"Phew! Little Li Chao, deceiving people too much! In Yongzhou City, Zhizhou Su Su slapped a letter on the bookcase, said loudly with an angry face, and then stood up and walked around the room very anxiously.

"Zhizhou, this time the Li Dynasty is menacing, clamoring to enter the territory of my Great Song Dynasty to search for the escaped soldiers, several villages on the border have been looted by them, fortunately, we got the news in advance and informed the villagers to escape, otherwise I am afraid that even people will be snatched together." At this time, Tang Zizheng, the general judge of Yongzhou in the room, also said anxiously.

"What kind of escaped soldiers, it's just an excuse, and the year before last, they also used this excuse to enter the territory of my Great Song Dynasty, and finally robbed a lot of cattle and horses, the little Li Dynasty actually bullied my Great Song Dynasty so much, hateful, hateful!" Su Mian gritted his teeth and slapped the table and roared.

In fact, it is no wonder that Su Mian is so angry, the Yongzhou city he is in charge of belongs to the southern Xinjiang of the Great Song Dynasty, and is close to Jiaozhi, which is actually the Vietnam of later generations, and Jiaozhi at this time is ruled by the Li family, so the Great Song Dynasty generally calls it Li Dynasty or Jiaozhi, but at this time Jiaozhi has called itself Da Yue, which is also the first time that the title of Vietnam has appeared in history.

Speaking of the relationship between Jiaozhi and the Great Song Dynasty, it can be said that it is very complicated, but in general, Jiaozhi is ostensibly a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty, and from time to time it will send an envoy to Beijing to pay tribute, but in private Jiaozhi is a small action against the Great Song Dynasty, especially now after the king of Jiaozhi Li Rizun ascended the throne, it is several times to launch several invasions of the Great Song Dynasty, each time it is a plundering and returning, although the Great Song Dynasty is very angry about this, but because the southern Xinjiang is too far away from the political center of the Great Song Dynasty, the strength of the Great Song Dynasty here is also extremely weak, In addition, Jiaozhi still maintains respect for Da Song on the surface, so Da Song can only turn a blind eye to this.

This time, under the pretext of searching for deserters, Jiaozhi once again sent an army to the border of the Great Song Dynasty and sent an official letter to Su Mian. If you want to enter the territory of the Great Song Dynasty to search, in fact, whether this kind of official document is the same or not, because whether Su Mian agrees or not, the army of the Jiaozhi people will enter the Great Song Dynasty, and the search for deserters is fake, and it is true to take the opportunity to loot. And what's even more odious is that the Jiaozhi people not only rob money and food, but also don't let go of people, at least thousands of people are robbed of Jiaozhi as slaves every year, when I think of these, Su Mian, who is a parent official, feels like a knife.

"Zhizhou, Jiaozhi is indeed hateful, but they sent more than 10,000 troops to press the mirror this time, on the other hand, on our side. But there are only less than 2,000 state soldiers, and they really can't compete with the Jiaozhi people! Tang Zizheng said again with a bitter face at this time, the so-called state soldiers are actually a kind of box soldiers, and they have no combat effectiveness at all.

Speaking of which, the main military force of the Great Song Dynasty was the forbidden army, but the three forbidden armies were all in the north, and the south was not valued by the Great Song Dynasty at all, and only some locally recruited soldiers were stationed in various places. There is not even a regular army on the border, which is probably unimaginable in the future.

It was also the Great Song court's lack of attention to the south. That's why the clown who jumped off the beam like Jiaozhi provoked the Great Song Dynasty several times, and there was also Dali, although later martial arts novels portrayed Dali as a Buddhist country, as if there was no aggression, but in fact, in real history, Dali also provoked the Great Song Dynasty several times. It was not until the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty that the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty gained a foothold in the south, and the troops naturally shifted to the south, which made Jiaozhi and Dali much more honest. It is also worth mentioning that it also started from the Southern Song Dynasty. The area south of the Yangtze River has made great progress, laying the foundation for surpassing the north in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

"My Great Song Dynasty destroyed Western Xia in a war, it was when the military power was at its peak, if I could send a forbidden army to Yongzhou, why should you and I worry about a little Jiaozhi!" Su Mian heard that this was also a thigh punch, speaking of which he also wrote to the imperial court several times, counting the wolf ambitions of the Jiaozhi country, hoping to attract the attention of the imperial court, even if he did not send an army, at least a batch of weapons and materials must be sent, so that he could train soldiers to resist the Jiaozhi army, but the center of gravity of the Great Song Dynasty was really in the north, and there were only two strong enemies in the eyes of Western Xia and Northern Liao, and he did not attach importance to the territory of the south, so his several letters were all lost in stone.

"Zhizhou, it's useless to say these things now, for today's plan, how to deal with the tens of thousands of Jiaozhi troops on the border, although they are still just staying near the border, but it is difficult to guarantee that they will come in, and the appetite of the Jiaozhi country has become bigger and bigger in recent years, I'm afraid this time I won't retreat lightly!" Tang Zizheng said with a worried face again at this time,

"Humph! Even if the imperial court did not send troops, but we still have 2,000 state soldiers in our hands, as the governor of the state, this official naturally has the responsibility of protecting the land and the people, if the Jiaozhi people dare to come, the official can only fight to the death with them! Su Mian showed a firm look at this time and said, although the enemy is strong and I am weak, he has already prepared to die for the country, so he has no fear of the Jiaozhi army.

Seeing the firm look on Su Mian's face, Tang Zizheng couldn't help but feel a little enthusiastic, and he also said loudly at the moment: "Zhizhou said well, the lower officials will swear to follow Zhizhou to the death!" ”

Since it was decided to defend Yongzhou, Su Mian and Tang Zizheng immediately began to discuss the matter of defense, after all, the war can not only rely on a blood, but also pay attention to strategy, the two now agree that the people of the villages and towns around Yongzhou should be notified and moved to the city, after all, with the robber nature of the Jiaozhi people, if they enter the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, the most unlucky people are the people outside the city.

However, just when Su Mian and Tang Zizheng were discussing defense matters, suddenly a small official came quickly, and then handed a letter to Su Mian, and waited until he opened the letter and read it, and immediately laughed excitedly: "Zizheng, the sky will not die in Yongzhou!" ”

"Why is Zhizhou laughing, could it be that the imperial court sent reinforcements?" Tang Zizheng saw Su Mian so happy, and asked very curiously at the moment, they had already asked the imperial court for help before, but according to their previous experience, the imperial court at most ordered several states around Yongzhou to cooperate in defense, but there were not many troops in the surrounding states, and they couldn't even take care of themselves, let alone send troops to support Yongzhou.

"Haha~, the imperial court didn't send reinforcements, but I sent a lot of weapons, this is a letter sent by my cousin, the letter listed some weapons lists, among which there are a lot of firearms, if you can make good use of these weapons, there should be no problem in holding Yongzhou City!" Su Mian laughed and patted the letter in his hand and said, his cousin is Su Song, who is the weapons supervisor, he knew that it was impossible for the imperial court to send reinforcements, so he specially wrote a letter to Su Song, hoping that he would help him move, and it would be best to send some ordnance, but he didn't expect it to be really successful.

"I see, this time Su Prison saved the lives of our people in Yongzhou, if you have the opportunity to see him in the future, you must thank him well!" Tang Zizheng also knew about Su Su Song's request for help, so he was also very excited to hear the news, especially the firearms that destroyed Western Xia among the weapons sent, which made him more confident.

"Brother Zizheng, Zirong's letter and those ordnance were sent out at the same time, the ordnance is slow, it should arrive later, now we have two things to do, the first is to transfer the people outside the city to the city as much as possible, and the second thing is to delay as much time as possible, so that those Jiaozhi people can't invade my Great Song Dynasty for the time being, as long as we wait until those ordnance arrives, even if we can't win the other party, but there is no problem in keeping Yongzhou City!" Su Mian said with a stern face again at this time.

"Zhizhou rest assured, the lower official will order someone to do it, and those ordnance matters should not be spread outside, after all, our Great Song Dynasty also has a lot of people secretly communicating with the Jiaozhi country, if those Jiaozhi people learn the news, I am afraid they will immediately send troops!" Tang Zizheng also said solemnly at this time, the decision of the two of them is related to the lives of tens of thousands of people in Yongzhou, so they have to be careful.

"The old man understands that every one is in trouble, and I will urge the state soldiers to prepare for the battle!" Su Mian nodded at the moment and said, after speaking, his eyes couldn't help but look at the north, if there is really a war with the Jiaozhi people this time, I hope it can attract the attention of the imperial court, and don't let the people of southern Xinjiang be bullied again.

At the same time, on the border line in the south of Yongzhou, Li Changjie, the Taibao of the Jiaozhi State, stood on a hill and was looking at the land of the Great Song Dynasty in the distance, speaking of which there is no obvious national border between Jiaozhi and the Great Song Dynasty, there is a buffer zone about several miles wide between the two countries, because the weather is hot here in Yongzhou, and the forest is very lush, so the buffer zone has also formed a forest.

"Taibao, Yongzhou doesn't have many troops, we can take Yongzhou City in one battle, why do we have to nest here?" At this time, a young general beside Li Changjie said with some impatience, this person's name is Nong Zongjiao, although he is not very old, he is from a noble background, and he is quite talented in military affairs, and this time he is Li Changjie's deputy.

"Hehe, Zong Yan, don't forget, we don't plan to really start a war with the Great Song Dynasty this time, we just want to test the attitude of the Great Song Dynasty and the combat strength of the Song army, you don't think that you can defeat the Great Song Dynasty with only 10,000 troops in our hands, right?" Li Changjie said with a smile on his beardless face, and his voice was a little sharp, in fact, he was a eunuch, but he was deeply used by the king of Jiaozhi, and he led his troops to attack the city and captured the king of the other party alive.

In addition, in the original history, Li Changjie led the Jiaozhi army into the Great Song Dynasty a few years later, broke through several large cities in a row, and carried out a brutal massacre, leading hundreds of thousands of Song Dynasty people to die tragically, it can be said that he committed an unspeakable crime against the Great Song Dynasty, and he led the troops to come this time to personally test the reality of the Great Song Dynasty and prepare for their plan to encroach on the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. (To be continued......)