Trai Ang finally received the good news.

Another Song Dynasty army that came out of Hengshan, led by Tang Nu, fought hard for days and occupied Hongzhou, beheading more than a thousand people and capturing countless young men.

Of course, compared to these gains in personnel, what made Cui Ang even more relieved was that Tang Nu seized tens of thousands of stones of grain in Hongzhou.

Cui Ang immediately ordered his men to transport grain to Yanzhou City. At the same time, he ordered Tang Nu to march to Longzhou and strive to capture Longzhou in order to obtain more grain.

Cui Ang finally understood that if he wanted to obtain supplies on the spot, his previous calculations would definitely not work. Because Ren Duozhong and other officials of the Western Army had already moved almost all the food within the city walls. If they wanted food, just

Have to fight hard.

Yanzhou could not be captured for a while, but Hongzhou was captured, which showed a problem. In these small places, the Western Army's strength was seriously insufficient.

This also confirmed the initial judgment that most of the Western troops had gone north.

The local government can only protect the city as much as possible.

Tens of thousands of stones of food, if you save a little, you can manage it for about ten days.

And ten days later, Yanzhou City might have been captured.

Or maybe Tang Nu captured Longzhou,

Of course, the best thing is that Zhang Cheng captured Shentangbao and Gaoqiao Village. In this way, food on the Shaanxi Road can be transported in an endless stream along the main road.

Ren Duozhong, you old thief, when I break Yanzhou City, I will definitely turn all the fat on your body into lamp oil.

Seeing the waves of swarms swarming forward, ants clinging to them, and then being beaten down the city like dumplings, Cui Ang gritted his teeth and cried out in hatred.

Speaking of which, although this is not the first time that this person has commanded thousands of troops, in the past, he just sat in the yamen and issued orders, and he had never seen the scene of soldiers attacking the city with his own eyes. Today, it was an eye-opener.

On the battlefield, a soldier's life is not life.

The lives of young men and women are even less valuable.

Several generals of the Song Army who had escaped back were caught on the spot by the supervising team. Without saying a word, their heads were chopped off cleanly with a knife. The other soldiers were so frightened that they quickly turned around and rushed towards Yanzhou City. They were pursued.

If those young and strong civilians who were rushing ahead retreated without being ordered, they would be greeted by a rain of arrows like locusts.

Group after group, one after another, rushed towards the strong city wall.

Neither Cui Ang nor Qu Zhen, the commander of the siege, had any intention of sparing their troops.

They knew very well that every extra day they stayed in the city increased the risk of failure.

Hongzhou is not enough for them to survive, but Yanzhou City is.

The small city of Hongzhou has tens of thousands of stones of grain, so it would be a joke to increase the inventory in Yanzhou City tenfold.

After taking Yanzhou City, the Song Dynasty had a fulcrum in the northwest hinterland, and the next things would be much easier to handle.

With Yanzhou City as the fulcrum, the army headed west to attack Xingping Prefecture, and Xingqing Prefecture became possible.

The crazy attack made even the experienced Ren Duozhong feel frightened.

The commander-in-chief of the Song Army was willing to sacrifice human lives.

Given time, maybe they can actually use corpses to form a corpse wall and climb directly to the top of the city!

After a day of violent attacks, the Song army retreated.

Ren Duozhong's confidence in his ability to defend Yanzhou City was shaken.

If Song Jun plays like this every day, he really doesn't know how many more days he can last.

Today, the Song army probably dropped more than a thousand corpses under the city, and the number of injured was definitely several times that number.

Such heavy casualties did not make the commander-in-chief of the Song Army frown at all.

Ren Duozhong also knew why.

Now he suddenly felt regretful, wondering if Jianbi Qingye had been too clean and left some space for them, maybe they wouldn't attack so crazily.

A typical trapped beast still fighting!

The Song army was forced into an absolute battle. Apart from taking Yanzhou City, there was no other way out.

I believe that not only the generals and commanders of the Song Army, but also ordinary soldiers also understood this.

Hengshan, it’s easy to come here, but it’s hard to go back!

"It will take two days at most, no, three days!" Qu Zhen's eyes were red and she said to Cui Ang: "Ms. sir, in three days, I will definitely be able to capture Yanzhou City."

"How much is the loss?" Cui Ang closed his eyes and said.

"Ten thousand!" Qu Zhen reported a number.

Cui Ang's brows jumped. There were only 60,000 to 70,000 people under Yanzhou City. Are there 10,000 people who want to go there all at once?

"My lord, wait until Tang Nu conquers Longzhou and seizes a certain amount of grain, then let him come and join us. We cannot disperse our forces now. We must concentrate them and squeeze our strength into a fist to be powerful!" Qu Zhen said: "Salt. Zhoucheng is already so difficult to defeat, Xingping Prefecture is a little easier to say, but Xingqing Prefecture is the home of the Xiao thieves, so it will only be even more difficult to defeat than Yancheng."

Cui Ang nodded slightly.

"I have given an order to Tang Nu to turn over immediately after he captures Longzhou." Cui Ang said: "Time, we must use the fastest time to attack Xingqing Mansion, so that we can completely shake the military morale in the northwest." People's hearts and minds. Those northwest forces that are still wavering will make their final choice, and this choice is undoubtedly ours."

Qu Zhen nodded.

Xiao Ding was defeated in the north, and Xingqing Mansion was besieged by the Song army. For some forces who were originally just outsiders, they turned to support the Song army without any psychological burden.

The northwest land was originally composed of more than a dozen different ethnic groups.

Although the Song people occupy the dominant position, their total number is not the largest among these ethnic groups.

Seeing profit and forgetting their righteousness, this is the overall image of the people of Song Dynasty towards those barbarians.

It seems that just throwing in a few bones is enough for those people to crawl over and show their loyalty.

When the army arrived in Yancheng, no Yi tribe came to surrender and lead the way, which was beyond Cui Ang and Qu Zhen's expectations.

It seems that the Yi people in the northwest are different from those they knew before.

Having enough food and clothing and knowing etiquette,

The storehouse provides food, and the honor and disgrace are revealed.

Cui Ang and Qu Zhen are both scholars, but they haven't figured out one thing yet. The reason why these Yi people were like this before was because the first thing in front of them was survival and survival.

In order to survive, losing some face is really nothing.

But now, they no longer worry about survival.

Party members even had their own writing in these years.

"There is an obvious weakness here in the North City. The terrain here is higher, which makes the city wall appear shorter. Today, we have made several breakthroughs here. Tomorrow, we will concentrate all heavy weapons to attack here. Break a little and take the whole!" Qu Zhen said.

"Nancheng is adjacent to the river. We can continue to dig channels. Regardless of whether we can divert water to the city, at least it can put enough pressure on the people in the city!"

"The attack on the East City side will be strengthened tomorrow. As a cover, more troops will be invested here tomorrow. No matter how many people die, as long as Yancheng is broken, it will be worth it."

In the big tent, the generals were busy discussing.

The curtain was lifted, and Cui Jin appeared at the door. His face was ugly. Seeing everyone turning their heads to look at him, he forced a smile, but did not walk in.

Cui Ang's eyes flashed, he looked at Qu Zhen, and said: "Okay, let's stop here today. What everyone said is very reasonable. Tomorrow, we will do it like this and try to break the city in one day. Tomorrow night, we will

Drinking in Yanzhou City."

After the generals dispersed, Cui Jin finally walked in, but his steps were a little difficult, and behind him, there were two guards holding a man in ragged clothes.

The man looked haggard and could only breathe.

"Who is this person?" Cui Ang asked.

Cui Jin took out a sign from his arms and handed it to Cui Ang.

"The nails planted by the Imperial City Division among the Western Army have been lurking for five or six years," Cui Jin said.

"What happened?" Cui Ang's eyelids jumped wildly, but he forced himself to suppress the uneasiness in his heart.

Something big must have happened, otherwise a successful spy who has been hiding for so many years would not be able to reveal his identity so easily.

"Ms. sir, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!" The spy managed to open his swollen eyes and said feebly: "General Manager Xiao led the army to defeat the Liao army in Xuanglei Village. Tens of thousands of Liao soldiers were defeated. But now, General Manager Xiao has led the army

Tens of thousands of cavalry are turning back from the north. If we don't leave, it will be too late!"

Like a bolt from the blue, Cui Ang and Qu Zhen were blown away.

"Fake news, this is fake news!" Cui Ang suddenly became angry, stretched out his hand to grab the spy, and shook it desperately: "You are a traitor to the Western Army. Are you deliberately trying to deceive me with fake news?"

The spy was shaken desperately by him, but he didn't react at all. His eyes that were originally dull were even more distracted at this moment. As soon as Cui Ang let go, he fell to the ground like mud.

This spy was exhausted.

He broke away from the army from Xuanglei Village and ran back with three horses.

Along the way, we changed horses but not people. We ate, drank and had sex with the horses. By the time we got here, all three horses were exhausted.

With horses like this, it's already a miracle that people can still see Cui Ang.

The spy died, Cui Ang's spirit collapsed, and Qu Zhen was even more confused.

Yanzhou City could not be captured, and Xiao Ding had already returned. In the Hengshan Mountains behind him, there were still several nails of the Western Army that had not been pulled out. If they stopped there, they would block the Song Army's only hope of escaping back.

How could the Liao army be defeated?
To be continued...