The last conscience of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 163 Golden Cave Cauldron

What, you heard that right.

"Get out!" Zhe Ke hit Yao Pingzhong with the scabbard and threw the scabbard at him.

Yao Pingzhong smiled widely, held a knife in one hand and saluted: "I have the order, thank you for your control."

After that, he ran and took the people out.

It's so funny that it can't be laughed at.

Because there are too many.

Sheep, sheepskins, winter clothes, grain, ordnance.

Too much.

There are so many that he can predict that Xixia will definitely mobilize a large army to attack and will never give up this large warehouse.

After returning to the general's residence, Zhe Keshi began to write letters frantically.

Ask for help.

Hurry up and write to Bianjing, Cao Ping in the Hehuang area, Liang Shicheng who stayed in Lanzhou, Zhongshidao, Zhejia Camp, and everyone he can contact. .

Be prepared for the attack of Xixia army.

Tao Zhijie is also writing letters to Yongxingjun Road, Qinfeng Road, Hehuang...

He wanted to first transport out the massive amounts of food and military equipment accumulated here, and then arrange for a large number of civilians to come and build this fortress to fight against the incoming Xixia army.

Lu Huiqing is not in a hurry to return to Bianjing.

He knew Yanzhou originally, and now it can be said that this place belongs to Yanzhou.

He took charge of daily affairs and began to make arrangements.

No matter what, we must first survive Xixia's counterattack.

This time, it was impossible for Xixia not to attack.

Xixia was already in great pain when Hehuang was lost.

At present, the most important grain storage place south of Xiazhou is being attacked by the Song Dynasty. Xixia cannot sit idly by and ignore it.

The war is imminent.

a few days later.

The little king of Xixia, Li Qianshun, was holding the battle report. He was only 17 years old and encountered such a thing in his first year in power.

Read it carefully three times.

Li Qianshun drew his sword and roared angrily: "The Song Dynasty took away our Golden Cave Cauldron and sent out troops."

This loss is not ordinary.

South of Xiazhou, it is the largest kiln where grain is stored.At the moment, Zhe Keshi and others have not discovered the grain stored in the cellar, but only the grain in the open warehouse, which makes Zhe Keshi feel that the Xixia Hui army has gone south.

The food stored in the cellar here is many times more than what is seen on the surface.

Xixia sent troops.

The Xixia cavalry guarding the capital went into battle.

On the Song Dynasty, Weizhou sent troops and Qingzhou sent troops to help Yanzhou.

In the Hehuang area, Cao Ping ordered all the generals to lead the army north to attack the Xixia city to relieve the pressure on Yanzhou.

Liang Shicheng is also a ruthless person. He knows that at this time, he cannot be cowardly.

If he is timid, it will be difficult for his son to deal with him in Bianjing.

He personally led [-] elite troops from Lanzhou to Xiazhou in Xixia.

A war that no one expected began like this.

Yao Pingzhong put on a full set of infantry armor, and after winning the first battle, he led [-] soldiers and horses to the north and faced off with the main force of the Xixia Army in Lingzhou. He lost more than half of his troops in the battle and almost lost his life in the south of Lingzhou.

Fortunately, Zhe Keshi arrived with the main force and fought fiercely with the Xixia heavy cavalry in Lingzhou.

On the third day of the fierce battle, Yu Xuan came.

"This is the Xixia Army intelligence collected by my people." Yu Xuan gave the information, and then said: "There are kilns found outside Shibao City. The shallowest one is two feet seven feet deep, the mouth of the kiln is two feet, and the deepest kiln is It's four feet and five feet deep, and it's all filled with grain. I'm still exploring the grain caches of the Xixia people, but I've found more than a dozen of them, and I think there will be more."

After Zhe Keshi read it, he summoned his generals: "The decisive battle with the main force of Xixia will be at Lingzhou River. All generals will obey orders."

The discount is clear and it is impossible to withdraw.

It is impossible for them to transport so much stored food in a short time.I don’t know how many years the Xixia people have accumulated food.

That building, which was four feet and five feet deep, could easily hold more than ten thousand loads of grain, and I wouldn't have allowed it to fall into the hands of the enemy.

Now, there is only a bloody battle.

Keep that food.

At this time, Cao Shaoan was in the stone castle and began to inspect the cellar he discovered.

All are standard cellars.

The lower layer is the rammed earth layer, then the fire-baked layer, and then the braised earth and grass ash cushion.Next is a layer of grass, a layer of boards, a layer of chaff, a layer of mats, and then the grain.

This is a standard large kiln for storing grain.

The Song Dynasty itself had quite a few, and more were left over from the Tang Dynasty.

This kind of kiln can store grain for hundreds of years.

Cao Shaoan made a rounds and ordered: "Continue to explore and don't open the cellar easily."

The more food cellars there are, the crazier Xixia will attack here.

Who can bear it, the food that has been stored for many years is snatched away by the enemy.

In the northwest, the war between the Song Army and Xixia began.

The Song army killed nearly a million sheep alone.

The mutton was used to feed the soldiers, and the sheepskin was urgently made into winter clothes and sent to the front lines.

Where's the food?

This is not in vain. I picked up a lot of food from Xixia. The armies fighting in the Lingzhou area can eat freely.

And the Hehuang side is heading north.

Attacking the city was the second step, mainly to attract Xixia troops and reduce the pressure on Yanzhou.

Mainly, the armies on the Hehuang side also began to search to see if there was any food that Xixia had stored on the border, and they could also make a small fortune by the way.

Let’s talk about Bianjing.

Liang Xin received official documents from Yanzhou and stones from Hehuang.

He took it and entered the palace.

Zhao Ji is practicing calligraphy and is very focused.

Liang Xin stood aside, picked up the ink stick and slowly helped Zhao Ji grind the ink.

Just like that, Zhao Ji put down his pen after half an hour.

Zhao Ji: "Brother Xin, is something wrong?"

Liang Xin: "It's not a big deal. I told you that I'm the only one responsible for the trouble. Nothing can affect your happiness."

Zhao Ji likes to hear this.

He couldn't tell what a big event was.

As long as the Liao army did not move south in large numbers, he felt that nothing would be a big deal.

At this time, Liang Xin took out a stone: "This thing is called desert rose stone. It was not carved by humans. It is a stone blown by natural wind and sand. My father found it by chance in the northwest. Later, he sent people to search for it, and found this It’s a very delicate piece, I don’t know if you like it.”

Zhao Ji smiled: "Brother Xin, you understand me. This thing is novel, I like it, of course I like it. It's just that this part feels broken."

"It doesn't matter if it's broken. If you order someone to search for it, you'll definitely find something in better condition."

"Yes, yes."

Liang Xin then said: "Over there in Yanzhou, they raided a grain storage place in Xixia. They found a huge amount of stored grain. The Xixia people were unwilling to give in and sent troops south. The fight was lively. I have seen it. The battle has been reported, we must have won this time, we will just go back and deal with the envoys from Xixia."

Liang Xin: "Emperors and sage kings of all dynasties all have a halo on their heads, which is called opening up territories and expanding territories, and now you also have it."

"Okay, reward, reward heavily."

"Of course you'll be rewarded heavily, and there's another thing. You have to shower and change clothes. I'll show you, this is called auspiciousness descending from heaven."

Zhao Ji looked confused: "Really? Seriously?"

"really."

What kind of auspiciousness comes from heaven, in Liang Xin's eyes, this thing is just a stone.

(End of this chapter)