Lanzhou's banner did not change, so Li Yanxian came with troops.

Lanzhou guarded Zhang Ju too much, and let people carry a coffin and lay it directly on the upper floor of Lanzhou City.

Li Si, the manager of the army, was ordered to go out of the city and said to Li Yanxian: "Zhang Taishou asked me to pass the word, the Lanzhou garrison is only three thousand, although Your Excellency has come to attack the city, Taishou has prepared a coffin for himself." ”

Li Yanxian looked helpless, he didn't want to fight with Zhang Ju.

Zhang Ju, a native of Pucheng, Fujian, is over 60 years old this year.

This gentleman used to be a palace servant, but because of his opposition to Tong Guan and Cai You's war against Liao, he was dismissed from his post and returned to his hometown. According to the normal trajectory, he first rose to Qinzhou Taishou, and then went to Lizhou Road as a transfer envoy. The construction of plank roads and embankments on Lizhou Road, although it has quite a political achievement, offended Wang Hao and arranged Chiyang.

But Zhu Ming's father and son occupied Lizhou Road, and Zhang Ju naturally couldn't come to Hanzhong to be an official, so he came to Lanzhou to be a governor.

This gray-haired old gentleman sat on the city tower leaning on the coffin, calmly facing Li Yanxian's thousands of rebels.

"Brother, Zhang Ju came to Lanzhou last year, and since he took office, he has treated the military and civilians well, and his prestige in Lanzhou is extremely high," Yan Ping advised, "With Zhang Ju guarding the city, Lanzhou is not easy to capture, and even fine work is not easy to use." It's better to fight Dongguan Fort and Nusha Valley first, there are our brothers there, and we can take it in one fell swoop! ”

Li Yanxian did things neatly, and seeing that Lanzhou had already prepared, he immediately ordered: "Wave the Dongguan Fort!" ”

More than 4,000 horsemen turned around and left, and soon there was not even a single figure left, as if they had never been here.

Li Yanxian attacked many states and counties, and had gathered more than 8,000 troops, more than half of whom were cavalry.

They were all light cavalry, and their armor rate was not high, but everyone carried bows, and most of them rode inferior horses, and even some rode mules.

As for the infantry, they were arranged by Li Yanxian to defend the city.

"Too guarded, too guarded...... Father! ”

Not long after Li Yanxian left with his troops, Zhang Ju suddenly fell to the ground in a coma.

This 60-year-old Fujian minister is too punctual in Qinzhou to get sick, and he may not be used to the northwest climate. Now that he has been transferred to Lanzhou to be a Taishou, his condition has worsened, and he has been holding on strongly.

His son Zhang Ran was so grief-stricken that he beckoned the former officials to carry him back to the state office.

After a while, Zhang Juyou woke up, opened his eyes and asked, "The thief didn't come back, did he?" ”

"I didn't come back," Zhang Ran had tears in his eyes, "Father, why bother?" If the thieves want to seize the city, they let them take it, anyway, this Great Song Dynasty can't be saved. ”

Zhang Ju shook his head and said: "I have been loyal to the country in my life, am I still a thief when I am dying?" ”

Zhang Ran said: "Except for my father, everyone in Lanzhou wants to be a thief. It's just that the father treats them well and can't bear to give up the father's will, but in the long run, someone will dedicate the city in tandem! ”

Zhang Juqiang stood up with the sick body, personally inspected the city defense, and told the soldiers to stay alive.

These soldiers complained that Zhang Ju didn't know the current affairs, but seeing that he was haggard, and thinking of the good of Taishou, they really cheered up to defend the city, and they all waited for Zhang Ju to die of illness before joining the thieves.

Two days later, news came from the east that Dongguan Fort had been breached by Li Yanxian.

Zhang Ju muttered: "Lanzhou is almost gone, and I can't go back to heaven." ”

Because of the vast land and sparsely populated Lanzhou, there is only one county, and the state capital is the county seat.

However, there were also large and small walled forts and fortresses to guard against the invasion of Western Xia. No matter how prestigious Zhang Ju is, he can only keep the state city from losing, but those walled forts and closed cities are beyond the reach of the whip.

The soldiers of each fort and each pass lived in extreme poverty, and the local supply of grain and grass was insufficient, so they often needed to be transported from the pass.

But in the past few years, there has been a war, and Guanzhong itself is not enough food, so how can it be transported all the way to supply Lanzhou?

Even if it can be transported, it will be divided by multiple states and counties. Moreover, first of all, Yao Gu's descendant troops had to be guaranteed, and secondly, they were distributed to the walled forts in various states, and there was not much left under the layers of deductions.

Li Yanxian led his troops to Dongguan Fort, and the soldiers in the fort immediately boiled.

They all know that Li Yanxian is a hero, and they have heard of Li Yanxian's deeds. Li Yanxian often spends all his money and feasts to help heroes in the rivers and lakes.

The soldiers' ideas were very simple, thinking that such a man who was light on wealth and righteousness would definitely not deduct their salary!

So, under the tandem of several officers, the soldiers killed the guards and henchmen, invited Li Yanxian into Dongguan Fort to be the master, and soon divided the guards' family wealth.

It can't be said that it is a share of the spoils, the soldiers just get back their due wages, and it is far from enough to make up for their past arrears!

Li Yanxian selected one person and ordered him to lead his troops to garrison Dongguan Fort, and he went to Nusha Valley non-stop.

The female Shagu guard was so frightened that she ran away directly, for fear that she would be killed by her soldiers if she ran slowly.

In this way, Li Yanxian swept the past, and within five days, Li Yanxian effortlessly captured Dingyuan City, Xishi Town, Xincheng and other walled cities, and took one-third of Lanzhou's territory.

One news after another came back to Lanzhou, and Zhang Ju was so anxious that he couldn't sleep at night.

"Too guarded, too guarded......" recorded that he joined the army and rushed into the state office.

Zhang Ju had become mentally numb and asked, "Which fort was lost again?" ”

The record officer was terrified and said: "The Western Xia army has gone south from Zhuo Luosi and has broken through the East Jade Pass. The guards of Xiguan Fort fled when they heard the news, and if the Xixia army broke through Jincheng Pass again, they would be killed under Lanzhou City! ”

Zhang Juluo stood up and confirmed: "It's not a thief, but Xixia?" ”

"It's Xixia!" The record of joining the army affirmed.

Zhang Ju's brain was running rapidly, and he guessed a lot of things in an instant, and shouted violently: "Quickly change the flag, invite Li Yanxian to Lanzhou, and let him fight against the Xixia people!" ”

Here in Lanzhou, it's just a small fight.

In the northeast, the main force of Western Xia has broken through Xi'an Prefecture, Tiandu Village, Huaide Army, Zhenwu City, and Jianning!

This is a deal that Yan Zonghan has been attacking Taiyuan for a long time and secretly making a deal with the Xixia people.

Western Xia sent troops to cooperate with the attack on Guanzhong, and the Jin State ceded Tiande, Yunnei, Wuzhou, and Hedong Eight Pavilions in return.

The territory ceded by the Jin State to the Western Xia State all belonged to the hometown of the Liao State, starting from Hohhot in the east, Wuliangsuhai in the west, Daqing Mountains in the north, and Shenchi in Shanxi in the south. Such a vast area was directly ceded to Western Xia in exchange for its troops!

Such an outrageous operation can be done by Yan Zonghan, and he does not take Wu Qimai, the emperor of the Jin State, in his eyes at all.

Li Qianshun, the lord of Western Xia, was so stimulated that his eyes were red, and the whole country mobilized to fight.

Of course, the historical Jin State reversed course and refused to hand over Tiande and Yunnei, but ceded the northern part of Shaanxi to the Western Xia as compensation. Immediately afterwards, Jin Guo forcibly recaptured the Eighth Pavilion in Hedong (the middle section of the Yellow River south of Daqingshan), which was tearing his face and not even having any integrity.

Western Xia could only suffer a dumb loss in silence, and continued to help the Jin State attack the Song State, and got the three bones thrown by the Jin State (Ledu, Guide, and Hualong).

……

Wanyan Zonghan led Western Xia to send troops, which made the situation even more complicated.

In the Hebei region of Henan, Wanyan Zongwang was the leader, Song and Jin joined forces to fight Zhu Ming, and the Song State ceded territory in return.

In the Shanxi region of Shaanxi, Wanyan Zonghan was the leader, and Jin Xia joined forces to fight the Song State, and the Jin State ceded territory in return.

The news that the Western Xia army took advantage of the situation soon spread to the battlefield of Guanzhong.

Liu Yanqing, who led the troops to withdraw to Weinan, was immediately furious, because he was now passing through the Huanqing Road, and next door was the Huaide army that had been captured by the Western Xia!

Moreover, the Huaide army and the Yan army, which were attacked by the Western Xia, were also nominally under Liu Yanqing's control. Many of the soldiers there were taken away by Liu Yanqing, otherwise they would not have been taken advantage of by Western Xia.

Once the Western Xia army marched eastward, Liu Yanqing's territory was gone!

"The Jin people are really hateful," Liu Yanqing was furious, "what did you say to help the Great Song Dynasty exterminate the Zhu thief, but also instigated the Western Xia to send troops to occupy the border areas of our country!" ”

Liu Guangguo said: "Maybe the Western Xia army came by itself, and it has nothing to do with the Jin people." ”

"The Western Xia has already bowed down to the Jin State, and without the orders of the Jin people, how dare they send troops?" Liu Yanqing asked.

"This ......," Liu Guangguo could not explain.

Liu Guangshi said: "We must withdraw our troops as soon as possible, otherwise the Huanqing Road will not be guaranteed." ”

Liu Yanqing shook his head: "Only our Liu family can't keep it, as soon as I write a letter to Tokyo, I want to ask what the Jin people want to do." Second, we must write a letter to the thief general Yang Zhi, explaining that we have the intention of taking refuge, but we must first withdraw our troops to defend Huanqing Road, and the Liu Jiajun here in Guanzhong will not fight again! ”

Liu Yanqing sent messengers to contact both sides, and he led his troops to quickly escape and directly withdraw from the battlefield in Guanzhong.

Knowing that Liu Yanqing had completely run away, and that Western Xia was attacking the Shaanxi border, the cultivator didn't know how to deal with it at all.

What about the promised United Gold Thief?

Before the Zhu thief could damage a single hair, Xixia killed him instead.

"Father, the Yang thief sent a messenger and has brought it to the outside of the house." The brook came in to report it.

In the past, the Seed Master Dao would not receive it at all, but now he is ready to meet it.

The envoy sent by Yang Zhi was named Liu Hong, and when they met, he asked: "Cultivating the scriptures, can you know the Huayi Great Defense?" Do you want to throw away the whole of Shaanxi to suppress the thieves? The Western Xia has already come in, and Your Excellency does not go to fight Yidi, but desperately guards against us in Chang'an! Brothers are outside the wall to resist their insults, what are you going to do next? ”

The seed master said: "The two armies will make a truce for the time being, and then we will figure things out." ”

Liu Hong said: "I'm going to Tokyo, please let the Tongguan garrison let me go!" ”

"Yes." Taneji Michi also wants to send his son to Tokyo.

The two sides said that it was a truce, but Yang Zhi continued to occupy the prefectures and counties, and sent thousands of partial divisions to take Jingzhou, Weizhou, Longzhou, and Yuanzhou.

In particular, Weizhou and Yuanzhou Taishou, for fear that the Western Xia army would go south and Yang Zhi's partial division would kill them, so they immediately opened the city and surrendered, handing over the city to the righteous army to defend.

However, it was said that Liu Hong and Chongxi went to Tokyo together, and they hurried all the way.

The two brought the news to Kaifeng, and Zhu Ming and the monarchs and ministers of the Song Kingdom were all as big as a fight.

Zhao Huan sent someone to question Wan Yan Zongwang, but Wan Yan Zongwang looked confused, he didn't know Wan Yan Zonghan's operation at all.

Shi Liai came up with an idea and said: "You can reply to the monarchs and ministers of the Song State that the Western Xia Army is here to help the Song State exterminate the Zhu thief." ”

"Will the Song people believe it?" Wanyan Zongwang expressed doubts.

Shi Liai said: "The Song people have to believe it if they don't believe it, and the edict of Lianjin to suppress thieves was issued, and the emperor of the Song State has already been difficult to ride a tiger." ”

(PS: Sorry, I had something to do during the day and came back late.) ）

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