Chapter 176: The Second Lanzhou Defensive Battle

Xu Liang snorted coldly, "This girl is not old and ambitious, I don't know if she thinks she is the king of heaven or I am the king of heaven, I will change it this day?" ”

Wang San continued: "She said that we just need to persuade the emperor to continue to sit in Lanzhou City and drive in person, give him a big victory, and then negotiate peace with us." ”

"What about the emperor and these hundreds of thousands of troops?"

"It's all in her big win."

Wang San saw that Xu Liang was a little hesitant, and hurriedly continued: "Uncle and think, when the old emperor is gone, only us and the old governor will come out of Lanzhou City, and the edict of succession will not be in our hands?" When the time comes, King De has a soldier and a horse in one hand and an edict in the other, and how can the throne allow others to sit? ”

Xu Liang had a calm face, and he didn't see whether he was willing or unhappy, and only after a long time did he speak: "This risk is a bit big, if the Liao people regret it, we will have no way back." ”

"The Great Xia Dynasty is so big, and the Liao people are so many hundred thousand, I'm afraid that even the bottom of the pot in this world is dissatisfied, and sooner or later they will have to retreat! As soon as the Liao people retreat, won't we still take care of the days? Isn't this world still from the Gao family? King De is a martial artist and a little resourceful, so he will inevitably have to rely on you, and you will be a veritable nine thousand years old when the time comes! What Li Jin tributary, how to die, it's not up to you to decide? ”

"I don't think I have to discuss this matter with the noble concubine Niangniang and King De, so that I can have a bottom in my heart, such an abrupt decision, I ........ I can't say that. ”

Wang San understands his uncle, his uncle is okay with small things, this is indecisive and hesitant to big things, he can plan very carefully before, and when it comes to making a decision, he will be dumb, and he will do his best until he is ten percent determined, but according to his words, where is there such a dozen or ten good things for you? Won't winning win on a fighting word?

"My uncle! You are the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen, and the edict should be in your hands in the end, and the king of Hede is the army of the world, and he will have to beg you when the time comes! The Liao people can say it, just give us five days, and once the five days are over, we will refuse. ”

Xu Liang seemed to hesitate for a while, then turned his head and asked Wang San: "Then you mean to agree?" ”

Wang San nodded vigorously, and said with an expression of loyalty and rebelliousness: "After this village, there will be no such shop!" This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity falls into our hands, this ..... All this is providential! Don't miss it! ”

Xu Liang rubbed his chin for a while, and then slapped the table heavily, as if he was making a decision on the spot.

"Then you go to the northwest and talk back, and I'll talk to the emperor!"

"Good!"

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northwest

Liao army battalion

When Xiao Yan'er returned to the camp, her face was very haggard, and even when she turned over and dismounted, if it wasn't for the old handsome Han Guangde's quick eyes to go up and help, she would almost fall to the ground.

So he hurriedly asked the maid in the big tent of the Chinese army to help Empress Xiao into the big tent to rest, and then turned his head and asked Luo Yidu, the strong man who went with the queen mother.

Luo Yidu also looked aggrieved, saying that he went out to deliver a letter on the order of the Queen Mother that night, and after returning in the morning, the Queen Mother looked quite haggard, and originally persuaded her to rest before returning, but the Queen Mother insisted on refusing, so they could only rush back overnight.

Xiao Yan'er and An Yi tossed in that hole all night, Rao is An Yi was in a coma for a long time, and she was a female streamer who actually rushed all night, even a person who was beaten with iron couldn't stand it.

Han Guangde asked his soldiers to hold their hands outside the tent, and no one was allowed to enter to disturb them, and all relevant matters would be discussed when the Queen Mother woke up.

Xiao Yan'er slept all day until the sun set........

"My head hurts ........"

Xiao Yan'er leaned on the bed in the big tent of the Chinese army, her slender hand stroked her forehead, her eyebrows frowned slightly, she felt that she had not eased up after sleeping for so long, everything that happened that night was still vivid,

She turned over her delicate body, and took out a small box of gold thread nanmu from under the bed, and when she opened the lid of the box, she saw a book inside.

The book looked very different from the delicate little box, the scroll was already a little charred with yellow spots, and many of the middle pages were broken.

Xiao Yan'er seemed to be very familiar with this broken yellow scroll, and her green jade finger clicked on the side of the book a few times, and then accurately opened one of the pages,

This is.........

The page she opened was painted with a portrait of a woman, dressed neither like a Khitan nor a Han Chinese, although the black and white lines were a little rough, but still could not hide the noble spirit of the woman.

If An Yi had been there, he would have pointed to this woman and said, "This is the light and shadow I saw in the cave that night!"

"Is there really a Night Princess? What she heard and saw that night was her phantom spirit bead? ”

Xiao Yan'er also frowned, talking to herself in a few words, without a clue.

This book was left to her by her grandmother, and she remembered very well at that time, when her father was still the privy envoy of the Northern Court of the Liao Dynasty, and her grandmother's body was still okay, but she suddenly became seriously ill one night, and the imperial doctor in the palace at that time had not even had time to rush to the Xiao family, and her grandmother had already died.

According to the customs of the Khitan people, when the elders know that their time is short, they will call their children and relatives to their side and tell them something, some similar to the will of the Han people.

And when her grandmother was dying, she didn't even call her father and mother, she only added Xiao Yan'er to it, and then handed her the broken yellow scroll.

At that time, Xiao Yan'er had not yet entered the palace and was still young, so she only cared about grieving her grandmother who had been very close to her since she was a child in front of the bed, and she didn't care too much about what her grandmother said, she didn't agree with it now that it was your turn, I hope you can pass the test, and what she just said was also from this yellow scroll.

The reason why she took this small box with her when she went east this time was to try her luck and see if she could find the tomb of the night princess described in this book, as well as the magic spirit bead that she did.

It's just that I didn't expect to meet it in that small northwest town, which means that the Night Princess's phantom spirit bead is near that, and even said that it is under the town.

"Queen Mother, are you better?"

Just as Xiao Yan'er was contemplating and thinking, the voice of the old handsome Han Guangde came from outside the tent,

Xiao Yan'er hurriedly put the yellow roll in her hand back into the small box, stuffed it back under the bed, sorted out her messy green silk, and said loudly towards the door: "Come in." ”

Han Guangde walked in in response, respectfully saluted Empress Xiao on the bed, and then sat down on both sides, and reported to her: "Queen Mother, we lost nearly 20,000 horses in this battle of Qingcheng, and General Bali also died on the battlefield. Although this loss did not hurt our vitality, it was really not an encouragement to Xia Jun, and it was very detrimental to our next plan against Lanzhou. ”

Xiao Yan'er and Han Guangde's eyes were both focused on Lanzhou, and they didn't expect that the Bali Division, which was in charge of assisting the attack, could be surrounded and annihilated.

"Old Shuai, have you found out the Han general stationed in Qingcheng?"

"Yes, this person's surname is An Mingyi, a person from Chengdu Prefecture, he is the Han general who blocked Yelu Xiuke's surprise attack in Chengdu before, he was a garrison general in Chengdu at that time, and now he is the commander of Sichuan and a guerrilla general in Chengdu."

Xiao Yan'er nodded and responded: "It's actually the same person, so it seems that this comfort still has some ability." Not to mention blocking Yeluxiu, he actually turned our battle into his war of annihilation, which should not be underestimated. ”

Han Guangde was not worried about this comfort, he continued: "Queen Mother, although this person is quite flexible in using troops, but our war with the Xia State has reached this point, and it is still impossible to reverse it with one or two victories of a certain general for the time being, but we now have a thorny problem that the Xia army's current zigzag layout to defend Lanzhou, and all the Sichuan and Shu soldiers and horses have been handed over to this comfortable hand to defend Qingcheng, and our plan is difficult to implement." ”

Xiao Yan'er lowered her head and groaned for a while, then raised her head and said:

"Bring Jeruxiu here."

Han Guangde didn't know why Empress Xiao thought for a long time to come up with such a sentence, and asked with some concern: "Queen Mother, we haven't reached that kind of stalemate now, the advantage over the Xia army is still there, Yelu Xiuke's reputation for being good at fighting is well known, once he goes down to Lanzhou when he takes Gansu Town, then many people in the court will start to make a big fuss again." ”

Rao is a smell that Han Guangde can detect, how could Xiao Yan'er not smell it?

But she looked indifferent, and said with relief: "Don't worry, old handsome, I know it in my heart." I haven't counted the matter of the last unauthorized mobilization of troops and horses to attack Chengdu, and now he can't afford to turn over the storm. It's been a while since I've put him in the back, and it's time to pull this tiger out and let it go, always lying in one place, who knows what is hiding under his body. But last but not least, you can rest assured that we will win the battle, but Jeruschuke will have to come and suffer a defeat. ”

Han Guangde was confused, how could Yelu Xiu be defeated and let the Liao army win?

Xiao Yan'er knew that Lao Shuai had doubts in his heart, but she didn't mean to explain too much, after all, Han Guangde only needed to be responsible for the tactical deployment, and she still had the idea of the grand strategy.

"In this second battle, let Jeruxiu gnaw on himself! Our people don't interfere, such a high city wall, even if it breaks his front teeth, it may not be able to be knocked down. But you have to know that our purpose this time is to inflict maximum damage on the defenders in Lanzhou City, force them to have insufficient troops, shrink the men and horses of Qingdao and Su, and let the soldiers and horses of Sichuan and Shu enter Lanzhou City.

I have already negotiated the affairs in the east, and at that time Chongzheng will also increase his troops in Lanzhou, and when all the Xia troops are concentrated in the city of Lanzhou, we will withdraw Yeluxiuke, and we will launch a third battle, and in one fell swoop, all the hundreds of thousands of people in this Great Xia will be blocked in Lanzhou. From then on, the road to the east can be a flat river. ”

Han Guangde stood up and nodded heavily towards Empress Xiao,

"Yes! I'm going to prepare! ”