Qingshui City, the eastern camp of the Xia army's northern army, and Yan King Li Qing led a 150,000 army to garrison here. Originally, there were 200,000 troops under Li De, but the one who vigorously attacked the Song army's defense line had lost 50,000 troops. Of course, although the Song army was in a stable position, it was not easy to survive. More than 100,000 troops were lost. However, the Song army mobilized 200,000 reinforcements from Jingdong and had arrived enough to make up for the loss. However, the Yan King Li Qing did not allow subsequent troops to reinforce.

"Prince, the north is covered with clouds, it seems that it will snow in the past two days." Yan Shu walked to the Central Army General's Mansion and said to Li Qing; "I went to the canal and took a look. The river water has begun to freeze. Fortunately, we have made enough preparations before, otherwise the brothers would have to spend the winter in the wild."

When the war was relaxed, Li Qing commanded the Xia army and the people to start expanding Qingshui Town, expanding a town with a population of thousands to a military town that can be stationed in 400,000 troops. All the buildings in Qingshui City were built for the sake of war. The city was divided in detail, including food and grass camps, military camps, weapons workshops, firearms workshops, coaching grounds and other living and military facilities. Of course, until now, the outer wall of Qingshui City has not been completed, and it has only been built six or seven meters high, but this is already quite good.

"Winter is here. Have you all your brothers put out their winter clothes?" Li Qing asked Yan Shu.

"Don't worry, the prince has already issued it. In addition, there is enough firewood, but there is not enough food and grass. We only have two months of food now." Yan Shu said to Li Qing.

"I just received the war report. Li Hu'er led his army to capture Luoyang and Yanshi and other places. The entire east of Yanshi City is under the control of our Great Xia Empire. Our army has entered the western area of ​​the Central Plains, and Li Hu'er has seized a large amount of food and supplies in Luoyang City." Li Qing said to Yan Shu; "But Luoyang is too far away from us. If we transfer food from Luoyang, the consumption along the way will be huge, and it will never be able to relieve near-thirst! It seems that I have to think of a way."

Yan Shu nodded and said, "Actually, the situation in the Prince is not only us, but the West Route Army is not good either. There is no 500,000 troops, and the daily food and grass consumption is huge. Now there is only one month of grain storage. Now it is the cold winter season, where can I get so much food and grass!"

Li Qing said with a serious expression, "This is indeed a big problem. All the food and grass in our rear have been used up. If we forcefully collect grain from the people, it will inevitably cause chaos. There is no need to fight the battle in the rear. It seems that my king's plan must be implemented as soon as possible."

"What plan is planned?" Yan Shu asked Li Qing in confusion.

"You will know then." Li Qing smiled, "I have ordered the Marquis of Wuding and the Great Protector of the Eastern Protectorate, Lord Yang Shousu, to come to Qingshui City."

"Prince, you have transferred 100,000 Andong Army to the south." Yan Shu said excitedly.

"If you don't have this king, Yang Shousu is transferred. He will bring at most more than a thousand guards! It is estimated that it will be here in the next two days, and you will be ready to welcome him at that time." Li Qing said to Yan Shu with a strange smile.

"Yes, the last general takes the order..."

Three days later, heavy snow was falling in the sky, and an iron cavalry came from the north. The person who came was Yang Shousu, the Marquis of Wuding. King Li Qing of Yan personally led Yan Shu, Zhao Ge and the civil and military officials in the city to go out to greet him. Yang Shousu saw a group of people waiting in front of the city gate, immediately dismounted and walked towards the city gate. After seeing King Li Qing of Yan, Yang Shousu immediately saluted and said, "Old minister, please see Your Highness, the King of Yan."

"Please get up, it's cold outside, so let's go into the city to talk." Li Qing said, holding Yang Shousu's hand.

"Prince, please..."

In the general's mansion, after everyone sat down, Li Qing took out a tiger talisman from his general's case and handed it to Yang Shousu and said, "Mr. Yang, this is the tiger talisman for the 150,000 troops in Qingshui. Please hold it away. The 150,000 troops will be handed over to Lord Yang from today."

"Your Highness, are you?" Yang Shousu said in confusion.

Li Qing said: "The situation is now critical, and our army's food and supplies are in urgent need. I want to go north to discuss countermeasures with my elder brother, the fourth brother and the fifth brother. I am not at ease who I am leaving this Daming Mansion defense line to, so I can only give it to you temporarily. After the military intelligence consultation is completed, I will send my fourth brother to meet with the adults, which will only take ten days at most."

"Okay! Since that's the case, I will take over the tiger talisman for the time being." Yang Shousu said without shirking.

"By the way, Lord Yang, where is the 100,000 Anton Army stationed now that I have asked you to transfer?"

"According to Your Highness's military order, all 100,000 troops are stationed in Cangzhou and standby."

That night, Li Qing held a banquet to welcome Yang Shousu; the next morning, the snow had not stopped, and Li Qing led hundreds of cavalry north to Qinghe to meet with the other three kings. Qinghe was about the same distance from Julu and Qingshui, so it was most appropriate to choose to meet here, but no one knew what Li Qing was thinking before the meeting.

Li Qing ran wildly in the wind and snow for two days and one night and finally arrived at Qinghe City. At this time, Li Bingchang, Li Ke, Li Hao and others had been waiting for two days. When the three of them saw Li Qing covered in snow and snow, Li Bingchang said, "Sixth brother, hurry up and take a hot bath and change your clothes. Don't be frozen and sick when the weather is cold."

"Don't worry, brother, I'm fine. Just take care of the brothers who came with me." Li Qing said indifferently.

"Brothers have arranged their food, clothing, housing and transportation. You should go and rest quickly. We are not bad for this day. If you have anything, we will discuss it tomorrow." Li Ke also said.

"Okay then!" Li Qing could only agree.

Li Qing washed up and changed his clothes, put the wine and meat on the meal of the four brothers, and then went back to rest. Now that they have grown up, there are only a few days when they can be together like this. Moreover, due to the interests, conflicts have begun to arise between them, but because they are fighting against the outside world, they have not shown up.

The next morning, the four brothers gathered together. As the youngest, the King of Yan, Li De, the highest commander of the entire Northern Legion, said; "Three brothers, now our war with the Song Dynasty has reached a critical moment, but our northern legion is facing a huge crisis. Our eastern army has two months of grain storage, and the western army has one month of grain storage, so this food and grass problem must be solved as soon as possible, otherwise our army will be defeated without fighting."

"Old Liu, we all know what you said. Now is how to solve the whole problem." Li Bingchang said; "When the war began, we made rapid progress! But as we fought, it changed a little. First, the third brother led his army to break into the Central Plains, conquered Bianliang, and Yingtian Prefecture. Now he fought with the Song Dynasty imperial guards in Jianghuai. It was a big pleasure! Now Li Hu'er has led his army to break through Hangu to capture Luoyang and enter the Central Plains. If we continue to attack the Central Plains, we will not have any contribution from our brothers."

"And according to the reliable investigation, Zhao Wei has reached an understanding with Xiao Yuanshan. Zhao Wei has handed over the entire northern area of ​​Jingdong East Road to Xiao Yuanshan for defense, so that Zhao Wei can continue to draw a large number of troops from Jingdong two routes to the northern defense line..." Li Hao said.

Thank you to Liu Shanjun for your six recommendations, Tianyu is very grateful...
Chapter completed!