In the woods, the sun shines on the ground through the leaves, and the light and shadow on the ground are mottled.

From the outside, there was nothing unusual in this forest, but no sound of the New Year beast came out.

Yelu Wanzhi immediately became alert.

"Come on, go and check the woods and see if anyone is hiding in it!"

The soldiers led by Yelu Wanzhi were the Palace Treasure Army, and the Liao army was divided into Palace Treasure Army, tribal army, Jingzhou army and vassal state army.

The Palace Treasure Army was composed of the enlisted envoys of the emperor's account. It was a Khitan army for guards and wars.

The tribal army is mainly composed of tribal tyrants outside the Khitan to guard the four sides.

The above two forces are the main forces of the Liao army.

Yelu Wanzhi was a general sent by Yelu Zongjian to fight for the vanguard. He led a total of 10,000 palace tent troops, most of which were mainly cavalry. After all, the mission he was to carry out was a surprise attack.

He took Wanqi to enter from Huatazipu, bypassed Shimen Town, Juncheng Village, and Longquan Town and then arrived in Jiashan. Their purpose was to take Anxi in Dingzhou. If Anxi could be taken, he could threaten Zhending Mansion City.

The target of 10,000 cavalry is actually not small, but Yelu Wanzhi is good at secrecy. When he bypasses the town, he sneaks around and mostly travels at night, so he doesn't meet anyone, and even the villagers.

But he himself didn't find it strange. After all, it was very dangerous to be outside at night in this era, and it was normal for no one to be there.

But what surprised him was that he had basically not met anyone during the day along the way, which surprised him.

He suspected that this was the Xia army's trick to lure the enemy into deeper.

But he didn't care. He was carrying more than 10,000 palace tent troops, and all of them were elite cavalry. Even if he was surrounded and suppressed, he was confident that he would break out of the encirclement. Moreover, the army is now in the forefront, and combat units like himself are already rampant everywhere, and his goal may not be the biggest.

However, the forest at the foot of Jiashan is indeed a bit abnormal. The birds and beasts are silent, and there are also traces of horse hooves trampling under the forest. Judging from the degree of damage to the ground, there are probably many war horses trampling past the ground.

Yelu Wanzhi was a cautious person. When he saw this, he immediately sent someone to investigate.

After a while, the person who entered came out.

"No one was found, but there seemed to be a large number of troops passing by."

The person who went in and saw it came out and said.

Yelu Wanzhi was in doubt, but he could only temporarily suppress it. Going deep into the enemy's territory is a dangerous thing, but he cannot be afraid of risks and stay away from moving forward - it is easy to delay military affairs and beheaded by being cut off.

"Stay forward and take Anxi and allow you to rob for a day!"

Yelu Wanzhi said.

Suddenly, more than 10,000 palace soldiers cheered loudly.

However, it didn't take long to cheer, and quietly avoided the village and moved forward.

But what surprised him was that there were no people along the way, but many wild beasts ran out of the forest and wandered around, especially wild dogs everywhere. This gave Yelu Wanzhi an illusion that it seemed that there were no people in the entire Zhending Mansion.

This illusion was only broken when they touched the city of Anxi, but Anxi City had become a fortress.

The city gates on all sides are closed, and soldiers patrolling the city walls.

Yelu Wanzhi breathed a sigh of relief, but then became worried.

Siege is a very troublesome thing, especially for the cavalry he led. He originally wanted to come secretly, earn a city gate, and then take Anxi, but he didn't expect that Anxi City was already prepared.

But there is no way. Anxi City must be defeated, otherwise it will become a joke to take over Zhending Mansion.

So Yelu Wanzhi began to attack the city.

In the era of cold weapons, how difficult it is to siege a city is unimaginable to later generations. Siege is a very technically difficult job. To capture the city, either the siege equipment is complete or the city is trapped, but no matter which method, it requires a large number of people!

Yelu Wanzhi has a lot of people. It is enough to attack a small town like Anxi, with more than 10,000 people, but he lacks siege equipment and is secretly hiding his whereabouts. It is impossible for him to bring large-scale engineering machinery.

So you can only make engineering equipment now and then attack the city.

What can I do now for engineering equipment? It’s nothing more than cutting down trees and building a rack to make people climb up and attack.

But this kind of playing is too difficult.

There seemed to be only a few hundred soldiers on the top of the city, but the stronger the desire to resist, Yelu Wanzhi had to give up after attacking for a few days, because after attacking for a few days, more than a thousand people were dismissed. If they continued to attack, it was estimated that more than 10,000 people would not be able to withstand the consumption.

There was no way, Yelu Wanzhi could only change the target and planned to attack Qu Yangcheng, but Qu Yangcheng was like a city gate. This time, Yelu Wanzhi tried to attack for a day, but found that it was still a hard bone, so he simply retreated.

Yelu Wanzhi had a headache when he could not conquer the city, but what he should have had a headache now was that he had eaten up most of the food he brought with him. The consumption of more than 10,000 people was too great. If he didn't capture a city, they might have a mutiny.

Yelu Wanzhi could only change his target and stared at the town to go and grab a wave. So he led his army back to Longquan Town. Longquan Town also had a wall, but the city gate was wide open. Yelu Wanzhi sent people in to search. After a long time, he found that the entire town was empty.

Yelu Wanzhi's heart moved and quickly sent someone to search the nearby village. Sure enough, the village was empty.

"Do you have to strengthen the walls and clear the fields?"

Yelu Wanzhi pondered.

It’s not a new trick. Most of the powerful enemies in this era deal with this way. Not to mention the Western Xia, the Song Dynasty also dealt with this way most of the time.

Yelu Wanzhi couldn't help but laugh. In his opinion, all mysteries were revealed, and what he thought was strange was just a solid wall and clearing the world.

In his opinion, firm walls and clear fields are what the weak call, and a truly powerful country will not be so cowardly.

At first, he thought that Xixia could defeat the Song Dynasty very powerful, but he didn't expect that he would use such tricks, which shows that he was also a weakling.

However, the Song Dynasty was even weaker.

But the problem also arises.

The food is really finished.

Yelu Wanzhi couldn't laugh anymore.

The problem is very obvious now. Either you should go back and find the large army, or you should capture the city and eat Xia Dynasty's food.

It is impossible to retreat if you return so ineffectively, and your goal is not achieved. If you go back, you will not only be laughed at by your colleagues, but also may be punished.

This is the dilemma that you will encounter when you go deep into the enemy territory.
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