Lanzhou is later Puyang, and this place name appears very frequently in the history of the Song Dynasty.

And not only because of the Battle of Shanzhou.

There are also frequent bursts of the Yellow River here.

and the salt administration. The city was divided into two parts, one on the south bank of the Yellow River and the other on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Li Jilong played the song in the hope that Zhao Heng's car would stop in Nancheng to command, instead of crossing the Yellow River.

But for what Song Jiu echoed and Kou Zhun asked Zhao Heng to recruit in person, first, there were too many troops, and there were too many unruly generals, even Li Jilong might not be able to command them all, and with Zhao Heng in charge, it was convenient for the three armies to be mobilized. At least there will be no consequences of Cao Bin's quarrel in Xiongzhou City, the quarrel is inevitable, but it will not be divided.

The second is to boost morale, this is a war of national fortune, the Song Dynasty is victorious, the Liao State is almost over, the Song Dynasty is defeated, and it may go to the end in advance, even if it is a little bit of advantage, it must be used.

The third is that the fish erbium is big enough to attract the Liao army, and not let them break through in advance, so as to expand the results in the next general battle.

But Song Jiu will not say that I use the emperor and all the rulers to make fish erbium, so Li Jilong has his considerations.

After all, there are too many troops, and the city wall of Lanzhou is not tall and strong, in case of a mistake, let the Liao State come to a decapitation operation, and the big thing will be done. Please look at a certain Ming emperor in another time and space, or the upcoming Xiao Yanyan mother and son......

The Song army has enough advantages, there is no need to take this risk.

So I wrote this discussion.

After Zhao Heng read it, he issued an edict to take the Nancheng Post House as the palace. Kou Zhun was anxious and said, "Your Majesty can't go down the river. The people's hearts are in danger, and the enemy is not deterred. The way to win is not to win by force. The Quartet has conquered the town, and those who have gone to help have arrived. Why don't you hesitate? ”

Gao Qiong shouted: "Your Majesty can't go down the river, and the people are like mourning." ”

He was born as a military general, so this sentence was too coarse, and Feng Zheng was angry.

Gao Qiong said again: "Jun to the two mansions with an article, now the enemy is full of horses, and blame Gao Qiong for being rude, why don't you give a poem to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Song Fa also said this before, it is okay to use the way of the master to govern internally, but do not copy the god horse of benevolence and righteousness on the Liao State. I don't believe that an envoy was sent to read the Master's books to them, to talk about the Master's benevolence and righteousness, to see if they would make peace with the Song Dynasty.

Feng Zheng was angry and wanted to be reasonable, Gao Qiong didn't bother to pay attention to him, and ordered the guards to push Zhao Heng's chariot to the pontoon bridge.

Zhao Heng was a little dumbfounded, no matter how you argue, at least you have to ask my opinion, what is this for? Am I still the emperor?

He didn't speak, and the guards hesitated. Gao Qiong shouted again: "Why don't you hurry up, now that you have come to this point, is there anything to hesitate?" ”

So the guards began to push the cart.

Song Jiu smiled and whispered in Zhao Heng's ear, "Your Majesty." Don't blame Gao Qiong, in less than three days, the humiliation of the two emperors will be reported by His Majesty. Besides, this is a matter of virtue. Regardless of which minister receives it, it does not benefit it. It is harmful, and only His Majesty can bear it. ”

Zhao Heng rubbed his temples. Chong Song Jiu smiled and was silent.

After crossing the pontoon bridge, the army continued to camp outside the city, Zhao Heng climbed the north city tower, Zhang Huanglong flag, saw the dragon flag raised, the three armies shouted long live, and the sound was heard for hundreds of miles. Of course, there are only a few dozen miles of soldiers here in Lanzhou.

However, the news spread to several other armies, and cheers were also heard in all directions.

However, that night, a eunuch called Song Jiu to the temporary palace.

Liu E met Song Jiu in the palace, and she was still very polite to him, what should I do, she is just a beauty now, and she doesn't have much right to speak, at least not on the surface. Besides, she still wants to be a queen in the future.

Through the curtain, Liu E said very respectfully: "The concubine has seen Song Gong, and I want to thank Song Gong for his advice that day." ”

"The minister has seen Liu Meiren."

Song Jiu is also very polite, which makes Liu E like it even more.

"There is no need to be polite, the concubine invited Duke Song here, I just want to say one thing, His Majesty has been conscientiously governing this country over the years, and it has taken a lot of energy."

Song Jiu nodded, the rule of Xianping is indeed not easy, Li Xin is tired to death, Chen Shu is tired to death, I believe that Zhao Heng is also tired.

"And Your Majesty has always been sick, because of fatigue, plus this period of time is overly worried, and the headache is terrible......"

"Headache?"

"Yes, Taizong also had this problem in the past, but it was not as serious as His Majesty's Majesty."

"So that's ......" Song Jiu suddenly thought of Zhao Heng rubbing his temples on the pontoon, but he didn't pay much attention to it at that time.

"That's what Liu Meiren means......"

"I also hope that Song Gong will take care of His Majesty a little more, in addition, this illness is afraid of noise, and His Majesty is embarrassed to say, although the post house is used as a palace, it will not disturb the people, this place is too close to the outside of the city, can you change to a quiet place."

"Yes."

"But don't tell outsiders about this matter, this is a chronic disease, and if it spreads, it will inevitably make people misunderstand and shake the society."

"The minister knows it."

Song Jiu went out, and some of them were ridiculous. Of course, he knew that the Dao was not so serious, and Song Zhenzong would have to live for a long time.

However, Liu E said that he casually found a reason, found a large family in the southern district of Beicheng, moved his family's house out, and relocated the palace. Kou Zhun is here again, this place is close to the pontoon bridge, what is the emperor doing, he wants to escape.

Song Jiu said in a low voice: "Ping Zhong, Your Majesty is slightly ill, and he still came to the Lanzhou army with illness, but he is afraid of noise, so you don't have to think about it." ”

"Sick?"

"It's okay to be sick."

The emperor is not feeling well, and Kou Zhun doesn't care about it. Then he drank with Yang Yi every night, making a lot of noise, and Zhao Heng said happily after hearing it: "If the canal is like this, why should I worry?" ”

The people of the time are more than Xie An.

However, the other two important ministers, Zhang Qixian and Song Jiu, discussed military affairs with Li Jilong and others day and night.

Zhao Heng said again: "There are two dukes to work hard, so why should I worry." ”

Anyway, if you get on the thief ship, let these people toss it, it's all good.

Therefore, the people of the time are compared to Xiao He Chen Ping.

Victory, all of them are heroes.

But Song Jiu is also interesting, spending more money to buy the best wine and food in Lanzhou, so that Kou Zhun and his son-in-law Yang Yi can drink and have fun.

Zhang Qixian was dissatisfied. Song Jiudao: "Now the soldiers of the whole country are here, although there are many troops, although they are strong. But it is not easy for many people's hearts to cohesion, and Kou Zhun is happy. When the soldiers heard this, they thought that the court had the heart of victory, but they were at ease, so it was easy for the upper and lower levels to cohesion. ”

However, with a wry smile in his heart, after the war, it seemed that Kou Zhun, Wang Qinruo and Zhang Qixian were bound to do a big job.

This beam is getting deeper and deeper, and the Jade Emperor can't mediate it.

……

The other roads continue to shrink the pockets.

In the past, the Liao army had a large range of activities, up to Dingzhou, and even with the help of the freezing time. A small force of troops entered the territory of Huazhou. The west reaches the edge of Taihang Mountain, and the east wanders to Texas and Bozhou. However, after Cao Wei went south with several troops and horses and ate these small groups of wandering Liao troops one after another, Xiao Yanyan had to order the three armies to shrink.

This allowed Song Jun to successfully tie his pockets tightly.

Qin Han, Ma Zhijie, and Yang Qiong brought the two Song armies to the west of Linhanoi and Huang counties.

Cao Wei brought the two Song armies to the two counties of Nanle and Guancheng in the north of Lanzhou.

At present, in this area with a radius of only three or four hundred li and a maximum diameter of no more than one hundred and fifty li, more than 600,000 troops of the two countries are concentrated.

But it can't be said that Liao has lost.

In terms of military strength, the Liao State gradually became inferior, but their army was mostly cavalry, and their combat effectiveness was strong. The Song army was surrounded on all sides. It seems that a pocket has been laid out, but the forces are more or less scattered, and they are not concentrated like the Liao army. And Xiao Yanyan also has a hole card, which Cao uses.

Cao used his Daimyo Mansion to go to the Khitan camp. Now it has been brought to the city of Lanzhou. Xiao Yanyan politely talked with Cao Yu about peace, and then sent an envoy into the city of Shanzhou to reconcile the two countries. There is only one request, bounded by easy water. Bauhinia Pass, Feihuling, Lingqiu, and Biguan must be returned to the Liao State.

This requirement is much lower than the historical requirements, but Kou Zhun and Zhang Qixian and others are very happy.

However, Feng Zheng and others are very much in agreement. The two countries negotiated peace, one demanded a sky-high price, and the other sat on the ground to pay back. If this price is opened, you can still bargain. It's better not to fight, in case you lose. As a result, a condition came out, but the ministers in the city of Lanzhou quarreled with each other.

Song Jiu Ha Lu Ha Yile said: "What's so difficult about this, let Cao Yu go to Liaoying again, and tell them that please make peace, Yan Yun must be returned to my court." ”

"Can this still be reconciled?"

"Feng Zheng, do you think that the Khitan is shouting for peace while slaughtering all the soldiers and civilians in my Deqing military city, can you still negotiate?"

Zhao Heng waved his hand: "If you can't talk about it, don't talk about it, the enemy is now, you don't want to make noise." ”

Xiao Yanyan was stunned when she heard this, why did the cowardly emperor of the Song Dynasty suddenly change his character.

Soldiers are fast.

Since the Song Dynasty wants to fight the victory, let's take advantage of the fact that they have just arrived and the formation is not in order.

Then let Xiao Tzu Rin go out to encourage the soldiers.

"My dynasty is determined to reconcile, and I don't even want the ten counties in Guannan that belong to my dynasty, but the Song people don't agree, and they want to annihilate us, what do you say we should do?"

"Since the founding of our dynasty, I have been invincible and invincible, but the Queen Mother and His Majesty have been humiliated and cowardly in the hands of the southerners, what do you say should be done?"

"There is a small city in front, there is no tall city wall, but there is the emperor of the Song Dynasty, all the important ministers, take it in one fell swoop, the Song Dynasty will be destroyed, what do you say should be done?"

Because before the decisive battle, it was impossible for Li Jilong to move out of the bed crossbow. There was no bed crossbow either, but a different weapon instead. Therefore, this guy continued to jump, which really made him jump out of morale.

The war began.

The Liao army sounded the horn of the general attack, and the dense Liao soldiers poured towards the city of Shanzhou.

"Your Majesty, please ascend to the head of the city," Song Jiu took Zhao Heng to the front of a big drum on the head of the city.

"Gong Zhang, Gong Bi, Gong Kou, please raise the flag." Song Jiu asked Zhang Qixian, Kou Zhun and Bi Shi'an to stand behind Zhao Heng and hold the dragon flag.

"Your Majesty, please give Li Jilong the imperial sword, from the minister's down, and those who don't listen to the order will be beheaded."

"No." Feng Zheng shouted. That is, starting from Song Jiu, if anyone does not listen to Li Jilong's orders, Li Jilong has the right to kill him on the spot, including Song Jiu himself.

"Feng Zheng, what else do you want to do when the country is at stake!" Song Jiuda shouted: "Your Majesty, please give the sword and give the order." ”

Zhao Heng had no choice, so he issued an edict to give the sword and power.

Li Jilong didn't react for a long time.

"Your Majesty will issue another edict, and whoever kills a thief, regardless of the army or civilian, will be rewarded with 20 yuan."

Zhao Heng issued an edict, this is not much money, if you can really buy all the Liao soldiers, more than 200,000 Liao troops, less than 5 million yuan, it is too cost-effective.

"Your Majesty, please beat the drums."

Zhao Heng forced Song Jiu to be helpless, raised the drumsticks, and began to cheer for the drums.

Song Jiu shouted loudly to the Song army outside the city: "Your Majesty is personally beating the drum for you, and your Majesty's dragon body is sick, but Your Majesty is here, and you will never take a step back, aren't you fighting desperately?" ”

Zhao Heng thought strangely while beating the drum, how did Song Jiu know that Lu Daozhen was a little uncomfortable?

However, this time, morale is also boosted.

The three armies cheered with Song Jiu: "Long live the Great Song Dynasty, long live." ”

"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live."

"The lord humiliates the ministers to death, and the country humiliates the ministers to death."

The cries were so loud that even many of the people of the city were inspired to take up arms and demand to join the war.

The Battle of Lanzhou officially began. (To be continued......)