The Marshal's Mansion is in the inner city, a group of people ride horses to the Shuaifu, the streets from time to time to see the soldiers patrolling, one after another, many of the households on both sides have moved out of Xiazhou, and the rest of the people who have not left are also closed, and the whole city is full of tension of the war.

After passing through several streets, there is already the Shuai Mansion in front, the front of the mansion is brightly lit, and along the courtyard wall outside the gate of the mansion are full of soldiers holding torches. Someone had already entered the interior to report, Li Yuangong led a group of generals to greet outside the gate of the mansion at this time, and saw Qin Fei riding over from afar, Li Yuangong had already rushed forward, Qin Fei hurriedly threw the stirrup and dismounted, came to Li Yuangong, knelt down and saluted: "Brother is above, junior brother Qin Fei is late for rescue, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

Li Yuangong hurriedly supported him with his hand and patted Qin Fei on the shoulder: "Good brother, you can come to prove that my brother is not wrong, the Liao army is strong, and no one dares to save Xiazhou when it is besieged, you are the first to come, and you really deserve to be my Li Yuangong's good brother." ”

Qin Fei summoned Duo'er to greet his brother-in-law, and Li Yuangong said: "I have heard that my younger brother and sister are heroes among women, and I dare to come to Xiazhou this time, which is really impressive." Duo'er heard the word brother and sister, and suddenly the red cloud flew up her cheeks.

Li Yuangong grabbed Qin Fei's wrist, "Good brother, go into the inner hall to speak." After that, the two of them walked hand in hand to the inner hall, while there were female soldiers to let Duo'er go inside, the ancestors of the Xixia Party were nomadic tribes, and it was not until later that they gradually dismounted and cultivated. Since ancient times, the people have been fierce, all the people are soldiers, and there are several female battalions in the army, which is not uncommon for female soldiers.

Coming to the inner lobby, that is, the temporary handsome hall, Li Yuangong ordered two chairs to be added to his side, pulled Qin Fei to sit down beside him, Duo'er sat down behind Qin Fei, and all the Western Xia generals also sat down.

Li Yuangong said: "Brother, the Liao soldiers are menacing, and they have besieged Xiazhou for ten days. In the first few days, the city was stormed day by day, and both sides suffered countless casualties, and only after a little rest in the past two days. ”

"Before the Liao people started troops from Yunzhou and Datong, I Xixia has sent a letter of request for help to the Great Song Kingdom, Ding'an State, and the Northwest Tribes, until today, there is no echo, but you are the first brother to come to Xiazhou, which is really admired by the brother. ”

Qin Fei smiled slightly, "My brother is in trouble, how can my younger brother sit idly by, but there are still five hundred Lianyun Peak soldiers brought by me and Duo'er outside the city, but they have not been able to enter the city with me, and they have to ask my brother to have an idea." ”

"Oh?" Li Yuangong was taken aback, he thought that it was just Qin Fei and the others who came to help, it was for the friendship of all brothers, but he didn't expect that there would be soldiers and horses, which was really surprising.

A veteran with white hair and iron armor stood up and said, "Qin Shaoxia, this matter is easy. In the past two days, the Liao army has not attacked the city as frequently as in the first few days, and tomorrow at noon, if the Liao soldiers have not attacked the city, I will put three cannons at the head of the city, and then open the city gate, and the Liao soldiers will think that we will go out of the city to fight. At this time, Lian Yunfeng's men and horses could rush to the city gate along the city wall from the oblique thorn, and before the Liao soldiers could react, the men and horses had already arrived in the city. ”

When the generals heard this, they all felt that this plan was very good, and Li Yuangong said: "The old general is reasonable, the Liao people are at least five miles away from the city gate, and they will rush up again when they react, at least a stick of incense, and then the Qin brothers and horses will enter the city early." ”

The veteran general is a famous general of Western Xia, named Yuan Ying, although he is over the age of six, he still fights on the battlefield, with a god king lance in his hand, and the two armies rarely meet opponents in front of the battle.

Qin Fei also felt that this plan was very good, the men and horses he brought were not damaged, and the city of Xiazhou would not be impacted, thinking of this, Qin Fei stood up and said to Li Yuangong: "Brother, in this case, I will rush back to the camp at night, and tomorrow at noon according to the agreement, I will lead people to rush to the city gate when I hear three messengers." When I enter the city tomorrow, I will talk to my brother. ”

Li Yuangong also stood up, shook Qin Fei's hand and said, "Okay! Tomorrow I will be on top of the city tower to welcome my brother into the city." After that, he personally sent Qin Fei and Duo'er to the gate of the Shuaifu, and the two waved goodbye to the generals of Western Xia, and returned to their camp by the same way.

Early the next morning, Erniang ordered people to bury the pot to make rice, and the soldiers had breakfast, fed the horses and drank enough, and everyone brought the things they used with them to tie them up, and then pulled out the camp and started the village. Qin Fei and Duo'er led the way in front, because the location of the Liao barracks had been found out yesterday, in order to avoid being discovered by the Liao soldiers on the Tushan Tower, the two of them took a large group of men and horses, bypassing the Tushan Mountain far away, and approached the Xiazhou city wall on the edge of the cliff. It is about ten miles away from the city gate, although it is far away, but everyone is on horseback, and it is only time to run to the city gate.

It was almost noon, and Erniang gave an order, and all the soldiers turned over and waited for the sound of the letter cannon at the city gate.

The battlefield was silent, only the sound of the north wind swishing, and suddenly heard the three cannon sounds of "bang, bang, bang" from the direction of the city gate, which broke the tranquility on the battlefield, and the Liao soldiers in the camp were demoralized because of the fruitless siege of the city for several days, and they were demoralized. It was the Western Xia army that opened the city to attack the camp, and all the archers of the Zhaimen went up to the tower, waiting with their bows, and the pikemen, shield players, and hob fighters in the camp were divided into echelons, ready to fight.

After a while, I felt that the earth began to tremble, and a muffled thunderous sound came from a distance, and all the soldiers were engrossed, staring at the direction of the Xiazhou city gate, it was obvious that the Western Xia cavalry was about to rush to the camp.

The sound of rolling thunder was getting closer and closer, and the city gate was wide open, but not a single horse ran out, and he was feeling strange, and suddenly he saw hundreds of horsemen under the city like a whirlwind clinging to the outer wall, rushing to the city gate, and the rumbling sound of iron hooves on the ground resounded in front of the battle, and the dust raised in front of the city gate covered the sky and the sun.

After a long time, the rumbling sound disappeared, and the dust in front of the city gate also fell, and the city gate was still closed, as if nothing had happened, and the Liao soldiers were only dumbfounded.

Lian Yunfeng's men and horses are the first support army in Xiazhou, the whole army is an iron cavalry, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and the cold iron armor shines with a piece of cold light in the sun, even the Tiger Ben Army of the Xixia Palace is not so majestic and mighty, and the soldiers defending the city are all morale boosted, and the city wall is full of joy and thunder.

Li Yuangong had already led the generals to wait under the city, and the generals of the Western Xia Dynasty looked at the people and horses of Lianyunfeng, and they were all amazed, thinking that the cottage people and horses were just ringing horses, but they didn't expect that the military appearance was neat and the army was majestic, and even the soldiers and horses of the Liao State were beyond their reach.

When he came to the city, Qin Fei threw his stirrup and dismounted, leading the people in the cottage to meet his righteous brother. Li Yuangong praised: "Brother, the five hundred rides of Lianyunfeng are really majestic, looking at the Song, Liao, Ding'an and Western Xia, no country can match, it is really breathtaking." ”

Qin Fei said with a smile: "I can be praised by my righteous brother, I have thanked the brothers on behalf of me, and how to behave afterwards, I will obey my brother's military orders." ”

Li Yuangong ordered to see the reward, and even the Yunfeng soldiers each gave a pot of wine, a side of meat, and ten taels of silver, and transferred them to the Marshal's Mansion as a personal soldier to protect the Marshal's Mansion.

Li Yuangong saw that his righteous brother led his troops and horses and galloped thousands of miles to help, and he was really grateful in his heart, but there would be casualties in the battle between the two armies, and he really didn't want his righteous brother to suffer any damage.

Li Yuangong said to Qin Fei: "Virtuous brother, follow me to the city wall and watch the enemy camp." Qin Fei promised. The two went up to the city, and the generals followed.

Standing at the head of the city to see the Liao barracks, it is really shocking, except for the right side of the city Tushan there are no soldiers stationed, only the tower is built, the Liao army company camp under the city can not be seen at a glance, it is more than ten miles away.

Li Yuangong pointed to the Liao camp and said to Qin Fei: "The Liao army is known as one million, although there is no such number, I am afraid it is not far behind. In the past few days, more than 20 large and small sieges have been carried out, but they have not succeeded. Just because the front of the city gate is narrow, even if there are millions of people, it cannot be opened. Only 20,000 or 30,000 people can participate in a single siege, but if it is a succession of substitutions to attack the city, it is worrying. ”

"For today's plan, there is only the consumption of the enemy's grain and grass, these hundreds of thousands of people, people eat horses and feed countless grains a day, and behind me Xiazhou is Xingqing Mansion, the supply of grain and grass is safe, so I can't hold on, and the Liao people are helpless for the time being. ”

Qin Fei nodded and reminded his righteous brother: "The Liao people have no results in attacking the city head-on, so I think it is necessary to find another way, and my brother must not be unguarded." ”

Li Yuangong said: "What the virtuous brother said is extremely true, if you can't attack the city head-on, it is impossible to cut off my grain and grass, and the Liao people will not give up." Towers have been built on both sides of the mountain, and if the mountain peaks are occupied, I have dug trenches in the city, but I can't help the city on the top of the peaks. In addition, in order to prevent the Liao people from digging tunnels under the front city, I have dug a trench horizontally in the city, and ordered people to lie down all night to listen to the underground movements, so that the Liao people have nothing to do. ”

When Qin Fei heard this, he couldn't help but admire this brother, like this, the Liao people had no other way but to withdraw their troops.