Xiao Gu looked at Song Jun who was pressed by the black, and couldn't help but take a breath in his heart. I heard that every palace tent was attacked by the Song army, if there were so many people, how many Song troops would come to Dading Mansion? The entire Khitan can't stop them.

After walking not far, I saw more than a dozen horsemen rushing out of the Song army. The wind came to his side like a wind, and surrounded several of his people.

Xiao Gu arched his hand and said: "In Xia Xiao Gu, it is the deployment of Changning Palace. Excuse me, take me to your captain. ”

A knight stepped forward and looked Xiao Gu up and down before saying, "The others are waiting here, you come with me!" ”

Xiao Gu hurriedly said: "Let's come together, we should go together." ”

The knight said impatiently, "I said, the rest of the people are waiting here!" If you don't listen to the order, shoot and kill immediately! ”

Seeing the murderous look of the Song army around, Xiao Gu didn't dare to say any more, obediently followed behind the talking knight and walked towards the Song army. Passing through the Song army's military formation, seeing that they were all carrying muskets and steel knives in their hands, Xiao Gu trembled.

In front of Tan Li, the knight arched his hand: "General, this one said that the Khitan Changning Palace was deployed, and he wanted to see the general." ”

Tan Li looked Xiao Gu up and down, and said, "I am the commander of this regiment, Tan Li, what do you have to say when you see me?" ”

Xiao Gu hurriedly bowed his hand: "I've seen the captain." Deployed in the Lower Changning Palace, he was ordered to take the palace to be nomadic in the vicinity. Listening to the Malay report, the general came here with his troops and horses, and he didn't know what to do. I didn't dare to slack off, and hurried to ask. ”

Tan Li almost didn't believe his ears, looked at Zhou Sen beside him, and then said, "What are you doing here?" This is Changning Palace, and I naturally came to fight Changning Palace with my troops. You are deployed in Changning Palace, how can you ask such a thing? ”

Xiao Gudao: "General, we are grazing cattle and sheep here, and we have not committed Song, how can we fight us?" ”

Tan Li listened to it and couldn't help but be a little suspicious of this world. This is Khitan territory, of course, there is no Song. But the army of Changning Palace was already surrounded and annihilated in Youzhou last year because of the crime of the Song Dynasty. The army fights, and it has nothing to do with the rest of these people? This Khitan general, I'm afraid it's not a bad brain, right? When the Song army gained the upper hand, if they didn't cut the last roots of the Khitan, would they wait for them to recover and invade the south again?

I looked up at the sun in the sky, and the sun was very big. The breeze blows, there is no chill, and it carries the fragrance of earth. Tan Li sorted out his thoughts before he said to Xiao Gu: "This is Dading Mansion, Khitan City, of course you didn't commit Song." But last year, the army that went south to attack Youzhou, there were nearly 10,000 people from Changning Palace. Annihilate them in Youzhou, we will naturally take advantage of the victory to pursue and come here to cut off the grass and eradicate the roots! ”

Xiao Gu was silent for a while, and said, "We don't have many soldiers, so naturally we are not the opponent of the general. What does the general want? ”

Tan Li said: "You either surrender, or you are a dead word!" When the imperial army came north, how many mountain roads they had traveled, how easy it was! The palace tent is the personal guard of the Khitan Emperor, and it is the most powerful, and it is absolutely impossible to stay! ”

Xiao Gu spread his hands: "The general wants us to surrender, so naturally it will fall." ”

Tan Li said: "Before leaving, the captain has an order, and it is ominous to kill prisoners. As long as you surrender, you can stay alive. You immediately gather all the leaders of Changning Palace, I have my own officials here, and I will tell you what to do. If there is disobedience, shoot and kill! ”

Xiao Gu saw that Tan Li's face became serious, and hurriedly said yes. Now Changning Palace does not have a decent army at all, what if you don't surrender? It's just that if he surrenders, what will the Song army do, Xiao Gu has no bottom in his heart, and he guesses there in his heart.

Outside the city of Dadingfu, Du Zhongxiao looked at the head of the city and said to Liu Ji: "There are soldiers guarding each battlement, and it seems that the Khitan is going to defend the city." Immediately ordered to go down, concentrate the artillery to the south of the city, and arrange the gun emplacements. ”

Liu Ji said yes and asked, "Taiwei, do you only attack Nancheng?" The attack was in a hurry, but I was afraid that the Khitan would escape. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Surround the three queyi, we surround it, where are we afraid that they will escape?" The soldiers surrounded the south, west, and north gates, and the artillery attacked the south gate, leaving the east gate for the Khitans to escape. By the time we attack the city, the cavalry should also be free, and the Khitans will not be able to escape when they leave the city. ”

Liu Ji said yes. Immediately ordered to go down and concentrate the artillery at the south gate. Due to the rugged road in Yanshan, there was no heavy artillery this time, only some field artillery. It is not easy to use it to knock down the city walls, but it is no problem to suppress the city head. As long as the head of the city is suppressed with artillery, the Song army can send troops to join the city. With the combat strength of both sides, it is delusional for the Khitan to want to hold Dadingfu.

The soldiers were busy, and Du Zhongxiao and Liu Ji rode around Dadingfu City on horseback. Dading Mansion is eight miles long and wide, it is the largest city in Khitan, although it is not as good as Kaifeng Mansion, and there are few cities in the world that can compare.

Back in the tent, Du Zhongxiao said to Liu Ji: "Dading Mansion is the first city of Khitan, which is bigger than Youzhou City. With 20,000 defenders, the strength is not strong, but it is not easy to break through. The surrounding nine Huluduo are the true essence of the Khitan. In this way, within two days, do not make plans to attack the city, and arrange the artillery positions first. Wait for the cavalry to wipe out all the Zaruda before officially attacking. ”

Liu Jidao: "It's strange, knowing that we are coming, the Khitan did not let Huluduo enter the city." ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "All Huluduo graze a large number of cattle and sheep, how to enter the city?" Of course, we don't know exactly how the Khitan was arranged. According to the current situation, Huluduo outside the city is defenseless, and is still leisurely herding cattle and sheep. We passed Luming Mountain, and Dading Mansion was closed, and it didn't look like it was heavily guarded. To be honest, the Khitan layout is really incomprehensible. But it doesn't matter, the army has arrived, and a direct attack is. ”

Liu Ji arched his hand: "What the captain said is true." The Khitans don't care what they think, we just need to attack directly. Today, Wang Kai and Jia Kui led the troops to attack the surrounding Huluduo, and half a day passed, and they didn't hear the sound of gunfire, so they wanted to come smoothly. ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "I just can't figure it out, what does the Khitan think?" Their forces were annihilated by us in Youzhou last year. According to the investigation in advance, the troops were the most seriously drawn last year, and the young and strong were almost all drawn, and there were no troops left. But our army has already arrived in Yuzhou, and they have not made any move. We went over the mountain to Quannong County, but they still didn't respond. ”

Liu Jidao: "Which one can figure it out?" Originally, I thought that when our army arrived in Yuzhou, the Khitan would shrink its forces. At least there is no young and strong Huluduo, and he should retreat north. Where to think, they are waiting here. ”

Du Zhongxiao just shook his head. He really couldn't figure out what the Khitan's war arrangement was in the face of the Song army's attack. Until now, it was found that the Khitan was not arranged at all, which made people scratch their heads. If the Khitan still has heavy troops, the Song army must of course be careful to avoid being surrounded by the Khitan army suddenly. But in the battle of Youzhou last year, the Khitan elite soldiers have been annihilated, what else can the Khitan rely on?

If in this battle, the Song army can annihilate the Khitan Nine Palaces and the Khitan princes in Dading Mansion, and the Khitan will really die. Not only are the main elite forces wiped out, but even the important princes and nobles are all gone, what will happen in the future?

Song Jun didn't know what to do with the Khitan in the future, in fact, the Khitan didn't know either. In the first battle of Youzhou last year, Yeluhong not only took away the most elite troops of the Khitan, but also took away important officials, and now the Khitan is in chaos.