu Xiu Ge may not be better than Chen Qingzhi.

Yang Ye and Liu Zhixin are even better.

This means that you have generals and soldiers in your hands.

Song Jiu said: "We will be defeated in this battle."

"Ah?" Fu Zhaoshou said in surprise.

"Erlang, listen to me, Your Majesty's strategy is to restrain the main force of Liao Kingdom from the East Road, and the two routes of Zhongxi and West, and then join the army from the Sanggan River in the north of Weizhou. Then follow the outside of Taihang Mountain to Juyong Pass, and the Deshengkou is the road where Yelu Sha rescues Youzhou from behind the mountain. Then three troops attack Youzhou, either attack the city or restrain the reinforcements of Liao Kingdom, and take down Yanyun in one fell swoop. However, General Cao was careless and lost his food and grass, and had to return to Xiongzhou to eat. This problem arises. The two routes of troops from Zhongxi and West are to take the mountain, and at least there will be no reinforcements from the West Road. The other is to be under Youzhou City, and they can join forces to attack and deal with it. But there is one risk, that is, there is not much force. Therefore, Your Majesty gave General Cao the most army to use this to restrain. Now General Cao leads the army back and eat. Without restraint, what will happen?"

"What consequences?"

"The Liao Kingdom is a soldier. Of course, it is impossible. But if the whole country responds to the battle, it is not too difficult to convene 200,000 to 300,000 troops. And most of them are cavalry and the speed is not slow. If our army does not retreat from Zhuozhou, these reinforcements have to work hard to protect Youzhou. The army and the army of the Chinese and Western routes will not have any problems. They will successfully join forces and finally fight to the decisive battle under Youzhou City. But when our army retreats, we will have to stay in Xiongzhou for a few days to wait for food and grass, and Youzhou will not be so critical. So where will the Liao Kingdom transfer the army?"

"Turn towards the back of the mountain and defeat them one by one."

"Sincerity, you are right. Although Tian Chongjin defeated Dapeng Yi, Dapeng Yi only had 30,000 troops. Once the Liao army reinforcements came, it would be 100,800 troops. Moreover, Dapeng Yi made a mistake in command and actually trapped himself in the mountains to fight. Can he use his own shortcomings to fight against my strengths? But can we still expect the Liao Kingdom to make such a mistake?"

The faces of more than a dozen people were all gloomy.

Don’t break the Central and Western Roads, just force them back, and the Liao army concentrates on dealing with the Eastern Roads. What other consequences can be caused by Cao Bin’s original performance?
Chapter completed!