"Yanei, the Song army has already crossed the river!"

Hearing Jiading's panicked report, Jia Jirong only felt that the world was spinning, raised his head, and asked slowly with all his might: "What about the people we sent out to patrol the river?" What about the people who go to support? ”

"It's gone, it's gone! Before dawn, the Song army had already set up a small frame in the narrow lower reaches of the river, and by the time we found the Song army building a bridge, there were already one or two thousand cavalry coming there. When did our men fight the cavalry brigade? They rushed and scattered! ”

Jia Jirong said weakly: "Go out, report something immediately." ”

At this time, the red sun was rising, the red light outside the room was full of sky, and the cold of the night was swept away, which should have made people feel warm, but Jia Jirong felt cold.

Jia Chenggui turned out from behind in disheveled clothes and asked Jia Jirong, who was sitting like a wood, "What's the matter?" I heard that the Song army crossed the river? ”

"Yes, thousands of horses have crossed the Poor Qi River in the early hours of this morning—"

"What's the matter with you? I give you the power, and you give me this result? ”

Hearing Daddy's roar, Jia Jirong sighed helplessly: "Daddy, I'm not shirking, but who would have thought that such a thing could happen?" The main force of the Song army came back from Guangyuan Prefecture and had just arrived in Qiyuan Prefecture, so why did it take three days to arrive in Menzhou. They traveled hundreds of miles, broke through Guangyuan Prefecture, captured Nong, and saved their fortunes, so why did they have to recuperate for half a month, right? ”

"Am I at fault? At this time, we can hold on to it. Even if it can't be defended, it is impossible for Song to cross the Qiqi River without spending a single soldier. Am I wrong?! ”

Jia Jirong looked up at Jia Chenggui, his eyes were already shining with tears.

"Forget it, it's useless to talk about it now. Let's think about how to defend the state city. Jia Chenggui coughed. Go to a chair and sit down. "It's got to this point. The reinforcements that came before were no longer reliable, so they still had to send someone to Thang Long Mansion to ask for help. The main force of the Song army has not arrived, and we are already powerless to parry, and when they also rush here, won't they only have to surrender in Kaesong? ”

"Thang Long Mansion? Last time, they didn't believe us, saying that it was a lie and threatening. Intimidation? I now have nearly 10,000 Song troops under the city, why don't they believe it? Could it really be that if the Song army is in the Shenglong Mansion, those traitors and villains around the saint can accept the facts? ”

"Son. Now is not the time to vomit, so send someone for help. If it is delayed, once it is besieged by the Song army, it will not be able to send people if you want to! ”

Jia Jirong's eyes straightened, and it took a while to wake up, stand up from the chair, and said: "What Daddy said is that the main force of the Song army has not arrived, and it is impossible for us to even be unable to defend the siege of the Great Song Dynasty!" I'll arrange for someone to go to Thang Long Mansion, as long as there are 10,000 troops. Langzhou is still impregnable! ”

After saying that, he hurried out of the room.

Jia Chenggui watched his son go out. When the condition came up, I coughed non-stop.

Since Xu Ping came to Yongzhou a few years ago, their family just looked at the wealth created by Xu Ping in Yongzhou, and they didn't want to go up and bite a piece of meat all the time. Who would have thought that the young jinshi who used to be able to fish and flesh at will in their eyes would come to the city a few years later and force them to a dead end.

In the middle of the day, Xu Ping rode across the bamboo bridge, and when he reached the shore, he was catching up with Zhang Rong, who had rushed back from the front. Zhang Rong saw the salute, and Xu Ping asked, "How is the battle situation in front?" ”

"Official, after Commander Han crossed the river, he led the cavalry to divide the left and right, and most of the strongholds outside the city have been uprooted, leaving only two small military villages, and I am surrounding them."

Xu Ping said: "Okay, today we must destroy all the military villages on the periphery of the state city and make Jiatong an isolated city." The lonely city is difficult to defend, so we can slowly take care of the Jia family. ”

"Obey the order!" Zhang Rong agreed, "But there is one more thing, this morning, ten people came out of the state city, all on horseback. Although Commander Han led his troops to chase after him, he still ran away from the three of them, and looked at the direction all the way to Thang Long Mansion. Officials, I don't know if I want to send troops to chase after me? ”

"No need, the people who come out must go to Thang Long Mansion to ask for reinforcements. The army is besieging the city, how can such a big movement not be known, we have prepared for it in advance. ”

After listening to Xu Ping's words, Zhang Rong said: "What the official said is true. ”

When Han Daocheng told him, he said that he had gone to Shenglong Mansion to ask for reinforcements, and the two of them were just not sure about Xu Ping's attitude, how could they not think of the purpose of these people going out.

While talking, I walked two or three miles before I knew it, and I arrived at a small hill.

Zhang Rong stopped and said to Xu Ping: "Official, there is a small courtyard of the A family on this hill, and I heard that it is a place where they come to escape the heat in summer. Although the small courtyard is not big, fortunately it is neat and clean, and I let people clean it up, and it will be used as a place for officials to stay. This hill is only more than two miles away from the state city, and you can see the state city by standing on the top of the mountain, which is very convenient. ”

"Okay, let's go up to the mountains and have a look." As he spoke, Xu Ping turned his head and instructed Tan Hu beside him, "Go and order all the entourage of the Chinese army to come here, and find someone to build a house nearby by the way." ”

Tan Hu took the order and left, and Xu Ping followed Zhang Rong all the way up the mountain.

This hill is a large mound twenty or thirty zhang high, and the mountain is extremely gentle, and even horses do not need to get down, and it will not take long to reach the top of the mountain. At the top of the mountain, there is a large Bodhi tree, with lush branches and leaves, covering half of the mountaintop. There are stone tables and stone benches under the trees, and I think it was a place where the A family used to enjoy the cool here.

When he arrived at the tree, Xu Ping dismounted and looked in the direction of Jiatong next to the stone table.

The city of Nanlangzhou is much larger than Li Qingcheng's Beilangzhou, the city wall is almost three zhang high, and there are city gates everywhere, there are urn cities in the north and south, and there are small city gates in the east and west. But the outside of the city was flat, and there was no moat.

This kind of frontier place, manpower is precious, not as densely populated as the Central Plains Jiangnan area, the city can spare no expense. Nanlangzhou City is built like this, and it is already a first-class big city in this area.

Xu Ping looked at it and said to Zhang Rong: "This city is not big, it is not difficult to capture it, but the surrounding military fortress is a hidden danger, and it must be removed as soon as possible." By the way, how many soldiers and horses are there in the city now? ”

"Officials, this time Jiatong has recruited all those who can hold swords and guns into the army, and it is said that there are more than 8,000 people. However, most of the people scattered outside the city were old and weak, and they could not fight, but the four or five thousand people in the city were Ding Zhuang. ”

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and asked, "The Jia family left all the people who could fight in the city?" ”

Zhang Rong replied respectfully: "Yes, so it was so easy for me and Commander Han to clean up the periphery." ”

"The heads of the people of the A family have been kicked by donkeys? Leaving the soldiers who can fight in the city is to fight with us in the streets? Xu Ping looked at the state city under the mountain, laughing and scolding, "Defending the city is the most taboo!" The city is not high, not dangerous, if you want to hold it, you must have the ability to fight, the courage to fight! Shrinking in the city and not daring to come out, this battle has already been lost, now just think about how we can lose fewer people to take down the city. ”

(There is also a shift in the evening.) If you have something to do today, the number of words is a little less, forgive me. (To be continued.) )