After Zhao Yan led the remnants of the army to escape, Li Bingchang led the army to detain all the Song army prisoners in the Song army camp outside Pingyao City, and at the same time Li Bingchang sent An Qinggui to Pingyao City to persuade the Song army defenders to surrender, but what Li Bingchang did not expect was that the Song army guards were really backbone and refused.

"Lord Wang, the last general did not complete the task assigned by the prince, and the generals of the Song army in Pingyao did not surrender, and asked the prince to punish the crime." An Qinggui reported to Li Bingchang.

"If you don't surrender, he'll die there!" Li Bingchang said with a smile; "You don't have to worry about this matter, General An, you lead 30,000 iron cavalry to Lingshi immediately, and go south along the Fen River to attack the southeast region of Henan, now Zhao Yan's whereabouts are unknown, and the Song army is leaderless, this is an excellent fighter."

"Yes, the last general ...... order"

Although he had just experienced a big war, the losses of the Xia army were not small, but Li Bingchang did not have extra time to make the army repair, as Li Bingchang said that now is the moment when the Song army was circled, Li Bingchang hoped to use this time to expand his results, and take Jinzhou, Jiangzhou and other places in the southeast of Henan, so that most of Hedong fell into the hands of the Xia army.

After An Qinggui led the army to leave, Li Bingchang personally took more than a dozen people to Pingyao City, the peaceful occupation of Pingyao is very important to Li Bingchang, Li Bingchang needs the grain and grass stored by the Song army in Pingyao City, this is the key to Li Bingchang to continue the war, without grain and grass the rest is nonsense.

Outside Pingyao City, Li Bingchang put a set of tea sets, was drinking tea leisurely, and sent someone to the city gate to shout to the city: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin of the Great Xia Empire, I want to talk to the Song army Pingyao guards, and please go out of the city to meet, my prince is waiting outside the city." ”

On the tower of Pingyao, an officer said to the Pingyao guard: "General, you can't go out of the city, you can't say that this is a conspiracy of the Xia army, if you go out, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back." ”

"Not yet, Li Bingchang is not going to use such despicable means." Pingyao said confidently; "I'm going out of the city to meet this Jin king of the Xia Kingdom and see what tricks he plays."

After the Pingyao guard arrived, Li Bingchang said while smelling the fragrance of tea: "I didn't expect you to be a little bold, dare to come to see this king alone, aren't you afraid that this king will kill you?" ”

"Ha, ha, ha, ha......" Pingyao said with a smile; Even if you kill me, what can you do, you still can't enter Pingyao City, if you want the grain and grass in the city, you can dream! Even if I kill them all and burn them all, I won't leave them to you. ”

"Well said, well said." Li Bingchang applauded and said: "As a general, you have such courage This king really admires you, you want to make a name for yourself and let the people of the whole city accompany you to die, you are really amazing!" ”

"Whether we can storm the city is another story! He even thought about slaughtering the city. General Pingyao sneered.

"It's a matter of time before you enter the city." Li Bingchang said; "Zhao Yan has given up on you and fled from the mountains with the remnants, and now the spirit stone is already in the hands of this king, and Pingyao City is already isolated, are you really willing to hold on? Do you think there is any hope for this? ”

"Of course there is hope, His Royal Highness King Zhao will not give up on us, and he will lead the troops to kill us back." General Pingyao said very firmly.

"Well said!" Li Bingchang said with a smile; "Over the years, have you ever seen the Song army defeat the Xia army? Even if Zhao Yan can return here in the future, how long will you have to wait? ”

"There are millions of stones, grains and grass in Pingyao City, as well as countless equipment to defend the city, and we have no problem holding on for three or five years." The guard said resolutely.

"Even if this king doesn't attack Pingyao, do you think you can really hold on for three years and five years?" Li Bingchang continued; "Admit to me that there is enough food in the city for you to hold on for a long time; In fact, this king doesn't have to do anything else, just surround you all the time, and it's not a problem to surround you for three or five years, but what if you run out of food in the city by then? How to solve the problem of vegetables and what to do with the firewood for heating in winter? Are you being selfish when you do this? For the sake of his own fame and fortune, he even wanted to catch up with the people of the whole city;

This king knows that you are a loyal and righteous person, as long as you are willing to surrender, this king can guarantee you a lifetime of glory and wealth, if you want to join the army can come to the command of this king, if you are an official, this king can ask your father to let you serve as the commander of Pingyao County, for the benefit of the local people, this king can lead the army to attack the city now, but there are too many people killed in this battle, this king does not want anyone to die, of course, the decision is now in your hands, whether it is a life or a peaceful life is between your thoughts, This king gives you a night to think about it, and wait for a reply tomorrow morning. ”

Li Bingchang left without looking back after saying this, Li Bingchang's words touched the Pingyao defenders very much, as Li Bingchang said, even if the Xia army did not attack him, he could not hold out for too long, the Xia army only needed to dig a trench outside the city, send two or three thousand people to garrison, you can trap the Song army in the city, after a night of ideological struggle, the Pingyao defender finally made a decision after consulting with his subordinates, surrender to the Xia army.

The surrender of Pingyao has an important and far-reaching significance for Li Bingchang, Li Bingchang got millions of stone of grain and grass in Pingyao, as well as a large number of weapons, armor and siege equipment, basically made up for the loss in Taiyuan, after taking Pingyao, Li Bing on the one hand transferred a large number of materials to the spirit stone, while sending a part of the troops to guard Pingyao, and the Song army that originally guarded Pingyao was all transferred, so that Pingyao completely fell into the control of Li Bingchang.

After taking Pingyao, the first thing Li Bingchang did was to return to Taiyuan, at this time the fierce battle in Taiyuan was still going on, facing the Xia army's two-sided attack Zhang Miao still firmly controlled the outer city of Taiyuan, and at the same time caused great casualties to the Xia army troops attacking the city outside the city, but the delay in taking the inner city has become a heart disease in Zhang Miao's heart, and not being able to take the inner city is equivalent to not fully occupying Taiyuan, and the grain and grass have become Zhang Miao's most worried problem.

Late that night, Zhang Miao's big tent ushered in an uninvited guest, this person was the messenger sent by Zhao Miao, Zhao Yu realized that he was about to fail, and at the same time sent someone to Taiyuan to tell Zhang Miao the news, for Zhao Miao, as long as Zhang Miao, the general, can be worth 100,000 elite soldiers.

"General, the prince has been defeated in Pingyao, and the Lingshi has also been occupied by the Xia army, so the prince can only choose to evacuate from the southeast mountain range; The prince asked the humble post to come to inform the general, he didn't have to care about the gains and losses of this city and place, and he was not afraid of running out of firewood. ”

Zhang Miao said unwillingly: "This Taiyuan is about to be taken, it's a pity to evacuate at this time." ”

"General, even if you can take Taiyuan, what can you do? The Xia army will soon come back to help, and the Xia army has enough troops to retake Taiyuan. ”

"That's it, but now that the back road has been cut off by the Xia army, even if you evacuate, you must be fully prepared." Zhang Miao said.

(End of chapter)