The Liao army camp was dark and clearly divided into three parts: the Liao army headquarters, the outer army, and the Meerbo camp tent. Under the night, the grass huts of the Mark Six army were simple, the Liao army camp was solid and neat, and the Meerbo camp tent was sparse and quiet, as if no one lived there. However, there were still a few hundred steps away from the Mark Six army camp, and the three were stopped by a team of Meerbo cavalry patrolling the night.

He was pointed at by several cavalry bows, Qiu Shiba felt his calves turning and looked at Su Meng and the Meerbo cavalry explained in fear. The leader of the Meerbo cavalry only knew how to speak the Manbei Barbarians, and the Jurchen thousand-man Dalugu could only speak Chinese, Jurzhen, Khitan, Qiu Shiba could only speak Chinese, Khitan, but Su Meng could speak a little Mobei Barbarians. After speaking for a long time, the Meerbo cavalry had just escorted them into the Liao army camp. At this time, the centurions under Dalugu were still tied to the door of the central army tent. Before tomorrow, they would ask for the decapitation of the military law. According to the military law, the thousand-man commanders would be killed. The six centurions were surprised to see Dalugu back, and they all thanked the Heavenly Heaven for their favor, so that everyone could save their lives.

Xiao Tachi looked at Su Meng and Qiu Shiba who were kneeling on the ground, and ordered them to untie the general robe. The Han slaves on their backs were all old scars, not spies from the Song Dynasty in the south. Qiu Shiba had two or three new scars on his body, and although the new scars on Su Meng were not on the vital point, they were more than twenty places in size. He smiled and said, "You man, you are brave in war. How many times have you been in battle?"

Su Meng did not dare to look up, stared at the ground, and slowly said, "I can't remember clearly. The villain only knows how to fight and is willing to die for General Xiao." His voice was not loud, but his mouth was clear. The last sentence of confession of loyalty came from nature, which made Qiu Shiba even envious, and he hurriedly said, "The villain is too..., too. Serve his life for the adult..." The tone was timid, far less calm than Su Meng.

"Okay!" Xiao Tachi laughed happily and said to deputy general Xiao Ping and Tiemu Ge, "In the Han'er, there are also loyalty to the Liao Dynasty." He paused and said, "So loyal and brave, you can't be wronged and ruined. I think, Su Meng can be used as a centurion in the dead camp, and this is the same as this, it's better to be a tenth chief." He looked down on Qiu Shiba's scars, but tried to lift Su Meng. Xiao Tachi planned to slowly support his confidant Han military camp and make up for the Baidiang camp.

The lack of the army of Merberbo was to avoid being constrained by the Khitan and the Xi people in the future. Therefore, among the army that had been in battle ten times but failed to die, strong people were selected to form a killer camp. Although the number of people was small, the bravery and capable of fighting were no less than that of the Jurchens and the Xi army. Although the new Han army camp was contrary to Yelu Dashi's national policy, Xiao Tachinai's southern expedition to the commander-in-chief and established a killer-in-chief camp of five or six hundred. For him, it was just a small task, and the deputy commander-in-chief Xiao Ping and others were not good at making a big deal.

So Xiao Ping smiled and said to the two, "Mr. General, please kowtow quickly!" Su Meng and Qiu Shiba hurriedly did not fall and thanked him. Xiao Tachi waved his hand and asked them to retreat. Looking at the map of Jiuzhou behind the mountain, he pondered for a while and said, "The Song army has many soldiers and horses, and they are so capable of fighting. Generals, do you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?"

All the generals of the Liao Kingdom looked at each other. If there was a good plan, why wait until now? Xijing Datong Prefecture is a strong city that the Liao Kingdom has been operating for many years. The rammed earth walls are thick, and even tens of thousands of pounds of iron barrel cannons are difficult to collapse. How could it be so easy to capture? A moment later, Tiemu Ge said: "Since Yunzhou cannot be defeated, why do you need to attack Yunzhou directly? In my opinion, it is like pulling out a big tree. If you pull out a tree directly, you may not be able to pull it out. It is better to cut off its branches and leaves first, then dig out the soil under it, and then shake the trunk continuously. After the foundation is completely loose, you will pull out the big tree in one fell swoop."

"Oh?" Xiao Tachi's eyes lit up and he asked, "Then do you think you should, how should you fight this battle?"

Tiemuge said in a deep voice: "If this Yunzhou is a big tree, the small and small cities behind it are not as tight as branches and leaves, and the defense is not as strict as Yunzhou. The Song army in Yunzhou is strong and cannot defend the city, but if we attack these small cities and villages one by one, no matter how strong Yunzhou is, it will be an isolated city. If the Song army is a big tree, the people of the Song people are soil. If all the soil is dug away, the foundation of the big tree will be loose. I heard that most of the Song army in Yunzhou come from Hedong. If we can enter Hedong and rob, the Song army will be even more panicked."

Xiao Ping's eyes flashed and he thought to himself, but he didn't expect that the barbarians on the grassland were so scheming. Khitan General Yelu Wan immediately retorted: "It's easy for you to say it. The key passes in Hedong, Dongxing Pass, Feihukou, and Yanmen Pass, the Song people worked hard for many years, so it was not easy to enter. The Song army in Yunzhou had many troops. Our army was originally unable to be besieged because of the few soldiers, so we had to divide our troops to attack other cities. Wouldn't it be just divided by the Song army? Besides, the places south of Yunzhou were occupied by the Song army. If the army went deeper alone, where would the food and grass come from? The food and grass are easily cut off by the Song army."

Brother Tiemu shook his head and said, "Although the Song army has many soldiers, they only know how to defend the city. If he wants to go out to fight, we will fight with him. Other cities are behind Yunzhou City. Even if the soldiers guarding the city are careful, they will be safe for more than eleven months, and now they are almost slacking off. Like the Khitans, we eat cattle and sheep first. After eating all the cattle and sheep, we can make a living, so why do we use the food route?"

Tiemu Ge said it for granted, but Xiao Ping felt embarrassed when he heard it. The Southern Dynasty always thought that the Liao army used to hunt grass valley to maintain the army's food and grass military supplies, but in fact it was not the case more than a hundred years ago. Now that the Khitan country has been established for more than two hundred years, many Khitans will live in Han slaves. If there is no support for food and grass, the Liao army will make a living by hunting grass valleys, and hunting, I am afraid that most of the Khitans will starve to death to death. At this time, Yelu Wan sneered: "I think the counties in the south are as wild as those in the north of Mo, and there are wild animals for your barbarians to hunt?"

When Brother Tiemu heard him say "barbarian", his face darkened, put his hand on the hilt of the knife, and was about to stand up, Xiao Ping hurriedly raised his hand to stop the arguments between the two sides, and said to Xiao Tachi in a deep voice: "General Tiemu is right, and the State of Song has always praised benevolence and righteousness. If our army divided the troops and plundered the people, and the Bianliang Dynasty would criticize him, Yang Yanqing would probably not sit steadily in Yunzhou." Even so, Xiao Ping still had some doubts. The cavalry went around Yunzhou and carried artillery and other siege equipment to march slowly, and it would be difficult to achieve a surprise victory. If he raided lightly, it would be difficult to attack the city and capture the village, and it would only play a role of harassment.

Xiao Ping frowned, and before he could express his doubts, Xiao Tachi smiled and said, "Since General Xiao said so, General Tiemuge led his troops to the south to harass the Song army's prefectures and counties." He paused and said to Tiemuge, "The bigger the noise, the better. Can Yang Yanqing sit in Yunzhou?" He pondered secretly. The maximum number of soldiers and horses in Hedong was more than 100,000. Yang Yanqing led a large army to fight the north, and the back would inevitably be empty. The Meerbo cavalry could fight on their own. More than 10,000 cavalry went south, just like water pouring into the sand. Even if they could not conquer the prefectures and counties, they would have to rush the villages of Song people like sand. Xiao Tachi tried this tactic when he was in the northern expedition of Jurchen, and naturally knew its effect.

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Inside the Lijing Gate of Luoyang City, it is the former site of the three provinces and the government and the government and guards in the Tang Dynasty. Now, the Xijing Xingying Supervisor Mansion occupies a large area. A wall from the Xijing Mansion is the street market in the west of the city, with more than 2,000 shops. Every day outside the wall, there are pedestrians coming and going, goods piled up like mountains, and the palaces inside the wall are towering and access controls are tight. Although Cao Jieshuai of Xijing Xingying did not handle the affairs in the Baihu Hall, there are still two rows of imperial guards with distinct armor and high chests and bulging belly standing under the hall.

In the tall courtyard outside the northeast corner of Baihu Hall, although it is connected to the Baihu Hall and other yamen offices, it is separated by a wall. It is also considered the private residence of Cao Di, the governor of Zhangxin. The study here is the daily place for Cao Di. The trusted subordinates of the Xijing camp had affairs and came here to meet Cao Jieshuai. Cao Di has always regarded himself as a Confucian general, and in summer they all wore gauze hats and knotted shirts and waving goose feather fans. Only when the foreign generals visited, they were solemnly treated and met at the Baihu Hall office in military uniform.

"The 50,000 troops led by the deputy commander have arrived in front of Tianjing Pass," said aide Wei Chengji. "But because the Ministry of War said that after passing Tianjing Pass, the food and grass were collected from the Hedong Camp, but Yao Shuai sent someone to ask for food from the Hedong Army. The military ration asked for food and asked for it. The military ration was all supplied to Yang Yanqing's Northern Expedition Army, and our army should ask the court to provide military ration." He watched Cao Di carefully write on the best Chengxintang paper. This was obtained by the ancestors of the Cao family during the southern expedition. It has become a masterpiece. One piece is missing in the world.

After a long time, Cao Di finally stood up, frowned and looked at his words, and folded the words at random at the corner with dissatisfaction. Even if the words were invalid, he said in a deep voice: "Then let Yao Zhengping station troops in front of the Tianjing Pass. The court is not in a hurry, and Yang Yanqing is not in a hurry either. Why are we in a hurry?" He seemed to remember something and asked: "Is there no news from the eldest lady?"

Wei Chengji's heart moved slightly and leaned over and said, "This month, the eldest lady has not returned from her family's letter. Should she have a late-born person to arrange for someone to go to Bianliang?" Cao Di's eldest daughter married Jing Zhaoqi, the third brother of today's son, as the princess. She originally thought that she wanted her mother to treat the world, but after she ascended the throne, the most taboo was King Jing. The Cao family was also frightened and kept paying attention to the movements in Bianliang. Wei Chengji's selfish speculation that if the Cao family had not been deeply rooted in the Xijing camp and Xijing was close to Xia Kingdom, the location was very important, and the dynasty would probably have to be eradicated by the Cao family in any case. Not long ago, the imperial censor in the court attacked that Pan Ji, the commander of the East Pass of Hangu, was dismissed for withholding military pay. The Privy Council rarely asked Cao Di to appoint his subordinates to make up for the vacancies, but directly appointed the general Zhong Shimin in the camp as Hangu's guard, which made Cao Di full of vigilance.

"No need," Cao Di's eyelids twitched slightly, sighed, and said lightly, "At this time, there is no news, it is good news." He was silent for a moment, then leaned down and picked up his pen to write on the copywriting.
Chapter completed!