What Li Bingchang and Li Hao said was undoubtedly directed at Li Qing, the king of Yan; As the commander of the Northern Army of the Xia Army, the war has not been able to be advanced for a long time, Li Qing is naturally inseparable from the relationship, Li Bingchang and Li Hao said these words in Li Qing's opinion, this is irony for himself, of course, the two of them also have this meaning.
"The eldest brother, the fifth brother; We all know the situation in the north, the most elite main forces of the Song army are in the northern defense line, and it is not easy to fight to this extent, and now the two main forces of the Song army in the north are surrounded by us in Julu, and the other is oppressed by us in the Daimyofu, and now the entire north of the Yellow River is basically under our control; After all, the Song army still has an army of nearly a million, and it is not a matter of a day or two to eat them all," said Li Ke, the king of Changshan.
Li Ke's words undoubtedly helped Li Qing, the king of Yan, to open up, and he was very grateful to his fourth brother Li Qing at this moment; Li Qing paused and said: "The most critical issue now is food, and this king is here to promise you that the first batch of grain and grass will be obtained in a month to solve the grain and grass crisis of the Western Route Army; Big brother, now tell me about the situation of the Battle of the Giant Deer."
"Since the Song army retreated into Julu, the two armies have not engaged in large-scale battles, the Song army's Julu defense line is very strong, our army lacks firearms and rashly attacks are bound to suffer huge losses, and now we have dug a deep trench outside Julu City, trapping about 400,000 Song troops in the city; As for attacking Julu, we will not wait until next year, after the spring thaws, our army has dug a ditch outside the city, preparing to pour the water of the Yellow River into the city, and use water to attack Julu," Li Bingchang said to Li Qing.
"In this way, Julu can't use so many soldiers and horses, and the 500,000-strong army has no progress outside Julu City for several months; Big brother, this is a little unreasonable," Yan King Li Qing said to Li Bingchang; "For this reason, this king decided to send a part of the soldiers and horses from Julu, led by the fourth brother, to Qingshui for reinforcements."
As soon as Li Qing's words came out, Li Bingchang's face was very ugly; This is not a disguised way to say that Li Bingchang is incompetent, and now Li Bingchang has an army of 500,000 under his command, which is the strongest among the kings of the Great Xia Empire, and now Li Qing wants to draw troops from his own subordinates, which makes Li Bingchang uncomfortable, after all, only 200,000 of these 500,000 troops really belong to Li Bingchang, and the remaining 300,000 are from the Jizhou Legion, but it is still a little painful to let Li Bingchang take it out of his command.
Li Bingchang looked at Li Qing with sharp eyes and asked, "Sixth, how many soldiers and horses do you want to transfer?"
"Two hundred thousand troops."
Li Qing said with a serious face; "Now there are only 150,000 troops in Qingshui Town, and the Song army is still increasing troops to the Daimyo's Mansion, and the number of troops has exceeded 400,000.
Li Bingchang also knew that it was reasonable for Li Qing to transfer the 200,000 troops, after all, the distribution of troops in the north and west of the Xia Army was uneven; Li Qing's transfer of troops was reasonable and reasonable, and at that time, Li Bingchang was a little unwilling, so Li Bingchang said to Li Qing: "Although there are 500,000 troops under this king, 100,000 soldiers and horses are stationed in Zhaozhou, Cizhou, Xingzhou and other places to cut off the grain route of the Julu defenders."
"The 200,000 troops must all be transferred to Qingshui Town, and no one is missing."
Li Bingchang's words were not finished, and Li Qing said decisively.
"Okay, there will be no shortage of 200,000 troops."
Li Bingchang said with a blushing face.
In the next two days, the four kings discussed the battle of the summer army after the beginning of spring next year, but the whole process was very unpleasant, basically divided into two groups, Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, and Li Hao, the king of Hengshan, both belonged to the Bingzhou army; Li Qing, the king of Yan, and Li Kebo, the king of Changshan, both belonged to the Jizhou Legion.
On the eve of Li Qing's departure, Li Qing called Li Ke to his room and said to Li Ke: "Fourth brother, after you lead the army to Qingshui Town, you only need to press the Song army on the front line of the Daimyo's Mansion, and there is no need to rush to battle, now the grain route of the Song army's northern army has been completely cut off by the third brother, and now the Song army is also facing the danger of lack of food, and when our grain and grass arrive in a month, the situation will be more and more favorable to us."
"Okay, I got it."
Li Ke said to Li Qing; "Sixth, where do you want to get grain and grass from, it's not easy to get grain and grass for this army of more than 700,000 people."
"I'm going to sea, overseas."
Li Qing said with a cold light flashing seriously.
Five days later, in Cangzhou City, Li Qing was anxiously waiting for news, and now the 100,000 Anton troops are stationed in Cangzhou City, and the composition of these 100,000 Anton troops is very complex, including the soldiers and horses directly under the jurisdiction of Andong, as well as the Bohai Navy, the Boliao Army and the Jurchen soldiers; It's not so much the Anton Army as the Anton Coalition Army.
"Lord Wang, you have been waiting in this city for three days, what are you waiting for?"
Zhao Ge asked Li Qing.
Li Qing smiled and said to Zhao Ge: "You will know when the time comes, King Zhao Ge knows that you are a little unhappy when he orders you to be transferred to the north, but this king tells you that the big war is still behind the king, stay honest with this king, and get closer to the brothers of the coalition army to lay the foundation for commanding operations in the future." ” "The last general understands, thank you for the teachings of the prince" After another two days, Li Qing finally waited for the news he wanted, and a fast horse came from the east to Cangzhou City; The guards on the top of the city gate tower said to Li Qing: "Look, Lord Wang, a fast horse is coming." ” "Open the gates, open the gates."
Li Qing said very excitedly.
"The prince has an order, open the city gate" After the city gate was opened, the flying horse immediately passed through the gate, after entering the city gate, the spy turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to the soldiers next to him, and galloped towards the city gate tower, after seeing Li Qing, the spy knelt down on one knee and said: "Lord Wang, a large number of ships led by General Feng Frame have arrived at the seashore, and have also brought back a large amount of grain and grass. ” "Okay."
Li Qing said happily: "What is the situation on the sea surface?"
"Lord Wang, the sea has not yet frozen, but General Feng said that it is estimated that it will freeze in four or five days."
The spy said to Li Qing.
Li Qing nodded and said, "You go down and rest first."
"Yes, the subordinates retired" After the spies left, Li Qing immediately ordered: "Order the generals to discuss the big tent." ” The big tent of the Chinese army, all the generals have arrived, Li Qing said to everyone: "The generals and the sea ships have arrived, tomorrow the army will set off to the mouth of Fuyang Water to board the ship, let's go and prepare."
"Obey the orders of the prince," the generals took the order and left.
After the generals left, Li Qing said to Zhao Ge: "Go and look for the cart as much as possible, Feng Frame has brought a batch of grain and grass, you send people to transport all the grain and grass to Cangzhou City, and send people to rule the King of Jin and the King of Changshan to send troops to escort the grain and grass." ” "Yes, the last general commands" Li Qing originally thought that it would be very good for Feng Frame to arrive as promised, but he didn't expect Feng Frame to bring a large amount of grain and grass, which was something Li Qing never expected, with this batch of grain and grass, it could greatly relieve the pressure of Xia Jun's grain and grass, and this also made Li Qing see hope, the hope of going to sea to get grain and grass.
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