With the commander's order, the catapult slowly pushed to the front, and when it was three or four hundred steps away from the city wall, it began to assemble and debug, which was the greatest benefit of the attacker. That is, the trebuchet is larger, has a longer range, and can control the projection distance, and under this kind of long-range attack, the defender can only be beaten passively, and it is difficult to make adjustments.

In the process of assembling the trebuchet, Xiao Lira, who was defending the city, regretted it a little, this battle seems to be the Han army's ambition, this time Yeluyi listed the expedition to Western Xia, and if it was not good, it would never come back. No matter how tall the city of Yunzhou is, it can't withstand the Han army's endless attack. You must know that it takes seven or eight months to send reinforcements from the Western Liao mainland, and Yunzhou City only has 10,000 soldiers and horses, and it is a miracle that it can hold out for a month under the siege of ten times the enemy. The only hope now is that the battle of Yelu Yilie in Western Xia will end within a month and return to Yunzhou, otherwise the 10,000 Western Liao soldiers will be doomed to annihilation.

Obviously, it was impossible to attack the Han army's trebuchet, but despite this, the trebuchet of the Western Liao army was also ready to be launched, the purpose was to destroy the nest car of the Han army, and the nest car with a height of more than six zhang was destined to be the target of the Western Liao trebuchet, as long as it was aimed at the target, it would definitely be destroyed.

The tall wooden mantle cart slowly pushed towards the battlefield, and the wooden mantle with a height of more than one zhang had only one function, which was to block the boulders flying from the city, so as to cover the moat bridge car to cross the moat, because if the moat could not be crossed, it would be difficult to start the siege.

Generally, the trick to deal with the moat is to fill the pit, fill the moat with civil engineering, stones, etc., and pave the way for the soldiers to attack, but the moat in Yunzhou is too big, and it is connected with the big river, and the project of filling the moat is a bit huge, which is obviously not advisable, after all, the defenders will not watch you fill the moat.

The first stone, which weighed about dozens of pounds, flew towards the city head in a huge parabola, causing the soldiers at the city head to dodge in a panic, and with a bang, the stone smashed heavily on the ground less than three feet away from the city wall, smashing a large hole.

Obviously, the first piece was just a debugging, followed by a huge boulder thrown at the head of the city, and the huge impact force of the boulder smashed heavily on the head of the city, smashing the female wall at the head of the city, and the splashed pebbles injured several unlucky soldiers.

The drum sounded loudly, and the moat car soon came to the front of the moat, of course, at this time, it encountered the blow of the trebuchet of the defending army, which was also the most dangerous time, although there was the cover of the wooden mantle car, there was a catapult counterattack, but there were constantly trench and bridge cars were defeated, however, when the first moat and bridge car was built, there were Han soldiers rushed over, and began to rush towards the city head continuously, while rushing, while shooting arrows at the city head, although the effect was very weak, but after all, it opened the prelude to the counterattack.

The speed became faster and faster, and when the three trench carts side by side were built, the cavalry began to rush across the moat, and the small trebuchets, nest carts, and arrow towers gradually crossed the moat, and the melee battle began.

At this time, the small trebuchet in the southeast corner of the city began to exert its power, causing great trouble to the attacking Han army. The casualties were heavy, but the scene did not last long. Lin Chong led his army to quickly cross the moat, and he rushed to kill the Western Liao soldiers who were covering the small trebuchets.

Once the attacking soldiers crossed the moat, it would be difficult for the small trebuchet to be covered, and it would be difficult to withdraw, besides, Lin Chong had already made careful deployments, how could the Western Liao army dismantle the small trebuchet in this case?

Killing, soon killed the Western Liao army that guarded the small trebuchet, at this time, the Han army began to shift the position of the trebuchet, ready to launch towards the city.

Seeing that the small trebuchet was taken away by the Han army, the Western Liao army defending the city did not care, because the stones thrown by those small trebuchets were no more than twenty catties, and basically they could not hit the city.

Officially because of the carelessness of the Western Liao army, the Han army quickly completed the adjustment of the small trebuchet, the earth-shaking thunder, and the clay pot filled with fire oil weighed only seven or eight catties, which could be thrown to the city.

Matches, which were only exclusive to the soldiers of the Han Army's Flame Army, played a huge role at this time, and soon after lighting the fuse, after counting three, the projector threw the earth-shattering thunder and the fire oil canister out.

When they watched the fireball-like thing shoot over, the soldiers defending the city knew that something was wrong. One by one, they desperately dodged, and suddenly the city was in chaos, which gave the attacking Han army a lot of buffer time.

The Han army took the opportunity to rush forward, the cavalry completed the suppression of the city head with cavalry fire, and the huge battering ram finally crossed the moat, and slowly approached the city gate under the cover of the infantry.

Under the cover of the wooden mantle cart, the Han army finally came to the south gate and began to pry the stone slab below with a steel brazing, although there was explosives buried underneath, but without priing open the stone slab, it was impossible to ignite the gunpowder.

The Western Liao army defending the city seemed to have found a problem, and began to desperately throw down the rolling wood and thunder stones, and the Han army was constantly hit, and the casualties of the Han army outside the south gate were very large, but the Han army was like a chicken blood, a group of deaths, and a batch of others.

Just when the battle for the south gate was at its fiercest, the defenders in the southeast corner finally couldn't hold on, and the whole city became a sea of fire, and the fire followed by the wind at the head of the city.

The brave and fearless Han army finally climbed the city tower through the ladder, the first to climb the city tower was the sledgehammer boy, Shi Jin, this guy led sixteen Shi family generals to make the hammer after the city, just like a flock of tigers, constantly impacting the Western Liao defenders, the Han army behind was like locusts pouring into the city, and soon some soldiers began to stir the winch, the huge city gate slowly opened, Lin Chong took the lead in the city, and the Han army behind poured in like a tide.

Just when the east gate was lost, there was a loud noise from the south gate that shook the earth, the city gate was blown open, and the Han cavalry swarmed in, and soon started a street battle with the Western Liao army defending the city. This battle is a battle to the death, either you die or I die, and the two sides are inseparable.

In the state that the east gate and the south gate were lost one after another, the north gate and the west gate were also conquered one after another, and tens of thousands of Han troops poured in like a tide, killing people when they saw them, completely entering the white-knuckle battle mode, and the killing kicked off.

As the supreme commander, Xiao Lili was unable to break through, but finally did not have the courage to choose suicide, but chose to surrender, and announced his surrender after capturing Yelupu.

The 10,000 Western Liao army finally surrendered a little more than 1,000, and the rest were all killed. Yunzhou officially returned to the Han Dynasty, and this time in order to ensure that Yunzhou would not fall again, he finally ordered Lu Junyi and Pan Yu to stay.

After all, Lu Junyi has experience, and it is most suitable to serve as the governor of Yunzhou, and Pan Yu's stay also shows that the Han army cares about Yunzhou very much. You must know that Yunzhou is a very important military town in the northwest, its strategic significance is far above Taiyuan Mansion and Jingzhao Mansion, and the degree of defense is second only to Xingqing Mansion, Youzhou, Bianliang City, and Zhongshan Mansion, Zhending Mansion, and Hejian Mansion a grade.

The next day, the army marched towards Western Xia, this time not only to pacify the internal opposition of Western Xia, but also to go south through Chengdu Fu Road, Kuizhou Fu Road directly into Dali.

On the eve of the army's departure, Zhi Keqiu met with Lu Junyi.

He didn't go around in circles, he said straight to the point: "Yunzhou is the northern gateway of Taiyuan Mansion, and the next time the Jin army goes south to attack Taiyuan, it will first pull out Yunzhou." Not only that, when our Han State counterattacked the Jin State and the Jin Army Grassland, Yunzhou was the bridgehead. This time, we naturally took Yunzhou because we planted explosives in advance and made full use of the trebuchet set up in the southeast corner, and these problems must be curbed by you. The people of Yunzhou have been moved away before, and now you need to move over tens of thousands of households, the king of Han means to migrate over 30,000 Xixia people, and 10,000 dragon guards will be arranged, this army is selected from the Khitan and Xi warriors, the combat effectiveness is very strong, but the loyalty is very low, so your task is very heavy, I hope you can shoulder the burden. ”

"The last will understand."

Zhi Keqiu finally said: "Actually, there is also the fact that in the future, the attack on the Western Regions, as well as the eastward advance of the Western Liao army, will use Yunzhou as a transit, so you don't simply understand this place as a military city, if you want to regard it as Xijing, you are not the governor of Yunzhou, but Xijing will stay behind." You control the seventeen counties in three states within a radius, and the task is heavy, so remember not to be careless. ”

"The last general will definitely reorganize his armament and never slack off."

The army finally entered the Western Xia smoothly, and at this time, the Western Xia War was about to break out.

When the Great War of Western Xia was about to break out, Yu Wenxuzhong, the envoy of the Han State in Bianliang City, and Shiyong, the king of Shangshu of the Song Dynasty, also launched difficult negotiations, and the negotiations between the two sides reached a deadlock for a time.

The conditions that Emperor Taishang said before, basically Zhao Huan, the son of heaven of the Great Song Dynasty, agreed in principle, and officially based on this principle, Wang Shiyong was in charge of the talks, but Yuwen Xuzhong actually put forward two terms that the Great Song Dynasty could not agree to, the first is to allow the common people, literati, and no one to flow freely, as if flowing within a country, and this article is unquestionable, nor can it be changed, and the second is that if the Great Song Dynasty wants the Han State to pay tribute, then the two must unify the currency, with the Han silver coin and silver dollar as the main transaction currency. Otherwise, the two countries must have the same status and absolutely not recognize the Han state as a great Song vassal state.

Wang Shiyong's nose was almost crooked, he pointed to Yuwen Xuzhong and said: "You guys are too much, what is free flow, to put it bluntly, it means that your land is vast and sparsely populated, you just want to increase the population, and you want our people from the Great Song Dynasty to go to your Han Kingdom, don't even think about it, absolutely not." ”

Yuwen Xuzhong also knew that the other party would not agree in a short time, so he was not in a hurry, he said unhurriedly: "Then let's talk about the currency issue, anyway, it is a silver coin and a full silver transaction, and it will not suffer a loss to both parties, you will not refuse this." ”

"No, why does the Great Song Dynasty use your currency, why can't you use the currency of the Great Song Dynasty?"

"No, it's because the price of silver is high and it's easy to trade. Moreover, the gold bank is under our control, and it can be connected to the world, in Jinguo, in Dali, in Western Xia, and in Tubo, there will be branches, and it is more convenient to trade. Besides, the Song Dynasty is rich in products, the country is strong and the people are rich, basically we buy things, you sell the goods, we pay the money, and it is you who make the money. ”

Wang Shiyong is not very familiar with the economy, but the deputy envoy Shangshumei is different, he said coldly: "Don't treat people as fools, using your currency is equivalent to you restraining our throats, and the rise and fall of prices are within your control." Moreover, it is the goods of the Great Song Dynasty that are transported to the Han Kingdom, which is equivalent to us supporting you, or more precisely, we are using our own money to support you. ”

Yuwen knew that Mei Zhili was not easy to deal with, but he was too lazy to entangle with the other party, so he said coldly: "You see, if you don't use the Han currency, you don't want us to pay tribute, and there is no talk of a vassal state, and the Han doesn't need you to canonize it." Also, if you both refuse, then don't talk about it, anyway, we don't care. You must know that the Great Han Iron Cavalry has always had a principle, if you can't buy what you need, then grab it back. ”

threatened, directly threatened the other party, Yuwen flicked his sleeves and left, he didn't talk about anything with the other party at all, he went directly to Que Yunlou, on the surface to be chic, but in fact he discussed some things with Xiao Rang.

Wang Shiyong and Mei Zhili didn't expect that Yuwen would play hooligans, and they would negotiate in this way, where is there still Sven of Confucius's disciples, they are simply scoundrels.

The negotiations could not go on, and Wang Shiyong and Mei had no choice but to return to His Majesty.

Zhao Huan, the son of the Great Song Dynasty, didn't hear anything wrong, and felt that there was nothing wrong with the two agreeing, but after Wang Shiyong and Mei Zhili explained, this Great Song Emperor understood what was going on.

The first one, what the Han Kingdom wants is affordable, and the second one, the status, once the status is raised, then it is logical to replace the Great Song Dynasty. As for the use of the Han currency, it was impossible, and the Han did not expect it to be realized, but only as a means of negotiation.

The official Zhao Huan pondered for a long time and said: "If both refuses, then it will be difficult to negotiate the agreement, and it seems that we still have to compromise." But which one should we accept? ”

Wang Shiyong didn't agree to either, and he didn't dare to agree, but he didn't know that the official family was stupid by the war, for fear that the Han army would come over and seize the Zhao family. In this case, of course, the first reaction was to reconcile, and in the eyes of the officials, there was not much to lose.

Mei Zhili knew that this matter could not be decided easily, so he said: "Your Majesty, this matter, or discuss it in the political hall." You can't let the Han State extort money, and see how the ministers fight back. ”。

"Can we fight back?"

"Of course, everyone in the world is here with us, and the people's hearts and minds are clear at a glance, as long as we operate properly, it is still possible to fight back. To put it bluntly, the Great Song Dynasty was an aristocracy, while the Han Kingdom was just a nouveau riche and could not become a climate. In Mei Zhili's feeling, Liu Zhenglong is a nouveau riche, and Han Guo can't grow a rabbit's tail.