One month, Yelu Zongzhen ordered the army to besiege Gubeikou for a whole month. Eighty thousand troops took turns to attack, not even resting at night. Moreover, not only from the front, Yelu Zongzhen even attacked from the mountains on both sides, trying to conquer a section of the Great Wall, and directly attacked the rear of the Song army.

But unfortunately, the terrain of Gubeikou is too dangerous, and it is impossible for the mountains on both sides to launch a large army, so the little army of Yelu Zongzhen Sect is of no use at all, and instead it loses a lot of manpower.

Faced with this situation, Yelu Zongzhen tried his best to do it, and even thought about digging secret passages, water attacks and other methods, but it was useless. Xi Guan was like a stubborn nail, nailing them tightly at Gubeikou. Not to mention regaining the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, he could not even move forward half a step forward.

"Woo woo woo woo woo~" With a dull horn sound, the Liao army attacking Xiguan also slowly retreated, just like the waves receding, but what the sea water left behind was not sand, but corpses and blood all over the ground.

Soon, the Liao army came to the battlefield with the white flag. They did not surrender, but wanted to carry the injured Liao army back. The Song army did not attack them either. It was not because the Song army was kind, but because the Song army knew that instead of letting these injured Liao army die on the battlefield, they would be rescued, which would also consume the food and medicine of the Liao army. The material capital in the Liao army was very short of materials, so these wounded soldiers were a big burden for the Liao army.

Yelu Zongzhen certainly knew the Song army's plans, but he could not let these wounded soldiers ignore them, because the Song army had clearly stated that they would let them treat the wounded soldiers. If he allowed the wounded soldiers to die on the battlefield, it would only cause his army to lose all the morale, let alone drive these soldiers to work hard for him. Faced with this open conspiracy, Yelu Zongzhen could only pinch his nose and swallow the glass of bitter wine.

Looking at the Liao army retreating like a tide, Di Qing also wiped blood from his face. Several Liao troops had just killed the city head, one of which was in the city wall area where Di Qing was responsible for defending, but they were quickly killed.

Originally, Di Qing's current identity no longer needed to go on the battlefield to kill the enemy, but he liked the feeling of boiling blood when killing the enemy, especially when the enemy's blood was sprayed on him, Di Qing felt a trembling soul every time, as if this was the life that men wanted.

"Brother Di, why are you going to fight yourself again?" At this moment, Cao Qi came over with a head. Seeing Di Qing covered in blood, he couldn't help but smile. The area he was responsible for defending happened to be close to Di Qing.

"When you are young, you can still use a knife, of course you have to kill a few more. In addition, you also know that muskets are becoming more and more popular, and there will be few opportunities for close combat on the battlefield in the future." Speaking of this, Di Qing looked at the head in Cao Qi's hands, and immediately smiled again, "Why, killed a big fish?"

"Hehe, a young general can probably exchange a lot of military achievements." Cao Qi raised his head at this time and said that although the Liao Kingdom claimed to inherit the Tang system, it was a nomadic people after all, and the military system was very extensive. For example, the positions were very generals. Generals at all levels were called young generals, generals, generals, generals, etc. However, even the young generals were also senior leaders of the Liao army. It was indeed a great achievement to be able to kill a young general.

"You are lucky. Your subordinates have another meat to eat today!" Di Qing also smiled when he heard this. Killing Liao generals of the young general of the level will be rewarded in addition to remembering their military merits. Of course, there is nothing else on the battlefield, it is nothing more than rewarding some delicious food to reward the soldiers.

Cao Qi laughed when he heard this, and then handed the head of his hand to his men to report the merits. Then he pulled Di Qing to the side and asked, "Di Ge, Yelu Zongzhen has been attacking for a month. The Liao army outside the city suffered heavy casualties. If it were him, I would have withdrawn long ago. But now looking at his appearance, he has no intention of withdrawing the army. Could this guy really want to fight to the end with us, right?"

"Hehe, I have also analyzed Yelu Zongzhen's personality. This guy is the kind of person who does not hit Nanshan and does not look back. The reason why he sent troops was that our Song Dynasty was made of mud, but now he hit a bloody head. But if he retreated, he would definitely lose all his face, so he can only hold on now."

When he said this, Di Qing paused for a moment and then said, "But I think Yelu Zongzhen can't hold on for long. Not to mention that the weather is getting colder and colder, it may snow at any time. In addition, the supplies of the Liao army must have bottomed out. If you don't go back, you may be hungry."

"If the Liao army retreated, wouldn't it be a great opportunity? Will General Liu send troops to chase him?" Cao Qi's eyes lit up when he heard Di Qing's words and asked again.

"Definitely, have you not seen General Guo in the city for a while? If I guessed correctly, General Guo might have left here and quietly lurked out of the city from other places, ready to attack the Liao army at any time!" Di Qing looked at the left and right at this time, then lowered his voice and said again.

"That's great. If General Guo can intercept some of the Liao army, we can take advantage of the situation from the city, and then we will have a chance to make great contributions!" Cao Qi also said with his eyes shining when he heard this.

Looking at Cao Qi's desire, Di Qing suddenly became a little strange. He said halfway through jokes and half seriously: "You kid don't have to work so hard. Your sister is now the queen, and you are also the uncle of our Song Dynasty. This little military merit is simply dispensable to you."

"Of course, a real man must rely on his own strength!" Cao Qi immediately said to Di Qing, but he sighed in his heart when he spoke, because he had received a letter written by his sister and knew that although his sister was the queen, he was not favored in the palace. Therefore, his identity as a national uncle will not help him, but may also affect his career, so he must work harder than others.

Of course, Di Qing didn't know what was happening in the palace. Although he had letters with Li Zhang, Li Zhang would definitely not talk about these secrets in the palace. What's more, this was a major event that was related to the disagreement between the emperor and the empress, which was even more serious. Therefore, except for a few people, others did not know that Empress Cao was neglected.

"Wuwuwu~" At this moment, there was a burst of intense horn sound from outside the city. Then another Liao army came, which made Di Qing and Cao Qi both curse secretly. It seemed that the Liao army was planning to fight at night, which made the two of them jump up and run to their respective city walls to prepare for battle.
Chapter completed!