The raid on the village ended in victory.

Although in the end, Li Bao'er's counterattack with the gathering of troops resulted in the death of 400 men under Li Xin's command, the purpose of the war had been achieved, and the overjoyed Li Xin sent people to Dashun City and Gyeongju Prefecture to deliver the good news.

Li Guifu was naturally extremely happy, because since then, he has nothing to do with the Kuang family's case. However, in the public hall of Dashun City, Shen Yun held the battle report in his hand, but he did not have any joyful smile. Feeling depressed, he decided to go out for a walk.

Caught in the jubilant streets of Dashun City, Jiang Ji followed Shen Yun step by step. He could feel the sorrow in Shen Yun's frowning brows, and finally, after walking through a street, Jiang Ji couldn't help but ask: "County Zun, break through the Fraud Village, this is our only victory against Western Xia in the past few years, how do you see County Zun with worry on his face?" ”

Hearing Jiang Ji's inquiry, Shen Yun was stunned. I didn't expect my emotions to be so obvious. Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, he turned to look at Jiang Ji with a bit of seriousness on his face: "Captain Jiang, are you ready for the big battle?" ”

Shen Yun suddenly asked, which caught Jiang Ji off guard. This was a very serious question, Jiang Ji was stunned, and then replied in a voice that even he was not sure about: "It should be, it's done." ”

Hearing this answer, Shen Yun shook his head. Sure enough, this is not the team that will win the battle in the future. Even a border lieutenant like Jiang Ji was never ready for war, so what about the soldiers below?

A chill rose from behind Shen Yun, and was immediately forcibly pressed down by Shen Yun. Looking at the soldiers and people who were still jubilant, Shen Yun's face became more and more solemn: "Jiang Ji, from today onwards, order the soldiers in the city to prepare for a big battle. The stones and wood oil prepared earlier are not enough, you send someone to find some more. ”

"County Zun, you don't need to be so excited. Thinking that Li Zhizhou told the imperial court the good news of the capture of the village, the imperial court would definitely send a large army to defend it. Jiang Ji, who was trying to persuade Shen Yun to give up this plan, suddenly saw Shen Yun shake his head.

Jiang Ji, who stopped speaking, looked at Shen Yun, but heard a fact that made his heart feel empty: "Do you think that Li Guifu will submit the battle report to the Shuai Division of Shaanxi Road, and the Shuai Si will then submit it to the court, is it enough for the Xixia people to fight our Dashun City?" “

The answer is yes.

Unlike the border armies of the Great Song Dynasty, the Shanzhen army of the Tangut people had the right to fight on a small scale at their own discretion. When he arrived at the Jianing Military Division, he could decide on a large-scale invasion of the Great Song Dynasty. The news of the breach of the village can be transmitted to the Jianing Military Division in two days at most, which is only enough time for the Shaanxi Road Shuai Division to receive the Tang report.

A fear rose in Jiang Ji's heart.

couldn't help swallowing and spitting, moistening his throat that was dry from rapid breathing, and then asked in a strange tone: "County Zun, then what should we do?" ”

Thinking of the dislike between himself and Li Guifu, Shen Yun shook his head: "What else can I do, there is only one way to defend it."

Hurriedly returning to the public office, Shen Yun thanked a letter.

This was written to Li Xin, in which he informed him of his worries in detail, and at the same time asked Li Xin to divide the 5,000 men and horses who occupied the village to defend Dashun City, and at the same time send some men to ensure that the grain route from Dashun City to the village was unimpeded.

In these years, the Western Xia people fought against the Great Song Dynasty, and they also learned to be cunning. The use of iron harriers to charge was a matter on the frontal battlefield, and looting military rations to block the grain routes, and even encircling points to help Wei and rescue Zhao, these methods were widely used in Western Xia's foreign military wars after Zhang Yuan's group of literati.

It's just that when Li Xin received Shen Yun's letter, he sat in the village and rushed to the general below with the letter and said: "This Shen Yun is still a literati who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Hahaha, the reason is good, saying that Dashun City and the village are horns of each other. “

Throwing the letter aside with disdain, Li Xin shook his head: "Let's lay down the deceitful village, those fans of Western Xia will definitely attack us with all their strength." Li Zhizhou also did not order us to evacuate, if we divide the troops at this time, when the army of the Western Xia people comes, I am afraid that we will all fold in. ”

In the end, these days to escort the grain and grass so that Chong Yong and Shen Yun have formed a little friendship, at this time Chong Yong stood up and said to Li Xin: "But Zhan Zhi, if the Xixia people really turn around and attack Dashun City, then what should we do?" Once Dashun City falls, Shen Zhixian's life will be over. ”

"I have my own plans for this matter, and I will be imprisoned, and you will step down." Li Xin didn't know that Shen Yun and Chong Yong had a little friendship, but in the face of merit and orders, Li Xin still chose to refuse Shen Yun's request: "Our strategy of attacking the village was granted by Li Zhizhou, so naturally we must strictly abide by his orders." We are not qualified to transfer troops without authorization, and Shen Yun is not qualified to order us. Let him be as he is. ”

The letters came and went, but it took most of the day. When night fell again, Shen Yun received a reply from Li Xin. At this moment, he knew that he had fallen into a dead end set by Li Gyufu. Defending Dashun City is a dead end; Abandoning the city and fleeing is also a dead end.

How to reverse the deadlock and bring the dead back to life is a problem that Shen Yun urgently needs to solve.

The next day, a notice written by Shen Yun was suddenly posted in Dashun City, and the servants read it to the people next to the street: "From today on, all the people in Dashun City need to scatter two catties of carbon chips and a bucket of wood chips per person two hundred steps away from the north gate of Dashun City. At the same time, each family needs to prepare ten catties of refined flour, and the grain used is supplemented by the government. “

And when sprinkling carbon chips, wood chips, and sifting flour, it is strictly forbidden to have any open flames.

Such a strange order made the people of Dashun City stunned for a while, but after all, it was recruited by the government, and they did not have any right to object, so they could only listen to what Shen Yun said, go outside the city to cut wood and make charcoal, and then sprinkle these charcoal and sawdust outside the city with regret.

Jiang Ji was very puzzled by this, but Shen Yun had always made him scratch his head when doing things. And since Shen Yun said that the Western Xia people were likely to attack Dashun City on a large scale, Jiang Ji began to take his soldiers to prepare all the things needed to defend the city, where did he still have the heart to ask about this.

Different from the situation of the village and Dashun City, in the county seat of Anhua, the county government and the government government also fell into celebration.

Li Guifu was very happy, and when he got Li Xin's battle report, he began to report to the imperial court. After all, the deception village was defeated, but the next garrison still needed troops. Before, Li Xin led all the soldiers and horses he could mobilize in Gyeongju, and if he was trapped in the village, then in case the Western Xia launched a war, he would have no available troops under his hands.

What's more, Li Guifu has the two main purposes of clearing suspicion and obtaining meritorious service, if he doesn't let the court know that he has done such a happy thing at this time, then his decades of officialdom will be in vain.

Li Guifu was happy about this, but Jin Changling was happy about Shen Yun's next situation.

Being a county magistrate is a very interesting thing, although now he is only acting as the magistrate, but Jin Changling is still happy to do it.

Like Shen Yun, when he heard that the village was snatched back, Jin Changling knew that the border was about to start to be restless again. The strategic significance of the village is very important to the Tangut people, which is a nail inserted into Gyeongju by the Tangut. As long as this nail is there, the Tanguts can closely monitor all military affairs in Gyeongju.

And they were able to drive this nail into Gyeongju.

Such an important place was pulled out, how could the Tangut people give up.

In the back office, Jin Changling had wine and food on the table, and Xu Songpu sat opposite each other. After drinking a few glasses of water and wine, the cool feeling seemed to drive away the heat in an instant.

Jin Changling, who was full of joy, laughed and said to Xu Songpu: "This time, our Shen Zhixian is only afraid that we will be awarded by the imperial court." I didn't expect that Li Zhizhou's revenge would come so quickly. And as soon as he made a move, it actually became this kind of death-defying situation. Speaking of which, the battle we had with Shen Yun before was really like child's play. ”

If you want to talk about the contradiction with Shen Yun, Xu Songpu is more direct than Jin Changling, and when he heard Jin Changling's words at this time, he nodded proudly: "I'll just say, who does he think he is, and he dares to contradict Fuzun in public." It's okay now, either he will be ruined, or he will die in the country, anyway, no matter which one he is, he Shen Yun will have to give his life in the end. Hehe, when the time comes, I'm afraid that Jin County will be the county magistrate, and it will be logical. ”

"If that's the case, I'm afraid that County Lieutenant Xu will also be able to move his seat."

The two looked at each other and smiled, then raised their glasses and said in unison: "Come, toast for our Shen Zhixian." ”

Just when Dashun City was hurriedly preparing for the battle, the village had already fallen into the siege of the Western Xia people.

Li Xin never thought that the counterattack of the Tangut people would come so quickly. Before he even received Li Guifu's next order, he was surrounded by nearly 10,000 people under the mountain.

That's right, exactly ten thousand. The reason why the Tangut people moved so quickly was entirely because the Jianing Military Division had already prepared to attack Dashun City. The role of this deceitful village is the same as that of Dashun City to Li Xin, which is a place to rest before the war. It's just that as soon as the Tangut people arrived at the foot of the mountain, they found that the village had been captured by the Song people, and they surrounded it at that time.

When the scouts returned the number of Western Xia people, Li Xin couldn't help but start shaking his hands.

Looking at the panic of the generals and colonels in the hall, Li Xin suddenly felt a burst of regret. If you had captured the village at that time, and then retreated for twenty miles, you would not have ended up in today's field. Now that the cottage is besieged and the grain road is interrupted, the military rations in the village can only last for four days to save some food.

Li Xin knew that for today's plan, there was only one way to break through. It's just that after breaking through, I'm afraid of heavy losses, and I don't know how Li Guifu will punish himself. But at least, you should be able to survive. Li Xin thought so, gritted his teeth, and said to the generals: "Break through." “