Cheng Yue hurried back to the room, and Yu Jingyang was still half lying on the kang to drink. Seeing Cheng Yue coming back, he said, "Why, the matter is done so quickly? It must be clean, don't leave a handle."

Cheng Yue said: "No, I haven't had time to do that yet. The governor, reinforcements came from outside, I don't know who it was."

Yu Jingyang was startled, stood up suddenly and asked, "Can you see clearly? Are reinforcements really coming?"

Cheng Yue nodded: "It should be right. It's such a big Song flag, standing on the mountain in the distance. I just can't see clearly where the soldiers were."

Yu Jingyang got off the kang and paced back and forth. After thinking for a while, he said, "No need to delay, go and do what we discussed just now. Since the reinforcements have arrived, Yelu Chongyuan may retreat soon. If the people are not removed, the reinforcements entering the city will be our handle!"

Cheng Yue crossed his hands and said no, and turned around and walked out of the door.

In the Volcanic Military City, Shisanlang asked Du Zhongxiao: "Do not do it, you really want to go to the city of Tanglong Town tomorrow? You are the head coach, how can you come to the battlefield in person!"

Du Zhongxiao said, "In addition to the people added to Kaifeng Prefecture, you rely on cavalry and more than 1,000 iron armor. Even if the Khitan is powerful, you can't keep my safety? The first battle is of great importance, and I should come in person. Here, the Volcanic Army, the Lord Liu Jun is in charge and arrange the follow-up troops. When all our people arrive, we will go to Tanglong Town to compete with Jesus Chongyuan!"

Shisanlang said: "This battle will destroy the morale of the Khitans! Suizhou has been practicing for several years, let's see if my iron armor can crush the Khitan cavalry!"

Liu Ji said on the side: "Wait until the system, do you want me to go to Tanglong Town? Are you sitting here to help you with the subsequent artillery and infantry?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "I am the commander, and I am here to command the battle. You are the commander of the army and manage the troops under your command. We each have our own responsibilities and do our own things. If we only lift the siege of Tanglong Town, eight thousand cavalry is enough. What we are afraid of is that the Khitans will not retreat, so we have to go up together and fight with the Khitans. If the Khitans want to fight, we will fight a good battle. Whether our army can do it depends on this battle!"

After saying that, Du Zhongxiao said to Li Fugui: "You are the military officer. Before leaving, you have asked the order to be the transport envoy with the army. The manpower and material resources of the army and the six states are under your command. You must ensure that the soldiers fighting in the front are full and full of food and clothing, and sufficient supply of military supplies! If you do this well, I will punish you heavily!"

Li Fugui bowed and said, thinking for a while, "We came in a hurry and brought necessary supplies, but the carts and horses for transporting supplies were in short supply. Tanglong Town was more than a hundred miles away from here, and here was more than a hundred miles away from Baode Army. It was not easy to transport it to the front line."

Du Zhongxiao said: "I informed the six states and issued notices to recruit civilian carts, horses and mules for military purposes. In addition, the six states carried out the law and recruited manpower to transport materials. We must remember to remember clearly who they had recruited. After the war, the court would use this as a basis for compensation, and use the people's power to become disabled people. If there are those who are resolutely unwilling to lend them to military purposes, the military laws of each state will be carried out!"

Li Fugui nodded and said no more. The train transported troops, and the time was too urgent, so many supplies were too late. The Yingtianxiang Army made preparations to go south, but the geography was different, so of course the materials prepared were different. Especially heavy artillery, large chariots, etc., they were not prepared to bring them with them at that time. When they came, they could only bring more artillery, and there were shortage of chariots and horses in the army.

The Volcanic Army was a place where Du Zhongxiao had been under his control for several years, and it was also a trade route for foreign trade. There were many large private chariots and livestock, which was enough for the military to be used. Du Zhongxiao's deputy strategic envoy and the title of military officer in charge of the military and horses of Gouliu Prefectures was led by this.

After arranging a matter, Du Zhongxiao went out, looked at the sky, and said to Shisanlang: "It's still early, we'll cross the river. My commander's tent is at the intersection on the east bank of the Yellow River. Tonight, the army will camp there!"

Shisanlang sang his promise with his hands and quickly went to gather troops.

In order to get to the city of Tanglong Town as fast as possible, the cavalry was the first to be together. The cavalry of the former Tianxiang Army was rare and lacked a large number of horses. During training, several people often shared a mount. This time, the three yamen came forward and all of them were filled, which was considered to be full.

The army was unable to move at a fast speed. It was not until late at night that the entire army arrived at the place where the tent set up by Du Zhongxiao. This was a road intersection to the west bank of the Yellow River. Because the Shangliu in Tanglong Town flourished, it developed into a small town, and many families had many families. Yelu Chongyuan's troops arrived in Tanglong Town, and the cavalry once robbed here, and many people fled. Especially the rich families, most of them were empty.

A small courtyard beside the town was chosen as the place where Du Zhongxiao's commander's tent was located. The master had already escaped, leaving only two servants to guard it.

Sitting at the table, Du Zhongxiao drank a cup of tea and said to Shisanlang: "Do you send a rafter to Tanglong Town during the day, is there any news?"

Shisanlang said: "They have sent people back. Yan Youqi has arrived not far from the Khitan army. He should have seen it in the city by treeing the Song flag on the top of the mountain."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Call them, I have something to ask."

After a moment, two young soldiers came in and saluted Du Zhongxiao with their hands crossed.

Du Zhongxiao said: "Today you arrived near Tanglong Town. What's the situation there? Is the Khitan's attacking the city tight? Is it hard to defend the city?"

The soldier crossed his hands and said, "When the generals saw that the Khitans were very tight in siege, and they kept organizing human and ants to attack the city. But their cannons were not good, and they could not hit the city walls with cannons on the city. The city was very strong, and the Khitans were just ants, so it was not difficult to defend in the city."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and made a general judgment on the situation in Tanglong Town. It was very difficult to attack the city without heavy weapons. During the Beizhou Rebellion, all the elite soldiers of the cities were attacked, and the number was many times more than that of the chaotic troops in the city, but they could not capture it for a long time. It was not until he transported his artillery that the city was broken for a few days. The Khitans were not good at attacking the city than the imperial guards. It was not easy to use manpower to capture Tanglong Town.

Du Zhongxiao was aware of the arrangements of the Khitans under Tanglong Town.

Tanglong Town has a dangerous terrain. The city is built on high ground and is conspicuous and difficult to attack. The surrounding flat ground is very small, and tens of thousands of troops cannot be fully deployed. The Khitan barracks occupied almost all the flat ground and stretched for several miles in the valley.

After hearing the soldiers' words, Du Zhongxiao said to Shisanlang: "The Khitans set up such a formation. If we have artillery soldiers, occupy the ridges and guard the rear route of the valley, we can't wipe them out. Now that the artillery has not arrived, we have to use cavalry to confront them head-on. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses cannot be expected to defeat the enemy in one battle. You should prepare carefully to prevent accidents. Tomorrow, you will draw elite troops and lead the army with a strong general and first kill to Tanglong Town. Take my personal letters and go in to take over the defense of Tanglong Town and appease the people."

Shisanlang said: "Why do we do this? We just need to defeat the Khitans outside and resolve the city siege. Now it seems that although the Khitans attacked tightly, the city was not urgent, and the guards should still have enough strength."
Chapter completed!