Yanmen Pass.

Today is the last day of the first lunar month.

It was also the fourth day when the fighting at Yanmen Pass broke out.

In these four days, the Khitan vanguard army now has just over 10,000 troops left, and its losses have reached an astonishing nearly 40,000.

In other words, more than 10,000 Khitan vanguard soldiers died under the city walls of Yanmen Pass every day.

Although the losses of the Yanmen Pass defenders were only more than 8,000, the situation was not optimistic.

Because the Khitan still has more than 250,000 troops stationed in Xijing.

At this time, there were only less than 40,000 defenders at Yanmen Pass.

Even if the entire military strength of Daizhou is included, it is barely more than 60,000.

It is actually not difficult to defend Yanmen Pass with these troops.

But the problem faced by Yanmen Pass today is not the lack of troops, but the loss of equipment and food!

Once there are no defensive equipment, the damage to the defenders will be greatly increased.

But now the food and fodder at Yanmen Pass can last for ten days at most!

In ten days, Yanmen Pass will face the dilemma of running out of food!

On top of the city.

Yang Ye looked at the soldiers carrying the corpses piled under the city wall, and felt extremely happy at this time.

Fortunately the weather is still cold now.

If it had been a hot summer day, these corpses would have become rotten and smelly.

By then, the city will probably be plagued by plague and will collapse without a fight.

"Father."

A tall young man walked slowly over. He looked at Yang Ye and hesitated to speak.

He is Yang Yanzhao, Yang Ye's son, and Yang Ye's current adjutant.

Yang Ye looked back at the young man and asked, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Yang Yanzhao gritted his teeth and said: "Originally, the food and grass in the city can last at least half a month, but those people in the world are really outrageous!"

People from the rivers and lakes spontaneously came to Yanmen Pass to help them defend the city.

Yang Yanzhao was very moved and very grateful.

However, the behavior of some people in the world is really unflattering.

When the war broke out, they did not contribute much.

But after the war ended, each of them became more difficult to serve.

Either he disliked that the resting place was not spacious enough, or he disliked the food served in the army.

What's even more outrageous is that they often stop eating after two bites.

It's fine if one or two people do this, but if a thousand people do this, how much food will be wasted in one day?

But these people still can't say anything or scold them.

If you say a few words to them, they will act like they have been greatly wronged.

People who didn't know it would think someone was abusing them!

"Father, there have been some discordant voices in the army at this time."

"If these people in the world are allowed to do whatever they want, the morale of the army will soon be shattered!"

Yang Yanzhao is not being alarmist.

Once the morale of the army is dispersed.

Then they don't have to defend this city.

Yang Ye sighed softly and said helplessly: "I have heard all these things you said."

"It's just that no matter what, they are here to help, and we must not treat them badly."

"Besides, as people in the martial arts world, their lifestyles are different from those of us in the military."

"When everyone is treated equally, they will naturally feel a little dissatisfied."

Yang Yanzhao asked: "What is father going to do?"

Yang Ye replied: "I have sent people to summon those people in the world. You will know when the time comes."

…

On the school field.

Yang Ye and Yang Yanzhao stood on the stage, frowning slightly as they looked at the people in the school grounds who were not sitting or standing.

"These people have the nerve to say that they are martial arts practitioners?"

At this time, Yang Yanzhao had great opinions on these people in the world.

He really didn't think that these people in the world, who couldn't even stand the most basic posture, could contribute much to the defense of the city.

Yang Ye raised his hand to stop Yang Yanzhao from continuing.

He coughed lightly and said loudly: "All you heroes, I am Yang Ye, the guard general of Yanmen Pass."

"I have gathered you all here today because I have something to ask of you."

When everyone heard what Yang Ye said, they immediately started talking.

"General Yang, if you have anything to do, just give me your orders! I will go up to the mountain of swords and go down to the sea of ​​fire without any hesitation!"

"Yes, General Yang, just ask, we will go all out!"

"I wonder what General Yang is talking about? Is it going to delay our defense of the city?"

Yang Yanzhao listened to the words of those in the audience with a sneer on his face.

This was the first time he saw someone guarding the city for several days, and his face was still fair and radiant!

Yang Ye said loudly: "Today, there are only 10,000 Khitan vanguard troops left."

"Presumably their reinforcements are already on their way."

"I hope you can quietly leave the city and go to the only road from Xijing to Yanmen Pass to block the Khitan reinforcements!"

After hearing what Yang Ye said, the audience immediately fell silent.

Let them defend the city, hang out on the city wall, and just show off, and they won't have any problems.

But in order for them to leave the city to meet the enemy, they still need to ambush the Khitan reinforcements.

this……

This is a bit overwhelming!

It's just that they have already spoken out the big words before. If they go back on their words now, it will be very embarrassing.

Yang Ye seemed not to see the embarrassed expressions on everyone's faces.

He continued: "I have already ordered people to record the names of all heroes outside the school grounds."

"Any hero who is willing to go out of the city to block the Khitan reinforcements will have his name re-recorded on another list."

"When it's done, I will definitely ask the imperial court to take credit for you."

"And let the two lists be spread throughout the world, so that everyone in the Song Dynasty will know that there was once such a group of heroes who contributed to the defense of the country!"

Yang Ye put these tall hats on everyone's heads.

Even if everyone wanted to refuse at this time, they could not do so.

Just in case the list gets circulated by then.

When people ask, how do you explain that you are not on the list?

This is so embarrassing!

"Father, why bother writing two lists? I think the previous one is enough."

"Everyone here is a hero. How can anyone not have the courage to go out of the city to meet the enemy?"

Yang Yanzhao made a timely addition.

Everyone's expressions suddenly became more exciting.

It seems that they have no choice but to go!

"I don't know about others, but our Beggar Clan will definitely go!"

At this time, Elder Wu of the Beggar Clan stood up.

The Beggar Gang has always been at the forefront of the fight against the Khitan, and this will not change no matter in the past or in the future!

Upon hearing this, Yang Ye immediately said to Elder Wu: "Thank you very much, Elder Wu!"

Yang Yanzhao was also extremely grateful.
To be continued...