Seed Ji came to the Liao army with a mission, his task is very simple, to win a place for the Song army to attack the city independently, gunpowder is very convenient, and the power is quite powerful, but when it is used, it is necessary to dig tunnels, which can not be formed in one or two days, it takes at least ten days and half a month.

These need to be prepared and communicated with the Liao army.

Perhaps the strength of the defense of Xingqing Mansion exceeded Liao Xingzong's imagination, the Song army came, they took the initiative to retreat, and gave the Song army this direction, the east gate to the Song army, and will leave a part of the camp to help the Song army establish a fixed defense as soon as possible.

Han Qi didn't ask much, and Liao Guo didn't ask for much, and on the premise that both sides were very sincere, they quickly reached an agreement.

After the approval of the Liao State, the Song army came, and the infantry on horseback was also four-legged, and they ran faster than ordinary people, more than 100 li, only a little more than 3 hours, and when the Song army was more than 30 miles away from Xingqing Mansion, the Liao army had already begun to retreat.

The Liao army began to retreat and withdrew from the east gate, the movement was not ordinary, and Yuan Hao, who had been paying attention to the situation on the battlefield, of course, noticed this for the first time.

Although it is said that Yuan Hao has the ability to hold Xingqing Mansion, but according to the actions of the Liao army, make adjustments, last time, Liao Xingzong wrapped a large number of people, and the attack on Xingqing Mansion, if it was not for his early discovery, and with strong killing, the crisis that was finally solved, maybe Xingqing Mansion would not be captured, and there would be certain fluctuations.

It is for this reason that Yuan Hao is very careful, at this juncture, any sailboat in the gutter will have consequences that he cannot bear.

Now, the Liao army at the east gate has retreated, without warning, which makes Yuan Hao stunned, could it be that Liao Xingzong finally figured it out and wanted to encircle three and lack one?

The empty east gate, which looked like an escape road, made the defenders of Xingqing Mansion fluctuate for a while, although they knew that this might be a trap, but the long-term siege of the city, in the hearts of the defenders of Xingqing Mansion, was pressed with a stone.

Knowing that there was a certain fluctuation among the defenders, Yuan Hao also knew that he should immediately go down to suppress, at this time, if he didn't do a good job of suppression, maybe it would cause bad consequences.

Yuan Hao is a monarch with a strong personal charm, and he quickly dealt with this fluctuation, looking at the empty east gate, his heart kept turning, what is the idea of the Liao army.

The previous Liao army was powerful and powerful, but to a certain extent, it was still the kind that went straight to a certain extent, and it was rare to get those twists and turns, but now, it seems that things have changed.

That's right, if you suffer so many losses, and you don't have a long memory, then you are really stupid.

But Yuan Hao couldn't figure it out anyway, why would they relax the east gate, shouldn't it be other doors, and this is just a psychological fluctuation, is it possible, they really think that these little tricks can shake the hearts of the army.

Soon, however, the watchman brought another message: in the east, an army was marching.

The city wall of Xingqing Mansion is almost seven or eight meters high, because of the blocking, I didn't notice the Song army dozens of miles away, but the large-scale march, especially the kind of thousands of troops and horses, the movement was very large, and it was soon discovered by the Xixia people.

Yuan Hao didn't dare to slack off, he went directly to the city, and when he observed, it looked like there were thirty or forty thousand people, but what kind of person was this, could it be the reinforcements of the Liao State?

It seems like a good thing, a great thing.

That's right, the more troops used in the Liao labor expedition, the greater the logistical pressure, although dozens of tribes were attacked in a row and enough livestock were obtained, this only solved the problem of food, and there were others, such as supplies and the like.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Liao State brought 100,000 troops, not that the Liao State could not use it, but because such a long logistics was enough for the Liao State to bear it.

However, the team always has to get closer, and after only half a day's effort, Yuan Hao's face changed greatly, because of the east gate, the team gradually approached, and once again surrounded Xingqing Mansion, not the Liao army he expected, but the Song army.

Han Qi did not hide his arrival, the Korean characters fluttered high, proving his arrival, his identity, and the costumes, banners, and even various layouts of the Song army were obviously different from those of the Liao army, which could not be simply concealed.

Yuan Hao's heart was sinking, he never thought that there would be such a change, he was focused on the Liao army, but he put the Northern Song Dynasty in.

Although there is no conclusive evidence to prove what the Northern Song Dynasty did, as long as the Northern Song Dynasty enters here, it means that almost all the east of Xingqing Mansion has fallen.

No matter how much territory falls into the hands of the Liao State, it is nothing, the land of the Liao State is so huge, and it has not been thoroughly developed, how can it be possible to value these lands of the Western Xia?

But the Northern Song Dynasty is different, they are closer to this side, and the Northern Song Dynasty, with infantry as the main body, can easily occupy the land.

What is the place to the east of Xingqing Mansion, it is Lingzhou, this is the water source of the Yellow River on the bank of the Yellow River, which is enough to provide enough irrigation here, if the Northern Song Dynasty really occupies it, then it will really not leave, and it will be a big trouble.

Suddenly, he had a kind of regret, why did he provoke the Liao State, and even, why did he make the choice of retreating to Xingqing Mansion and fight with the Liao State on the border, even if he paid a certain price, he had to keep the Liao State out and not give the Northern Song Dynasty a chance.

But in the world, there is no regret medicine to take, how late is it, the Northern Song Dynasty has entered, God knows when it entered, if you want to take the land that has been occupied by the Northern Song Dynasty, it is very painful, it takes chance, and it is much more difficult than the Liao State.

What's more critical is that at this time, he has no way to retreat, there are not many people from the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, thirty or forty thousand people, but looking at these people, Yuan Hao has no carelessness, the Northern Song Dynasty is the best at attacking cities, unlike Liao, if he doesn't fight the spirit of 120,000 points, maybe this city will be broken by the Northern Song Dynasty.

That's the greatest sorrow, he prides himself on being full of scheming, but he has fallen into the pit, he thought it was the best choice, the best choice for Western Xia, but he thought that the Northern Song Dynasty was chaotic, and fell into a dilemma.

What to do, leaving is the best choice, but Yuan Hao lost this opportunity, in the encirclement of the Liao army, if you want to leave, there are some problems, it is very difficult, and there are 40,000 more Song troops, it is even more difficult.

After Han Qi arrived, he immediately began to prepare, at least 24 teams, through different places to dig inside first, these are all trained, Han Qi even brought the most elite personnel of this type, enough to ensure that the tunnel is completed quickly and well.

Han Qi didn't even do anything to cover up, nor did he use the longbow team to attack on the back, and he didn't do any work on the surface, but just ordered to dig tunnels every day, and gradually went to the city in the underground tunnels, but on top, it was just a siege.

It has been surrounded for more than 40 days, and another 10 days, which is nothing at all, Yuan Hao is also very curious, what kind of countermeasures will this belligerent Han Qi take, he calmly waited for them to make a move, he could only defend passively.

There was no movement for 10 days, which made Liao Xingzong a little depressed, and he was still waiting for the Song army to be weakened and take advantage again, but he came in such a hurry, but there was no action.

However, although the Northern Song Dynasty did not move, it was very sad for the Liao State, and gave a lot of gifts, only about 5,000 head of livestock, even if it was sheep, but more than 250,000 catties of meat was enough to satisfy the Liao State.

This allowed the Northern Song Dynasty to calmly pass the most critical stage, when one by one the tunnels were successfully excavated, underground, and all the explosives were put in place, there was no problem with everything, and everything was ready only to owe the east wind.

10 days later, when the 12 tunnels had been completed, Han Qi took the initiative to invite Liao Xingzong to observe their siege operations and capture Xingqing Mansion, just today.

This made Liao Xingzong stunned, this is nothing, he didn't even have any preparations, just said so much, is this a lie.

But Han Qi is not an ordinary person, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and he is also a high-ranking official in the Northern Song Dynasty, he is so confident that he can capture Xingqing Mansion in one day.

When he had just arrived in Western Xia, Liao Xingzong certainly didn't think how difficult it was to attack this Xingqing Mansion, but now, it has been under siege for 40 days, and several of these attempts have resulted in the loss of troops and generals, and in the end, under the premise of not even daring to attack, the Northern Song Dynasty actually dared to say that it could be captured within a day.

If it is said that the Northern Song Dynasty made some tentative attacks before, or some merits, maybe it was still convincing, now it seems that this is not bragging?

In any case, whether it is to watch jokes or miracles, Liao Xingzong is interested, but it is just a day to see what kind of medicine is sold in the gourds of the Northern Song Dynasty and Han Qi.

The next day, Liao Xingzong and many other ministers of civil and military affairs began to walk out of the barracks to watch Han Qi's performance.

The action was a little big, and Yuan Hao was also alarmed, especially the Song army, who had not been out of the camp for 10 days, and the Liao State assisted, and said that this was true, and he also went to the city and waited for it.

A pair of soldiers, fish out, lined up in a neat camp, the longbowmen stood neatly about 150 steps away from the city wall, and there were many long arrows inserted in front of him, Yuan Hao was a little drumming in his heart, the number of archers was a little too much, he immediately ordered, took out the crotch arrow equipment, and at the same time, his eyes stared at the bottom.

The movements of the Northern Song Dynasty are very strange, but as long as he holds the city steadily, it should be no problem, no matter how powerful they are, it is impossible for them to grow wings, so fly over.