This was the most grueling war he had ever fought.

Even that kind of big battle was not as painful as it is now.

To confront the elite Jin army at close range, the Jin army must also be held back.

When the Song army suffered certain casualties, the morale of the army was already in doubt.

He had to go to every battalion every day to speak to encourage the soldiers and let everyone continue to persevere.

In fact, it is telling everyone: You will all die, and it will be your turn tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but you should not mess up.

This is a huge test of human nature.

Even though I know I am going to die, I still have to stay here.

It was this inhuman persistence that held back the Jin army and saved Cangzhou. It blocked the Jin army to the north of Jingdong Road and spared the people in the south from the suffering of the war.

On the first day of September, after Yao Zheng woke up, the first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to give himself a few bowls of chicken blood.

After taking a deep breath, he seemed to be back to the general who bravely killed the enemy. After leading the people out, he strode over.

His face was haggard, but his eyes were calm.

"Boys! Whose turn is it today?"

"Report! It's time for the seventh battalion today!"

"And the Eighth Battalion!"

The two who stood out were Du Yuhou from the 7th and 8th Battalions.

These two men were also unkempt and had blood stains on their faces.

"Set off!"

"yes!"

The flags of the Song Army began to wave again, and the horns also sounded.

After hearing this, the Jin army also began to form a formation.

After a while, the men and horses on both sides quickly began to seize the opportunity, and the cavalry and infantry cooperated with each other.

"Your Highness, it's starting again." Liu Yanzong said.

"How many troops does the Song army have?"

"Not counting Cangzhou City, there are estimated to be more than 6,000 Song troops."

"What about us?"

"We still have more than 20,000." Liu Yanzong reported calmly.

"Um?"

"We only have 20,000 people." Liu Yanzong corrected himself. "From crossing the Yellow River to Cangzhou, we fought for more than half a month. Hundreds of people died every day. Counting the stubborn resistance of the Song army for the first time,

Ten thousand of us have died in battle."

According to the ancient battle damage rate, which was more than 30%, the army should have collapsed long ago.

It's not that Zong Wang's army was an iron army, but that both sides prolonged the war.

Killing hundreds of people in battle every day, this kind of slow slicing of flesh, is different from the situation caused by killing tens of thousands of people on the other side at once.

Both sides were in pain, and the Song army struggled to hold on due to insufficient troops.

On the one hand, the Jin army wanted to attack Cangzhou City, and on the other hand, they wanted to fight a positional battle with Yao Zheng.

"Who is the general of the Song Army?"

"I heard that he is a man named Yao Zheng, the deputy commander under Yue Fei, and a relative of Yue Fei."

"This Yue Fei can fight everyone under his command." Zong Wang's tone was also very calm, "Now it seems that the Zhao Guan family is my biggest enemy, and this Yue Fei is second only to the Zhao Guan family. It is too difficult to kill the Zhao Guan family, but killing this Yue Fei

, or let this Yue Fei be dismissed, there is still a chance, right?"

"Some time ago, Pai Xizuo spread rumors in Tokyo, and some people even assisted us, but Zhao Guan's family showed no signs of disturbing Yue Fei."

"What about this time?" Zong Wang said, "Zhao Guan's family is going on a personal expedition. Isn't it because he is worried about Yue Fei?"

"I heard that the Zhao Guan family has not made any adjustments to Yue Fei's deployment, at least not for the time being."

"Zong Han mentioned to me that he has sent an order to Wanyan Xiyin of Goryeo to have Wanyan Xiyin meet Qin Hui secretly."

"Qin Hui?"

"The secret message sent from Tokyo, Lin Yifei has already approached us." Zong Wang showed a smile on his face, "He is Qin Hui's son. Lin Yifei is willing to cooperate with us. It has already shown that the interests of all parties within the Song Dynasty are emerging.

Even though there are serious differences, Qin Hui also has his own interests."

Liu Yanzong took a deep breath. If he could really win over Qin Hui, then Daikin would be even more powerful!

"Send the order to stop the siege. The three armies besiege Yao Zheng. The positional war ends today!"

"Your Highness, we had previously decided to use bloodletting tactics to consume the Song Army bit by bit. If we concentrated our forces, we would also allow the Song Army to concentrate its forces. If the situation that we just crossed the river before happened again, our army would also suffer huge losses.

Even if we capture Cangzhou, if we want to go deeper into the Song Dynasty, the risk will be greatly increased."

"Liu Pushe, we can't delay any longer. With Zhao Guan's family here, the situation on the Western Front will inevitably change dramatically in a short period of time. If we delay for one more day, there will be more variables."

No one is sure what variables are.

"Okay, I'll go make arrangements now," Liu Yanzong said.

The horns of the Jin Army sounded, and horns sounded everywhere, shaking the heaven and the earth.

The messenger began to convey orders to the other two groups.

The army was quickly gathering.

Wang Kun, the general staff of the Song Army, ran over quickly. He lowered his voice and said, "Deputy Commander Yao, the Jin Army is gathering on a large scale. The situation is different from the previous days."

"It seems that the Jin army is going to have a decisive battle!" Yao Zheng was worried on the surface, but his heart sank.

"Then now..."

"Assemble the entire army!" After Yao Zheng said these words, although he was a little scared, he still resolutely got on his horse.

"Assemble?"

"Order everyone to burn the food and grass and smash the pots!"

"this……"

Yao Zheng glanced at the southwest, which was the direction of home, and there was some sadness in his eyes.

I wonder if my mother is sitting at the door waiting for me to go back.

He then looked in the direction of Yue Fei, his eyes firm.

When he looked back at Wang Kun, his eyes had become sharp and he said in a deep voice: "This is a military order!"

Wang Kun was stunned for a moment and said: "Yes!"

Yao Zheng stood on the general stage. He saw in the distance that the Jin army did not attack Cangzhou City, but was gathering in front.

The scouts sent word that there were large armies of the Jin Army gathering in the west and east.

The Jin army had three armies, forming an encirclement against the Song army.

Although many trenches were dug, it was obvious that the Jin army was determined to kill the Song army at all costs.

The war drums sounded, all the war drums sounded.

Today's war drums are louder and more shocking than ever.

There was a raging flame in the back. The Song army was burning food and smashing all the pots and pans with hammers.

Burning flames and green smoke floated up, and the Song Army officials standing at the top of the city frowned: "Why did there suddenly be a fire in our army camp?"

"No! The Jin army must be attacking the camp and attacking with fire!"

"No!" Li Gang stood there, looking over there, his eyes becoming deeper, "That was not an attack on the camp, our army was in neat formation, the drums were beating to the sky, and the will to fight was high."

"That……"
Chapter completed!