The city gate official who was guarding in front of the gate of Fengqiu City heard what Yang Wenguang said, and his face instantly became very ugly.

"Oh my God, Su Shi hasn't left Bianliang City yet, so he smashed the Thirteen Ministers' Mansion first, and this courage is too great. Will he be so angry that he will smash the city gates? ”

"No, let's let him go quickly. How do you feel that he is here, and he is so disturbed? ”

"Anyway, there is only one stick of incense before the city gate is opened, and it is nothing to open it early."

The city gate officer, who was sweating from his forehead, immediately ordered, "Come on, open the city gate." ”

"Yes." The soldiers under his command were stunned for a moment, this should not be time yet.

But what about him, even if the officials have orders, they only need to obey, and they don't need them to take the cylinder if something really happens.

The gates of Fengqiu City opened, a quarter of an hour earlier than usual. Su Shiguo's voice soon came from inside the carriage, "Get out of the city!" ”

As Su Shi expected, in the palace, when more and more courtiers played Su Shi's audacity, Zhao Zhen issued an order to the three books of the province, "Shaofu and Zhongwu General Su Shi, bold and bold, openly smashed the door of the colleague's mansion, and it was necessary to severely punish him." But considering that he had already gone to the front line to serve the country and could not come back to be punished, he offset the three great meritorious rewards instead, and at the same time ordered the remaining Su Mansion personnel to pay for the repair of the thirteen gates as punishment. ”

Offset three Merit Rewards.

It is said that Su Shi has made three great achievements on the front line and will not be rewarded.

This is obviously Zhao Zhen optimistic about Su Shi, for fear that he will not be rewarded for his great achievements, so he has laid the groundwork here in advance.

As for Su Shi paying for the repair of the gate, is this a matter of money?

It's clearly a face problem, okay.

Are the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty still short of this money for changing doors?

But there is no way, as Zhao Zhen said, Su Shi has already left the city and headed for the north, is it because of this matter to call him back. That's not impossible, which of you can take his place?

Forget about the substitution.

There are three clans on the front line, and everyone can't hide from it, who will take the initiative to rush forward this time?

I've lost face, and now I'm losing my life, I really can't get it.

The matter ended with an edict of reprimand from Zhao Zhen. When Su Shi learned the news, he couldn't help but smile on his face.

This Zhao Zhen is a little intentional, and he wants to use himself, but he is afraid that he will become bigger.

Su Shi felt that he was wronged, and I did everything according to your wishes. Besides, I really didn't mean to replace you. Of course, this requires a premise, that is, no one is pushing me.

Don't push me, or I'll do everything.

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Songdi, Xinzhou.

Yangxing Village in the south.

This is a Song Dynasty village and a bazaar trading center. The permanent population was 30,000, and the garrison was an infantry battalion of 400 people.

The Xiang Army belongs to the local army. It is called the Standing Army, but it is actually a miscellaneous army of various state capitals and certain central and central institutions. It is under the control of the state government and certain central and central organs, and is always subordinate to the Guards Mahan Division and the Guards Infantry Division. The main tasks are to build cities, make weapons, build roads and bridges, transport grain and reclaim famines, act as a guard for officials, and be responsible for greeting and sending off. Generally, there is no training, no combat mission.

But now that the war is going on, they also have to go. Fortunately, there is also an additional border army, that is, the prescribed infantry battalion in Yangxing Village, which coordinates the defense here.

It is said that it is just a larger bazaar, with 800 infantry, and the defensive force is not small. But now, these 800 people are trembling.

Without it, there have been Mengqi scouts on the periphery of Yangxing Village.

Xinzhou has been besieged, and there are Mengqi all around.

The people in the state should have been panicked for a long time, and above the city tower, there were nearly 10,000 soldiers and temporary soldiers recruited in the city, and the number was about 20,000.

With 20,000 men defending the city, and the city was high and strong, the Mengcai did not immediately launch an attack, but first did the work of cleaning up the periphery.

When they completely occupied the periphery and ensured that even if reinforcements from the Great Song Dynasty came, it would not be possible to arrive immediately, they would begin to attack the city, and then loot and slaughter the city.

Mengqi is such a barbarism.

Once they are allowed to invade any city, they will rob what they can rob first, and those who cannot be robbed will be burned and killed.

It's like a goose plucking its feathers, and the land it passes through is a wasteland.

A team of Mengqi was wandering around the periphery of Sunshine Village at this time.

Unlike the Song, Liao, and Western Xia, the army established after the rise of the Mongols was organized according to the 10-base system, with 10 people as a team, and a captain or "brand head"; 10 teams form 1 "100 households", 10 100 households form 1 thousand households, and 10 1000 households form 10,000 households, and 10,000 households are the highest establishment units of the Mongolian army. Hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of households are not only the establishment units, but also the names of the governors.

The team's Mengqi has been staring at this place for two days.

The situation around Yangxingzhai has been clearly figured.

Now just wait for the main force to arrive, and then they can attack the village and slaughter.

They've been doing a lot of things like this lately.

When I was in Monti, I always heard about how prosperous the outside world was, but no one ever came out.

Even in this battle with Liao, it was the other party who fought them first, and they had to fight back in desperation.

But he didn't expect that the Liao soldiers, who were said to be very powerful, were so incompetent that they were defeated without much effort.

What is even more unexpected is that after the Liao people retreated, and the general Zhebu took them to the Song land, the Song soldiers were even weaker, and they were often defeated with one blow, not only that, but the wealth of the Song people was far better than that of the Liao.

At this time, they are already happy, and they are already addicted to grabbing people and things. It seems that if you don't do something to the Song people for a day, you will feel uncomfortable.

Yes, in Mengqi's eyes, the Song people are lambs to be slaughtered, just like a meal on their plate, they can eat whenever they want.

Just like now, although there are still 800 Song soldiers in Yangxing Village, and there are only 200 households and 200 cavalry in the Mengcai who rushed here, they are still full of confidence.

With two hundred battles and eight hundred, the strength of the opponent is only a quarter of the opponent's, but they are confident that they can easily capture this place. Without it, the Song people are too weak.

"Wait, at most half an hour, our army will arrive, and at that time we will be ready to slaughter the village, hahaha." The captain rode on his horse and laughed, as if at this moment, the Song people in the village were already dead and could be taken by them.

Meng Qi laughed outside the village, so presumptuous, so unpresumptuous, as if there was no one around, but the Song soldiers in the village two hundred steps away did not even have the courage to rush out.

Eight hundred against ten, including four hundred frontier troops. But with such a comparison of forces, they just didn't dare to rush out.

In addition to the fact that the other party is a cavalry and is an infantryman, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up at all, there is also an important point, that is, they have been killed by the cavalry recently.

It was said before that the Western Xia cavalry was ruthless, but it was still much worse than the Mengcai cavalry.

Often, wherever the rider passes, there will not even be an iron pot left for you. This is something that even the Western Xia cavalry could not do.

"What to do? Commander Wen, it looks like the Mengqi will attack soon, can we stop it? ”

After the earthen wall of Yangxing Village, Zhang Qi, the commander of the Xiang battalion, opened his mouth and asked Wen Yang, the commander of the border military camp.

Wen Yang, although he put on armor, couldn't hide the literati breath that came from his bones.

Not to mention, he is a scholar. In his early years, he was a Xiucai exam, and he also worked as a clerk in the county government. It was at that time that he offended the county master's most trusted master, and then he was made difficult everywhere, and in a fit of anger, he left his hometown and threw his pen into Rong.

In the end, relying on his erudition and ability, he became the commander of the battalion and the commander of the 400 border army.

This time, he was ordered by General Wang Xin to lead his troops and horses to aid Xinzhou. It was only when I brought people here that I found that the periphery was full of Mengqi, and I couldn't see the end at a glance.

Looking at the four hundred infantry who were hurrying on their legs behind him, and looking at the sturdy horses on the opposite side, Wenyang gave up the decision to rescue Xinzhou City, and instead came to the periphery and stationed in Yangxing Village.

Wenyang didn't have to worry about disobeying the military order, before he came, General Wang Xin told them that if he could save it, he would save it, and if he couldn't save it, he would be on the periphery, and find a way to contain the strength of the Mengqi and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the imperial court.

Now Wenyang's department stays in Yangxing Village, that is, it implements the military order of General Wang Xin.

"If we can't hold it, we must defend it, as long as we still have a breath, we can't let Mengqi enter the stockade and let them hurt our people in the Great Song Dynasty." Although Wen Yang does not have the domineering spirit of a martial artist on his face, he also has the arrogance of a literati, and when he talks about this, he is full of energy.

It gives people a sense of success if they don't succeed.

After Zhang Qi heard this, he swallowed a mouthful of spit, "I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid that death is not worth it." Commander Zhang, do you say that reinforcements from the imperial court will come? ”

"it!"

Even if he was reading since he was a child, Wen Yang couldn't help but burst into foul language at this moment.

If the imperial court would send reinforcements, it should have sent troops as early as when Western Xia attacked Fengzhou. It's been almost two months now, and there are still no reinforcements, so needless to say, it must be those old men in the court who think about things with their butts thinking about peace talks. 33

is also a scholar, Wen Yang can naturally think of what those ministers think.

It's nothing more than that, anyway, as long as Bianliang City is unhindered, we can continue to live a good life, so where do we care about fighting life and death outside?

Those who don't have a backache when they stand and talk, they don't think about what kind of life and death the Song people in the north will experience at all, they always think about their own interests.

Negotiation is what they consider to be the most conservative means, and the money from the treasury is given to these foreign races who invaded them, so that they can withdraw their troops. In the end, it was the treasury that lost, and it was the people of the Northland border who died, and they were still theirs.

"What? What does Commander Wen mean that we have no reinforcements? Zhang Qi's face was shocked when he heard this. His hope has always been on the basis of reinforcements, and if there is none, then it doesn't mean that he has to face Mengqi alone, if so, even if he dies in battle, he will not be able to hold Yangxing Village.

Some people died, but not completely......