In Beilingzhou, the 200,000-strong army of the Song army was in a continuous camp, the banners were unfurled, and the soldiers were all holding their heads high when they entered and exited, but most of the original Shaanxi army had angry faces on their faces; the troops from Hedong came over, and it was clear that they were here to grab the merits of the war, and with the departure of Yang Zhi, Sun Ang and others' men were arrogant. On the way to Zhang's big tent, Sun Ang said to Liu Ziyi as he walked: "Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, it is right for us to follow King Yun, and these people under Yang Zhi can only become victims." ”

Sun Ang's self-confidence made Liu Ziyi frightened, and he couldn't help but think of the person in the Five Kingdoms City, and arranged for him to come back to say the same thing about Zhao Kai; Song Qinzong Zhao Huan believed that Jin Guo would also send him back at a suitable time for his own interests, in order to block Zhao Kai, who was the most promising successor to the unification. Sun Ang's tone in front of him was so similar, he didn't seem to consider the feelings of others at all.

But what Liu Ziyi heard from his eldest brother Liu Ziyu was completely different, Liu Ziyu thought that Sun Ang's ability was still much inferior to Qu Duan, and there was a famous general like Brother Richard in Xingzhou, and he would definitely not be as vulnerable as everyone hoped. Liu Ziyi asked cautiously, "The general's preparation will rely on our own army?"

Sun Ang smiled: "I will give your eldest brother a chance to make some contributions, as for Qu Duan and Li Heng, forget it." ”

Liu Ziyi could only smile bitterly, if it weren't for the relationship between his father Liu Tao, Sun Ang would not care about himself as a commander, and talking too much would only increase his unhappiness; Liu Tao said that Zhang did not agree with Sun Ang's rejection of Qu Duan's approach, but was stopped by Zhao Kai, Zhao Kai one really wanted to see Sun Ang's ability, and the other was a little lucky, hoping that Sun Ang could create a miracle and suppress Yang Zhi's arrogance.

When the two entered the venue, Cai Suitian and others, who had come to sponsor military affairs, arrived, and Cai Suitian just greeted the two lightly; the more the meeting went on, the more Cai Suitian felt that the atmosphere was not right, and the passion that was lacking in the venue was almost the performance of Zhang Suo and Sun Ang. Cai Suitian couldn't help but feel anxious in his heart, although Zhang Suo was a great talent, he had too many things to scruple about, and he didn't have Yang Zhi's simplicity of only pursuing victory on the battlefield, but limited his strength.

As a veteran who participated in the Northern Expedition, in Cai Suitian's view, the current situation was comparable to that of Tong Guan in Xiongzhou, and on the day Sun Ang arrived in Beilingzhou, he replaced Qu Duan as the commander of the capital, responsible for the entire Xingzhou war; But the next thing is very interesting, Zhang Shen's army consciously took a step slower in action, intentionally or unintentionally stepped on the specified day to arrive in Xingzhou, a few days later than Sun Ang, and became the role of playing soy sauce under the city of Xingzhou.

Cai Suitian looked at Zhang Shen, Zhang Shen felt Cai Suitian's gaze, and smiled slightly; Zhang Shen knew very well that he defected to Zhao Kai as an envoy of the Yan Road, and as long as Zhao Kai did not become the emperor for a day, he would almost have no promotion status. As for the limelight, Zhang Shen is over fifty, how can he not compete with Sun Ang and others for that false name, I just hope that this time the battle will go smoothly and win a credit peacefully, so Zhang Shen, like Qu Duan, chose a slightly lower position to sit down, making Sun Ang appear more prominent.

"At present, Xingzhou is only in the north, and we can't do anything. Zhang Suo pointed to the map and looked very solemn: "If you want to attack Xingzhou, you can only attack from the east, west, and south directions, there is the Yellow River in the east, and it is not easy to deploy the troops; The Western Xia had more than a dozen castles built in depth in the south, which were specially used as defensive positions to block our attacks. ”

Zhang Suo's brows tightened, his fingers tapped the desk, he now somewhat understood why Yang Zhi was reluctant to come directly to Xingzhou, it was really because of more than a hundred years of continuous improvement, Xingzhou is a big castle; in fact, there is a series of fortresses in the west, almost directly connected to the Luocong Mountain ten miles in the northwest, that is, by the Yellow River in the east, there is also a row of six dock forts, and large-scale military operations cannot be carried out at all.

Sun Ang looked at the map, pursed his lips with disdain, and said, "We will start clearing the outer castles now. ”

Qu Duan glanced at Sun Ang and asked quietly, "Are you so confident?"

"Of course. Sun Ang said without hesitation: "There is only this fortified city left in Western Xia, and we can only wait for reinforcements at present, as long as Yue Fei's army dispatches thunderbolts and balloons, we can remove these obstacles one by one." ”

Zhang Suo slowly sat up straight, looked at Sun Ang with blazing eyes, and said, "Since it is so simple, why did Yang Shuai insist on not attacking Xingzhou, so he gave us a chance." Sun Ang, you haven't thought about it at all, that kind of tactic requires special people and equipment, Yang Shuai and Yue Fei dare to use it in the wilderness and lonely cities, it is guaranteed to take back the balloons and personnel, but in a densely populated area like Xingzhou, as long as the wind direction changes, the effect of breaking the city cannot be achieved, and if they don't fight well, they will lose all those people, Yue Fei will not agree. ”

Zhang Suo is a battlefield general, he has thought of this problem for a long time, he specially asked Yang Zhi in Weizhou, and discussed it with Yue Fei in Lingzhou, and after figuring out the principle, he knew that it was impossible in the peripheral war in Xingzhou. Sun Ang didn't speak, but his expression was disapproving, obviously he thought that Zhang Suo was exaggerating, after all, Zhang Suo was the person Yang Zhi's eyes found, and it was understandable to defend Yang Zhi to a certain extent.

Sun Ang wanted to speak and stopped, thought about it for a while, and did not continue the topic; Sun Ang also knew that he could not even offend Zhang Suo, anyway, King Yun had already arrived in Lingzhou, and he could directly report anything to King Yun; seeing that Sun Ang wanted to go to Zhao Kai's side to ask for an explanation, Qu Duan couldn't help but sneer, he knew better than anyone the current situation of Wei Dingguo's team, Helan Mountain and Lingzhou fought two battles, and the thunderbolts consumed ninety percent, even the balloons were damaged more than a dozen, and they were sent back to Qinzhou for repair.

Since Zhao Kai restricted Yang Zhi, the production of gunpowder in Yang Zhi's workshop has also dropped greatly, but the amount of gunpowder in Taiyuan and Yanzhou has been increasing; if Zhao Kai had not done this, the balloon would have not, but the explosives for the siege should still be guaranteed. Zhang Suo saw that it was cold, his tightly knit brows furrowed deeper, as if he had thought of something, and asked thoughtfully: "Master Qu, you and Brother Richard are old rivals, do you think Brother Richard will let us attack the city casually?"