In the past, there were few people in Shangshu Province, and now there are few people, and it has become the place where Lingzhou officials avoid the most, for fear that they will be pulled by Ren Decong to do the backing; the trade route has been cut off, the Dingbei Army is about to send troops, Yang Zhi has arrived in Youzhou, and the military news has made the hearts of Lingzhou officials heavy. Although the official office is calm on the surface, but under the calm water, the waves and undercurrents can be felt by anyone, and the post house in charge of contacting Xingzhou is overcrowded, and there are only a few officials who are really short of officials who are doing things with their heads in order to cooperate with Ren Dejing to fight.

Ren Dejing is not Brother Richard of Jin, Brother Richard has been named a prince since birth, and over the past few decades, he has accumulated countless henchmen in the government and the opposition. Ren Dejing didn't believe that Yang Zhi would dare to attack Lingzhou with 50,000 or 60,000 horses in Youzhou, and the Western Xia army was deployed along the Yellow River, and if the Dingbei army wanted to sneak attack, it would be a complete joke.

Ren Dejing believes that the panic of the army now is entirely because of Yang Zhi's devilish image in the Western Xia army, and in less than half a year, hundreds of thousands of Western Xia troops were wiped out in the battle with Yang Zhi's Shaanxi army, and everyone has a shadow in their hearts. However, there is not much time left before the Dingbei Army sends troops, and if you don't change this mentality, there is no way to fight the battle in the future.

Ren Dejing's carriage stopped outside the gate of Shangshu Province, but in a short time, the crowding at the gate disappeared, making Ren Decong sigh who is with me; Ren Dejing's subordinates have now blocked all contact between Lingzhou and the outside world, and now even if a fly wants to fly out of Lingzhou, he is afraid that he will be chased by birds. Ren De Jingzhi stepped on the steps proudly, as the master of Lingzhou, he now had a chance to defeat Yang Zhi.

Ren Decong hurriedly greeted him from Shangshu Province, and was about to ask, but was swept away by Ren Dejing's eyes, closed his mouth very consciously, and silently followed Ren Dejing to the square where there was no one; Ren Dejing looked up at the roof of the palace and said: "The palace of Great Xia is different from the Central Plains, and there is news from there that Yang Zhi will take Wu Jue and Liu Ziyu as the vanguard, and he will then respond, and Qu Duan will be responsible for guarding Youzhou City." ”

Ren Decong said happily: "I heard that Wu Jue and they only have more than 10,000 people, and the army brought by Yang Zhi from Weizhou is only more than 10,000 people, but we have 80,000 troops in Lingzhou, and we eat them one by one, no matter how big Yang Zhi is, it is difficult to escape." ”

Ren Dejing nodded and said: "Over there and I both think that this is a good opportunity to defeat Yang Zhi, Li Xian also planted a heel in Lingzhou back then, and we have a chance to repeat this scene." If it can be like the four years of Yuanfeng, at least within two or three years, the Northern Army will not dare to face up to Great Xia. ”

In the fourth year of Yuanfeng, Xia Huizong Li Bingchang adopted the suggestion of the Han general Li Qing and wanted to return the land south of the Yellow River to the Great Song Dynasty in exchange for the division of the territory and rule; Liang Yihui and others staged a coup d'état, killed Li Qing, and imprisoned Li Bingchang. Song Shenzong adopted the suggestions of Chong Ge, Yu Chong and others, and used the Xihe Road to pacify the eunuch Li Xian as the commander, and mobilized 300,000 troops in the border areas. Li Xian ordered Wang Zhongzheng, the secretary of the Jinglu Strategy, to lead 60,000 troops out of Linzhou to the west, Yan Yan Jinglu to appease the deputy envoy Chong Ge and lead 90,000 troops from Dunyan and Jinnei to the north of Suide, Gao Zunyu and Han Bu to ride 90,000 out of Huanzhou on the Huanqing Road, and Liu Changzuo to lead 50,000 troops out of Jingyuan Road, Li Xian personally led Xihe and Qin Feng's troops out of Xihe to march eastward; and Dong Yu, the leader of Tubo, led 30,000 troops to attack Liangzhou and contain the right wing army of Western Xia.

As a result, after several months of hard fighting, the Song army fought with each other for merit and delayed the fighters under the condition of successive victories, and the Western Xia successively sent light cavalry to raid and plunder the grain transportation of the Song army, and the Song army retreated with all the grain on both routes, losing 50,000 soldiers; on 19 November, the Western Xia army in Lingzhou decided that the seventh-level canal of the Yellow River flooded the Jingyuan and Huanqing barracks, and the 100,000 Song troops froze and drowned, and many of them died, and only Gao Zunyu and others led more than 10,000 people to escape; Li Xian led the army to Tiandu Mountain, but when he heard that the army had retreated, he had to retreat to Lanzhou.

The 300,000 Song army is still like this, and Yang Zhi is attacking with more than 20,000 people, which is almost a joke; Ren Decong suddenly said: "Big brother, will there be fraud among them, Yang Zhi is a good general, and his subordinates are even more famous generals, will there be a large army from the south to respond, or the real main force is in the south." ”

"It's entirely possible. Ren Dejing nodded and said: "I plan to inevitably hold on to the walled cities, delay the speed of dealing with the attack, and the main force of Lingzhou will go all out to deal with Yang Zhi, and give you 20,000 people to defend the city, and I will personally lead 60,000 cavalry to meet the battle." "Fire Book

Since there are such conditions, it is not surprising that Ren Dejing wants to take Yang Zhi under the knife, and the only risk is that if Ren Decong is defeated by Yang Zhi, it will push Lingzhou to the abyss of death. But this battle is going to be fought sooner or later, Ren Dejing's battle has only advantages and no harm, Ren Decong realized that Ren Dejing must have considered the position, so he no longer thinks about it, and he doesn't want to persuade him, the eldest brother Ren Dejing has been a person with a good idea since he was a child, and outsiders will not listen to it at all.

It's just that considering the future of himself and his family, Ren Decong is still not at ease, and asks again: "Big brother, there won't be an accident, right?"

"No, it won't. Ren De said respectfully: "In the face of absolute strength, any accident can be avoided." ”

Ren Decong's heart pounded suddenly, and a strong feeling of suffocation rushed straight to his head, making him dizzy and having a feeling of difficulty breathing; Absolute strength? After the defeat of Gyeongju, Ren Decong never thought that Western Xia still had any absolute strength; Could it be that the ultimate goal of the eldest brother was to force Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty to fight, and what good would this do to the Ren family? Ren Decong couldn't figure it out and couldn't figure it out.

Ren Dejing looked at no one on the left and right, and whispered: "This time, we will not lose, because in the Dingbei Army, there is our friend, a friend with great powers." ”

Ren Decong's heart was pounding, if this is the case, the advantage of the Western Xia army is obvious, relying on the advantage of troops, it can also surprise the enemy and attack the enemy unprepared, and the probability of victory is very high. Ren Decong asked a little nervously, "It can't be a trap, right?"

Ren Dejing smiled and said: "No, I really didn't expect that person to be an old friend I have known for many years, I knew that if this was the case, I joined forces with him to take down the Western Xia." It's just that I don't understand why he has cut off what little hope he has left, even if he offends some powerful person, then he doesn't need to do it. ”

Ren Decong blurted out: "Take revenge, or send it from the peak." ”

Ren Dejing's face became serious, and he thought about it seriously and said, "It makes sense, if this is the case, then God will help me." ”

Half an hour later, the wolf smoke ignited, the horns and war drums of the Western Xia army sounded in Lingzhou City, and tens of thousands of Western Xia troops rushed to their military camps, and there were rumors everywhere that the Dingbei Army was coming.