Whether it was a coincidence or intentional matter, the day after the debate in the Lin'an court stopped, the Ministry of War, the Privy Council, including Han Tuozhou and the entire court, had just learned that the Guanghua Army stationed in Dasan Pass on Lizhou Road had gone north to attack the Lanzhou Prefecture of Xia Kingdom without notifying anyone.

In the hall of the six officials' meetings at the Six-Minist Bridge, Han Tuozhou cut off half of the corner of the table with a knife, with a gloomy face and red eyes. He ordered the Ministry of War to immediately order Heng Qiao to withdraw troops from Xia territory. Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, and the Censorate were also ordered by him to immediately question Heng Qiao for the crime of resigning from his post without permission.

At this time, Qian Xiangzu told Han Tuozhou calmly that he had already known about this matter. The reason why he had never told him that Han Tuozhou was entirely because it was a matter within the military department.

Meng Gong from Dali Temple also rudes for various reasons, and borrows Qian Xiangzu's words, saying bluntly that since Qian Xiangzu, the Minister of War, had already known it, it could not be considered arbitrarily resigning. Moreover, Heng Qiao attacked Xia to support Ye Qing. This is enough to show that Ye Qing never had the intention to rebel.

Han Tuozhou was greatly shocked by the attitude of Qian Xiangzu and Meng Gong. After all, the two of them did not say a word in the court yesterday and did not participate in the court's case to offend Ye Qing.

So he had never expected that in the matter of Hengqiao today, the two of them would protect Hengqiao and send troops without authorization.

Ye Qing could have expected that once he entered the summer, the Jin people and Lin'an court would definitely get the news as soon as possible, but no matter what, he was in Guanshan Guguan at this time, and he could no longer care about so much.

As for whether the Jin people would take advantage of the emptiness of Jingzhao Prefecture and the three routes of Hetao to sneak attack him behind him, Ye Qing had to temporarily throw it over and focus on all the attacks on Xia in front of him.

The first day in June of the fourth year of Shaoxi was the second day after the city of Huizhou was broken. Mo Xiaobao and Li Zhongfang continued to go south without stopping, pointing directly to the Jincheng, the closest to Lanzhou, which was also a city with the Xia people stationed in a large city with as many as 20,000 troops.

However, in three days, on June 4, the fourth year of Shaoxi, Jincheng was destroyed, and the remaining troops of the Xia people retreated to Lanzhou. At this time, Heng Qiao had been shouting outside the city for several days, but he was unable to capture the city. Instead, he was defeated several times by the defenders outside the city of Lanzhou. Therefore, during this seven or eight days, he had been playing hide-and-seek with the defenders outside the city of Lanzhou.

The enemy advances and we retreat, and the enemy retreats and we advance. From the second day, Heng Qiao no longer faces the Xia army head-on. He is like a scoundrel, running away when he sees the enemy and chasing when he can't see the enemy, which makes the Xia army outside the city very annoyed. He simply retreats back to Lanzhou City and stops coming out. He lets Heng Qiao shout under the city: You hit me... You hit me, you can't hit me, you can't catch me, you can't catch me, there is no way, I'm so powerful...

On June 4, 2016, as the remaining Xia people in Jincheng retreated to Lanzhou, Heng Qiao was extremely cunning to get the news before the scouts in advance, and then beat the retreating Jincheng defenders, causing countless casualties.

When the defenders in Lanzhou City left the city to support, Hengqiao's Guanghua army almost didn't have to wait for Hengqiao to open his voice and shout for retreat. The habits that had been coming for many days made them consciously avoid the anger that the Xia army had been in their stomachs for several days, and ran away without a trace.

This time, the Lanzhou garrison, who was determined to pursue, cursed at Gangu Yangchen, and vowed to pursue them this time, the Jincheng garrison appeared in front of him in a mess.

When he learned that Jincheng and Huizhou had been broken by the Song people, he was chasing towards Lanzhou, the Lanzhou guards shut up instantly, with a pale face, and immediately led the army back to the city without saying a word, fearing that if it was later, the Song people who were chasing would take advantage of the loophole.

At this point, whether it is the Lanzhou garrison or the Lanzhou prefect Li Dezhi, although he knew that the Song people had destroyed Huizhou and Jincheng, and had been harassed Lanzhou City for several days without sleep, they still believed that the reason why the Song people suddenly attacked Xia was to help the Prince Zhenyi to seize the throne of Xia, and they were all the more they could just guard Lanzhou City and not leave to see the development of Xingqing Prefecture before making a decision.

In Li Dezhi's view, he does not seek to be unsuccessful, but seeks to be unforeseen. Whether it is the successful usurpation of the throne of the Prince of Zhenyi or Li Chunyou who successfully preserved the throne, as long as he does not lose Lanzhou City, no matter who becomes the emperor of Xia, he only needs to submit a letter of surrender. At worst, he will send himself from the position of Lanzhou prefect to other states.

So at this time, Li Dezhi was still in Lanzhou City leisurely. Even though the Song army was now swinging outside, besieging Lanzhou City like an isolated city, Li Dezhi was still an old god. No matter how hard the Lanzhou garrison and the retreating Jincheng garrison persuaded Li Dezhi, this time the Song people did not seem to be cheering for the prince of Zhenyi. They were coming in a fierce manner. No matter how they looked, they seemed to be invading the Xia Kingdom.

But Li Dezhi still believed in his own judgment. He believed that in just a few days, once Li Chunyou and Li An of Xingqing Prefecture decided to win and lose, the siege of Lanzhou would be resolved.

As for the Song people invaded Xia Kingdom, Li Dezhi naturally sneered. How could it be? After stealing a mountain, could the Song people be so arrogant that they believed that they really had the ability to invade Xia Kingdom? It was simply a daydream.

On June 5, 2016, when the remaining troops in Jincheng retreated to Lanzhou City for one day, and when the city gate was closed tightly, Mo Xiaobao, Li Zhongfang and Heng Qiao outside the city, a total of 60,000 troops gathered at the city of Lanzhou.

"I can only leave after the city is broken, so I rushed west to help Zhong Can and Tian Lin, so it is necessary to break Lanzhou quickly, and we have no time to delay." Mo Xiaobao looked at the tall walls of Lanzhou City under the setting sun and said anxiously.

Heng Qiao looked at Mo Xiaobao and Li Zhongfang whom he was more familiar with, and then said, "I have been following Lord Ye's instructions these days, just harassing them. I have never fought with them with real swords and guns. I guess they are a little careless now, right? But there is no guarantee that after all, I was the only one before, and now there are two of you outside the city, and there are also the remnants of Xia Kingdom who retreated in the city. Maybe they are now guarding Lanzhou day and night."

"Tomorrow morning, if Lord Yu Yunwen has not heard from us yet, we will... attack the city!" Mo Xiaobao looked at Li Zhongfang and Zhong Can, and asked for their opinions.

Li Zhongfang hesitated for a moment before saying, "What should I do about Lord Yu Yunwen's safety? He is now in Lanzhou City. What if Li Dezhi had already met him when he attacked the city tomorrow morning? Will Lord Yu Yunwen be trapped in danger?"

Heng Qiao next to him was stunned. After a long time, he was not the first to arrive in Lanzhou. It turned out that someone had entered Lanzhou before him, but... What's the use of Yu Yunwen going to Lanzhou alone?

"If you can succeed, you will know then." Mo Xiaobao smiled and said to Heng Qiao who was a little dazed, then raised his helmet and took his waist knife to go to the camp.

"What else do I don't know?" Heng Qiao looked at Mo Xiaobao's back as he left, and then asked Li Zhongfang.

"You don't know much, and even I don't know all about Lord Ye's strategy." Li Zhongfang patted his armor, and the crisp sound of the rushing sound and dust blew out from the cracks of the armor.

"If the city is broken... won't you stay in Lanzhou?" Heng Qiao thought about Mo Xiaobao's words just now. Since Mo Xiaobao was going to Liangzhou after the city was broken, then... it seems that after Li Zhongfang broke the city, he would definitely go to other places, right?

After all, his dispatch was to follow Lord Yu Yunwen to defend Lanzhou after the breaking of Lanzhou City. As for Yu Yunwen who had not met after the war began, Heng Qiao thought that Yu Yunwen was still in Jincheng or Huizhou to clean up the mess, but he never expected that Yu Yunwen had already entered Lanzhou City before him.

Li Dezhi knew that the appeasement envoy of the Song Ting Jingzhao Prefecture was Yu Yunwen, so when someone reported to him and Yu Yunwen came to visit, the smile on Li Dezhi's face became brighter and brighter. He had already decided that this time, the Song army suddenly appeared in Xia territory, just to help the prince of Zhenyi. Now that Yu Yunwen has asked for a personal visit, he naturally has become more determined.

Looking at the garrison of Lanzhou and Jincheng, Li Dezhi smiled very proudly: "Did you see it? If the Song people really wanted to invade my Daxia, how could they let a high-ranking official like Yu Yunwen appear here alone? Could it be that he would die?"

"Sir, I'm afraid they have ulterior motives." The Jincheng Guard looked at Li Dezhi. The scene of the battle in Jincheng was still vivid in his mind. Looking at the ferocity of the Song people when they attacked the city, he really could not think of this as just to restrain them, rather than to annihilate them.

"Master, this person...even if his identity is true, why did he suddenly appear in our Lanzhou at this time? We don't know when he sneaked into our Lanzhou." The Lanzhou garrison reminded Li Dezhi in a vague way that he should be careful of the Song Dynasty Yu Yunwen.

Li Dezhi smiled disapprovingly and waved his hand, confidently saying, "The purpose of coming is obvious, and he must be here to apologize. He just wants to tell us that they are doing this because of the battle between the prince of Zhenyi and the emperor's throne, and they are not intentionally trying to make things difficult for us."

It is enough to show that the prince of Zhenyi County has long been unjustly abdicated. But what is it? This is a matter of the royal family. Moreover, when the emperor succeeded the throne, he was indeed too harsh to the prince of Zhenyi. The King of Yue was also considered to be kind to the prince of the emperor. However, as soon as the King of Yue died, the prince of Zhenyi, who should have inherited his title, not only did not inherit the title of King of Yue, but was demoted to the prince of the prince of Zhenyi, but his fief was even more enfeoffed to the prince of Zhenyi.

I am so resentful to the emperor. Not to mention the prince of Zhenyi, I am afraid that if other royal families are treated so harshly, they will feel resentful and unscrupulous. As a minister, since we are unable to control and unwilling to choose which side to support, if we still want to protect ourselves, then the best way is to do nothing. In this way, no matter who wins and loses in the end, we will not be implicated. But the Song people are now... their hands are stretched long enough. When Ren Dejing was about to send Ye Qing to our Xia Kingdom, and now it is him again. This person is really powerful in the Song court and has the power to the court and the people. It seems that he should not be offended easily in the future."
Chapter completed!