In Liu Jianji's tent, several generals gathered together to discuss the next battle. The Khitan army was surrounded in Quyang City and had to move for more than ten days, waiting for Jia Kui to occupy the flying fox before annihilation. From the news in the north, the Khitan army finally gathered and was moving towards the Yizhou area. It was supposed to be attacking the Song Dynasty with Yizhou as a stronghold.

At this moment, a soldier quickly stepped in and said with his hands: "Taiwei, the new news that Jia Kui has occupied the flying fox!"

Liu Jianji stood up suddenly, clapped his hands and said, "Great! As long as you occupy Feihu, Quyang's Khitan army will become a turtle in the jar! Prepare for something today and attack the city tomorrow! Just destroy these Khitans and fight against the army coming to attack Baozhou!"

After saying that, he turned around and Liu Jianji said to Zhu Gui: "Tomorrow, the entire army's heavy artillery will be placed under your control and knock down the city wall! I have been in the army for so many years, but I have not seen dozens of heavy artillery fire together! Tomorrow, I will open my eyes and see how these heavy artillery are!"

Yang Sui on the side smiled and said, "Taiwei, you can fire a heavy artillery, but it's not cheap. It costs a lot of money to open a few dozen doors together!"

Everyone laughed when they heard this. They all learned artillery knowledge in the military academy. As commanders, everyone had learned artillery knowledge. Heavy artillery has been seen a lot of times, but they rarely saw heavy artillery firing. There was no way, although heavy artillery was expensive, it was finally there. But one shot was a lot of money, and it was gone. Even in the military academy, there was no fire once a year. The power of heavy artillery was so magnificent that even a high-level general like Liu Jianji had never seen it several times. As for dozens of heavy artillery firing together, no one here had seen it.

There were fifty heavy artillery in Liu Jianji's army, which were direct firepower at the army level. Now they were all pulled to the city of Quyang, in order to eliminate the Khitan army as quickly as possible and not to delay the time.

In the past, when the Song army fought, heavy weapons were often unable to keep up with the speed of the march and rarely played a role. This time, different from the Hebei Road, each army was transferred early, and heavy weapons were naturally transported with the army. The Khitans faced the Song army, which had many times more fierce firepower than before.

In Quyang City, Yelu Tae didn't sit in the official hall, facing the fire. There was a sheep on the fire, which was already roasted with oil. Yelu Tae didn't have a calm face. While drinking wine, he cut meat from the sheep and ate it.

Yelu Liang quickly stepped in and bowed, "King, the news I just received has been reported that the Song army has occupied the flying fox."

Yelu Tie said coldly: "For so many days, Yizhou has not sent one soldier or one soldier to rescue him. How can Feihu defend it? Two thousand soldiers are good to defend it until now. Don't worry, we will fight the Song army to the death here and will not retreat to Feihu!"

Yelu Liang sighed: "These days, the Song army has set up defenses outside the city, and has blocked the Tang River and the Xi River. If there is any loss and the flying fox is gone, our entire army will have no way out."

Yelu Tie said: "What are you afraid of? Just fight to the death with the Song army! The more you fight between the two armies, the more you are afraid of death, the faster you will be defeated!"

Yelu Liang didn't speak, and he didn't believe that he could win a battle with just his blood and courage. The current situation is very clear. The Khitan army is not the opponent of the Song army outside the city. Once they launch an attack, it will be the end of the day. Over so many days, the Song army fought several times. At the beginning, the Song army seemed restrained and dared not let go of the attack. Later, the Song army became more and more confident, and the Khitan army was broken several times.

The most deadly thing is that Quyang is located between the Tang River and the Lishui River, with the two rivers being more than ten miles apart. The Song army has completely sealed these ten miles now, and the Khitan wants to break through without any gaps. When the flying fox is lost, Quyang is completely dead.

Yelu Tie was not all a cavalry, and was forced by the Song army, so he couldn't pull out his troops to rescue Feihu. He originally thought that Feihu should send troops as his retreat for the entire army. Unexpectedly, Yizhou had no movement at all, as if he had forgotten his existence.

After drinking two bowls of wine, Yelu Tae did not put down the wine bowl and said, "There is no way to think about it now. He can only fight to the death with the Song army outside the city. When they attack the city, see if there are any flaws and can cross the Song army's defense line south. There is a bridge in Xinle County. As long as the Song army breaks through the Song army, they can cross the Xihe River. In the south, the Song army did not have heavy troops, so they would have no choice at that time."

Yelu Liang was happy when he heard this: "King, have you come up with something?"

Yelu Tie shook his head, "What can I think of? The Song army has been fighting several times, but now it can't even get out of the city gate. If the Song army hadn't attacked the city for some reason, we wouldn't have stayed at the moment. There is no way, we can do our best and leave our destiny."

After saying that, he poured another bowl of wine and drank it all in one go.

From the moment he was so passionate when he occupied Quyang to the helplessness now, Yelu Tie was not here for more than ten days, and his mood went from heaven to hell. After fighting with the Song army several times, his confidence in his cavalry had been wiped out. As a long-time general who had been fighting for many years, Yelu Tie couldn't see that the current Khitan army was simply the opponent of the Song army. Not to mention that he had 30,000 troops against 30,000, and giving himself 30,000 people, there was no way to go against the Song army. This was something he had never expected before. In the next battle, which Khitan general was unlucky.

In the twelfth month of this year, the weather has not been cold, and the rivers have not been frozen for a long time. Hebei Road is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, with rivers and ponds crisscrossing and cavalry cannot move, which makes Yelu Tae unable to fall. According to previous experience, in late October, the nearby rivers should be frozen. Even if the war is not going well, the army will choose a place where the Song army has weak defense and leave. As long as we leave the place where the Song Dynasty is heavily guarded and rely on plundering along the way, our Khitan army can hold on for a month or two. Unexpectedly, if we occupy Quyang, we will be blocked here, and the weather will not be cold for a long time.

Before dawn, the generals of the Song army came to Liu Jianji's tent. Today, the attack on the city cannot be slow.

Zhu Gui got into the handsome tent and shrank his neck and said, "It's so cold today! Although the wind outside is not strong, it's like a knife cut on his face."

Yang Sui said: "It's really cold today. I put a basin of water outside last night. When I woke up early this morning, it turned out to be frozen."

Liu Jianji said: "It's already November. How can it not be cold in winter? This is the northern part of the country, which is much colder than Kaifeng Prefecture. This is common. I heard that when it is cold, the river will be frozen in October, and this year is still warm. The next battles will be fought in such a snowy and ice-cold situation. You should be prepared early."

Yang Sui said: "Fortunately, the cotton coats in the army were shipped down a month ago. Otherwise, how can we fight in such weather!"

Zhu Gui smiled and said, "Will there be no war without cotton coats? In the northwest, the weather was colder than here. There were more cotton coats than when there weren't cotton coats, and there were different wars. This is common for the Taiwei. Now the court has enough money and food and is not short of food, which is a rare good time."

In fact, it is not just that there is sufficient money and food, but also that the current army is different from before. There are special military officers who supply food and supplies, which are very strong than before. In the past, the army was the commander of the army, and the army was responsible for the supply of materials. Some generals not only distributed materials on time, but also did their own business and subsidized the army. But more generals deducted the supplies from the army, and how could they care about the lives and deaths of the soldiers? Now, the supply of materials fell from the Privy Council, and it is much more difficult to deduct than before.
Chapter completed!