Liu Fa took the letter from Weizhou, coughed violently, slapped the letter to the case, and shouted: "The disaster for the country and the people is none other than Qin Hui of Yushitai." ”

Liu Fa didn't know Qin Hui, but he only saw a sentence in the letter of the Seed Master Dao that Yu Shitai came to ask for guilt, so he regarded this Yushitai as the culprit, obviously Liu Fa's thoughts were also in one sentence.

Liu Zhengyan, the son of Liu Fa, who was standing aside, picked up the letter, looked at it for a moment, and continued: "Father, what should I do when the prince leaves?" ”

Liu Fa's son, Liu Zhengyan, fought with Liu Fa for many years. In history, it is a crime of rebellion. After Jingkang, Zhao Gou favored the eunuchs around him, Kang Lu, Lan Gui, Zeng Ze and others, these eunuchs still forcibly expropriated and extorted money when Zhao Gou was holding his head, collecting property everywhere, and occupying people's land.

As a martial arts doctor and the assassin of Weizhou, Liu Zhengyan, who was the deputy commander of the right army of the imperial camp, and Miao Fu, the commander of the imperial camp, launched a mutiny, and killed all the eunuchs around Zhao Gou on the side of the Qing monarch, and forced Zhao Gou to pass on his three-year-old son to Wang Yuan, who was also in the Privy Council at that time.

The generals of the various places raised troops to Qin Wang, and the two fled south, and were finally killed. It is known as the "Miao-Liu Mutiny" in history. It is because of this incident, together with Liu Zhengyan's father Liu Fa, who has made outstanding achievements, that it has not been seen much in the history of the Song Dynasty, and Liu Fa's prestige has been slowly forgotten.

"Alas... If so, the government cannot be discussed. Zheng Zhi is coming, but I don't know how long it will take. The current strategy is to guard the new city of Huizhou, and if the party wants to go south, it must first conquer the new city. Otherwise, it will be difficult to take care of the beginning and the end, and the back road will not be guaranteed. In the battle of Xincheng, your father should be in charge personally, and you will stay in Pingxia, in case you lose, you will also leave a queen for the Liu family. Liu Fa's words were pathetic, and when he talked with his son, he was both straightforward and scruples.

When leading troops outside, he is most afraid of being suspicious. Not discussing the government is the way to protect oneself. But Liu Fa also bluntly said the words "in case of loss", and he also needs to leave a way back for the Liu family.

But the expressions of the two of them were an indescribable sadness, although they didn't discuss the matter, they were dissatisfied in their hearts, where could they be restrained.

"Father, my son must go with me this time, the battle of Xincheng will be tragic, my father is in poor health, if my son is not by his side, my heart will be uneasy." Liu Zhengyan said.

To say that these military generals in the northwest, the descendants of the descendants, should be really extraordinary, the master of the road, the division of the middle, Liu Guangshi, can be sought, no matter what the final result is, they are all capable of fighting, adversity often produces talents. Eight or nine out of ten of the people who can fight in the Great Song Dynasty are from the northwest.

Liu Fa waved his hand and said: "You are in Pingxia, no need to say much, because your father is old, the family is counting on you, your father will go to Xincheng first, and when Zheng Zhi arrives, you will go to Xincheng with Zheng Zhi to help." ”

After all, Liu Fa still took into account the issue of family inheritance, and this battle was dangerous, and Liu Fa already regarded death as home. Liu Fa should have died in battle when he went out with Tong Guan to conquer Western Xia a few years ago, but now because of Zheng Zhi, Liu Fa is still alive and has lived a few more years.

Liu Zhengyan's face was already full of tears, and he only said: "Father must take care of himself, Zheng Xianggong must be in a hurry on the road, father will stick to it for a while, and the child must arrive in time with Zheng Xianggong." ”

The father and son parted with sadness. Zheng Zhi is naturally as Liu Zhengyan said, running wildly on the road, and the three thousand generals are not wearing armor, but concentrated on the carriage to transport, so that the Zeng family can also have physical strength.

The most bitter Zhu Long, when the team rested, Zhu Long was still on the road, to the place where he rested, the team began to set off again, Zhu Long did not dare to drag, a little rest and rush, so sleepless, just to be able to keep up with the pace of the team. When you are extremely sleepy, you can just take a nap in the bumpy carriage.

It was when the yellow sand was raging.

The party members finally appeared outside the new city built by Zheng Zhi. The 120,000-strong army reached 100,000, leaving only 20,000 horses to guard some important cities.

Coming here again, Wei Ming Renming sighed in his heart, and there were no more compatriots tied to the front of the city. The walls were also completely closed. Above the head of the city, the banner is shining, and the northwest is already the highest of such high walls. It was also the drawing plan that Zheng Zhi changed at the beginning, reducing the area of the city to a quarter of the original and making the city wall much taller and thicker.

From the beginning of the construction of this city, it was only for war, and there was not a single resident in it. There are only more than 20,000 defenders brought by Liu Fa, 10,000 Xiang troops, more than 1,000 personal soldiers, and more than 10,000 temporarily recruited veterans. Originally, there were more than 2,000 veterans under Liu Fa.

"Renming, this is where you were defeated?" Shu Wang Renli looked at his cousin and said such a sentence, which did not mean ridicule, but wanted to inspire the first warrior of Great Xia, and the lost honor would naturally be regained.

He looked up at the high wall in front of him and replied, "When I first came here, this fortified city was just a foundation, and now it has become a tiger in the way. ”

When Shu Wang Renli heard this, he said with a smile: "It's okay, when the 100,000 army arrives here today, he will re-level this city, and he will have no foundation left." ”

Wei Ming Renming nodded, his heart was even more eager than Renli, if he couldn't break through this city, he was afraid that the rations in the army would not last long. The wall is clear, for the mode of nomadic warfare, it is naturally extremely effective, nomadic warfare, relying on raiding to supply, if you can't break the city, everything will be in trouble.

Even Wei Ming Renming didn't expect that after crossing the desert, it would be such a situation, thinking that Xingqing Mansion was still that Xingqing Mansion, Lingzhou City was still that Lingzhou City, a big battle, and cattle and sheep were replenished all over the ground. When we cross the desert, there is nothing but nothingness.

Liu Fa also stood on top of the city, looking at the endless party items on the skyline, his face was gloomy, and his brows were already wrinkled.

Behind him, the soldiers and men continued to transport the things guarding the city to the city, and everyone was immersed in doing things, not saying a word, the north wind was bleak, and there was already a trace of coolness.

Liu Fa saw that the enemy army was encamped and began to send people to cut down trees everywhere, and he couldn't help but feel annoyed in his heart, and only said: "I have made so many preparations, but I still missed one thing." ”

The generals around him asked, "What did the minister say?" ”

"Alas... At this time, it is the time when the wildfire is burning the plain, and it should be burned to the ground, along with the Rouwolf Mountain and the Killing Cow Ridge. The fire will inevitably permeate for a few days, and these party members will not be able to cross the mountain pass within a few days. "Liu Fa is good at fighting, his mind is hard, everything is only for fighting, and he naturally doesn't want anything else.

If such a fire is really lit, the entire Hengshan will also be burned, and many fortresses and people on the border will suffer. These things are naturally nothing in Liu Fa's heart, as long as they can block the enemy army, no matter how big the fire is, it is worth putting it.

"It's a good idea to be fair."

"It's too late, it's okay, the party is going to come after all, a few days early, a few days earlier, the party is not good at attacking the city, this city Zheng Zhi is extremely strong, and it will be able to block the party." Liu Fa has defended countless cities in his life, and naturally has his own confidence in his heart.

The Battle of Song and Xia has been this model for decades, and the fortified cities, built more and more, slowly advanced to the north, and constantly strategically compressed the space of Western Xia. This is also the strategy set by Fan Wenzhenggong and Fan Zhongyan when they passed through the northwest. It has been passed down from generation to generation for 80 years and has never changed.

The big war is tomorrow, and it's about to break out.

This battle will inevitably take a few days to see the difference, until the things defending the city inside the city are almost poured, and the party outside the city is almost dead and wounded, then is the time to really fight hard, and it is also the time to see.

Zheng Zhi was on the side of the Yellow River at this time, collecting ferries, 6,000 horses, 3,000 people, and a baggage, to cross the Yellow River, and the project was huge.

After crossing the Yellow River, you have to cross Luoshui, and only after passing Luoshui can you live Yongxing and enter Qinfeng.