The negotiations have ended, Zheng Zhi has also begun to prepare to start attacking the city, all the people and horses are preparing, and the method of blowing up the city gate must also be used here, so the army has only prepared a small number of long ladders, and other siege equipment has not been prepared much.

Wei Mingrenming and the head of the city, his face was full of sadness, Li Qianshun's death was unacceptable after all. The name of the Li family, only the name Renming is left, and the entire family was slaughtered by Zheng Zhi, how can he not mourn.

"Dashuai, Your Majesty is dead, the royal family is all dead, Guazhou has become an empty city, many tribes have been slaughtered, and I am the only one left in the last general's family, Dashuai, is our party at the end of the road?" Xiang Liqi opened his mouth and said, as the patriarch of the Xiang Li tribe, the tribe was slaughtered, and there were not many men left who brought it out, how sad.

Wei Ming Renming turned his head to look at Xiang Liqi, and saw that Xiang Liqi's face was sad with a hint of anger, and he only said: "The party has reached the time of life and death, everyone is the same, if this battle is lost, there is no party in the world, how many sons and daughters are under your command, and they are all sent to the city." ”

Wei Ming Renming has a great opinion on Xiang Liqi, if it weren't for Xiang Liqi is the head of the clan, I am afraid that he would have been beheaded a long time ago. He was the one who besieged the city before, and it was he who put Song reinforcements into the city, which made the siege battle unsuccessful.

Obviously, this Xiang Liqi was also angry with Wei Ming Renming, and he also knew in his heart that although he was besieging the city at that time, the reason why the Song reinforcements were able to enter the city was also because Wei Ming Renming had made a mistake in arranging, and he couldn't blame himself alone. He also sent the men of his entire tribe to storm the city, killing and wounding countless people, and now there are only two thousand people left in the tribe, how can he not be angry.

"Dashuai, Your Majesty, why don't you save it? forced His Majesty to be killed by Song Gou, but if you say a soft word and drag it out, then Zheng Zhi will not kill His Majesty immediately. Xiang Liqi was angry in his heart, and he also had some doubts in his heart, and when he asked, he still asked in a tactful way.

As soon as Xiang Liqi's words came out, the generals on the left and right all gathered their eyes, obviously everyone also had questions in their hearts, hoping to hear an answer.

Wei Ming Renming looked left and right, and he didn't know what everyone was thinking, and replied: "The morale of the army is current, if I say soft words to cater to the coercion of the Song people, the morale of the soldiers will be discharged, why defend the city?" ”

"Dashuai, even if you don't say soft words, you can discuss one or two under the pretext, and reply to a tactful letter, why do you throw the holy decree before the battle and answer decisively? The marshal said that he would save His Majesty, why was the royal family killed after a while? What is the rationale for this? "When I asked again, I was already aggressive.

Obviously, Zheng Zhi's previous words in the city played a role, the party and the royal family were dead, and Wei Mingrenming was really the most profitable, not only could he let go of his hands and feet without being coerced, but also could justifiably ascend the throne.

The party item is not as good as the Great Song Dynasty, and the party item has only been established for eighty or ninety years, and there have been countless large and small coups. The founding emperor Li Yuanhao was assassinated by his own son. The second emperor was also almost murdered by a coup d'état, and the third emperor, Li Bingchang, was also imprisoned and died as a result of the coup. When the fourth emperor Li Qianshun was in power, there was also a case of poisoning and killing the Empress Dowager Liang more than 20 years ago. The party has only been the emperor of the four dynasties and the emperor of the four dynasties, and everyone has been accompanied by the palace rebellion, and everyone has experienced a coup d'état.

The coup d'état in Western Xia has been seen from time to time, how can what Wei Ming Renming did not make everyone think about it, not to mention that Zheng Zhi used facts to add fuel and vinegar.

There is no problem in the mind of Wei Mingrenming, but there is a Zheng Zhi who does not play cards according to reason, and now he will not be able to convince people to explain what he thinks, because the facts are in front of him. looked left and right, and replied: "Go to Liqi, it was the Song dog Zheng Zhi who killed His Majesty, and that Zheng Zhi is the enemy of my party, and to avenge His Majesty is to kill Zheng Zhi, why use this matter to question Ben Shuai?" ”

"Dashuai, don't you think in your heart that the party will never die if the Li family dies?" Xiang Liqi has been ignored, the tribe was slaughtered, Erlang 20,000 went on the expedition, and was forced to not save one out of ten by Wei Ming Renming, everything that can be lost has been lost, where is there any scruples.

"Bold! In the future, when life and death are at stake, what is the purpose of you daring to provoke people's hearts here? You are not besieged in front of your head, Ben Shuai spared your life, you are not grateful to Dade, but you still dare to bewitch the public here, but you are eager to die? "Wei Ming Renming is already angry, how can such words be heard, and the great injustice is nothing more than that.

"Dashuai, I am alone, and I will die when I die. At the time of life and death, there are still people who will do whatever it takes to ascend the throne, Lao Er, even if I die, I have to find out why, why this Great Xia died, Guazhou was attacked, and who sent His Royal Highness King Shu to bring only 5,000 men and horses back to help. But he forced me to go into battle and send me to death. If you send me to Lierlang to save Guazhou, how can His Royal Highness King Shu die in battle? Isn't it in the heart of the handsome, and he never thought about saving Guazhou at all? The more he talked, the more excited he became, and the more he talked, the more he felt that he had guessed correctly.

When Wei Ming Renming heard this, he was furious, pulled out a short knife from his waist, stabbed forward, and said in his mouth: "Leave you to Liqi for your life, and regret not being at the beginning." ”

The generals on the left and right saw that Wei Ming Renming drew his sword and stabbed it, and they all stepped forward to stop it, but it was too late, and the short knife had already entered the chest and abdomen of Liqi.

After all, Renming is still too young to be questioned so much that he can't think of any solution. It is also a fact that at present, Wei Ming Renming is also speechless, this kind of thing is mud on the crotch of his pants, not is. It is difficult to explain the innocence of any one person.

As long as someone questions it, it can't be explained. Who told Wei Ming Renming not to send a large army back to aid Guazhou, who called Wei Ming Renming to force the Li tribe to attack the city in anger, who told Wei Ming Renming to refuse Li Qianshun's personal persuasion to surrender before the battle, and who told Wei Ming Renming to personally promise to save the emperor Li Qianshun, and he was right.

Coming from Zheng Zhi leading the troops, Wei Ming Renming made a wrong step and made a wrong step. But it was the fault of being forced to be helpless, since the Song reinforcements entered the city, Wei Ming Renming actually had no room for a turnaround, but Wei Ming Renming had no way to admit defeat, and the price of failure was too great. So that the ending is even more unsuccessful, and everything is developing step by step towards this ending.

"National thief, Wei Ming Renming, Lao Tzu will not let you go if he is a ghost, you are the eternal sinner of the party, under the nine springs, see how you face the ancestors and the ancestors, Lao Tzu died first, and your death is just around the corner. Under the nine springs, Lao Tzu will come to you again and fight hard. Xiang Liqi clutched his chest and slowly fell, but his mouth was shouting, until blood gushed out of his mouth and nose, and then he convulsed on the ground and died.

Wei Ming Renming held a bloody blade, looked around, and said with a fierce face: "This battle is related to the survival of the party, and the death of Your Majesty has nothing to do with me, Wei Ming Renming, it is all done by Zheng Zhi of the Song Dynasty." Whoever dares to talk about this matter again will be killed. If this battle is won, the party item Daxia can survive, and if this battle is defeated, no matter which tribe, there is no way to live. Do you understand? ”

The generals on the left and right lowered their heads one by one, unwilling to make eye contact with Wei Mingrenming, and answered softly in their mouths, scattered, and said a word "understand".

Wei Ming Renming no longer looked left and right, and turned his head to look at the Song Dynasty formation not far away.

The drums have risen, and the Song people's footsteps are arranged neatly, and they are moving forward, even the steps are also staggered.

The black moon crushed the city and wanted to destroy it, and the armor light opened to the sun.

Just now there was still sunshine, and suddenly the goose feathers and heavy snow in the sky began to fall, and it seemed that God could also feel the sorrow of today, and use the heavy snow to pay tribute to the people who are about to die.

Wei Ming Renming had already begun to shout military orders, all the people in the city were mobilized, the things to defend the city were also ready, and the arrows of the feather arrows were polished a few more times, and they were sharper. The bow and crossbow of the party people are not as strong as those of the Song people, and the polishing of the arrow cluster is also to increase more power, which can penetrate the Song step human armor.

Although today's infantry armor is thick, but it is not as good as the Southern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty Yue Fei's infantry armor in the anti-Jin period is more thick, it is to resist the cavalry of the Jin State, the infantry armor at that time, composed of 1,800 iron pieces, the soldiers mostly hold big knives and axes as weapons, and the Jin cavalry has achieved remarkable results. It's just that the vast majority of the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom at that time were not really born Jurchens.

The Song army slowly walked forward, and when it reached the head, it suddenly stopped its pace.

Zheng Zhi was in front of the battle, turned around and shouted: "Gunpowder pack." ”

A team of knights with a hundred and ten people rushed forward, carrying dozens of pounds of gunpowder.

Before approaching the battle array, one hundred and ten people were all accumulating fire, and in the large array behind them, the bed crossbow was also constantly fired, and the arrows on the bed crossbow were also tied to a lot of small gunpowder bags, flying up to the city and exploding.

The party members at the head of the city were also quite heroic, they did not dodge or dodge, and the feather arrows poured down the city, and the ironclad knights who rushed out naturally had a lot of arrows, but they could not stop the pace of the horse's hoof.

The party members at the city gate suffered countless casualties, but there were still stones thrown down the city, knocking down several people one after another.

Although the stone feather arrows continued to pour from above the city gate, the gunpowder bag was stacked at the city gate.

After the fire was lit, everyone retreated, and more than 20 iron armor bodies fell to the ground under the city gate. Attacking the Dangxiang Jiancheng and suppressing the bandits are not the same thing. Stacking a medicine bag is already a matter of daring to die.

There was a loud bang, and black smoke rose.

Zheng Zhi looked forward expectantly, and the city gate was blown apart.

Zheng Zhi had already raised his arms, ready to charge.

When the smoke cleared, Zheng Zhi suddenly shouted: "Stop, don't charge." ”

The scene in front of the head is also the first time Zheng Zhi has seen it, the city gate has been broken, but inside the city gate, it is blocked by yellow and white things.

Yellow is naturally rammed earth, and white is stone.

The party members actually used rammed earth and stones to block the city gate!

The good fighting of the name and benevolence can be seen. After seeing Zheng Zhi's powerful gunpowder bag, he already thought that Zheng Zhi would use the gunpowder bag to blow up the city gate.

It is a thing that blocks the door, and it is also a mixture of rammed earth and stone, and it is not for people to move, nor is it to dig.

Zheng Zhi frowned, thinking about a way to deal with it.

Yang Keshi said: "Xianggong, and it's blowing up, just blow it up a few more times, and it can always blow up." ”

Yang Keshi had seen gunpowder explode the city gate, and it was in Guazhou that the city gate was opened with a loud bang.

Ruda also said: "Brother, blow up his mother again." ”

Luda obviously also knew the benefits of blowing up the city gate, and when he attacked Hangzhou, the city gate was also blocked by all kinds of debris, and it was blown up.

It's just that both of them miscalculated the power of black powder, and the debris blocked the door, which was already loose. Rammed earth and stones block the door, where can it be easily exploded.

I only heard Zheng Zhi say: "The method of blowing up the door is not feasible, the city gate is the thickest, if the door is blocked inside, the distance of more than 20 steps, how to blow it up." ”

The gates were much thicker than the other walls, and there were towers above them. Obviously, the gates of the city could not be blown open.

When Luda heard this, he was not in a hurry, but said: "Brother, since it can't be exploded, then go back and make equipment and storm the city." ”

Zheng Zhi was even more hesitant, this time to attack Lingzhou, obviously not as well prepared as the last time. When Tong Guan led the army, the strength of the whole country was gathered, and the construction of the ladder car was time-consuming and laborious, and there were enough craftsmen with the army at that time, and there was enough food to consume.

Now that Zheng Zhi is attacking Lingzhou again, where can he compare with the full strength of the year, it is too hasty, that is, the food is temporarily requisitioned in Qinfeng and Xihe Lanhuang and other places, which is not very enough, and it will not take much time.

Not to mention skilled craftsmen, even the craftsmen made in Tokyo were transferred by Tong Guan back then, so where did Zheng Zhi temporarily mobilize many craftsmen? The simple long ladder is Zheng Zhi's realistic consideration, but if the long ladder attacks the city, it is human lives to pile up. It is human life to heap, and victory or defeat is also two words.

The city is trapped by beasts, and the battle of trapped beasts is especially crazy, and they sacrifice their lives even more. Even the number of enemy troops in the city is also twice as large as back then, no matter how you analyze and compare, Zheng Zhi can't blow up the city gate now, and the situation he faces is naturally more dangerous and troublesome.

When he was at a loss, it was not realistic to attack the city at this time, Zheng Zhi turned around and waved his hand, and ordered: "Return to the camp." ”

The army slowly retreated.

Wei Ming Renming's heart was relieved, and he looked at Xiang Liqi, who was already dead on the ground, and said: "It's just that you can't fulfill your wishes, and wait underground for a few more decades." ”

The enemy retreated, and the soldiers on the left and right were free at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward to carry the body of Xiang Liqi down the city.

Renming opened his mouth and asked, "How many people are there in the Xiangli Department?" ”

"Dashuai, there are still 2,000 people in Xiangli."

Wei Ming Renming was much more relaxed when he heard this, and the two thousand people were not enough, so he said: "Build a small village in the city and imprison all the remaining people in Xiangli to avoid chaos." ”

Wei Ming Renming ordered that someone should do it. But the generals on the left and right all set their eyes on the outside of the city, because they were afraid that Wei Ming Renming would find the dissatisfaction in his eyes.

At this time, a pro-soldier suddenly seemed to remember something, took a few steps closer, and said with a smile on his face: "Dashuai, now is the time to unite all the tribes to tide over the difficulties together, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and please ask Dashuai to ascend the throne to calm the army's heart." As long as I still have the emperor in Daxia, the country will still be there, and when the soldiers resist the enemy, there will also be a backbone. ”

This pro-soldier is obviously also a general, and at this time, seeing that the Song people retreated without a fight, he was already a little hot-headed, and seemed to think of the matter of congregating the dragon and persuading him to advance. It was at the head of the city that the enemy was retreating. But he also has selfish intentions, that is, this famous Renming ascended the throne and became the emperor, and he also wanted to rise to the top.

What's more, the only person who can inherit the throne in this Great Xia is Wei Ming Renming, and he will ascend the throne early and late. Now the prophetic persuasion, in the hearts of this person, is already the first merit of persuasion, if it is left behind, wouldn't it be plain to give up this first merit to others.

The reason is naturally so, at this time, persuasion is much more justified than Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe, that is, Zhao Gou's accession to the throne in the Southern Song Dynasty is not as good as Wei Mingrenming's justification. Legal principles, principles, and human feelings, it is also a sure thing for Wei Ming Renming to be the emperor. If Li Qianshun still had the opportunity to appoint an heir before his death, it would definitely be a good name.

Wei Ming Renming was surprised when he heard this, looked at this person, and then looked around at the left and right generals, who were all watching the enemy formation from a distance, and at this time all their eyes gathered.

Wei Ming Renming knew what to do in his heart, and hurriedly shouted: "Come on, pull down this demon to behead the people who have deceived the people, how dare you disobey the military order that the commander just gave in front of him, and if he doesn't kill him, how can he obey the public." If there is any more gossip, they will not be spared. ”

"Dashuai, the country can't be without a king for a day, if you don't enter at this time, there will be troubles, the last general will be loyal, and the handsome will spare his life."

Wei Ming Renming also knew the problem in his heart, but he didn't say a word, and watched the soldiers drag this person down the city.

This matter is really embarrassing, it stands to reason that Li Qianshun is dead at this time, and it is the best thing for someone in Lingzhou City to be able to ascend the throne justifiably. As the words say, unity, the heart still has a purpose.

However, Zheng Zhiyu said a few words in the city, and temporarily blocked the road to the throne of Wei Mingrenming. It is impossible for Renming to ascend the throne in this Lingzhou City. Then the Western Xia Kingdom, which has no emperor, seems to be extinct. The country has died, everyone in Lingzhou City is sad, and many tribes were slaughtered by Zheng Zhi, and the morale of the soldiers in the city will only get lower and lower under the butcher's knife.

There are also some hidden dangers, if someone kills Renming Weiming, or Renming Renming unfortunately dies in battle. There is no morale in the city at all, and there may be a storm of struggle for power and profit immediately, and the people's hearts have been like this since ancient times. As long as it is not the end of death, there is still a fight.

Now that the Song people have retreated without a fight, it is obvious that the Song people do not have the confidence to capture the city, as long as the city can be defended, then everything is possible. This is also the reason why this person opened his mouth to persuade him.

Zheng Zhi naturally didn't know about the things in the city, and Zheng Zhi could only wait and see if the seeds he planted could take root and sprout, but he couldn't use this as a way to win.

The siege of the city must continue.

In the big tent, everyone is at a loss. The camp has begun to build a long ladder, and in any case, this long ladder must be prepared a lot, and it is also a strategy for the next step. It is also an unpredictable strategy.

The people deliberated for a long time, but there was no decision. Zhe Keqiu opened his mouth and said: "Zheng Xianggong, since you can't, you can only attack, the party has no armor, our army has armor, and the chance of victory is quite large." ”

Yang Keshi also said: "The prince of the fold is right, as long as this city can be broken, no matter how many casualties are worth it, if you destroy the name of Renming, there will be no war in the northwest in the future, and it is worth fighting with all the dead and wounded." ”

Zheng Zhi waved his hand and said: "Now the Western Army is not as good as before, you see the men in the army, the old and the old, thin and thin, have been unarmoured for a few years, and they are no longer the same strong army as they were at the beginning. ”

Liu Zhengyan heard this, and continued: "Xianggong, the children of my Liu family can be the vanguard, and there are 800 personal soldiers under his command, all of whom are like wolves and tigers. ”

Zheng Zhi looked at Liu Zhengyan, Liu Zhengyan's fist, Zheng Zhi naturally felt it, but he still shook his head, and replied: "I'm not afraid of fighting to the death, I'm afraid that death won't work, and death in vain shouldn't be." ”

Zheng Zhi looked at Wu Yong in the corner with his eyes.

Wu didn't have a plan in his heart, so he had to speak: "Xianggong, the city gate is difficult to break, and the only way to attack the city wall is to attack." When Liu Lao Xianggong left Lingzhou, he demolished a section of the city wall, and now the new wall built by the party is much lower, and it is mostly built with rammed earth, which can be used as a breakthrough. ”

This is also the basic strategy that Wu Yong can think of, attacking the city wall, it is inevitable to attack the section that the party members hastily built.

When Zheng Zhi heard this, his face was slightly gloomy, but his heart flashed with inspiration, as if he remembered something, and immediately said: "Dig a tunnel, the earthen wall is not firm, and it will inevitably collapse into a slope if it is blown up, and you can enter the city." ”

When everyone heard this, they were all in high spirits, and this kind of strategy was the first time in the Great Song Dynasty. In later generations, Zheng Zhi seems to have heard a lot, but he didn't think about it for a while, and the tactics of blowing up the city wall are not once or twice in modern history.

"Good strategy, Zheng Xianggong's method is very good, and it can work wonders." Zhe Keqiu was overjoyed when he heard this, everyone discussed it for so long, but it was Zheng Zhi who had a strange plan.

For Zheng Zhi, it is naturally not a trick, but a reference. Most of the people in this era have not thought much about the flexibility of the use of gunpowder, and Zheng Zhi is naturally clear.

"Quickly call all the generals, the method of excavation, there are also calculations, and one is properly arranged." Zheng Zhi thought of the method of digging tunnels, and also remembered the many exquisiteness of tunnel operations.

Digging tunnels is not a far drill, it has been digging underground. This method to dig forward, then I don't know how long to dig, one-way tunnel, the oxygen supply in the tunnel is also a big problem, there is no fan available in this era, digging a few hundred meters of long tunnel, there will be problems. It's hard to transport dirt out. Even if the digging is successful, the gunpowder ignition retreat is a big problem, and even if the fire is ignited with a fire twist of several hundred meters, the speed of a person cannot outrun the fire twist. The explosion of the tunnel and the huge vibration will inevitably lead to the collapse of the simple tunnel everywhere, and I am afraid that there will be countless casualties.

The scientific method is to dig an open-air tunnel first, and dig forward in a zigzag shape, so that the soldiers are in the tunnel, and it is difficult for the enemy's arrows to shoot the people hiding in the tunnel. It is not until the tunnel has been excavated until it can no longer be approached that the tunnel will be dug again, so that all the problems are solved in the tunnel of several tens of meters at most.

Zheng Zhi kept drawing the zigzag pattern on the paper, and explained again where the tunnel is and where to start digging the tunnel underground, which should be properly arranged.

After that, Zheng Zhi stretched his waist and felt relaxed all over.