The letter written by Liu Yanying to Tong Guan can be said to be harmful and useless to keep in his hands, so it is the most appropriate move for Lotte to burn it.

Holding the hand stove in his hand to warm his hands, Lotte said very indifferently: "At this time, Yongzhou has already done it!" ”

General Xu nodded: "At this time, the former army should have already started, and it is estimated that within one day, our army will definitely be able to take Yongzhou!" ”

"Are you so sure?" Lotte was surprised.

General Xu said: "According to the scout's report from the front, and the news from Xingqing Mansion through secret channels, Li Qianshun has transferred all the 60,000 horses of the Xiangyou Military Division and the Zuoxiang Shenyong Military Division into Xingqing Mansion, and built strong fortifications outside Xingqing Mansion, it seems that he is planning to hold on to Xingqing Mansion!" ”

Lotte was a little surprised: "So, Li Qianshun didn't send reinforcements to reinforce Yongzhou?" ”

"According to the reports of the subordinates who were ambushed in Xingqing City and Huaizhou, neither Xingqing Mansion nor Huaizhou saw a single soldier reinforcing Yongzhou!" Xu Jiang replied.

"It seems that Xia Jun is really going to give up Yongzhou!" Lotte smiled lightly: "Since Yongzhou has given up, it's almost time to come to Huaizhou!" ”

"When attacking Shunzhou, the siege plan of Lord Zhongshu made the Xia people unable to defend against it, and now the regular Xia army in Xingqing Mansion is full of more than 60,000 people, plus the urgently recruited men are only more than 100,000 people in total, and how dare they send reinforcements!" Xu Jiang said.

As the southern gateway of Xingqing Prefecture, Shunzhou and Jingzhou were all conquered by the Song army, and the Song army could go out of Jingzhou to directly attack Xingqing Mansion, although Yongzhou and Huaizhou, which are located in the southeast of Xingqing Prefecture, could contain the Song army from the rear, but limited to their own insufficient troops, not only was it difficult to play the original strategic value, but even sent war exploits to the Song army in vain.

Although they have been defeated one after another, the Western Xia court is by no means all mediocre people, and there are many people with tactical and strategic vision; In fact, if it weren't for the new gunpowder invented by Lotte, and the art of war and tactics copied by Lotte, Western Xia might not have been able to lose so quickly.

At the same time, Lotte also knew that the Western Xia people were building strong fortifications inside and outside Xingqing Mansion, and it seemed that they were planning to resist stubbornly.

"Report ......"

Just when Lotte was thinking about the difficulties that he might encounter in attacking Xingqing Mansion, he only heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the front, and then only heard the herald who came to report the news shouting excitedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, our army occupies Yongzhou City without blood!" ”

"Bloodless?" Lotte was slightly startled, poked his head out of the car and looked out.

"Tell Ben Shuai about the situation quickly!"

Hearing this good news, not only Lotte was surprised, but also Seed Master Dao, Liu Fa and others were also surprised, and they couldn't help asking.

"Back to the words of the handsome and the book in the music!" The messenger was busy saluting, and then replied: "When the vanguard soldiers of our army approached Yongzhou City, they saw that the gate of Yongzhou City was wide open, and they did not see a single soldier of the Xia army on Yongzhou City. ”

"It looks like the Xia people are going to defend Xingqing Mansion!" Seed Master Dao's eyes narrowed.

Liu Fa also nodded and said, "There is a bad battle to be fought!" ”

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A team swept to Shunzhou City, and the defenders of Shunzhou City stared at the army under the city, with contempt and vigilance in their eyes, and the officers on the city wall ordered the city gate to be closed early.

"Open the door!" Seeing the closed gate of Shunzhou City, the former army general of Yanyan Road shouted towards the city.

"Excuse me, sir?" The soldier guarding the city poked his head out and asked.

"Are you blind to the words on the flag?" Listening to the question of the soldier guarding the city, the general of the former army of the Yan Road couldn't help but scold angrily, and he was arrogant.

The soldiers at the head of the city were not angry when they were scolded, and they grinned: "I'm really sorry for you, the little one, who has never read and is illiterate!" ”

Coax......

The defenders at the head of Jingzhou City laughed together.

"You ......" Hearing the soldiers in the city laughing, the former army general couldn't help but be angry, but he couldn't scold anymore, as the so-called dog beating to see the master, this guard of Shunzhou City does not know which way is Xihe, Huanqing or Jingyuan Road, he is just a commander who has made a crime, and if he is transferred to the other party in the future, he will inevitably wear small shoes.

"Get out of the way!" At this moment, there was a shout of reprimand from the city, and then a general poked his head out of the city, said with a smile: "Excuse me, is it the brother of Yan Yanlu under the city?" ”

"Exactly!" Hearing the other party's question, the former army general of the Yan Road nodded, and then said: "My family marshal heard that the three marshals and the Xia people are fighting very hard, and ordered us to come to reinforce a few marshals as the vanguard of the former army!" ”

"Thank you!" The general at the head of Shunzhou City smiled and bowed his hand to the city, his eyes were full of disdain, and his face became more and more full of spirit and pride: "Thank you for helping the people, but the news of the boss is a little blocked, and you are even a few days late, three days ago, our army defeated the Xia army and captured tens of thousands of enemies on the spot, and even outwitted Jingzhou City." ”

The former army commander of the Yanyan Road under the city sighed: "I didn't expect that I would be one step too late to walk in at night, I'm really ashamed!" ”

Although the generals at the head of Shunzhou City had a smile on their faces, they were extremely disdainful in their hearts, and they still said with a smile on their faces: "I don't know where Liu Shuai is?" ”

"Liu Shuai, his old man's house is three miles behind!" The former army commander of Yan Yan Road replied, and said: "Please open the city gate, my family commander wants to enter the city to meet the three marshals!" ”

The generals in the city smiled: "It's really unfortunate, Liu Jingluo of Xihe Road, Jingyuan Road Jingluo, and Liu Jingluo of Huanqing Road have set off for Jingzhou the day before yesterday, according to the news that Yongzhou has been conquered at this time, and now the soldiers are about to point to Xingqing Mansion, and Liu Shuai is invited to Jingzhou to meet the three marshals!" ”

Although he said this, the general guarding the city did not mean to open the door at all.

The Chinese army three miles later, when he heard the news from the front, Liu Yanqing was surprised and said: "What, Seed Master Dao, Liu Fa and others have conquered Yongzhou, what a fast speed......

Liu Guangshi narrowed his eyes, and said with a little anger in his voice: "Father, Seed Master Dao and Liu Fa let us pounce in Shunzhou, and they are clearly playing tricks on us!" ”

Shunzhou is located in the northwest direction of Lingzhou, there are nearly 70 miles between the two cities that cross the Yellow River, there are not many ferries on the Yellow River, it takes two days before and after Liu Yanqing's more than 30,000 people cross the Yellow River, and it takes nearly a day to travel to Shunzhou, and Jingzhou City is in the northeast direction of Shunzhou City, and the two cities are 50 miles apart.

In this way, Liu Yanqing's department walked more than 120 miles from Lingzhou to Shunzhou and then to Jingzhou, and if it went directly from Lingzhou to Jingzhou, he only needed to walk 80 miles along the embankment of the Yellow River, and crossed the other side of the Yellow River to Jingzhou, which added more than 40 miles to Liu Yanqing's department.

The other party definitely intended to do this, but Liu Yanqing could only suffer this dumb loss.

Although he was angry in his heart, Liu Yanqing had been in the officialdom for many years, and he had long developed a temperament that was moody and unmoving, and he didn't see any anger on his face, but just ordered his subordinates: "Set off and rush to Jingzhou!" ”

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The sky is approaching dusk, Jingzhou City appeared in front, and the soldiers and horses of the Yanyan Road who had been driving for a day had already been sleepy and lacking horses, and when they arrived at the city of Jingzhou, the sky had completely darkened.

When it was completely dark, the gates of Jingzhou City were closed.

Seeing a team coming from the south, there was a loud noise, and I saw the archers in the defenders of the city lined up, and then someone shouted: "Who is coming, stop, come forward again, don't blame me for waiting for the arrows!" ”

"We are waiting for the front army under Liu Jingluo on Yanyan Road, quickly open the door and let me wait to enter the city, my Liu Shuai wants to enter the city to meet Xihe Liu Jingluo, Huanqing Liu Jingluo and other marshals!" The general said to the city.

"Xihe Liu Jingluo, Jingyuan Lu Jingluo, Huanqing Liu Jingluo and other marshals have all gone to Yongzhou!" The defenders of the city said, and then said: "Please also ask Liu Jingluo not to blame, it is getting dark, and the officials cannot open the city to welcome Liu Chongliu and the generals into the city!" ”

"You ......" Hearing the words of the city, the soldiers of the city were in an uproar.

Hearing the uproar of the soldiers under the city, the tone of the city guard was very indifferent: "There is no way to go down, I want to keep the rules of the city, you still understand, don't make it difficult to be below!" ”

After finishing speaking, the general who was guarding the city smiled again: "I want to convey a good news to you, the Huaizhou City in front has also been conquered by our army, and the Gaotai Temple City in the east of Xingqing Mansion was conquered by our army yesterday, Xingqing Mansion has become a lonely city, and now Liu Shuai is hurrying faster, if it is slower, I am afraid that we can only watch us defeat Xingqing Mansion......"

Although the guard's words were very polite, there was no lack of ridicule.

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"How can it be!" Liu Guangshi hated: "Father, Liu Fa and they are obviously ......"

"Don't say much!" No matter how good Liu Yanqing's qi cultivation skills are, there is anger on his face at this time, but he has no choice but to order: "Pass the order, set up camp outside Jingzhou City, and rush to Yongzhou early tomorrow morning." ”

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After a day's journey, the soldiers had already been sleepy and tired, and at this time they had to settle down to bury the pot to cook and stay outside the city to drink the cold wind, and the indignation in their hearts could be imagined, and there were naturally more grumbling words in their mouths.

In the face of the whining words in the mouths of his subordinates, the generals of Dunyan Road also had nothing to say in their hearts, their own affairs were clear, who let their own marshal fish in the water to take Lingzhou City, and sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and sat back and watched the soldiers and horses of the Western Xia Dynasty besiege Shunzhou with superior forces, in order to reap the benefits of the fisherman, these things will make people look up wherever they are placed, and even some soldiers began to suspect that if the soldiers and horses of Dunyan Road fell into the encirclement of the old side, the people and horses of Huanqing, Jingyuan, and Xihe would not sit idly by.

In fact, there is a precedent for such a thing, especially in the siege of Yongle City, the grandfather of the Seed Master Dao, who saw Xu Xi being reported by the Xia Jun without helping, this kind of thing The Seed Master will definitely be able to do it.

When the soldiers and horses of other roads meet tomorrow, the soldiers of Yanyan Road will understand better that they will inevitably be ridiculed and ridiculed by these three soldiers and horses, which can be predicted from the attitude of the generals defending the city in Shunzhou and Jingzhou today.

The Western Army has always been strong, and the army is a place to speak with courage and strength, and they feel that they will not be able to raise their heads in front of other generals in the future, and these generals of Yan Yan Road have also begun to have a lot of dissatisfaction with Liu Yanqing in their hearts.

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