Chapter 1,246 The Decisive Battle Outside the City

The gentle spring rain makes people feel drowsy.

It was pitch black on top of the city.

Shen Ping'an was all dressed up, wrapped himself tightly in a windbreaker, and waited quietly.

"Back then, the late emperor opened Tianzhang Pavilion and asked Fan Wenzheng and me to write down the things that needed to be reformed in the Song Dynasty. At that time, I was so excited that I felt that the hope of the Song Dynasty was in my hands, right at my fingertips."

Fu Bi leaned on the inside of the city wall, wearing a helmet to protect him from the rain.

"The rules of my remonstrance are very similar to those of Fan Wenzheng. They both start with the administration of officials? Why?"

Fu Bi's face loomed in the darkness, "Because the root cause of the decline of the Song Dynasty lies in the administration of officials. Officials are clean and honest, they perform their duties loyally, and there are not many officials... In this way, the great governance of the world is not a problem."

Throughout the dynasties, each generation seemed to have reached the end of the dynasty, and the official administration was basically finished.

"After rectifying the officials, we can innovate one by one. At that time, it is like an arm and a finger. Do you understand?"

"Understood." Shen An certainly understood. "To reform the Song Dynasty, the first thing to do is to reform the officials. If the officials are clean and upright, and the officials and the court are of the same mind, then everything will be easier to do."

Later Taizu proposed this.

People around the millennium rarely have the same understanding of politics.

Fu Bi smiled, "But to rectify the government is to cut one's own flesh. It hurts! When it hurts, some people will scream, some will roar, and then they will attack in groups... I and Fan Wenzheng failed like this."

"Now that Da Song has stepped forward step by step, I have been thinking about you these past few years..."

Fu Bi came closer and stared at Shen An's blurry face in the darkness, "There is no young man like you... You seem to be fooling around and acting casually, but many things in the Song Dynasty are like this." The randomness has been changed, such as the Xiang army, such as supporting the clan... Did you do it intentionally or unintentionally? "

I go!

The old rich man is actually staring at me?

Shen An was a little hairy and laughed dryly: "The kid is just messing around. Fortunately, the officials and the princes are tolerant, otherwise the kid would have died long ago without a burial place."

"tolerant?"

Fu Bi suddenly laughed, "You charge in the front, and the officials and ministers set up a racket behind to support you. This way, if something unexpected happens, you can easily deal with it... What a strategy!"

"What's the plan?"

Shen An felt that Fu Bi was probably crazy.

"The officials and Han Qi put you at the front and watched you making trouble. Everyone is happy if you succeed. But if you don't succeed, they can still keep it secret..."

Fu Bi's voice in the darkness was more emotional, "Today's officials are really smart! If we had such means back then, how could we have completely failed..."

Back then, Renzong, Fan Zhongyan and others started the reform in this way. Then because they touched the vital interests of vested interests, Fan Zhongyan and others were fired from power. Zhao Zhen stopped talking about reform.

Shen An began to think that Fu Bi was making it up, but when he heard the rest, he made up his mind.

I am in the front, with the emperors and generals behind me, and on the opposite side, a large group of vicious guys are preparing to take action...

Damn it!

It’s really possible!

Could it be that the officials put someone at the forefront and treated someone as a buffer?

Shen An immediately laughed.

"why are you laughing?"

Fu Bi heard laughter.

Shen An said: "So what?"

"Aren't you angry?" Fu Bi felt strange.

No one likes to be taken advantage of.

"Someone is willing."

Money can't buy it, I am willing!

Shen An figured out these things in an instant, and suddenly felt that the spiritual platform was clear and bright, and he wanted to laugh out loud happily.

"I wish this was the case. Only in this way can the Song Dynasty gradually get better."

If not, how could he have the chance to touch those restricted areas?

For example, the clan reform!

Ha ha ha ha!

Shen An wanted to laugh happily, but at this moment, someone touched her.

"Lang Jun, Brother Chun has discovered something."

Shen An got up and walked over.

Huang Chun squatted behind the city wall, eyes closed and trembling.

He worked too hard during this period, and Shen An was worried that he would collapse.

"Mr. Lang is here."

Huang Chun raised his head and said, "Mr. Lang, here we come."

He didn't say anything, but Shen An understood and said, "Make some ginger soup for Brother Chun, and put it down below to warm up the fire."

"yes."

Two rural soldiers took Huang Chun down.

Shen An waved, and several generals gathered together.

"The enemy is attacking!"

"How did you find out?"

Several generals found it a bit incredible.

"Do it!" Shen An had no obligation to explain to them.

Then there was a slight commotion at the top of the city, and then it became quiet.

"come yet?"

Shen An returned to his seat, and Fu Bi had already taken off his windbreaker, shivering from the cold wind in the early morning.

"coming."

Shen An knelt on one knee on the top of the city, observing the outside through the battlements.

Fu Bi tried hard to adjust his breathing, but failed several times, so he smiled bitterly and said: "I am not as good as a pawn..."

"Just kill a few people." This is what Shen An has always emphasized, so Bao Zheng, Zeng Gongliang, Han Qi... these prime ministers all carried swords to kill.

The leader among them is Han Qi.

Driving a long car to chase him all the way, Lao Han shocked the entire Song Dynasty.

"good."

In the officialdom, Fu Bi could be Shen An's teacher, but on the battlefield, he was just a primary school student.

There were gradually more subtle sounds in the silent night.

Shen An closed his eyes and taught Fu Bi a lesson, and said in a low voice, "This is a small group of enemy troops who want to reach out and open the passage, and then the large army will break through the city..."

"How to deal with it?"

"Just waiting for work, just kill him."

Shen An smiled and held the handle of the knife.

Just like what happened at the city gate of Fuzhou.

He lowered his eyes slightly and listened as someone carefully set up the ladder behind him and then began to climb.

At this time, any hooks are useless, because there are too few people coming up, and once they are discovered, they will be surrounded and killed, but they will alert the snake.

Fu Bi's body trembled. He wanted to turn around, but a big hand pressed on his shoulder in the darkness.

This is Shen An.

The sound of climbing gradually approached.

Fu Bi felt like his breathing was trembling.

This was the first time he had been so close to the enemy.

When he could hear breathing, Fu Bi couldn't help it anymore.

At this moment, Shen An suddenly turned around and waved the long knife in his hand.

The Liao man who had just emerged lost his head, his body stagnated on the ladder for a moment, and then he collapsed.

Shen An shouted: "The enemy is attacking!"

"Enemy attack!"

"Light the torch!"

The Song army officers and soldiers who had been well prepared lit the torches, and suddenly the city was illuminated.

The long sword was waved, and those Liao people who had just come up were cut down one after another.

A brave Liao man rushed to the top of the city, but no one was his opponent.

"The city is broken!"

The Liao people who followed were cheering!

"Sabi!"

Shen An pointed at the man, and a team of crossbowmen rushed over and knelt on one knee.

"Fire the arrow!"

The Liao man waved his long knife indiscriminately to block, but the crossbow arrows were at high speed and were incomparable with the arrows released by the long bow. In an instant, he turned into a hedgehog.

The back of Fu Bi's head had been spattered with a lot of blood before. Now he was standing there, shouting with all his strength: "Drive them off! Drive them off!"

This kind of close combat made him a little flustered.

Shen An is excited.

"The enemy army is attacking!"

The distance suddenly turned into day, and countless torches illuminated the men and horses, who were approaching quickly.

"Crossbow array..."

In the city, huge crossbow arrays were scattered across the open space, and the crossbowmen began to cock their bows.

Among the galloping Liao cavalry, Yelu Hongji asked with a cold face: "Why are the Song army prepared?"

The city is full of torches. This is not a hasty response, but a long-term preparation.

"Chun Yu." A courtier said: "Your Majesty, Chun Yu is a warning to our army!"

The spring rain is coming, and if the Liao army does not take action, they will wait until the rainy season is over.

But with the army outside, it was not easy to transport food and grass, so the Liao army had to take action.

Yelu Hongji said angrily: "Tang County is a small town, I want to catch a turtle in an urn!"

The small town cannot be defended. Holding on to it is asking for death and being beaten passively. This is also what Yelu Hongji relies on.

But it's dark now!

The Liao army rushed to the front, and suddenly someone shouted: "What is that?"

Pieces of dark clouds composed of crossbow arrows floated over.

"It's the Song Army's crossbow array!"

Someone was exclaiming, and Yelu Hongji shouted: "Benshe!"

In the darkness, countless Liao cavalry rushed over.

"The enemy is approaching, be on guard against arrows!"

Shen An pulled Fu Bi down, and immediately heard the sound of arrows hitting the city wall, and a few unlucky ones screaming after being hit by arrows.

"Fire the arrow!"

As the enemy approached, the archers began to show off their power.

Arrows rained down from the top of the city. The Liao army suffered heavy casualties and immediately fought back.

"ah……"

Some of the archers at the top of the city kept screaming and falling down, and there was a steady stream of people filling the vacancies.

This is the battle formation!

"Crossbow volley!"

The crossbow arrows fired again, and the sound of tapping iron plates suddenly came from the Liao army.

"The enemy has withdrawn!"

This was a short battle. After the Liao army withdrew, the city head was inspected.

"Our army lost more than 300 people, mostly archers."

Shen An nodded.

The archers exchanged fire with each other, and the losses were expected.

"What will happen to the enemy?"

Fu Bi gradually calmed down.

"Yelu Hongji will wait for dawn and then lay siege to the city."

"So..." Fu Bi hesitated.

"The small town cannot hold on. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net will be passively attacked everywhere. The enemy only needs to surround it. Once our food and grass are cut off, we will be defeated without a fight."

Shen An analyzed the battle situation calmly, "At dawn later, our army must leave the city."

Fu Bi sighed: "Is there really a decisive battle?"

"uncertain!"

Shen An pointed to the city where someone was urging breakfast.

Breakfast is very simple, just flatbread and soup.

There was a lot of mutton fat in the soup, which gave it a strong smell.

But in this cold climate, the soldiers must supplement high-calorie food, and the conditions here are simple, so that's all.

The sky is getting brighter...

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

The cheers outside the city were deafening.

Fu Bi looked over.

All he could see were cavalry. Countless cavalry were surrounding something, it must be Yelu Hongji.

He raised his telescope and saw Emperor Liao.

The war horse moved elegantly and slowly headed towards the small town.

Kill him with a crossbow?

Just as this thought was about to arise, Yelu Hongji reined in his horse and stopped. Then he pointed to the left and right, and countless cavalry rushed out.

"This is to surround us."

Shen An burped and said, "We can't just sit back and wait, so... get ready to leave the city."

"With orders, get ready to leave the city!"

In an instant, the Song troops in the city began to gather.

There is no doubt that this is the decisive battle.

Everyone is ready.

Only the common people, who timidly watched the army gathering behind the city gate from behind the windows and doors of their homes, were worried about the outcome of this battle.

Shen An was at the front. When the army behind him was assembled, he ordered: "Open the city gate."

The city gate slowly opened, and the cheers outside suddenly stopped.

"The Song Army has left the city!"

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The fourth update is here, good night.