The arrival of Zhou Wenxiu, especially to get a way to solve the logistics problem, has saved the Liao army that was already in danger, and when there was a problem in logistics, Liao Xingzong had once again retreated.

But for the time being, he didn't dare to retreat rashly, he knew very well that Yuan Hao was more cunning than he imagined, if he wanted to retreat without preparation, he would definitely let Yuan Hao take advantage of it, maybe 100,000 troops would not be able to go out of Western Xia.

Zhou Wenxiu's solution is the most suitable, as long as 10,000, at most 20,000 troops are transferred, they can sweep through Western Xia, those tribes, in Liao Xingzong's view, are like local chickens, there is no threat at all, even if they get together, it has no effect, and it is even more so when they are separated.

As Liao Xingzong expected, the most effective troops in Western Xia have been transferred to Xingqing Mansion, which can improve the defensive strength of Xingqing Mansion, but the weakness has also appeared, and the entire Western Xia has no strength to confront the Liao army.

In fact, even if there is no transfer, no, 200,000 Western Xia troops, against 100,000 Liao troops, one side loses two percent, and one side is fast forty percent, in this comparison, the combat effectiveness of the Western Xia army can be seen.

The mistake Yuan Hao made was to focus too much on the defense of Xingqing Mansion and concentrate all the forces, which made the Liao State see an opportunity to kill the Quartet, which not only weakened the overall strength of Western Xia, but also provided enough logistics for himself.

In fact, it can't be said that Yuan Hao did not do well, it was not Zhou Wenxiu, even Xiao Hui did not expect that there would be so many livestock on the land of Western Xia, he thought that he had avoided it far away.

In a strange land, rashly sending a part of the team to loot cattle is a crazy choice, in case the other party is a little guarded, or an ambush, it is not equivalent to dividing the troops, giving the other party the possibility of breaking through.

The practical things that Zhou Wenxiu brought back dispelled this idea, and when the logistics problem had become a key problem that plagued them, it became an inevitable choice to send 10,000 to 20,000 troops to try it.

In this sense, Zhou Wenxiu has made meritorious service again, and it is a great merit, three great merits, each of which is very terrifying, the previous reward itself was scheduled for him who died, and the level was one level higher than before, but now, the three great merits are combined, and this merit can be said to be huge.

After careful consideration, Liao Xingzong promoted Zhou Wenxiu to the general of the Northern Courtyard, which was only the first official position in the military of the Northern Courtyard, and at the same time, he named Zhou Wenxiu as the Duke of Korea.

The Liao State does not pay much attention to the lords, and the king is also crowned in large quantities, Xiao Hui is just a relative in a certain sense, but he has also been rewarded by the king of Han, and others, and even some outstanding ministers have also been crowned kings.

But no matter what, the title of Guogong is relatively rare, generally speaking, only those who rank in the forefront of the courtiers, plus those who have made terrible meritorious deeds, are likely to be rewarded for merit, and most of the others are determined by their origins.

With Zhou Wenxiu's age and experience in the army, the promotion is not small, but on the contrary, except for a few Liao generals who don't know the inside story, the others have no jealousy of Zhou Wenxiu, because his credit is too great.

The first battle is nothing, and the general Liao generals with stronger combat effectiveness, if they want to do this, they only need a little luck, leading the elite and killing 20,000 foot soldiers.

The second battle was quite terrifying, under the premise that the kamikaze was flying and there was no vision on the entire battlefield, leading 2,000 people and impacting the camp of 100,000 people, how heroic it must be to be able to do it, and even unceremoniously said that this was not a suicidal impact, but a real attack, and the results were quite brilliant.

Not to mention the last credit, which directly determined the course of the Battle of Liaoxia.

At the beginning, Yuan Hao sat firmly in Diaoyutai, because he knew very well the logistics capacity of the Liao State, coupled with the destruction of the desert oasis, to transport every stone of grain to Xingqing Mansion, the Liao State might have to pay three or four stones of grain, and if one was not careful, he would even pay more.

The grain output of Liao is far less than that of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it can even be said that it is tense, and in the Liao country, that is, where are the sixteen states of Youyun, some grain production, and others, are herdsmen, although they are transported, there is a batch of meat, but there is also a problem that is not easy to preserve.

If you want to preserve meat, there are other ways, and one thing that cannot be avoided is curing, which can only be done with a lot of salt to ensure that the food does not rot.

There was not much salt in the Liao State, that is, the Western Xia and the Northern Song Dynasty supplied a little. There are very few pickling processes in Liaoguo, and it is impossible to preserve these meats for a long time, that is, the weather is gradually cold, and when the frozen meat is gradually sent over, it is barely solved.

Even if the Liao State went through the initial temptation and lost thousands of people, it would no longer attack the city, but Yuan Hao had been waiting, accumulating strength, when the Liao State could not support it, the moment he retreated, it was the time for him to counterattack.

Thousands of miles of desert will become the place where the bones of the Liao Kingdom are buried, which is a natural danger and a unique place in Western Xia.

The momentum of Zhou Wenxiu's arrival was a little too high, mighty, almost tens of thousands of arrivals, he also thought that the Liao army had come to backup, if this was the case, this would increase the consumption of Liao, the more troops, the more consumption every day,

But soon, he found out that it was not a backup, but a large-scale livestock team. Seeing nearly 10,000 livestock, it means that the Liao army has received enough supplies, which will make the time drag on longer.

But then, the Liao State divided the troops, even if 10,000 people were divided, the combat effectiveness of the remaining Liao army was not something that Yuan Hao could fight in the field, and he directly had a bad expectation in his heart.

Sure enough, a steady stream of similar animals followed.

Separated the elite, or cavalry and heavy cavalry, what are they going to do, the result is self-evident, that is, to loot the entire Western Xia tribe.

On the direction, it is to the west, the situation in the Western Xia, Yuan Hao knows very well, Lingzhou and Xingqing Mansion here, densely populated, the personnel on the Xingqing Mansion side are concentrated in Xingqing Mansion, as well as the two states invaded by the Liao State, but the Western Xia has 5 states, and there is a range of thousands of miles under the name, if the Liao State sends cavalry and wantonly loots, what will be the result.

In a blink of an eye, it has changed from sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai to such a battle of trapped beasts, a siege war that shows the enemy weakness, and now, a protracted war, which Yuan Hao does not want to see, but there is nothing to do, fifty or sixty thousand Liao troops, enough to resist their surprise attack, under the premise of holding the city gate, rashly going out of the city, maybe the defense of Xingqing Mansion will be lost, and there is even a danger of being captured.

In addition to regretting it, Yuan Hao could only watch as the Liao army gradually accumulated grain and grass to continue the war.