Zheng Zhi led the army to the north, and only after going north did he go west. Along the Karo River.

The party members besieged the new city for many days, but they no longer attacked as they did in front of their heads, but attacked and disturbed them in the middle of the night.

Today, the troops began to gather again, and they were already preparing to attack again.

Liu Zhengyan followed his father Liu Fa to the city again and began to watch the party battle from afar.

Liu Fa looked left and right, although he saw that some ordnance appeared in front of the party array, he didn't care, so he didn't make other arrangements. The party's siege equipment, Liu Fa saw too much in Pingxia, and naturally he didn't pay attention to these in front of him.

Liu Zhengyan also watched it for a while in the back, words and deeds are nothing more than that, most of the children of the Northwest Army generals are like this, since they were young, they have been going into battle with their elders, listening more, learning more, and seeing more, so that they can be passed down from generation to generation.

Liu Zhengyan suddenly seemed to remember something, raised his hand to beckon his own soldiers, and whispered a few words.

A few of his own soldiers went down to the city, and it didn't take long for a person to come up.

Liu Fa looked back, but he knew each other, and asked, "Why did you tie up this Lingzhou prefect?" ”

"Father, this guy is no longer the prefect of Lingzhou, he is the deputy envoy of the Lingzhou regiment... Oh.. Wrong wrong.. This guy should be the head of the five products under the imperial history stage. Liu Zhengyan replied.

Liu Fa asked again: "They are all Beijing officials, why did they still enter the city?" ”

Liu Zhengyan wanted to talk about this matter in private, but when he heard his father ask again, he had to take two steps forward and whispered in his ear: "Father, when Zheng Xianggong was leaving, he confessed that he would let this guy die here, and he was not allowed to teach him to go back to Tokyo. ”

When Liu Fa heard this, he also asked in a low voice: "Why did Zheng Zhi kill such a Beijing official?" ”

"Father, this person is the prefect of Lingzhou, and he knows that Lingzhou is going to war, but he has never returned to Tokyo. was demoted to the deputy envoy of the Lingzhou regiment and escorted back. Somehow, he became an official under the imperial history stage, and Zheng Xianggong wanted to kill him, just because of the matter of clearing the wilderness, it was this guy who went to Tokyo. Zheng Xianggong is a kind of Xianggong, how can he still tolerate this guy. Liu Zhengyan explained, that is, he also wanted Xu Shida to die here, and some things were too angry.

When Liu Fa heard this, he frowned, turned around to look at Xu Shida a few times, and said, "Loosen the tie for Xu Xianggong." ”

It was Liu Fadu who called Xu Shida a prince, obviously despising it in his heart, and his words were also sarcastic. For a well-informed old man like Liu Fa, needless to say, he can guess why Xu Shida can be transferred back to Tokyo, and he must have stepped on the Planter Road and climbed up.

Xu Shida loosened the rope tie, went to the mouth of the cloth, and spread his numb body to the ground, but he hurriedly said: "Liu Xianggong, Xia Guan was supposed to take office in Tokyo, but he was held hostage so far, and he asked Xiang Gong to send someone to send Xia Guan out of the city and back to Beijing." The lower officials were grateful, and they tied the grass to repay the great kindness of the minister. ”

Liu Fa nodded and said: "Xu Xianggong is unlucky, the Tokyo edict has arrived, but Xu Xianggong was besieged by the party and was not allowed to take office." At this time, there is no hope of breaking through, so why not ask Xu Xianggong to hold on to the city for a few days, wait for the party to retreat, and then return to Beijing to face the saint. ”

When Liu Zhengyan heard this, he smiled and said busily: "Come on, bring some blades to Xu Xianggong, Xu Xianggong is the most heroic, kill more enemies this time, and return to Tokyo to receive another reward." ”

A military man next to him directly picked up a party weapon from the ground and threw it in front of Xu Shida.

Xu Shida was already crying, in Xu Shida's heart, Liu Fa is obviously not better than Zheng Zhi, and Liu Fa's status is much higher than Zheng Zhi. Seeing that Liu Fa wanted to let himself go into battle to kill the enemy, Xu Shida was already trembling, and hurriedly said: "Liu Xianggong spares his life, the lower officials have no power to restrain the chicken, how can they go into battle to kill the enemy, and please let the Xianggong put down the official and return to Beijing, great kindness, toothless and unforgettable." ”

Liu Fazheng was about to turn around and go down to the city, but when he heard Xu Shida's words, he didn't look back, but said: "Take a hanging basket and let Xu Xianggong go out of the city and return to Beijing." ”

After speaking, Liu Fa had already walked to the stairs, holding on to the wall and slowly descending the city.

Xu Shida was about to chase Liu Fa, and wanted to say a few more words begging for mercy, but at this time Xu Shida already knew in his heart that he could only beg for mercy.

Where can Liu Zhengyan let Xu Shida pass, he will kick when he raises his leg. kicked Xu Shida a few steps away, and scolded: "Do you want to use a hanging basket to go out of the city, or defend against the enemy at the head of the city?" ”

Xu Shida couldn't see the countless party soldiers gathered outside the city, and immediately replied: "If the officials don't go out of the city, just in the city, and ask Xiao Liu Xianggong to put down the officials and take refuge in the city." ”

When the generals on the left and right heard this, they all frowned. It was this evasion that had already touched the anger of the public.

Where did Liu Zhengyan manage so much, tightened his armor, and replied: "Pick up the blade and stand in the front row, Lao Tzu is all at the head of the city, what do you do when you go down." ”

When Xu Shida heard this, he immediately collapsed to the ground, and between his legs, there seemed to be liquid coming out.

Several generals had long been unable to see it, so they stepped forward and carried Xu Shida in front of the battlement, and stuffed a blade into his hand.

At this time, the drums were beating, and the party members had already begun to attack.

In a few moments, the rain of arrows struck. Xu Shida, who was paralyzed, followed Liu Zhengyan to hide behind the battlement, where did he dare to get up.

When the party began to attack the city, Liu Zhengyan dragged Xu Shida up, and the party arrows were still shooting upwards, and Xu Shida, who had no armor, had already been hit by several arrows and had been thrown aside by Liu Zhengyan.

Liu Zhengyan didn't even look at it, just picked up the bow and crossbow and kept shooting back at the city. probably just thought in his heart that Zheng Xiang's affairs were in order, or this guy should be damned.

It is 200 miles southwest of Liangzhou in Western Xia and northeast of the Qilian Mountains. There are snow-capped mountains in the southwest here, there are grasslands in the north, there are desert Gobi in the west, there are oases in it, and the oasis in the west is the Xixia Gansu Military Division, also known as Ganzhou, and Ganzhou is the Zhangye of later generations.

A scout reported: "Xianggong, there is a party tribe in the first twenty miles." ”

"How many?" Zheng Zhi had already stopped his horse and asked.

"A large tribe of about 5,000 people, most of them are old and weak, women and children, and strong men are rare."

Zheng Zhi pulled the reins, waved his arm forward, and said, "Kill it directly." ”

More than 3,000 horsemen galloped forward.

This is not the first time that Zheng Zhi has rushed into the Dangxiang tribe, let alone the first time that he has gone on a killing spree in the Dangxiang tribe.

It's just that this time the party members no longer have the good luck of the Mibao tribe. Zheng Zhi could not take away these prisoners of war slaves. Naturally, the butcher's knife can't be stopped.

At the beginning, outside Lingzhou City, the method of attacking people was proposed by Zheng Zhi, and the easiest way to attack people was to kill.

It is still a walled wall like a farmland fence, and the horse's hooves are speeding in.

The tragic situation is beyond anyone's sight. These soldiers under Zheng Zhi are really like iron stones. Man and beast seem to be in between this thought. Regardless of whether it is praised or disadvantaged, this kind of military man is probably what Zheng Zhi needs.

A child of a few years old, looking at the iron hooves rushing over, was stunned and couldn't dodge. Under the hooves of countless horses, where can you still see the appearance of a human being.

A few strong men, holding blades, but they can't hurt the iron armor right away, so they can't afford to fall to the ground.

The crying and wailing lasted for a very short time.

In less than half an hour, the camp was already on fire.

Zheng Zhi had already left the camp and rushed west.

Even if the nomads kill each other, it is not so far, although they will kill all the men who are above the wheel, but they will leave more women and children to strengthen themselves.

Zheng Zhi is everywhere, but he kills both the old and the weak. Probably just to keep his whereabouts from being leaked, the Western Xia Emperor still stayed in Guazhou and waited for his arrival.

The healthy horses in the village were all taken away by Zheng Zhi. In this way, even if someone escapes, the leaked news is not as fast as Zheng Zhi's two-horse gallop.

There are party items along the road, Zheng Zhi's methods are extremely ferocious, and there is no way to encircle, only to quickly jump through the horse and sweep away with the butcher's knife. Continue to gallop with the healthy horse, without dragging the mud and water.

The city of Ganzhou is not big, and there are mostly party nobles in the city, as well as Tubo people, Hui people, and very few Han people.

The army rushed and was so shocked that the gates of Ganzhou were closed.

Zheng Zhi was stationed in front of Ma Cheng, but his brows were furrowed, and he turned around and asked, "How much gunpowder is there?" ”

"Xianggong, more than 100 catties."

Zheng Zhi was even more worried, if he couldn't enter the city quickly, this city would not be able to be attacked, although it was only a rammed earth wall of more than two zhang. For Zheng Zhi at this time, it is not worth attacking with the lives of his subordinates, and he is even more afraid that the people in the city will go out to ask for help, as long as he asks for help, the news will naturally leak.

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he hit the horse and left, and shouted in his mouth: "Spare it." ”

Obviously, there are no troops in the city who can come out to fight Zheng Zhi.

Yang Keshi hit the horse to keep up with Zheng Zhi and said: "Zheng Xianggong, I am afraid that I will leak the news if I spare the past like this." ”

Zheng Zhi turned around and replied: "Let's go forward, go out for ten miles, put a hundred horsemen to ambush beside the avenue, intercept all the party members going west, and then set off to chase the army in two days." ”

When Yang Keshi heard this, he nodded and said: "Xianggong This method is very good, that's it, there is no need to attack the party city, just slaughter the tribe." ”

After Zheng Zhi passed Ganzhou, the city of Ganzhou naturally immediately sent people to the west to report the news. But two or three days later, a lot of news was received in the city of Ganzhou, all the way east to Liangzhou, five or six party tribes were slaughtered, and only a few people escaped the net.

Liangzhou has already sent the news straight to Lingzhou.

Until Zheng Zhi was about to enter Suzhou (Jiuquan), Shu Wang Renli in Lingzhou City went straight to the front line with this news.

As soon as Shu Wang Renli and Wei Ming Renming met, he said hurriedly: "Renming, quickly lead the troops back to help, the Song people are on the way to Xijing, and Xijing is in danger." ”

Wei Ming Renming was confused when he heard it, and said: "Where do the Song people still have the troops to go to Xijing?" ”

"Renming, I don't know where the Song soldiers came from, but Liangzhou came to report, there is a team of Song cavalry slaughtered several tribes in Liangzhou, all the way to the west." Renli said anxiously.

Wei Ming Renming's heart suddenly tightened, his expression was also a little panicked, and he said: "Zheng Zhi, it's Zheng Zhi, the Song dog, it's him who went to Xijing." ”

Wei Ming Renming naturally guessed that there was only Liu Fa and Zhe in front of him, but Zheng Zhi, who ran away, was nowhere to be found.