The sudden news made Liao Xingzong startled, Han Qi He was very familiar with it, the young Zai Fu of the Northern Song Dynasty, who was only in his thirties, had already achieved the position of Zai Fu, and he was also a civilian official with troops.

What did the Northern Song Dynasty do here, why are they so close, I just know that compared with the Western Xia, the Northern Song Dynasty seems to have a worse relationship with the Liao State, and it does not mean that the Northern Song Dynasty and the Western Xia have an alliance to negotiate, whether it is to save the army.

Han Qi knew what Liao Xingzong might have, so he did not transfer the army directly, but set up camp in a place hundreds of miles away, where there are hundreds of miles away from Xingqing Mansion and the nearest fortress from Lingzhou, almost only about 40 miles, if Liao Guo does not follow his ideas and cooperate with him, he will leave immediately and return to Lingzhou.

The Liao State has an absolute advantage, even Yuan Hao does not dare to face the soldiers, even if there is a killing weapon like the longbow, Han Qi may not be afraid of fighting with the Liao army in the field, especially the Liao army that has been besieging the city for several months.

But this is not necessary, the two tigers fight, there must be an injury, his purpose is for the Western Xia, not the Liao State, in vain with the Liao State, to consume the Liao State, the final result is only to let Yuan Hao Yuwen benefit, which is not in line with the principle of interests.

Therefore, Han Qi kept a safe distance, separated from the Liao army for a hundred miles, and took the initiative to send an envoy to communicate with the Liao State.

I heard that the Song army was a hundred miles away, camped, and did not rush into Xingqing Mansion, which made Liao Xingzong relax a little, and then looked at the general of the protector, he said the letter sent by the Northern Song Dynasty, Liao Xingzong was completely relieved, there were not many people from the Northern Song Dynasty, about 40,000 people, only 4 percent of the Liao State.

Although it is a cavalry, but with Liao Xingzong's understanding of the Northern Song Dynasty, I am afraid that it is a kind of infantry on horseback, let alone this, even if it is really cavalry, so what, it can still have an impact on the Liao State.

At the same time, in order to avoid trouble, Han Qi took the initiative to say their purpose, they had also taken advantage of the chaos to occupy Lingzhou, and were ready to join the Liao State to jointly take Xingqing Mansion and dismember Western Xia.

Although, a little uncomfortable, it seems that the results that are about to be obtained will be shared with the Northern Song Dynasty, but Liao Xingzong is not stupid, he knows that with his ability alone, there is no way to capture Xingqing Mansion, even if it is

Surrounded by groups, the previous several tentative attacks have suffered devastating consequences, which makes him extremely angry, since this is the case, let the Northern Song Dynasty come over and take a look.

In Liao Xingzong's view, the Northern Song Dynasty was only 40,000 people, and the initiative of the entire battlefield should be in the hands of the Liao State.

Liao Xingzong had already decided on this idea in his heart, but he still gathered all the ministers together.

The important ministers of the Liao State, more or less, already knew about the arrival of the Song army, and their ideas were different, some of them were a little more radical, thinking that the Northern Song Dynasty was here to pick peaches, and they were indignant, and only Xiao Hui and other intellectuals knew how appropriate the arrival of the Northern Song Dynasty was.

Lingzhou is far away from the border of Liao, even if it is a rich place, it is not in the eyes of Liao, they are at most emotional, the Northern Song Dynasty will really pick peaches, they have spent so much effort, this is the cheapest they occupied, and the Northern Song Dynasty took the opportunity to pick it.

However, what some high-level generals value more is actually the goodwill shown by the Northern Song Dynasty, because in the letter, it is very clear that the purpose of the Northern Song Dynasty is to help the Liao State, and the captured Xingqing Mansion will not occupy a little interest.

Xingqing Mansion is difficult to capture, this point, in the past dozens of days, I have tried all kinds of methods, but I have not succeeded, not only is there no possibility of capturing it, but it is a little impregnable, in this case, Liao Xingzong has already retreated, so let the Northern Song Dynasty give it a try, it doesn't matter.

Soon, some objections were quelled, thanks to the strength of the Liao State, if the Liao State is 40,000 people, and the Northern Song Dynasty is 100,000 people, it is another result.

Hundreds of miles away, the fixed camp, Han Qi sat firmly in Diaoyutai, and his hand had already been released, and the Liao State did not have many choices, nothing more than agreeing or disagreeing, which was acceptable for the Northern Song Dynasty, no matter which choice it was.

Han Qi was just a negotiation, and did not expect Liao Xingzong to agree immediately, to a certain extent, after controlling Lingzhou, he already had a considerable initiative in the northwest, with the current financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty, the existence of the fortress and the longbow, after a little accumulation, there is a 5-year period, the situation in the northwest will be completely different, in this case, even if the Liao State occupies Xingqing Mansion, it doesn't matter.

This is the reason why he put forward this plan that obviously outweighs the losses, the Northern Song Dynasty can help the Liao State and capture Xingqing Mansion, and what he gets is only a trivial number of livestock, that is, tens of thousands of animals.

These livestock, which are not from the Liao State, were snatched from the surroundings, as long as Xingqing Mansion is captured, it seems that the cost is not big.

Soon, the Liao State decided to agree to the request of the Northern Song Dynasty, and sent a messenger to invite some important personnel to the Liao army to discuss how to attack the city.

Liao Xingzong's decision was a little faster than Han Qi estimated, it seemed that the messenger delivered the letter, and Liao Xingzong began to study it and made a choice.

In fact, before sending it out, Han Qi had already grasped something, since he agreed so quickly, what kind of idea Liao Xingzong had, don't think about it, Han Qi also knows.

is just thinking about the strongholds that the Liao State has no way to capture, what can his Northern Song Dynasty do, once the Northern Song Dynasty is attacking the city, the losses are huge, beyond imagination, in the end, they may be eaten together.

If you capture a well-defended fortified city, even if there is a longbow team, even if the Northern Song Dynasty has a unique experience in attacking cities, this loss is huge, 40,000 people, it is not enough to fill it at all, but the idea of the Liao State is destined to fail, because Han Qi carries a secret weapon.

With the consent of Liao Xingzong, Han Qi almost did not hesitate, he brought all the troops up, he was full of confidence in the longbow team, in just 40 days, he had already put Lingzhou, the operation was impassable, 31 fortresses, enough to ensure that he would not be breached, during this time, they had crazy thinking about Lingzhou, mobilized a large number of materials, these materials are the capital of the longbow team.

The Longbow team already has some thermal weapons, and there are not enough arrows, which will not work at all, so the beginning of everything is logistics.

In order to prepare for this station, at least I carried enough arrows for 20 battles with high intensity, and I still did a good job, which is already very terrible, according to 180 in one battle, more than 20 almost more than 4,000, which is close to 100 million long arrows, which is very terrible.

When 100 million long arrows, if they pass through the longbow team and reach Xingqing Mansion, what will be the concept, maybe, before it reaches the bottom of the city, the Western Xia army has already suffered heavy losses.

But this is the worst, and the last choice, Han Qi never thought about attacking Xingqing Mansion, as a very familiar two, Han Qi knows very well that the defense strength of Xingqing Mansion is high, it can be said unceremoniously, this is a strong city, what Western Xia learned in the Northern Song Dynasty, all used on this, otherwise, the 100,000 people of Liao would not have fought for so long.

This is useless for Han Qi, especially Han Qi, who has gunpowder, as early as when he was in the Daimyo's Mansion, Han Qi asked Zhao Xin to provide enough gunpowder, and later asked for more for the first time.

In the end, Zhao Xin provided a total of 12 trucks, almost 6 tons of gunpowder.

6 tons of gunpowder, or through the card system, equipped with perfect black powder, after the card system refined, and under certain circumstances, added more purity, so that his power increased a lot, in this case, 12 cars of explosives are enough.

Although it is impossible to bring the power of gunpowder closer, the area in contact with the air is larger, and it is easier to oxidize quickly and leave residues.

Residue, to put it bluntly, means that after the explosion of gunpowder and the violent oxidation, a large amount of oxygen is extracted, and part of it should be flame retardant in an environment without sufficient reaction.

As long as there is a part of it that is not oxidized, it means that the power of gunpowder is not reflected, and of course the power will not be very large.

Zhao Xin also thought about getting out yellow gunpowder, or other powerful explosives, but unfortunately it was a more in-depth study of nitride, Zhao Xin is just a doctor of history, and he knows the formula of gunpowder, thanks to the development of the network, no matter how developed the network, it is impossible to make the formula of high-intensity explosives fly all over the sky, this can only be done slowly.

Gunpowder is a weapon of the era, generally until the late Qing Dynasty, will be reflected in the siege war, and now, under the joint action of the traverser and the card system, appeared on the battlefield of the Northern Song Dynasty, Yuan Hao, who did not know anything about it, became the first victim.

Although the defense of Xingqing Mansion is very good, compared to Baoding, an important town in the north, it is still a little worse, 3 trucks of gunpowder are enough to take Baoding City, and this Xingqing Mansion should be no problem.

Among the 40,000 cavalry, there are nearly 20,000 carts, equipped with long arrows, and many logistical materials, and 12 cars of inconspicuous gunpowder are not eye-catching at all.

Han Qi took this as the focus, and at the same time began to pull out the camp, after getting the approval of Liao Xingzong, he could slowly approach Xingqing Mansion, he sent his general Chongji, to the Liao army camp to discuss, in Han Qi's opinion, nothing else is important, he needs to be responsible for a single aspect of the attack, and it takes a certain amount of time.

Seed Ji is the general of the seed family, and he is also the father of the famous seed master Dao, in Han Qi's army, he is more brilliant, and the position and ability of the one who sent him are enough, I believe that he should be able to get good results.