Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Lu Jingfu, Lu Jingfu.

Di Qingdan just recited these three words silently in his heart, and the face that made him think about it day and night appeared in front of his eyes, causing ripples.

It's a pity that no matter how much he wants to spread his wings and fly back to meet Lu Ci, it will definitely not be possible in the short term.

It was less than half a day since he was stationed in Qingjian City. Xia Jun, who had been chasing after him, finally found his way and arrived here one after another from the Dali River area. Chengchi... was taken aback.

Half a month ago, apart from the broken tiles of the old city of Kuanzhou, there was clearly nothing else here.

Song people actually built a huge city under their noses!

As the main player of this trilogy, Tan Ying was the most shocked.

Xia Guo's army, which was able to follow Di Qing all the way without being dragged, was obviously dominated by cavalry.

Its coach, Tan Ying, is good at blitzkrieg, and it is definitely not a method of attacking tough battles.

According to common sense, the best decision at this time should be to withdraw to Xiazhai immediately and adjust as soon as possible, but Tan Ying, who has been biting the Song Army all the way, is unwilling to give up no matter what.

He dared to chase Di Qing for so long because he was sure that the other party was exhausted, morale was low, and he was at the end of his battle during the several months of expedition.

The arrogance that seems to be provocative everywhere should be broken with one blow.

Tan Ying firmly believed that as long as he was allowed to find an opportunity to fight head-on with him, Di Qing would die on the spot, even if he was a strong general with one against a hundred.

——Who would have thought that Di Qing would find an extra military camp to hide in when he went back to this place after hiding for half a month?

With a gloomy face, Tan Ying walked around the city for a few times, although he couldn't see any major flaws, he ordered people to attack for an hour against the rain of arrows falling from the top of the city.

Seeing that the city wall blocking his way was not the superficial and perfunctory work he expected, Tan Ying knew that he would not gain any advantage if he persisted, so he immediately ordered people to withdraw.

After the First World War failed, he did not go far, but only withdrew from the place where he was shot, and set up camp by the Yanshui River.

Every day after that, he trained soldiers in the camp, and at the same time stared at the Song soldiers in the city.

He is waiting.

Wait until the Song army's food and water run out in the city where it is impossible to get water from the river, so that the city will collapse without attack.

Tan Ying, who was thinking about this, didn't know that Zhong Shiheng had forcibly overcome the millennium problem of no water in the city with his natural stubbornness and a sky-high bill.

Not to mention that his waiting is doomed to become a futile effort.

Di Qing watched calmly, naturally he would not 'kindly' remind the other party.

It is true that Qingjian City, which was surrounded by Xia Jun, could not obtain military supplies from outside; but for Xia Jun who also marched outside for more than a month, it was difficult to obtain military supplies, and he could not even find a tile to cover himself, so he could only sleep outside. In other words, it is a severe test.

When the careful Zhong Shiheng first built Qingjian City, he "borrowed" a large amount of food and grass from the surrounding Songzhai in advance, and stocked it. If it only needs to support Di Qing's thousands of people, it will definitely last for half a year. down.

Tan Ying waited patiently for half a month, but he didn't see any movement from the Song Army who was firmly guarding Qingjian City, and he immediately became suspicious.

Even if there is no shortage of dry food for a while, the water is limited by the container, so it is destined not to store too much.

How could the people in the city be so indifferent to the Yanshui River, which is the only vital source of water, which is strictly guarded by him?

Tan Ying suddenly had an ominous premonition.

He sensed that something was wrong, and while sending people to investigate the situation of this mysterious city, he personally led hundreds of cavalry to attack the nearby Qiang villages, burning, killing and looting in order to obtain temporary military supplies.

It was from these Qiang people who kept begging for mercy that he learned that the city that had been dry for hundreds of years had been dug out by General Yi Song!

No wonder Song Jun was not in a hurry - if it were him, he would definitely treat himself as a clown who knew nothing about the truth and thought he had the chance to win!

Although Di Qing paid attention to the persistent Xia Jun who was guarding outside every day, he never felt the slightest anxiety about being trapped.

He recognized Tan Ying's flag early in the morning: As one of Li Yuanhao's highly valued generals, the opponent dared to pursue him deeply for more than a month, so he was not unconfident.

—Where does this arrogance come from?

Naturally, it came from his own strength and his contempt for him.

Because Di Qing saw through this point, and was also protecting Zhong Shiheng who built the city, he kept suppressing the urge to confront him head-on, even in the process of hiding and dodging, so he appeared embarrassed and showed a cowardly heart to fight.

I don't know if he was trying to show weakness, so he made Tan Ying even more determined to destroy him, and he refused to give up even after chasing him to a city that was clearly not conducive to the opponent.

The lieutenant general in Qingjian City also paid close attention to Xia Jun's movements. Whenever Tan Ying personally led troops to Qiang Village several times, he was very anxious and repeatedly asked Di Qing to send troops.

Isn't it a great opportunity to disperse Xia's army by launching a surprise attack when the chief general is not in the army?

Di Qing shook his head and rejected the proposal again: "It's not the time yet."

It was not the moment when Tan Ying was the most annoyed, arrogant, and irrational.

Tan Ying led [-] elite cavalry, and on Da Song's side, even if the [-] elite soldiers left in Qingjian City were counted, there were not enough [-] troops.

Abandoning the advantages of guarding the city and waiting for work with leisure, and choosing a head-to-head style of play, both sides will suffer heavy casualties. Even if they win the final victory, it is obviously not worthwhile.

Di Qing cherishes his soldiers very much: he is still planning to take them to continue the expedition, so why would he want to lose here for nothing.

What's more, Tan Ying is by no means a negligent person: since he was stationed in Qingjian City, except for the tentative onslaught on the Qingjian city wall the day before, he has never been close to half a step, and only concentrates on guarding the water source. His patience... The depth of his city and the cunning of his heart can be seen from this.

However, it should be soon.

Di Qing looked at the wolf smoke rising from the hills not far away, and listened to the faint sounds of gold and cries, thoughtfully.

——Getting the truth from the Qiang village that there is no shortage of water in the city should be the last straw that breaks Tan Ying's patience.

That night, there was frequent commotion in Xia Jun's barracks, and the noise was so loud that even the soldiers at Qingjian City could hear it clearly.

Di Qing went to the top of the wall and waited silently for a while, but saw the enemy barracks suddenly exploded, accompanied by Tan Ying's furious curses, a small group of Xia soldiers rushed to the gate of Qingjian City.

Just when the Song army tensed up at the top of the city and was ready to face the battle, the small group of Xia army made a move that surprised everyone: before entering the place of shooting, they not only dropped their weapons, but also used their bodyguards to defend themselves. His armor was cut off, and he continued to approach unarmed.

"This--"

The deputy general couldn't figure out their intentions, lost his mind for a while, and looked at Di Qing subconsciously: "Di Lingxia, is this...?"

Di Qing nodded lightly, raised his voice suddenly, and shouted in Dangxiang words: "Stop."

The Xia army stopped after hearing the sound, and looked up eagerly, as if they had found some backbone again, chattering, not knowing what to say.

Most of the soldiers of the Song army, including the lieutenant general, could not understand the party talk that Li Yuanhao had recently tossed about.

Seeing that Di Qing was listening carefully and answering a few words from time to time, he could only admire him, secretly thinking that the leader of the department was extraordinary.

Since he couldn't understand, he waited quietly, only waiting for Di Qing's order.

Di Qing listened without changing his expression, and after nodding, the Xia army stood peacefully and remained motionless.

While the lieutenant was eagerly waiting for an answer, Di Qing suddenly raised his hand.

What he gave turned out to be the signal to immediately open the city gate and attack Xiazhai!

The lieutenant general's eyes widened in astonishment, and as soon as he conveyed the general order instinctively, he heard Di Qing shouted in a deep voice: "Xia Gou is so arrogant, he came to the door to speak provocatively... What are you going to endure? Attack immediately!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a drop of cold water falling into the boiling oil, which completely blasted the confused Song Jun.

After eating and drinking in the city for more than half a month, they have already fully recovered, and many of them even gained a little weight.

Facing the arrogant Xia army who dared to besiege them, they were full of anger when they were blocked in the city. If it weren't for the strict military discipline, some people would have been unable to bear it.

Now he was just confused by that team Xia Jun, and after General Di explained the confusion himself, they were immediately so angry that they cursed.

So Di Qing gave an order, and everyone immediately grasped the weapons in their hands, stepped on their horses, and as the city gate opened quickly, countless ferocious Song soldiers rushed out, shouting to fight and kill.

The small group of Xia Jun standing unarmed in front of the city gate was trampled into a pulp by the angry Song Qi before he could react.

Tan Ying never dreamed that Di Qing, who had always acted timidly and embarrassed, and made him look down, would play cards so unreasonably.

He failed to collect enough food supplies in the Qiang village, and the rations accompanying the army had been eaten up long ago.

The morale of the soldiers who barely ate half full was low, and in his eyes, the original support was just a joke... Faced with this difficult deadlock, no matter how unwilling he was, he could only hate that kid Di Qing for being so lucky that he had to retreated.

As a last-ditch effort, he sent a small group of soldiers to feign surrender in case the Song army saw a flaw when he withdrew and chased after him with morale.

How did he expect that after disarming with sincerity, Di Qing, who had just accepted the request to surrender with a pleasing face, suddenly turned his face and refused to recognize anyone, and personally led troops to kill him in the formation? !

Originally, he only wanted to confuse Di Qing by feigning surrender, so that he could evacuate Tan Ying smoothly, but this Song Future, who had been underestimated by him, did everything he could and was caught off guard!

Under the strong wind in the dark sky, Tan Ying certainly reacted quickly enough, trying to straighten out the formation, and charged towards the Song army who was coming to kill the general.

However, the sky did not fulfill his wish: Xia Jun, who was already hungry and had no progress in the stalemate for nearly two months, was panicked for a while when he faced the menacing and well-fed Song Jun in a hurry , fled around.

Those who can immediately pick up weapons to resist like Tan Ying are only a few in the Xia army.

And Di Qing wore a bronze mask, and personally went into battle to kill the enemy, rampaging in the field, as if entering the land of no one.

This unstoppable force was even more terrifying in the dark night, and Xia Jun, who was facing him, was so terrified that he couldn't run away.

Rao Tan Ying and the generals resisted tenaciously. In the end, apart from fleeing in embarrassment, they still had no good strategy to stabilize the defeated army or break out of the encirclement.

Five hours later, when the sky was bright, there were already corpses everywhere in the field—five or six generals of the Xia army and more than 700 soldiers who came down from the Tan camp died in battle, and more than [-] horses were looted by the Song army.

Although it was known that more than 6000 members of the Xia army were able to escape in all directions, Di Qing did not want to fight at all, but immediately ordered the soldiers to simply clear the field, and then withdrew to Qingjian City within an hour.

What he didn't explain to the lieutenant general was: the so-called provocation was a lie he casually told because he had no time to explain in detail, and relying on the fact that few people could understand the party's words.

The purpose of the team Xia Jun said was actually to surrender.

If the "Confucian generals" headed by Fan Yong heard this and saw the "Xia Jun riot" with their own eyes, I'm afraid they would be [-]% convinced.

At that time, it would be a small matter to miss the opportunity to tell Tan Ying to withdraw his troops smoothly.

The most terrible thing is to arrange spies who pretend to surrender to come into the city and plant hidden dangers.

However, Tan Ying didn't know that this trick was called Xia Jun's envoy. It was a time-tested trick, but it was destined to run into a wall in front of Di Qing, who was familiar with military books and history books and had confronted Xia Jun many times.

From Di Qing's point of view, in order to defeat the Song army's morale, these scumbags who were inferior to animals and devoid of human relations, who were able to use such arms as the son-in-law, used to be deceitful in every battle.

Especially Li Yuanhao, who killed his mother and brother, imprisoned his father, and ascended to the throne by killing, has always been shameless in order to win the final victory.

Di Qing would never believe any flaws that the old and cunning Tan Ying took the initiative to sell. He would rather stand still and fight for a one-hit kill.

Regarding Xia Jun's feint-surrender, which could be said to have been tried and tested in the past, he couldn't believe it any more.

Xia Jun's feigned surrender in such a situation where it was obvious that he could not launch a strong attack, there was probably only one purpose left--weakness in the formation, so it was necessary to evacuate with a confusing formation.

This is exactly what Di Qing has been waiting for for a long time and has the highest chance of winning.

The news of this great victory soon spread, and the morale of the Xia army plummeted, while the morale of the Song army rose.

Di Qing finally got instructions from Yanzhou Zhoucheng in advance to deploy and report the military situation along the same route.

He forcibly suppressed his excitement, and waited until Zhong Shiheng returned to Qingjian City. After the two completed the handover, they didn't want to delay even a moment, and rushed towards Yanzhou City in a hurry.

Zhong Shiheng stared dumbfounded at his galloping back, turned his head after a long while, and sighed to the lieutenant general: "Don't look at how steady Hanchen is usually, but at this moment of promotion and fortune, he still looks a bit young." It's full."

Having witnessed with his own eyes that Di Qing, the lieutenant general who went into battle calmly and calmly, did not panic before the battle, he was deeply convinced of this.

After sighing with emotion, Zhong Shiheng also got busy: in addition to the daily defense of Qingjian City, what he valued most were the nearby Qiang tribes who suffered heavy casualties and suffered heavy casualties.

On the upper left of Qingjian City, there is a series of Qiang tribes: use the barbarians to control the barbarians, without using your own soldiers... Not only the favorite of the court, but also the family.

As early as the moment when the city was built, Zhong Shiheng quietly included the Qiang people in the list of his descendants who were bound to win over.

If you want to send charcoal in the snow, if it is not now, when will it be?

Zhong Shiheng quickly ordered people to sort out the large and small bags of relief supplies, and under the banner of the Song Army, he went to comfort the survivors of the Qiang village in person.

Relying on the experience of hiring Qiang people with a lot of money not long ago to break through the rock formations in the city and dig out water sources, his face is not unfamiliar to the Qiang people at all.

Whether it was the heart-warming words full of caring, the practical supplies, or the deep-seated hatred for the Xia people in their hearts, they all completely made the Qiang people, who were just falling on both sides, lean towards the Song army.

Unfortunately, there are only a few Qiang villages that were looted by the Xia army and needed material assistance.

However, the nature of mutual help and solidarity among members of the same clan is what Zhong Shiheng is aiming at.

By appeasing the few surviving Qiang people, old and young, a large number of Qiang people can be recruited in. For them, they will do their best to protect their homeland.

The most important thing is that this group of Qiang soldiers does not need to use military rations to support them on weekdays.

When Zhong Shiheng was busy appeasing the Qiang friends and sending them warmth, Di Qing set off on Qingqi and arrived in Yanzhou City soon.

When he was under the tightly guarded city wall, the guards had to verify his identity and welcome him into the city, while Di Qing echoed the congratulatory crowd for his victory, he walked around without a trace of familiar figures.

What made him feel a little lost was that there were thousands of people who came to greet him spontaneously, some soldiers who couldn't help smiling at him, and even some girls who covered their faces and smiled shyly...

Only there is no one he most wants to see.

Before the lost emotions gradually filled his heart, Di Qing quickly recovered, and couldn't help but scolded himself for being hypocritical.

The grandfather is always busy with all kinds of opportunities, he is concerned about the situation of the battle, and he is not hesitating to take risks. He must be busy deploying the army at this time. It is rare to be able to take time off to listen to his report. How can he come to greet him in person?

On the other hand, I was supposed to fight side by side with my grandfather, and for myself who charged into battle for it, I was thinking about the love between my son and daughter all day long, and I hoped that my grandfather would also—

Di Qing was thinking wildly when he received a light blow on the back of the head.

Relying on the instinct of a martial artist, he grabbed the small object that bounced off.

Because of his indifferent and serious expression, the aura he condensed from the battlefield was captivating. Even though he was born with a handsome face, no young lady with a disturbed heart would dare to throw a fresh fruit at him like Lu Ci did.

Therefore, it was the first time for Di Qing to suffer this little attack.

He frowned, and slowly loosened his clenched palms.

Lying in the palm of his hand was a small sachet embroidered with the pattern of crabapple flowers.

In addition to a dry pear blossom, there is also a delicate golden wishful wishfull the size of a knuckle hidden inside.

Di Qing opened his eyes slightly, feeling something in his heart, he couldn't help raising his eyes, and followed the source of the throwing object——

The man who haunted him was dressed in plain robes, resting his elbows on the window sill on the second floor of the teahouse that no one had noticed, and was holding a folded folding fan. There was a tenderness on his jade-like handsome face. smile.

Seeing that he finally looked over, Lu Ci couldn't help but deepen the smile on the corner of his mouth, and winked playfully at the dazed little lover.

——My little Ruyi Langjun.