Di Qing led the Western Army and held on outside the city for four days.
At this time, Di Qing's face was stern, his long hair was tied up, he was tall and filled with murderous intent.
The tattoos on his face have nothing to do with handsomeness, but they are full of majesty.
In four days, they blocked nearly ten attacks from the three tribes and killed tens of thousands of enemies.
One hundred thousand Western troops also paid a heavy price for this, with nearly 10,000 killed and countless wounded.
This is because the terrain where they camp is higher. If they camp on the plain, once the cavalry from the three tribes rushes in, it will only be more difficult for them to resist.
"General, they want to surround us." He Kun came to stand next to Di Qing and said with some worry.
"How much food do we still have?" Di Qing asked about the remaining food without answering directly.
"This time, we brought a total of half a month's worth of food. We used some on the road and used some while staying here, and there are still five days' worth of food left." He Kun answered.
"Five days? Will reinforcements come from the imperial court?" At this moment, Di Qing said with some uncertainty.
He Kun did not answer. He knew that this was the general talking to himself. In fact, he did not know whether the court would send reinforcements within five days, but thinking about it, it was unlikely.
The gentlemen in the court were faster than the other when they were competing for merit, but when faced with danger, they were slower than the other.
"It doesn't matter, it will only be a bloody battle in five days." While He Kun was still thinking, Di Qing spoke again.
He actually wavered in his will to fight just now. As a battlefield general, this is a taboo.
If even the general loses confidence, then what happens next?
How to command a large army to fight?
"Tell everyone, before the enemy comes to attack, I have good news. The imperial reinforcements will arrive within five days." In order to boost morale, Di Qing decided to tell a white lie.
He just asked the soldiers to be full of hope and stay in their best condition during these five days.
As for five days later, if there is really no reinforcements, he will lead everyone to fight out. At that time, everything will be broken. At that time, everyone is holding a breath in their hearts, and they should be able to exert 100% of their combat power.
At that time, who among the three tribes would stop and kill the other.
At that time, even if 100,000 Western troops died in battle, at least 100,000 enemies would be buried with them.
This is the famous general Di Qing on the battlefield. Even if the front is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, he will not frown.
Even if he was about to die in the next second, he was still wielding his spear to kill the enemy at the last moment, using up his last strength and shedding the last drop of blood.
The siege continues.
The focus was on besieging Di Qing's army with less than 90,000 Western troops, followed by the siege of Xincheng, which contained 70,000 Song troops.
As for Huang Gaoyi's 50,000 troops at Chitangguan, the three tribes only sent a thousand cavalry to patrol nearby, which was enough to deter them.
And as time passes day by day, the balance of victory in the war is tilting towards the three races.
The longer the siege lasts, the more beneficial it will be to the three tribes. They want to see how much food these Song people still have to eat and how much energy they can expend.
The three tribes were waiting, waiting for the moment when the besieged Song army ran out of food and had to break out of the encirclement.
Su Shi is also waiting. With an army of more than 100,000, he has made all pre-war arrangements in the past few days. The troops are scattered around, only
When the battle begins and the time is right, he will thrust forward like a sharp knife.
Everyone was waiting. Bao Zheng was riding a carriage, escorted by a team of thousands of guards, heading straight to the north.
"It's coming, it's coming." In the carriage, Bao Zheng looked anxious.
The hurried journey brought him closer and closer to Chitang Pass. He had not yet heard the news about the start of the war, which gave him some peace of mind.
I only regret that I never learned how to ride a horse when I was young. Otherwise, I would have been able to ride a horse instead of a carriage and the speed would have been faster.
five days.
Passed by in amazement.
In the end, the imperial reinforcements did not appear.
But all this was actually within Di Qing's expectation.
On this morning, Di Qing ordered that all the last grain he brought be put into the pot so that all the soldiers would be full.
At about seven o'clock in the morning, the 90,000 Western troops were well fed and drunk, and one by one they put on their battle armor and came to the war horses.
The autumn wind swept across their faces, but the 90,000-strong Western Army seemed not to notice. They all looked at General Di Qing with wide eyes.
The sky was originally gloomy in the morning, but at this moment, it seemed that it knew what was happening on the earth it was about to illuminate. At this moment, the clouds suddenly left and the sun shone brightly, illuminating the entire earth with bright sunshine.
"kill!"
At the moment when the sun came up, Di Qing's shout suddenly sounded, and then 30,000 cavalry and 60,000 infantry went north amidst the shouts of killing, aiming directly at the Xincheng city.
Even if he died, Di Qing did not choose to break out of the encirclement, but came to Xincheng, the original target of rescue.
Di Qing seemed to use this move to tell the world that even if their Western Army died, they would die on the way to complete their mission.
Instead of dying on the escape route.
The armies of the three tribes on the periphery were also well prepared.
They had a premonition that the Western Army's food supply would be low, and they were afraid that the trapped animals would still fight.
But they did not expect that the Western Army would come north, and they were a little surprised when they fought together.
But the three tribes besieging this place were all cavalry. As soon as they discovered the direction of the Western Army's attack, they immediately began to adjust quickly. More and more foreign cavalry came straight towards Xinzhou.
On top of the Xincheng tower, Wang Xin was still watching this scene, clenching his fists tightly.
Not only him, but also the other generals on the tower were tense at this moment, with an indescribable fire in their eyes.
These people are here to save themselves.
But when the reinforcements came, they stayed on the tower to watch the scenery.
Is their move worthy of these reinforcements?
"General, I am requesting to go to war."
Under the solemn and depressing atmosphere, General Xia Yuan cupped his fists and asked for a fight.
"General, the last general also requested to fight." General Fang Jiugui cupped his fists and asked for a fight.
These two are young generals that Wang Xin values and are also capable of fighting in the Northern Army.
At this moment, they couldn't bear it anymore. They would rather suffer military punishment than stand up and express their attitude.
"Ready to fight."
Wang Xin did not answer immediately, but took a deep breath before spitting out two words.
"Wang Xin, you are not allowed to go out to fight without my order." Wang Deyong was standing aside. When he heard that Wang Xin actually allowed his generals to go to war, he immediately yelled and cursed.
"Ms. Wang, there is not much food left in the city. If we don't go out now, we will starve to death sooner or later. And once the Western Army is killed, the next three tribes will attack the city.
What can we do to resist? Even if there is a battle sooner or later, it is better to die on the battlefield."
Wang Xin didn't know where he got the courage to face Wang Deyong.
At this moment, he was already determined to die.
Even if a person decides to die, what else can scare him?
Wang Xin suddenly became angry and roared loudly at him. Wang Deyong was shocked and stood there for a long time without farting.
"General Wang Miao, I would like to trouble you to take Mr. Wang to guard the city while I wait." Wang Xing looked at Wang Deyong with some contempt. Is this the so-called integrity of a civil servant?
It turned out to be just a flower stand, so vulnerable.
Thanks for being so obedient before, I actually listened to someone like this. It's really ridiculous to think about it.
At this moment, Wang Xin suddenly realized that he seemed to have lost his mind.
At this moment, all the shackles on him disappeared.
"Come here, take your armor. I, the general, will go to the front line personally and kill the enemy together with the soldiers. If the enemy does not retreat, I will not return."
"war!"
Under the leadership of Wang Xin, the Song soldiers in Xin City were agitated and their morale was high at this moment.
Half a quarter of an hour later, there were more and more enemies in front of them. Di Qing and others, who had been blocked outside the south city of Xincheng, saw the city gate open from the inside, followed by a total of 50,000 Song troops who came out from the inside.
Wang Xin did not take away all the troops. In addition to Wang Miao's four thousand dragon guards, he also left more than ten thousand soldiers to guard the city. This was considered worthy of Wang Deyong. As for himself, he did not hold any
The belief that I will survive.
"Brothers in the city are coming out, kill them!"
Di Qing seized this opportunity and shouted when he saw Wang Xin's banner coming out of Xincheng. At this moment, his whole body seemed to be full of strength again.
"kill!"
The morale of the 90,000 Western Army was encouraged, and at this moment they tried their best to move closer to Xincheng.
The forced cavalry of the three tribes had to continuously increase their troops here. They all knew that if the two armies were to merge together, it would be much more difficult to kill them.
The war has begun, and lives are passing away every moment.
During the battle, blood was sprinkled all over the land, and the smell of blood could be clearly audible even from a long distance away.
Chitang Pass.
Huang Gaoyi in the pass also knew that the war was about to begin, but he had no intention of sending troops to intervene.
The situation is clear. The Song army only has a few hundred thousand men, and even if you include yourself, it will still be less than two hundred thousand.
There are more than 30 soldiers from the three tribes, nearly 400,000.
The strength of the troops was twice his own, and the three tribes were mainly cavalry. He was confused and would only join in at this time.
Yes, if the rescue is not effective, you will be punished if you return to the court.
But after all, he preserved the 50,000-strong army and the strength of the Song Army. Based on this, he can be regarded as a meritorious person.
In addition, he was not without a backer, so how could Zhao Yunrang see death without saving him. After doing some research, he was still the same general of the Song Dynasty.
No matter how powerful you are, you have to survive first. If everyone is dead, what's the use of being powerful.
Huang Gaoyi snorted, thinking this in his heart, and then he turned away from the battlefield and continued to drink his tea and listen to the music.
North of Xincheng.
Su Shi also did not issue an order for the entire army to charge.
Su Shi was not afraid, but thought the time had not come yet.
Now no one knows that he has appeared outside the battlefield, which means that he has now become a standard surprise soldier.
