The order from above was given, and preparations were in full swing from below.

When the Great Song Army came to Shangjing, what they saw was an impregnable city.

"You said that the general of the Great Song Dynasty is called Li Zhuo?" Wei Yunqing frowned.

Huang Bajin, who came to report the news, nodded vigorously: "Yes, Niangniang, the little one is guaranteed to be correct." ”

"I see, you can go back first." Wei Yunqing asked Lantian to send Huang Bajin out.

Li Zhuo is Wei Yunqing's old acquaintance, she has suffered a lot of losses at his hands before, and she is naturally quite disgusted with this person. However, she has always admired his leadership ability and IQ level - he was deceived by her before, not because she was smarter than him, but because the information on both sides was not equal. No matter how powerful he is, he can't guess that Yang Yi is the Emperor of Great Liang out of thin air.

Knowing that it was Li Zhuo who led his troops to attack Shangjing this time, Wei Yunqing's heart sank. Later, the more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became, so she asked Kong Babao, the servant in the Yanxi Palace, to inform Cao Jun and ask him to remind Zhao Zhen to be careful of Li Zhuo. At present, Zhao Zhen is responsible for the scheduling of the overall city defense, he is as busy as a spinning top every day, and Wei Yunqing doesn't want to call him specifically to delay time just to say such a sentence.

Shangjing was besieged, and the atmosphere in the city naturally became tense. But because of Yang Yi, the emperor, and all the people in Shangjing, and He Zhili, the general who led the defense of Shangjing, was a veteran who was once also famous, the atmosphere in the city was even better than when Jinyang was besieged.

Although Yang Yi did not agree with staying in Beijing from the bottom of his heart, but the matter had come to this point, and he could only try his best to be a qualified emperor.

As soon as the Great Song army arrived, when he was still looking at the formation outside the city, Yang Yi went out of the palace and went to the city wall to boost morale. He also called Wei Yunqing, and the two went to the city together, which made the soldiers who were rarely able to witness the emperor and the imperial concubine with their own eyes very excited. And when the emperor and the imperial concubine cordially condoled them, greeted them with warmth, and promised that everyone would have a rich reward after the retreat of the Great Song army, these soldiers in the Beijing camp were so excited that they felt that they had no regrets about throwing their heads and spilling their blood for the Great Liang.

This time, Wei Yunqing also saw He Zhili and He General Soldier with his own eyes. As Li Shan said, General He has gray hair, he has long been a crane-haired goosebump, and he is not young, and in modern times, he has long been the age of retirement and raising his grandson. But as Zhao Zhen said, although this He General Soldier is old, he is in good spirits, and his bright eyes are unbearable even for young generals.

Thinking that this was Yan Rusong's Bole, Yan Rusong himself also admired He Zongbing, Wei Yunqing felt a little more admiration when he saw him, and greeted him respectfully.

After He Zongbing became a minister, he didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the court, so he didn't know anything except that Wei Yunqing was the imperial concubine. Seeing that she actually appeared in the city as a palace concubine, he was surprised in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and only said a few polite words to her casually.

These two polite sentences were enough for Wei Yunqing, she was worried that he would think that she would look down on her as a harem woman who showed up unruly and unruly, but seeing that his expression was no different, she admired her more and more in her heart, and she felt that she was worthy of being a person that Yan Rusong also respected, and the realm was different.

After the two encouraged the soldiers, the purpose of coming to the city wall was achieved, and the soldiers left with excited eyes.

In this era, there is no such thing as calling for battle, but there are some generals who always like to call for battle before going to war out of personal preference. For example, Li Zhuo.

Relying on the fact that he had seen Yang Yi with his own eyes, the young general sent by Li Zhuo was really insulting when he called the battle. What "the little emperor of Daliang is cowardly and incompetent, and he will be scared to pee his pants when he sees the sword and sword", what "the little emperor of Daliang is a soft egg, and he has no ability to protect him with a woman", what "the little emperor of Daliang hides his head and shows his tail, and he doesn't even want to admit his name and surname, and he is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he is as timid as a mouse"...... Something like that.

These words to the uninformed people simply trampled the Liang to death, not long ago received the emperor's condolences of the soldiers on the blood, immediately excited, angry to the crown, eager to immediately rush out of the city, the Great Song army out, set up the Liang national prestige. But the higher authorities did not give orders, and these soldiers had to stay at their posts with hatred, hating their teeth but helpless.

The quantity and quality of the soldiers in the Beijing camp were not as good as those of the Great Song soldiers, and even if the morale rose sharply, there was no way to make up for such a big gap, and the defending side of the city was already advantageous, so He Zhili's order was to defend the city and not attack.

The people sent by Li Zhuo called for a whole day and no one paid attention to it, so they had to go back with a dumb voice. That night, Li Zhuo launched a surprise attack on Zuo'anmen on the western city wall.

Fortunately, He Zhili had long expected that the Great Song Dynasty might make a move this night, and had already arranged people to defend it strictly, and Li Zhuo's people began to attack at night, and the people at the various city gates were all in strict formation, and they were stunned that they did not let the Great Song Army get a little advantage, and they retreated as soon as the sky was bright.

Yang Yi, who got the news as soon as he woke up in the palace, broke out in a cold sweat, and he was in danger. At this moment, he was full of admiration and dependence on the general soldier He who he had never met in the past, and thought that relying on this veteran, he would be safe from going to Beijing.

In Yanxi Palace, Wei Yunqing didn't sleep last night, as early as after getting the news of the Great Song Army's sneak attack on the city, she was worried and waiting for the result. Fortunately, at dawn, the news that the Great Song Army was repulsed also came, and she found herself in a cold sweat, freezing uncomfortably in this winter day.

After having someone bring hot water to take a shower and change clothes, Wei Yunqing went to the Qianqing Palace and came to the Qianqing Gate with Yang Yi. At present, Qianqingmen has become one of the city defense command centers, and after the sneak attack the night before, I want to come to Zhao Zhen and He Zhili to report the results.

As Wei Yunqing expected, Zhao Zhen came over early in the morning, but He Zhili was still patrolling the city wall to prevent the sudden attack of the Great Song Dynasty, so he did not appear.

Zhao Zhen had a happy look on his face, facing the emperor and the imperial concubine and a group of ministers, and happily reported the results of the battle: "Yesterday, the Great Song Army raided Zuo'anmen in Xicheng, fortunately, the general soldiers of He had already taken precautions, but they caught the other party off guard, and in the early morning, the Great Song Army retreated, and the total number of casualties on the other side is expected to be around 1,000, and our side died one and injured thirty-three people, which can be described as a complete victory!" ”

The one who died was not killed by the Great Song Army, but because he was too nervous, coupled with the crowding in a small area, he fell from the city wall without standing firmly, and died with a whimper, and the body was just picked up in the morning.

Hearing Zhao Zhen's report, everyone present showed a rare smile on their faces for several days.

Although this sneak attack was only small-scale, and the number of casualties on the other side was not large, compared with the casualties of the Great Liang Army, this record was outstanding - of course, this was not unrelated to the fact that the Great Liang Army was the defender of the city, and the city wall as a shield had the advantage. The victory was a great incentive for all, and the soldiers sent by Ho Chi Lai to report the news said that the morale of the soldiers defending the city had soared.

Several ministers who originally did not agree with defending the city were also relaxed in the face of such good news, after all, it was impossible to change the decision to defend the city, and now the situation is very good, which is a reassuring pill, so that people will not regret that they did not try their best to persuade again.

In the next few days, the Great Song Army had several small-scale sneak attacks and harassments, and He Zhili was ready to fight, not allowing the Great Song Army to take advantage of it.

And a small group of troops secretly sent out before the arrival of the Great Song Army also distracted the attention of the Great Song Army a little during the war, and once almost succeeded in burning their grain and grass, but in the end it fell short. Xu was annoyed by the harassment of this small army from time to time, Li Zhuo used the strategy of inviting you into the urn, deliberately exposed flaws to lure them to attack, and wiped out this small army, and then returned to attacking Shangjing.

He Zhili adhered to the conservative principle of only defending the city and not fighting, and did not take Li Zhuo's harassment and inducement to heart, even if his subordinates were enthusiastic about the previous victories and wanted to go out of the city to fight, they were all pressed back by He Zhili.

Daliang's army is not limited to the soldiers of the Beijing camp that Yan Rusong transferred before, but it takes time to deploy, so as long as Shangjing guards it well, don't have any accidents, and when the rescue comes, the siege of Shangjing can be solved.

He Zhili, who stood tall at the head of the city, looked in the direction of the Great Song Army camp in the distance, and thought back and forth about various questions several times, but there was always a trace of uneasiness in his heart, as if something had been missed by him.

The size and number of gates of a city indicate to a certain extent how prosperous the city is. There are a total of seven gates outside Shangjing, one in the east and two in the south, two in the northwest. The city wall is more than ten meters thick, the bottom is made of hard long stones, and the bricks are laid above, which is more than enough to resist the attack of ordinary cold weapons, and the city gate is a weak point, so a large number of soldiers are arranged at the seven city gates. Due to the small number of soldiers in the city, the number of soldiers assigned to each city gate was less than 20,000, and the number of soldiers was increased or decreased according to the defensive ability of each city gate.

The Great Song Army came from the north, and the camp was stationed in the north of Shangjing, and the largest number of defensive soldiers in Shangjing at present were Zuo'anmen in the west city and Guang'anmen in the north city, and these two city gates were the highest attack frequency of the Great Song Army during this time.

By the sixth day of the siege of Shangjing, the tension of the soldiers in the Beijing camp had been somewhat removed. "The Great Song Army is nothing more than that", "With the presence of the General Army, how dare Li Zhuo get an axe" "Even if it takes another half a year, the useless Great Song Army will not want to attack the city"...... Such arrogant and impetuous thoughts began to circulate among the soldiers, and the generals were faintly aware of it, and did not take it seriously, and even felt that such thoughts were correct.

However, He Zhili did not think so. In his opinion, the attacks in the previous six days were just a small fight, and he knew that Li Zhuo had not used all his strength yet, and the other party was waiting...... But Li Zhuo came from afar, time is more important than anything else, and it is extremely detrimental to the Great Song Army to delay it like this, what is Li Zhuo waiting for?

He Zhili has been in the military for many years, and his intuition has played a good role in many battles, so he did not let go of his ominous premonition, but instead found Zhao Zhen and his generals to discuss the reasons for this.

At the meeting, the generals expressed their opinions and proposed several possibilities, but did not reach an agreement. Zhao Zhen carefully checked the military newspaper and found a very strange place.

"If the Great Song Army attacked Zuo'anmen before, it will definitely attack Guang'anmen next time." Zhao Zhendao, he discovered this strange law, and he didn't know if it was a coincidence or a premeditation, frowning and puzzled.

After all, Zuo'anmen and Guang'anmen are the two places with the highest frequency of attacks by the Great Song Army at present, and this discovery may just be a coincidence.

He Zhili didn't know what he meant, so he could only write it down for the time being.

On the seventh day and night, because of the good news that came a few days ago, Wei Yunqing was finally able to sleep more peacefully, and he went to bed early on this day.

She doesn't know how to fight, she doesn't know anything about the transportation of grain and grass, or the arrangement of city defense, but there are people who do, and she trusts those who do. Even if she didn't sleep, it wouldn't be of any use, so she just had to take care of herself and not make a mess for now.

In the middle of the night, there was a knock on the door of Yanxi Palace, and the person who came turned out to be Huang Bajin.

At this moment, Huang Bajin's face could not hide the panic, and he stammered: "Mother, mother, city...... The city is broken, master, master asked me to inform you, while the Great Song Army is still there and hasn't come in, hurry up and pack up your things and leave! 166 Reading Network