Chapter 622
Mr. Zhong thought about it before and afterwards, but he really racked his brains, but he could do nothing. However, he immediately sent a messenger to rush to the Dingbian Army, informed Han Zhongyan and Han about the situation here, and requested reinforcements by the way.
The 40,000 troops he brought were not short of siege weapons, just to prevent Liang Yi from controlling his subordinates. Some of the forts were not taken down by Liang Yi, and they used these siege weapons to deal with those disobedient guys.
However, there are 50,000 Xixia soldiers and horses in the ancient city of Wuyan. Even if there are more than 10,000 disabled soldiers, they still have 40,000 lively troops and can still defend the ancient city of Wuyan. This is very painful.
"Mr. Liang, I don't know how long it will take for the Western Xia soldiers to cross the river?" Zhong Shidao finally turned his attention to Liang Yipin, hoping that this former Prime Minister of the Western Xia could give him some good advice.
"General Zhong, you don't have to worry too much. Although the ancient city of Wuyan is built against the river, there is indeed a ferry there to cross the river, but..." Liang Yibi's mouth gently raised.
"The ferry there has been destroyed by Liang's order. All ships sailing in the Wuding River, which were originally controlled by the Jianing Military Office, have been burned by Liang's orders."
"So, if they want to cross the river, they will probably have to spend at least a long time collecting wood to make rafts before they can start crossing the river. Or they may wait for about a month, and after the Wuding River is completely frozen and frozen, they will walk directly from the ice..."
After hearing this, Master Zhong let out a long sigh, but he looked at Liang Yibi a little unhappy. After all, since the other party already knew the result, why didn't he say it, it made me worry for a long time.
"But Liang has another concern. If Sa Chen and others find that they cannot cross the river in a short period of time, and are worried that they are trapped by the Tiger Ben army of the Song Dynasty in the ancient city of Wuyan, they may have placed more than 10,000 wounded soldiers in the ancient city of Wuyan, which is called "staying and waiting for assistance."
And to lead the more than 40,000 troops and continue to advance along the Hebei region. As long as they seize the three-chakou in the north, it would be equivalent to opening up the last checkpoint between the Jianing army and Xiazhou..."
Listening to Liang Yibi's analysis, Zhong Shidao's expression also seemed much more cautious. "What the gentleman said is very true. It seems that there is no need to be anxious to encircle and suppress the ancient city of Wuyan. What I, the Song Dynasty, needs to do more is to control the Jianing Military Office so that this place will not be in danger of being repeatedly defeated by the Western Xia."
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After the military convening was concluded, Zhong Shidao sent 15,000 Great Song cavalry, along with the surrendered generals sent by Liang Yibu, and took Liang Yibu's seal and his handwritten letter to Youzhou in the north.
As for the Xixia soldiers and horses in Wuyan Ancient City, since they can't get rid of them, they can only ignore them for the time being and take down Yuzhou as soon as possible.
After all, the importance of Youzhou is much larger than that of the Wuyan Ancient City. As long as you can control your residence in Youzhou and Hongzhou, you will find a way. I believe that after receiving the news, Han Xiang will come day and night.
At that time, if we join forces, we will not have to worry about not being able to deal with the tens of thousands of Western Xia soldiers. Of course, Zhong Shidao did not forget to send messengers to contact Yanzhou so that Zhe Kexing, Wang Wushan and others could know about the situation in Hong and Yuzhou.
After the military discussion ended, Zhong Shidao seemed to have thought of something and called Liang Yipin to stay first.
Liang Yi-bing couldn't help but be a little surprised, but he waved his hand to the surrendered generals who were staring at him.
"It seems that Mr. Husband's prestige is indeed extremely high. No wonder he can return nearly 100,000 troops to my Song Dynasty. Being able to get help from Mr. Husband is actually a blessing for my Song Dynasty."
Liang Yifei sat with the guest and host of the teacher in a modest sentence, but the next sentence from Master Zhong made Liang Yifei so shocked that he almost jumped up from his position.
"Sir, maybe I don't know that some of the surrendered soldiers currently stationed in the camp outside the city are secretly connecting with each other, and some of the surrendered soldiers have quietly left the military camp and headed to the ancient city of Wuyan..."
"General Zhong..." Liang Yibi's face turned slightly pale, and he was defending himself. Zhong Shidao shook his head. "Zhong Mou naturally believes in Mr. Mr., but among the 100,000 troops commanded by Mr. Mr., there will always be some people who are unwilling to accept it and unwilling to..."
"After all, those people were your subordinates and confidants. Zang had said before that since you are willing to surrender to my Song Dynasty, Zang would naturally welcome him on behalf of the Song Dynasty. If you don't want to, then Zang would naturally not force him to stay. But if someone sincerely wants to make trouble."
"Please rest assured that General Zhong. If someone really dares to do this, please tell Liang that Liang will definitely give the general a satisfactory explanation."
"It's worthy of being Mr. Liang, it's okay. Here are some things I have collected in the past two days. Mr. Zhong handed them over to Mr. Liang..." Speaking of this, Mr. Zhong took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Liang Yi in front of him.
Liang Yiqi took this and swept it quickly, took a deep breath, and then gave him respectfully before leaving.
Not long after Liang Yiqi, who was obviously a little angry, left, a general returned to the hall and asked Master Zong.
"General, why don't you handle this matter yourself, and you still have to leave it to Liang Yipin?"
"Now, the Xixia army has just surrendered to our Song Dynasty. It is a time when people are uneasy. If Zhong does it, it is likely to have a counterproductive effect."
"Oh... this time the troops were too urgent. What's important is that Yanzhou was empty. As a result, Zhong Mou really felt that the troops were insufficient... He could only hope that the Han Prime Minister could enter Hongzhou quickly. In this way, the overall situation would be stabilized and some surrendered generals who still had other ideas."
Liang Yibi and others left the prefecture government office and came to their current new residence, which is a large mansion next to the prefecture government office. These important surrendered generals temporarily lived here.
Zhong Shidao was very considerate and allowed Liang Yipeng and others to leave 100 guards, but these guards could only be guarded in the house, and outside the courtyard was guarded by soldiers of the Song army.
A group of people gathered in the living room of the house, baking a warm brazier and drinking tea. Wen Qi finally couldn't help but ask Liang Yibi.
"Sir, why don't you mention General Zhong and let us lead our army to the ancient city of Wuyan to attack Sachen. Maybe the Master Zhong will agree to our request to rescue. In this way, we will make new contributions when we first surrender, which will be of considerable benefit to us and our soldiers."
Chapter completed!