[I'm really sorry, Lao Gao remembered the wrong day and thought that today's 27th day, he missed a chapter in the morning, and today's three chapters of compensation!]

Li Yanqing led his army into the city. At this time, Gao Chong led more than a dozen surrendered Han soldiers forward and said, "Qi Bidu General, before the Jin soldiers retreated, they sent people to burn the forage warehouse. These dozens of people were soldiers guarding the forage warehouse. They killed two Jin soldiers who came to burn the forage warehouse, thus protecting the forage warehouse and the entire warehouse city!"

Li Yanqing nodded and praised: "Each person is rewarded with ten taels of silver and replace them with Song army armor!"

More than a dozen soldiers kowtowed and thanked each other. The personal soldiers took them down. Li Yanqing asked Gao Chong again, "How much food and grass are there?"

"I asked the other party and said that there were 300,000 stones of military rations, 500,000 dan of grass, as well as military armor and various military supplies."

Li Yanqing nodded. Three hundred thousand stones of military ration alone were enough to support the Northern Expedition of the 100,000 army.

Soon after, Cao Meng sent people to send news that more than a thousand Jin soldiers had been wiped out, and the Song army only injured dozens of people, and none of them were killed.

Li Yanqing immediately ordered the army to rest for two days, and then commanded Gong Zuwen and led 10,000 troops to defend Xuzhou. He led 90,000 troops to continue northward and headed towards Jeju.

However, Li Yanqing did not directly intervene in the war with the Qi army, so it has nothing to do with him. It was a battle between the five major commanders. The five major commanders had more than 200,000 troops against the 80,000 Qi army. At least at this stage, Li Yanqing believed that there was no need to take action for the time being.

Although there were strong winds and huge waves outside the southeastern coast, forcing Wang Gui to land in Haizhou in advance, another army escaped the strong winds and waves because they set out a few days earlier and continued to sail towards the entrance of the Yellow River.

This army consists of fifty warships, including 10,000 naval troops led by Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiaoer, and 20,000 elite troops led by Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing. They came to assist Daming City.

Two days later, the warships docked in Gaotang County, and the pier here had been burned by the Song army. Zhang Shun had to ask someone to build a temporary pier. Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing led 20,000 Song troops to land. Each of them carried seven days of dry food and marched quickly towards Daming City.

At this time, the city offensive and defensive battle in Daming City has entered its fifth day.

Gao Qingyi launched five large-scale attacks, all of which ended in failure. However, although Gao Qingyi sent many troops, he did not take down Daming City at all costs, as Wanyan Xie also asked. His attack was very restrained. As long as the soldiers expanded slightly, he immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops, so each attack lasted for only more than an hour before it ended.

But even so, Gao Qing's army also paid 12,000 heavy casualties in just five days. This was the case when the Song army did not use the thunder.

The casualties were so great, but the harvest was very small. There were many reasons. On the one hand, the Gao Qingyi's army did not have heavy siege weapons. The heavy siege weapons stored in Hebei were also taken to Hedong to attack Taiyuan by Wanyan Xi. There were only more than a thousand siege ladders left in warehouses in various parts of Hebei. These siege ladders formed the main force of Gao Qingyi's attack, and of course they would be severely hit by the powerful arrow formation and rolling wood and stones of the Song army.

On the other hand, Gao Qingyi was unwilling to fight to the death for Wanyan Xie, but in the end, Wanyan Xie easily picked peaches, so his attack was reserved, and basically he tried it briefly. How could the siege in this way pose a real threat to the defending army?

Yan Qing discovered this secret on the first day, so he ordered that there would be no need to shake the sky for the time being, and only bows, arrows, tinder oil and rolling wood stones to defend the city. After five days, nearly two thousand people were injured by the Song army, basically all of them were injured by arrows.

Five days later, Gao Qing's army gradually became tired and stopped siege. The remaining 38,000 troops were stationed outside the North City and the West City. The reason they were stationed outside the West City was because the Yongji Canal Wharf was to the west of Daming City, and a large number of ships were transporting materials and wounded soldiers back and forth, and the army needed to protect the safety of the shipping routes.

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As night fell, Yan Qing stood on the top of the city and stared at the Hebei army camp in the distance. The fierce battle for five days made him a little worried. Gao Qing's army obviously did not want to attack the city, but they refused to retreat. This means that a real siege army would soon arrive. As Du Shuai said, the real test was the Jin soldiers siege the city.

Yan Qing was not afraid of the Jin soldiers, but he was a little worried that his troops were insufficient, and the 10,000 main force had already suffered two thousand casualties. This was not caused by the full siege. If the Jin soldiers attacked the city with all their strength, the casualties of his main force would increase. The army converted from prisoners of war still had no combat effectiveness. Yan Qing was afraid that once the casualties were too large, Daming City might not be able to be saved. Wouldn't that delay the overall situation of Du Shuai?

While he was thinking, a soldier rushed to report, "Report to the general, a brother came down from Dongcheng, saying that he was sent by General Niu Gao."

Yan Qing was excited. He received a letter from Du Shuai Ge a few days ago, saying that he would send Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing to support him. He was still worried that he would not be able to come, but he did not expect that he would arrive so soon.

Yan Qing hurriedly asked, "Where are the people?"

"I have climbed the soft ladder to the city."

"Take him to see me!"

For a moment, the soldiers brought a thin, clever young man who was not wearing military uniforms and looked like a local farmer. The young man knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Li Zhen, the general of the low-ranking officer, see the governor!"

Yan Qing was the scout camp leader. Of course he remembered this subordinate, but it was important. Yan Qing didn't dare to be careless and asked, ""Where is the token?"

The young scout said in a deep voice: "Tangyin is a great victory!"

Yan Qing immediately laughed. This sentence was exactly the command Du Shuai left to him in the Ge letter, so that was correct.

Yan Qing quickly helped him up and said with a smile: "General Li, please get up quickly, thank you for your hard work."

He asked two stools to ask the young scout to sit down. Yan Qing asked again: "Is the patrol outside dense?"

The young scout nodded, "It's not too dense, so the humble official can get through. If there are more people, you will be discovered. There are enemy patrols ten miles away. General Niu Gao was also worried about this, so he let the humble official first get in and contact the governor."

Yan Qing asked again: "Where is General Niu now? How many troops are there?"

"Report to the general, a total of 30,000 troops were heading north on a boat this time. General Zhang Shun and General Ruan led 10,000 troops to block the Yellow River. General Niu and General Yang led 20,000 troops to support Daming City. Now they are in Yangshe Town thirty miles away."

Yan Qing walked a few steps and turned to the soldiers and said, "You go back and tell General Niu that there are hundreds of transport ships from the Hebei army on the Yongji Canal. I think it is a big threat. The main force of the Jin soldiers can take these ships across the Yellow River. Please send people to destroy these transport ships."

"I understand, and General Niu hopes to make an appointment with the general to enter the city."

Yan Qing thought for a while, "It's only the hour of Hai, and it's not far from thirty miles. To prevent the night from getting long and dreaming, we made an appointment to enter the city at 5 o'clock tonight. If you come from the south city, I will cover you into the city."

"Nei Yi will go back and report now!"

Yan Qing asked someone to change him into a Hebei military uniform, and the scout said goodbye and left in a hurry.

In the first update, the general named Li Zhen returned to Yang Shezhen, fifty miles away. When he met Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing, he talked about the time that Yan Qing had agreed upon, and then talked about the ship.

Yang Zaixing said to Niu Gao: "Based on my experience in dealing with the Xixia people, the Xixia people can carry cavalry across the river with rafts, and probably Jin soldiers will do it, so destroying ships is only one aspect, and more importantly, keep an eye on the main force of the Jin soldiers. I suggest that a scout army is specially responsible for monitoring the main force of the Jin soldiers, so that we can know where the Jin soldiers want to cross the river from."

"You make sense, you must beware of the Jin soldiers' rafts."

Niu Gao said to Li Zhen: "May General Li take on this task?"

"I am willing to do my best to complete the task!"

Niu Gao immediately ordered five hundred scout cavalry and handed it over to Li Zhen. Li Zhen quickly led the cavalry away from the main force and detoured south to Yongji Canal.

At the same time, Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing also led an army of 20,000 to detour south, preparing to enter the city at the fifth hour.

According to the information left by Li Zhen, there were two teams of patrol outside the southern city. There were about ten miles away from the city, and each team had ten patrols. Niu Gao immediately sent two troops of 100 people to hunt down these two patrols.

At the fourth update, a ten-man patrol cavalry was patrolling the wilderness listlessly. Gao Qingyi arranged a total of fifteen patrols on the periphery, focusing on the north and west, each arranged five patrols to prevent being stolen by the enemy. In addition, three were arranged in the east of the city and two were arranged in the south of the city.

Once an abnormal situation is found, use the rocket to alarm immediately.

Although Gao Qingyi was careful, his soldiers could not stand this high-intensity battle. Five consecutive days of siege in the city had exhausted all the soldiers and had to patrol day and night. The soldiers really complained.

"We are even fighting hard, and we can't stand the war horses!" a soldier complained.

"Stop talking nonsense. After walking this round, find a place with my brother and take a nap."

"Do you two want to die?"

The escort team turned around and shouted angrily, "I must patrol all night long. Who dares to neglect? Military law is in use!"

Everyone had to complain a few times, and then continued patrolling.

At this moment, countless black shadows suddenly rushed out from both sides and surrounded them. A Song general shouted sternly: "If you don't want to die, raise your hand!"

The leader of the escort hurriedly tapped the bow and arrow, preparing to shoot the whistleblower. The general of the Song army was furious and shouted: "Shoot the arrow!"

Hundreds of Song soldiers immediately shot arrows and shot all ten patrol soldiers.

Several miles away, another patrol was also captured by a hundred soldiers, but their escort was not reckless and did not kill the lives of their soldiers. They all became prisoners of the Song army.

In a forest fifteen miles south, Niu Gao was patiently waiting for news about the hunting team, but he did not rely on the hunting team. If the hunting was not successful, he would break through directly. He believed that the distance between ten miles, and it would be difficult for the enemy to come even if he sent cavalry.

"Old Niu, why don't we directly attack Gao Qingyi's army?" Yang Zaixing asked in a low voice.

Niu Gao smiled bitterly and said, "Don't I want to attack, but have you ever thought about it? Why did Dushuai hand over this task to us? Isn't it because we have always firmly implemented military orders? After all, there are nearly 40,000 enemy troops. If the enemy cannot be defeated, the rescue plan will be destroyed. Wouldn't it be that Dushuai's strategic deployment be ruined?"

Yang Zaixing nodded, "You are right. We must withstand this temptation and cannot destroy Du Shuai's strategic deployment in a short while."
Chapter completed!