Lou Su rode a horse and looked at the Shanzhou city ahead. The city was already ruined, and gaps appeared in several places. The Song army on the city was also reduced a lot. Now the Jin army climbed to the city no longer as difficult as the previous few days, and the Jin army climbed the city from time to time. However, they were quickly driven down or killed by the Song army.

After looking for a while, Lou Su said, "The defenders in the city are exhausted, not like the previous few days. We only need to use one force to make the city break! Let your son work harder and make such a great contribution!"

Zhe Keqiu said: "Marson, it has been more than a month and a half, and my son is really exhausted. Why would our army retreat and rest for a few days and order the Khitans in the Bohai Sea to use their lives. How about it?"

Lou Su said: "I heard that there were a large number of Song troops coming from the direction of Guozhou, with a large number of people. The rest of the troops should be left to prepare for Song reinforcements."

After saying that, he said to Xiao Haohu on the side: "According to the detectives, thousands of people came from the south of the Song Dynasty and had arrived in Lingbao County. Tomorrow, you will take your subordinates to the west of Shanzhou to meet the enemy. Do not let them get close to the city. As long as you persist for three or five days, Shanzhou will be destroyed!"

Xiao Hao and Hu crossed his hands and said yes.

Lou Su said: "The reinforcements came from the south. After thinking about it, there were only Wang Xiaoli, who was in Dengzhou and Xiangyang. Apart from him, where were there any reinforcements in Shanzhou?"

Zhe Keqiu said: "Wang Xiaohuo only had thousands of soldiers and horses last year, and chased Yang to Dengzhou. How many troops can he have in a year?"

Lou Su said: "Dengzhou and Xiangyang are all places with rich money and food. They can recruit a lot of troops in a year. If it weren't for Wang Xiao's hunting, who would have come to save Shanzhou? But there is no need to be afraid of him. If he had great skills, what kind of army could he train in a year? I have tens of thousands of elite soldiers under the city of Shanzhou, why be afraid of a local army leader! After capturing Shanzhou, we will destroy the reinforcements we came together!"

The other generals made promises together.

In Lou Su's heart, his current army is enough to sweep Shaanxi Road. If it weren't for the difficulty of attacking Shanzhou, why waste time here?

At this time, the famous generals recognized by the Jin people in the Song Dynasty were Xu Huiyan from the former Jinning Army, and the other was Li Yanxian, Shaanxi Province. This time, Lou Su attacked Shanzhou for the first time, but the previous few times ended in failure. This time, he gathered a large army and decided to go to Shanzhou.

It is rare for the Jin army to encircle a city with tens of thousands of troops. This situation will only occur in large-scale offensive wars like Taiyuan and the capital. With Lou Su's identity and tens of thousands of troops, it shows the importance attached to Shaanxi and Li Yanxian.

Starting last autumn, the Jin army invaded the south on a large scale. The Jin army in the east was searching mountains and seas, and the Shaanxi province was attacking the west. Only by capturing Shanzhou could the Jin army attack Shaanxi with confidence and stabilize Hedong Road. For the Jin army, as long as the city was broken, it was worth it.

Wang Xiaolie decided to rescue Shanzhou, one because of the important position of Shanzhou, and the other because of his strength and boosting the morale of the Song army. The actual determination of the Jin army to attack Shanzhou was insufficient. Today is the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, and Shanzhou is in danger. Zhang Jun's 1,000 cavalry, including 300 people entering the city, plus the food they brought, were actually just two more days more than Shanzhou in history.

Tomorrow, Shao Ling's five thousand troops will arrive outside Shanzhou City. If he cannot give strong support to Shanzhou, he will still not change the overall situation.

The next morning, Xiao Haohu led 10,000 Khitan Bohai troops to march five miles west of Shanzhou City. He set up a formation to welcome Shao Ling's army.

At noon, Shao Ling's army arrived ten miles west of Shanzhou City, and the exploration of horses had already investigated the situation in Shanzhou clearly.

When Shao Ling heard that the Jin army was standing in front of him, he couldn't help frowning. If he couldn't get close to Shanzhou, how could he help Li Yanxian?

Let the army continue moving forward, Shao Ling recruited Zhang Jun and several generals under his command to discuss countermeasures together.

After listening to Shao Ling's introduction, Zhang Jun said: "If you fight with the Jin army ahead, it will not happen overnight. In the city of Shanzhou, Li Observer really couldn't hold on. Yesterday I saw that the city had been damaged in many places, and the Jin army entered the city every day!"

Shao Ling nodded: "Shaanzhou is like this, and we really cannot stand stalemate with the Jin army. We must send people into the city as soon as possible. However, five miles away from the front of the horse, there were tens of Jin soldiers. No matter how brave I am, I dare not say that I would kill them in one afternoon."

Zhang Jun nodded and didn't say anything. A few days ago, he competed with Wanyan Huo's female 1,000 cavalrymen, and Zhang Jun knew that the Jin army was definitely not comparable to the chaos army like Yang Jin he had encountered before.

In fact, looking back now, the Jin army that Wang Xiaolie encountered in Yong'an nearly two years ago may not be the True Jurchens, but more likely to be the vassal army. The small army we encountered in front may be the Jurchens, and those who fought in Gong County later may not be.

At this time, the Song Dynasty army often had a dark eye on the composition of the Jin army. It was often the Jin army that began to attack the city, and only then did they know that some Jurchens had arrived in front of them. Many times they even ran hundreds of miles away, but they still couldn't figure out who was attacking them.

Because the Khitans hated the Song Dynasty for their unsuccessful alliance, they joined forces with the Jin Dynasty to attack Liao before their destruction, and especially hated the Song Dynasty. The Khitans who surrendered to the Jin Kingdom often did not hate the Jurchens, but hated the Song Dynasty to the core. The Khitans with some status in the Jin Dynasty often instigated the Jin people to go south to attack Song.

Xu Yang said: "Accurately, when two armies fight, they can fight with the right combination and win with a strange victory. If you want to enter the city of Shanzhou, you should think of a strange plan."

Shao Ling sighed: "It is easy to enter Shanzhou City, but the difficult thing is whether the army outside the city can block the attack of the Jin army. We only have 5,000 people in tens of thousands of Jin troops outside the city of Shanzhou City. Even if we divide 1,000 people into the city, the remaining 4,000 people are in danger."

Zhang Jun said: "What my brother said is. As far as I have seen outside Shanzhou City these days, the combat power of the Jin army must not be underestimated. Not to mention the Zhen Jurchens, the other Khitans, Bohai, and even the Haner Army are extremely fierce. I heard that the one who attacks the city is the Zhe Keqiu's Prefecture Army. They have been attacking for seven or eight days. The corpses are piled up in the city, but they are still moving forward when attacking. In the past, I have never seen them as powerful as this dynasty."

Xu Yang said: "According to Zhang Tongzhi, there is no other way now, so we can send troops into the city. Otherwise, what should we do if we have a stalemate with the Jin army ahead for a few days, and the Jin army suddenly broke the city? Before Shanzhou was broken, the Jin army would only dare to divide the troops to deal with us. Once Shanzhou was broken, the entire army could be suppressed."

Shao Ling thought for a while and said, "I'm right, there's no way. I have to send troops into the city! Even if it's a little unfavorable, it's okay to retreat. The army you're observing in two days will arrive, and you won't be afraid at that time."

Zhang Jun said: "Don't worry too much. Our army has thousands, can't we hold on for a few days?"

Shao Ling didn't say anything. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and said decisively: "Xu Yang led five hundred troops, bring more food, and went around from the south of the army to the outside of Shanzhou City in advance. In the afternoon, I led the army to fight with the Jin army, and I dared not do anything, so you didn't have to worry about it. When the Jin army was slacking off, you would lead the troops into the city. When the afternoon battle, I would deliberately attack the right wing of the Jin army to make it easier for you."

Zhang Jun said: "The Jin army now has extremely strict siege. If it were just like this, it would be difficult to enter the city."
Chapter completed!