Li Qing said it generously, but this was also the reason why Wu Gui's words went to his heart.

[In the past few days, I have adjusted my work, I have more entertainment, and I am missing a lot of updates, which is really sorry. Today's three watches, make up a little is a point, this is the first watch. 】

Of course, what came into his heart was not an excuse for Wu Gui. There are many acquaintances and brothers opposite? In front of wealth and fame, everything is bullshit!

It's just that at this time, is it necessary to leave too much blood debt with the Song people? No matter how you say that the Great Song Dynasty is now a strong country, one or two defeats can't change the overall situation at all.

The record under the city of Lingzhou is that the Song State used the wrong person and did the wrong thing, and the Western Xia side relied on stratagem, and without the help of the Liao, there was no possibility of winning at all. In other words, it was a head-to-head confrontation, and Li Qing had no confidence at all.

Even if you win again under the city of Yanzhou, what can you do? It's not that the Song soldiers are not good at fighting, but that the emperor of the Song State used the wrong commander. Guo Kui, Wang Shao, and Han Gang, the commanders who know how to fight and are good at fighting, have not appeared, and they are all eunuchs like Li Xian and Wang Zhongzheng, as well as Xu Xi and Gao Zunyu, who are generally greedy and incompetent. And famous generals of the Western Army, such as Chong Ge and Qu Zhen, were also suppressed and restrained. In this way, he can continue to press the Western Xia army. Once the Song people change generals, the coach and famous generals are re-employed and transferred to Shaanxi to preside over the overall situation, the situation is likely to be reversed in an instant.

Just like the battle of Lingzhou, if you do it again, there will be no more Western Xia Kingdom. Not only Li Qing, but any important minister in the country saw this very clearly. The war, which is still going on today, has exhausted the national strength of Western Xia.

Even if this battle is won, it is impossible to recover the depleted vitality. The people were displaced, the tribes were ruined, the fields were barren, the trade routes were cut off, and the villages and cities were reduced to ruins. The strategy of Jianbi Qingye was originally to fight for his own serious injuries and to win the opponent, which was a helpless choice between destruction and serious injury. The damage caused by it has not been restored for decades.

When the Song people attack next time, as long as the Song side can have a middle-aged posture and a commander who is not greedy for merit, he can bring back the victory of destroying the country to the Song Emperor in Tokyo.

Since the fall of Western Xia was inevitable, Li Qing could not go too far no matter what, and he planned to change the owner. After surrendering to the Great Song Dynasty, the imperial court may not count the various crimes he committed in the past, but he does not have his own clan, so he can only live in the Western Army, and what kind of treatment he will have at that time depends on his own performance. Li Qing didn't want to tie up the grudge too deeply.

Can Yanzhou be captured? He didn't care much about it, but privately he still thought it was better to take it. If you want to change your court, you have to have something good to sell.

Li Qing was actually very regretful, if he hadn't received the errand to go to Lingzhou to help, and there were too many eyes and ears around him, he would not have stayed in Western Xia.

Li Qing had not been able to get an errand to Lingzhou before, and he wanted to wait until the Song army attacked Xingqing Mansion, and then immediately attacked. The opening of the gates of the city can be done without being taught. It's a pity that he didn't wait for the Song army to enter the city of Xingqing Mansion.

Now it's a critical time again. According to the current situation, if the Song people lose, that opportunity to change the situation of the battle can be sold at a higher price - the icing on the cake, how can it be a big return on charcoal in the snow?!

It's a pity that these calculations can't be told to outsiders. Except for a few pro-soldiers, Li Qing couldn't believe anyone else. But in order to contact the Song people, there must be a messenger who runs in the middle, who must be eloquent, intelligent, and able to bargain, and none of the few cronies can be suitable. Wu Gui, who refused to be the enemy of the Song people, was naturally the most suitable candidate.

Wu Gui came from the Great Song Dynasty, and like many Han Chinese who defected to Western Xia, they all committed crimes and escaped punishment. Generally speaking, most of these people actually did not get along in Western Xia, and many of them even became slaves. Crashing Linglang, which is composed purely of Han people, is an army in the Western Xia army that is specially used to dare to die.

Not everyone can compare to Zhang Yuan, Wu Hao, or Jing Xun, or even Li Qing. These few of them are all capable in their own right, but they are unlucky in the Song Kingdom, and they can get ahead in a different place.

In Li Qing's opinion, Wu Gui is also such a person. Wugui has a lot of courage, his vision is not bad, and he can also read and hyphenate, so Li Qing promoted him when he saw it.

It's just that although Wugui's skills are flexible, it's a pity that his martial arts are not outstanding, and his daily martial arts performances are all mediocre, and it's no wonder that he couldn't get ahead in the Western Army of the Song Kingdom before. If you don't have good martial arts, how can you settle down in the army? The literati are also quite respected in the ranks, but the martial nobles are not as good as a township meeting. If you can't do anything, you have insight and strategy, and you have nowhere to run, and if you make a mistake, you can only come to Xixia to find a way out.

Li Qing sighed, fortunately, Wugui was very popular in the army, and his promotion did not cause him much jealousy, so it was just right for him to stay in the camp.

Wu Gui didn't care so much, and it was impossible to know what Li Qing was thinking, so he just followed Li Qing to the camp in silence.

Li Qing looked back at Yanzhou City, "When we set up camp during the day, no troops were sent out in the city to interfere, so I think it will be a little more lively tonight." ”

"Lieutenant can rest assured. There are people in the spaceship staring at it in the sky, and there are more than 60 dark sentinels outside, most of whom are proficient in hiding and hiding and listening to sounds. The left side of Yanzhou City is close to the place where the soldiers can be hidden, and the last general has also arranged people to investigate, but they have not found that they have been ambushed. ”

"That's very good." Li Qing nodded, but said: "It's just that it can prevent a large number of people and horses, if a dozen or so riders come out to disturb the camp, it will be impossible to prevent it." ”

"There is never a shortage of tactics for tired soldiers. At the order of the captain, the last general also arranged for people to patrol around the camp, and it was expected that there would be no major problems, at most it was just a little noisy. Although the captain is assured, he will not give the Song army a chance to mess with our camp. ”

"Thanks to you, Wugui!" Li Qing was very satisfied. Wu Gui is indeed doing things properly, he is much stronger than a group of subordinates who couldn't even write well before, he raised his hand and patted Wu Gui's shoulder, and said with a smile: "It's all up to you tonight." ”

"The last will obey."

After explaining the affairs of the camp tonight to Wu Gui, Li Qing went back to the Chinese army's tent to rest. However, he didn't dare to sleep peacefully, only dared to sleep with his clothes.

I slept until dawn. Li Qing, who had slept all night, dressed and freshened up, yawned, and lifted the curtain to get out of the tent. He was a little surprised at this night's restful sleep.

When Wugui, who had been on guard all night, came over, Li Qing frowned and said to him: "It doesn't feel right, why is it so calm at night." Could it be that the Song people were blocked halfway? ”

Wu Gui's eyes were still bloodshot, and he shook his head, "No one came out of the city at night. ”

Li Qing was surprised, "You didn't send anyone to disturb you?" …… It's just that Xu Xi doesn't understand, Qu Zhen and Gao Yongneng still don't know how to defend the city. Could it be ......" His words suddenly stopped, and he suddenly laughed again: "It seems that the winning side of this battle is a little bigger." ”

"Well, most likely."

The Song army was stationed in Yanzhou, and normally at least to boost the morale of the city, and sent a few hundred cavalry when they arrived on the Western Xia side, so as to interfere with the camping work. At night, they should beat drums, or send people out of the city to shout twice, and they didn't say anything and didn't do anything.

The barracks stationed in the field, even if they were prepared, could not have waited for everyone to sit back and not go into battle tomorrow - this was an army from afar, and it was necessary to rest all night. Unless it can be determined that the enemy will inevitably come to steal the camp, it is inevitable that most of the soldiers will sleep in peace, and a few soldiers will stay in the camp. In this way, if the Song army really attacked and disturbed, the chaos caused would not be less. With Qu Zhen and Gao Yongneng's old spiciness, it was impossible to let go of this opportunity, but Song Jun didn't show up. There is only one possibility, and it must be blocked by Xu Xi.

This is good news, Li Qingzheng smiled, and the sound of a drum faintly came into his ears. After many years of fighting in the army, Li Qing is the most sensitive to this kind of voice. Immediately looked up to find the source of the sound, but saw that Wu Gui had already looked in the direction of Yanzhou City.

"It looks like the Song army is going to war." Wu Gui said in a deep voice.

"Don't disturb the enemy, don't attack the camp, and go to battle early in the morning, do you want to fight a battle in a dignified manner?" Li Qing asked with a little surprise.

"Leaning on the city and defending it is the right way to defend the city, and only relying on a city wall is a city of sorrow. If you can't force them to retreat into the city, you can't attack the city smoothly. ”

Li Qing nodded and said, "I have to force the Song army to retreat to the city first, and then the thunderbolt cannon will almost be built." ”

For the time being, there is only a ladder, and the thunderbolt cannon will have to wait a few more days. But fortunately, there is also plate armor, and the Divine Arm Bow is also thousands, even if half of them have been soaked in water, but after drying it, it is not much worse than the other half that has not been soaked in water.

Even with the same weapons, the Song people still had a condescending advantage. But with the plate armor and covered helmet protection, if you don't get close to within fifty steps, you don't have to worry about being seriously injured or even killed by the short arrow of the wooden feather of the Divine Arm Bow.

"We have to weigh them first. I don't know how many people came out? ”

Li Qingzheng had a question, and threw a small bamboo tube from the spaceship. After opening the note inside, Wu Gui said: "It's about three thousand soldiers and horses." ”

"It seems that you don't have to count on Ye Poma's side to help."

After the Battle of Lingzhou, it was inconvenient for Empress Dowager Liang and Liang Yibury to drive the soldiers and horses of the foreign clans to take the lead, and Li Qing's Han army could only become victims.

"You've probably eaten, right?" Li Qing looked at the smoke that had not yet dissipated in a corner of the camp and asked more.

Wu Gui said: "I started to make rice on the fourth watch, and at the beginning of the fifth watch, I sent all the rice down, and now I have eaten it." ”

Li Qing put his mind at ease, stood in front of the camp gate, raised his breath and shouted, and ordered his orders:

"Beat the drums, gather the generals!"

The snare drum sounded, and there was an uproar in the camp.

A moment later, more than 4,000 people under Li Qing's command had already gathered in front of them. A famous general bowed his head in front of Li Qing and waited for the order.

The soldiers led Li Qing's mount over, and he immediately jumped on the horse, pulled out a long knife from his waist, pointed to the camp gate, and shouted loudly throughout the whole army: "Sons, go out with me!" ”