At this time, the sky is short, although the sky is not dawn, when you arrive at the city of Xingqing Mansion, the sun has already set.

Han Qi rode on a horse and looked at the gate of Xingqing Mansion in the night. The gates of the city were closed, and there was no one on the city, and it seemed quiet.

Liu Jidao: "Just now, the scout cavalry came to report that most of the soldiers and horses of Xingqing Mansion were taken to the Helan Mountain next to them by Captain Babu yesterday morning. Now there are only a few thousand soldiers and horses in the city, and even the city gate cannot be guarded. ”

Han Qi said: "How many soldiers and horses have we arrived in front of the city?" ”

Liu Jidao: "20,000 people." The remaining 30,000 are still on the way, and tomorrow morning, they can go to the city of Xingqing Mansion. ”

Han Qi looked at the sky, thought about it again and again, and said to Liu Ji: "Do we wait until tomorrow morning to attack the city, or do we attack the city overnight?" ”

Liu Ji was a little surprised: "We don't have all the troops and horses, and we don't know much about the situation in Xingqing Mansion, so why rush to attack the city?" ”

Han Qi said: "Now there is chaos within the party, and the most important thing is to let them continue to be chaotic." There are thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, and the hearts of the people are undecided, if they attack the city at night, they will be suspicious of each other. By the time the time the army arrives, we may have entered the city. ”

Liu Jidao: "It's okay to attack, but it's nothing if you don't attack." There are only a few thousand people in the city now, and we have an army of 50,000, so why is it difficult to break them? ”

Han Qi said: "Defending the city is different. I'm afraid of thousands of people, and if they work together, it's not easy to attack. ”

Liu Ji nodded and said, "Since the Taiwei has made up his mind, I will send someone to prepare." It is nothing more than pushing artillery forward and bombarding his city. ”

Xingqing Mansion is a big city, there is an urn city at the city gate, and there is a horse face outside, and it can't be opened. Only the head of the city can smash the female wall, and the defenders can't stay under artillery fire. Now the defense force is insufficient, and even if there is artillery at the head of the city, there should be no way to fight against the Song army.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Liu Ji ordered the artillery to push the cannon to the front of the city, and with an order, it bombarded the city.

He didn't hide Pang and killed Li Shougui during the day, and when he returned to the mansion, he found that Liang Zuo had been rescued by Nuo Yixian, and he was trembling with anger. The remaining ministers in the city, where do they have any ideas, they are arguing and shouting in the Wuzang Mansion, and they can't discuss a solution.

In the evening, after sending the ministers away, Pang was just about to have dinner, when a soldier came to report that the Song army had arrived in the city.

He slammed the chopsticks to the ground and said angrily: "Baa Bu must have surrendered to the Song army, and as soon as he left, the Song army came to the city!" Now that there are no soldiers in the city, how can you hold the city! Rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished! ”

While they were in the midst of a commotion, they heard the sound of cannons outside. When Pang heard this, his face couldn't help but change greatly, and he said to the soldiers: "Quickly go to the city to see, why are you shooting!" Now that it's dark, is the Song army still going to attack the city at night? ”

The soldiers went out, and walked around the house without hiding it, and their hearts were in turmoil. In front of them, the Song army fought in Jingzhou, and it was not appropriate to hide the false Pang, and felt that it was impossible to destroy the country. The Song army suddenly approached the city, and suddenly panicked, and didn't know what to do for a while.

After a long time, the soldiers hurriedly came back and said with crossed hands: "Prime minister, the big thing is not good, the Song army actually attacked the city overnight!" ”

He turned around sharply and said, "Attacking the city overnight? Now there are only a few thousand soldiers and horses in the city, what are they anxious about! ”

Seeing that he didn't hide the false face, the soldier didn't dare to speak, and stood there quietly.

He said sharply: "Order the defenders at the head of the city, immediately fire artillery, and knock out the artillery of the Song army!" ”

The soldier whispered: "Prime Minister, how can the gunners aim accurately at night?" Besides, the Song army can't be sure of it, so it's better to wait for tomorrow. ”

didn't hide Pang said: "The soldiers will block, there is an attack and a defense, in order to hold the city!" Quickly pass on our military order, and order the city's head artillery to bombard the Song army! ”

Han Qi and Liu Ji stood side by side under the city of Xingqing Mansion, watching the artillery hit the city, and there was no movement in the dark. The head of the city didn't know if there were any party soldiers, so they still hid.

Liu Jidao: "Captain Babu led the army out of the city, and the people who stayed in the city were afraid that they had no intention of defending the city." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly noticed a flash of fire on the city, and he actually fired a cannon there.

Liu Ji shook his head: "But I didn't expect that there were only a few thousand people in the city, and they were still defending the city so resolutely." At night, the city head can't see clearly, which one can the cannon hit? They still fired cannons, making it clear that they would defend the city to the end. ”

Han Qi said: "Let them be." All of a sudden, so much so big things happened, the city is now estimated to be a mess. ”

After speaking, he looked around and said to Liu Ji: "The more this is the case, the more you should fight them." Thou shalt command all the artillery of the army to be pushed down into the city, and it will not stop tonight. When the army arrives tomorrow, we will attack the city! ”

On Helan Mountain not far away, Nuo Yisheng looked at Xingqing Mansion and said to Captain Babu: "But I didn't expect that the Song army would attack the city overnight. It seems that they take this opportunity very seriously, for fear that they will not be able to capture Xingqing Mansion. ”

Baa Bu nodded: "It's been more than four months since the troops were sent in September and the war has been fought until now." If you can break through Xingqing Mansion, where can you resist? Han Taiwei's army came all the way west from Xingxing Gorge, more than 3,000 miles, and if he captured Xingqing Mansion again, it would be the first achievement. He and Captain Di of Lingzhou both went to the local army as privy envoys to take charge of the army, won the first merit, and the future is immeasurable. ”

Nuo Yixiang said: "Taiwei, then what should we do?" Just here watching the Song army attack the city? ”

Baa said: "What else should I do? At this point, there is no turning back. The Song army broke the city, and we brought the lord of the country to the Song Dynasty, and this war ended like this. What's the point of continuing to fight? ”

Nuo Yishu said: "The tens of thousands of troops under the Taiwei always make people feel pity to surrender without a fight. ”

Baa Bu shook his head slightly: "Is it a pity? It's not a pity at all. The Song army is more than ten miles away, which general in the army dares to say that he can lead his troops to fight with them? Since the Song army built the railway to the Zhenrong army, we have actually lost. The population of the whole country of Xia is only equivalent to the whole road of Shaanxi, but the railway connects the whole country of the Song Dynasty. When dealing with Shaanxi all the way, we can still fight, against the whole country of the Song Dynasty, how can we fight this battle? ”

Nuo Yixiang said: "The railway is really an artifact, if we also have a railway-"

Baa said: "What if we also have a railway? Concentrate the strength of the whole country, and you can't fight against the 300,000 Song army, and in the end it's not this ending? The first emperor established the country, relying on the distance from the Song Dynasty, there were Hengshan and Hanhai between the two countries, and the Song army could not attack far away. When the Song army can attack from afar, how can it be difficult to support it? Delingzhou in this dynasty relied on the grain and grass of the Song army to be unable to cross the Hanhai Sea, and now there is no way. ”

Nuo Yisheng sighed: "In this way, with the railway, isn't the Song army invincible in the world?" ”

Baa: "Not really. If you really encounter a big country, there is no way to do it on the railway, and it still depends on whether the soldiers and horses can fight. Just like the Khitan, the border is tens of thousands of miles, and the railway can't help them. We are a small country and weak force, after the Song Dynasty opened up the winding road of the river, it was surrounded on all sides, and there was no way. ”

Du Zhongxiao opened up the meandering road and cut off the connection between the party and the Khitan, which actually doomed the end of the party. Now it's just Han Qi and Di Qing picking the fruit, only the process is different, and the result will not change. The characteristics of the party and the state are small and weak, and in the era of railways, there is no reason to be independent. With the railway, we entered the era of great powers.

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