There was a lot of discussion in Kaifeng City, and all the people were paying attention to the battle of Pingxia City, especially Fan Zheng as the supervisor of Pingxia City.

"The official family is still too young! Yongle City, which occupied the natural danger during the Shenzong period, did not hold it, not to mention the Pingxia City that has no danger to defend now. ”

"I heard that the method of building the city of Pingxia City was proposed by the evil doctor Fan Zheng, and a doctor relied on the official family Chongxin to get involved in military affairs, I am afraid that Pingxia City will not escape defeat."

"The 500,000 troops of Western Xia are coming to attack, and Pingxia City, which has only 20,000 people, may not last a few days!"

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In Kaifeng City, all the literati and scholars talked broadly, shaking their heads and sighing at the situation in Song and Xia.

"Evil Doctor Fan Zheng? Evil Doctor Fan Zheng's evil recipe has never been defeated! Coupled with the fact that he personally supervised the army in Pingxia City, he must be sure of it. There are also Kaifeng people who believe in Fan Zheng, after all, Fan is in Kaifeng City, which has repeatedly come out of evil prescriptions, and the disease is eliminated, which makes the people have more confidence in it.

Besides, the prison army is not fighting, and the real chief general is not Fan Zheng, so it is not appropriate to attribute the responsibility for victory and defeat to Fan Zheng.

A scholar snorted coldly: "Back then, Xu Xi was also a famous man in the world, but the result was not just a war on paper, the battle of Yongle City, the first battle made the Great Song Dynasty lose 200,000 soldiers, lose troops and lose power, and humiliate the country." ”

There is a lot of discussion inside and outside Kaifeng City! No one questioned the medical skills of the evil doctor Fan Zheng, but I am afraid that not many people were convinced of his military talents.

And the court seems to be as calm as ever, but in fact, there is an undercurrent, countless officials have privately prepared to play the fold, once the news of the defeat of Pingxia City comes, they will rush up and completely bring down Fan Zheng and the Fan family.

"Is there any news from Pingxia City?"

In the vertical arch hall, Zhao Xu couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart and asked, he didn't know how many times he had asked the same thing.

"Enlighten the official family! There is no news from Pingxia City yet, according to the agreement between Fan Jianjun and Lord Zhang, Pingxia City needs to independently resist the siege of the Western Xia army for half a month before it can be rescued, and now the time should not come. Tong Guan said respectfully.

"Half a month?"

Zhao Xu couldn't help but look solemn, you must know that there are only 20,000 defenders in Pingxia City, and Xixia is known as 500,000 troops, with such a strong levitation, can Pingxia City really be able to stop it?

He understood Fan Zheng's plan, which was to use the Western Xia army to test the power of the fortress, the divine arm crossbow and the earth-shattering thunder, and at the same time kill a large number of Western Xia soldiers.

If Pingxia City can independently withstand the siege of more than ten times the enemy, and at the same time destroy a large number of enemy troops, it will definitely deter Liaoxia and find a feasible way for the Great Song Dynasty to defend Liaoxia.

"I'd rather defeat Liaoxia step by step than Fan Aiqing take the risk!" Zhao Xu said helplessly.

Since he met Fan Zheng, after Fan Zheng saddled his horse, he was able to successfully pro-government, which can be said to be indispensable, and now Fan is in danger in Pingxia City, which makes him suffer from gains and losses.

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FAN Fuzhong,

"I hope Zheng'er can be safe and sound!"

Since Fan Zheng set out to conquer Pingxia City, the Ma family burned incense and prayed day and night at the ancestral shrine of the Fan family, and the ancestors blessed Fan Zheng to return safely.

In the cities of the Great Song Dynasty.

There are Li Qingzhao leading the people of Yizhuang to raise donations, Fan is fighting on the front line, she is raising donations in the cities of the Great Song Dynasty, and using her ability to help Fan Zheng.

As for the question of whether Fan Zheng can come back, she never doubted it, because Fan Zheng never broke his promise to her.

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Inside the Liao State Mission.

Yelu Nanyin frowned, 20,000 troops against 500,000 Xia troops, she didn't think Fan Zheng had any chance of winning.

"The secret letter asking the Empress Dowager of Western Xia to keep Fan Zheng's life has been sent." Yelu Nanyin frowned.

The deputy envoy of the Liao State on the side said helplessly: "Princess Qiyu, the secret letter has already been sent, but the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and the evil doctor Fan Zheng can survive, I'm afraid it is still unknown." ”

"Do your best and obey the destiny of heaven! Fan Taicheng prescribed a good prescription for the princess to treat the bright red spotted mole, and the princess saved her life, which can be regarded as a retribution. Yelu Nanyin sighed.

The deputy envoy of the Liao State nodded and said, "Now that Her Royal Highness the Princess should consider this battle, what is the position of the Liao State?" ”

Yelu Nanyin suddenly fell into a dilemma, as a native of Liao, she naturally hoped that the Great Song Dynasty would be defeated, and the Liao State could take the opportunity to make the Great Song succumb, but Fan Zheng was in Pingxia City, and she hoped that Fan Zheng could create another miracle and be able to defend Pingxia City.

Suddenly, an envoy of the Liao State hurriedly returned from outside, and said with a panicked face: "Princess Qiyu, Pingxia City has won a great victory!" Da Song has won! ”

"Da Song has won!"

The entire Liao State Mission was stunned for a moment, Pingxia City had no danger to defend, they never thought that Pingxia City could be defended.

"Really?"

Yelu Nanyin said in ecstasy, and then realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly sat down and said: "It seems that this time the reinforcements of the Song army are coming quickly!" ”

The envoy of the Liao State shook his head and said: "Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't know that this time it was not the reinforcements of the Song State who arrived, but Pingxia City with 20,000 troops to resist the 500,000 Western Xia attack Banyue in turn, and instead of capturing Pingxia City, he killed 50,000 Western Xia soldiers. ”

"Kill 50,000 soldiers! That's impossible? The deputy envoy of the Liao State exclaimed.

The envoy of the Liao State said bitterly: "This is an urgent dispatch of the Great Song Dynasty for 800 miles, and now it has spread throughout Bianjing. ”

The deputy envoy of the Liao State couldn't help but be shocked, Pingxia City was sent to an urgent dispatch for eight hundred miles, I am afraid that there will be no fake!

"Immediately inquire into the details of the battle of Pingxia City." The deputy envoy of the Liao State took a deep breath and said solemnly.

The results of the battle of Pingxia City are really too weird, if this battle is true, I am afraid that the situation of the Song, Xia and Liao Kingdoms that has been stable for decades may change.

"Yes!" The envoy of the Liao State received the order.

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"Pingxia City Victory!"

"20,000 defenders guarded Pingxia City for half a moon and killed 50,000 Xia soldiers."

With the eight-hundred-mile expedited stagecoach, roaring past, Kaifeng City was suddenly boiling.

"How is this possible?"

Countless people were stunned, 20,000 defenders against 500,000 Western Xia defenders, not only held steadily for half a month, but also killed 50,000 Xia soldiers in turn.

"This can't be a lie about the military situation!"

One muttered.

The people of Kaifeng were suddenly silent, after all, such an outrageous record was really unbelievable.

"Others don't believe it, but he is the evil doctor Fan Zheng!" A Kaifeng citizen stroked the carbuncle wound on his lower abdomen and said firmly.

"I'll just say why the evil doctor Fan Zheng went to Pingxia City to supervise the army, this must be his evil recipe." A merchant suddenly realized.

"Taking Pingxia City as an evil party?"

Many people were stunned in disbelief.

"What's so strange about this, didn't Fan Zheng still have a prescription for the medical city back then?"

"Fan Zheng's evil side has never been defeated, no wonder he dares to garrison Pingxia City alone."

"Heaven has eyes, Fan Zheng's evil recipe has finally plagued Western Xia."

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The people of Kaifeng originally questioned this outrageous result, but after learning that it was Fan Zheng's evil formula, their attitude changed greatly.

Fan Zheng's evil recipe has always been unpredictable, and many of the recipes that seem incredible have finally been verified to be true one by one, and the people of Kaifeng have long been accustomed to it.

When the good news of the 800-mile rush reached the vertical arch hall, the whole palace couldn't help but be a sensation.

"Good! What a Pingxia city, live up to its name! Zhao Xu looked at the good news and was excited.

Hundreds of officials also rushed to hear the news, and looked at the good news in front of them in disbelief.

"Congratulations to the official family!"

The officials were also overjoyed and congratulated.

"Weichen impeached Fan Zheng, the supervisor of Pingxia City, and the main generals Chong Pu and Yang Weizhong lied about the military situation!" Yushi Yang scolded angrily and poured cold water on the excited officials.

If it was the three of them who blocked the siege of the Western Xia army, it might be about the same, and the 20,000 defenders killed 50,000 Xia soldiers in the state of defending the city, which is simply impossible.

Other officials also woke up from their ecstasy, the Great Song and Western Xia often fought, and they naturally knew that the battle to defend the city was superior, but the Western Xia had an army of 500,000.

The two sides fought for half a month, and the Great Song Dynasty killed less than 2,000 people, and the Western Xia killed 50,000 people, which was impossible to do anyway according to previous war examples.

"Nope! This should be true! ”

Unexpectedly, the old party leader Lu Dafang personally justified Fan Zheng's name!

"Lu Xianggong, how can you believe such ridiculous words!" Yang Wei looked at Lu Dafang incredulously.

Lu Dafang shook his head and said: "The design concept of Pingxia City is to replace defense with offense, and it is not surprising that Pingxia City can kill so many Xia soldiers and officials, and Pingxia City, which really surprised the old man, was able to hold the 500,000 army alone for half a month. ”

The other important ministers also nodded one after another, but they had witnessed the power of the Divine Arm Crossbow and the Heaven-Shaking Thunder with their own eyes, both of which were divine weapons with attack power as the main focus, and their lethality was naturally amazing.

In their speculation, Fan Zheng was able to use such a divine weapon to inflict heavy losses on the Xia army, even if it fell in the end, he could kill and injure a large number of Western Xia troops before the fall, so that the Western Xia would be afraid to attack the Song army's castle.

Obviously, Fan Zheng gave them an even bigger surprise, not only killing a large number of Xia troops, but also successfully holding more than ten times the enemy army besieging for half a moon.

"Please make every effort to make the Divine Arm Crossbow and the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, and then transform the frontline villages into fortress structures." The privy envoy Zeng Bu excitedly.

The great success of Pingxia City is enough to prove that the fortress, the divine arm crossbow and the earth-shaking thunder are an invincible combination, once the front-line villages are transformed into fortresses, and combined with the gods arm crossbow and earth-shaking thunder and other artifacts, the fortresses of the Great Song Dynasty frontier will be like hedgehogs full of spikes, so that the head of the incoming enemy will break the blood.

"Accurate!"

Zhao Xu said loudly.

"Divine Arm Crossbow, Heaven-shattering Thunder! Fortress! ”

The officials of the court couldn't help but be stunned for a while, they had only heard of the Divine Arm Crossbow, but they didn't know anything about the Heaven-Shaking Thunder and the Fortress.

Zhao Xu signaled slightly, and the privy envoy Zeng Bu laid out the plans for Pingxia City one by one.

Now that the battle of Pingxia City has ended, the secrets of the fortress and the earth-shattering thunder have been made public, so naturally there is no need to hide it anymore.

"Such a strange way to build a city!"

"A firearm that sounds like thunder, a heaven-shattering thunder that kills living things within five steps!"

"Combined with the arrow can pierce the armor god arm crossbow!"

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but gasp, no wonder the important ministers of the court had no doubts about the strange battle report of Pingxia City.

"What a offense instead of defense!" Su Shi exclaimed.

Hundreds of officials have been silent, the ordinary castle focuses on making the city wall taller and thicker, so that the enemy has nothing to do, but the fortress does the opposite, does not pursue the height and danger of the city wall, but uses the castle shape, with the divine arm crossbow to maximize the killing of the enemy, to attack instead of defending, not to mention the earth-shattering thunder This big killer.

"Su Aiqing, immediately publish the Di newspaper and spread the victory of Pingxia City all over the world!" Zhao Xu ordered.

After the invasion of the Western Xia, the hearts of the Great Song Dynasty fluctuated, and many people attributed the invasion of the Western Xia to its abolition of the New Year's coin.

"By the way, give the Empress Dowager a look at the good news of Pingxia City, what her old man didn't do, I did it, I must be happy for the imperial grandmother!" Zhao Xu said proudly.

After the start of the Song and Xia Wars, the hundreds of officials in the court vaguely missed the days when the Empress Dowager Gao was in power, spent money to buy peace, and even secretly welcomed back the conspiracy of the Empress Dowager Gao.

Now that Pingxia City has won a victory, it is enough to prove that his tough concept is correct, and Western Xia is not invincible.

Under Zhao Xu's coercive gaze, one by one the ministers bowed their heads and bowed their heads, lest Zhao Xu see the slightest dissent.

"Qi Qi Guan's family, the Liao State Mission asks for a meeting and asks to mediate the Song and Xia War." Su Shi played.

The faces of the hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty suddenly changed, Western Xia has always been scabies and itching, and the real enemy of the Great Song Dynasty has always been the Liao State.

"Liaoguo!"

Zhao Xu's face sank, the Liao State really did not die, and now in the battle of Song and Xia, the Great Song Dynasty finally gained some upper hand, and the Liao State immediately jumped out to pull the bias.

"What do you think?" Zhao Xu asked rhetorically.

Zhang Dian immediately stepped forward and said, "The minister is against it!" Now that the Great Song Dynasty has finally won a big victory, how can it easily let go of Western Xia! The minister believed that there was no need to ignore the mediation of the Liao State, and took this opportunity to build a fortress on the front line of the Song and Xia Dynasty, and the whole army attacked to recover the lost territory during the Shenzong period. ”

Lu Dafang shook his head and said, "No! The Liao State is powerful, now it is only the battle of Song and Xia, the Great Song Dynasty has consumed countless grains and grass, it is difficult to continue, if the Liao State is completely annoyed, the two countries of Liao and Xia attack at the same time, the Great Song Dynasty is afraid that the enemy will be on the back. ”

"What are you afraid of, once all the cities on the front line of the Great Song Dynasty are changed to a fortress structure, and then I use the Divine Arm Crossbow and the Heaven-shaking Thunder, why be afraid of Liaoxia." Zhang Dan said proudly.

Zhang Dian has always advocated being tough on Liaoxia and pursuing a policy of opening the border, not to mention that there are now successful examples of Pingxia City, once the transformation is successful, the strength of the Great Song Dynasty to defend the city has increased greatly, and it is naturally not afraid of Liaoxia.

"The Liao State is mostly cavalry, mainly looting, and there is no natural danger in the sixteen states of Yanyun, if the Liao army goes south, it will besiege but not attack, and all roads in the north will be under the iron cavalry of the Liao State." Lu Dafang retorted.

"If the Liao State dares to go south, then a full-scale war will be launched, my Great Song Dynasty has unparalleled firearms, and occupies a favorable geographical position, and this victory is still unknown." Zhang Dan said toughly.

Seeing that the two prime ministers were arguing with each other, and the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were also divided into two factions, arguing endlessly, Zhao Xu couldn't help but have a big headache.

Seeing this, Su Zhe stepped forward and said: "Liao State mediation is naturally uneasy and kind, but Liao State is powerful, if it does not provoke Liao State is naturally better, but if you want Song Xia to truce, Liao State alone is naturally impossible, the imperial court can ask Xixia to personally send envoys to come to peace talks, so that it is enough for more than a month, our army can take the opportunity to build a good fortress on the front line, when the time comes, peace talks or not, or all depend on the words of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"What Master Su said is very true! Fan Taicheng once said! It was a protracted war between the Great Song Dynasty and the Liaoxia, and it was impossible for the Great Song Dynasty to defeat the Western Xia in one battle. Lu Dafang also nodded.

Zhao Xu had just verified the power of the fortress, the divine arm crossbow and the earth-shaking thunder, and he was originally inclined to Zhang Dan's tough attitude, but when he heard Lu Dafang mention Fan Zheng's protracted battle theory, he couldn't help but realize that he was too anxious. ”

"It was played by Su Xianggong and conveyed to the envoys of the Liao State that the Songxia peace talks needed the envoys of the Western Xia to send envoys in person." Zhao Xu is as good as a runner.

"The official is wise!"

A group of old-fashioned and neutral factions have taken the order.

"Immediately send an edict to Pingxia City to reward the three armies, Fan Zheng's task of supervising the army has been completed, and he will immediately return to Beijing to be responsible for peace talks with Liaoxia." Zhao Xu ordered again.

The officials nodded one after another, Fan Zheng had just defeated the Xia army in Pingxia City, and peace talks with the Western Xia would definitely deter the Western Xia, and the other reason was that Fan Zheng had found a good cure for the face disease of the Liao princess Yelu Nanyin, and he was kind to him, and he could be said to be the best candidate to negotiate with the Liaoxia.

"Fan Zheng!"

Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu glanced at each other, and their hearts were heavy, the influence of the evil doctor Fan Zheng on the official family was too great, and it was extremely unfavorable to the New Party.

(End of chapter)