There was only the sound of the hooves of the war horses rushing back and forth and the crackling sound of the surrounding flames in the village, Qin Fei urged the horses to come to the front of the grain hoard, and saw that several rows of grain hoards had been burned down by the fire, and there were still a lot of red-burning grains in the grain hoard.

The tiger idiot Gandao laughed: "It seems that the Liao soldiers have not yet had time to send the grain to the Xiazhou camp." It has snowed heavily for several days, and now the nearest grain station is also 100 miles away, more than 200 miles away from the Xiazhou Daying, even if the weather is fine, it will take three or five days, and this time Liaoying can have fun. ”

Xuanhe Jiang Wuchang also said: "If it weren't for the heavy snow recently, this batch of grain would have been transported to the Xiazhou camp, it is really providential, and we are still in time." ”

Even Yunfeng and the others were also talking and laughing, this trip not only burned the Liao army grain platform, but the other party did not have time to fight back, almost no resistance, and what was even more pleasing was that in addition to a few people who were scratched and slightly burned by the flames, no one was damaged, which can be described as a complete victory.

Qin Fei asked people to quickly count the people, and the knives, guns, instruments, gongs and drums everywhere could not be taken away, so they could only ignore it. At this time, the north wind intensified, the whole camp seemed to be burned through, because it was necessary to enter Xiazhou City before dawn, so everyone did not dare to stay longer, and after a little rectification, they set off to leave Shuangfeng Ridge and rushed all the way to Xiazhou.

The return journey was smooth, before dawn, they had rushed to the city of Xiazhou, everyone led the horses, called open the city gate and rushed in, everything was unaware. Thinking that after dawn, the Liao army camp must have been shocked when they learned that the Shuangfengling Grain Platform had been burned, and everyone couldn't help but be happy. When I arrived at the Shuai Mansion, I saw that Li Yuangong was already waiting at the door of the Shuai Mansion.

In order to wait for the news of the raid on the elite soldiers, Li Yuangong did not sleep all night, just now the city gate soldiers came to report, the raid elite soldiers have returned to Xiazhou, a complete victory and no damage, Li Yuangong couldn't help but be overjoyed, personally greeted out of the gate of the marshal's mansion.

Seeing Qin Fei from afar, Li Yuangong had already strode forward and hugged Qin Fei's arm: "Good brother, I heard that you not only burned the grain and grass of the Liao army, but also killed the defenders of the Shuangfeng Ridge Grain Terrace, and you have not lost any of yourself, which is really gratifying." ”

Qin Fei was also smiling: "I entrusted my brother Hongfu, but the Liao army was too big, and I took the blame, and the younger brother and others got lucky." ”

"The Liao army has burned grain and grass this time, although it will not run out of food, but it is also known that it will be more difficult to transport grain in the future, and it is necessary to guard against the attack of our army from time to time, which is a headache for me. Li Yuangong laughed.

Lian Yunfeng's men and horses and the Tiger Ben forbidden army ran for a long time, and at this time they were already sleepy and tired, Li Yuangong ordered the soldiers to go back to the camp to rest, while holding Qin Fei's wrist, he stepped into the lobby of the Shuaifu, and the generals such as Xuanhe and Tiger Idiot followed.

Back in Shuaitang, Li Yuangong pulled Qin Fei to sit beside him, and the generals also sat down one by one, and Shen'er and Mo'er stood behind Duo'er.

Li Yuangong said: "The Liao army has besieged the city for two months, and it is no longer the sharpness when it first came. But how to think of a way to make the Liao people withdraw as soon as possible, otherwise they will inevitably have a big war in the spring of next year. ”

"Although the garrison of the Liao army is a huge consumption, but Xiazhou City is the gateway of my Western Xia into and out of the Central Plains, and now the trade with the Central Plains has been completely cut off, and the pig iron, silk, tea, and medicinal materials needed by my Western Xia cannot be transported in, and white salt, horses, cattle and sheep cannot be transported out, and it is worrying to go on like this for a long time. ”

"It's better to burn a few more grain stations, and I'm not afraid that the Liao people won't retreat. Tiger idiot Gandaoren said.

"The Shuangfeng Ridge Grain Station is more than 100 miles away from Xiazhou, and it can still be sneak attacked, and the other grain stations are also more than 200 miles recently, and the heavy snow has not passed the horse's legs, that is, people can withstand it, and horses can't stand it. Jiang Wuchang said.

Li Yuangong shook his head: "The heavy snow has closed the road, and the Liao people don't have much grain in the grain platform, just in case of emergency." The grain and grass of the army were all escorted by elites and transported directly to the Xiazhou military camp. ”

The tiger idiot Gandaoren said: "The grain and grass of the Liao people are transported out of Yunzhou and Datong, so they simply send people to these two places, directly burn the grain depot, and draw wages from the bottom of the kettle." ”

Li Yuangong said disapprerovingly: "The Yunzhou and Datong grain depots have stored millions of quintals of grain, and even the saltpeter and glycerin used to prepare for fire have to be hundreds of truckloads, but how can you transport them in? If only three or five people enter the grain depot, you will be allowed to burn it, and you will not be able to burn it." ”

Gandao people didn't expect this, and they were speechless for a while.

Li Yuangong asked Qin Fei: "Brother Xian, what do you think?"

Qin Fei pondered for a moment and said: "Although the Liao people can't enter the army at the moment, but Wuzi will not leave under the city of Xiazhou, if it really survives until the beginning of spring, it is bound to attack the city, otherwise it will not be in vain to wait for a winter." ”

"Although the Liao State has been declining since the Holy Sect Dynasty, it is not too much to hold on, and the national strength is still not to be underestimated, which is also the reason why countries dare not come to Xiazhou. ”

When they heard this, they all felt justified.

"When countries are asked to send troops, they are all afraid. It is better to send a fine work to Dadu to take a walk and rumor, saying that the Jurchen Aguta will take advantage of the Liao army's westward march and be trapped in the ice and snow, and send troops to Beijing to annex Linhuang Mansion. In recent years, Aguta has subdued the Bohai tribe, the Murwei tribe, the Tieli tribe, and the Wuya tribe in eastern Liaodong, and has allied with dozens of Mongolian tribes, and it does have the intention of going south, so the Liao people can't help but believe it. ”

"The main force of the Liao army is now under the city of Xiazhou, and if the Linhuang Mansion is broken, it will directly threaten the rear wing of the capital. The Liao people were skeptical, but they didn't dare not retreat to protect the Huang Mansion. ”

When Li Yuangong heard this, he nodded and said wonderfully, "Brother Xian, I had expected all countries to send troops to rescue Western Xia, but I didn't expect that bluffing could have the same effect. Jiang and Gan, I will repair a book in the evening, and you two will get up tomorrow morning and bring it back to Xingqing Mansion to hand it over to the Holy Lord, and I will explain this matter in detail in the book, if you get the Holy Lord's permission, then start to do it, the sooner the better!"

Jiang and Gan got up and said, "Subordinates obey!" Then they turned around and walked out of the lobby, preparing for the application of returning to Xingqing Mansion tomorrow.

Seeing that the righteous brother was going to deal with official business, Qin Fei and Duo'er's master and servant also got up and retired, and returned to their own courtyard to rest.

More than 20 days passed in the blink of an eye, and every day was as before, the two armies confronted each other, but no one took the initiative to fight, as if a tacit understanding had been reached. Seeing that it was the lunar month, many people in Xiazhou City who had escaped before had returned one after another, and the road from Xiazhou to Xingqing Mansion was behind the mountains, and it was not cut off by traffic, and slowly there were more fireworks in the city.

On this day, Xingqing Mansion transferred a secret report from Dadu, and people in Dadu City are now panicking, and it is rumored that Aguta is about to attack Linhuang Mansion. Rumors are rampant, some wealthy families in eastern Liaodong have begun to drag their families and retreat to Dadu, and there are chariots and horses from the north on the official road leading to Dadu in Linhuang Mansion every day, and day by day.

On that day, the sky was clear, the sky was blue, and the north wind, which had been blowing for many days, stopped. Qin Feizheng and Li Yuangong and the generals of the Western Xia Dynasty stood on the city wall to watch the Liao army camp, and suddenly saw the people in the Liao camp shouting horses and neighing, but it was not as dead and silent as usual, the flagpole and Diao Dou standing at the gate of the camp had been put down, and some tents were being dismantled.

"Isn't the Liao army about to withdraw?" someone shouted.

"Looking at the mules and horses behind the camp of the Liao army, so many mules and horses must be pulling the baggage. ”

"The former commander's account has also been demolished, and the Liao army is about to withdraw!"

Everyone pointed to the Liao camp, and there was a lot of discussion for a while, and someone proposed to take advantage of the retreat of the Liao army, and then cover up the killing.

Li Yuangong shook his head: "No, the Liao army is defeated and retreated, and it is not panicked to see the dispatch in the army, and it is not possible to get a bargain at this time." Everyone pointed at the Liao camp on the city wall, but when they arrived, they saw that most of the Liao army had been camped and gradually disappeared from view.

The Western Xia Tanma followed the Liao army and reported all the way:

"The Liao army retreated fifty miles and camped down!"

"The Liao army pulled out the camp at dawn and retreated fifty miles to the village. ”

"The rear army of the Liao army has retreated over Shuangfeng Ridge. ”

By the evening of the next day, the Liao army had withdrawn from a hundred miles away, and it was really withdrawn. Both the military and civilians in Xiazhou City were elated, cheering, besieging the city for several months, once the siege was lifted, they were very happy.

Li Yuangong held a banquet in the Shuaifu, feasting the generals of Lianyunfeng and the generals of the Western Xia Army.

This time the Liao soldiers besieged the city, Lian Yunfeng was the only rescue team, and then Qin Fei offered a plan, spreading rumors in Dadu that Agu fought to go to Beijing and annexed Linhuang Mansion, and finally forced the Liao people to retreat, which is really a great contribution. Li Yuangong personally raised his glass and came to Qin Fei and said: "Brother Xian, this time the Liao people retreated from the army, thanks to the reinforcement of Lian Yunfeng, and the wise brother is resourceful, and Brother Fool is here to thank you." ”

Hearing this, everyone in Lian Yunfeng got up one after another, and Qin Fei said: "The retreat of the Liao soldiers is really the life of the Western Xia soldiers, the elder brother is Hongfu Qitian, and the younger brother is just bowing to the grand event and doing his best." ”

Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all. After the Liao soldiers retreated, everyone present put down the stones in their hearts, pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and smiled. There are Xixia wrestlers performing wrestling at the bottom of the stairs, and there are dancing girls dancing at a while, and there are people around the Shuai Mansion who set off fireworks, and the feast is not dispersed until midnight, and everyone is happy to return.