Speaking of this, Qi Dabao involuntarily stopped, Wu Ji looked at him, only to see Qi Dabao's face shocked, with a deep fear and worry on his face.

Looking at Mrs. Zheng again, this parent official has long lost the composure he used to have, the melancholy on his face is very strong, and there is fear in his eyes.

Although Huangfu Song didn't say a word, his expression was not much different from the two.

If the Liao army came to attack the city again, they would never be so frightened, and maybe they would shout and kill them. However, this is a problem in Xiongzhou, Xiongzhou is in danger, who can not be afraid? Wu Ji's heart was raised to his throat, his hands involuntarily clenched into fists, and his eyes narrowed together.

You must know that Xiongzhou's real name is Waqiao Pass, which is the only way for the Liao State to enter the Central Plains, and since Zhou Shizong recovered, it has been choking the throat of the Liao State. For more than 100 years, the Liao State has always wanted to take Xiongzhou and send troops to the Central Plains, like Liao Taizong, once again to the Central Plains and trample the Central Plains under his feet.

Empress Dowager Xiao made a "Lanyuan Alliance" with the Song Dynasty, which brought decades of peace to the Song Dynasty, and some people praised her and said that she loved peace. That's actually nonsense, it's not that she doesn't want to break into the Central Plains, it's because she can't do it. One of the most important reasons lies in the existence of Xiongzhou.

If she can conquer Xiongzhou, she will definitely not be satisfied with the alliance of the Yuanyuan, and she will not be satisfied with just a few coins. Entering the Central Plains, the wealth of the Central Plains will become Liao's, which is countless times the annual coin, as long as it is not a pig, you know the choice.

If Xiongzhou falls, the Liao army will drive straight into the Central Plains, and the old things of Yelu Deguang, the Taizong of Liao, will be repeated. At that time, I don't know how many people died in the war, and the Central Plains will be hit harder than never before, and its losses will not be lower than that of Liao Taizong's invasion of the Central Plains, and perhaps even more serious.

This kind of consequence is too serious, and its serious surname is far beyond Wu Ji's imagination, so he can't be afraid.

"And then?" Wu Ji took a breath and calmed his mind, his voice hoarse and trembling.

"Later?" Qi Dabao came back to his senses from the shock: "Fortunately, it is General Zhou Wei who guards Xiongzhou, if it is a different person, he will definitely turn around and flee, bring gold and silver, and his daughter-in-law will flee as far as he can." General Zhou Wei was admirable, not only did he not flee, but he did not even panic, he stabilized the situation and mobilized the Song army to fight a bloody battle with Liaogou at the gate of the city. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then said: "In order to fight for the city gate, Liaogou rushed forward as if he was crazy." Fortunately, there was General Zhou Wei, and under his leadership, the Song army resisted fiercely. It is said that the corpses at the gate were piled up layer after layer, and the blood that flowed out was frozen and turned red, several inches thick. ”

He said it briefly, but you can imagine the taste of iron and blood. The city gate, for both sides, is a matter of great importance, and they will not let go easily. If the Liao army captures the city gate, the Liao army will enter the city in an endless stream and finally take Xiongzhou. If the Song army recaptured the city gate, they drove the Liao army out of Xiongzhou City, and the efforts of the Liao army came to naught.

This is definitely the closest Liao has come to capturing Xiongzhou in the Hundred Years War, even if there are many people who die, Liao will not give up, never give up!

"Although General Zhou Wei commanded well and mobilized the Song army to fight, it was a hasty situation, and it was difficult to recapture the city gate, so he had to withdraw from the city gate." The more Qi Dabao spoke, the more frightened he became, he took a long breath, calmed his mind, and continued: "Fortunately, General Zhou Wei is deeply familiar with the military path, but despite this, he is not panicked. While leading the Song army to resist, he ordered the people in the city to enter a bloody battle, and even mobilized the people, demolished the houses, tore down the walls, and built an ice city, just as we did in Convert. ”

"Despite this, a wall of ice can't resist the Liao army. The Liao army kept advancing and broke through the ice wall. General Zhou Wei had anticipated this and built ice walls in the city of Xiongzhou to resist the Liao army. Although it can delay the fall of Xiongzhou, it cannot reverse the situation, and reinforcements are urgently needed. ”

Speaking of this, Qi Dabao stopped, sighed, and continued: "Liaogou is ruthless this time, not only dispatched 50,000 troops to attack Xiongzhou, but also sent tens of thousands of troops to contain other places. These pinned down places are difficult to protect themselves, how can they divide troops to reinforce them? We are the only ones who can reinforce Xiongzhou. ”

It can be seen that this attack, Yelu Hongji has been planning for a long time, and everything is in his calculations, Wu Ji secretly inhaled cold air, and said with a wry smile: "Can we reinforce?" With our little defeat, even if we rush there, we will not succeed. ”

This is the big truth, the Liao army besieged the city twice, and the converted army had already been disabled, and only half of them could be put on the battlefield. Even if you add the heroes of Qiyun Society, there are only more than 300 people, and rushing to Xiongzhou for reinforcements with this little force is tantamount to a moth to a fire and killing itself.

Mrs. Zheng, Huangfu Song, and Qi Dabao, you look at me, I look at you, and I can't speak.

"Commander Wu, we can't watch Xiongzhou fall." Mrs. Zheng finally restrained her fear and reminded in a low voice.

"If you can't see it, what else can you do?" Wu Ji spread his hands and said in great distress: "If I can have more soldiers in my hands, don't say too much, even if there are more than a thousand people, I will not be so troubled, and I will not hesitate to go to reinforcements." The problem is that we have more than 300 people, and tens of thousands of Liao soldiers can drown us with a single spit. If you want reinforcements, you also need strength. ”

"Hey!"

Mrs. Zheng sighed in unison, speechless. It's not that I don't want to save it, it's that I can't help it, I don't have the strength to save it

In the desert of xxxxxxxxx, in Yeluhongji's Huluduo, several pots of charcoal fires with blue flames spewed out blazing heat, making the tent warm as spring.

Jeluhonki sat on a throne and was dealing with a roasted whole lamb. Holding a small golden knife in his right hand and a golden cup in his left hand, he ate a bite of mutton and drank a sip of wine, feeling comfortable and happy, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

"Your Majesty, Xiongzhou Military News."

A leather chamber soldier strode in and presented a military report.

Yelu Hongji took it, unfolded it and took a look, raised his eyebrows with thick black sideburns, raised his head to the sky, and laughed: "Good! Good! Good! Jerlumin, good fight! If you work harder, you will be able to take Xiongzhou. Come to someone, pass the decree, get up, and go to Youzhou. Mobilize the army, I want to personally lead the army this time, enter the Central Plains, and reproduce the old things of Taizong! Ha ha! ”

He stood up sharply and walked away quickly, with a brisk step, as if flying.

xxxxxxx Henan Mansion, now Luoyang, Sima Guang Mansion. Sima Guang's eyebrows were tightly locked, and there was a faint worry in his eyes, and he did not write his "Zizhi Tongjian", but kept pacing back and forth.

Sima Kang stood aside, his heart was not belonging, and he asked cautiously, "Dad, what are you worried about?" ”

"What else could it be? The Xiongzhou army fought well, since getting Wu Ji's beheading knife, although the Liao army attacked the city, it was helpless. As soon as reinforcements arrive, the Liao army will retreat. Such a good opportunity, this is missed, Wang Anshi, how can you be so lucky? Sima Guang smashed the back of his right hand into the palm of his left hand, very depressed.

"Dad, even if we win, we have a chance." Sima Kang did not agree with him.

"Opportunity?" Sima Guang couldn't help but shake his head: "There aren't many opportunities." Since the change of the law, we have not been able to oppose it, making it difficult to implement the new law, and it is not easy to create today's situation, we only need to work harder, and Wang Anshi will get out. If the Xiongzhou army wins, his phase will be more stable. You must know that the battle has reached this point, and the Liao State has lost 15,000 or 60,000 troops, which is rare in the history of the Great Song Dynasty. This is a big victory, which will make Wang Anshi's phase more stable. If we can't let Wang Anshi resign this time, we won't have many opportunities. ”

After a slight pause, he continued: "In the Battle of Xihe, Wang Shao took the Xihe River, locked the Xixia from the west, and stabilized Wang Anshi's phase, and it took us several years to eliminate the impact of the Battle of Xihe. If there is another big victory in Xiongzhou, we will have to spend a lot of effort. ”

Sima Kang thought that this was also the case, and couldn't help but sigh and didn't speak.

Sima Guang couldn't stop pacing, with a sad face.

"Bang!"

The door was pushed open vigorously, and a cronie rushed in.

"Rude thing, who told you to be so reckless?" Sima Kang shouted loudly. This movement is very big, and it is obvious that they do not take their father and son seriously.

However, this cronie ignored him, but rushed up to the general, saluted Sima Guang, and couldn't help panting: "My lord, there is news in Xiongzhou." The Liao army has entered the city......"

"What? The Liao army has entered the city? ”

Sima Guang's father and son screamed in unison, their eyes widening in disbelief.

"Yes!" This cronie wiped the cold sweat on his forehead while gasping, and said: "Yelu Hongji, the emperor of the Liao State, laid an ambush in Xiongzhou as early as ten years ago, opened the city gate, and the Liao army entered the city. ”

“……”

The room was silent, and there was no sound except for heavy breathing.

"If Xiongzhou falls, the Liao army will drive straight in, and the war will burn the Central Plains red!" The cold sweat on Sima Kang's forehead flowed out, and his body trembled: "The old things of Yelu Deguang will be repeated, I don't know how many people died in this war!" The Central Plains is broken, and my generation will become sinners! ”

"Has Xiongzhou fallen?" Sima Guang was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.

"Not yet, not much." The cronies replied: "Although Zhou Wei is brave, he is powerless to return to the sky, and it is only a matter of time before Xiongzhou is lost." ”

Sima Guang waved his hand, and his cronies quickly retreated. Sima Kang took a step forward and asked, "Dad, what should we do?" ”

Sima Guang looked up to the sky and didn't speak for a long time, and after a while, he sighed and said: "Although I am at odds with Wang Anshi and want to replace him, I don't want to let Xiongzhou fall. Xiongzhou fell, the Central Plains will be burned red by the war, and the people of Li will be devastated, and I don't know how many people died in the war. ”

"Yes!" Sima Kang shook his head helplessly.

"You immediately send someone to send a letter to Han Qi and Lu Gong, asking them to work harder, and take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of Wang Anshi." Sima Guang looked at Sima Kang.

"Dad, it's too late, and you still have to engage in infighting? Can we work together to drive the Liao out of the country? Sima Kang disapproved very much, his voice was very high, and there was a saying: "Brothers are on the wall, and they are insulted outside." No matter how much enmity we have with Wang Anshi, we should work with one heart and one mind at this time to deal with the next chaotic situation, and we must not start infighting again. ”

"Confused!" Sima Guang snorted coldly and said: "Engaging in infighting is also a mess, and not engaging in infighting is still a mess, rather than this, it is better to take the opportunity to get rid of Wang Anshi, and we will deal with the chaos again, and we must not give him a little credit." You go and arrange it, and I'll continue to write "Zizhi Tongjian". ”

Strode back to his seat, picked up his pen, and continued to write his "Zizhi Tongjian".

(To be continued)