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In the autumn of the 11th year of Qianyuan, Li Shiji led the army to besiege Xiping Mansion until late autumn, but he could not attack for a long time. He came to the front line to beat drums for the drummer Emperor □□. Winter was coming, and the inland land was cold.

On the winter solstice of November, the Song Dynasty army was attacked by floods. In an instant, the flood swept and submerged the village, and the loess was muddy. People and horses were trapped.

The main general Li Shiji ordered the army to retreat, and maneuvered the troops to minimize the losses. Although the Wei and Song Dynasties were not defeated in this battle, they were also victorious.

Huo Qing was rescued by the military order, and forced to kill a bloody road. Since Huo Qing killed several enemy generals in the previous battle, this name has become a feared name for killing gods in Xixia.

Reinforcements arrived, but the enemy army was trapped in the circle without knowing the emperor, and when they heard that Huo Qing was leading the army, they scattered and fled.

The blood dripped from the spear all the way, and the corpses of the cavalry were strewn all over the field. Those who had fought bloody battles for nearly an hour rolled off their horses. When they saw the enemy fleeing, they held their broadswords and let out a long sigh of relief. Huo Qing hurriedly got off the black horse. jump off.

The emperor looked up at the general who had carried the knife for him earlier, "General Huo is injured."

"I'm a rough man, this injury is not a problem." Huo Qing helped the injured emperor onto the horse, and when he saw the injury, he knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, please punish me for the late rescue."

The emperor gritted his teeth and snapped off the arrow piercing his calf, "If it wasn't for the general, I'm afraid I'd be a prisoner."

Huo Qing took the reins of the black horse, and said angrily: "That guy actually let down the water of the Yellow River. Did he ignore the people in so many states and counties in the south of Xiping Mansion?"

The emperor endured the pain and returned to the barracks, "Xiping Mansion is in the southeast of the Yellow River, and Xingqing Mansion is in the northwest. These places used to be Han lands, and they were retaken by the first emperor for a while. Therefore, there are many Han people, and they are decisive for the king. It is in great chaos, if it continues to be defeated, it will not only be the people of these hundreds of miles who will die."

"Then... how will we fight this battle?"

"Go and tell General Li to stop the war first, and then order the rest of the soldiers to clear the muddy water after the garrison is done, and settle the suffering victims first."

"Yes."

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After the disastrous victory, the situation fell into a stalemate. The enemy army was holding Xiping Mansion, and they were unable to conquer it until the depths of winter. The border was in chaos.

In the first month of the 12th year of Qianyuan, in addition to urgent military reports, fast horses often passed by on the northwest trails. The servants dismounted in front of You Chengtian Gate, and hurried all the way into the inner palace with their hands in their hands.

"How is the official?"

Zhao Ping raised his gray eyebrows, "Every time the sage asks about officials..."

"Whether she wins or loses is not as important as her safety, and the military report sent back to the court is based on her wishes."

"The official's family suffered some minor injuries a while ago, and last year's severe winter, the official's family suffered a minor illness, but nothing serious."

"A minor injury or illness? So she still went to the battlefield?"

"Because the long-term attack made morale low, the officials personally beat the drums in the formation, but the enemy was cunning and touched the rear of our army, trapping the official's relatives, but they didn't know it was the relatives or The official house is inside."

A tense heart suddenly exploded, "Wait for her to come back..."

"You can only feel distressed when the official comes back," Zhao Ping sighed. "It's a good thing they didn't know that the official was in the army. Fortunately, General Huo Qing rescued him in time."

"If the enemy army knows..." Xiao Youqing frowned, grabbed his clothes and said displeasedly: "Even if you want to go to the battlefield, don't look at your weight."

"It's rare for a villain to see a sage criticize officials like this."

Xiao Youqing turned her head, "I really want to scold her, this table is not enough to write on."

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It wasn't long before the secret report from the trail was delivered to Tokyo, and the military reports from the northwest were delivered one after another. Xiao Youqing called important officials to discuss matters in the Chui Gong Hall.

Seven or eight ministers gathered together to discuss and discuss countermeasures, "A small Xiping Mansion actually trapped the Wang Shi's army for several months. Didn't it mean that there was a shortage of food in the drought-prone city in the northwest, and the Xizhou Uighurs were implicated in the rear. ..”

Xiao Youqing looked at the military report sent back from the Northwest and immediately walked to the sand table, "The Uyghurs just want to come over without any effort to get a share of the pie, and the so-called raising troops is just pretending. Now that the army has been unable to attack for a long time, they just want to I'm afraid that it won't be long before I will retreat."

"Now that the Li family is guarding the city, and it is about to start the spring and start the busy season of farming, if it cannot be resolved as soon as possible, I am afraid that there will be people's grievances."

"Xiping Mansion is located on a high ground that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Yellow River behind it is a natural danger. If it is captured, there will be a Yellow River several feet wide. The Yellow River will surely swell in Linchun, and it will be even more difficult then."

"Don't you just think about difficult problems, gentlemen, you need to think more about ideas."

"Didn't His Majesty's personal expedition this time be recommended by Deputy Prime Minister Wang? Now that Master Wang is trapped in the city, why is Deputy Prime Minister Wang silent?"

Wang Wenfu shook his head, "The time, place, and people are harmonious, and our army did not occupy all of them. Previously, the enemy army blew up the dikes and released water regardless of the lives of the people in Hexi, causing several counties and counties in the southwest plain of Xiping Prefecture to be flooded, causing countless deaths and injuries to the people."

"These were originally the people of the country. If the enemy army is cruel again and takes advantage of the flood to come again... the war must be dealt with first before the war ends."

Listening to their discussion, Han Si bowed his hands to Xiao Youqing and said, "Your Highness, after looking at the sand table for a long time, have you come up with any ideas?"

"Do you have any ideas, sir?"

"I have little military talent and little learning. Your Highness has been with Duke Wu since he was a child. He must know more than these Confucian scholars like me."

"The right minister just said that the land in the west of Hexi was originally the people of the imperial court?"

"Yes," Liu Shubo turned around and cupped his hands, "During the time of the late emperor, the lands in the west of Hexi, including Xiping Mansion and the two southwestern prefectures, were taken back, and then they were taken back by Wei Mushanxi's army. "

"Defending and attacking, winning the world and defending the world are inseparable from the hearts of the people. The people's hearts are the key to victory or defeat in a war. They have lost the hearts of the people by flooding the southeast city with water from the Yellow River. Xiping Mansion was once the city of Song Dynasty. There are many Song people living inside, since it cannot be broken from the outside, why not try from the inside?"

"What did your Highness say?"

Several ministers stepped aside, Xiao Youqing walked to the northwest corner of the sand table and placed the generals and soldiers in the Xiping Mansion under the city, "The Han soldiers have already conquered the land, and there are singing songs from all directions."

"Besieged on all sides?"

"The heart of the people is the foundation of a country. If the people who have no power to restrain a chicken have the heart to resist and return home, they can overthrow a country."

The young man stood on the side and listened carefully, then cupped his hands and said, "The battle is all up to the empress."

All the ministers looked at each other, "Your Highness is wise."

The servant brought a pen and paper, and Xiao Youqing sealed it with a wax seal after writing it, and ordered the post office to deliver it to the northwest on a fast horse.

The bell rang to clear the way, and the pass was like lightning. The postmen who handed over were all waiting on horseback on the road. Two days later, the Northwest received the gold medal urgently delivered by the imperial court.

"Imperial dispatch from the imperial court!"

The emperor took a look at the letter and handed it over to Li Shiji, "The imperial court knew that we could not break through for a long time, not only sent the supply of food, but also offered a plan. General Li will see how this plan works."

Li Shiji took it from the emperor's hand, "If it can't be broken from the outside, it can be shaken from the inside. Although the city is solid, it can't touch people's hearts." For most of my life, even the old minister never thought of this."

"If you can attack inside and outside, it will break the morale of the army." Li Shiji raised his head sideways, then took off his helmet on one knee and knelt down: "Your Majesty!"

"What is the old general doing?" In terms of reputation, since the passing of Xiao Huaide, his eldest son and Cao Yun, the most prestigious general in the imperial court is Li Shiji, and the emperor quickly bowed his waist to help him up.

Li Shiji refused, "I implore Your Majesty to hang the flag and go to war."

"What does the old general mean?"

Li Shiji raised his head, "The Tianzi flag is hung on the big banner. Your majesty will surely break the city if you come in person, and you will swear to protect your majesty to the death."

"General Li, do you mean that the commander-in-chief flag bears my name?"

"Yes."

The emperor kneaded his fingers and turned to look at the sand table, "Okay, General Li is the commander-in-chief of the three armies, I don't need you to protect me by my side."

"Come here, please enter the account and discuss with the generals."

"Yes."

In the spring of February of the 12th year of Qianyuan, the Song army near Xipingfu gathered again, and set up bed crossbows and cannons to attack the city in the mountains. The emperor ordered the soldiers to recruit people from all over Hexi to escort them to the city of Xipingfu.

It was night, when the cold wind howled, countless torches were suddenly lit in the mountains and forests, and there were also sky lanterns rising in the sky.

The flames frightened the defenders of Xiping Mansion to beat the drums. The war had stopped for a while, but the first drum woke up Li Yuanhao from his sleep.

"The enemy attacked?"

"Your Majesty, look." The general pointed to the Kongming Lantern in the sky.

"what is that?"

"It seems to be the sky lantern of the Han people."

"Sky lantern?"

"They don't seem to be attacking. There are people under the city tower..." When the military general was looking at it suspiciously, there was a sudden resounding singing from the opposite plain and forest, and the folk songs were sad and desolate.

"Wandering around the world; just leaving the smoke and sand; year after year, year after year, in the cold food, homeless."

"Shangxi drifts away to watch the falling flowers; idlers lie in the haze; should laugh and labor to bring forth early blooms; startle the dream of stone springs and fires, sing crows; sweep the floor and burn incense."

The language used for humming "Nanxiangzi" is Guanzhong Qin dialect. Since the break with Wei and Song Dynasties, the Han style has been rejected by the nobles in Hexi. The families and the people unable to evacuate raised their heads and their eyes were red.

The desolate singing echoed repeatedly in the mountains and forests, making the defenders on the tower at a loss. The defenders obviously couldn't understand the meaning of the words and music, but they were also moved by the sad tone. Li Yuanhao stood on the tower and cried. Angrily grabbed the skirt of the general beside him, "What are they doing?"

"The end general doesn't know, this song...

Li Yuanhao threw it away, "Battle song? It doesn't sound like it sounds soft, it's very noisy."

Some officials who could understand Chinese took down the lyrics and music sung by Wei Song and presented them to Li Yuanhao. Li Yuanhao stared at the most eye-catching sentence, "Wandering around the world, only when you are away from the wild smoke and the sand, every year and every year In the cold food, there is no home." Then he kneaded it into a ball, "What do they want to do?"

Li Yuanhao turned his head, frowned and exclaimed suddenly: "Not good..."

"Report!"

"Report!"

The guards of various gates in the city dispatched sergeants one after another to report to the commander's account.

"There are changes in the city."

Before Li Yuanhao could deal with the restlessness in the city, there was another news from Chengnan.

"Your Majesty, the Song army is attacking."

——Boom boom boom! ——

A large flag with a dragon pattern was erected in the center of the army facing the rising sun, and the emperor came to the flag to beat drums, which greatly boosted the morale of the army.