PS: The time point of this war is inconsistent with official history. The original war took place from 1075 to 1078. Don’t go into details.

He Ji bowed and said: "In the Li Dynasty, Li Qiande and his nephew Li Yanghuan led their troops to attack Qinzhou and Lianzhou. They sent people everywhere to advertise the brutality and immorality of the officials. They also led 80,000 troops to surround Yongzhou under the pseudo-Prince Hongzhen. Yongzhou has few soldiers, I'm afraid..."

He Ji didn't go on to say anything else, and there was no need to go on - Yongzhou is not a big city, and there are only 3,000 troops stationed in the city even though the city is full of troops, 3,000 against 80,000...

However, Zhao Huan laughed inexplicably, casually took off the tiger talisman from his body, threw it to He Ji and said: "Let Li Gang, Li Ruobing and six ministers, the Privy Councilor Zhong Laoxiangong and others enter the palace immediately. Send someone with the tiger talisman to guard the army. Station, tell them to prepare for the expedition."

He Ji looked at the smile on Zhao Huan's face, suddenly shuddered, bowed and said, "Yes."

…

In Yongzhou, the Li Dynasty's army in the distance below the city is boundless, and there are piles of corpses nearby. The Song Dynasty defenders on top of the city suffered heavy casualties, and most of the young men temporarily recruited have already taken up their weapons and stood with the Qiu Ba people. They were together, and the rest were carrying the wooden stones and corpses used to defend the city back and forth.

In the city, a group of men were busy demolishing the houses near the city wall under the command of the government officials. A group of women were divided into two groups. One group was busy making fires and cooking at the base of the east city wall, and the other group was at the base of the west city wall. Next, he was busy cooking the golden juice. The aroma of the meaty and oily food mixed with the taste of the golden juice, and slowly spread throughout Yongzhou City.

"We are running out of wood and rocks, so we have to hurry up and demolish the houses."

Taking advantage of the opportunity for Li Chao's army to retreat and rest, Tang Zizheng casually tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes and wrapped it around the wound on his arm. He gritted his teeth and said, "If we continue to fight like this, it is estimated that all the two thousand or so Xiang troops will have to wear it." One crop."

Su Yan was silent for a long time, then said: "We have to fight. We have the emperor's mandate, and we cannot let Yongzhou City fall into the hands of Thief Li no matter what."

Tang Zizheng hummed and ignored Su Yan, just silently tending to the wounds on his body. Su Yan suddenly asked, "How many young men are there in the city?"

Tang Zizheng asked back: "How many young men are there? You are the magistrate of Yongzhou. This Yongzhou city is a big place. You don't know how many young men there are in the city?"

Pointing at the soldiers who were seizing the time to rest and the young men who were busy going back and forth, Tang Zizheng continued: "There are a total of 2,800 Xiang troops. After this round of battles, more than half of them are dead." Now I basically rely on these young people to hold on, and you ask me how many young people there are?"

Looking at Tang Zizheng who showed no respect to him and even dared to curse, Su Mian, who was the magistrate of Yongzhou, commander of the Xiang army, and envoy of the imperial city, was surprisingly lifeless.

Why are you still angry? They are old friends who have always been partners, and now they are about to go on the road together again, what else is there to be disrespectful about?

Su Mian, who used to be very concerned about his own image, was leaning on the city wall like Tang Zizheng, and said: "If the city is really destroyed, remember to give me a knife first, I'm afraid that I won't be able to do it then." .”

Tang Zizheng didn't pay any attention to Su Mian's nonsense. Instead, he pointed at the women in the city and said, "Can you tell those women who are making golden juice to stay away from those who are cooking?"

This time it was Su Yan's turn to ignore Tang Zizheng.

Just like what Tang Zizheng said, the huge Yongzhou City itself is so big, where can we hide? Besides, the golden juice is far away, won’t it be cold by the time it reaches the city?

If the golden juice is dirty, then it is not a good golden juice!

Su Yan sighed bitterly, and was about to change into a more comfortable position when someone suddenly shouted loudly on the top of the city: "We can't hold on any longer! I want to surrender! I don't want to die yet! Let me go!"

Su Yan opened his eyes, only to see Zhai Ji, the captain of the Xiang Army, being led over by several soldiers with his arms tied upside down. Su Yan stood up with a gloomy face and shouted: "Zhai Ji! Your parents are in the city, your wife

We are in the city, and you are the captain of the Xiang Army, how can you say surrender!"

"I can't hold on any longer!"

Zhai Ji raised his head, looked at Su Yan and shouted: "Of the 2,800 Xiang troops, there are only less than 1,000 left. How many old brothers who have been together through life and death died like this in front of my eyes!"

But what about outside the city? There are tens of thousands of Li Chao's troops outside the city. How to fight? How to defend? Surrender, at least Yongzhou City is saved. You can't drag Yongzhou City to you..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhai Ji's head flew into the sky, and the juice from his neck splashed out, all over Su Yan's head and face.

Slowly handing the long knife back to the scabbard, Su Yan shouted with a sullen face: "The Xiang army is all gone, the young men are on top! The young men are all gone, I, Tang Tongpan and the government officials are on top."

! Anyone who dares to surrender will be killed!"

Tang Zizheng also stood up from the ground, kicked away Zhai Ji's dead head, and then stood next to the ferocious Su Mian and shouted: "Anyone who dares to surrender will be killed!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

…

"There are currently ten taels of gold and two thousand ingots in the treasury, twenty-five thousand taels of combined silver, and another two hundred thousand taels of silver. Moutuogang has an additional 30,000 good horses, 300,000 shi of grain, and three million bundles of fodder.

, there are 100,000 sets of standard swords, bows and crossbows each, and about 20 million arrows. In addition, the state capitals along the way can provide military rations nearby. Although it is not much, it is enough for an army of 100,000 people."

Zhuang Chengyi, who had just been promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, quickly gave the supplies that the Ministry of Revenue could prepare. Zhong Shidao also went on to give the troops that the Privy Council could prepare: "The incident happened in a hurry, and now the capital can mobilize it immediately.

The Forbidden Army has 20,000 horse troops and 200,000 infantry troops. Within three days, it can mobilize 100,000 horse troops and 800,000 infantry troops. Within one month, it can mobilize millions of troops from various states and prefectures."

Gao Zian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, looked at Zhuang Chengyi, then at Zhong Shidao, and bowed and said: "The equipment currently available in the Ministry of Industry can meet the needs of an army of 300,000 men for half a month. It can be allocated immediately and will be sent to the Forbidden Army station tomorrow.

If there are more, additional craftsmen will need to be dispatched to make them."

"Then there's nothing more to say."

Zhao Huan chuckled and said with a ferocious look: "The old rules are that the eldest son of the emperor oversees the country, the queen mother and the empress hang the curtain, and Li Qing and you stay in the capital to assist the government."

"Tomorrow the army will be deployed, with Yang Zaixing and Xiao Nuoyan as the vanguard, leading 3,000 cavalry. I myself will lead 50,000 forbidden troops as the middle army, and I will lead 50,000 forbidden troops as the rear army."

"The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry should prepare supplies, especially explosives and spirits, and more. The Imperial Hospital will send personnel to accompany the army and recruit doctors from nearby prefectures and prefectures in Yongzhou to join the army."

"This time to quell the chaos, we will not worship generals or worship our ancestors. In this battle, I will regain Jiaozhi!"
Chapter completed!