In the court of Gaochang Wang, Fugu Huaien was discussing the situation in Yizhou with the minister at this time. Because I vaguely heard the news, after the train was opened in Yizhou, a large number of troops came, and they couldn't live in the city, and many camped outside. There was no spy report on this matter, and it was difficult to find out who said it, which was very troublesome.

At this moment, a general hurriedly entered the royal court, stepped forward and saluted: "King, the Song army has attacked Gaochang!" ”

Fugu Huaien didn't think of what he said at all, and said, "Teng Lisha, what did you say?" ”

Teng Lisha arched his hand: "The Song army has attacked Gaochang!" The right time to explore the Malay newspaper, the Song army has passed through Liuzhong, and the radial Gaochang is coming! ”

Hearing it clearly this time, Fugu Huaien suddenly stood up from his position and asked in a loud voice: "The Song army only has 3,000 people in Yizhou, how can they dare to come to Gaochang?" Did the spy ask clearly? Did he read it wrong? ”

Teng Lisha said: "How can you be wrong? It was a large force of cavalry of the Song army, and the spies estimated that when there were about 5,000 people, there were only 3,000! ”

Fugu Huaien looked at the civil and military officials sitting on both sides, and said, "The Song army only has 3,000 soldiers and horses in Yizhou, why did 5,000 people come?" Did they fly over? On the way from Juyan to Yizhou, I didn't hear that there was a brigade of Song troops, but there was none! ”

Fuguchen arched his hand: "King, the railway has reached Yizhou!" The caravans who have been to Shengzhou say that the railway is magical, and the trains on it, without grain and grass, can run thousands of miles in one day and night. And it can pull goods and people, one or two thousand miles, and it will arrive in a few days. ”

Fugu Huaien said: "I always feel that these people have fallen into the Song people's tricks, how can there be such a divine thing in the world?" When the army marches, there must be food and grass supplies, how can a large number of Song troops enter Yizhou in a few days? On the way from Juyan to Yizhou, we have spies! ”

Fu Guchen said: "But, have the spies seen the train?" There have always been road repair teams on that road, and there are cars running, and they have seen a lot. But after the road is repaired, if there is a large group of Song troops who take the train to Yizhou, will they be able to tell the difference? ”

Hearing this, he sat back slowly, and after a while, he said, "I don't believe that there is such a thing as a train in the world, as the merchants say. If there is, the Song people will build the railway to Yizhou, where can we still hold it? The Central Plains, thousands of miles wide, with countless populations, where can our soldiers and horses resist the enemy? Can you quickly bring troops to the Western Regions, and the Song people still don't send envoys to let us return to obedience? ”

Long Luo Dusha got up and arched his hand: "King, the soldiers and horses of the Song army have already come, there is no need to argue about how they came." Liuzhong to Gaochang is only sixty miles away, the Song army has passed Liuzhong, and tomorrow you can go to Gaochang. It's better to quickly arrange the battle, how to deal with the battle! ”

Fugu Huaien raised his head, looked at everyone, and said, "Yes, we will go to Gaochang tomorrow, how should we fight?" ”

Longluo Dusha said: "Now there are 10,000 soldiers in the city, if the Song army only comes with thousands of soldiers and horses, it should not be able to capture Gaochang City." I'm afraid that it's the striker who comes, and there is a brigade behind it, and the city is surrounded, so how can it be good? ”

Fu Guchen said: "Around Gaochang, where the cultivation is placed, six or seven out of ten are in the city. As long as the walls are clear, and each collects wheat and enters the city to defend it, even if the Song army besieges Gaochang City, how can it support it? He came with tens of thousands of horses, but he was afraid that the logistics would not be able to support it. ”

Longluo Dusha said: "Yuyue, Yizhou to Gaochang is only seven hundred miles, only the middle of the Guigukou area is difficult to travel. If the Song Army's railroad was as powerful as the merchants said, it would not be impossible to transport grain from Yizhou! ”

Fu Guchen said: "That train is really so powerful? Thousands of miles of road, can you easily transport grain? ”

Long Luo Dusha said: "What's the point of doubting this now?" The Song army has already arrived! In my opinion, when the soldiers and horses in the city were ordered in time to prepare for battle, and at the same time sent a letter to Yanqi and Jiaohe Prefecture to prevent the Song army from besieging the city. ”

Gaochang is located near Turpan in later generations, and it is a basin in the mountains. The terrain here is flat, the roads extend in all directions, if the Song army comes with a lot of people, there is no need to attack the city one by one along the road, where it is weak, it will be hit. In the end, even if you keep Gaochang, there will be nothing left.

Fugu Huaien patted his seat and said, "That's right! Immediately send a probe out of the city and tell the Song army to attack, and they will hold the city! General Longluo, quickly pick up the soldiers and horses in the city and prepare to fight! Also, gather the surrounding soldiers and horses and fight to the death with the Song army! ”

Long Luo Dusha responded to the order, walked out of the royal court quickly, and took the generals who came to report the news, and prepared for the battle together.

Seeing the people walk out, Fugu Huaien said to Fuguchen: "I still can't figure out why the Song army suddenly sent troops to attack us. Even if the Song Dynasty occupied the Hequ Road for more than two years, it should not have sent envoys to pay tribute. Even if you have ambitions for Gaochang, you should also send envoys here, and make it clear to us first, there is really no way, so you will send troops to come. ”

Fu Guchen said: "King, the envoy of the Song Dynasty's Hequ Road is Du Zhongxiao, have you forgotten how he fought the party?" ”

Fugu Huaien thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, this point is miscalculated. After Du Zhongxiao occupied the winding road of the river, he suddenly raised troops to attack the party. Moreover, he first attacked the east with a small number of troops and horses, and the party and state ministers led troops to rescue, but suddenly sent troops to attack the west. Alas, this person doesn't follow common sense in using soldiers, but we have been fooled! Could it be that he deliberately wanted to catch us off guard? ”

Fu Guchen said: "It seems that this is the case. It's a pity that we have never believed that there is such a thing as a train, and we have been hesitating if we don't believe that the Song army can attack the Western Regions within a year or two. Now it's okay, the army has entered the Western Regions, and it doesn't even say hello. ”

Fugu Huaien sat on his seat, was silent for a while, and said: "I still don't believe that the Song army can concentrate tens of thousands of troops to Yizhou and suddenly attack it!" By the way, how many people did the Song army have in Hequ Road? ”

"According to the spies, there are three armies, with a total of 150,000 people. It's just that the personnel are not even, and I don't know if there are other armies. This time to attack Gaochang, how many people can Du Zhongxiao gather? ”

Fugu Huaien thought for a while and said, "He has an army of 150,000, and only Zhao Zi has 50,000 people in the west. Coming this time, could it be that Zhao Zi poured his main force to attack? That's a bit bad, not to mention his whole army, as long as there are 20,000 or 30,000 people, it will be difficult for us to resist the enemy. ”

Fu Guchen said: "There won't be so many people coming, right? Hezhou is more than 1,000 miles from Juyan, and Juyan is more than 1,000 miles from Yizhou, how many people does he have to arrange? Come to Gaochang for 20,000 or 30,000 people, isn't there an emptiness in the back? Aren't you afraid that the party will take advantage of the situation to attack? ”

Fugu Huaien sighed: "The Song army suddenly came to attack Gaochang, who knows what they mean?" Since Du Zhongxiao entered the Hequ Road, he first defeated the Khitan, then defeated the party, and then attacked here. The Khitan is still there, the party is still there, both are there, but a large army is dispatched to attack Gaochang, what is the reason? Something that doesn't make sense just comes! ”

After speaking, he patted his seat hard, and he really couldn't understand what was going on with Song Jun. There are two strong rivals, why did you come to Gaochang if you didn't attack them first? The army entered Gaochang, and the rear was empty, were you not afraid that the Khitan and the party would attack Hequ Road? Song Jun's mind is really unclear.

Just when the Gaochang royal court was puzzled by the arriving Song army, Qin Xianpeng had already led the vanguard troops, bypassing Liuzhong City, and coming to Gaochang City.