Li Qing's counter-plot soon worked, when Xiao Yuanshan was imprisoned, the entire Song army under Xiao Yuanshan lost its backbone, after Xiao Yuanshan was taken, all the Liao army and their families, women, children and old people were monitored, and the 50,000 Song army commanded by Wang Tingshi took over the city defense of the entire Dezhou City, and the entire Dezhou City was under martial law, and Li Qing was not very clear about the situation in the city, and now the most important thing for Li Qing is to wait.
Three days have passed, and there is still no news in Texas City; Zhao Ge couldn't sit still, and personally took hundreds of soldiers and horses to patrol around Dezhou City, because Dezhou City was heavily guarded, Zhao Ge did not find the slightest; After returning to the camp, Zhao Ge, who couldn't bear it, immediately came to the big tent of the Chinese army to look for Li Qing, the king of Yan, at this time Li Qing was walking the birds in a bird cage, which made Zhao Ge angry.
Zhao Ge turned around and wanted to leave, Li Qing didn't look back and asked Zhao Ge while teasing the bird, "What do you have to say?"
"Lord Wang, the last general just made a tour outside Dezhou City, and found that the defenders of the entire Dezhou City were still heavily guarded."
Zhao Ge glanced at Li Qing and continued; "The last general thinks that the prince's divisive plan has failed, so let's think of other ways."
Li Qing hung the bird cage aside and asked Zhao Ge, "Then what do you think it should be?"
Zhao Ge immediately said: "Lord Wang, the last general thinks that he should immediately launch an attack on the Song army defending the city, transfer back the 100,000 army commanded by General Yan Shu, and concentrate 200,000 troops to launch a fierce attack on Dezhou City, which will definitely be able to break the enemy city in one fell swoop." ” Li Qing said with a smile: "The idea is good, but now you are not the commander of the army, and you will not be able to decide when you will achieve the position of the commander of this king, and now your task is to wait, waiting for the order of this king."
Li Qing's words became more and more severe the further he went.
"Yes, the Admiral understands."
Zhao Ge said dejectedly.
The reason why Zhao Ge wanted to attack Dezhou City so eagerly was not just impulsive, but also very rational; Zhao Ge wants to make war exploits, as a general who has just surrendered, except for the exploits of the previous Liao eradication, Zhao Ge has no merits, Zhao Ge's age is not young, he is eager to make more war exploits for the Great Xia Empire, in exchange for his glory and wealth.
In every legal rule designated by Li Liangzuo in the Great Xia Empire, everything is actually for the service of war, and all the titles, official positions, and rewards of the Great Xia Empire are clearly marked, which is also a way for Li Liangzuo to motivate the people of Great Xia to serve desperately, so that everyone feels that glory and wealth are in front of them, but it is not so simple to get these.
Li Qing rejected Zhao Ge's proposal, which was equivalent to refusing to give Zhao Ge the opportunity to be promoted, Zhao Ge even had a trace of the idea of leaving after leaving Li Qing's Chinese army tent, but this was only a matter of a moment, Zhao Ge knew that if he left the king of Yan who was in the middle of the day, his days in the Great Xia Empire would come to an end, and it would be a joke to take refuge in the declining Great Song Dynasty, as for the other vassal states, there was no need to think about it.
After the helpless Zhao Ge returned to his big tent, he immediately said to his guards: "Go, bring wine to General Ben." ” Zhao Ge's personal guard captain persuaded Zhao Ge: "The general is now marching and fighting, and the prince has clearly ordered everyone in the army to prohibit drinking, and all the wine is used to treat the wounds of the soldiers. ” Zhao Ge grabbed the captain of his own guard, and roared angrily: "Go and get wine for General Ben, didn't you hear General Ben's military order, otherwise General Ben will kill you." ” "Yes, let's go."
The captain of the guard was frightened by Zhao Ge's hideous expression and said.
It's not enough to have wine, but also to have appetizers, as the forward general of the Xia Army, Zhao Ge still has this privilege, Zhao Ge's personal guard captain asked the Huotou Army to get some appetizers, there are no exquisite dishes in the army, that is, some meat, two catties of sauced beef and a big leg of lamb, but even so, it is quite good for the soldiers of the Xia Army who are relatively short of materials.
Since the time when Li Liangzuo ruled the army, the commander of the Xia army and the ordinary soldiers basically eat the same food, so many years have passed, although there have been some changes, but the generals have not made a big deal of privileges, which has something to do with the habits of every commander of the army, as a commander a little too much, the generals below will naturally follow some but the standard will not be higher than the supreme commander, not to mention that now the commanders are the princes of the Great Xia Empire, who are used to eating the same food as ordinary soldiers since childhood, and it is naturally a little difficult to swallow.
But not all princes are like this, Li Qing, the king of Yan, is an exception, and the reason why this is so may be related to Li Qing's experience of going to sea; During the war, the meals of the Xia army were still considerable, and the meat was twice as much as usual, and each Xia soldier's three meals a day were mainly rice, and the rapid march was based on hard cakes and jerky; The three meals a day were rice, greens or pickles, and at noon each person would be two pieces of fat and greasy, and in wartime it would be four pieces or two more at dinner; Eating and drinking like Zhao Ge now can be described as extravagant in the army.
Just when Zhao Ge was eating and drinking, in the Liao State Mansion in Dezhou City, a group of Liao army generals were surrounding a young man, this young man was Xiao Yuanshan's son Xiao Feng; Xiao Yuanshan fought in the south and north all his life, and he didn't have such a son until he was in his forties, which can be regarded as an old man; Therefore, Xiao Feng has been particularly doting since he was a child, but due to the environment he is in, Xiao Feng has not become a gentleman, but is very ambitious, but this is also mixed with this pride.
"Young General, what should I do, you have to have an idea" The general of the Liao army asked Xiao Feng.
"yes, you need to have an idea."
Facing everyone's questioning, Xiao Feng didn't know what to do for a while, after all, Xiao Feng had never dealt with such a big matter, this was a major matter related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people, and now Xiao Feng was only twenty years old; Xiao Feng sat in his chair and was very silent, and after being silent for a long time, Xiao Feng made a decision: "Where is my father being held now?"
"It's in the big prison in the city, but it's tightly guarded by the Song army all around, and no one is allowed to enter."
Said one of the generals.
Xiao Feng said to everyone: "As soon as this matter is done, it means that we have completely broken with the Great Song Dynasty, and in the future, everyone is afraid that they will have to take their wives and children to the end of the world, you have to think clearly; If you don't do this, I'm afraid that only our Xiao family will die in the end, and your life may be a little more difficult, but at least you can still live. ” "Major General, we don't have people here who are greedy for life and afraid of death; Back then, it was the general who led us out of a way of life, and we were willing to swear allegiance to the general and the young general.
A general took the lead and knelt down and said.
The rest of the generals also knelt down and said, "We are willing to swear allegiance to the death."
"Okay, then we'll do it."
Xiao Feng finally made up his mind and said; "But we have to discuss what should be done in this matter, since we want to rob the prison, we must do it cleanly, take down all the 50,000 Song troops in the city, and seize all the grain, grass and baggage."
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