The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1675 Battle of Tanzhou ([-])
What is the meaning of this city gate? It is still being carried out in such a cold weather. The water is very precious. I really don’t know who came up with the idea. It took a lot of effort to transport this thing from Song Dynasty, and No one has discovered that few people can do this, but Song Jun did it, and the price is not usually high.

"Your Highness, we are ready, but will those things really work, preventing them from opening the city gate?" Gao Qiong was also worried. As a general, he naturally knew these things, but today he was a little skeptical , Why did you block the four city gates of Tanzhou? Is it effective?

"Haven't you heard the phrase "close the door and beat the dog?" I can deal with them by sealing them in Tanzhou. Just wait and see."

A trace of sneer appeared on the corner of Zhao Xu's mouth. It seemed that he did have an idea and a way to deal with the people in the city.

Gao Qiong still didn't understand. He understood the method of closing the door and beating the dog, but the key was how to beat the dog, how the stick was stretched out, but seeing Zhao Xu's confident look, he really didn't know what to do. Just ask.

There is still a long time before dawn. During this period of time, a lot of things can be done, and the night can just cover up everything. This is why Zhao Xu chose to do it at this time. The Song army outside the city is simply a little In terms of movement, the Liao Army is also closely monitoring every move of the Song Army camp.

However, they were focusing on the Song army camp, but they didn't fully pay attention to the things under their noses, and they would soon pay the price for it.

Under the night, Tanzhou City looked unusually quiet. Although the Song army was watching outside, there seemed to be no nervousness or anger inside the city.

Occasionally, groups of soldiers could be seen patrolling back and forth in the city, but there was nothing unusual about the rest.

"It's strange, what's going on, why are there so many brothers patrolling, why haven't we been notified, is it a temporary decision made by the higher-ups?"

"Maybe, now the outside is full of southerners. They have assembled a large-scale army outside the city. We must guard against the outside army. It will be bad if their people come in. Let's go, these people It's not something we should ask, and judging by their aura, they should be the personal guards of the King of the South Courtyard, let's go, let's continue our patrol."

The two soldiers speaking the Khitan language were talking together about the people they saw just now. The patrol team was a bit different, because they didn't receive any notification that there were additional personnel on guard like them.

But these two people quickly saw it away. It is impossible for Song people to come into the city at this time. The outside is so tightly surrounded, who can come in at this time, and those patrols they don't know are likely to be Yelu Haowu. bodyguards.

Thinking about it this way, they feel very happy. You see, even the guards of the King of the South Campus have come to patrol. What do we brothers say, continue to guard for our Daliao.

They didn't know that just after they passed by, the patrol members who just passed by them stopped, obviously giving off a very strange anger, and one of the leaders stood up:

"Everyone, start to act, you must be fast, don't be discovered, take care!"

They actually spoke Chinese, which means that they are from the Song Dynasty, because the Khitan people all speak Khitan in front of their own people. Although these people are wearing Khitan costumes, they speak Chinese, so these people are unlikely to be Khitan people.

There were about a dozen people in this team, and they dispersed quickly. Their movements were very light, and they disappeared into the distant street between the rabbits' ups and downs.

They walked into the houses on both sides of the street. Could it be that what they want is in these houses?

No one knows, if someone is here, they will definitely find that they didn't enter a place randomly, but directly chose, as if these private houses were chosen by them in the first place.

One of them stepped into the private house, locked the door from the inside, and opened the reed mat on the bed, which is similar to the Northeast Kang of later generations. After the reed mat was opened, a dark hole appeared below, and he jumped without saying a word. After entering, light gradually appeared inside. Below is an underground passage, which can only accommodate one person walking. It seems that it has been excavated for a long time, but it has not been discovered by anyone. That's it.

After walking for a while, he finally found out what was inside. There was actually gunpowder inside, yes, it was all gunpowder, but he didn't know where it was, but he could guess that it should be an important target.

This is just one place. There are no less than a dozen such arrangements in the whole city. These people in the city are looking for these things, and they are just to ignite the gunpowder. Even if the gunpowder is ignited, these people cannot be killed. Zhao Xu wasn't that cruel yet.

So they use fire pockets and candles. The candles are very short, and they will burn out in less than one-third of the time for the stick of incense. The fire pockets are similar. Lit, these personnel have ample time to leave.

These people finished all of this in a very short time. These people left the scene and came to the ground. They knew that the whole city would be chaotic, and they still had their own tasks to do.

"Stand on the grain and grass and don't allow anyone to approach, who are you?" He spoke in a strong Khitan language.

"We sealed the king's order to conduct a routine inspection. Don't worry, we just want to see if you are slacking off. Seeing that you are so alert brothers, I am relieved. Brothers have worked hard."

The answer is still in the Khitan language, so there is no need to doubt, these people are the soldiers of the Song Army who just came out of the tunnel. What are they doing here?
They pretended to be sent by Yelu Haowu to check whether they had any lazy people. This is very credible, and there is no need to hang around as a token, so saying this can dispel the suspicion of the Liao soldiers.

Not only can it dispel suspicion, but those who stand on guard should also be polite to them. Such people are important ministers around the king. If they say something bad about themselves, then they and others will be finished. Although it cannot be said that they lost their lives, But suffering is inevitable, so when they heard that they were the soldiers who came to supervise them, these soldiers guarding the food and grass quickly laughed.

(End of this chapter)