At the fifth watch, a team of strongmen rushed to the east gate, and then opened the east gate.

The people in the row of houses in front of the east city gate looked at this scene strangely, there were only these strongmen left in the entire Huanzhou City, of course, Chonggu dared to leave them to guard the Huanzhou City, and their loyalty did not need to be questioned.

But it's not the right rhythm.

We should open this gate, okay?

There are smart people who feel that things are not going well, but they don't know what's wrong. Then you will understand what is wrong.

Just a moment, a group of Song troops broke in from outside the East City Gate. More than ten miles, if you walk, it will take a while. But if you skate, it won't take long. Therefore, the side is continuing to kill, and three battalions of soldiers have been drawn out here, and they have been rushed to Huanzhou City in advance to prevent changes.

"Not good," someone in the row of houses said.

However, the Song army had quickly besieged the house where they were located, and without saying a word, they fired bows and arrows, and even used rockets.

It is not possible to hide in the house, and the house will soon burn down.

Forced by the Song army, one by one had to come out and surrender, and some people asked angrily: "Why did you kill us?" ”

But before he could finish speaking, dozens of arrows flew towards him, shooting into a hedgehog. The rest of the people were so frightened that their faces were like dirt, and they lay on the ground one by one and shouted for mercy.

Guo Qing walked over and said, "Arrest them all and interrogate them severely." ”

At this time, they still have a way to live, Guo Qing just wants to get a confession.

interrogated one by one, the officials on the side made notes, and then signed and drew the charges. That's not a small matter. There has to be evidence. Otherwise, in the future, the entire Huanqing Road soldiers will be given a tongue. Buying Anyourou is the mainstream, and it's not right to be tough!

The sky is gradually brightening, and the friendship has not yet entered the city, and some people have run fast and run into the mountains, and these people also have to be searched out and exterminated to the greatest extent.

However, the news of Slush Castle spread to Huanzhou.

Guo Qing was very sentimental when he heard it, and both of them were colleagues. I usually have a good relationship, but I didn't expect to eat and drink together in the second half of the night yesterday, and this morning it was separated by yin and yang.

At this time, the confession was almost recorded, Guo Qing was sad and angry, and said: "All of them were pushed out and beheaded, and their heads were hung on the city gate." ”

It is not okay to shout for mercy.

If it weren't for these people, why did Wei Qingzong and so many Song Dynasty soldiers take their lives in Slush Castle?

The news spread quickly, and the whole Huanzhou shook, and then silence.

Not all Murong participated, and it wasn't necessarily Murong who participated. But a common feature. It is relatively close to Huai'an Town, Xigu and other villages, why. Because this place is equal to the proximity to the Western Xia army.

Some of the people involved in it did have antipathy, and some were bewitched, the main reason was that the number of Western Xia troops was too large, and they were persuaded and frightened, thinking that the Song Dynasty would lose Huanqing this time, so they participated. Others were coerced, and I didn't want to, but the elders in the village agreed that they had to participate.

Therefore, the villages in the rear of Huanzhou are rarely involved. But it did not mean that they supported the Song Dynasty, and most of the people who really supported the Song Dynasty also obeyed Gyeongju's orders and withdrew to the rear. Therefore, their attitude is "neutral", we will not betray the Song Dynasty, but we will not sit idly by and watch the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty "do whatever they want". In addition, hundreds of thousands of Xia troops on the front line are also their confidence.

Now this silence is actually a stalemate, a silent protest.

If it weren't for the arrival of the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Battalion, it might have even caused a riot because the officers and soldiers had killed so many people.

Before I knew it, it was noon.

Zhang Qi's order also arrived in Huanzhou.

Guo Qing jumped up: "What about Huanzhou?" ”

It turned out that Zhang Ji's order was for him to take over Wei Qingzong's 13th Brigade and garrison Xiguqi. If this order was issued in more than ten days, Guo Qing would not reject it, but now Guo Qing is thinking about returning to Gyeongju immediately after the affairs of Huanzhou are over, and join Wang Ju's general attack plan.

The soldier who gave the order said: "Zhang Tongju said again, if General Guo is unwilling, let the little one pass on another word, the right side and the top of the Xigu Stone, and the top of the top." ”

Actually, this soldier is confused, what does this mean?

However, Guo Qing's eyes lit up, the construction time of Xigu was earlier, and this fort was built in the Song Zhenzong period, and its location was on a circular hill at the confluence of two small rivers in Yuancheng Township, Huanxian County in later generations, and the area was not large, only more than fifty acres, but what did Yuancheng Township have? Motojogawa! What is the road in Huanju, Huanju Wonseongcheon, Gyeongju Qiaochuan!

However, because this fort is too small and the Yuancheng River is too wide, it cannot strangle the Yuancheng River, which is also the reason why the illegal salt flooding on this road was in the past. I couldn't block it, so I had to see a carload of salt transported from Yanzhou to the territory of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, it can't stop the Western Xia army, but it can stab it in the back when it is critical. Besides, what's on top of the Nishitani Stone? Papaya Fort! What's on top of the papaya castle, the three forks of the cute door!

"But I don't have a lot of troops." Guo Qing said again.

Originally, Wei Qingzong only had five battalions of officers and soldiers, but two battalions were almost disabled in Slush Fort, and Xigu only had three battalions of officers and soldiers.

The soldier who gave the order continued: "Zhang Tongju also said that at the beginning of Huanzhou, some tribes would be deterred, and if they made a request at this time, they would definitely get the support of some strongmen. At the same time, today is the seventh day after Xixia appeared from Dashun City, and Xigu cannot be delayed. ”

The herald naturally didn't know what it meant, but Guo Qing could understand it,

For the time being, Ren Duo Ling Ding didn't know that there was a change in the rear, but he added 10,000 reinforcements to Slush Castle. He still had a good idea, and there were not many troops in the hands of Chonggu, and some troops were divided between the forts on the front line. Rescued Wei Qingzong last night and took the rest of the army out of Huanzhou City. Therefore, if there is no kind of friendship, the Song army's divine soldiers descend from the sky, this morning, Huanzhou will inevitably miss. The failure of Huanzhou means that the rebels will get a lot of wealth and materials.

Taking advantage of this situation, the momentum of the rebellion will inevitably expand, and the forts in the rear will be in a hurry one by one, and Chonggu can only return to the army to suppress it. At that time, it was a problem to suppress the ancient people, and if more than 10,000 Western Xia troops suddenly rushed into the territory of Huanzhou, the entire Huanzhou might be taken by Renduo Lingding.

But it won't be long to hide. Actually, it's noon. Renduo Lingding has not received any news yet. He would be suspicious. It stands to reason that because the main force of Western Xia is in the direction of Dashun City, the top priority of Renduo Lingding is Fort Merrey, so that the three armies can meet. Fort America is followed by Rouyuan Village, Liyuan Fort, and finally Dashun City. Then the rear road was cleared, and the heavy troops of Western Xia could launch an attack in the direction of Gyeongju without worry.

Once Gyeongju was lost, Huanju lost its reliance, and he lost it without attacking. At this time, there was no point in dividing troops to attack Xigu. It's like attacking the East Valley. But the Western Xia has a lot of troops, enough for them to divide their troops in many places, and the Western Xia is not willing to drag on the time too long, so it's really hard to say.

Therefore, the lord of Xigu has to be determined, and he has to have a prestige and capable general, who else can be competent except Guo Qing at the moment?

Guo Qing handed over the affairs of Huanzhou to Cao Tong and went to Xigu.

In the afternoon, the group came to Huanzhou City, and when they met, they asked: "Cao Tong's judgment." What happened last night? ”

"They colluded with the Western Xia and tried to reconcile the inside and outside. Last night, when the troops in Huanzhou City were empty, they captured Huanzhou City, echoed with the Western Xia people, and was suppressed by our officers and soldiers. Cao Tong judged.

"But what I heard was that they came to Huanzhou to support the officers and soldiers, not to capture the city."

"Not ......"

"Cao Tongju, don't be verbose with them, if the court deals with it like this, you are not satisfied, there is an army of 300,000 in Western Xia, although you gather your forces again and come to attack Huanzhou City or other forts." Kind of friendship said on the side.

"Who are you?" An old man said angrily.

"He is the younger brother of the Zhijun, this time Huanqing Road placed the army into the Eighteenth Brigade, and the general is also the general of the Tenth Brigade, and his ranking is still above the Zhijun." Cao Tongju explained.

"But there has to be an explanation." The old man's tone softened.

"Whoever has a big fist has a saying. In the past, I connived at you, and you were lawless, because there were many people in your clan, and there was the pressure of Western Xia, and the court was afraid of changes in border affairs. But now that you dare to rebel, the court has no choice but to break the net. ”

In fact, the attitude of friendship is still good, if Guo Qing is here, with his friendship with Wei Qingzong, then he may kill someone on the spot again. This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Qi immediately transferred Guo Qing to Xigu. Although he and Wang Ju have the same opinion, grace and power are combined, but grace is the master, and power is the auxiliary. It's better to end there and not expand any further.

"By the way, here is a piece of information that has just been sent, Zhao Pu, the patrol envoy of the Zhenrong Army, with ten battalions of officers and soldiers, is about to enter the territory of Huanzhou from Slender Waist City, and at dusk, he will be able to reach the various forts in Huanzhou." Kind of friendship road.

However, what Zhao Pu brought were the officers and soldiers and strongmen of Yuanzhou, not the officers and soldiers of the Zhenrong Army.

However, this news made the group feel terrified.

Huanzhou is not the main direction of attack in Western Xia, and the army of Chonggu is on the front line, plus the original subordinates of Wei Qingzong, do not seek merit, but seek no fault, and hold several forts on the front line, and there is no problem with it.

Therefore, the current rear is equivalent to the addition of nine battalion officers and soldiers out of thin air, plus the ten battalion officers and soldiers of Yuanzhou, which is the whole nineteenth battalion of officers and soldiers. Whoever dares to move, whoever moves will find death.

The old man's tone softened again: "But most of those village Ding Zhuang were killed by officers and soldiers, what will happen in the future?" ”

"I only want to say one thing, in the winter of the second year of Zhiping, twenty miles away from the west side of Weirong Fort on the border of the Deshun army, there is a family fort, where thousands of families live, because of the heavy taxes in Western Xia, the people of Tongjia Fort have the intention of subordination to our dynasty, but the first emperor has not accepted it for the peace of the two countries. However, after this news was learned by the Tangut people, they immediately sent troops to Tongjiabao and slaughtered thousands of people in Tongjiabao, regardless of men, women, and children. In the end, only a few dozen households remained. They had not openly rebelled against the Western Xia, let alone betrayed in the rear at the critical juncture of the Western Xia. What do you say I should do? ”

"Also, why is General Guo Qing so angry? If these people hadn't rebelled, why would our officers and soldiers stick to the Slush Castle? After these two days of fighting, countless officers and soldiers died, including General Wei Qingzong, who also died on the battlefield. What do you say I should do? ”

If the little soldier dies, he will die, but Wei Qingzong is a major general of the imperial court.

"China is a benevolent country."

"You also know that China is a benevolent country, but how do you repay China?"

"Those stockades are pitiful now." Another old man said.

"Pathetic? Then let me ask again, when they insisted on rebelling, these people were their parents and their wives, why didn't they persuade them? Moreover, if they are allowed to succeed, how many ordinary people and soldiers in Huanzhou will be killed? They are human beings, and others are not human beings. Or are you human, the Han family is not human, and the people of other tribes are not human? ”

Everyone was speechless together.

Chong Yi said: "But my dynasty is still benevolent, and when we discussed the arrangement, we planned to hand over these village people to Western Xia together. Anyway, didn't they want to defect to Western Xia? ”

"It's not right." Several old men exclaimed together.

If they succeed and get Huanzhou City, it is equivalent to getting countless wealth. If you get Huanzhou City, Western Xia will definitely take Huanzhou, and you can be promoted to become rich with this merit. But now it is not successful, more than half of Ding Zhuang is dead, there are so many officers and soldiers in the Song Dynasty, and there is a lack of Ding Zhuang in the villages to resist, so the Song army must quickly expel them from the villages, and they can be quickly sent to the hands of the Western Xia people. But now what do the Tangut people want this group of women and children to do?

When the time comes, there will be only one result, the belongings will be left, the women will be left, and even the children will be left behind, and they will be used as a reserve for the population in the future, but those old people will only have to find death. However, those women and children may not have a good end, this is hundreds of thousands of Xia Jun, a personality is thirsty and unbearable, what good end can women have at that time? The little ones will serve as a reserve for the population, but they will also be slaves!

It turned out that he really planned to arrange it like this, but in the end Wang Ju vetoed it. If that were to happen, it would be too controversial.

He said, "What's wrong? The Tangut people can make it, don't you want to take refuge in the Tangut people, our Great Song Dynasty is learning from the Tangut people. ”

"We didn't take refuge in Western Xia, we just came to ask."

"Seriously, if we don't have these troops in our hands, I'm afraid you won't come to ask."

"No, it's not."

"No, then why don't you send a single strongman. The officers and soldiers are fighting bloody battles, not only defending the homeland for the Great Song Dynasty, but also defending the homeland for you. If you say that Xixia is good, go to it now, we will never object. Chongyi slapped the table and shouted.

The most important symbol of the country's governance of the place is not only the garrison, but also the most important one, the people will pay taxes, or serve, which is what was called levy in ancient times. Then a reciprocal relationship can be formed, and the people will pay or pay for it, and the country will be strengthened. The country must be carefully governed to give the people a better life. This reciprocal relationship is formed, and governance can be stable. Otherwise, the rule will be shaken. The Tang Dynasty did not levy taxes on the Turks, and finally lost the desert. The Song Dynasty did not levy nong zhigao and allowed it to become an independent kingdom, but nong zhigao gave the most murderous knife to the song dynasty. The Celestial Empire did not levy the stinking harbor, and produced a large number of cantons.

What have become of the many tribes in Huanzhou now? What is the difference from the original Nong Zhigao?

"Moon is also kind to the court."

"Moon's is not called being kind to the court, it is called acquaintance. If it weren't for the sake of Muen, the imperial court gave preferential policies, how could you Murong clan thrive? How has it become today's tail big trend! ”

The group looked at each other, and they heard the murderous aura of the friendship. Not only will the imperial court not be soft this time, but I am afraid it will be tougher in the future. If they don't know each other again, then after the war, the imperial court may have to take action against their stockades.

However, the question is, the imperial court is evacuating, but their stockade is not moving, why? It was not to rebel against the Song Dynasty, in fact, there were not many villages that resolutely rebelled against the Song Dynasty in the villages that participated last night. Most of them are tempted or threatened to participate. In fact, these villages are the same as them, we do not rebel against the Song Dynasty, but we will not support the Song Dynasty. We are neutral. Therefore, when the Song Dynasty came to govern, we could still live. Western Xia is here, and we can still live like this. However, the nature of sending out strongmen is different, this is not sending out for training, but participating in war. It is equivalent to openly standing in line, but in case Xixia destroys Huanqing, what will happen in the future? (To be continued......) R1292