After the general Gong Xun issued an order to mobilize the people in the city, Gong Xun's eldest son Gong Yi asked in a low voice: "Father, will there be reinforcements to rescue our Moxi City?"

Gong Xun looked at the corpse of his son Gong Cheng and his nephew Gong Tong, and said in a serious tone: "Around our Moxi City, there are only the forces of the Fan family in Ningchuan City and the forces of the new Dai'an County Prefect Liu Ji. Faced with the 220,000 Khitan army, the little army of the Fan family is of no help. Even if the Fan family really sends troops to rescue our Moxi City, it is impossible to lift the siege of Moxi City. As for the new Dai'an County Prefect Liu Ji..."

"Father, can Prefect Liu come to rescue our Moxi City?"

"Ah—to be honest, I don't know that my father didn't know. Logically speaking, the real goal of the Khitan army this time was Liu Ji. He should have taken advantage of the opportunity that the Khitan army was trapped in Moxi City to fight the Khitan army! However, the Khitan cavalry was very powerful, and this time there were 220,000 troops. Liu Ji didn't dare to go out and chose to fight the Khitan army outside Moxi City, but waited for our Moxi City to consume the strength of the Khitan army. If this was the case, our Moxi City would..."

"Father, why not send people to break through the siege at night and ask for help from Prefect Liu! The men, women, young and old in the entire Moxi City are less than 60,000, and we cannot reach the Khitan army at all. If Prefect Liu does not send troops to rescue Moxi City, we will not be able to defend it in the end!"

"Oh--you don't need to send someone to ask for help from Liu Ji. There is such a big noise here in Moxi City, Liu Ji cannot not know that if he is willing to rescue Moxi City, he will bring troops to help. If he wants to watch the wall, even if he kneels in front of him for his father, he will not send troops. Moreover, outside the city is surrounded by Khitans, so it is not easy to rush out!"

In fact, a few days ago, Liu Ji learned that the Khitans formed a cavalry army of 220,000 to attack him, so Liu Ji concentrated his sixteen cavalry battalions, four infantry battalions and guard battalions on the grassland north of Xishankou, preparing to confront the Khitan army head-on.

The Xishankou Fortress, which was under construction, has completed the construction of the northern city wall. In this way, Liu Ji can mobilize his army to resist the Khitan army at the Xishankou Fortress. However, once Liu Ji makes this choice, it is equivalent to giving up the grassland north of the Xishankou. Who knows when the Khitans will withdraw their troops?

So Liu Ji learned that the Khitans had 220,000 troops this time, so he decided to gather troops directly to protect the grassland north of Xishankou. Through the narrative of naturalizing the Hu people under his command, Liu Ji calculated that the area of ​​the grassland north of Xishankou was at least 90,000 square kilometers, and the area of ​​the entire Dai'an County should be about 40,000 square kilometers. The grassland north of Xishankou was equivalent to more than two Dai'an counties, and Liu Ji was unwilling to give up easily.

Not all the sixteen cavalry battalions under Liu Ji were fully equipped. Last time, they fought fiercely with the Khitan army that pursued the Uighur tribe, and Liu Ji's cavalry lost nearly 30,000 people. Although they were supplemented by 15,000 cavalrymen of the Uighur tribe, they still lacked almost 15,000 people. Now, the sixteen cavalry battalions under Liu Ji's hands are only 145,000.

Including the 32,000 people in the four infantry battalions and more than 10,000 people in the Guards, Liu Ji gathered a total of 187,000 people this time. When the Uighurs learned that the Khitans had sent another army, the Uighur Khan Kurban gathered the 16,000 Uighur cavalry that the entire tribe can fight, and joined forces with Liu Ji to form an army of more than 200,000, ready to fight the Khitans together.

However, what Liu Ji never expected was that the Khitan army did not head straight to the grassland north of Xishankou, and actually entered Dai'an County from Weishankou in the Anxing Mountains and launched an attack on Moxi City.

So Liu Ji quickly led the army through the Xishankou and into Chengyin County, preparing to fight against the Khitan cavalry army.

Late at night on October 28, 426, in Chengyin County, in a curtain of the temporary camp in the pasture south of Xishankou, Liu Ji asked Su Lie with a serious expression: "How is the situation in Moxi City?"

At this time, dozens of people gathered in the curtain. In addition to Liu Ji and Su Lie, there were also commanders of the fifteen other cavalry battalions under Liu Ji, such as Yang Zaixing, Zhou Kai, Hua Xiong, Wu Liang, Qu Tutong, Le Jin, Yu Jin, Chen Wu, Pan Zhang, Zang Ba, Cao Xiu, Yan Yan, Feng Sheng, Lin Chong and Guan Sheng, as well as commanders of the four infantry battalions, Gao Shun, Xu Rong, Li Xin and Meng Wu.

The two infantry battalions of Gao Shun and Xu Rong were originally stationed in Chengyin City, while the two infantry battalions of Li Xin and Meng Wu were originally stationed in Shangyuan City, and were both drawn by Liu Ji.

Dian Wei, Liu Meng, Gao Chong, Taishi Ci, Chen Hao, Chen Zhong, Gan Ning, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Xu Chu, Du Ning, Xiao Feng, Luo Kun, Wang Bodang, He Ruobi, Li Wenzhong, Shi Bao and Feng Tai, currently there are thirteen top military generals and five first-class military generals in this curtain.

In addition, there are four people in the curtain, namely the Uighur Khan Kurban and the Uighur Right King Shamushak, as well as Ding Lin, who is currently acting as Liu Ji's counselor, and Tong Bin, the consecrated Liu family, while Liu Ji's three puppet bodyguards guarded outside the curtain.

This time, facing the Khitan army of 220,000, Liu Ji attached great importance to it. Not only did he concentrate most of his troops, but he also brought all 20 top generals under his command.

Liu Ji had learned that the commander of this Khitan army was Yelu Qi, the number one master of the Khitan tribe and one of the eight Khitan sect kings. Legend has it that Yelu Qi is not only resourceful, but also born with divine power. He has never lost a single life and is known as the Khitan God of War.

When Su Lie heard Liu Ji's question, he immediately replied: "Lord, according to the news that the scout had just sent back, the Khitan army launched an siege against Moxi City today. Although it did not break through the walls of Moxi City, it led a considerable loss to the defenders of Moxi City. In addition, the Khitans only sent about more than 10,000 people to attack the city today. Once the Khitans attacked the city with all their strength, Moxi City should not last long!"

Liu Ji sighed and said, "This Khitan army did not play according to common sense and actually went directly to attack Moxi City. Let's talk about it, what should we do next?"
Chapter completed!