Chapter 77: Food and Grass Burned, Yeli Withdraws

Li Xing spent the past few days transferring food and grass.

Chen A Niu was busy investigating the situation of the Xixia camp.

Yeli Yuqi was busy attacking the city, and Wei Yuan was busy defending the city.

In short, no one was idle.

Counting the food brought by Li Xing and the hundreds of thousands of shi of food brought by Ye Li Yuqi when he went on the expedition, the total food supply of the Xixia army at present was nearly 50,000 shi.

Based on two meals a day, 50,000 dan was enough to feed Ye Li Yu Qi's army for about a month.

As for the subsequent food, grass and baggage, they are being delivered in batches as planned.

If there is a problem with these 50,000 shi of food, let alone the attack on Yanmen, it is estimated that the entire Xixia military camp will lead to a mutiny.

Unless the Liao army can give them some.

But even so, Yanmen cannot continue the attack, and it may even drag down the entire front, leading to a complete collapse.

The reason Ye Li Yu Qi dared to make this huge bet was because the alienation tactics deployed by Zhang Fu, Wei Yuan and others had worked.

He didn't want to work hard with Li Yuanhao.

Do you want Daxia to disobey? Want to compete with Zhou Guo in endurance? Want to achieve a good result?

Okay, keep me!

Not raising? Whoever you choose would not be able to command this powerful force led by Norishi!

A few more days.

Fifty thousand shi of grain has almost been transferred.

Since the cavalry was not very capable of fighting in the mountains, Li Xing also believed that a small group of Zhou troops would definitely go to the granary by the Sanggan River.

Therefore, he simply left the thousand cavalrymen guarding the granary there.

Prepare to wait for work and annihilate the small group of Zhou troops. In this way, if the matter spreads to Li Yuanhao, it can be regarded as a great achievement!

Therefore, this granary at the foot of the mountain is guarded by only a thousand foot soldiers!

Li Xing was very satisfied with his troop formation and even had plans to join the army, thinking:

"As soon as Yanmen is captured and the old thief Yeli is defeated, I will ask my father to ask His Majesty for orders to join the army!"

Few of the Han officials who worked for Xixia or Liao were able to get involved in military affairs. At most, they could only serve as military advisors.

That night.

Li Xing was very excited, all because he had successfully transferred food and grass, so he drank with a few of his confidants until they were extremely drunk.

I do not know how long it has been.

I saw huge flames surrounding the granary.

A guard quickly came to Li Xing's resting place and said loudly:

"Supervisor, something bad is going on!"

Li Xing was already drunk. Although he took a short rest, he was still dizzy.

He opened his eyes in confusion and frowned, "What's the matter? Ugh!"

Just after saying these three words, he felt a flow of air rushing up in his abdomen. It was difficult to suppress it, and he spit out a lot of wine.

I shook my head and woke up a lot. Suddenly I saw the fire around the tent. My heart skipped a beat and I stood up suddenly.

"what happened?"

The guard bowed and said: "Supervisor, someone has set fire to the mountain!"

Burn. Burn the mountain?

Li Xing's body trembled, and he suddenly lost his mind.

The guard stood there, not knowing what to do.

After a pause, Li Xing came to his senses and said quickly:

"Quick! Go put out the fire!"

The guard shook his head and sighed: "Supervisor, we don't have enough water. The fire is out of control. We'd better ask the Supervisor to leave quickly, otherwise, we won't be able to leave!"

At this point, Li Xing was completely disappointed.

On another hill.

Chen Aniu and others looked at the fire on the mountain in front of them with great joy.

They came to this granary just to try their luck, but they didn't expect it, but they got it wrong.

A wildfire is enough to burn down all the food and grass of the Xixia army.

"We burned the food and fodder of the Xixia army. They will definitely not let us go. It is too dangerous to return to Yanmen."

"The fried flour that General Wei prepared for us should last for half a month. From now on, we will break it into pieces and hide it in the mountains."

"When will the Xixia troops withdraw? We are waiting for an opportunity to return to the pass."

Chen A Niu gave the order and hid it.

In the third year of Jiayou's reign, it was mid-June.

Inside the Xixia Army tent.

Li Xingzheng tremblingly knelt down in front of Ye Li Yuqi.

"Marshal, all the mistakes you made are my fault. If the news about the burning of grain and grass reaches His Majesty's ears, my life will be at stake!"

"For my father's sake, please ask the marshal to rescue me!"

Are you convinced now that you think about it?

Ye Li Yuqi snorted coldly: "It's too late. The commander has already ordered someone to report it to Your Majesty."

"The impact of this matter is too great, I can't handle it, so I ask Supervisor Li to take care of himself!"

Soon, Yeli Yuqi announced that he would temporarily withdraw his troops to the bank of Sanggan River to rest.

On the march.

Ye Li Yuqi imprisoned Li Xing to prevent him from escaping.

Afterwards, he summoned the generals to discuss matters:

"Without food and grass, the soldiers may mutiny, so we first sent people to the Liao camp to borrow some food for emergency use."

"Another eight hundred liga will be sent to Xiqing Mansion. Your Majesty, please quickly allocate food and grass to boost the morale of the army."

If there is not enough food to eat, the war will definitely not be fought.

Until the food from the court arrives, the soldiers of Xixia may have no choice but to 'kill horses' to satisfy their hunger. Of course, this is a last resort.

Therefore, when the time comes, you will have to ask the court for horses.

However, after attacking Yanmen for so long, it finally achieved results. However, it was delayed due to food and fodder matters, allowing the Zhou army to rest and recuperate.

If we want to continue attacking Yanmen, we will definitely need soldiers.

The above is the idea of ​​​​wild profits and beggars.

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After Ye Liyu begged to withdraw his troops.

Chen A Niu and others have also returned to the pass one after another.

After Wei Yuan understood the whole story, he recorded the first contribution to Chen A Niu and his party.

The 200,000 troops led by Yeli Yuqi and the 100,000 Xixia troops attacking the other city gates have all retreated at this moment.

The Liao army naturally could not fight alone, so they simply withdrew.

So far, the first battle of Daizhou ended hastily because of Li Xing, a key figure.

Zhang Fu and other generals came to Yanmen in person to celebrate Wei Yuan's success.

After all, Yanmen is the main battlefield.

Only the gains and losses here affect the overall victory or defeat.

At this moment.

At the celebration banquet.

Many soldiers toasted Wei Yuan,

"General Wei, I heard about your killing of seven Xixia generals in battle, which is really admirable!"

"And your straw man borrowing arrows is expected to become a good story."

"Ordering people to cross mountains and ridges to surprise attack the Xixia army's food and grass. I have to say that people with high skills are bold!"

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Faced with the flattery of everyone, Wei Yuan was a little embarrassed.

Zhang Fu took the opportunity to speak:

"Wei Yuan, in this battle, you defeated Yeli Yuqi in one fell swoop, causing the plans of the Xia and Liao armies to fail. You should be the first to be credited!"

"I will record your merits for now. When the king's army returns victoriously, I will ask for your credit again!"

The two things of killing seven generals in battle and attacking the granary by surprise are indeed great achievements.

But this straw man borrowing arrows is far-fetched.

Because many generals have used it in the battle to defend the city.

It is mainly convenient to collect arrows shot by the enemy.

However, only Wei Yuan became famous this time.

After the banquet.

Zhang Fu said to Wei Yuan earnestly:

"When two armies fight, the key to victory or defeat lies in overall strength."

"In the future, remember not to fight a decisive battle in front of the battlefield again."

Wei Yuan bowed and said, "Please rest assured, teacher."

Zhang Fu nodded,

"After this battle, it will be difficult for the enemy to attack the border of our Great Zhou."

Wei Yuan's heart moved, "Teacher, you mean, it will be difficult for Yeli Yuqi to launch a decent offensive again?"

Zhang Fu smiled and said, "That's right."

"Our strategy of alienation has worked. At present, Yeli Yuqi's best plan is to continue to confront our army."

"Even if it is a confrontation, there will certainly be small-scale conflicts, but the battle of launching an army of 200,000 to attack Yanmen will probably not happen."

If this is the case, it means that the battle of Daizhou will be over!