"Lord Dutong," Ye Luxi said in the north courtyard, "Let's just abandon the city like this, how can Your Majesty explain there?" The generals all looked at each other, Xiangyang was attacked by the two armies of Song and Xia, and there were many auspicious and less auspicious people to defend it, and they abandoned the city and fled, and they were afraid that His Majesty would punish them. The centurion, the ten-captain officer, and the rank and file had no idea what was happening, and rumors spread in panic, with loud questioning and the generals shouting loudly.

"How?" Xiao Lili frowned and looked at the large group of people and horses crowded in the urn city, shouting everywhere, and the 20,000 horsemen gathered together, it turned out to be like a downtown in the city. This is still after the unification of the military system of the Northern Courtyard, if it was before, when it encountered such a sudden situation, I am afraid that it will be even more chaotic. If there is an enemy cavalry ambush outside the north gate at this time, I am afraid that a few people will not be able to escape.

"Fortunately," Xiao Weili said secretly, "I don't know if the enemy army came in a hurry, and there was no time to besiege the city, or if they deliberately opened the net on three sides." ”

"Your Majesty has handed over these 20,000 warriors to me," Xiao Lili looked at the nervous generals and said, "The most important thing is that I want to bring them all back." For our Great Liao, the most important thing is not the cities of the Southern Dynasties, but the warriors of the Khitan and Xi tribes. What Xia and Song are most afraid of is not how many cities we occupy, but that we have warriors who can conquer and fight! Xiangyang is lost, and it can be recaptured. When a warrior dies, he will never live. He paused for a moment, and when he saw that the various departments were almost in order, he said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I will personally go and explain it, and go out of the city first." The people of the Xia Kingdom are menacing, and if they delay any longer, Xiangyang will not be able to be saved, and neither will the 20,000 warriors. "Xiao Lira only took the Khitan cavalry, and the Xi army went out of the city, leaving the Han army in the city. He felt a little guilty about the guards at the East and West City Gates, but in order to delay time, he could only do so.

"Let's go!" Xiao Lili shouted in a low voice, turned the horse's head, led the army to the north, and went straight to Yingchang Mansion.

Since the behemoth of the Xia State has already sent troops, Bianliang, Luoyang, Yingchangfu, and the entire Hebei are all under the threat of the Xia army. Xiangyang, a landscape city, was not conducive to the cavalry of the Liao army. Xiao Lira planned to take advantage of the fact that the Song army besieging the city was less than 10,000 people, the Xia army had not yet been fully deployed, and the gap outside Xiangyang City was still very large, and retreated to Yingchang Mansion. The other dozen horsemen went south to report the news of the Xia army's southward movement to His Majesty.

At this time, the east gate of Xiangyang was slowly opening, and the soldiers of the Zhenguo Army rushed to the city with shouts. The Liao soldiers knelt on the side of the street in groups and asked to surrender, and the bloody heads of the guards were hung on the city tower. Zhang Xian wiped his face, his hands were full of blood and sweat, the blood was all Liao's, and the sweat was his own. Because of the excessive force, both hands burst into tears. He took a mouthful of saliva and rubbed it in the palm of his hand, called Yue Yun over, and complained: "It's just a charge in front of the formation, not even a shield, the arrows on the battle array have no eyes, in case there is a mistake, how can I explain to the big marshal and your eldest sister." ”

"It's okay." Yue Yun smiled, lowered his head and continued to wipe his board axe. He had a full beard and a mighty appearance, but he was only eighteen years old.

Zhang Xian shook his head helplessly, when attacking the city, Yue Yunchong cut the suspension bridge cable in front, and the Liao army at the head of the city fired arrows in a volley, shooting him like a hedgehog. Fortunately, the triple armor covered it and did not hurt the vital point. A military robe was shot into tatters, the stainless steel scale armor was also damaged in more than a dozen places, and the cow leather armor in the middle layer was also broken several holes. Fortunately, the Liao army at the head of the city did not have time to use armor-piercing arrows in a hurry, otherwise, no matter how heavy the thick armor was, it would have been shot to death. However, because of this, although Yue Yun was young, he had built up a lot of prestige in the back camp where there were groups of arrogant soldiers. Looking at Yue Yun, Zhang Xian's eyes dimmed slightly, Yue Shuai had three sons and two daughters under his knees, the eldest daughter married Zhang Xian, and Yue Yun joined the army with his father at the age of fourteen. The other three young children, as well as the old mother and wife, were all scattered in their hometown in Hebei, in the midst of the war, and their lives and deaths were uncertain.

Outside the East City Gate, Yue Fei sat under the Shuai Banner, and an officer wearing a black military robe and a red scarf around his neck stood below.

This person claimed to be Sima Xue Bingzhong, the marching army of the Andong Military Division of the Xia State, and came to discuss the matter of the two joint forces to invade Liao. It is said that the 50,000 troops of the Xia State set out from Hanzhong, and Fangzhou has been surrendered and is now attacking Dongcheng. An army of 50,000 appeared in Xiangyang unnoticed, which was not an easy task. The Liao and Song dynasties were like two fierce tigers fighting, the Song Kingdom was already covered in bruises, and the Liao Kingdom was also out of breath. Xia Guo has been waiting for a long time, and at this time, he suddenly made a move, and his intentions were unpredictable. Just now, Xue Bingzhong proposed to Yue Fei to hand over Xiangyang to the Xia army for defense, and in return, the elite cavalry of the Xia State would raid the back of the Liao army from the south together with the Zhenguo army.

"Your country's kindness, Yue Mou's heart. However, Xiangyang is the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and Yue Moujie Wufu has no authority to cede Xiangyang, if he does so, Yue Mou is the sinner referred to by the Great Song Dynasty. Yue Fei said to Xue Bingzhong, "Tell General Wu what I said." ”

"General Wu was ordered to lead the troops to attack Liao, and tens of thousands of troops went south, there must be a place behind him to transfer military supplies, right?" Xue Bingzhong said with a sad face, "Our dynasty does not want your country to cede Xiangyang, but during the period when General Wu commanded the army to march south, our army will guard Xiangyang on behalf of your country." Now Yelu Dashi is commanding an army of 300,000 to storm Ezhou, the Great Song Dynasty is tied to the front line, Yue Shumi is the pillar of the Song State, and all the people under his command are bears and tigers, don't you want to go south as soon as possible and join forces with Cao, Han, and Zhao Zhu generals to attack Liaokou? ”

Before Yue Fei could answer, Judge Zhu Meng said: "Since there are two face soldiers, then Xiangyang City is guarded by our army to protect the grain route of the Xia army, why not?" ”

Xue Bingzhong's face was embarrassed, and he arched his hand and said: "Yue Shumi is also the person who commands the army, so he should know the importance of the back road and the grain road. Our army has already said that Xiangyang is just a town guard, Yue Shumi still can't believe it, General Wu's tens of thousands of troops went south to attack Liao, but he wanted to hand over the back road and grain road to the Song State, how could he do it? ”

"Guard?" Zhu Mengshu sneered, "Taking history as a mirror, what did Liu Bei say when he borrowed Jingzhou? ”

Zhu Meng said that he was called a judge, but he was actually Yue Fei's shogunate strategist. He was originally a student of Bianliangtai, because of his words and deeds, bitterly stated the pros and cons of the imperial court and was confiscated to Lingnan, in the prison camp, Yue Fei learned of his origin, immediately gave preferential treatment, and later tried to exempt him from criminal service, and promoted to official. There are many generals in the Zhenguo Army, and they usually deal with the military department and the local government, and Zhu Meng said it. Zhu Meng said that he also had the grace of knowing and giving advice to Yue Fei wholeheartedly, but his words and deeds were still generous and intense, and he often offended people because of this, but because Zhu Meng said that he was a prestigious backbone of the clear stream, the Ezhou Prime Minister's Mansion and the local council scholars were tolerant of three points to him.

The Three Kingdoms script is widely spread in the Kanto and Kansai regions. The sergeant was much more supportive of Liu and Cao. Zhu Meng said that with the irony of "borrowing Jingzhou", Xue Bingzhong's face changed slightly. He was about to refute, Yue Fei said in a deep voice: "If Xia Guo really intends to join forces to attack Liao, Yue is grateful, but it is still the same sentence. The others are easy to say, every inch of the walled land here is the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and Yue Moujie Wufu can't call the shots without authorization. ”

"What if Your Majesty and the Prime Minister's Mansion agree?"

"That Yue has nothing to say," Yue Feihu's eyes burst out with a hint of anger, and he shook his head, "However, I still have to ask the people and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty if they agree," he stared at Xue Bingzhong and said, "My department doesn't want to start a war in vain, Xiangyang is the land of my Great Song Dynasty, although your department conquers the East Gate, the other neighborhoods in the city, it is better not to get involved." You go back and bring my words to Wu Jie. "Yue Fei originally wanted the Xia army to withdraw from Xiangyang, but the Zhenguo army was only 8,000 people, and soon it was going south to attack Yelu Dashi's back, and Wu Jie's army of 50,000 was impossible to withdraw.

Xue Bingzhong was also stiff, straightened his waist under Yue Fei's coercion, and bowed before going back to say goodbye.

After the envoy of the Xia Kingdom left, the staff member Huang Zong said with a worried face: "There are priorities. At this moment, the Liao army was still besieging Ezhou, and although the Xia State took advantage of our army's preemptive sneak attack, it attacked Dongcheng and captured the wall in a short time. The Liao soldiers did not dare to resist stubbornly and abandoned the city, full of tiger and wolf army. If tens of thousands of soldiers can help us move south to attack the back of the Liao army in time, Yelu Dashi has nothing to fear. "Huang Zongnai is a staff officer of the Zhenguo Army, and he is quite insightful in military affairs. Zhang Xian once said to people in private that Huang Zong is Zhang Liang in the handsome tent. Whenever Yue Fei encounters a major event, he also has to discuss it with Huang Zong.

"Mr. Huang said this, and I can't agree with Yue."

Yue Fei shook his head and said, "The Xia Kingdom is a big plotter, not as simple as Xiangyang. He saw that our country was embarrassed, and he wanted Xiangyang today, Luoyang tomorrow, or Bianliang the day after tomorrow. Just like the strong Qin of the Kanto region during the Warring States Period, one city was cut today, ten cities were cut tomorrow, and the sun and the moon were cut, and sooner or later the vitality of his country would be lost. We can't back down, Xia Guo chose this opportunity to send troops to attack Liao, and they have their own calculations. He clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "I am in a dilemma both internally and externally, but the affairs of the Great Song Dynasty will have to be solved by ourselves after all." ”

"What the general said is very true." Huang Zong sighed, didn't say more, and said, "I interrogated General Liao just now, Xiangyang City has hundreds of thousands of stones of military rations, and most of the twenty-four warehouses of ordnance in the original southeast camp are still well preserved. This is the most important thing, before the people of Xia Guo can react, please ask the commander to quickly order the strong men under his command to go to count and make a book. ”

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Upstairs in Dongcheng, Wu Jieda sat in the middle hall handsome, and after listening to Xue Bingzhong's report, he didn't laugh angrily.

"The surname Yue is really a man." Wu Jie waved his hand and ordered Huang Ti, Lu Dejing, and Shi Jie, the captains of the Iron Bone Military Academy, "Regardless of him, the most important thing in Xiangyang City is hundreds of thousands of stone military rations and the ordnance of the southeast battalion of the twenty-four warehouses. He turned his head to Captain Yang Ren of the White Feather Army and said, "Let the brothers rest a little and eat Guanzhong noodles at night." I have already informed the Ezhou side that we still have to be strong, and the White Feather Army, the Rampage Army, and the Lian Rui Army are ready to move south as soon as possible to attack the Liao Imperial Army. ”