Xingqing Mansion is the capital of Western Xia, the city defense is very strong, and it is different from Jingzhou, as the capital of Xingqing Mansion in the face of the army led by Yang Wenguang, it did not block the city gate like Jingzhou City, on the one hand, this is already the last barrier of the Western Xia people, if the city gate is also blocked, then the entire Xingqing Mansion will become a lonely city, as long as the Great Song Dynasty besieges them regardless of the cost, then in the end the entire Xingqing Mansion may become a dead city. On the other hand, Li Liangzuo was not willing to be trapped in the lonely city, and even he thought about waiting for the Song army to launch a counterattack against the Great Song Dynasty when the attack failed, so it was naturally impossible to block the city gate.

In addition, after the Western Xia knew the power of gunpowder weapons, the city gate of Xingqing Mansion had been changed, the inside and outside of the city gate was nailed with thick iron plates, even if it was blown up with gunpowder, it may not be able to explode, there are thousands of pounds of boulders behind the city gate, even if the city gate is opened, you can also put down the boulder to block the city gate hole, in case the boulder is also blown open, there is an urn city behind the city gate, the Song army can only be shot by the archers on the surrounding city walls after rushing into the urn city, with these several guarantees, Therefore, Xingqing Mansion has the confidence that there is no need to block the city gate.

The city gate of Xingqing Mansion was not blocked, which also provided a premise for the implementation of the raid plan, otherwise it would be meaningless for the Great Song to use hot air balloons to transport more troops into the city.

According to the detailed plan drawn up by the people in the construction and other military schools, the raid will be selected in the early morning when the wind direction is suitable, and the hot air balloons used by the army are relatively large, but "to ride four fully armed soldiers at a time, and all the hot air balloons in the entire army have six or seven hundred, and remove one person who drives the hot air balloons, so that each hot air balloon can transport three soldiers, and the total strength of the final transportation should reach two thousand.

These two thousand people naturally had to choose the elite of the army, and they would be dropped into the urn city of Xingqing Mansion City directly after the hot air balloon, and they had to gather together as much as possible after landing. Then first seize the control of the city gate of the urn city, and then open the city gate through the urn city, when the army in ambush poured in, the entire Xingqing Mansion was broken, as long as the Xingqing Mansion was broken, it would have a huge blow to the Western Xia soldiers. Even if the army in the city resisted, it must be demoralized, and it was only a matter of time before Xingqing Mansion fell into the hands of the Great Song Dynasty.

When Chong Jianzhong talked to the end, the whole person also became radiant, and his thin body also burst out with an indescribable self-confidence, which made people can't help but have a kind of confidence in his words, which also made Yang Wenguang and others nod again and again, no matter whether this plan is successful or not, at least this Chong Jianzhong is a talent that can be created.

I finally waited until the whole plan was explained in the middle of the plant. At this time, several generals raised some of their own questions, and answered them one by one, until no one asked any more questions, Yang Wenguang motioned for him to sit down, and then stood up and said: "We have studied this plan of the military academy, and most of them think it is very feasible, and we have also made some additions, and now General Furukawa will explain it to you!" ”

I saw that Furukawa also stood up immediately at this time. After looking around at the people present, he said: "For this plan of the military academy, we have the following supplements. The first is that after the hot air balloons are dropped into the city, the mission is not over, they will bring a large number of firearms in advance, and then fly to the sky above the city of Xingqing Mansion, preferably above the palace, in order to cause chaos in Xingqing Mansion. Create convenient conditions for the soldiers in the city to open the city gates. ”

Speaking of this, Furukawa paused for a moment, and then continued: "In addition, whether this plan can succeed or not, the most important thing is that the Tangut people are unprepared and unprepared, so in order not to make the Tangut people suspicious. Before the implementation of this plan, every action of the army will be carried out in strict accordance with the previous hard attack plan, and now Yang Duguan will issue orders to all armies! ”

Hearing what Guhe said, Yang Huaiyu and Zhong Jian also nodded slightly, although these two additions do not seem to be complicated, but they are related to the success of this raid, it seems that Jiang is still old and spicy, and these old generals are indeed more thoughtful than them in considering things.

Next, Yang Wenguang announced a series of orders, in fact, it is the assignment of tasks to the generals present, and this is a military order, no one dares to have any objections, even if they know that they will have to pay huge casualties to complete this order, they can only accept it, and then go back and think about how to reduce casualties on the premise of completing the task?

Zhao Yan was not directly involved in this war, and he didn't understand some of Yang Wenguang's orders very well, but on this occasion, he couldn't leave, so he could only deliberately make a stern appearance with a straight face, and it took a long time to listen to Yang Wenguang's orders to the various armies, and then the generals yelled, "Swear to complete the military order!" Then the meeting was dismissed.

Zhao Yan wanted to go back to the military academy with Yang Huaiyu and them, but was stopped by Yang Wenguang, and after the others left, he saw the old general speak: "King of the county, it has been nearly a month since Jingzhou City was conquered, and the old man has not given the order to attack Xingqing Mansion for a long time, so you must be in a hurry, right?" ”

Hearing Yang Wenguang's words, Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and couldn't help but smile at the moment and said: "The old general doesn't have to worry about this problem, since the eldest brother has entrusted the army to you to command, it is a trust in you, no matter when you launch an attack on Xingqing Mansion, the eldest brother and I will not have any objections!" ”

After conquering Jingzhou City, Yang Wenguang's army rested for nearly a month, this time is indeed a little longer, and maybe even the people in the court will impeach Yang Wenguang for delaying the military situation after knowing about it, but these are not the key, the key is that Yang Wenguang is worried that Zhao Yan and Zhao Yan are anxious, so he will deliberately leave Zhao Yan to explain, as long as Zhao Yan and Zhao Yan understand him, then even if someone impeaches him in the future, there will be Zhao Yan and Zhao Yan to help him block, from this point it can be seen that Yang Wenguang is thoughtful.

Hearing Zhao Yan's words of unconditional trust in himself, Yang Wenguang couldn't help but be moved in his heart, but he felt that he still needed to explain, so he finally spoke: "King Jun, you have also seen the situation in Jingzhou City, the entire city has been destroyed, so it can be seen that when we attacked Jingzhou, the casualties of the Western Xia people in this battle were indeed very heavy, but our Great Song side was not easy, the number of soldiers killed in the battle alone exceeded 10,000, and the number of soldiers who could not participate in the battle due to injuries reached an astonishing 20,000, This is also the main reason why I hurriedly transferred troops from the rear to replenish after the war. ”

Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel miserable when he heard this, he only knew that his side had also paid a lot of casualties in Jingzhou City, but he didn't expect it to be so heavy, just this battle cost tens of thousands of soldiers to die, if he attacked Xingqing Mansion according to the original plan, I am afraid that he would only pay more casualties, no wonder Yang Wenguang attached so much importance to the raid plan in the middle of the construction?

At this time, Yang Wenguang took a long breath, and then spoke: "After the arrival of reinforcements from all over the country, it will also take a period of integration, and I have received news from Huang Wude, saying that the people of their Imperial City Division have already infiltrated Xingqing Mansion, and they have also opened up some relationships, and they can immediately get the distribution of troops in some important areas of Xingqing Mansion, which is very important to us, and can even reduce huge casualties, so I have been waiting for the people inside to send the news out, and I finally received this information the day before yesterday!" ”

When Yang Wenguang finally got the city defense information of Xingqing Mansion, he also showed an excited look on his face, but at this time, Zhao Yan's heart moved when he heard this, and he couldn't help but say at the moment: "Old general, I don't know how the people from the Imperial City Division in the city sent the news, and where is the person who sent the news?" ”

"This ......" Yang Wenguang didn't expect Zhao Yan to ask about this kind of thing, he was stunned for a moment before he sighed and said, "King Qiqi, the person who delivered the news is dead, the day before yesterday he was sent to the army by a squad that went out on patrol, and the team found him from a river, at that time his whole body was covered with wounds, blood, flesh and clothes were frozen together, and his mind was not very clear, but he kept saying that there was important information to see me, and when I arrived, he used his last strength to dig a hole in his thigh, Take out a copy of the information you want to send from inside. ”

When he said this, Yang Wenguang couldn't help but sigh again, and then continued: "Later, the Zhilugu Divine Doctor arrived, I thought he could save the other party's life, but unfortunately the Zhilugu Divine Doctor said that this person should have died a long time ago, but he just supported it with one breath until now, and now that his wish has been fulfilled, this breath is gone, so he can't save the other party." ”

"What's this man's name?" Zhao Yan couldn't help but have tears in his eyes when he heard this, and at the same time asked with some fear, Xue Wolf came to Xixia to lurk last year, and he should have gone back a long time ago, but he has been reluctant to leave Xixia, this time the Great Song Dynasty launched the battle to destroy Xia, Xue Wolf played a great role in it, providing a lot of information for the Song army, and now he is lurking in Xingqing Mansion, Zhao Yan is really worried that the person who came out to deliver the letter this time is him.

"The person who sent the letter is named Li Zhi, he revealed his identity before he died, he was a small leader of the Imperial City Division lurking in Western Xia, and later the people of the Imperial City Division in the army also confirmed his identity!" Yang Wenguang replied again.

Zhao Yan finally felt relieved when he heard this, Xue Wolf was Ning'er's only relative, if something happened to him, Zhao Yan really didn't know how to face her? But then he thought of the dead Li Zhi, and felt heavy in his heart again, on the one hand, he admired this Li Zhi, and on the other hand, he was more worried about the safety of Xue Wolf. (To be continued......) R1292