The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 481
"mission completed!"

Zhao Gou looked at the words written on the note, and felt very uncomfortable, because there was a paragraph behind it, "100 people, and one more."

Although the task was completed, it also paid a heavy price. Only one person out of 100 people survived.Thinking of this, Zhao Gou has mixed feelings.

Zhao Gou tugged at the note, "If Yunzhou is breached, I will collect your corpses myself. The victory in this battle is well-deserved."

"Gao Xianfeng, how is the matter of cutting off the river?"

Gao Chong replied: "Commander back, there are several rivers in Yunzhou. A few days ago, our army planned to cut off the river, and the Yunzhou army knew about it. Now, they are confronting our army."

Zhao Gou nodded and said, "What about the river upstream?"

"All have been intercepted!" Gao Chong said respectfully, "Everything is according to the commander's prediction, and the enemy has been fooled as expected."

"Order the three armies to fully attack the city in half a month!" Zhao Gou issued a military order. According to the climate of Yunzhou, as long as the upper river is cut off, Yunzhou will be severely short of water.

If it is in the south and other places, this road cannot go on.After all, the rivers in the south are turbulent and the flow is relatively large. Only in the north, the flow is limited and dry, so mobilization will not be so troublesome.

"Take orders!" Gao Chong went down respectfully, and then issued Zhao Gou's military order, and Lu Junyi, Song Jiang and others all received it.

Half a month later, the city was attacked on a large scale.

At the same time, Prince Liang's mansion in Datong County, Yunzhou was quiet. Sitting on the grand master's chair was King Yelu Chenggong of Liang, who was over half a century old and still full of vigor and energy. At this moment, he was frowning and worried. .

"How much surplus food is available in Yunzhou now?"

"Reporting to my father, it is roughly estimated that within half a month, the food will be exhausted. If it is reduced, it can last for another 20 days."

Yelu Chenggong frowned, "The king was careless. I never expected spies to sneak into the city and let them investigate the location of the granary. If I hadn't been careless, I wouldn't have been so passive."

"Father, don't blame yourself. If you are really guilty, you should be the last general!" Yelucheng said with self-blame, "The granary was originally guarded by the last general, but it was still burned down. This is the last general's fault."

"Little prince, now is not the time to pursue responsibility!" The general beside him said, "Our army's food and grass have been burned, and the Song army must know. If the guess is correct, the Song army will attack the city soon."

"Our army is short of food and grass. If we don't get aid, I'm afraid it will be difficult to persevere. Now that Shuozhou, Huanzhou, and Yingzhou have fallen one after another, and the Guo brothers have defected to the Song army, they don't know much about our army's situation, but Know some too."

"If it goes on for a long time, our army will lose its combat effectiveness. When the army comes, we will have no power to fight back. We can only watch Yunzhou fall. How should we face His Majesty at that time?"

"Right now we can only find ways to ask for reinforcements. Given our current situation, it is difficult to persist. Although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, an army without any combat power is like being slaughtered. For now, we can only break through Siege, call for reinforcements."

Yelu Chenggong said in a deep voice: "Now Shangjing is besieged by the Jurchens, and Daliao is under attack. If you want to get reinforcements from the capital, there is no way. According to the current fighting situation, it is impossible to divide the troops."

"It would be difficult to ask for reinforcements from other states. According to the reports from the spies, the Song army was divided into three armies, and it was difficult to break through the Song army. It seemed that they wanted to trap us."

"As for other states, the Song Army will probably not ignore them, and they must be at their wits' end. In the current situation, we say that we are isolated and helpless, we can only save ourselves, and there is no other way."

"Father, we can issue a food requisition order to get the support of the local people, so that we can tide over the difficulties."

Yelu successfully shook his head and said, "Now we have closed the gates of the city and are not allowed to go out or enter. Presumably the people in the city already know about it."

"We issued an announcement to tell the enemy that we have no surplus food. In addition, the people in the city will be panic-stricken and will not borrow food, and their food is just enough to eat. If our army is hacked, how will they survive?"

"But Father..." Yelucheng said hastily.

Yelu Chenggong flatly refused, "This road is blocked. Even if I, Yelu Chenggong, die in battle, I can't hurt the local people."

Yelucheng can only shut up!

Yelu succeeded in insisting because their family has guarded here for decades. From their grandfather to now, they have never asked the people to do anything, and they will not get anything from the people. This is an order handed down from the ancestors. If you don't abide by it, it is because of this that you will be loved by the people.Even if they are not Han Chinese, they still win the hearts of the people.

Yelu Chenggong could only wait and see what happened, and he also sent additional personnel to inquire about the news to prevent the Song army from attacking the city.

However, after seven or eight days in a row, Song Jun was still not seen, which made them a little weird and confused.

"My lord, what's Song Jun's plan?"

Yelu Chenggong frowned and shook his head, "I don't understand what they are doing anymore. Could it be that we come back after we run out of food?"

"Report!..."

Everyone was discussing countermeasures, but was interrupted by an urgent voice, and then the person said anxiously: "Report to the lord, our water source is gone..."

Yelu was shocked and said, "The water source is gone? What's going on here?"

"The general doesn't know!" the man said eagerly, "The general went to check immediately after receiving the news, and found that the river was gradually stopping, and the river bed was gradually drying up. If this continues, we may have no water to use. "

"It's not a dry season, it's impossible that there is no water at all!" Yelu successfully lowered his head in thought, and then asked: "General Xiao, are our troops still confronting the Song army on the river bank?"

"Reporting to the lord, I have never retreated!" General Xiao continued, "The general got the news that the river was dry, and he didn't care about it. He thought it was the season, but when he woke up this morning, he found that there were only a few low-lying places that were still there. There’s some water, and everything else is exposed.”

"The last general came here today to report this matter!"

Yelu successfully nodded, "I'm afraid this matter is a bit strange!"

"Based on the experience of previous years, the river has not completely dried up at this time. Even if the river recedes, it cannot be so fast. I am afraid that the Song army cut off the river, leaving us with no water to use!"

"My lord, what should I do next?"

Yelu Chenggong said straightly: "We don't have much food and grass. If we persist, there is nothing we can do. And the Song army has not attacked. It must be waiting for us to run out of water before attacking the city."

"Now we have no way to retreat. For the current plan, we can only fight to the death with the Song army. If we can't repel the Song army, then we can only sit and wait for our death. It is better to fight than to do nothing. , defeating the Song army, there is still a glimmer of hope."

"Pass my military order, all the generals have a good time today, and tomorrow we will fight to the death with the Song army!"

"Obey!" Everyone immediately bowed to accept the order, they all knew that tomorrow's battle will be divided into victory and defeat, life and death.

(End of this chapter)