Fu Song

Chapter 500 Upheaval
Cui Ang finally received good news.

The other Song army that came out of Hengshan, under the leadership of Tang Nu, fought hard for a long time, occupied Hongzhou, beheaded more than a thousand, and captured countless young and strong.

Of course, compared to the harvest of these personnel, Cui Ang was even more relieved that Tang Nu had seized tens of thousands of shi of grain in Hongzhou.

Cui Ang immediately ordered that the people immediately transport the grain to the city of Yanzhou. At the same time, he ordered Tang Nu to march to Longzhou to try to capture Longzhou in order to obtain more grain.

Cui Ang finally understood that if he wanted to obtain supplies on the spot, the previous calculation must not work.Because Ren Duozhong, the officials of the Western Army, had already transported almost all the food within the city walls, and if they wanted food, they had to fight hard.

Yanzhou could not be defeated for a while, but Hongzhou was conquered, which shows a problem. In these small places, the strength of the Western Army is seriously insufficient.

This also confirmed the initial judgment that most of the Western Army went to the north.

The local area can only protect the big city as much as possible.

Tens of thousands of shi of grain, if you save a little, you can manage it for ten days.

And ten days later, Yanzhou City might have been beaten down.

Or, Tang Nu conquered Longzhou,

Of course, the best thing is that Zhang Cheng won Shentangbao and Castanopsis Village, so that the grain on the Shaanxi Road can be transported in an endless stream along the main road.

Ren Duozhong, you old thief, when I destroy Yanzhou City, I will definitely turn all your fat into lamp oil.

Seeing waves of bees swarming forward, ants swarming up, and Song Jun who was beaten down like dumplings, Cui Ang gritted his teeth, full of hatred.

Speaking of which, although this is not the first time that this man has commanded thousands of troops, before, he just sat in the yamen and gave orders, and he really never saw the scene of soldiers attacking the city with his own eyes. Today, it is an eye-opener.

On the battlefield, the life of a soldier is not life.

The lives of young and strong civilian husbands are even more worthless.

Several generals of the Song army who escaped were arrested by the supervising team on the spot. Without saying a word, they cut off their heads cleanly with one knife, scaring the other soldiers to turn around and rush towards Yanzhou City.As for those young and strong peasants who were driven ahead, as long as they retreated without orders, what greeted them was a rain of arrows like migrating locusts.

Batch after batch, they flocked to the strong city wall one after another.

Neither Cui Ang nor Qu Zhen, the commander of the siege, had any intention of pitying the troops.

They know very well that for every extra day they spend outside the city, they have an extra risk of failure.

Hongzhou is not enough for them to survive, but Yanzhou City is.

There are tens of thousands of shi of grain in the small city of Hongzhou, and the inventory in Yanzhou city is like playing with ten times the stock.

After taking Yanzhou City, Da Song had a fulcrum in the hinterland of the northwest, and the next thing was much easier.

With Yanzhou City as the fulcrum, the army headed west and rushed to Xingping Mansion, Xingqing Mansion became possible.

Even the seasoned Ren Duozhong was terrified by the crazy attack.

The commander-in-chief of the Song army took human lives to pile up.

Given time, maybe they can really use corpses to form a wall of corpses and climb directly to the top of the city!

After a day of mad attack, Song Jun retreated.

Ren Duozhong's confidence in his ability to defend Yanzhou City was shaken.

If Song Jun played like this every day, he really didn't know how many days he could last.

One day today, the Song army probably left more than a thousand corpses under the city, and the number of wounded was definitely several times that number.

Such heavy casualties did not make the commander-in-chief of the Song army frown.

Ren Duozhong also knew why.

Now he suddenly felt a little regretful, did he do it too cleanly, and leave some for them, maybe they wouldn't attack so frantically.

A typical trapped beast still fighting!

Forced into the absolute Song Army, there was no other way out except to take Yanzhou City.

I believe that not only the generals and commanders of the Song Army, but also ordinary soldiers understand this point.

Hengshan, come here, it's hard to go back!
"It will take two more days at most, no, three days!" Qu Zhen's eyes were red, and she said to Cui Ang: "Sir, in three days, I will definitely be able to take Yanzhou City."

"How much wasted?" Cui Ang closed his eyes and asked.

"Ten thousand!" Qu Zhen reported a number.

Cui Ang frowned. Under the city of Yanzhou, there are only [-] to [-] people in total, will they go to [-] people all at once?
"Master, let Tang Nu come over and join us after Tang Nu conquers Longzhou and seizes a certain amount of food. Now we can't disperse our troops, we have to gather them together and squeeze them into a fist to be powerful!" Qu Zhen said: "Salt Zhoucheng is already so difficult to attack, Xingping Mansion is better, but Xingqing Mansion is the home of Xiao thief, it will only be more difficult to attack than Yancheng."

Cui Ang nodded slightly.

"I've already given Tang Nu an order to come over immediately after he captures Longzhou." Cui Ang said, "Time, we need to use the fastest time to arrive at Xingqing Mansion, so that we can completely shake the morale of the army in the Northwest." People's hearts. Those Northwest forces that are still swaying will make their final choice, and this choice is undoubtedly us."

Qu Zhen nodded.

Xiao Ding was defeated in the north, and the Xingqing Mansion was besieged by the Song Army. For those forces that were originally scumbags, they turned to support the Song Army without any psychological burden.

The Northwest Land was originally composed of more than a dozen different ethnic groups.

Although the Song people occupy the dominant position, their total number is not the largest among these ethnic groups.

Seeing profit but forgetting righteousness, this is the Song people's image of those barbarians as a whole.

It seems that throwing a few bones is enough for those people to crawl over to show their loyalty.

When the army arrived in Yancheng, no Yi people came to surrender and lead the way. Cui Ang and Qu Zhen were beyond their expectations.

It seems that the Yi people in the northwest are not quite the same as the Yi people they knew before.

Sufficient in food and clothing, knowing etiquette,

The warehouse is full of food, and the honor and disgrace are revealed.

Whether it is Cui Ang or Qu Zhen, they all study, but they haven't figured out one thing. The reason why these Yi people were like this before is because the first thing before them is to survive, to survive.

In order to survive, losing some face is really nothing.

But now, they no longer worry about surviving.

Party members even have their own writing over the years.

"This is the obvious weak point in the northern city. The higher terrain here makes the city wall appear shorter. We have made several breakthroughs here today. Tomorrow, we will concentrate all our heavy weapons to attack here. Break a little and take a comprehensive look!" Qu Zhen said.

"The south side of the city is facing the river. We can continue to dig channels. No matter whether we can divert water to fill the city, at least it can put enough pressure on the people in the city!"

"The attack on Dongcheng will be strengthened tomorrow. As a cover, more troops will be deployed here tomorrow. No matter how many people die, as long as Yancheng is broken, it will be worth it."

In the big tent, the generals were discussing in a hurry.

The curtain was lifted, and Cui Jin appeared at the door. His face was ugly. Seeing that everyone turned their heads to look at him, he tried his best to smile, but he didn't walk in.

Cui Ang's eyes flickered, and he looked at Qu Zhen, and said: "Okay, let's stop here today, what everyone said is very reasonable, tomorrow, let's do it this way, and try to break the city one day, tomorrow night, we will be here Drinking in Yanzhou City."

After all the generals dispersed, Cui Jin finally walked in, but his steps were a bit difficult, and behind him, there were two personal guards supporting a man in ragged clothes.

The man's expression shrank, and he had only one breath left.

"Who is this person?" Cui Ang asked.

Cui Jin took out a sign from her pocket and handed it to Cui Ang.

"The nail planted by the Imperial City Division in the Western Army has been lurking for five or six years," Cui Jin said.

"What happened?" Cui Ang's eyelids twitched wildly, but he suppressed the uneasiness in his heart.

Something must have happened, otherwise it would be impossible for a successful spy who has been hiding for so many years to reveal his identity so easily.

"Sir, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!" The spy tried his best to open his swollen eyes, and said weakly: "Director Xiao led the army to defeat the Liao army in Xuanlei Village. Tens of thousands of Liao troops were routed. Now, Director Xiao has led Tens of thousands of cavalry turn back from the north, if they don't leave, it will be too late!"

Like a bolt from the blue, it directly blasted Cui Ang and Qu Zhen to the point of burning.

"Fake news, this is fake news!" Cui Ang suddenly became angry, reached out to grab the spy, and shook desperately: "You are a traitor of the Western Army, you deliberately want to use fake news to deceive me, don't you?"

The spy was shaken desperately by him, but he didn't respond at all. His eyes, which were originally lifeless, became even more lax at the moment. As soon as Cui Ang let go, he fell to the ground like mud.

This spy is exhausted.

He broke away from the army at Xuanlei Village and galloped back with three horses.

Along the way, they changed horses without changing people, and they all ate, drank and slacked on the horses. When they ran here, the three horses were already exhausted to death.

Horses are like this, it is already a miracle that people can still hold on to see Cui Ang.

The spy died, Cui Ang's spirit was also broken, and Qu Zhen was even more at war.

Yanzhou City could not be attacked, Xiao Ding had already returned, and in the Hengshan Mountain behind him, there were still several nails of the Western Army that had not been pulled out. Their blocking there was equivalent to blocking Song Army's only hope of escaping back.

How could the Liao army lose?
This is not right!

"Master, you can't stay here!" Cui Jin didn't address his father, but said with a businesslike face: "You have to leave here immediately, go to Hongzhou, and meet Tang Nu."

Glancing at the pale-faced Qu Zhen, Cui Jin said, "I'll stay here and assist the deputy commander in commanding the army."

"The siege cannot stop!" Cui Ang's voice was a little weak.

"Of course, tomorrow's siege will only be more violent." Cui Jin took a deep breath: "The lower officials will go to the front line to supervise the battle."

"My husband is not here, I'm afraid other people will suspect it!" Qu Zhen said.

"Let's just say that Xianggong is sick because of being tired for days." Cui Jin interrupted Qu Zhen, saying: "Three days, we must persist for more than three days. At that time, deputy commander, we can leave. And this In a few days, we can plan how to get there!"

Qu Zhen understood that Cui Jin first wanted to let Cui Ang leave smoothly, and after this was completed, they could also run away.

Of course, it is easy to run.

As for the army?

I can't bring it back at all.

"The news must not be leaked!"

"Naturally!" Cui Jin nodded. "Sir, don't hesitate, it's time for you to go, I've prepared guards and horses for you, let's go overnight, go now!"

Liao Kingdom, Analysis Jin Mansion.

The emperor of Daliao moved all the way from Zhongjing to Nanjing, accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials and troops, more than [-] people, all the way to Xijin in a mighty way.

Since Yelujun became emperor, the status of Nanjing Road has surpassed that of Shangjing Road.

Because Yelujun didn't stay on Shangjing Road for long at all, he walked on the Nabo Road all year round, and after the construction of Zhongjing, he also stayed in this newly built center of the five capitals for the rest of the time.

Nanjing Road is the land of dragon prosperity for the emperor of Liao Kingdom.

It was here that he made countless feats, broke the balance between Song and Liao that had been maintained for many years, and allowed Liao to gain the upper hand. It was precisely because of this that he successfully defeated Yelu in the battle for the throne. Xi, exiled the latter to Koryo and became a nominal governor.

When Yelujun arrived in Nanjing, he didn't make other people think too much.

Because the weather is getting colder, the Winter Nabo of Four Seasons Nabo has always been arranged on Nanjing Road. This year, it just came a little earlier.

The only difference is that this time, Empress Xiao Chuo also followed the Nabo in winter.

In the past, Yelujun traveled all over the world, and Empress Xiao Chuo was in charge of Zhongjing, but this time the two came out hand in hand.

But when I think about it, I don’t think it’s a big deal. Zhongjing is not far from Nanjing.

Except for very few people in the Liao Kingdom, they knew the true intentions of the emperor and empress.

Most people are still kept in the dark.

On the border between Song and Liao, there are endless business trips. Since the two countries signed the treaty, business has become more prosperous.

On the other hand, the Song State is still making every effort to repair the defense lines such as the city that was destroyed by the Liao people.

No one has the feeling that a big war is coming.

In Xijin, the former Governor's Mansion and now the Emperor's Palace, a large number of high-ranking officials from the North and the South gathered in the lobby. The lobby of the Governor's Mansion, which used to be very spacious, is now too crowded, so that people below the fifth rank Officials can only stay in the yard.

Accompanied by the shouts of etiquette, the somewhat noisy lobby immediately fell silent, and the solemn atmosphere quickly spread from the hall to the courtyard, and everyone stood in awe.

The emperor first appeared in everyone's field of vision, and behind him, the empress followed closely.

Everyone's eyes widened.

Because the emperor was dressed in a military uniform, with a helmet on top and armor, holding a waist knife in his hand, and he came at the pace of a dragon and a tiger.

Something big is about to happen!
This thought flashed through everyone's minds almost at the same time.

Straight into the lobby, Yelujun stood in front of the big cloth-covered wall, stretched out his hand suddenly, and tore off the huge cloth curtain, and a huge map was presented in front of everyone.

What attracts everyone is not the map, but the huge arrows on the map.

That's the way to go!

Nanzheng, did it start like this?
Everyone's minds only felt rumbling, and at this moment, countless people lost their minds.

(End of this chapter)