Burning food and grass twice in a row angered Yelu Dezhong, Kangli Ding'an and He Shanlu. They all wanted to send troops directly to capture Tanzhou City and kill all the Tang troops inside.
But the top priority is to solve the food problem of soldiers.
In order to prevent the enemy from burning grain again, Yelu had to ask He Shanlu to go to Youzhou and personally escort the grain and grass carts. He Shanlu did not dare to be careless. After receiving the order, he went to Youzhou and personally escorted the grain and grass cart to Jizhou.
Lin Chong did not burn any grain this time, and the grain truck returned to Jizhou safely.
As soon as the food and grass arrived, the army's morale was stable and the soldiers were well fed and drunk. On the next day, Yelu Dezhong, Kangli Ding'an, and He Shanlu each led 30,000 troops and attacked Tanzhou City in three directions.
When the news of the Liao army's massive attack reached Bazhou, Ximen Qing was overjoyed. He immediately sent 100,000 troops to suppress Yijin Pass, preparing to wait until both the Liao army and the Tang army were defeated in the battle, so that they could benefit.
Ximen Qing personally sat at Yijin Pass and sent Yue Fei to lead the spy camp to quickly investigate and report the war in Tanzhou on time.
At this time, many leaders gathered in the conference hall and were discussing the military situation.
Wu Yong sat next to Ximen Qing. He thought for a while and then said to Ximen Qing: "Commander, Tang Tianheng is too cunning. If he sees us coming with troops, he will immediately withdraw his troops and retreat to Tanzhou City." , and then can¡¯t defend it. In this case, it will not be easy to take over Tanzhou City, so I think we¡¯d better make a second-hand plan!¡±
Ximen Qing nodded and said: "I have thought about this issue too. Indeed, if Tang Tianheng cannot defend, we will suffer heavy losses if we attack by force. Scholar, do you have any good ideas?"
Wu Yong thought for a moment, then focused on Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, Hu Yanzhuo, Xu Ning, and Wu Song, and then said to Ximen Qing: "I have an idea, a second-hand plan. Even if Tang Tianheng withdraws his troops by then, When we return to the city, we can also find a way to capture Tanzhou City. However, this plan requires hard work from all the leaders, and may even be life-threatening!"
"Commenter, please tell me quickly, we will fight to the death to finish it!" Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and others shouted one after another.
Ximen Qing also nodded and said: "Pedant, just say it! This time I managed to arouse the anger of the Liao army and let him attack Tanzhou City desperately. If he cannot take Tanzhou City, let Tang Tianheng be alert. It will not be easy to capture Tanzhou City by then!"
Wu Yong nodded and said: "Actually, the plan is very simple. We only need to let Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and others pretend to be Tang troops and sneak into their ranks. If Tang Tianheng withdraws, they will naturally be able to sneak into Tanzhou City. Then they only need to wait until At night, if we kill the city defenders and then open the city gate and let us in, wouldn't Tanzhou be able to take advantage of it?"
Ximen Qing said: "This plan is very clever. Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Lin Chong, Zhu Dian and Wu Song are here!"
The five of them were overjoyed and hurriedly stood up, clasped their fists, and said, "My subordinates are here!"
Ximen Qing said: "The five of you each select ten elite soldiers, go to Tanzhou City, then start fighting fiercely between the Tang Army and the Liao Army, blend into the Tang Army, and then pretend to be wounded, waiting for the opportunity to prepare!"
"Yes!" The five people responded with their hands raised, and then went down to prepare.
But it was said that Yelv Dezhong, Kangli Ding'an, and Heshan Lu soldiers divided into three groups to attack Tanzhou City. In Tanzhou City, Tang Tianheng quickly summoned the generals to discuss.
At this time, Tang Tianheng was sitting upright, quite imposing, and his movements were like a general's. However, at this time, Tang Tianheng frowned deeply and was in an extremely bad mood.
There are not enough soldiers in the army, and there is a shortage of food and grass. Now the Liao army is coming with great momentum, and many problems are coming to mind, which is really a headache.
At this time, the general in the hall shouted: "General, the Liao army is attacking. The whole army is fierce and has prepared siege equipment. If we don't send troops to fight, we will be in deep danger if we just sit back and wait for death! Moreover, the army is now distracted. , if we still refuse to fight, it is likely to cause turmoil in the morale of the military! We cannot retreat any longer!"
Other generals also asked for battle.
Tang Tianheng thought for a while, and finally nodded and said: "It will be bad if we don't send troops all the time. It will mess up the morale of the army. Since the Liao Kingdom is coming to attack, then we will fight, otherwise these Liao dogs will think that our Tang army is easy to bully! It's just that! The spies came to report, saying that the Liao army was aggressive and angrier than usual. I don¡¯t know what happened. It¡¯s really weird! By the way, Wu Ze, are the Liangshan soldiers still hiding in Bazhou? You must send spies to keep an eye on the direction of Bazhou. Remember Don¡¯t relax! Compared with the Liao army, the Liangshan army is a hidden danger and a tiger!"
The general named Wu Ze clasped his fists and said: "Don't worry, commander, the spies are monitoring Bazhou's every move at all times! According to the final analysis, the Liangshan troops have been unable to retreat. They must have been seriously injured and are recuperating. Judging from the form, they are still recovering." It will take some timeTake action! Moreover, according to reports from spies, Ximen Qing has returned to the Song Dynasty and has not returned yet. This is also one of the important reasons why the Liangshan army dare not act rashly! "
Tang Tianheng nodded and said: "That makes sense! Huizong died suddenly, Zhao Kai ascended the throne, and Ximen Qing returned to the Song Dynasty. Hum, this is probably Ximen Qing's fault! Otherwise, with the help of that trash Zhao Kai, How to defeat Zhao Yunluo? But I have to say that this plan is clever. Zhao Kai ascended the throne, but Zhao Yunluo was worried enough. Now that Fang La has been wiped out, he is gathering people from all over the world to return to Beijing to seize the throne! It can be said that Zhao Kai ascends the throne. They helped us from the side and prevented Zhao Yunlan from going north"
As he said that, Tang Tianheng shook his head, sighed, and said: "It's just a pity that we were too slow and were slower than Ximen Qing, so we developed into the current situation. Hey, I'm angry just thinking about it. Ximen Qing's army can hold on to Bazhou. Recuperate and recuperate, while our army has to face the wanton bites of Liao dogs!"
Many generals looked at each other and then said: "Commander, don't worry, as long as our army defeats Liao Gou and captures Jizhou, we will have the opportunity to develop rapidly!"
Tang Tianheng nodded, and then said: "Send the order! Wu Ze, you lead 20,000 soldiers from the west city gate to attack Yelu Dezhong! Open your mouth, lead 20,000 soldiers from the north city gate to attack Kangli Ding'an! Zhou Kai, You lead 20,000 soldiers from the east city gate to fight He Shanlu! The rest of the generals will stick to Tanzhou City and protect it!"
"That's your order!" The generals responded with clasped fists, and then left the conference hall one after another¡ª¡ª
Just when the Liao army and the Tang army were about to start a fight, Guan Sheng and others had quietly sneaked into the borders of Tanzhou and slowly followed the Tang army, waiting for the Tang army to be defeated and escape, so that they could blend in.
Soon, the Liao army and the Tang army fought fiercely.
And Ximen Qing also decisively sent troops, with hundreds of thousands of horse soldiers divided into three groups, aiming directly at Tanzhou.
Seeing the Liangshan army and horses coming to kill, the spies from the Tang army were so frightened that they hurried towards Tanzhou. However, the cavalry sent by Ximen Qing were extremely fast, and the spies could not catch up.
When the Liao army and the Tang army were fighting, the Liangshan army rushed behind them. Seeing the Liangshan army coming, both armies were shocked.
Both sides did not expect that the Liangshan army would come. At this time, both sides suffered casualties, and the Liangshan army was so large that it was impossible to resist! Therefore, the generals of the two sides had a tacit understanding. They directly distanced themselves and stopped attacking, and then quickly organized their troops to evacuate.
The three Tang armies retreated towards Tanzhou City, while the Liao army retreated towards Jizhou. Ximen Qing asked Xu Ning to lead 50,000 troops to pursue the Liao army, while he led the Liangshan soldiers to bite the tail of the Tang army.
Knowing that Liangshan was attacking, Tang Tianheng, who was far away in Tanzhou City, was also shocked. Immediately, troops were dispatched to rescue.
The Tang army evacuated quickly. Guan Sheng and others, who had been waiting for a long time, infiltrated into the Tang army, pretended to be wounded, and ran desperately towards Tanzhou City.
Ximen Qing led the army to pursue the Tang army, covering a distance of five or six miles and killing thousands of people. He stopped the attack after the reinforcements from Tanzhou City arrived, and then withdrew his troops back to Yijin Pass.
Soon after Ximen Qing led his troops back to Yijin Pass, Xu Ning also returned with his troops and reported the results of the battle, saying that he killed more than 10,000 Liao troops and forced them not far from Jizhou City before withdrawing.
Ximen Qing asked Xu Ning to go down to rest, and then asked the army to prepare to set off for Tanzhou City at any time.
An hour later, Ximen Qing commanded 100,000 troops and marched towards Tanzhou City. When they arrived twenty miles outside Tanzhou City, they set up camp.
When they learned that Ximen Qing was leading an army to kill him, all the soldiers in the Tang army were in danger.
In the daytime battle, although the Tang army only lost 5,000 men and horses, which was not as many casualties as the battle with the Liao Kingdom, the elusive whereabouts of the Liangshan army frightened the Tang army soldiers. They were deeply afraid that the Liangshan army would show up again and catch themselves off guard!
Tang Tianheng also realized the seriousness of the matter and hurriedly summoned the generals for discussion.
Tang Tianheng was furious and shouted: "Wu Ze, your spies are all dead. How did you find out the news? The Liangshan army came straight to kill us. Our army was not mentally prepared! If we didn't withdraw in time this time, then I All the troops in the army must be eaten up! Now our army only has 80,000 troops, how can we compete with the hundreds of thousands of troops in Liangshan?"
Wu Ze knelt down: "The general deserves to die, I am willing to be punished!"
Tang Tianheng waved his hand and shouted: "Get up quickly and repel the Liangshan army. I will punish you!"
"Thank you, Commander!" Wu Ze clasped his fists and said, "Commander, I just observed that the Liangshan army did not have any equipment for climbing the city. It seems that they came in a hurry, so they didn't bring it with them. Without the equipment for the city, they can't attack the city. We only need to hold on. If you don't come out, you can stop him for a few seconds.?! "
Tang Tianheng nodded and said: "If you don't have any equipment, you can bring it here! Didn't you see the posture of the Liangshan army? That posture will not stop until Tanzhou City is captured. What's more, we are short of men and horses, and the morale of the army is not uniform. Being oppressed by the enemy for a long time will cause turmoil in the morale of the army. The Liangshan army does not need to attack the city, it only needs to surround the city and then fight with us, which is enough to break it!"