Chapter 245: Safety
Two days later, Xin Gu led 5,000 hussars to arrive, Yu Furen Rail breathed a sigh of relief, and the Han army finally achieved an overwhelming advantage over the Song army in Lingzhou City again. After another ten days, Wu Yingying personally led an army of 20,000 through the Tengger Desert and rushed to the city of Lingzhou.
Wu Yingying brought the Jinfan Army, the Lian Rui Army, the Jiaorong Army and the White Feather Army this time. After the defeat of the army, the great leader of the Liugu tribe, Zhi Ge Zhi abandoned Liangzhou City, and led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to Qingtang City. Wu Yingying ordered Luo Youtong to lead the Chi Hunting Army to pacify the Han farmers who were originally slaves in Liangzhou, and continue to sweep the remnants of Tubo in Liangzhou, while alerting the Tubo army in the direction of Qingtang City to make a comeback.
Wu Yingying's 20,000 soldiers drove to the city of Liangzhou, and the momentum suddenly became loud. Moreover, a large number of sergeants from Hexi in various armies, some of whom are also related to the villages outside Lingzhou City. It was only at this time that the people near Lingzhou finally believed that it was a Han army that surrounded the city at the moment, and eliminated a lot of hostility towards them. Many large families began to tentatively send some cattle, sheep, wine and meat to the camp living nearby to reward the army. Originally, the city changed the king's banner and did a lot of things for the common people.
"Build siege equipment, send military envoys to contact the Bianliang court, they withdraw the army besieging my Lanzhou, and we will let go of Lingzhou. Wu Yingying looked at the banner of the Great Song Dynasty at the head of Lingzhou City, quite a little depressed, Lingzhou Xiongcheng is the foundation of the emperor, the current army is empty, and the people in the city are panicking, but he can't capture it in one go. From Huang Wen downwards, nearly 10,000 military dependents were trapped in Lanzhou, which was surrounded by the Song Legion, and the news from Xiao Jiu became more and more critical every time. The Taiyuan court saw that he was not saved, and Yang Jiye tried to send troops from Daizhou to help Liu Jiye, asking him to guard the town. It seems that Wu Yingying sent troops to take Hexi without authorization, and now occupies a territory that is wider than the entire Northern Han Dynasty, which really offends Liu Jiye, a narrow-minded villain, but unfortunately Wu Yingying originally planned to continue to be a vassal to him. "Inform Dong Zunzhi that if the imperial court is willing to let my Lanzhou military dependents have a way to live, I, Wu Yingying, am willing to follow the example of the Cai clan in Xiazhou and the Zheshi clan in Fuzhou, and lead millions of soldiers and civilians in Hexi to Bianliang as vassals. Wu Yingying groaned and drew his own bottom line.
Tongyuan military envoy, Lingzhou Inspector Dong Zunzhi with an unbelievable look on his face, read the military book that Wu Yingying shot with an arrow again, and then handed it to Lin Zhong. Since fleeing back to Lingzhou City, Dong Zunzhi has been worried about the siege of Wu Yingxing's army day and night, and there are now less than 2,000 soldiers in the city who can fight, and the fear of Wu's heroic Han army has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow. There have been more than a dozen messengers sent to Bianliang for help, but the news that they came back was Zhao Guangyi's stern reprimand, the imperial forbidden army is going all out to prepare to attack Taiyuan, how can it be possible to turn the spearhead to the west for Lingzhou, are the tens of thousands of iron horsemen stationed in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures a vegetarian?
"My lord, it seems that this Wu Hero really wants to ask for peace. Lin Zhong carefully read Wu Yingying's repair book, and said in a deep voice. After Dong Zunzhi's army was defeated in Liangzhou, his subordinates and henchmen surrendered either to death, and this forest happened to follow and protect all the way, and after Dong Zunzhi returned to Lingzhou, he gradually relied on him. "There are few soldiers in Lingzhou, and the soldiers of Wu Heroes are pressing the border, and before the will of the imperial court comes down, they should be in a position to deal with him, so as not to anger him and burn the jade. Lin Zhong carefully suggested that it is a big crime to make peace with the enemy privately, but the situation is stronger than people, although Wu Yingying did not make any fierce siege actions, but from the city, the Hexi army is building siege equipment under the city day and night, and the large and small stone bullets are piled up, according to the back and forth messenger report, Wu Yingying also sent cavalry to control the vast area of Lingzhou to the east and south for hundreds of miles, if it were not for him to throw a mouse taboo, I am afraid that Lingzhou is no longer the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.
He was just worried about the safety of his family members who stayed in Lanzhou. Dong Zunzhi sighed, "Abandon Lanzhou and take Hexi, fight big with small, and let him succeed." If this person is not removed, I am afraid that from now on the dragon will enter the sea, and it will not be able to be controlled. The imperial court will not allow peace talks lightly. He turned his head to Lin Zhong and said with a wry smile, "Tian Qinzuo, who led the troops to encircle Lanzhou, is a mean person, and now the situation, Lanzhou will not be guaranteed, if Tian Qinzuo does something excessive next, I am afraid that tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Lingzhou will be buried for Wu Yingying's family members who stayed in Lanzhou." Let's repair a book, and first report Wu Yingying's letter of request for peace to the imperial court. The original subordinate who was responsible for writing for him was trapped in Liangzhou and did not run out, so he caught a knife in the forest, and complained to the court Wu about the situation in the northwest, and the Tubo, Uighur, and party departments have been cleaned up by Wu Yingying, and if the court is bent on breaking with it, it is tantamount to giving the northwest to others, and the five provinces of Shaanxi will immediately become the front line, and will be harassed by Wu Yingying's ministers for many years.
In order to move the imperial court, Lin Zhong also deliberately added his own analysis, now the imperial court is going to use troops in Taiyuan, and then recover Yanyun, there is really no need to be in the northwest under the Wu hero this old enemy, since he has the heart of surrender, you might as well be gentle, wait for the east to level Taiyuan, after the defeat of the Khitan, the imperial court forbidden army turned to the west, with the favorable terrain of Lingzhou and the great prestige of the Central Plains court in the middle of the northwest departments, it is a matter of course to destroy the Han army of Wu Yingying.
After writing the letter, Lin Zhong read it to Dong Zunzhi, and Dong Zunzhi nodded and said, "I didn't expect that Captain Lin was a showman, and he spoke so thoroughly. This is how the military letter will be issued. Without changing a word, he took his big seal, carefully used the seal, and then put it into a sealed bag with Wu Yingying's letter of peace, sealed it with fire paint on the outside, and then stamped it again, and finally handed it over to the messenger to send.
Looking at the messenger and whipping to the east, Wu Yingying's cavalry did not stop him, Dong Zunzhi sighed: "This Wu Yingying is also a character, if he is truly obedient, it will also be a blessing for the court." ”
The distance between Lingzhou and Chang'an is 700 miles, and Chang'an and Kaifeng are more than 1,000 miles.
Compared with a year ago, Zhao Guangyi, who had already announced to the world to change his name to Zhao Jiong, put down Wu Yingying's letter. "Su Wen" said, "It hurts when you die, and if you get it, the pain stops immediately." Zhao Guangyi changed his name to himself, and in his selfish heart, he did not have the reason for expelling the countless cumbersome political affairs that had given him headaches since he ascended the throne. However, in the eyes of Zhao Pu, Cao Bin, and Wang Yu, who were standing at the bottom of the steps, His Majesty the Emperor, who was 38 years old at the time, was in his prime, and he also showed extraordinary energy in handling political affairs.