Xi Maliu looked at Song Jun who was slowly approaching, and frowned. His own army had long been out of combat power, and it was impossible to defend at all, so he could only let the Song army approach. If it weren't for the Song military artillery, the gun emplacements moved slowly, and they would have been defeated now.

Ah Su on the side said: "King, the Song army is attacking us from the north, and there is no army in the south. It seems that it is impossible to win today. It's better to lead the army, go south, and get rid of the Song army. ”

Xi Maliu shook his head: "Where can you go south?" We came back from Cangzhou. Not to mention, the south is not without troops, and there are tens of thousands of Song cavalry. In today's battle, there is no way to survive at all. ”

Ah Su said: "Could it be that our Xi sons died in battle like this?" There are many young people in this clan, and once they die, then-"

Xi Maliu sighed. Why didn't he know? If you lose today, your people's hope will be gone. But what can be done?

The Xi nationality and the Khitan nationality have the same origin, similar customs and close relations. Under the leadership of Abaoji, when the Khitan people rose, the first thing they conquered was the Xi people. After many wars, the Xi became a subordinate of the Khitans, their most loyal subordinates. The one who manages the affairs of the Xi clan is the king of the six tribes of Xi. The predecessor Xi Di had just stepped down, and not long after Xi Maliu took office, he encountered this war.

With the Khitan sending troops, it is a common thing for the Xi people. Who would have thought that this time would be so miserable and face the disaster of extermination. Xi Maliu knew that he wouldn't come if he was killed. Now surrounded by the Song army, the horses have already been killed, and there is no hope at all.

Zhang Qi stood on the watchtower, using binoculars, looking at the battle ahead. Xi Ren has no ability to resist at all, so he can only be beaten passively. They were not even as good as the Khitans, and they could not send an attacking army at all, so they could only be in a mess under artillery fire.

After looking at it for a while, Zhang Qi said to his soldiers: "Go and inform Captain Jia, if there is nothing important in the army, come and discuss something." ”

After a while, Jia Kui arrived and greeted Zhang Qi.

Zhang Qi said: "The Xi people in front of them have no rules at all. I summoned the captain to discuss how best to fight. ”

Jia Kui said: "Xi people are powerless to resist, we can just act according to the arrangement of the Privy Council." As long as the camp of the Xi people is pressed to a width of two or three miles from north to south, it will all be within the range of artillery. At that time, it was enough to fire a cannon. ”

Zhang Qi said: "It's so natural, it's just too slow." Now look at the Xi people, as long as we step forward, they will be defeated directly. Tens of thousands of people were in disarray, and they couldn't even put up a military formation. I have been a soldier for many years, and this is the first time I have seen this kind of army. It is said that in the past, the Xi people were also a strong anti-Khitan army, why did they become like this now? If you don't see it with your own eyes, how can you believe it? ”

Jia Kui said: "Captain, they have been surrounded for dozens of days, and there is no food in the army. The Xi people are not Khitans, and when they get to the back, the grain and grass will not be distributed to them at all. The Xi people in front of you don't even have horses. Needless to say, it has been killed and eaten. When it comes to this field, no matter how strong the army is, it will not work. In this battle, we are just here to collect the corpses of Xi people. ”

Zhang Qi nodded: "Yes, I have a feeling that this is the case, to collect the body of Xi Ren." To be honest, this battle was fought too easily, and people were really anxious to watch. I hope now that Xi Ren won't hold on, it's better to drop early. Without these young people, the Xi people are much worse than the Khitans. How will the surrounding Tatars let it go? Ate them quickly. ”

Jia Kui said: "Surrender? Under the artillery fire, it is not easy for Xi people to surrender even if they want to! ”

The Song army used infantry to protect the artillery and did not take the initiative to attack, and the two armies did not meet at all. There is no way to surrender if you want to. It was not easy to send people to rush through the artillery cover, and to cross the infantry line of the Song army.

On the city tower, Zhao Zhen held a telescope and observed the entire battlefield from time to time. Today is a completely one-sided war, and the Khitan has no power to fight back. Since they could not send an army to attack, the Khitans could only let the Song army slowly move forward and compress their own front.

Putting down the binoculars, Zhao Zhen said: "I have surrounded the Khitan people here for dozens of days, and now they are exhausted and vulnerable. In this battle, the captain commanded and arranged properly, and was the first hero. When the war began, the captain ordered the main force not to attack, and some people thought it was wrong. Now it seems that after enduring it at the beginning, I became invincible now. ”

Han Qi said: "What Your Majesty said is true. At the beginning, hundreds of thousands of Khitan troops went south, thinking that they were the great enemies of the dynasty and that they had to gather the strength of the whole country to stop them. Du Taiwei resolutely used a strong wall to clear the wilderness, and the Khitans had nothing to do. Dozens of days passed, and by the time the army of this dynasty came out, they had no strength to fight back. Today, it seems that the Khitan army is completely wiped out, and this dynasty still has sufficient troops. If you have the heart, it is not difficult to completely destroy the Khitan. Three months ago, who would have dared to imagine this result? ”

Everyone said yes. When they were in the capital, no matter what the front line said, they didn't think that the battle would be so easy. When he went to the battlefield in person and saw the battle scene, everyone was very surprised.

During the Battle of Lanzhou, Kou Zhun led Emperor Zhenzong to conquer in person. When he arrived in Shanzhou, Zhenzong hid in his residence, wavering from time to time, and wanted to move the capital south. Fortunately, Kou Zhun persuaded him to the death, and he presided over the resistance to the enemy. In the end, Xiao Darin was shot to death and the alliance of Lanzhou was concluded. Compared with the Zhenzong at that time, Zhao Zhen took the train all the way on this expedition, and he was at ease. When I got to the front and listened to the arrangements of the Privy Council, I didn't care about anything. When the fight started, he set up the head of the city and watched the soldiers outside the city attack the camp and pull out the village, which was unstoppable. This feeling is really refreshing.

Du Zhongxiao said: "The confrontation between the two countries actually depends on the degree of organization of the army. The degree of organization is about the same, it depends on the national strength. I don't know how much the national strength of this dynasty is stronger than that of the Khitan, and it is actually natural to be like this. The Khitan people didn't recognize it, thinking that it was still the same as before, and when his hundreds of thousands of troops came, the Central Plains would not be able to resist. Even if it is blocked in the end, it will have to pay a huge price. Unbeknownst to him, the world has changed. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "What Taiwei said is right, that is, the world has changed. It's just that although we see and feel with our own eyes, we just don't believe that the world has changed. The Khitans are not surrounded like this and face annihilation, they will not believe that the world has changed. There is no way, sometimes it is necessary to fight a game to make them understand that the world is different. ”

Du Zhongxiao sometimes wondered why the Khitans had fallen to this point, walked into the encirclement of the Song army by themselves, and sent the entire national fortune over with both hands. Thinking about it, I can't figure it out. In the end, I have to admit that the psychological advantages of the Khitans are too great, so big that they no longer want to see the real world. In fact, when I was in Mayi last year, the Khitan was defeated once. If they were sober-minded, the Khitans should have understood that they were not opponents of the Song Dynasty at that time. But the psychological superiority formed over hundreds of years makes them not sober. always thought that as long as hundreds of thousands of troops were dispatched south, the Central Plains Dynasty would definitely not be their opponent. Even if the Song Dynasty is already very strong and can resist it, it will have to pay a big price, and there is no way to take them. The last choice was to go south desperately and get headlong into a dead end.

People are like that, there is no way. The advantages of the Khitan are left by their ancestors, not theirs. The weakness of the Central Plains is also left by the ancestors, not the current Song Dynasty. The national strength of the two countries has always been that the Song Dynasty was stronger and the Khitan was relatively weak. When the Song Dynasty solved the problem of the organization of the army, in fact, even if there were no muskets and artillery, the Khitan was not an opponent. Now there are muskets and artillery, and the Khitan takes the initiative to attack, and this is how they are killing themselves. When they cross the border, everything is actually doomed.

Humans do this all the time. I was full of confidence beforehand, thinking that no matter what, I would not fail. When failure came, I suddenly realized that my faith had no evidence. By this time, it will be too late.