Restless, panicked all day!

Since the second half of the night, the sound of explosions and fighting in Lingzhou City has not stopped. During this period, except for a few soldiers and bandits of the Xia army, they went into the house to burn and loot, but no Song army came to the door to ask for trouble. The people didn't know what the fighting was going on outside, and they didn't know if the Song army had entered the city, they just closed the doors and windows tightly, and held the weapons or farm tools in their hands tightly in case of emergency.

Finally, the sun was rising, and the fighting in the city stopped. Hearing the sound of gongs and the shouts of "no crime in autumn" from the officials outside, the people of Lingzhou, who were terrified all night, were relieved.

The Song army had already captured the city of Lingzhou, as evidenced by the bloodstains and swords and arrows that filled the streets, as well as the smoke and fire. The people, especially the Han Chinese and children, were bold enough to go out.

"The army of the Celestial Empire entered the city, there was no crime everywhere it went, the people were not alarmed, the shops were open as usual, the business was still the same, the people only needed to keep to themselves, they should not disturb the trouble, they were safe, and they should have informed the ......."

Seeing the notices posted all over the street, seeing the red seal of the government on it, and noticing that the patrolling Song troops were not intrusive, the people were skeptical. As for who the big seal belonged to, and that yamen, few people paid attention to it.

The people went around and informed each other, and the Qiang and Tibetan people took to the streets one by one, and when they saw that everything was safe and sound, they relaxed and began their accustomed day.

In the lobby of the Xiping Mansion, Liu Qi was sitting in the main hall, interrogating the casualties and the situation in the city.

"Dutong, our army killed more than 2,300 people, seriously wounded more than 600 people, destroyed 7,000 enemies, and captured 5,000 ......"

Liu Qi nodded. A night battle, and the "traitor" to guide the way, still killed and injured so many soldiers.

It's not as good as the joy of the field. Once it is a siege street battle, the soldiers will suffer heavy casualties, which is inevitable.

"The bodies of the fallen soldiers have been cremated, and when the time comes, they will be sent back and transported to Hebei, and the people will be able to go to sacrifice at that time."

It is customary in the army that all the soldiers who died in battle will be enshrined in the martyrs' shrine in Hebei.

"Dutong, you said that Zhang Dutong is like now?"

"The Western Xia reinforcements on the East Road did not rush over, which means that they have been restrained by Zhang Dutong, and his subordinates are all the elite of the Hedong Loyal and Righteous Army, and the Jin people have nothing to do."

Liu Qi pondered for a moment and continued: "The war in Hexi has ended, Wang Xianggong led a large army to help, it is estimated that it will take seven or eight days, let's wait here."

Now that there is enough grain and grass, and there are cities to defend, there is really no worries.

The sergeant said excitedly: "Wang Xianggong personally came to help, Xingqing Mansion is going to be unlucky!"

"General, there are still more than 300,000 pieces of silver and 10,000 stones of grain in the city, which is enough to protect the army for two months."

Gao Shouzhong's eldest son, Gao Wenying, stood aside and said softly.

The conversation between Liu Qi and the sergeant just now made him tremble. The three-way army of the loyal and righteous army went straight to Western Xia, Wang Song personally went out, and Western Xia was probably going to destroy the country.

"Brother Gao, you have made a great contribution, you are already your own person, you don't have to be restrained, sit down and talk."

Liu Qi was kind and smiled slightly:

"It was your younger brother Gao Wenjie who opened the south gate last night. Your Gao brothers have made great contributions to protect the people of Hecheng, and when the prince arrives, he will definitely introduce your brother. ”

There are Gao Fu and his son in Liangzhou City, Gao Shouzhong and his son in Lingzhou City, and the younger generation have all made the choice in their hearts, and their parents are just attached.

There is Gao Fu in the front, and Gao Shouzhong in the back, Western Xia, how to be undefeated!

Gao Wenying was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed and said: "I heard that the prince is a hero of the world, if you can see it, it will be comforting for your life." Thank you, general, villain!"

Last night, after the three of his father and son discussed, Gao Shouzhong sent his eldest son Gao Wenying to secretly go out of the city to contact Song

Army, the second son Gao Wenjie guarded the south gate of the gate opened, let the Song army into the city. Gao Shouzhong sits in the center and commands in the center. He has been an official for many years, and he has been scheming and calculating, sending people to close down the government and take good care of the money and grain warehouse, so as to prevent the party members from jumping over the wall in a hurry and burning the heavy grain and grass.

"Brother Gao, don't be too humble. Your father and son have protected the heavy grain and grass, which is also a great achievement. Wang Xianggong is the most fair in doing things, and he will definitely not treat your father and son badly!"

This Gao brother is worthy of being born in a wealthy family, meticulous in his work, well-behaved, and young, so he can be cultivated.

"Dutong, Gao Shouzhong and a group of people have taken the blame."

Liu Qi was shocked in his heart, looked up, and sure enough, a group of moving thorns moved over, and the sergeant in the lobby hurriedly stood against the side to avoid being scratched by the thorns.

"The sinner is high and loyal, and he has brought a group of Lingzhou officials, gentry in the city, and has seen the officials of the Celestial Empire."

Gao Shouzhong's hair was scattered, he was honestly afraid, and there was still a lot of dirt on his face and clothes, I don't know if it was deliberately smeared after the war, or if it was a matter of fact, anyway, the head and shape were very accurate.

The people behind him were the same as Gao Shouzhong, all of them were dressed in Chinese clothes, with thorns on their backs, and their faces were painful, like mourning.

Gao Wenying couldn't help but blush, and quickly turned his gaze to the side. These looks of his father and the people behind him are really shocking.

Born in a family of eunuchs and familiar with officialdom, how could Liu Qi, who was familiar with officialdom, not understand these superficial things, he was full of spring breeze, hurriedly walked out from behind the case, stepped forward to help Gao Shouzhong to the end, and said softly:

"Gao Xianggong, in a foreign country, do not forget the heart of a child, take the initiative to surrender, save thousands of soldiers from death, Gao Xianggong is a meritorious person, and Wang Xianggong will not forget!"

He raised his head and shouted to the crowd behind him:

"Everyone who has a heart, the loyal army will be remembered, everyone get up!"

"General, a person who has lost his temperament, he does not dare to ask the general for forgiveness, he only wants to die in the land of China in the future, and bury his bones in the north and south of the river, which can be regarded as immeasurable merit."

Gao Shouzhong shook his head and sighed, Gao Wenying hurriedly stepped forward and hugged his father.

The people behind also said loudly together: "Although you are in a foreign country, you will not forget your homeland in China, you can't be a Chinese person in life, and you are willing to be a ghost of China when you die!"

Liu Qi had a headache, he personally pulled out the thorns on Gao Shouzhong's body, handed it to the surrounding sergeants, shook his head and said with a wry smile:

"Why don't you bother to do this, just have a heart. Everyone, you have a heart!"

Liu Qi waved his hand, and the sergeants stepped forward, pulled out the thorns on everyone's body, and threw a large bundle full of them in the courtyard. If you look closely, you can see that the branches are of the same species, almost the same thickness and color, and they seem to come from the same tree, which can be said to be the crystallization of collective wisdom.

After everyone had packed up their clothes and sat down on the chairs on both sides, Liu Qi spoke.

"Everyone is lost, and the inside and the outside should be united, leading the army of my Celestial Empire into the city, Lingzhou City will be spared, and the people of Lingzhou will be preserved, which is a great achievement. I also ask all the wise men to work together to support our army to go north. Ben will be here, thank you!"

Liu Qi clasped his fists and saluted, and everyone was humble again and again. Everyone heard from Liu Qi's words, this kind and approachable general of the Song Army, this is to let them pay for food.

Fortunately, Gao Shouzhong had already greeted everyone yesterday and asked everyone to come out with some blood, otherwise it would be a fool of himself today.

It seems that Gao Shouzhong is still far-sighted, and he is worthy of being the prince of the imperial court. These people are short-sighted, and they are reluctant to make a small fortune, which is really far behind.

"The villain and others have donated some money and food, and asked Gao Xianggong to show it to the general."

"General, we and other laypeople can only do our best, and I hope the general will not shirk!"

As soon as the officials and squires spoke, Liu Qi was even more smiling and nodded again and again.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is really a send-off, I am honestly afraid, thank you!"

Gao Shouzhong saw a group of harmony, struck while the iron was hot, and took out a few pieces of paper from his arms.

"General, this is the details of the property I donated, 100,000 stone grain, 200,000 yuan of money, 300 war horses, and a number of silk and silk, which are now placed in the back office of the treasury, and the name of the donor and the details of the donation are on it, please take a look at it."

This is the capital to save your life. Liu Qi laughed, this was an unexpected gain.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am acting as the prince and the brother of the loyal army, thank you very much!"

Although the people below felt pain in their hearts, they were all smiling and said:

"Wang Xianggong is a genius, he will be in charge of Niu Er in the future, and he will be able to benefit the people of the world, and he will be very good!"

"When the prince arrives, I bother the general to introduce him and see the real face! Thank you, General!"

Liu Qi smiled bitterly, he was about to let people prepare a banquet to appease everyone, when suddenly the sergeant outside became restless.

"Go out and see, what's going on?"

As soon as Liu Qi's words fell, Li Yanxian stumbled in, panting: "Brother Liu, hurry up and follow me out of the city to greet you, Wang Xianggong has arrived!"

Liu Qi was taken aback. Only three days after the 600-li urgent official document arrived, Wang Song had already arrived with a large army, and it seemed that they were all cavalry.

Gao Shouzhong and the others glanced at each other, all secretly happy. Fortunately, he surrendered before Wang Song arrived, otherwise the army would arrive and destroy the city, and I don't know how many incidents would be made.

"General, I'll go with you!"

Gao Shouzhong and the others all shouted.

Gao Wenying looked at the dirty black on his father's face and the tattered dirty clothes, and hesitated:

"Dad, look at your face, you are dressed, do you want to freshen up?"

"That's right! Right! That's right!"

Gao Shouzhong hurriedly said: "You all go to freshen up and dress up, and quickly change your clothes, but you can't go to see the prince like this!"

Looking at the figure of his father and his party running to the back office in a panic, Gao Wenying couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

This time, my father was too hard.

"Brothers, don't come unharmed!"

Surrounded by thousands of iron horsemen, Wang Song wore iron armor, a red cloak rose with the wind, and on the tall horse, a pair of iron guns were impressive. He struck his horse forward, frequently waved to the army, everywhere he went, a mountain roared and a tsunami, swords and guns were raised, tens of thousands of soldiers were all red, everyone was excited, and the shouts came one after another, and spread far away.

Liu Qi, Li Yanxian and others stepped forward, knelt down on one knee together on the official road, and said loudly:

"The last generals Liu Qi and Li Yanxian, all the soldiers under their command, meet Wang Xianggong!"

All the soldiers knelt down on one knee, clasped their fists together, and said in unison: "See Wang Xianggong!"

Everyone spoke in unison, inside and outside the city, it was like the sky was cracking, and the thunder was bursting, resounding in the sky.

The people who went out of the city to watch were all as white as the earth, and those who were unwilling were sweating and dumbfounded. Many people felt shortness of breath and tightness in their chests, and they involuntarily knelt down, not daring to raise their heads to watch.

Gao Shouzhong's heart was half cold at first. The Han people have such heroes, and the Western Xia perished, only in the blink of an eye, and I am afraid that the Jurchens will follow in their footsteps.

After thinking about it, he was inexplicably a little lucky, glad that he was a dignified Han man, and he would not be an enemy of such a person, and he would not be an enemy of such a soldier.

The officials and gentry behind him were all frightened and fell to the ground. The military prestige of the loyal and righteous army is so sluggish, Wang Song's domineering is exposed, and everyone only thinks that this is a figure of the Celestial Empire, and he deserves his name.

"I can't imagine that there is such a hero among the Han people!"

Gao Wenying and Gao Wenjie knelt down together, their hearts swaying. Only a character like Wang Song is worthy of a hero in the world.