Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 266 Planning a big battle!
On the second day, Ye Beima still ignored Luowu City and continued to attack Funing City.

Ye Beima could see that Funing City had reached its end of its rope. All they needed to do was attack harder and harder, and Funing City would surely be captured today or tomorrow!

His estimate was correct. The people in Funing City were indeed exhausted. All the gunpowder and other supplies had been used up, and there were only a few crossbow arrows left.

There were not many craftsmen in the city who could make crossbows, and the rackets had long been destroyed by the catapults, along with the huts. The soldiers could only advance under a hail of stones and arrows.

Under such circumstances, casualties were naturally very serious. Hundreds of veterans had gone into battle with injuries, and after more than ten days of fighting, half of them were lying down, either dead or injured. More than a thousand of the two thousand soldiers also lay down, leaving only six or seven hundred soldiers able to continue fighting.

Six or seven hundred soldiers are naturally not enough to defend a city, so Wang Shunchen could only select civilians in the city to go up to the city to assist in the defense.

But how could the common people face life and death calmly when they had not received any training? There were many times when the common people retreated on a large scale, and Qi Ying led the law enforcement team to drive them away. Anyone who dared to escape was hacked to death on the spot.

None of the people present, including Zhen Shixuan, Zheng Nian'an, Wang Shunchen and others, thought there was a problem, saying that it was the people's freedom if they did not want to fight.

This is a moment of life and death. Once the Dangxiang people break into the city, the 20 to 30 thousand people in Funing City, whether they are soldiers or civilians, men or women, young or old, whether you are loyal to the Song Dynasty or willing to be the dogs of the Western Xia, will all die!
So at this moment, democracy, freedom, ethics and morals are all nonsense. The only problem at this moment is to survive!
The Tanguts' offensive paused for a moment. Zhen Shixuan stepped on a layer of slippery blood mud and squatted beside Wang Shunchen, who was panting against the city wall. Wang Shunchen had no intention of getting up, but stared at Zhen Shixuan with red eyes and said, "Zhen Zhonggui, what do you want me to do?"

The sound was hoarse, like two pieces of iron rubbing against each other.

Zhen Zhonggui half-knelt and said, "General Wang, how long can we hold on?"

Wang Shunchen stared at Zhen Shixuan and said, "I will wait until the day Su Jinglie returns."

Zhen Shixuan's expression did not change, but he asked, "When will Mr. Su be able to come back?"

Wang Shunchen shook his head slowly: "I don't know, but he is already preparing."

Zhen Shixuan sighed and walked down the city wall on the bloody mud.

The noise below the city started again. Wang Shunchen took a deep breath and turned over again, but he slipped on the bloody mud and fell to the ground. Qi Ying stepped over and helped him up, saying, "You should rest for a while."

Wang Shunchen shook his head and said, "You will sleep forever after death, there is no need to rush."

After saying that, Wang Shunchen strung his bow, glanced at the parapet, and then released an arrow with a whoosh. The arrow directly shot a Dangxiang leader off his horse.

However, this did not cause even a single ripple in the grand scene where tens of thousands of people attacked the city in an instant.

After Wang Shunchen shot a few arrows, he shouted to Qi Ying, "Hurry back to the law enforcement team. Anyone who dares to escape will be killed! Kill! Kill!"

Qi Ying hurried back and patrolled back and forth.

The siege war is about to begin!
This battle lasted from morning to dusk.

Ye Beima did not hesitate to personally go hundreds of steps outside the city and beat drums to boost morale. The Funing City was surrounded by enemies and was on the verge of collapse, but it refused to fall!

Messengers from Luowu City came one after another. In the evening, Ye Beima received another messenger. The messenger did not say a word, but handed over a letter from Helian Jun, the commander of Luowu City. On the letter was written: If reinforcements do not arrive, I will have to surrender!

Ye Beima tore the letter to pieces fiercely, looked at the deputy commander fiercely and said: "It's just a few days without water, why is it so serious, why is it so serious!"

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Mei Emai was speechless, thinking to himself, why don’t you try not drinking water for a few days? Maybe you can survive without food for a few days, but if you don’t drink water for a few days, I’m afraid many people would have died of thirst, right?

Ye Beima was just furious and helpless. He was actually extremely anxious. He found it hard to accept the fact that he had not been able to take over Funing City and the fate that was opening its mouth to him.

Ye Beima threw other things in the tent to the ground. Deputy Commander Mei Emai did not try to stop him, but just watched quietly.

After a long time, Ye Bei sat slumped in a chair in a daze, and then said with difficulty: "Mei Emai, you will be in charge from now on. Whether to continue the siege or return for reinforcements is up to you."

Mei E nodded, and then gave the order - return to Luowu City for support!
Just like he had done in the past ten days, Wang Shunchen climbed up to the top of the wall before dawn and looked at the enemy's camp. Smoke was rising from the camp. Wang Shunchen took a deep breath: Let's fight for one more day today!
But when the first rays of sunlight set, someone suddenly shouted, "The Xixia dog is running away!"

Wang Shunchen turned over and lay on the parapet to look at the Western Xia army camp. Sure enough, he saw that although the camp was still there, a large number of Western Xia troops were leaving while taking turns to cover each other.

"We are leaving!" Wang Shunchen had read a lot of military books, so he naturally knew the rules of the army's retreat. One army should be left behind to cover the rear, while the other armies would take turns to cover each other and retreat slowly. This way, they would not be caught and killed by the enemy.

If the entire army ran away, it would be a defeat, not a retreat.

The soldiers on the city wall began to cheer, and the joyful mood spread to the people below the city. After a moment, the whole city was filled with jubilation.

No matter how many people died, they would miss them in the future. At this moment, they had only survived. Wang Shunchen leaned against the city wall, two tears dripped from his eyes, and crossed his rough face. It was like rain falling into the desert, and was quickly absorbed, leaving only two tear marks.

Wang Shunchen's sadness lasted only a moment, and he soon regained his composure as a commander and sent out scouts to get the news. The scouts quickly rushed out, and after an hour or two, the scouts brought back news one after another.

"The Xixia army is here to rescue Luowu City. Luowu City is besieged by the Song army and their water supply has been cut off. There has been no water for several days and they are about to surrender. Ye Beima has no choice but to return to rescue!"

Wang Shunchen suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart: Jinglüe really hasn't given up on us!

Su Yun naturally did not give up on them.

From the moment Su Yun led 800 cavalrymen out of Funing City, he began planning a Northern Song Dynasty version of the Hundred Regiments Campaign!
Starting from Yinzhou City, they successively destroyed Xiazhou City and Youzhou City in order to completely cut off the food reserves of the Western Xia army on the border. Since the fall of Youzhou City, this plan has become possible to implement.

Let’s go back a few days in time.

Su Yun wrote a piece of cloth and tried to find a way to send it to Funing City, and then went to the Baoan Army.

The chief general of the Bao'an Army, Zhe Keshi, upon learning of Su Yun's arrival, hurried to meet him outside the city.

Seeing that Su Yun and his party were all dressed in Tangut attire, he could not help but wonder, and asked: "Su Jinglie, where are you from? I heard reports that you came from Song territory to join the Baoan Army, and there was almost a conflict."

Su Yun was a little surprised and said, "General Su, I am the governor of Fuyan Road, not the governor. Did you remember it wrong?"

Zhe Keshi was surprised and said, "Has Su Jinglie been in Xiajing for a long time? How come he didn't even know that he was promoted?

More than ten days ago, the court appointed you as the governor of Fuyan Road, and promoted you to the position of Zhongshu Sheren, Chao Sanlang. "

Su Yun finally understood and said with a smile, "So that's how it is. After I conquered Yinzhou City, I immediately conquered Xiazhou City. The day before yesterday, I conquered Youzhou City, and then I went to Longzhou City to join the Baoan Army. However, I didn't know about the imperial court's appointment."

Zhe Keshi and other deputy generals widened their eyes.

Zhe Keshi was surprised and said, "So that's how it is, so that's how it is, no wonder the Xixia army has been acting like a formidable enemy these past two days, so we dare not neglect it and have heavily guarded all the key points these days.

Su Jinglie, I see you have more than 700 cavalrymen. Could it be that you relied on these 700 cavalrymen to defeat several of the Xia Kingdom's garrisons?"

Su Yun had something important to ask of the An'an Army. In order to boost their confidence, he told them the details of the trip. Zhe Keshi and the others were dumbfounded. Zhe Keshi praised them repeatedly, "Amazing, amazing! No wonder Su Jinglie was able to guard the route at such a young age. It turns out that he is such a master of military tactics. I think Huo Qubing in the Han Dynasty could not have accomplished such an earth-shaking feat at your age!"

Su Yun was a little embarrassed by the praise and said, "Compared with the champion marquis, this achievement is just a firefly and does not deserve such praise. However, if I can accomplish what I want to do next, I can praise it."

Zhe Keshi's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he quickly invited Su Yun into the military camp, eliminating some officers of lower positions and leaving only a few senior generals in the army.

After sitting down, Zhe Keshi immediately asked: "Su Jinglie, do you have a big plan that requires the cooperation of the security army?"

Bao'an Army was under the jurisdiction of Fuyan Road. Fuyan Road was adjacent to Western Xia with three major military states, from west to east, namely Bao'an Army, Yanzhou and Suide Army. These three states also undertook the largest defense tasks in Fuyan Road, so they also had the largest number of troops.

Su Yun nodded and smiled, "I heard that General Zhe was born in a military family, he is calm, intelligent, quick to make decisions, proficient in poetry, medicine, divination, and good at archery. In his early years, he was recommended by Fuyan commander Guo Kui, passed the imperial examination, and was appointed as a palace attendant and served as a preparatory officer for the Fuyan Road Jinglüe Division.

Later, he followed General Zhong to go out of the border. He was brave and became more and more famous. In the fifth year of Yuanfeng, he fought with the Xia people at Sanjiaoling, recaptured Mizhi City, and defeated the enemy at Putao Mountain.

I think he is brave, good at fighting and resourceful. General Zhe, can you see what I want to do?"

Zhe Keshi was a little embarrassed by Su Yun's praise, but then he pondered for a moment and said, "Yinzhou, Xiazhou, and Youzhou are connected in a line, which are the three major fulcrums of Xixia's attack on our Song Dynasty. They supply the logistics of hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line. Su Jinglüe's capture of these three cities must have cut off their food storage. If my prediction is correct, the granaries of these three cities should have been burned down by Su Jinglüe."

Su Yun smiled and nodded, motioning for Zhe Keshi to continue.

Zhe Keshi half-squinted his eyes and said, "The food supply has been cut off, and Ye Beima must be at a loss. At this time, the Song army can counterattack. Su Jinglüe wants to gather the forces of the Suide Army, Yanzhou Army and Baoan Army to deal a fatal blow to the Western Xia army!"

Su Yun clapped his hands and laughed when he heard this: "General Zhe is indeed worthy of being a general's son. He understood my idea so quickly. Do you think it's feasible?"

Zhe Keshi immediately stood up and said, "Su Jinglie is the general manager. It is up to you to decide how to fight. I only follow the orders of the army. The orders of the army are as heavy as a mountain. Even if we have to climb mountains of swords and go through seas of fire, there is nothing we can refuse!"

Su Yun couldn't help but nodded. No wonder Zhe Keshi was a famous general. His political awareness was really high!

(End of this chapter)