After eating a piece of meat, Zhang Ke said, "Didn't the Taiwei have already issued a plan to attack the Khitan? At that time, as long as the plan is followed, the 500,000 army will advance straight forward. How can the Khitan resist? Why bother discussing again!"

Zhao Zi said: "It is so easy to fight a 500,000 army? If you don't make good plans, you will be afraid of a mess. Some troops are fighting hard in front of you, while others are doing nothing. At that time, you still don't know what will happen. This is a big war, and you must discuss carefully and arrange everything. If you negligently, you won't know what will happen."

Dou Shunqing said: "What the Taiwei said is that the 500,000 army has not fought before in this dynasty. If you don't make careful arrangements, you're afraid something will happen."

Zhao Zi nodded after hearing this: "That's true. Once the army is too high, it's not like when there are too many. Don't think that if there are too many troops, it's just a simple addition of people. Once the army is too high, what do you do, what I do, and how to arrange the best is a big question."

Zhao Zi himself only felt after entering the Privy Council that he truly felt that the combat plan was not simple, and it was more difficult than being a commander of the army. This time, the Song army had 500,000 people, and the Khitans had more than 200,000 troops, and more than 100,000 troops. Moreover, it was a very small area and the battlefield was not large. It was not easy to command easily.

Two days later, Zhao Zhen will visit the battlefield in person to watch the war. After commanding well, the war process will be like flowing water. He will defeat the Khitans like chopping melons and vegetables, and will also give himself a face. If the battlefield is chaotic, he will definitely have a bad impression.

Several people were drinking wine and eating meat while talking.

Jingtai said: "Actually, more than ten days ago, the Khitan army was surrounded here, and it was destined to have no way to survive. It was just strange that the Khitans neither surrendered nor found a way, and they didn't know what they were waiting for."

Jia Kui said, "Why can't I think of a solution? Every few days, the Khitan would send people to ask for reinforcements. Some of them were caught by us, and some actually ran out. But where did the reinforcements come from now? Their young and strong nation were recruited here. Even though the rear was determined to rescue, there was no army. After Liu Ji occupied Youzhou, he completely blocked Yanshan, so that they became honest."

Jingtai said: "But I just can't understand that there are no soldiers in the Khitan country, and the army is blocked here and has not surrendered. What are you waiting for?"

Liu Jianji said: "Taiwei, the one who led the troops in front was Yelu Hongji, the Khitan Emperor. How could he surrender? Yelu Hongji is here, and his generals want to surrender, but there is no chance. Hundreds of thousands of troops were surrounded, so they were afraid they would not have thought it would happen."

Zhao Zi said: "It is difficult to explain clearly. This kind of thing has never happened since the founding of the Khitan country. They may have never thought it would happen. It really happened to them, and it was not that they had no ammunition and food, so of course they had to bear it."

After saying that, Zhao Zi shook his head. The Khitan is different from the Song Dynasty. Whenever there is a war, most emperors will personally fight. But they did not expect that the emperor will fight in person, even if he can firmly grasp the army, he may never be able to go back. The fundamental reason for this battle is that the national strength of the Khitan and the Song Dynasty is too different now, which is so big that it is unbelievable. However, before the war, the Khitan did not realize this, and the Song Dynasty did not realize it. When the fight started, the Khitan became increasingly disappointed, and the morale of the Song army was getting higher and higher.

Several generals were drinking and eating meat while discussing the war, and were filled with emotion. Ten years ago, hundreds of thousands of Khitan troops headed south, which was enough to shock the whole country of the Song Dynasty. Now hundreds of thousands of troops headed south, they have become meat sent to their mouths, which cannot be said in the same way.

In the Khitan camp, Yelu Fairy Tong said to Yelu Hongji: "Your Majesty, the food in the army has been exhausted. In the past few days, we have been relying on killing horses to temporarily relieve the suffering of hunger. Without horses in the army, the Song people will attack. How many days can they fight? "And by killing horses, how many days can they last?"

Yelu Hongji said: "I am afraid that the Song army will have millions of people. When will the millions of troops be here? How long can they support them?"

After hearing this, Yelu Xiantong was stunned for a moment. After a while, he said, "Your Majesty, we don't know how many Song troops are there outside, we only know that they have failed to break through many times. And looking at the Song army camp, they have enough food, and they don't look like they can't support them."

Yelu Hongji waved his hand: "No need to say too much. Now the two armies are in stalemate, it depends on who can hold on for a longer time. Let me tell the ministers not to make random guesses, as long as I keep it, there will be a way in the end."

Yelu Fairy Tong wanted to say something else, Yelu Hongji waved his hand and asked him to leave the commander's account.

After leaving the tent, Yelu Fairy Tong looked at the sky in the twilight of sheep and felt that his head was as big as a fight. Now anyone can see that the Khitan army could no longer hold on and had to find a way out. Otherwise, he would collapse before the Song army attacked. But this would not make sense for Yelu Hongji. A few days ago, Yelu Hongji said that if he had persisted for a few days, the reinforcements would be coming. Now he knew that there were no reinforcements, and he said that as long as he persisted for a few more days, the Song army would not be able to support him.

The Song army cannot support it? I believe this. The military camps of both sides are not far away. What does the Song army look like? Do the Khitans have no eyes? They lack clothes and wear, and the Song army on the opposite side have no worries about food and clothing. Who can't hold on? These days, they have signed troops every day to try their best to surrender to the Song army. At the beginning, they sent troops to suppress the military, but now the Khitans' military rations cannot be guaranteed, and they can't suppress them, so they just ignore them.

Sighing, Yelu Xiantong didn't know what to do. The so-called end of the road is like this.

I was about to return to my tent, but I walked halfway, but I felt depressed and couldn't bear it. I looked around and turned to the account room of the King of the South Courtyard, the Ten Gods Slave.

When the Ten Gods slave saw Yelu Xiantong coming in, he was shocked and hurriedly gave up his seat.

The two of them sat down, and the Ten Gods slave said, "King, why are you free today? Come to me?"

Yelu Xiantong said, "I feel depressed and want to find someone to talk to you. At this time, there are few people who can say a few words. Don't you think of me, right?"

The Ten Gods slave hurriedly said, "What are we talking about? We brothers should be so close to each other. I still have wine here. This afternoon, the personal soldiers killed a few pheasants, and we happened to bring them to drink. The night was long and there was nothing to do. We would not return until we were drunk tonight!"

The wine and meat came up, and the Ten Gods Nu raised their glasses: "I don't know how many days there are like today. Let's drink one!"

The two of them drank wine and fed the meat. Yelu Xiantong said, "You said, the Song army has been surrounded for so long, why don't they attack?"

The Ten Gods slave said: "Why do they attack in the siege of the Song army? Just wait a few days and we have eaten up our military rations, wouldn't it be better to starve to death? It seems that we can hold on for about ten days now. At that time, the Song army did not need to fight, so we would be so hungry ourselves. It's a pity that we are afraid that we won't see the spring we see. Zhimo, I didn't expect to be so cowardly in the end!"

Yelu Xiantong sighed: "Yes, it's better to end like this. It's really a coward! If you can't fight, you can't escape. Hundreds of thousands of troops are trapped here. These hundreds of thousands of people are the young and strong Khitan! If you all die here, how can you explain to your ancestors and ancestors!"
Chapter completed!