There is Zhao Junxi's request, and Shen Yun can only comply.

The next day, the cool morning breeze blew the faint dawn, Shen Yun and Zhao Junxi sat in a carriage, ordered the city guards to open the city gate, and threw it all the way to the northeast.

For the road to Dashun City, Shen Yun is very familiar. After all, for the sake of safety, everyone took Huachi County, passed through Liyuan Fort and then arrived at Dashun City. Even the army in Zhao Junxi's mouth is now stationed in Liyuan Fort.

On the one hand, to wait for them, and on the other hand, to prevent the situation from deteriorating, the Tanguts invaded all the way south.

When Zhao Junxi and Shen Yun arrived here, Shen Yun met an acquaintance again - You Shaohua, the county governor of Huachi.

The deterioration of the border situation made it necessary for the magistrate to take the people of the county and station it here with the army. At the same time, the grain and grass of the army were also transported by him. When Shen Yun saw him, he was rushing over from the granary. After hurriedly saluting Zhao Junxi, You Shaohua nodded at Shen Yun very kindly.

"You Zhi County, do you know what the current situation is in Dashun City?" Zhao Junxi was under the emperor's order, so he naturally wanted to know something.

You Shaohua bowed and bowed: "It is good to teach Zhao Shilang to know that the Xixia soldiers and horses under Dashun City, thinking that it is because of the lack of food and grass, have now withdrawn half, and only 6,000 people surround Dashun City." The grain and grass in the city have been transported by many parties, and they can still support it for a while, but the Xixia people have tentatively attacked the city for several days, and it has cost a lot of defending the city. If you don't send reinforcements, I'm afraid that before the grain and grass are exhausted, the city will be broken by the Tanguts. ”

Zhao Junxi listened carefully to You Shaohua's report, for fear of missing a word.

After a long time, Zhao Junxi nodded: "Since this is the case, then I will order the soldiers and horses to attack the Western Xia people as soon as possible." According to the experience of dealing with the Tangut people in previous years, if these people are not beaten, I am afraid that they will still raise troops to attack. ”

Shen Yun strongly agreed with these words.

If the Western Xia people attacked Dashun City, and the Great Song Dynasty negotiated peace with these people, the price paid was far more than that.

However, there is actually a better way to solve the siege of Dashun City this time.

"Zhao Shilang, in fact, to rescue Dashun City, we may not need to attack it." Shen Yun's words attracted Zhao Junxi's sideways: "I don't know what Shen Zhixian has a clever plan, why don't you say it and let me wait for a detailed look." ”

Shen Yun smiled: "Actually, it's not a good plan, it's just picking up people's teeth." Just now I heard You Zhixian say that the withdrawal of the Tangut people was also because of the grain and grass problem, so I concluded that the deception village, which is now the bridgehead of the Tangut people, must not have much grain. In this case, why don't we send hundreds of people to hide between the village and the city of Dashun, and cut off their grain routes. Then another 2,000 men were sent to make a posture of attack. ”

"Imagine that the soldiers and horses besieging Dashun City have no food and grass, and if they are intimidated by us like this, where can they still have the heart to fight with us. In this way, their fighting spirit was disintegrated, and then in front of them, they agreed with Yao Ji to attack inside and outside, how dare the Tangut people fight. ”

The strategy of exhausting the soldiers, coupled with the bluff, Shen Yun's short words made Zhao Junxi look sideways.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect Shen Zhixian to be familiar with the art of war. At this moment, even if someone says that you burned all the 5,000 Xixia soldiers and horses, this official is willing to believe it. Zhao Junxi laughed a few times, and by the way, he didn't know whether it was a praise or a warning, and said this to Shen Yun.

Then Zhao Junxi sent someone to inform the generals stationed in Liyuan Fort and asked them to do as instructed.

After chatting with Shen Yun and You Shaohua for a few more words, Zhao Junxi went back to the arranged room with the attendants to rest. The car and horses are tired all the way, and it is false to say that they are not tired. Even Shen Yun, a young man, seemed to be a little sleepy.

But now that I met You Shaohua, I had to chat a few words.

"Brother Shen's feat made the people of Qingzhou a lot happy. On that day, when he heard that thunder and fire fell from the sky and burned the soldiers and horses of Western Xia, You couldn't help but burst into tears. Over the years, I have only seen the Tangut people slaughtering our people, and I have never seen their beasts slaughtered. ”

When You Shaohua said this, his expression was extremely excited.

When he first served as the magistrate, he was just in time for the imperial court to negotiate peace with the Western Xia people. The place of the peace meeting is in this Liyuan Fort. At the beginning, the arrogant attitude of those Western Xia people didn't even take him seriously, and even openly yelled at the envoys sent by the court.

That kind of aggrieved mood is still vivid in You Shaohua's mind.

Shen Yun smiled: "Heaven is evil, it is forgivable, self-inflicted, you can't live." The people of Western Xia have always been ferocious, and when the thunderbolt suddenly broke out, Shen watched from the city. It was a terrible situation. I just hate that there are no more Xixia soldiers and horses watching, otherwise I can let them know that my Great Song Tianwei is mighty, and I will not allow him to wait for ghosts to wreak havoc. ”

"What Brother Shen said is very true. I only hated that You Mou was not present and missed this relieving scene. It's just that I later heard that Brother Shen was condemned by Li Zhizhou, but why? You Shaohua actually knew the inside story for a long time, but Shen Yun still tried his best to show concern in person.

Shen Yun smiled: "Without him, it was because of that thunderbolt that caused the current situation." Li Zhizhou only thinks it is my plan. That's it, don't talk about it. As long as the siege of Dashun City is lifted, our Zhao Shilang will naturally find out the reason, and then he will be able to return my innocence. ”

"That's just as well."

After chatting a few words, You Shaohua found that Shen Yun was also a little tired, so he said goodbye very interestingly.

After sleeping beautifully, after waking up, Shen Yun came to Zhao Junxi again, just in time for Zhao Junxi's soldiers who were returning from the direction of Dashun City.

Shen Yun was about to retreat, but he didn't want Zhao Junxi to smile and stop Shen Yun: "Shen Zhixian, come and listen." Hahaha, your strategy is really tight, the soldiers and horses sent out yesterday just caught up with the grain transportation team in Western Xia. In a battle, although hundreds of people were killed and wounded, they also succeeded in burning the grain and grass of the Tangut people. ”

"As for the Xixia people under Dashun City, they also got the news at this time, and depending on their situation, the food will support another half a day at most. By the evening of this day, you will be able to feign an attack from the inside out, as you say. Shen Zhixian, are you interested, go with this official to have a look? ”

Although Zhao Junxi was discussing, Shen Yun also knew that this matter must not be refused.

Shen Yun nodded and didn't say anything more. And Zhao Junxi got the desired result, and looked at Shen Yun and nodded.

Soon after the two met, Zhao Junxi took Shen Yun, escorted by the former soldiers, and went straight to the direction of Dashun City.

Because he was just going to see the retreat of the Tanguts, not rushing to the battle, he didn't go very fast along the way. Zhao Junxi didn't seem to put his mind on this feint attack with a very tense atmosphere, chatting with Shen Yun all the way, and even told many stories about officials in Gyeongju.

In Shen Yun's eyes, this Zhao Junxi is becoming more and more unpredictable.

However, it didn't matter, anyway, Shen Yun believed that no one in this world would explain the principle of his extermination of the Western Xia people clearly. Since the explanation is not clear, it is to blame the heavens. The heavens and the earth are big, and so is the emperor. Zhao Ji estimated that he would like to use this to establish the prestige of his Son of Heaven, if he could let Shen Yun stop such a big thing on himself.

Twilight arrived.

Just like Shen Yun and his party, they came with twilight as promised.

Dashun City has been attacked by the Tangut people several times these days, and the smoky colors on the city wall are so dark under the reflection of the setting sun. Shen Yun was accompanying Zhao Junxi at this time, standing on the top of a mound, looking at the distribution of the three forces of soldiers and horses in the distance.

The soldiers who are waiting for the battle in Dashun City are considered a share, but this one is only vaguely seen under the city gate. And the scattered tents of the Tangut people are another one, and half an hour has passed since Shen Yun came up, but there is no smoke rising from the station of the Tangut people.

Obviously, the soldier came to say that the food cut was successful, and there was no half-falsehood.

The third remaining force is a forbidden army of 2,000 men. The red military uniform was like blood in the afterglow of the setting sun, and it could turn into an overwhelming wave at any time in the evening breeze and hit the military camp of the Tangut people.

Zhao Junxi looked at all this, nodded with satisfaction, and motioned to the soldiers behind him to blow the horn. Even if it's a bluff, make some gestures. Zhao Junxi really wanted to take advantage of this to order the soldiers and horses belonging to the Great Song Dynasty to gradually approach the Western Xia barracks.