On the city wall, Ning Zining and Li Deren frowned, speechless for a while.

To repel the Mongol invasion, it was up to the will of God, and they had to do their best.

"Genghis Khan, no matter how many troops he has and how many stone throwers he has, if he wants to occupy Lingzhou City, run over my corpse!"

Ye Limou was indignant and snorted coldly.

Li Deren and Ning Zining looked at each other, both a little surprised.

This wild scheming, eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, a well-known second-rate son in the army. I can't imagine that the country is in a critical juncture, and he is also a good man.

"Ye Limou, well said! Isn't the Tatar going to destroy our Great Xia, and the chickens and dogs will not be left, then let them attack! If you want us to surrender in Kaicheng and do his spring and autumn dreams! ”

Ning Zining nodded and said loudly.

If you are humiliated, you may not be able to escape death. Instead of this, it is better to fight vigorously and well.

"What a wild scheme, not bad! It's a good boy in my summer! ”

Li Deren nodded solemnly and patted Ye Limou's shoulder fiercely.

At the juncture of the country's ruin, there are still these hot-blooded men, and there is still hope in Daxia.

"The greatest pleasure of a man is to subdue the rebellious multitude, to defeat the enemy, to take all that he has, to ride his horse, and to take his beautiful wives and concubines. Genghis Khan, are you talking about human words? Is it a human thing? ”

Li Deren said quietly, and there was a lot of helplessness in his tone.

There was no grudge and hatred, and a strong desire to plunder was the fundamental reason why Genghis Khan constantly waged foreign wars.

Genghis Khan founded the country and began to wage large-scale wars of conquest abroad. The spearhead was directed at the Western Xia and Jin dynasties, and adopted the strategy of "weak first and then strong", first attacking the economically rich and strategically important Western Xia.

From the first year of Song Kaixi (1205), Temujin launched the first predatory war against the Western Xia, plundering a large number of people and livestock. The next four wars against Xia caused the lack of national strength, the loss of elite, the sharp decline in population, and the withering of people's livelihood, which had reached the verge of extinction.

Fraud and coercion, you can't survive, you can't die. But what about Western Xia?

Unconsciously, Li Deren put his hand on Ye Limou's shoulder and used his strength.

"Your Highness, your hands are so strong!"

Ye Limou grinned, and Li Deren laughed.

"Genghis Khan wants Lingzhou City, so step on our corpses. I want me Li Deren to kneel on the ground like a dog, wagging his tail and begging for mercy from the enemy, don't think about it in the next life! ”

Li Deren's face flushed, and he spoke out loud.

What "accepting the son of the enemy" and not "sending the son into the hostage" is all bullshit excuses.

Repeatedly invaded the Western Xia, so that the population of the Western Xia dropped from three million to less than one million, burned, looted, and was heavily indebted, and the Xixia people were not allowed to resist, where did this bandit logic come from?

"Fight with Genghis Khan!"

Li Weizhong waved his small fist and shouted after his father.

Li Deren laughed and touched his son's little head.

"Good son, good! Flesh! ”

Li Deren glanced at his son appreciatively, turned his head, and looked at Ning Zining, the governor of Lingzhou, his partner.

"Ning Xianggong, the people of the Quartet have taken refuge in the city, and the good and the bad are mixed. The security of the city depends on you! ”

One of them is the main military and the other is the main civil affairs, because it is wartime, some things must be coordinated with each other.

"Your Highness, rest assured. Now that the weather is hot, it is good to say, but if it is winter, I am afraid that there will be some trouble, and we will send outsiders to every household in the city. However, knowing the urgency of the war, the enthusiasm of the people in the city to join the army was very high. ”

Ning Zining said worriedly.

Li Deren nodded, his mood was also heavy.

The enthusiasm of the people is high, and they want to join the army to serve the country, but if they want to become qualified, or even semi-qualified, soldiers, how can they be trained in two or three months?

Moreover, once a large number of civilians are recruited into the army, the food supply in the city may be another problem.

"Your Highness, once the Tatar army besieges Lingzhou City and besieges it but does not attack it, what will happen then?"

Ning Zining suddenly asked.

"You mean that the Tatar army surrounded the point and sent reinforcements, and the Zhongxing government sent reinforcements?"

Li Deren's face sank, and he was speechless for a while.

Genghis Khan's best thing is to encircle the point to send reinforcements, when the Mongolian army besieged Lingzhou City, Genghis Khan repeated his old tricks, how should the Tangut people choose?

"Lingzhou City is the barrier of Zhongxing Mansion, if Lingzhou City is lost, Zhongxing Mansion will be difficult to support alone, and it will not be able to defend it. But if Zhongxingfu sent reinforcements, it would not have been defeated by the Tatar army. What a dilemma! ”

Ning Zining whispered, her heart pounding.

"This ...... What can I do? Why didn't they send reinforcements? ”

Ye Limou stayed for a moment, and then he scolded with hatred.

If the damned Jin people had sent reinforcements, Western Xia would not be in this situation.

When the catastrophe comes, they fly separately. The hearts of the golden people are like iron stones, and they look at them from the wall, don't they know the truth that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold?

In the city gate tower, everyone was silent, Li Deren was pondering, and Ye Limou, who was standing at the door, pointed to the south of the city, and suddenly shouted.

"Your Highness, Ning Xianggong, look!"

Li Deyi was stunned, raised his head, and looked out of the south of the city with Ning Zining.

On the official road in the south of the city, people and horses came in a hurry, and it seemed that it was a huge horse team.

When he got closer, Li Deren saw it clearly, there were thousands of people sprinkled around, the scale was huge, all of them were dressed as caravans, and the car was immediately bulging, obviously carrying a lot of things.

Where is this caravan, so many people? At this time, what else to buy? Don't you want money or death?

The caravan marched forward until it reached the edge of the moat, where it stopped.

"Let the soldiers on the walls and at the gates be prepared, and beware of the meticulous work."

The caravan was full of sturdy men, Li Deren was secretly vigilant, shouted loudly, and told Ye Limou on the side:

"Ye Limou, go down and ask, where did the caravan come from? Be cautious! ”

The men in this brigade, all young Ding Zhuang, armed with guns and knives, boundless, and all dressed as Han Chinese, are really suspicious.

If you don't get it right, this will be the Han army in the Tatar army, coming to throw stones and ask for directions.

On a hot day, the Mongolian army doesn't need to escape the heat?

"Your Highness, don't worry, I'll go down now!"

Ye Limou took the initiative to ask for help, and ran down the city wall happily.

Li Deren and Ning Zining glanced at each other and shook their heads.

This kid, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, he must think that there is oil and water to fish.

"All troops on alert!"

Li Deren loudly passed down the military order, and the soldiers of the Xia army at the head of the city were like facing a great enemy, stretching their bows and arrows, and clenching the swords and guns in their hands one after another.

"Your Highness, Your Highness! It's an old minister! ”

An old man with a white beard in front of the caravan waved to Li Deren on the city wall, and Li Deren was taken aback when he saw it.

"Luo Shichang ......"

A few months ago, Luo Shichang took the Xixia princess Li Weiming and her party from Lingzhou, and only said that he was going to Jindi on a business trip by holy order, but he didn't expect that he would come back at this time.

"Quick, let Luo Shichang and them in!"

Li Deren hurriedly let people go, but he didn't seem to find the figure of Princess Li Weiming.

The Xia army on the city wall was still on standby, beware of Luo Shichang's surrender to the Mongol army and luring the wolf into the house.

Luo Shichang crossed the suspension bridge on horseback until he reached the city gate.

And Yu Jue, Cao Youwan and other Song soldiers in disguise were still waiting by the moat.

"Luo Xianggong, are you coming back from the Kingdom of Jin?"

Li Deren pointed to the caravan by the drawbridge and asked suspiciously.

Isn't it an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin, how could he bring such a large caravan back?

"Your Highness, please let the old minister go up to the city wall to talk!"

Luo Shichang's face was covered with sweat and shouted loudly at the city wall.

God bless Great Xia. After more than ten days of day and night, he finally arrived in Lingzhou without danger.

"And pro! Song Jun! Reinforcements! ”

Luo Shichang went up to the city wall and whispered, Li Deren suddenly realized, he looked at the handwritten secret letter of Emperor Zhao Hong of the Song Dynasty in his hand, his hand trembled, and the letter almost fell to the ground.

Reinforcements! What an unexpected surprise!

No wonder I didn't see Li Weiming come back, it turned out that Song Xia had already reconciled.

"Your Royal Highness, Xia Song has married Qin and Jin, in addition to the secret decree of the emperor before his death, there is also the princess's handwritten secret letter, Your Highness can read it."

After Luo Shichang finished speaking, he handed over the secret letter of Li Weiming, the princess of Western Xia.

When he was in the Song realm, he already knew the news of the death of Emperor Li Dewang and Emperor Taishang Li Zunwei. Zhao Hong's prediction has been verified.

"Since the Xia and Song Dynasty have formed an alliance, why did the Song Emperor only send a mere 10,000 officers and soldiers, and it still looks like this? How much does this help? ”

Li Deren still had a little disappointment in his heart.

100,000 Mongolian troops pressed the border, how much effect can this 10,000 people play?

"Your Highness, it's easy to add the icing on the cake, but it's hard to send charcoal in the snow. Now that the country is about to be broken, even the Jin people dare not come to help, and the Song Emperor sent an army to come, which is already benevolent and righteous. Emperor Song's move was to avoid a dispute with the Tatars, and to take it by surprise. Who knows if there are any Tatar spies in this city. ”

Luo Shichang looked at the sergeants around him who had walked away, and said in a low voice:

"Your Highness, these Song troops are all warriors in a thousand. The Song people may not be good in the field, but when it comes to defending the city, no one in the world can beat it. As a surprise soldier, these 10,000 warriors have sharp firearms and can kill and injure at least tens of thousands of enemy soldiers. Be content, Your Highness. ”

Luo Shichang's words made Li Deren nod slightly.

The Mongol army was in full swing, and the Song people were forced to do so. However, by sending these dead soldiers, it is indeed the best of kindness.

"Since you came to reinforce it, why don't you reinforce Zhongxing Mansion?"

Li Deren asked suspiciously.

"Your Highness, Zhongxing Mansion is not short of 10,000 people. Lingzhou is the gateway to Zhongxingfu, as long as Lingzhou City is there, Zhongxingfu will not fall. Therefore, Lingzhou left 8,000 people, while Zhongxing Mansion only had 2,000 Song troops. ”

Luo Shichang pointed to the outside of the city and quickly reminded him.

"Your Highness, let's let the Song army enter the city first, so as not to cool people's hearts. Remember, it's the caravan, not the Song army! ”

"Come on, let Song ...... Caravan into town! ”

Li Deren suddenly realized, and hurriedly shouted to the city gate.

Since Emperor Song sent 10,000 reinforcements to come, there must be a follow-up move, which is worth looking forward to.