Chapter 158: The Dangerous City

Don't forget' nine. 18', landed on the Diaoyu Islands!!

Although it is already spring, the city of Fengzhou is a dead air, all industries are depressed, people are panicked, although the Song army has not yet begun to attack the city, but the Song army has begun to sweep the settlements around the city, the people who fled into the city have nearly 20,000, although the more people in the war, the better, but these people before entering the city cattle and sheep property have been looted, it can be said that there is nothing else on the body except a piece of clothing, by the way, there is a mouth waiting for dinner, thanks to the government relief. {.}

Fengzhou City, as an important frontier town, has 6,000 soldiers, plus the large and small officials of each yamen, family members, merchants and craftsmen, there are also 10,000 people, more than 20,000 people poured in at once, all kinds of things came one after another, everyone had to eat, and if they couldn't eat, they had to find their own way, stealing, robbing, killing people and stealing goods would appear every day. The prefect of Fengzhou selected 5,000 young men among the refugees and recruited them as soldiers to help defend the city, but the poor ones were those old and weak women and children who could only beg along the streets, relying on a bowl of crystal clear gruel from the government every day.

The former commander of Qu Yehe, now the Fengzhou soldiers and horses made Weng Li return to the mansion, threw the reins to his relatives, and walked into the hall angrily, "Father, what's wrong?" Weng Li's second son, Weng Lixi, saw that his father's face was ugly, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Now the situation is so tense, that bastard of Qingyang has not taken advantage of the fact that the Song army has not yet completed the encirclement and led the army to break through, but he still has to defend the city, there are no reinforcements outside, there is no food inside, and he will starve to death without fighting!" Weng Li angrily slapped the table and shouted.

"Father, the matter is not so serious, I heard that there are still 50,000 stone of grain in the treasury, enough for the whole city to eat for two months, and there are still those cattle, sheep and livestock, it should not be a big problem to insist on half a year. Besides, the prefect has already sent several groups of messengers to the nearby states, and the reinforcements will arrive soon! Xihe said as he helped his father take off his armor.

"Hmph, the land of Fengzhou projectiles, now that the four roads have been cut off and become an isolated city, it is difficult to say whether the messenger can reach it or not, let alone the reinforcements who have to break through the layers of dangers to arrive, at that time I am afraid that we will have already turned into dry bones!" Weng Li was obviously not optimistic about his son's judgment, and said with a cold snort.

"Father, has things gotten so bad, the city of Fengzhou is dangerous, even if the Song army wants to fight, it will be difficult to break through for a while, and Xingqing Mansion can watch Fengzhou fall!" Nishiwa still disagrees with his father's statement.

"Xihe, you prepare, tomorrow I will send someone to send you out of the city, all the way north to your uncle's house in the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division, the war in Fengzhou is not over for a day, you don't come back for a day!" Yeli looked at his son and said in a deep voice.

"Father, if I don't leave, how can I leave you at this critical moment!" Xihe was stunned for a moment, knelt down and kowtowed again and again.

"Xihe, you have to go, Qu Yehe battled, there are only more than 200 people left in the whole clan, your mother, brother, wife and children are missing, it is estimated that they have died in the chaos, and I only have one son left, Fengzhou City is only a matter of time, the bloodline of our Weng Li clan depends on your inheritance, after you go to the Black Mountain Weifu Supervision Division, collect our lost clansmen, and the heavy responsibility of reviving our clan will fall on your shoulders!" Weng Li sighed and pulled his son up.

"Father, I'm not leaving, I'm leaving, let's go together!" Of course Xihe refused, crying.

"Alas, it is a capital crime for my army to defeat Qu Yehe and lose his troops, and my king Kuanren, spare our lives, and entrust him to command the soldiers and horses of Fengzhou, and I can only repay the king's kindness with one death!" Nori said as he touched his son's head.

"I knew that this would happen, we might as well return to the Song Dynasty, and now Yeli Na has been named the prefect of Hezhou, the main party, happy and happy, but we are like a lost dog attached to the fence!" Xihe said indignantly, the clansman is the capital, Weng Li's entire clan is gone, although he was exempted from the crime and entrusted to the command of Fengzhou soldiers and horses, but no one put a person with no strength in his eyes, it can be said that he has suffered enough and suffered enough. …,

"Don't talk nonsense, get ready to get out of the city tomorrow!" Weng Li heard his son say something rebellious, and looked around in a panic, only his own soldiers outside the door were relieved, and now he is also the target of close surveillance, the house is full of eyeliner, and he has to be careful when he speaks and acts.

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"This city is truly impregnable!" On a hill three miles outside Fengzhou City, Zhao Tan held a telescope and observed Fengzhou City in front of him. This city is built according to the mountain, built on a mountain beam, the city wall is built along the edge, the city wall is facing the abyss in the east, north and south, only the west wall connects the hillside, and there is a road leading to the outside of the city. The city is composed of three cities in the east, middle and west, it is polygonal, the middle and west cities are connected, the north wall of the middle city is set up with an urn city, the city base is about three zhang wide, the top is one to two zhang wide, all are rammed earth to build, the east and west are eight hundred steps long, the north and south are one hundred steps wide, the circumference is nearly two thousand steps, it is repaired by Wang Chengmei, the leader of the Zangcai clan in the early Song Dynasty, it can be said that one husband is not open!

"Yes, the city walls are strong, the terrain is high, it is a natural danger, it can be defended but not attacked, and the Xia army can only take siege warfare

But in our army they are working with each other

Nor can the siege last. If it weren't for the crossbows like Wang Yuan and Kang Deyu, who refused to send troops to rescue, Fengzhou City would not have fallen! Fuzhou Jun Zheng said sharply.

"But now this city is dead, we have occupied all the land around Fengzhou, now they have no reinforcements outside, no food and grass inside, I'm afraid they won't last long, we can trap them to death as long as we besiege them without attacking!" The dragon general is looking at the city and said.

"The prince's plan of 'driving fish into the abyss' is really wonderful, we will drive all the people around Fengzhou into Fengzhou, and Fengzhou was harassed by us in turn last year, and the grain produced in the warehouse is only sixty or seventy thousand stones, which is already insufficient to survive the spring famine, and now there are 20,000 more mouths, and the stored grain will soon be eaten up!" Zhe Meiluan said with a smile.

"This still needs you to say, the prince has always been exhausted, if it weren't for the defeat on the Western Front, we just need to wait until this autumn, we can occupy Fengzhou without spending a single soldier, and we still need to work hard to mobilize the people!" Zhao Xin helped the prince put on a big coat and pouted.

"Now I'm afraid this plan is going to fail, yesterday the scout battalion reported that the defenders of Fengzhou City also began to go out of the city to loot cattle and sheep grain, dig cellars, and drive the old and weak in the city out of the city, it seems that they are also ready to hold on, waiting for reinforcements!" Gao Pet said.

"Oh, how do you deal with that?" Zhao Ta turned around and asked.

"Hehe, doesn't the prince often say 'the world of those who win the hearts of the people', I now specially send a small force to ambush the troops who rob the grain in Fengzhou City, and when they load the property and food into the car, our soldiers will suddenly appear, grab the things back, and then use this to recruit the looted Tibetan tribesmen, their things are lost and recovered, and they are naturally grateful to us, and they often have a lot of results!" Gao Pet said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, you have done a good job in this bookless business, it is worth promoting, and the people of Fengzhou who have been driven out of the city should also pay attention to the proper resettlement, and you can also get the required information from their mouths, but you must also prevent the Xia Army spies from being mixed in, and then they will be calculated, but it will not be beautiful!" Zhao Ta praised Gao Chong's approach and put forward several opinions, "The action is to warn the officers and soldiers participating in the operation not to cross the border between Liao and China to chase after the Xia army, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble!" "Although the imperial court planned to use troops against Liao, it was only in the preparatory stage at this time, and there were fewer people who knew about the plans of the two countries, and the two countries were still fraternal states, and the crossing of the border by the army would cause international disputes. In addition, Zhao Ta Chen soldiers tens of thousands, but also to prevent the Liao army from crossing the border to support the Western Xia, they also have a nephew and uncle, the Liao State has served as a mediator between the Song and Xia countries many times, and it is not impossible to directly respond to the possibility of sending troops, and he can't make excuses for them.

"Hehe, this is all taught by the prince, I'm just a whim!" Gao Zhong said with a smile, but the generals of Fuzhou frowned, this is really learning from whom, the prince's abacus is fine, and the people below are not fuel-efficient lamps, you have to be careful, don't be calculated by them! …,

"Say you're fat, you're breathing, now it seems that the Fengzhou defenders want to resist to the end, and there is only one gate in this city, it is impossible to use the strategy of encircling three and missing one, and then it will only fight to the death, everyone thinks about it, how to capture this city with the least loss!" Zhao Ta glanced at Fengzhou City again and said, "Oh, Gao Pet, you tell the scout camp that you don't want to kill all the messengers sent by Fengzhou City, and those who ask for help from Xingling can be appropriately released!" ”

"Lord, why is this? If reinforcements arrive, won't it be even more difficult for us to attack the city! Zhe Meiluan asked in confusion.

"Hehe, it's very simple, the purpose of our troops is to reduce the pressure on the Western Front, if we don't let Xinglingzhi Dao be in danger here, how can they send troops, do you really think that we will mobilize 100,000 horses just for this small Fengzhou City?" Zhao Ta replied with a smile.

"Although this Fengzhou City is dangerous, if the prince wants it, he can take it within half a day as long as the soldiers of the loyal and brave army can be taken, is it really simple-minded to eat dry rice when the loyal and brave army eats dry food!" Zhao Xin looked at the still a little confused Zhe Meiluan teased.

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"Second master, my subordinates are back!" As soon as it was dark, a figure flashed into the prince's tent and whispered.

"Erwa, how is it, you got it?" Zhao asked.

"Well, according to the plan, with the cooperation of the desert battalion, we ambushed the birthday envoy of Western Xia to Liao, annihilated the mission, killed and wounded 571 people, captured more than 100 tribute packs, and more than 200 tribute horses, and none of us were injured!" Erwa suppressed her excitement and said.

"Okay, you won't even leave a messenger behind, will you?" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"Second master, how can I leave a few of them, but we cut off their ears!" Erwa said carefully.

"Yes, I will give you the first credit!" Zhao Ta smiled, it was the end of April in a blink of an eye, he was a little anxious, Brother Cha, this kid could really calm down, he kept tightening the noose to Fengzhou, and Fengzhou's distress letters were also sent to Xingqing Mansion one after another, and the calculation time had been almost a month, and there was no sign of reinforcements from the Xia army on the western front, so he had to make some drastic news.

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