Yoon-su immediately wrote a memo informing the imperial court of the emergency in Weizhou City.

Zhao Zhen held a great court meeting and discussed the matter in the early court.

At this time, many memorabilia were handed everywhere, and although they were in the capital, many ministers knew no less than Yoon Su.

Yan Shu held up his tooth wat and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's too dangerous. Zheng Lang has not yet arrived in the capital, but the ministers have made some arrangements to attract the main force of Western Xia to Jingyuan Road in order to seek fighters. ”

"Yan Qing, where do you say the danger is?"

"There are many cavalry in Western Xia, and they can often come from all over the country, and the troops mobilized by the ministers throughout Jingyuan, Huanqing, and Qinfeng will not exceed 100,000 people, and they are scattered everywhere, and they are easy to be broken by the enemy by taking advantage of their speed advantage. This is the current situation in Weizhou today. Once Weizhou is broken, the morale of the front generals is depressed, and the troops are inferior to the other side, and a big defeat will come. Because of the battle, Qin Feng and the troops of Huanqing Road were concentrated on Jingyuan Road. Jingyuan Road was defeated, and Huanqing and Qinfeng Road had no troops available. The Northwest can be lost. Victory is a joy, but defeat is unimaginable. ”

Yan Shu said his thoughts in a tactful way.

It is a gamble on the fate of the entire Northwest and even the country.

It's almost said that Zheng Lang used these to gamble and add merit to himself. I can't say what I said later, Zheng Lang will be an envoy to Khitan in a few years, life and death are uncertain, what are you betting on?

Yan Shu's statement won the hearts of most ministers, at least the situation in Weizhou is very critical now, otherwise Yin Zhu would not be able to play twice a day or three times a day. As soon as Yan Shu's voice fell, he won a chorus.

Fu Bi stood up from the bottom and said, "The minister also has a book to play." ”

"Come on."

"The minister thinks that Your Majesty must not believe the words of Lu Yijian and Yan Shu, the two evil spirits."

Lu Yijian's face suddenly turned blue, it was Yan Shu who said it just now, he didn't say anything, why did he attack himself?

This beam is settled, and no one can dissolve it.

Zhao Zhen also frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Only say the northwest." ”

It's not the time for you to quarrel.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Yafu of the Western Han Dynasty used troops, King Liang stuck to Juyang, and asked Zhou Yafu to send troops to beg for help many times, why didn't Zhou Yafu send troops? As a result, the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was immediately destroyed. The enemy came from afar, and the Kou realm was extremely poor, lacking food and silk, and could not mobilize much supplies. This is a great opportunity to hit Yuan Hao hard and seek peace in the northwest. Your Majesty, Ge Huaimin was deceived by Yuan Hao and trapped in Dingchuan Village. But who is in charge of Dingchuan Village now? Yuan Hao cut off the water source, can Dingchuan Village lack water now? Yan Shu, this evil annihilator, just now bewitched the public, the minister does not know, is it possible that hundreds of thousands of troops of our dynasty are stationed in the northwest, and it costs tens of millions of dollars and silk of the country a year, only for defense, only for each other? This is because there are people in the center and lack the ability to make the country fall like this, and I see that the ministers in the northwest have the courage and knowledge, and they are jealous of the merits. ”

He seemed to have a point in saying this.

Zheng Lang's sudden appearance in Dingchuan Village was originally a miracle.

Although Weizhou is in danger, the battle situation has not come out, how do you know that Zheng Lang did not make arrangements?

As for the special relationship between Fu Bi and Yan Shu, everyone thinks they don't know. Anyway, it's not a violation, the Song Dynasty respects teachers and loves their parents, Yan Shu is not a rich teacher, just an old man, not a parent, not unfilial piety.

The public said the reason, the mother-in-law said the mother-in-law's reason, and the two sides began to quarrel.

Zhao Zhen made them quarrel with a headache and asked Lu Yijian: "Lu Qing, what do you mean?" ”

"Your Majesty, just as the minister wanted to play, Yanzhou Pang sent a copy of the performance, and then arrived in the capital."

"What a twist."

Lu Yijian took out a book of folds from his arms, and Pang Ji said in detail on the folds. First, Zheng Lang wrote to inform him that the main force of Western Xia was very likely to be tricked and come to invade Jingyuan Road, so the troops on the eastern side of Western Xia would be empty. How to play is up to you. Then came Fan Zhongyan's twists and turns, he discussed with Han Qi and proposed to use the main army of Western Xia to enter Jingyuan, so that Pang Ji could take the opportunity to take back Hengshan. This is what happened before. Pang Ji also did it, and called Zhi Jimin and Wang Kai from Fuzhou to Yanzhou to discuss. This is all not in line with the Song Dynasty system, including Zheng Lang, Han Qi, and Fan Zhongyan without the consent of the imperial court, and they fought on three fronts, but in the face of these four fierce men, saying that one person can, who dares to impeach four at the same time?

Just as he was about to discuss the attack on Hengshan, the imperial court issued an edict to Yanju. Pang Ji discussed with Wang Kai for a long time, but he didn't come up with any good solutions. So Wang Xin and Zhe Jimin dispatched 10,000 cavalry to quickly go south, and the security army went straight to Huanzhou and entered Jingyuan Road to support.

As for the plan to capture Yokoyama, it had to be abandoned. This is also a typical psychology of not seeking merit, but seeking no fault. An army will be sent to attack Hengshanzhai, but it will not attack with all its might.

Zhao Zhen asked: "Lu Qing, it is estimated that it will take a few days to arrive." ”

"The minister also didn't know that if there was logistics supplies along the way and set off lightly, it would only take three or four days to enter the territory of Jingyuan. If there is a lack of logistical supplies, you have to carry a lot of baggage trucks and food protection teams, and it will take seven or eight days to arrive. ”

"I know, let go." Zhao Zhen said distressedly.

Returning to the harem in annoyance, not only to worry about the war in the northwest, because he faintly saw something worse.

Zhang came to Zhao Zhen obediently and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty." ”

"He Zhen what?" Seeing Zhang's family, Zhao Zhen stretched his brows and showed a reluctant smile.

"When the concubine heard something outside the palace, she just made a divination and got a hexagram. Zhenzhang is auspicious, and there is no blame. ”

"Zhang Meiren, Fan Zhongyan is barely a father-in-law among the three ministers on the edge, and the other two are not. Zheng Xingzhi is younger, how can he be lucky? ”

"Your Majesty, although Zheng Xianggong is not an elder, he is a father-in-law."

"What's the explanation?"

"He is a moral gentleman, since he entered the official career, for the country and the people, from the south to the north, there is no complaint. Two battles, to the front line, life to death. In order to protect His Majesty's princess from being insulted, he will send an envoy to Khitan in the future. Isn't such a person a father-in-law? ”

Zhao Zhen was made to laugh by her indiscriminate explanation of the teacher's hexagram.

Zhang Shi persuaded again: "Your Majesty, think about it again, after the Battle of Sanchuankou started, Yanzhou lacked major generals, why did the Western Xia people suddenly retreat?" ”

"The mountain god supports my Great Song."

"The mountain god is a manifestation that rains heavy snow, but there are also brave soldiers of my court. The enemy is weak, just a small country, not daring to go deep. Whether Weizhou lost or not, the concubines didn't know, but they knew that if this battle continued, our dynasty would certainly suffer losses, and the losses of Western Xia would be even heavier. It was Zheng Xianggong who deliberately lured them to the original road, and this battle was won. Therefore, the concubines congratulate Your Majesty. His Majesty is the emperor, and he not only cares about the present of the people of the world, but also cares about the future of the people of the world, and the future of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

It was as simple as she said, but with Zhang's specious persuasion, Zhao Zhen's heart was a little happier again.

This is a very well-behaved girl, not only because she is beautiful, but also because she is well-behaved, so she is favored by Zhao Zhen.

When Zhao Zhen was in charge of the country, the external enemy and the internal trouble were very serious. His body was not very good, and it was precisely because of the appearance of this girl that he gave him a rare warm time. However, good people don't live long, and Zhang's health is not very good. So Zhao Zhen's warm time was not long............ Everything depends on the results of the battle. If Weizhou City is not lost, and the Western Xia people are defeated, not only Zheng Lang, but also Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan will have credit.

If the city of Weizhou is lost, tens of thousands of people will be killed, even if it is a big victory, it will make Yanchen's spit spray to death.

If Weizhou City is lost, the rear army is shaken, and then it is defeated, then the career of the three ministers on the edge is over.

…… Cui Xian didn't know what was happening in the court, so she took Jiang Xing'er and Si'er Huan'er to the city together.

Looking outside the city, the first to come was the Western Xia forward troops, followed by a small number of infantry troops with grain, as well as a grain protection team. Zheng Lang's policy of clearing the wilderness also made Yuan Hao feel distressed. Imagine that as usual, it is very difficult to intercept some supplies from the Song Realm to supply the army. The army had to bring a large amount of supplies of its own.

Actually, that's the problem...... But the main army has already arrived under the city of Weizhou.

Zheng Lang had already launched a general battle on Jingyuan Road, and the second battle of Shimenchuan used **10,000 troops. Cui Xian is not on the front line and cannot be seen. I occasionally saw it during training in peacetime, but these troops were scattered everywhere in peacetime, and there were not many troops, and the maximum number of troops was only nearly 10,000 people, most of whom were infantry.

Tens of thousands of cavalry flocked in, not to mention ordinary people, even Cui Xian's face changed a little subtly.

Si'er said: "There are a lot of people. ”

"I'm worried about the official, he is in Dingchuan Village, there are several times more enemies than here, and the village is small." Jiang Xing'er said. I don't understand, although the village is small, there are walls, there are rivers to protect each other, there is no shortage of materials, and there are more than 30,000 soldiers, the smaller the village, the better the defense.

Cui Xian didn't speak, and continued to stare outside the city. The Tangut people outside the city did not care about the Song army in the city, and they were building camps on their own, and many people cut down many trees from the nearby mountains to make fences and ladders for siege.

After watching for a while, Yin Zhu, who was commanding at the head of the city, came over and persuaded: "Cui Niangzi, while the enemy is not besieging the south gate now, you and your family should leave Weizhou as soon as possible to ensure safety." ”

Yin Su was annoyed and kept writing, which brought confusion to the court, but he was not too bad-hearted. Now that Weizhou City has insufficient troops, and I don't know what plans are in front of me, it is very dangerous to stay outside the city. So I persuaded him.

"Shi Lu, let me escape from Weizhou, we are the wives and concubines of the officials, and we are the first to escape from Weizhou City, what do the people in the city think?"

"War has nothing to do with you women."

"Although it has nothing to do with our woman, I have escaped, will more people learn and rush to escape from Weizhou City? Although the enemy did not besiege the south gate, they were cavalry, and as long as the people opened the city gate and the troops on both wings were dispatched, how many people would be killed? What about the hearts of the people in the city and the morale of the soldiers? ”

Yoon so didn't say win, he thought in his heart, if you want to stay, stay. Anyway, he didn't have any handover with Zheng Lang. said: "I just persuaded me kindly, and I can't leave with you." ”

As he spoke, he continued to lead the people to the front.

Si'er said with some worry: "Big lady, either we will send Ping'er and Hang'er out." ”

"When it comes to this, you can't go anywhere."

The family was worried about Zhongzhong's departure from the city.

The reinforcements sent by Di Qing arrived, but they were stationed in Panyuan and did not dare to come to Weizhou. The enemy is strong, and the scouts are important, and the army has not yet arrived, and a large number of scouts are scattered. Once the army continues to move west, it will inevitably become a snack for the Tangut people.

Dongshanzhai, who led the army, advocated Baohou, so he had to ask Di Qing for instructions on the next step.

Then another scout was sent to inform Weizhou City that our army had arrived, and it was in Panyuan City.

Yin Su smiled bitterly when he heard this, what is your role in Panyuan City?

At this time, he automatically ignored his mistakes, if it weren't for his repeated division of troops, there would have been some troops in Weizhou City, plus the 1,000 soldiers separated from Langgan City, which could reach more than 4,000 people, not seeking to defeat the Western Xia invasion army, but it was enough for self-preservation. Just thought of it, he would blame Zheng Lang, why didn't he inform him of the plan?

In the afternoon, the Xixia people set up camps one by one, and the rear army also arrived at the city of Weizhou.

Yin Zhu had no choice but to send people around to rescue the troops, I don't care what kind of clever calculations you have, but Weizhou City is the center of gravity of Jingyuan Road, there are as many as 40,000 people in the city alone, as well as a large amount of food, weapons and materials, you must send a large army to rescue. Otherwise, there are only 2,000 warriors in the city, and I will not be able to defend this huge city. He also organized the people and mobilized them to participate in the defense. But it was very difficult, and when I got here, it was the rear of Jingyuan Road.

Zheng Lang could not have allowed the entire area of Jingyuan Road to implement his kind of joint defense policy, which was only a frontier area north of Watingzhai. Otherwise, production nomadism will be delayed. Moreover, this is also a policy piled up with money, even if the market is opened, Jingyuan Road does not have such a sufficient economy.

The people in the rear have little training, because they are located in the rear, there are few wars, and the people are not as fierce as the people on the front line.

However, after using various means, a group of people were forcibly recruited to stand at the head of the city and indiscriminately fill the numbers.

At first glance, it seems that it is okay, but the flag is also a little momentum.

Guan Jian's invasion of the Western Xia people was different, and Wu Hao had already passed on a lot of specific information to Yuan Hao. And there is a lack of supplies, and he is full of longing for Weizhou City. Although there are 30,000 troops, they are not 100,000 troops, and they want to invade further south and east, but they do not have the courage to do so. It is good to nail the city of Weizhou, and the battle is advantageous to capture the city, and the battle is unfavorable, and the battle is unfavorable, and you can quickly withdraw to Dingchuan Village to join the main army of Yuan Hao. Many more troops were sent out to loot, but they were very disappointed, and they began to evacuate yesterday, and after a night, most of the villages were empty. Only a few remote villages were harmed without being notified or in time to be relocated. But in the end, it is less, and the income is not as good as what is produced. Therefore, this time it is even more imperative for Weizhou City.

The leading coach of Western Xia is Wei Minghuan and Lie Yu. These two men, like the Yeli brothers, were both well-known generals in Western Xia.

After a night, the preparations were completed, and Wei Minghuan personally came to the city to watch.

I can't see it, the city is quite imposing, but Wei Minghuan stared very carefully, looked at it for nearly an hour, and finally saw a trace of clues. There were many Song soldiers in the city, but some of the Song soldiers were unfamiliar with the movements of their weapons, and they stood in line to evacuate, obviously replacing them with civilians.

He also knew that something had happened to Wu Hao, and that riots were being launched in several other places, and it seemed that a Song army had arrived from the direction of Qinzhou in time to suppress the riot.

There are some prisoners of war in it, Wei Minghuan still feels very sorry, as long as these people are issued weapons, they can immediately become new soldiers. But Wei Minghuan didn't dare to send troops to rescue, it was far away, and it was too late to rescue. Further ahead is the depths of the Song Realm, and there is some jealousy of the Song army's combat effectiveness. After nearly a year of pacification, and it is not sure that those people will continue to be loyal to the Western Xia, those people fall to the Song Dynasty, if they mix in the Song Dynasty soldiers into the army, once the Song army arrives, inside and outside the attack, they will be defeated. So they were left to fend for themselves, but scouts were sent to keep an eye on this Song army.

However, this made him feel that time was pressing, and the Song army in the city looked at more than 30,000 Xixia people, many troops, not 100,000 horses, and Wei Minghuan was a little afraid. So he gave the order to urgently attack the city.

A horn sounded, and the Western Xia soldiers raised a siege ladder and launched an attack on Weizhou from the three gates.

There are many weapons in Weizhou City, and Yin Zhu doesn't care about it, no matter what kind of weapons, they are all carried out, and all kinds of rolling wooden stones are smashed under the city as if they don't want money. He also asked the Song army to shoot arrows into the distance. There were also stone throwers that ignited gunpowder and threw it out of the city.

However, the city of Weizhou was too big, and more than 2,000 Song troops were scattered in the three gates, which was very sparse. Either it is the people, the people are unfamiliar with the movements, and the effect is not obvious. The Tangut people were not unable to fight back, some of them held shields for cover, some of them carried ladders to continue to advance, and most of them opened their bows and arrows and threw arrows at the head of the city.

After sacrificing some soldiers one after another, the Tangut people suffered heavier losses, but they were numerous, and they used the base number of soldiers to make up for this shortcoming. Gradually, many ladders were erected on the city walls, and some Western Xia soldiers climbed to the top of the city.

This time, the Song army suffered more casualties.

By the time the attack reached the afternoon, the city of Weizhou was crumbling.

Shi Congguang risked his life to go up to the city to take a look, and came back and said to Cui Xian: "Big lady, something is not good." ”

Huan'er asked nervously, "What should I do then?" ”

Cui Xian didn't know what to do, so she asked what was happening outside, looked at her family, and said to Jiang Xing'er: "Xing'er, we are four sisters, you are the oldest, and you are the best to officials, and you are knowledgeable and polite, and you are optimistic about Ping'er and Hang'er for us." ”

"Xian'er, what are you going to do?"

"I'll go out with Si'er and Huan'er to have a look."

"It's dangerous out there."

"It's more dangerous when the city is broken."

As he spoke, he took Huan'er and Si'er out of the house.

When I arrived on the street, the street was full of people from the four towns with six gods and no masters, Cui Xian arched her hand and said: "I am Zheng Xingzhi's wife." ”

The common people looked at her blankly, if in normal times, many people would greet her, but outside the Xixia people were attacking the city, and they forgot Cui Xian's identity when they were worried and afraid.

Cui Xian said again: "The Western Xia people came to invade and had a large number of troops. But we have walls, we have weapons, and there are so many people. You have wives and children, and my daughters and sisters are also in the city, and there is only one way to keep them safe, and to fight against the Tanguts. If you don't want to sit still, please follow me to the city. ”

Si'er was a little dumbfounded.

But some people were really moved by Cui Xian's words, and followed her one after another.

Along the way, he agitated all the way, and actually brought nearly 1,000 people to follow him. When I got to the city wall, it was not very safe inside the city wall, and there were vague arrows flying into the city. Cui Xian risked her life and went to the city. The soldiers at the head of the city were taken aback by her, and one of them ran over and persuaded: "Mrs. Zheng, hurry up and go down, it's dangerous here." ”

"The city is in the people, the city is broken, and the people are dying, so why is it dangerous. Fellow villagers, fight with me," Cui Xian shouted to the people who were standing under the city wall and watched, lifting a stone and throwing it out of the city.

Finally stirred up people's hearts.

The city was broken, and the Tanguts attacked the city, and with the ferocity of the Tanguts, did they still want to live? The wives of the little prime minister began to brave the rain of arrows and crossbows, and went to the city to kill the enemy, what are they hesitating about? All of a sudden, a large number of civilians poured in, took up the weapons on the city, and began to organize a counterattack