"Uncle, if the student wants to lead an army alone to fight against the enemy, he can be a deputy general or the eldest sister. There are not many generals around you, and the students have been training with the new army for three or four years, so you can't just talk about it on paper! ”

Zhao Maid is very resistant to this outfit and what she does every day, even if there is a wasp staring at her, she is unwilling to do it. But he didn't dare to disobey Wang Da's order, so he couldn't help it and came to Hong Tao to intercede.

"Your Highness, if you want to talk to this official about business, you must abide by two principles, otherwise this official will not say a word!" Hong Tao looked at the Liao army layer after layer outside the city, and his heart was a little bottomless.

I didn't expect the emperor of Liao to be so amused, and as soon as he hit a Nanjing city, he personally came to play with himself. If I had known that there was today, I would have to send a dozen more ships of supplies.

As for Zhao Maid's protest, it was basically not negotiable, and it was necessary to do so. The credit of conquering Xijin Mansion and holding Xijin Mansion to become the king of Yan'an County, he and the new army just did what they had to do under the leadership of the county king, and the credit was secondary.

"Adult...... "Zhao Maid is not stupid, these days I have been told countless times in what capacity to get along with people, and the previous identity in the new army and the children's regiment is invalid!

“…… General Miao, you accompany His Royal Highness here to inspect the enemy's situation, and this official will retire......" Hong Tao pouted and turned around and was about to leave.

"Hey...... Wang, Wang Xu! "When I met such an uncle who said that he would turn his face, he could only obey with Zhao Maid's ability. But I'm still very unaccustomed to calling the names of my elders, and I'm a little stammering, and I don't dare to look up after I finish calling.

"The minister is here, Your Highness, please instruct ......" That's right, Hong Tao treated Zhao Maid according to the emperor's courtesy, and he must also be familiar with this feeling, otherwise when he returns to the court, everyone he sees is called Uncle Uncle, this emperor is still a Mao, and the minister who originally supported his succession also had to hesitate.

"Learn ...... This king wants to command an army to defend the city, and please ...... Wang Xu, you can agree! "How to be an emperor Zhao Maid wants to come and learn, but I don't have to be a little rusty.

"Your Highness's words are inappropriate, as the commander of an army, how can he risk his own risk. The ancients did not stand under the wall, His Royal Highness sat in the Tianwang Tower to strategize, and we refused the enemy outside the city, and it was the right way to do our job. ”

Don't look at how hard Hong Tao works in the Chongzheng Palace, he can't meet the standards of the courtiers of the Song Dynasty, but it's still quite like letting him fool a child, not in a hurry, not humble or arrogant, like Sima Guang.

“…… Since this king is the commander of an army, why can't he order this king to lead his troops into battle! "Whoever gets along with Hong Tao for a long time will be infected with the problem of lifting the bar, Zhao Maid plucked up the courage and planned to logically fight for some rights for himself.

"Hey, hey, hey...... Because of Wang Da's presence, she said that if she can't do it, she won't do it! "But Zhao maid didn't learn another trick of Hong Tao, shameless. You reason with him, and he messes with you.

"Your Highness, please go to the east of the city with your subordinates...... Well! Hearing Hong Tao's call, Wang Da stepped forward and blocked in front of Zhao Maid, pointing to his post. Zhao Mai just wanted to refute that he was the boss, but he was immediately softened by Wang Da's glare. Since childhood, I have been scared by a person, and I may be afraid for a lifetime.

"My lord is really well-intentioned...... Zhao Maid can't fully understand the intention of doing this yet, but Miao Kui understands it and understands it all.

Originally, he was a chess piece sent by the emperor to supervise whether the horse had two hearts, and after all these years of getting along, most of his doubts have been eliminated, but it has not reached the level of 100% peace of mind.

After the incident of the Six Princes, the little worry that still existed was completely gone. If the colt had other ideas, he would not have gotten along with the future emperor like this at this time.

With the status of the concubine in the prince's mind, he only needs to cater slightly, plus it is originally a relative, and no one in Zhao will believe it in the future, but will only believe the words of this uncle. It can't be said that the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, and it is not difficult to make good use of this advantage and slowly get rid of political opponents.

"The affairs of the DPRK are not what you and I are good at, what we should be thinking about now is how to deal with these Liao troops. It's a lot, if not 100,000, but 80,000, right? For Miao Kui's praise Hong Taoquan is a fart, this kind of words have no practical meaning except for the change of people's mentality.

"I'm afraid it's more than 100,000, these are the regular army of the Liao people, and there should be 150,000 auxiliary soldiers and domestic slaves. It's just that I don't know how the war is going at the border pass, and the water that is besieged here is impassable, and I can't get any news. ”

Speaking of the Liao army Miao Kui outside the city, there are too many lawsuits, which have exceeded the estimated estimate by two times, and the number is still increasing every day. The Liao army is like pulling the whole ** team over, and it is constantly gathering here from all directions.

No matter how good the new army is at fighting defensive warfare, there are a lot of crossbow arrows and thunderbolts, and it is impossible to drag it on indefinitely. At this time, the battle on the border became the key to determining the victory, if the imperial court did not dare to increase investment, then this battle was likely to win first and then lose like many previous Song-Liao wars.

"Do your best and let it be your destiny...... The order was to halve the food supply for all captives from now on, and to release them in batches every evening. ”

Hong Tao had no way to deal with this situation, according to the original plan, the Liao army could gather at most 60,000 troops in the first stage, and it was impossible for people to capture Xijin Mansion by relying on this. Coupled with Wang Shao's more than 10,000 cavalry harassing on the periphery, it is likely that the Liao army will be eaten up or a rout battle in the end.

But no matter how you calculate it, I didn't calculate that the emperor of Liao would drive the expedition in person, and regardless of the fact that he transferred the whole ** team to play with his life, he turned a local battle into a decisive battle between the two countries, and his chess piece became the winner and loser. If this person is unlucky, he will stuff his teeth when he drinks cold water!

At this time, it is useless to complain, the most important thing at present is to find a way to wait for help, and if you can hold on for one more day, you will have more hope of victory. It is true that he has logistical pressure, and the pressure of more than 100,000 Liao soldiers is also not small, and whoever can't bear it first will lose.

As for the movements of the forbidden army in the Northern Song Dynasty, Hong Tao did not dare to calculate it as a constant. They are nerve knives, when they can fight, they can win more with less, and when they are cowardly, they can bully less or lose.

The first thing to do is to dispose of the more than 100,000 people in the city, even if they only give one meal a day, it will be a huge consumption. Originally, he didn't plan to let them go, so as not to become the helpers of the Liao army, but now it seems that these people are more suitable as enemies than friends.

The second thing to do is to prepare weapons, the granaries in Xijin Mansion are quite full, there are quite a lot of wells, there is no shortage of food and drink, but the weapons are not enough, at this time, Wang Qi invented and improved trebuchets will be useful.

When they were in Liangzhou City, they played a good role, so keep up the good work. There is also no shortage of wood and bricks in the city of Xijin Mansion, and the Jurchen people who were persuaded to surrender by Ah Su were just for Wang Qi to use as a demolition team, and there is nothing that cannot be demolished except for the city wall!

The third thing to do is to pray to God to open his eyes, and the weather will be cold soon. The cooler the temperature and the stronger the north wind, the better it will be for the defending side.

At this time, it has entered the middle of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, and there has just been a light snow two days ago, and it seems that the Beijing area of the Song Dynasty is much colder than in later generations.

For example, as in Mawei City, water is poured on the city walls to freeze ice, and there are not only many wells in the city, but also a small river and a large lake, and there is no shortage of water. Although the temperature here is not as fast as Mawei City, it can be frozen overnight if you splash water at night.

During the day, the southern city wall will be turned quickly, and the other three city walls will basically not change much, and you can still get a layer of ice armor out if you insist on it for a few more nights. With the siege technology level of the Tangut people, there is no good way to take the ice city, and the Liao people are not as good as the Tangut people in this regard.

Hong Tao was busy in the city, and Yelu Hongji was not idle. Why was the attack delayed? Because he is a cultural person, he has not seen much of the art of war, and he has a deep understanding of the sentence that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

Since arriving at Xijin Mansion, he sent people to find all the remnants of the defeated generals who had fought with the new army, even if it was delayed for a few days, he had to ask what was so good about the enemy army, and he was able to conquer Xijin Mansion all the way, and so many elites of the Liao State were not stopped along the way.

"The bow is sharp, the iron ball that can explode, the iron ball that can ignite the fire, the car city that can move, and the armor that is not afraid of arrows, can Zhong Aiqing have a way to deal with it?"

Yelu Hongji is nearly sixty years old, his figure is not tall but a little thin, his hair, beard, and dress are more like Han people, if he changes the fur on his body and the hat with a fox tail hanging on his head into a dragon robe, he is no different from the Han emperor.

The old emperor didn't have any intuitive feeling about the sharpness of the enemy army summed up in the past few days, he was not good at marching and fighting, and he would be more willing to use poetry competitions instead of war.