Brother Richard has been in charge of the army for many years, although today is only a day of siege, but he immediately felt the great changes in the Song army! But Wanyan Zonggan was incredulous, and said disdainfully: "You said that you saw the shadow of our Jurchen army from them, how is this possible?" Our Jurchen army is invincible all over the world, and people call it invincible! And the Han people, that is the most cowardly race in the world! Do you see the shadow of our Jurchen army in them? It's ridiculous! Absurd! ”

Brother Richard frowned and said, "Lord Wanyan, as far as I can see today, this is indeed the case!" But this is just defending the city, if it is really a battle on the plains, the Han people should not be so brave! What the Han people are best at is defending the city! In the past hundred years, our Western Xia has repeatedly gone south, but their ability to defend the city is too high, so they always block us! ”

Wanyan Zonggan laughed and said, "Isn't this it? They're just very good at defending the city! Their real combat power is not as good as you Tanguts, and even more so than our Jurchens! ”

Brother Richard thought about it for a while, nodded immediately, and said, "What Lord Wanyan said is good!" ”

Wanyan Zong said: "How long will it take for you to conquer Yanzhou City?" ”

Brother Richard said: "The Han people are good at defending the city, and they have a lot of troops in the city, I am afraid it will be difficult to take Yanzhou City within a month or two!" ”

Wanyan Zong snorted coldly and said; "Does it take that long?"

Brother Richard said: "I have sent people to inform all parts of Xiazhou and Liangzhou, there are still some garrisons there, and now the garrisons there are also coming towards Yanzhou!" When they arrive, they will definitely be able to break through Yanzhou City in one fell swoop! ”

After Yan Zonggan nodded, he said, "After breaking through Yanzhou, you will immediately go south and attack Guanshan with our Jurchen army!" ”

Richard said: "This is nature! ”

The night has gradually deepened, Wanyan Zonggan has already laid down to rest, and Brother Richard is patrolling the camp! In today's siege battle, he felt that the strength of the Song army had increased greatly, so he always felt that something was wrong in his heart! He was afraid that the Song army would steal the camp in the middle of the night, so he was very serious about his precautions! He personally inspected the barracks and told the soldiers guarding the camp not to slack off!

The rest of the soldiers are already asleep at this moment! They had trekked all the way from Yinchuan to here, and they were already exhausted after a day's battle!

Fortunately, there was no sneaking camp at all this night!

Early the next morning, Richard launched an attack on Yanzhou City again!

More than 300,000 of them attacked the city from all sides, and yet for a whole morning, their men almost never climbed the walls!

Brother Richard frowned, he ordered the army to be withdrawn!

After that, the generals of General Richard all gathered together to discuss the way to attack the city! Some talk about making siege vehicles, some talk about digging tunnels, and the generals came up with all sorts of ideas! Brother Richard listened carefully and said, "Tomorrow, we will use these methods to attack the city!" ”

On this afternoon, the Western Xia army did not continue to attack the city, but rested!

On March 13, when it was dark and Richard had just gotten up, an adjutant general hurried to Richard's side, with an anxious expression on his face!

"What happened?" Seeing the general's expression, Brother Richard immediately asked.

"General, we just got the news that the Song army is making a detour to Tiemen Pass and is launching an attack on Tiemen Pass!" Adjutant said.

"What?" Brother Richard was taken aback!

The Iron Gate Pass is an important pass in the north-south direction of Western Xia! Once the Iron Gate Pass falls, cities all over the north may fall into war! He had already judged that the number of the Song army was about 150,000 people, and he didn't expect that some of the Song army were here to defend the city, and the other part of them would go to Tiemen Pass!

"How many Song troops are there at Tiemen Pass?" Richard said.

"About 50,000 people!" Adjutant said.

"Fifty thousand!" Brother Richard frowned!

"General, we should immediately rescue the Iron Gate!" Adjutant said.

"It's so far from the Iron Gate! And there are only 50,000 people attacking the Iron Gate Pass, and there are 10,000 guards at the Iron Gate Pass, which should be able to protect the place! The most important thing is that 50,000 people went to Tiemen Pass, and Yanzhou should only be guarded by 100,000 Song troops now! I'll just say that the number of Song troops I see these days is limited, so that's the case! We should step up our attack on Yanzhou, first defeat Yanzhou, wipe out all the 100,000 Song troops here, and then go north to rescue Tiemen Pass and eliminate the remaining 50,000 Song troops! Richard said.

"But if the Iron Gate falls down, it will be bad!" Adjutant said.

"Don't be afraid! The Iron Gate Pass has fallen, and the north is also a desert, and only by crossing the desert can you come to those cities in the north! The Song army fought in the territory of our Western Xia, lacked military rations, and it was very difficult to go north! Moreover, the Jurchen and Jiangnan armies of Guanshan have always been eyeing the Song army, and it is impossible for the Song army to stay in our Western Xia territory for a long time! "Brother Richard is worthy of being a general, and he made a decision right away!

The lieutenant nodded, and said no more!

And Brother Richard immediately ordered to continue the siege!

On March 13, a whole day, the siege continued, but the Western Xia army still could not defeat the city wall! Their quality is too different from that of the Song army, and the Song army has been here for more than a month, and they are far superior to the Western Xia army in terms of body and spirit, so the siege effect of the Western Xia army is extremely limited!

On the 14th of March, the Western Xia army actually rested for a day! Originally, Richard wanted to order a large army to attack the city, but the generals thought that the soldiers were tired and should rest! Richard had to stop the siege!

On the morning of March 15, the drums of war had already sounded, and more than 300,000 Tangut people were ready to attack the city again!

At this moment, more than a dozen figures appeared in the distance! I saw more than a dozen people galloping towards here!

As soon as they appeared, someone in the Western Xia army immediately went up to intercept them!

"I am the Wei King Li Renli! Get out of the way! The man on the horse said loudly.

"What? His Royal Highness the King of Wei? The Western Xia soldiers who intercepted were all taken aback at the moment!

It's just that they don't recognize Li Renli either, and someone still stopped Li Renli at the moment! Li Renli took out his gold medal, and these people believed in Li Renli's identity!

"Your Highness, why are you here now?" When the next lieutenant said.

"Take me to Brother Cha quickly!" Li Renli said anxiously.

"The general is now directing the siege! Wait until the general returns, and we will take you to meet him! The lieutenant said.

"The stakes are high, I'm going to see him now!" Li Renli said.

"This ......" the lieutenant hesitated, "At this time, I went to ask to see the general, but I was afraid that the general would punish me and others!" ”

"When is it, you guys are still grinding here! Now take me to Chago now! I have a holy purpose! Li Renli said anxiously.

"Ahh Holy Decree! Hearing this, the lieutenant didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and immediately took Li Renli to see Brother Richard!

Richard was directing the battle, he was on horseback, constantly watching the scene on the city walls! In his opinion, the tenacity of the Han people is incredible! Their Western Xia people have taken a variety of siege methods, but they have all been blocked by the Han Chinese!

"If you want to break Yanzhou City, I'm afraid it will take a long time!" Brother Richard frowned and said secretly.

At this time, the captain walked over from the army with Li Renli!

"General Lee!" After seeing Brother Richard, Li Renli shouted loudly in the back.

Brother Richard turned his head and immediately slashed at Li Renli, and he was stunned at the moment! In his opinion, Li Renli is not a prince at all now, Li Renli is just an ordinary person, the clothes on his body are unusually dirty, his eyes are gloomy, and he is obviously extremely tired! He was very puzzled, he didn't understand why Li Renli appeared here!

"Your Royal Highness King Wei, aren't you in the capital? Why are you here? Richard said.

"General Li, I am here on the orders of His Majesty! Your Majesty has an order to immediately lead the army back to Xingqing Mansion! Li Renli said.

"What?" Brother Richard stayed there all at once! The captain who came with Li Renli before was also stunned! More than a dozen pro-soldiers next to him were also stunned at the moment!

"King Wei, are you kidding?" Brother Richard said coldly.

"This is a personal letter from His Majesty! Come and take a look! There are also letters from the Prime Minister, all for you! Li Renli said.

At that moment, Li Renli took out two letters from his arms and handed them to Brother Richard!

After reading the letter, Richard's face turned pale and said, "How can this be? ”

"The army of the Song Dynasty has come to Xingqing Mansion, and now Xingqing Mansion is shocked three times a day! Your Majesty is at stake! General Li, immediately lead the army back to help! Li Renli said.

After hearing Li Renli's words, the captain and soldiers next to him froze again, and the captain said in disbelief: "Your Highness, what did you say?" Song Jun came to Xingqing Mansion? How can it be? ”

"That's the way it is! Your Majesty orders you to return to the division immediately! Li Renli said.

Brother Richard's face was full of sweat at the moment, he didn't believe in this matter at all! But Xia Chongzong's handwritten letter was in his hand, and he couldn't help but believe it!

"How could Song Jun come to Xingqing Mansion? They have been in Yanzhou City, but some of them have gone to Tiemen Pass! There's no way they could have come to Xingqing Mansion! Richard said.

"General Li, what time is it now, and you are still saying that it is impossible for them to come to Xingqing Mansion? Aren't you ignoring the facts? Your Majesty is in danger, so hurry back to the division! Li Renli said anxiously.

"Could it be that the Song army is marching from Qinfeng Road? But if you march from Qinfeng Road, there are many states and counties along the way, and you will also find them! Could it be that they came to Xingqing Mansion from the desert detour! But even if you go around from the desert, you will be spotted when you cross the border? Richard muttered to himself.

He didn't know that the Song army had gone through countless hardships, first crossing the border from Killing Niuling, and then detouring from the desert to the area of Qingtongguan, only resting for more than an hour every day for more than ten days, and finally killing from Qingtongguan to Xingqing Mansion! They marched lightly all the way, without slacking off any baggage, without carrying any siege weapons, they just came to Xixia with more than ten days of rations and weapons! It was an unusually arduous journey, a journey that no one had ever traveled before, so Richard couldn't have guessed!

"General! Go back to the teacher! Li Renli said anxiously.

"This ......" Brother Richard hesitated now!

They are attacking the city, if they return to the division now, what will happen to Yanzhou and other places?

"Your Majesty has an order, if Brother Richard does not obey the holy decree, I will take over your position as a general and lead the army back to Xingqing Mansion! Rescue Your Majesty! Li Renli gritted his teeth and said.

"I'll collect my troops and lead the army back to Xingqing Mansion!" Richard said.