After finishing the preaching at the head of the city, in high morale, Han Gang walked up to the enemy tower in the north city, and the staff followed behind him.

Looking north from the building, standing on a high place, you can see more comprehensively. I also saw more Liao troops than before, boundless and shoreless.

In a decisive battle with the Song army in a narrow valley, the loss would only be the Liao army, which was dominated by cavalry. They will never attack any of the passages directly, they will only sweep through the basin. If it weren't for the Taiyuan army's poor performance at Shiling Pass, the Liao army might not even dare to go south.

If Han Gang was sitting in the valley to the south, the Liao people would never be impulsive. But now Han Gang has made bait on the flat basin, but he is not worried that Xiao Thirteen will not be fooled.

Han Gang asked Huang Shang behind him in a low voice, "All the rangers who went out of the country have withdrawn?!" ”

Huang Sheng shook his head, "There are two teams that haven't come back yet. He looked at Han Gang, "But don't worry. Didn't the prime minister tell him beforehand? If it is too late to withdraw to the city, retreat to the south. ”

Han Gang shook his head slightly and didn't mention it again.

Which team was arranged in which direction was determined in advance, and now Huang Sheng avoided mentioning which direction the rangers on the road did not return, most of the northernmost teams may have fallen into the enemy formation.

The cavalry of the Song army on the periphery of Taigu County was actually only sent out as eyes and ears, and its biggest role was only to intercept the Liao army's exploration horses. In the face of the surging main force of the Liao Division, not to mention facing the battle head-on, it is delayed and intercepted, and they lack sufficient capital to make any waves.

After recruiting Taigu Zhixian to come up, Han Gang instructed him: "The most important thing in the city is stability, and the people who have withdrawn into the city must take care of it." ”

Taigu Zhixian agreed, "This is an internal affair of the lower officials, please rest assured." ”

Han Gang nodded, and didn't talk nonsense. If there is really a mess, he can suppress it with his prestige, and at most he can borrow a person's head to finish the matter. Han Gang is very confident in this.

Now within ten miles of Taigu County, all the villages have been abandoned, and a large number of people have withdrawn into the city, not just the monks and nuns in the monasteries. In addition to the shelter in Taigu County, there are many more people who have been evacuated further south, which is worrying.

But in addition to the dozens of villages closest to Taigu County, the villages on the outskirts are still holding on. Except for the one to the north, which has already been attacked, the villages on the east and west sides were safe until today. But tomorrow, that won't necessarily be the case.

Looking at the cavalry of the Liao army all over the mountains, Han Gang turned back again, with a confident smile: "The arrangements that should be done have been done, this time the Liao thieves will definitely disperse, there is no food and no water, they can't stay in the city!" ”

Huang Shang immediately said: "In this way, it will be difficult to attack the city." If you can't grab food under the city, you can go to a farther place and grab it and come back. But there is no way to do it, and you can still run more than ten miles to drink water? ”

"I'm afraid that he will return north after some looting."

"Taiyuan Taigu is one hundred and fifty miles apart, and it takes three hundred miles to go back and forth in two or three days, and people can eat and live. Can the war horse eat? ”

"It's impossible for the Liao people not to think of it, right?"

"Of course it's expected. There will definitely be preparation as well. But no matter how much you prepare, you can't change the water! ”

Han Gang knocked on the windowsill with his fingers, and the discussion of his subordinates stopped.

Looking left and right, there was a hint of excitement hidden in Han Gang's calm tone, "No matter what, this time, we have to let Beiyu come and go!" ”

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Ulu, who rushed to the front, pulled the reins, and the mighty thousand-man team stopped at the edge of the Taigu water.

Riding north on a sweat-soaked fur horse, Ulu looked north. A little farther away is the target of Taigu County, which looks far less majestic than Taiyuan City, and the wall rising from the flat ground seems to be only slightly higher than the few villages that have been attacked in the past few days.

Look at the sky, delay a little longer, but it will be too late to set up camp. And since entering the territory of the Southern Dynasties, basically there has been no rest, whether it is fighting in the grass valley or fighting, it is all running around on horseback. Although Ulu led three horses south, the horses had a lot of physical exertion and needed a little rest.

Drink water and rest, and the next thing is to take down this county seat in one go. Uru looked at the walls and thought to himself. Then he regretted that he was not a striker, and the result of being behind was that it was not he who went out to attack the city first.

Not bad, though. Uru comforted himself. In case the first few parts fail to be captured, when it is your turn, you may be able to run into a situation where the defenders who have been consumed too much will not be able to support them. At that time, it was about to get rich.

Although he was still a little sorry that he could not attack the rich Taiyuan City, the wealth he possessed in a county town could definitely satisfy thousands of Khitan Erlang from the north.

Infested on the northernmost grassland of Xijing Road, they were a thousand-person team from the country's uncle's horizontal tent, which terrified all the tribes of the grassland, and Ulu was one of the best warriors.

Turning over and dismounting, Ulu unsheathed his mount and prepared to lead his horse down to the river to drink his horse, and drink some water himself.

"Uru! Don't drink it, it's not clean! A shout stopped Uru's movements.

He looked back and saw that he was an old fellow in his fifties and sixties, an old man of the same clan, a generation higher than Ulu, but his status was not high. The fire was burning and screaming at himself.

Ulu snorted: "Old Huligai, what are you talking nonsense?" ”

"The water is not clean." Old Huligai had already grabbed it and pointed to the river: "You can see for yourself." ”

Ulu had already seen clearly that the water of the river was indeed not clear, and even had a stench of nonexistent.

"Isn't it just a little dirty? What river is so clean that it doesn't have any dirt at all? Ulu still doesn't care about this, when drinking horses, the upstream people pee and poop, and the downstream doesn't bathe and drink water? So saying, he took off his boots and led his horse into the water. He also carried a sheepskin water bladder in his hand, ready to go to the middle of the river to get some clean water.

But old Hurigai grabbed Ulu and slapped him in the face. The old face of the hills and ravines was already full of smoke: "Ulu, you have to leave all the good goods from your mother-in-law and children and the grass valley to your younger brother, I won't stop you, old man!" But before you die, you first stare at the city with your eyes wide open. It's better to be a ghost if you're dead! ”

Half of Ulu's face was swollen, he had never suffered such a loss for many years, even the elders of the same clan usually had to be amiable when they spoke to him, a famous warrior.

But Ulu didn't have time to get angry, even if he was a muddy person, he felt the concern in Lao Huli's words. He followed the direction of Huligai's finger and looked up at the city. A large flag embroidered with Chinese characters was hoisted by a spaceship, floating high in the air.

Of course, Ulu is illiterate, but the big flag is really big, it looks bigger than the baskets carrying people below, and it can be used as a tent when dragged down, and it is definitely not an ordinary Song general.

"Whose flag is that?" Uru asked, looking back.

"Who else could it be? Han Bodhisattva! Huligai yelled into Uru's ear.

Ulu blinked, and then reacted, his swarthy face turned white: "Han Bodhisattva? The Han Bodhisattva who cured the pox?! ”

"There are three or five thousand Bodhisattva slaves, is there a second one for Han Bodhisattva?!" Hu Ligai kicked Uru in a rage, pulled his arm and pointed around: "Open your eyes and see, how many people dare to drink water?!" ”

Ulu turned left and right, only to find that on the winding and long river beach, there were indeed a dozen or so people leading horses down the embankment. And as soon as someone entered the water, he was immediately stopped like himself.

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Ulu asked tremblingly, "Is it really Han Bodhisattva?" ”

"You only know how to rob and rob, kill and kill, but you don't know how to open your eyes and prick up your ears." Old Hu Li hated the iron and poked Ulu's head, staring at the dim old eyes, "Now there are a few people who don't know how to sit in Taigu County is Han Bodhisattva?!" ”

"Is it really Han Bodhisattva~~?" Uru was terrified, he was a god-like figure who had eradicated the pox. There are countless diseases in the world, and there are countless doctors, but I have only heard of treating people, but who has ever heard of eradicating diseases?!

"Don't you feel it Uru? After entering Taiyuan Mansion, it was much more difficult to build the grass valley than Daizhou. Lao Hu changed his serious tone, "You came back from the grass valley two days ago, didn't you also say that the southerners burned their houses and burned grain hoards, causing you to run away in vain?" This was all done by Han Bodhisattva. His signed and drawn official documents were scattered everywhere, and they were all about how to teach the southerners how to embarrass us. ”

"It's really Han Bodhisattva......" Ulu's feet are now starting to weaken, and his voice is shaking. Looking at his feet, the gurgling river was wrapping around his ankles, and his face changed suddenly, as if he had been burned by charcoal fire, and he jumped back and jumped directly to the shore.

Lao Hu Li hurriedly followed him ashore, directly threw away his soaked boots, pulled a cloth to wipe the water on his feet, and sighed while wiping: "That Han Bodhisattva can save people, but he can also kill people." It's nothing else, the drinking water around Taigu County, if you want to die, don't touch a star! ”

Uru nodded vigorously, whistled his beloved horse up in the river, took out half a cotton cloth from the burden on the shore, and wiped his feet with him.

"Uncle." Ulu solemnly thanked Lao Huli: "This time, thanks to you, I will die." If you really want to drink water, you will get sick, and you will only be left with ashes when you can go home. ”

Uru shuddered unconsciously as he spoke. I remembered how the clan used to deal with epidemic patients. Some people are infected with epidemics that can be transmitted to people, but they even bring people and a fire to burn them clean, and whether they live or die, they will burn when they are infected.

Old Hu Likai shook his head, "It's not to save you!" If the water is just poisonous, I'm afraid there is disease in the water. In case you get an epidemic, you may be able to affect the whole family! Even my old life was sent in. ”

Ulu's voice was lowered, he grabbed Lao Hu Ligai, pointed in the direction of the Chinese army, and asked vaguely: "...... How dare you come to attack the city where Han Bodhisattva sits? ”

"Aren't you still a mortal after being reincarnated? Not to mention that the emperor is also the reincarnation of gods and Buddhas, and no one is afraid of anyone! But we didn't know what kind of horse or dog it was in our last life, but why weren't we afraid?! With a long sigh, Hu Ligai leaned into the ear of Ulu, who nodded like pecking rice, and whispered: "But if you really want to attack the city, don't be soft, your life is your own...... Just remember not to shoot the arrow at Han Bodhisattva. ”

"Do you really want to fight?" Uru asked.

"Who knows?" Hu Ligai snorted, "Do what you are told." ”