Outside the city of Xingqing Mansion, the Wuzang clan patted the snowflakes on his body, looked at the city gate, and said softly: "The country is great, I don't know if there will be such a happy day in the future." The Song army is advancing, and I don't know how long Lingzhou can hold it. ”

Nine-year-old Liang Zuo said: "Why worry about Auntie, Lingzhou is an important city, it has been built for many years, and there are artillery, how can the Song army easily break the city." ”

Wuzang smiled, didn't speak, and entered Xingqing Mansion with Lang Zuo.

It is almost the New Year, and the lights in Xingqing Mansion are colorful, and many people have incense cases in front of their homes to worship the Buddha. The streets were full of people, very prosperous, and there was no sense of urgency as the army approached.

Wu Zang looked around, and said to his son: "This is the peaceful weather, when you grow up, you must do better." ”

Liang Zuo nodded again and again, but he slandered in his heart, the government and government are in the hands of the Minister of State, what is the use of saying this?

There is no Tibetan family who likes to have fun, even if the Song army has approached Lingzhou, he still took his son to Helan Mountain to hunt. Seeing that the New Year is over, I brought people back to the capital. Barbarian women do not have as many etiquette as women in the Central Plains, the party official system is not perfect, and there is no Tibetan family to be the regent of the queen mother, and they are all willful in the country. I like to go hunting outside the city, I like to put up lights in the city, and I come completely according to my own heart.

After entering the city, he returned to the mansion of Wuzang Pang, and returned to his boudoir and ordered someone to summon Bao Bao to eat too much.

Bao Bao ate a lot of Yuan Hao's guards, but after Yuan Hao didn't have it, because he was close to the attendants, he had an affair with the Wuzang clan for a long time. These days, the more troubled the court is, the more the Wuzang clan is worried about understanding his heart, and the more he meets him.

Liang Zuo went back to the room to change his clothes, and a servant hurriedly came in and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the Minister of State, please go to the front to discuss matters." ”

Now the government is in the hands of Pang, and even he is raised in his house. Hearing this, although he was unwilling, he nodded in agreement. At a young age, what are the major things that need to be discussed by yourself?

When I arrived in the front hall, I saw that Wu Zang Pang was sitting on the main seat, with Li Shougui on one side and Captain Manba in charge of military power on the other.

Seeing Liang Zuo come in, the three of them got up to salute and let Liang Zuo sit in the center.

He didn't hide Pang and said: "According to the Lingzhou report, the Song army has arrived outside the city, but there is no big army to surround it. Lingzhou is a heavy city, once lost, Xingqing Mansion is isolated, and I am afraid that the big thing will not be good. The ministers of the court and the central government have discussed this matter a lot, but there is no plan, please ask Your Majesty to decide. ”

Liang Zuo looked left and right, and said: "For major matters in the court, I still have to ask the queen mother to decide." She went back to the city with me, why didn't I see her. ”

Li Shougui said coldly: "The Queen Mother has her own major affairs and some small state affairs, how dare she dare to drive her." Now that the Song army is advancing, if it is not properly dealt with, there will be no place to stand in a few months. Your Majesty, though young, should also take on heavy responsibilities. ”

Forgiveness nodded blankly: "I see." ”

When Li Shougui was alive in Yuan Hao, he had an affair with the Wuzang clan. Yuan Hao passed away, and he and the Wuzang clan were in and out of the pair, just like husband and wife. As a representative of the Muzang clan, he was in charge of the government together with Wuzang Pang. However, in recent days, the Wuzang clan and Bao Bao have become closer, and it is inevitable that they will alienate Li Shougui. As Baobao's status has risen, Li Shougui is inevitably jealous.

He coughed and said, "The guns of the Song army are extremely sharp, and a few years ago, everyone still remembers the battle of Hue Du. Although we have worked hard in the past few years, we have not been able to catch the field war with the Song army. Only by relying on the fortified city to hold on, and taking advantage of the exhaustion of the Song army, then send troops to repel it. ”

Li Shougui said: "The Song army has already arrived under the city of Lingzhou, how many fortified cities are there?" The north was sealed by the Song army in Hezhou, and once Lingzhou was lost, there was only Helan Mountain. Under the siege of hundreds of thousands of Song troops, where is there still a way to live! ”

He didn't hide it: "Otherwise, what can you do?" If you send troops out of the city to fight the Song army, it will inevitably be worse. ”

Li Shougui knew that a few years ago, he did not hide Pang and led his troops to save Qu Yehe, but he was defeated by the Song army, leaving a psychological shadow. If you want him to send troops to fight the Song army in the field, it is absolutely impossible. But if you are trapped in a lonely city, you will sit back and wait for it to be closed. He turned his head to Captain Manba and said, "Captain, this autumn of Cheng's survival is at stake, and there must be no slackness. In the face of the advance of the Song army, I don't know what the army thinks? ”

Captain Manba said: "Now there are only 100,000 soldiers and horses in the imperial court, only 100,000 in Xingqing Mansion, 70,000 in Lingzhou, and Hengshan soldiers and horses, which can no longer be counted on." If you want to stop the Song army, you have no chance of winning the field battle out of the city, so you can only sit in the lonely city. However, I recently got the news that after the Song army occupied Qinggang Gorge, because of the wife of the ** village owner, it caused the original owner of Qinggang Gorge Chang Yi Yuanzhi to rise up. He took advantage of the unpreparedness, led the prisoners of war to kill the soldiers and horses of the Song army, and ambushed the reinforcements of the Song army, winning successive battles. From this point of view, not fighting with the Song army in the field, but harassing with a small force, also has a chance of winning. ”

Li Shougui said: "It's just that who to send out of the city, how to deal with the Song people, but it's a difficult matter." ”

He didn't hide Pang and said: "Changyi Yuanzhi is in the southern mountainous area, there is a place to hide, and it is not easy for the Song army to chase him. Now that the Song army has left Tiandu Mountain, and Xingling and Xingling are surrounded by large plains, how can they maneuver in small groups? Where the Song army is located, stretching for dozens of miles, it is unimaginable. ”

Li Shougui said: "In this way, don't we just sit and wait to die? The foundation laid by the first emperor was lost overnight! ”

Wu Zang said: "We discussed carefully, and we can always come up with a way." Now there are still several states, and there are also Yokoyama! ”

Seeing the two arguing, he bleated: "The top priority now is to find a way." In addition, there is another very important thing, that is, if we can't hold the two states of Xingling, what should we do? ”

Hearing this, his face couldn't help but darken, and he turned to Manba and said, "According to the Taiwei's opinion, what should I do?" ”

Manba pointed at Lang Zuo and said: "The Song army has already arrived in Lingzhou, once Lingzhou is lost, Xingqing Mansion will be besieged by Tuantuan, and there is no way out." The foundation of the country is in Hengshan, and it is only with Hengshan that it is today. Although the two states of Xingling are sandwiched between mountains and rivers, they have no depth, and there is no dangerous place that can be defended, which can be said to be a dead end. I thought that at this time, I could let His Majesty lead troops to Hengshan to divide the momentum of the Song army. ”

He didn't hide Pang and said in a deep voice: "How to divide the momentum of the Song army?" The Song army only needs to capture the two states of Xingling, and then turn around and attack Hengshan. Now surrounded by the Song army on all sides, the hinterland of Hengshan has been lost, and where is it stronger than Xingqing Mansion? ”

"Hengshan is mountainous, there are many forts, and the artillery of the Song people is inconvenient to carry, and there is still hope to hold it." ”

Didn't hide Pang sneered: "What if there are many fortresses? Don't forget the battle of Qu Yehe, how the Song army fought. It is impossible for His Majesty to go to Hengshan, that is the act of destroying the country. However, he could order Hengshan to raise troops and attack the rear road of the Song army from Yanzhou. ”

Man Baa shook his head and said, "At this time, what is the use of Hengshan raising troops?" Can't cut off its back road, in front of the 300,000 army, how can the soldiers and horses of Hengshan resist the enemy? Let him hold the root of Hengshan, and he can also deal with the Song army. ”

Liang Zuo is just a nine-year-old child, and he doesn't know what these people are fighting for here and what it has to do with him. After listening to the news of the Song army's attack for several months, Xingqing Mansion was as stable as ever, and it was not at all known how serious the situation at the front line was. As for leaving aside the Queen Mother, these people called themselves over, and they couldn't think of any calculations behind them. He couldn't understand that these people had actually reached the time to think about the future for themselves.