In the Dali Imperial Palace, the monarchs and ministers were intensively discussing the important matter of defending the Song army.

"Your Majesty, the Song army has attacked Longshou Pass for many days, and our army has not only easily repelled the Song army with the help of Longshou Pass, but also caused heavy losses to the Song army." Above the Dali court, Gao Taiming said proudly.

The Song army attacked aggressively, and even used gunpowder weapons, and the defenders of Dali repeatedly repelled the Song army with the help of the natural danger of Longshou Pass.

If he can defeat the Northern Route Army and the Western Route Army of the Great Song Dynasty in this battle, and reproduce the Southern Zhao's overthrow of the Tang Army, then his prestige in Dali will definitely be able to rise to the top, and even break through the problem of the Song Army in one fell swoop.

"General Gao is mighty!"

The ministers chimed in.

Duan Zhengchun felt a trace of helplessness in his heart, after this battle, if Dali wins, the prestige of the Gao family's father and son will definitely reach its peak, and the situation of the Dali Duan family will be even more difficult.

"What about the direction of Longwei Pass?" Duan Zhengchun asked.

Suddenly, Gao Taiming's face sank, and the Song army attacked outside Longshou Pass, so that he was not worried, but the evil doctor Fan Zheng did not move outside Longwei Pass, but let him be like a man.

As everyone knows, the evil doctor Fan Zheng is good at evil prescriptions, and his evil prescription golden body is not broken, and now the evil doctor Fan Zheng is sitting on 200,000 soldiers and horses, but he is standing still outside the Longwei Pass, which is simply a violation of all the art of war.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the steepness of Longwei Pass is no less than that of Longshou Pass, as long as the evil doctor Fan Zheng dares to attack, he will definitely suffer heavy losses, and the rabble under his command will definitely fall apart." Gao Shengtai said soothingly.

"Our army can take the initiative to attack and defeat the rabble of the Eastern Route Army." Duan Zhengchun frowned. What they could think of, how could the evil doctor Fan Zheng not think of it.

Gao Taiming said with an embarrassed face: "Now that the Song army is attacking Longshou Pass, many defenders have gone to the north to defend, and the defenders of Longwei Pass are more than enough to defend, and the attack is insufficient, not to mention that there are 200,000 horses under the command of the evil doctor Fan Zheng, maybe lure the Dali defenders to attack and reproduce the old things when Longwei Pass was breached, which may be the evil prescription of the evil doctor Fan Zheng." ”

Now Dali is weak, and it is attacked by the north and south of the Great Song Dynasty, which means that the Song army can fail many times, and as long as the Dali defenders fail once, they will fall into a place of no return, which makes the Dali defenders even more jealous.

"I hope so!"

Duan Zhengchun was helpless, and now Dali's situation can only be stubborn.

Dali monarchs and ministers thought of the steepness of Longshou Pass and Longwei Pass, and suddenly felt relieved, after all, Longshou Pass and Longwei Pass have protected Dali for hundreds of years, and after repeated repairs and reinforcements, it is impossible to break through head-on.

"Keep up the military inquiry! Report back as soon as you have news! Gao Shengtai commanded his son.

"Yes!"

Gao Taiming bowed down to receive the order, and was about to walk out of the palace, this time he was going to personally pre-Longwei Pass, and he would meet the famous evil doctor Fan Zheng for a while.

Suddenly, a guard ran in in a panic and said with a panicked face: "General Qiyu, the West City Gate warns!" ”

"West Gate?"

Dali Junchen couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at the guards who came to warn in amazement, now the Song army is besieging Longshou Pass and Longwei Pass, and Longshou Pass and Longwei Pass are located in the north-south direction, and there is no West City Gate at all.

The guard said with a panicked face: "It's the west gate of the capital to warn, there are tens of thousands of Song troops fighting for the west gate!" ”

"Tens of thousands of Song troops are fighting for the West City Gate!" The entire Dali monarch and ministers were suddenly struck by lightning.

"No, you're saying that the Song army is attacking the West City Gate?"

Gao Shengtai's eyes froze, and he asked at the guards who were summoning the message, if the Song army broke through the Longshou Pass or the Longwei Pass, the first to attack should be the South City Gate and the North City Gate, and it could not be the West City Gate.

"That's right, the Song army sneaked up on the West City Gate, and the Song army even used the Heaven-Shaking Thunder." The messenger nodded his head.

When he left, the gate of the West City Gate had not yet been closed, and Song Jun was already very close to the City Gate, coupled with the power of the earth-shaking thunder, even he knew that the West City Gate was very likely to be unable to be saved.

"Earthquake Thunder!"

Dali's monarchs and ministers trembled in their hearts, since they used the earth-shaking thunder, it meant that it was really the Song army that quietly broke through the Longshou Pass and the Longwei Pass.

"How is that possible? How could the Dragon Head Pass and the Dragon Tail Pass be broken silently! Gao Taiming couldn't help but be shocked, incredulous.

With the natural dangers of Longshou Pass and Longwei Pass, even if the Song army has gunpowder weapons, they will have to pay a heavy price if they want to break through easily, not to mention that they have not received an urgent military report from Longshou Pass and Longwei Pass, how can the Song army quietly break through the two dangerous passes and attack the West City Gate.

"Could it be that the Song army can still fly through the Dragon Head Pass and the Dragon Tail Pass?" Duan Zhengchun said angrily.

Just now, Gao Taiming assured him that Longshou Pass and Longwei Pass were impregnable, and in the blink of an eye, the Song army actually attacked the West Gate of the Great Song Dynasty.

Gao Shengtai smiled bitterly: "The Song army did not break through the Longwei Pass and the Longshou Pass, since the first city gate that the Song army attacked was the West City Gate, it means that the Song Army broke through the western barrier of Dali City-Cangshan!" ”

"Cangshan!"

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked, and everyone looked at the towering Cangshan outside the palace in disbelief, the snow does not melt all the year round, Cangshan has been sheltering this land for thousands of years, but who would have thought that one day, the enemy would come over Cangshan and give Dali a fatal blow.

However, everyone can be in the court, naturally they are not stupid, I am afraid that Gao Shengtai's words are the only answer, and the Song army is coming over Cangshan.

"Report! The enemy army has broken through the West City Gate! ”

Suddenly, a guard came with bad news, which immediately made the Dali monarchs and ministers panic.

Who would have thought that Dali's most trusted Longshou Pass and Longwei Pass were not broken, but Dali City fell first, if this matter spreads, Dali is probably the biggest joke.

"The evil doctor is positive, and the evil side is invincible! Sure enough, it lives up to its name! ”

Gao Shengtai only felt that the sky was spinning, and he was about to fall down when he staggered, he was already in poor health, and it all relied on ginseng to continue his life and the outbreak of the battle of Song Li, so that he could hold on, and now that the capital of Dali was breached, he finally couldn't hold on anymore.

"Father!"

Gao Taiming on the side was shocked and hurriedly supported Gao Shengtai.

"Your Excellency!"

Duan Zhengchun and a group of Dali monarchs and ministers also rushed forward.

Gao Shengtai looked at Duan Zhengchun weakly and said: "Crossing Cangshan must be the evil prescription of the evil doctor Fan Zheng, and there must be 36 departments of Southwest Yi and Eastern Yunnan that invaded Dali, otherwise it is impossible to pass Cangshan so easily, these tribes burn and loot all kinds of evil along the way, and the people of Dali will suffer." ”

"For today's plan, there is only one way to save Your Majesty and the people of Dali, and that is to surrender to Zeng Bu, the privy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty."

"Surrender to Zeng Bu, the privy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty?"

The monarchs and ministers of Dali couldn't help but be silent, the most resolute opponent of the surrender of the Great Song Dynasty was Gao Shengtai, and now it was Gao Shengtai who was the first to surrender.

Gao Shengtai smiled bitterly: "I didn't kill the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty, and finally retained the last trace of affection, and the Great Song Dynasty privy envoy Zeng Bu is a great Song scholar, pursuing benevolent government, unlike the evil doctor Fan Zheng, who does everything he can, if the old man is not bad, the evil doctor Fan Zheng must use the wealth of Dali City to make the 36 departments of eastern Yunnan and the various departments of Southwest Yi return to their hearts, and let the 200,000 horses of the Eastern Route Army enter Dali City,..................。 ”

The hearts of the monarchs and ministers of Dali trembled, and when they thought of the tragic situation of the locusts crossing the East Route Army, the city of Dali was broken in this battle, and I am afraid that the entire city of Dali will be ruined.

"Come, according to the instructions of the Prime Minister, go to Longshou Pass to surrender to Zeng Bu, the privy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, and let him enter Dali City as soon as possible to maintain the situation." Duan Zhengchun gritted his teeth and ordered.

At that moment, Gao Shengtai set his eyes on Gao Taiming on the side, Gao Taiming was helpless and gave up the tiger talisman.

Now the Dali Palace can clearly hear the explosion in the city, and at this moment the defeat of Dali is decided, and it is no longer meaningful for him to control the army.

The guards beside Duan Zhengchun immediately took over the tiger talisman, and while the north city gate was still under the control of Dali, they quickly rushed towards Longshou Pass.

"My son Taiming immediately organized soldiers and horses to protect the imperial city and His Majesty with all his might, and it must be held out until the arrival of the privy envoy Zeng Bu." Gao Shengtai looked at his son Gao Tai Mingdao.

"Yes!"

Gao Taiming said with tears in his eyes.

Gao Shengtai arranged all this, staggered up and looked at the Cangshan Mountain in the west, and said sadly: "Even Dali Cangshan is not protecting me, Duan Yun can't go back, God makes it right, I am the head of the minister, I am done!"

Then Gao Shengtai fell heavily,

"Your Excellency!"

A group of officials who followed Gao Shengtai couldn't hide their tears.

The emperor of Dali is more Buddha-nature, and he becomes a monk at every turn, which makes the courtiers of Dali quite helpless, Gao's usurpation of power is partly because Gao Shengtai is ambitious, and it has a great relationship with the Dali Emperor, and Gao Shengtai is the best choice in terms of ability and personality charm, so that many officials follow.

Duan Zhengchun looked at Gao Shengtai with a complicated face, although he was supported by Gao Shengtai, but he didn't have much gratitude for Gao Shengtai, but had a deep fear.

In his eyes, Gao Shengtai is a powerful minister, and he doesn't believe a word of the Cangshan and Erhai oath made by the Gao family.

Gao Shengtai made him the emperor just to block the mouth of the Great Song Dynasty, and to repel the Song army in the future, and his abolition of the throne was not in Gao's thoughts.

And Gao Shengtai's behavior today made him very emotional, although Gao Shengtai is loyal and treacherous, but his heart to guard Dali can be seen by the sun and the moon, Cangshan and Erhai Sea

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The dragon's head is off!

Under the stubborn defense of the defenders of Dali, the Song army attacked fruitlessly and was once again forced to retreat.

"Dragon's Head!"

Chong Pu gritted his teeth, at this moment he finally understood why the Tang army was wiped out under Longshou Pass, Longshou Pass is not only a high wall and a thick city, but its special structure The structure of five city gates requires the attacking side to spend a lot of money to conquer a city gate, and the further back, the greater the price paid by the attacker.

The Song army had the strongest defensive armor at that time, the cold forging armor, the most powerful long-range weapon, the Divine Arm Crossbow, and the most powerful weapon, the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, and they had an advantage in numbers, and it was still difficult to conquer the Dragon Head Pass in one fell swoop, and even suffered heavy casualties.

Zeng Bu couldn't help but look embarrassed when he saw the Song army retreating again, since the Song army had the earth-shaking thunder, every battle must be won, but now even if the earth-shaking thunder is used, it is still under the dragon's head pass, and it is difficult to move an inch.

"Your Majesty! Longshou Pass is too dangerous, and if our army attacks strongly, I am afraid that we will pay an unbearable price. Yao Xiong persuaded on the side.

At that time, the 100,000 Tang army was wiped out under the Longshou Pass, and if the Song army stormed the Longshou Pass, I am afraid that the price paid would not be a lot, and the combined forces of the Western Route Army and the Northern Route Army would be lost by more than half, which was probably a price that the Song Army could not bear.

Zeng Bu said with an embarrassed face: "The monarchs and ministers of Dali refuse to surrender, and the Great Song Dynasty has only one way to attack, and besides, as Fan Taicheng said, if the Great Song Dynasty can't even defeat Dali, the weakest of the countries, how can we destroy Western Xia and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun."

This battle is the last battle of the southward detour strategy, the Great Song Dynasty has besieged Dali City in the north and south, Dali only has a city of Dali left, just like the last trembling of the ninety-nine worship, no matter how difficult, the Song army must capture Dali City.

"Now that our army's offensive is blocked, judging from the last general, it is better to get in touch with Fan Taicheng, and maybe there will be a way to break the city." Chongpu also proposed.

As everyone knows, the evil doctor Fan Zheng is invincible, and after the three armies get in touch, if they can get Fan Zheng's evil side, they may be able to easily break through Dali City.

Zeng Bu's face was embarrassed, he led the most troops, but the credit for the establishment was the least, even the attack to the city of Dali, or thanks to Fan Zheng led the East Route Army, if Fan Zheng's method was used to break the city, then he, the privy envoy, would inevitably lose face.

"Since ancient times, the siege battle is the most cruel, there has never been a shortcut, the defensive intensity of Longwei Pass and Longshou Pass is almost the same, although Fan Zheng has 200,000 horses in his hands, but it is a group of rabble, let him use his life to storm Longwei Pass, it is simply a fool's dream, if you really want to break through Dali, you still need to wait for the elite of the Great Song Dynasty." Zeng Bu said proudly.

Although he has not yet made contact with Fan Zheng, he understands that Fan Zheng is leading a small number of elites in the Great Song Dynasty, and most of the others are a group of rabble tempted by plundering interests.

"Then we will wait for the three armies to encircle it, and when the grain and grass in Dali City are exhausted, we will definitely let it collapse without attacking." Chongpu suggested.

Now they have several times the strength of Dali, and Dali is trapped in a city, as long as Dali continues to besiege Dali, Dali will definitely be trapped because of lack of food.

Zeng Bu shook his head and said: "Besieging Dali City is indeed a method, but it is not a good way, our army is going south, the water and soil are not adapted, if you can't fight quickly, I'm afraid that the soldiers will be reduced, and the people's hearts will be unstable, and when the time comes, I'm afraid it will be taken advantage of by Dali." ”

The Northern Route Army is not like the Eastern Route Army, which directly solves the troubles once and for all, but attaches equal importance to grace and power to subdue the departments along the way, and if it is fought for a long time under the Longshou Pass, I am afraid that it will make the rear of the Great Song Dynasty unstable.

In addition, the climate in the southwest is too harsh, and if the Song army is stationed outside for a long time, I am afraid that the soldiers will be infected with many stubborn diseases.

"For today's plan, there is only a quick victory, with the superior strength of our army, don't be stingy with the thunder, Zeng Mou doesn't believe that he can't capture the Dragon Head Pass!" Zeng Bu said ruthlessly.

At that moment, the Song army beat drums, reorganized its troops and horses, and prepared to attack Longshou Pass with all their might.

At this moment, the dragon head was closed, and the flag was suddenly hung up, and the gate of the dragon head pass, which had already been sealed, was opened heavily, and there was no longer any resistance.

"The Dragon's Head Pass has fallen?"

Zeng Bu and the three of them looked at this scene dumbfounded, and they couldn't believe their eyes. (End of chapter)