Yang Daquan and Zhang Zhongxia glanced at each other, Zhang Zhongxia was about to speak, Li Deren and Ning Zining hurriedly went up to the city wall, striding over, their faces full of anxiety.

"General Cao, generals, what do you mean by this? What did Genghis Khan intend? ”

Li De had the same question when he opened his mouth, and Ning Zining next to him looked forward to it.

In any case, most of the Mongol army withdrew, and both of them were relieved, and their breathing was much easier.

"General Cao, Your Highness, generals, since the siege of the Tatar army last winter, it has been three months now, and there have been nearly 100 battles of all sizes, and our Lingzhou army has lost nearly 20,000 people, and the Tatar army has suffered casualties, at least more than 30,000."

Zhang Zhongxia's words made everyone in the city nod, and everyone was arrogant.

can make the Mongolian iron cavalry who dominate the world deflated, and suffer heavy casualties, and feel sour and proud when I think about it.

"Zhang Zhongxia, you go on!"

Cao Youwan couldn't wait to urge Zhang Zhongxia. The emperor has a discerning eye, this Zhang Zhongxia is not shocked by changes, thoughtful, and is indeed a talent.

"General, Your Highness, our army is based on the city, and the Tatars are camped in the wilderness, and they are bound to be plagued. Since it is difficult to conquer Lingzhou City for a while, the Tatar army will be besieged for a long time, and when the grain and grass in the city are exhausted, Lingzhou City will not be attacked by itself without much effort. The 20,000 Tatar troops outside the city are to prevent our army from going out of the city to find food and grass, as well as reinforcements from all directions. ”

Zhang Zhongxia speculated, and everyone nodded again and again, agreeing with him.

However, the land of Xingling has long been ransacked by the Mongolian army, where can I still find supplies!

"What do you mean by the 20,000 Tatar army that went north?"

Lingzhou Zhizhou Ning Zining asked ignorantly.

These Mongolian troops can't withdraw their troops back to the grassland, right?

"Nine times out of ten, they went to Zhongxing Mansion, of course, they wanted to surrender without a fight. Lingzhou City has not been captured, and Zhongxing Mansion can't even think about it! ”

Li Deren knew it and answered coldly.

If you want to make a forced landing in Zhongxing Mansion, it is logical to take Lingzhou City. It's pure wishful thinking to think about beauty!

Regardless of whether the Zhongxing Mansion will descend or not, he Li Deren will not anyway.

"What about now?"

Ning Zining couldn't help but ask.

There are 20,000 Mongolian troops in Lingzhou City, and the same is true in Zhongxingfu, and there are 40,000 Mongolian troops galloping across the land of Xingling, cutting off traffic, which greatly restricts the Xingling defenders from going out of the city, and must not be taken lightly.

"General, Your Highness, now that the morale of the Tatars is low, and the camp outside the city is only 20,000 people, it is better to gather elite soldiers on a certain day, kill them by surprise, and use the advantage of firearms to break the Tatar army, seize its baggage, and open up the Quartet passage, so that you can go out of the city to find food and grass, killing two birds with one stone. I wonder what His Highness and the general think? ”

Zhang Zhongxia pointed to the Mongolian army camp outside the city and said excitedly.

There are more than 200,000 people in the city, after all, food and grass are limited, if you can't find food and grass, defending the city is tantamount to asking for your own death. Relying purely on the emperor to save the army is too conservative and not a long-term strategy.

Yang Daquan nodded again and again, and then echoed:

"What Zhang Zhongxia said is good! The Tatar camp is only five miles, and our army's ammunition is still enough, and when the time comes, the three armies will use their lives, one to defeat the Tatar army, and the other to seize some grain and grass. Your Highness, General, hurry up and give the order! ”

It is now the end of June, but there are still more than four months to go. Now it's two meals a day, and a month later it's one meal a day, and then maybe you will have to kill horses and eat turf roots.

This does not bode well!

Yang Daquan and Zhang Zhongxia advocated going out of the city to fight, and Cao Youwan was also moved, and his eyes swept to Li Deren.

"Your Highness, go out of the city to attack Tatar, surprise and want to come ......"

To fight out of the city, you must be greatly assisted by the defenders of Lingzhou. The 4,000 Song army, even if it was a sneak attack, could not defeat the 20,000 Tatar army.

"No! Absolutely not! ”

Before Li Deren could speak, Ning Zining had already spoken, and categorically rejected Cao Youwan's proposal.

"All the defenders of Lingzhou add up to only more than 20,000 people, against 20,000 Tatar troops, in case of defeat, how can Lingzhou City be defended? Besides, what if the Tatar army lured the enemy? If Lingzhou City is lost, Zhongxing Mansion will inevitably fall. By that time, Great Xia will really be over! ”

Ning Zining's words made Cao Youwan hesitate again, and Li Deren shook his head in denial.

"General Cao, isn't the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty going to wave his troops to save him, I'd better be cautious, don't fight in waves, just wait for the army to come." Lingzhou is related to the safety of Great Xia, don't be reckless! ”

Li Deren and Ning Zining vetoed, and Zhang Zhongxia couldn't help but persuade again.

"Only by defeating the Tatar army outside the city can the Tatars be frightened and take back some grain and grass. Our army went out of the city to fight, there were earth-shattering thunder and artillery, even if there was an ambush, our army could protect itself and retreat to the city safely. The opportunity must not be missed, once the weather is hot, the Tatar army has set up walls and trenches, but it is not easy to attack! ”

"Yes! As long as the Tatar army is defeated, the threat of defending the city will be greatly reduced, and a lot of baggage and grass can be recaptured. Hiding in the city is not a long-term solution after all. ”

Yang Daquan was moved and strongly praised Zhang Zhongxia's enterprising ideas.

With firearms in hand, the soldiers are elite, so why not be afraid of cavalry.

"No! The danger is too great, and the whole body will be moved, and the defenders of Lingzhou must not act rashly! Can't move! ”

Ning Zining was as resolute as ever.

"General Cao, generals, the elite soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, forgetting life and death, with sharp firearms, this king is absolutely assured. But these Xia troops defending the city, they only had swords and guns, and most of the archers were killed and wounded. Ask them, do they dare to go out of the city to fight the Tatar army? ”

Li Deren smiled bitterly, but what he said was the truth.

After several months of defending the city, the veterans suffered heavy losses, so that most of the defenders, who were new recruits, went out of the city with the Song army to fight, and I am afraid that the Song army itself was not sure.

Li Deren and Ning Zining did not support it, Cao Youwan nodded helplessly, and his gaze swept to the south.

The military order he received was to hold Lingzhou City. Let the four thousand Song troops go out of the city to fight, he is really not confident. The only way to do this now is to defend the city and rest and wait for the emperor to wave his troops.

Zhang Zhongxia shook his head secretly, but he could also understand the difficulties of Li Deren and Ning Zining.

Without the participation of the defenders of Lingzhou, it was impossible for the Song army to break through the Mongolian army camp outside the city. I'm afraid that before the emperor arrives, Lingzhou City will run out of ammunition and food, and it will be self-defeating.

Sweeping his gaze to the southeast, the emperor headmaster, should have already left.

South of the Yellow River, Lintao Road, on the embankment of the Yellow River, the spring breeze is light, the willows are still clinging, the Yellow River has thawed, and the river is surging eastward.

Su Butai, the first fierce general of Mongolia, sat on his war horse, looking at the direction of Lingzhou in the north, and his eyes were full of anger.

South of the Yellow River is already in the territory of the Jin Kingdom, in the wilderness south of Subutai, the Mongolian iron cavalry is all over the mountains, ready to go, it seems that they are going to attack the city again, burn and loot.

"These dog thieves in Lingzhou City are really hard enough!"

The commander of the Mongolian army, Chawuer, sighed softly.

The siege of Lingzhou City was not defeated, the troops were lost, and the troops had to be withdrawn, which was an unprecedented defeat for the Mongolian iron cavalry.

"Don't be overwhelmed with their majesty, Tsauul. After a few months, I didn't eat or drink, and when all the people in the city died, and when it was cold, it was not too late to clean them up! ”

Zhenhai, the commander of the Mongolian army, said casually.

The siege of Lingzhou City for more than three months, without success, with 30,000 dead and wounded troops, can be described as an unprecedented defeat for the Mongolian iron cavalry. As a last resort, the Mongol army had no choice but to withdraw its troops to besiege the city and no longer attack the city.

With a "snap", Zhenhai was whipped. Su Butai's eyes were hideous, and his face was pale.

"You know! Lingzhou City was not defeated, and the Great Khan was seriously ill again. If you don't make any effort to attack the Jinren, be careful that I cut off your dog's head! ”

Without capturing Lingzhou City, Genghis Khan, who was already in poor health, was furious, his condition deteriorated, and he often fell into a coma, and all the Mongolian generals were worried. Who knows how long Genghis Khan will last like this?

What wait for the weather to be cold, it's just nonsense! Lingzhou City will be broken as soon as possible, and perhaps Genghis Khan's condition will improve under the joy of Genghis Khan.

"Subutai, the Great Khan Ji people have their own natural appearance, and they have already gone to Liupan Mountain to recuperate, and their bodies will recover soon."

Another Qianfu elder will be Tari, and Su Butai will be relieved.

Subutai was angry about not capturing Lingzhou City, thinking that this aggravated Genghis Khan's illness, but he didn't know that if he wanted to capture Lingzhou City, the Mongol warriors would have to suffer heavy casualties.

It is the wisest choice to besiege but not attack, plunder the Quartet, cut off the supply of grain and grass in the city, and wait for the defenders in the city to run out of ammunition and food.

"Go back and destroy Lingzhou City, don't leave the chickens and dogs, don't leave the chickens and dogs!"

Su Butai hated a word, paused for a moment, and then asked:

"These golden dogs, they don't have firearms, right?"

"Probably not! If the Golden Dog had firearms, they would have sent troops to reinforce the Tang Wuti people a long time ago! ”

Zhenhai muttered cautiously.

"Zhenhai is right!"

Tari hurriedly interjected, and then said hesitantly:

"Subutai, over there in the southerners, did you send the gold medal of the Great Khan directly?"

The Song-Jin border is staggered, and attacking the Jin State may affect the Song realm. Genghis Khan's military decree asked the Song people to submit and not to meddle in the cutting of gold. Now it depends on whether to use force and make the Song people obedient.

"Zhenhai, you and Chawur go to the Song Realm and give them the Great Khan's gold medal. If they don't know each other, give them some hardship. ”

Halfway through his speech, he seemed to hesitate.

"My Mongolian army attacked the Golden Dog, and the Song army will definitely know. Do you know what to do? ”

"Yes!"

Zhenhai and Chaur hurriedly received the order.

The Mongol iron cavalry came and went like the wind, and fighting in a roundabout way was the strength of the Mongol army, and they naturally knew how to do it.

The Song people were weak and were driven to a corner of the south of the Yangtze River by the Jin people. But Song Jing is rich, don't plunder, sorry for himself.

"The army is divided into two routes, and the Jin State is broken as soon as possible, so as to report the good news to the Great Khan!"

Subutai gave the order, beat the horse down the embankment, and a group of Mongolian knights followed closely.

In the spring of the third year of Xingqing in the Great Song Dynasty, the Mongolian army besieged the city of Lingzhou, and the army went north and south. Genghis Khan recuperated in Liupan Mountain in Longyou, and the army went south to attack the Jin State in several ways, and the land of Longyou fell into a war.