Renming has retreated, the heavy snow has arrived, the city is as strong as iron, what can you do if you don't retreat?

The siege was originally a war of attrition, but now the enemy is consuming more and more, and so on.

The fault was only that Wei Ming Renming and Shu Wang Renli wanted to kill Zheng Zhi too much, and when they heard that Zheng Zhi was coming, they immediately poured out. If Wei Ming Renming hadn't been so anxious to go with the army, this city would not have lasted three or five days.

Zheng Zhi has more than 10,000 men and horses, and more than 3,000 horsemen, how dare he easily commit the power of 70,000 or 80,000 cavalry. There are 30,000 party cavalry blocking in front of Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi will definitely not dare to move, and the city can be taken calmly.

The old enmity is too deep, so I can't help it.

The snow is falling, and the army has begun to run out of food, but fortunately, there are countless surplus horses in the army, and it is winter. A horse can feed many people, and fresh meat can be stored for a long time.

The walls of Lingzhou City are being urgently repaired, and rammed earth and stones are constantly being transported to the city walls.

Wei Ming Renming walked around above the city, his heart was very anxious, one time to see the south city, and the other time to go to the west city to see.

Nancheng is the direction from which the Song army came, and the west is naturally the direction from within Western Xia.

Wei Ming Renming only hoped that the Song army would come a little later, and also hoped that there would be good news from the west.

After waiting for more than ten days, Song Jun has not yet arrived. The news from the west came first, the emperor was exiled, and the country was not a country.

Wei Ming Renming was holding the letter in his hand, and even Pu Wang Renzhong and Shu Wang Renli were killed in front of Zheng Zhi's array, and Wei Ming Renming's face was already as pale as snow.

"Someone, hurry up and go to Daliao to ask for an envoy." Wei Ming Renming was at a loss, and he was helpless, the first thing that came to mind was the Liao State, the Liao envoy has always been extremely powerful, and now the emperor has been captured, and he is also in a predicament, at this time there is no other way than to ask the Liao people to mediate.

An old army general said: "Commander, the Liao people are only afraid... Now the savage Jurchen rebelled, and even Kyoto was besieged by the Liao, and I heard that the Liao emperor had gone to the south, but I was afraid that it was... ”

Wei Ming Renming's brows furrowed even tighter when he heard this, and after a while, he spoke: "The rebellion is only temporary, and now that the Liao people don't help me in Great Xia, the Song people will inevitably sit down, how can the Liao people sit idly by?" Quickly send someone to go to Xijing of Liao State to see, if the Liao Emperor goes south to take refuge, he must go to Xijing (Datong). ”

I don't know if Wei Ming Renming really doesn't know the power of the Jurchens, or if he comforts himself, even the Liao Kingdom is besieged in Kyoto, how can the rebellion be temporary?

This old general didn't say much, obviously he didn't know much about the affairs of the Liao State, and the Jurchens were just a word. I had to nod my head and do it.

Zheng Zhi was on the way from Lanzhou to Huizhou, and he was already only a few hundred miles away.

Everyone in Xincheng is waiting for Zheng Zhi to come back, after Liu Fa's death, the soldiers are still coming from all directions, gathering more and more, breaking the number of 40,000, especially after the party retreats, some of the soldiers who originally stayed in the border state capital to guard are all going to Huizhou to gather, and now it is time to turn defense into attack.

The city has just received the news of Zheng Zhi's victory, and the emperor of the party has been taken back, such an exciting thing, the city has been full of singing and dancing to celebrate, and the wine and meat have eaten a few meals.

Wanyan Aguta is besieging Shangjing of Liao, Shangjing is not far from the southern foot of the Daxing'an Mountains, and Yelu Yanxi, the emperor of Liao, does not know if he is still in Shangjing, and there is news that Yelu Yanxi has fled south.

As long as Shangjing is broken, the Liao people will lose their ancestral land, and the Khitans basically have no big power outside the pass. If Zhongjing is broken again, the Liao Kingdom will only have the land of Yanyun. Then there are the steppes to the west of Mongolia.

The Liao State seems to have a vast territory and a strong national strength. However, the Liao State also has a problem, the control of the grassland is too small. In their heyday, all the tribes of the steppe were subservient, but these tribes were only nominally obedient and did not serve the Liao State.

When the Liao State is weak, these tribes will not give their lives to the Liao State. If the Liao State could truly conquer the grasslands by force and implement effective management and control when the military was strong, the Jurchens would certainly not succeed easily. Hundreds of thousands of grassland troops rushed into Liaodong to fight, how could the Jurchens wait to stop it?

At this time, there were no real big tribes in the grassland, and if the Liao State could really sweep the troops in the middle of the period, there would be no grassland without Temujin, where could the Khitan army be stopped. The Khitan people already have an advantage, the Khitan are also nomadic people, who started in the Great Khing'an Mountains, and from the west down, they will inevitably sweep the grassland. It was like Temujin unifying Mongolia.

Everything is an afterthought, the grassland departments can not really be used by the two hundred years of Liao, after Tanyuan in the south for a hundred years, the Liao people have nothing to do in the grassland, it is a pity.

Zheng Zhi finally arrived in Huizhou New Town, Liu Fa was dead, and his body had been put into a coffin and had not yet been buried.

Zheng Zhi worshipped, sat down on the mourning hall set up by the big tent, and said: "Xiao Liu Xianggong, the leaves fall back to the roots, and send someone to send the coffin to Pingxia for burial." ”

Liu Zhengyan replied: "Zheng Xianggong, when my father was alive, he was bent on exterminating the party. Now that the war is undecided, the last general took his father to the battle, defeated the Lingzhou party, and then buried him in Lingzhou City. Lingzhou is originally a Han land, and the last general will invite himself to guard Lingzhou for generations, and he will not teach foreign races to go out of the desert again! ”

Liu Zhengyan's words were not very sad, only a heart of enthusiasm, the father is the son, which is the truth.

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he was a little touched, and said: "Okay, I will take Mr. Liu to the battle together, and see that my juniors will fulfill his long-cherished wish for him." ”

Liu Zhengyan replied: "Thank you for your success." ”

Liu Fa and other loyal generals, all his life to protect the family and defend the country, in history is also a fight to the death, representing the most noble ideals and honors of soldiers, Zheng Zhi looked back at a few big words on the tablet, and said: "Come on, bring the party and the royal family to kowtow to Liu Laoxianggong!" ”

The left and right generals went out of the tent, and in a moment, more than a dozen party men were raised, and the first one was Li Qianshun.

Zheng Zhi got up and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, my Great Song Dynasty veteran Liu Fa has just passed away, and I should offer my condolences, so I ask His Majesty the Emperor to kneel here for three days to show his grief." ”

When Li Qianshun heard this, he looked back at the dozen or so people behind him, turned his head and replied: "Old General Liu is known to be prestigious, and I have often heard of it, so I should hang on it. ”

After speaking, Li Qianshun stepped forward and was the first to kneel on the ground. Such a big humiliation, for an emperor, he really did it. Many of the generals present were dumbfounded, that is, everyone thought to themselves, although the emperor's honor, although captured, should also be sent to Bianliang to be disposed of, and Emperor Zhao Ji would not let him die, that is, Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin was only imprisoned.

But it was unexpectedly that this emperor could bow his head and agree to bow down here for three days.

Probably Li Qianshun knew in his heart, but if he didn't allow it, more than a dozen lives behind him, his son and grandson, how could he bear it. The heads of benevolence, loyalty, and benevolence are still vivid.

Zheng Zhi nodded when he heard this, and said: "Condolence is a feeling of sadness, and you need to cry when you hear it." ”

"As it should be!" Li Qianshun replied softly, and his lowered head gritted his teeth.

Zheng Zhi nodded and went out.

Liu Zhengyan hurriedly followed, the big man in his eyes burst into tears, ran to Zheng Zhi in a few steps, bowed down, and said: "Thank you for your great kindness, if the emperor of the party worships like this, under the Jiuquan of my father, he will definitely smile and feel at ease." Thank you! ”

Zheng Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to help Liu Zhengyan up, and said: "Little Liu Xianggong doesn't have to be like this, Liu Xianggong has been a mountain of blood all his life, and now that the party has been destroyed, only one Li Renming is left to survive, this emperor should apologize here!" ”

Liu Zhengyan did not get up with Zheng Zhi, but insisted on kneeling on the ground, and said: "Xianggong, but there is an order, my Liu family will definitely help in this Qin Feng place, and I dare not say anything!" Thank you again for your great kindness. ”

In this life, what a person can live is a reputation and a dignity. Liu Fa is in the poetry book, one line of words, and Liu Zhengyan is in the history book, a few more lines. But with this worship, there should be a book in the history books.

The Liu family is in China and has a great reputation. As soon as the emperor worshipped, the northwest was one.

Zheng Zhi exerted his strength to help here, and said: "You and I are in the northwest, and we are in front of the battle, and the war has not yet been decided, so please take the children of the Liu family to go into battle with a certain person to pacify the Western Xia party in a war." ”

"Obey the orders of the prime minister, the last general will not dare to insult the reputation of his ancestors, and he will not regret dying before the battle!" Liu Zhengyan's words were sonorous and powerful.

Originally, Zheng Zhi was called "Zheng Xianggong", but this passage is "Xianggong". Zheng Zhi didn't think much about it, let alone have any extra thoughts, just to express his reverence for Liu Fa as a soldier. What was not intended to be brought was unexpected.

There is no special school field in the new city, but there is a large open space, and on the open space, more than 40,000 people gather in one place, and there are more than 5,000 cavalry.

Zheng Zhi patrolled for a long time, and returned to the simple platform, where people were sitting in high positions, and they could bear the brunt.

"Folded Xianggong, this Northern Expedition, the matter of food and salary still needs to be worried about by the Xianggong, time is not waiting, and please send someone to urge the Xianggong more." Zheng Zhi was also anxious in his heart, the 40,000 army went north, there was no supply in the north at all, and the grain and grass had to be transported from Qin Fengxi, Helanhuang and other places, this process was really difficult to wait.

Zhi Keqiu got up and replied: "Zheng Xianggong rest assured, a certain has sent a few people to urge, and there are all replies, and they can be pulled out within five days." ”

"Thank you so much." Zheng Zhi said politely, if you want to talk about seniority, in this northwest place, Zheng Zhi's seniority and seniority are far apart, not to mention the two breeders, but the folds in front of him are not Zheng Zhizhi's comparison. Although he received the emperor's order to fight in the northwest, Zheng Zhi also paid a lot of attention to these etiquette things.

Zhe Keqiu heard Zheng Zhi's words of thanks, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Zheng Xianggong, I want to say thank you, and thank Zheng Xianggong for saving his life, under the city gate, if it weren't for Zheng Xianggong's gunpowder, how could I still sit here." Thank you to Zheng Xianggong for saving your life. ”

Most of these people call Zheng Zhi by his name, that is, Zheng Zhi is the envoy of the Four Prefectures, and Liu Fa is "Zheng Zhi is here".

Now this fold can also be called a sentence "Zheng Xianggong", which is obviously a heartfelt gratitude and respect. In this world, if you want to gain the respect of others, strength comes first, Zheng Zhi captured this Li Qianshun from more than 2,000 miles away, who else can compare with this Great Song Dynasty?

"The prince has tormented me, how dare I accept the courtesy, the prince sits down quickly." The sound of thanking him was naturally accompanied by bowing, and Zheng Zhi hurriedly returned the salute and bowed down to invite.