“…… My Jurchen follow-up army is coming soon, once the army gathers and breaks through the city, the whole city is full of men, women and children, not a single one is left! ”

Under the fortified city of Xingzhong Mansion, hundreds of people chanted in unison, the sound shook the sky, and the momentum was like a rainbow; And the thousands of Liao soldiers on the city wall were so frightened that they trembled and panicked.

Above the city tower, the cave immortal waiter looked at Lin Chong's tall and mighty figure under the city, his brows were already tightened more and more, and large beads of sweat dripped down.

To fight or surrender, how to make this decision?

If it is a battle, it is naturally impossible to fight out of the city in the field, and it can only be held by the city, but the opposite side has to drive away the prisoners of war, plunder the raw mouth and fill the trenches, and the ants attach to the siege of the city.

In this way, he may be able to defend the city, but more than 10,000 prisoners of war under the city, and tens of thousands of people outside the city, will die!

And if the opponent's follow-up army is really imminent, even if he can hold on to the reinforcements to rescue, the other party can also besiege the city and send reinforcements, relying on strong mobility and field ability, to break the reinforcements one by one.

Didn't the Jurchens do what they did in last year's battle for the southern part of Tokyo Province? Besieging the city for reinforcements is their forte!

In the end, the city will still be breached, and the Jurchen barbarians will definitely slaughter the city at that time, so wouldn't it be to drag tens of thousands of people in the city to be buried together!

But if it is surrender...... This is treason!

And if every city is surrendered without a fight, will Da Liao still exist?

The surrounding soldiers were also looking at the cave immortal squire very nervously at this time, waiting for him to make a decision on whether to fight or surrender.

But how could this decision be so easy to make?

The cave fairy squire only felt that his heart was beating wildly, as if he was about to thump out of his chest in the next moment.

At this time, when the cave immortal squire was about to collapse under the pressure, he heard a personal soldier running up quickly and reported loudly: "Cave Immortal Xianggong, Zhao Xianggong asks to see you." ”

Zhao Xianggong's name is Zhao Lanfang, he is the head of the Lulong Zhao family, and the official residence Liao State is the younger brother of Zhao Lancheng, the deputy commander of the Ma Bujun in Nanjing.

It turns out that there have always been two sets of ruling systems in the Liao State, one of which followed the Tang Dynasty and the system of the Han people during the Five Dynasties period, which is the state and county system, which belongs to the official system in the south of the Liao State, and is mainly applicable to the Han people and the Bohai people;

The Khitan and Xi people, the grassland peoples, because most of them still retain the grassland customs, so there is a set of tribal ruling system, which follows the tribal system of the Khitan and Xi people during the Tang Dynasty.

Because Xingzhong Mansion has always been inhabited mainly by Han people, it is natural to apply the official system in the south of the Liao State, and the Han people themselves rule.

The southern official system of the Liao State was inherited from the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and it was not at all like the Song Dynasty that implemented the policy of strong cadres and weak branches, so the regimental training envoy was actually in charge of the military and political affairs of a state, and his power was quite large, unlike the Song Dynasty, which was mostly just a vacant position.

In other words, before the cave immortal waiter came, the military affairs here were actually in charge of Zhao Lanfang.

It's just that last year, the Liao State lost the entire Tokyo Province, and Xingzhong Mansion suddenly became the front line of the border, so Emperor Tianzuo sent Dongxian Shilang to lead 30,000 Khitan and Xi soldiers to garrison Xingzhong Mansion.

Then Zhao Lanfang was left idle, and Zhao Lanfang and Dongxian Shilang were Han and Khitan, and they didn't have much contact on weekdays.

At this time, the cave immortal waiter was in a dilemma, and he didn't have the heart to deal with this Zhao Lanfang.

However, the next sentence of the pro-soldier made him feel as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said loudly: "Hurry up and ask him to come up!" ”

It turned out that what the soldiers said was: "Zhao Xianggong heard that the Jurchens were going to attack the city, so he came to offer a way to retreat from the enemy?" ”

So Zhao Lanfang quickly invited him, and saw that the cave immortal waiter was so excited that he hurriedly grabbed Zhao Lancheng's hand and said: "Zhao Tuanlian, I don't know if there is any good way to retreat from the enemy, hurry up!" ”

Zhao Lanfang's face was full of embarrassment, he broke free from the hand of the cave immortal waiter, and arched his hand: "Xia Guan thought that he could use the strategy of delaying the army. ”

"A delaying tactic?"

The cave immortal squire was stunned for a moment, the Jurchen barbarians below were about to attack the city, and they were burning their brows, how could they fall for your delaying tactics?

"We can send someone out of the city to ask for peace with the second prince of the Jurchens."

The cave immortal squire was a little crying and laughing: "This is useful? At this time, the Jurchen barbarians will negotiate peace with us? ”

Zhao Lancheng said heavily: "Is there a better way to do it today?" The cave immortals are in charge, but the Jurchens can't attack the city, once they do this, they will not die, and the situation will be irreparable! ”

The cave immortal squire nodded, he naturally knew that once the Jurchen barbarians did anything, as long as they made up their minds, they would never give up until they reached their goal, so once the city was attacked, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Unless reinforcements from his side can arrive quickly and defeat the Jurchen army under the city, but even the cave fairy squire thinks that this possibility is very small.

"But who to send at this time? Who would dare to go? ”

Zhao Lancheng said: "Xiaguan is willing to risk death for the sake of the people in the city!" ”

The cave immortal waiter was moved, he held Zhao Lanfang's hand, and couldn't help but tremble all over and said, "Zhao Xianggong is like this...... It's really ...... to be so fearless and willing to take risks Zhao Xianggong, please accept my worship! ”

Zhao Lanfang hurriedly picked up the cave immortal waiter who bowed down, and said: "The cave immortal minister has tormented the lower official, and the lower official is also to save himself, after all, the family of the lower official ......."

After a pause, he looked into the eyes of the cave immortal waiter, and solemnly bowed: "If the lower official can't come back, the lower official's family will have Lao Dong Immortal to take care of it!" ”

The Cave Immortal Squire was so excited that he was so moved that it was indescribable, and at this moment, he heard a personal soldier of the Cave Immortal Squire and a centurion and said: "Cave Immortal Xianggong, the Jurchens below have begun to drive away the captives and bear the soil!" ”

The cave fairy squire hurriedly came to the edge of the female wall battlement, and saw that the Jurchens below had ordered people to dig a large mound of earth outside the city, and then rode horses, using bows and arrows, knives and guns to force 10,000 prisoners of war to take off their clothes and start filling the moat.

It's going to be real!

The cave immortal waiter panicked, and hurriedly ordered someone to shout that he wanted to talk about peace, and after scolding a few words, Lin Chong here naturally reluctantly agreed, and ordered to temporarily stop the siege.

At that moment, Zhao Lanfang sat in a basket and got down from the city wall, and then put a boat down from the city, Zhao Lanfang rowed a boat across the moat, met Lin Chong, and was invited to a small temple outside the city to talk in detail.

It turned out that as early as when the Liangshan army arrived in Sichuanzhou, Ma Ling, who was familiar with the terrain, went to Xingzhong Mansion day and night to find Zhao Lanfang in advance, so that once the Dongxian Shilang was unwilling to surrender, Zhao Lanfang could appear in time and offer peace talks.

After entering the small temple, Lin Chong saw that there were no outsiders on the left and right, Lin Chong took off the iron pocket casually, and his head was naturally full of hair, but he hung down the hair on his temples and tied it into two braids.

Time was pressing, and at that moment, Lin Chong did not say polite words to Zhao Lancheng, and directly made a request: "Ask the Dongxian Shilang to present 3 million pieces of gold and silver wealth, and I can return more than 4,000 wounded Liao soldiers to him...... You remember to let the cave fairy squire guard the city, and don't go out of the city to tempt ......"

Speaking of which, Zhao Lanfang actually had a lot of complaints about the eldest brother Zhao Lancheng's sudden refuge in Liang Shanjun, and said in her heart that even if the Liao Kingdom was finished, it should be a Jurchen.

However, this time, seeing that the Liangshan cavalry had broken the elite army of 20,000 Khitan and Xi people head-on, he was completely subdued by the Liangshan army.

Just listening to the meaning of Lin Chong's words, why does it seem that he still refuses to give up, and continues to attack the main force of the Liao army in front?

He couldn't help but ask, "Is this what the military master wants?" ”

I only heard Lin Chong say lightly: "I am ready to immediately divide my troops to kill Jianzhou." ”

"I wonder how many people the military master brought this time? There are 20,000 tribal troops in Jianzhou ahead, and the Dongxian Shilang has already sent people for eight hundred miles to report to Dading Mansion in an urgent manner......" Zhao Lancheng asked weakly.

"If I don't hide it from you, I'll ride three thousand and one hundred iron horses."

Zhao Lancheng's head exploded when he heard this, and his legs and stomach couldn't help but tremble.

Oh, my God! With only 3,000 people, it is not enough to have already hit Xingzhong Mansion, but it is necessary to continue to raid Jianzhou City, which has been prepared for a long time, a hundred miles ahead!

You must know that there are not only 20,000 tribal troops there, but also tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and tens of thousands of Emperor's forbidden army.

This Liangshan military master, what blood trace Wanli Lin invincible courage is too great!