Li Bingchang's thoughts have been struggling. If you don't save Taiyuan, how can you save it? An Qinggui stood aside and did not dare to make any sound. Li Bingchang stood in front of the map and thought for a long time and said, "I have decided not to save Taiyuan. I want to have a gamble."

"Don't save Taiyuan?" An Qinggui frowned and said, "What's the prince going to bet?"

"Since the Song army attacked Taiyuan and cut off my retreat, I also cut off my retreat." Li Bingchang said to An Qinggui; "You see, this is a spirit stone, which is the way for the Song army to contact the rear. As long as we take down the spirit stone, it is equivalent to blocking the Song army in the Taiyuan Basin, and then we will move back to the draw. I want to see how strong the Song army will is."

Li Bingchang's move was too cruel. Not only was he cruel to the enemy, but he was also cruel to himself. He was to put it to death and then die! If he couldn't live, he would really die. Li Bingchang tied 80,000 Xiamen with him. Taiyuan was an important center of the Great Xia Empire. The loss of Taiyuan was a heavy blow to Li Bingchang. If he could not fight back, Li Bingchang's political and military career would be completely over, let alone fighting for the position of crown prince.

Since he decided to attack the spirit stone, An Qinggui, as the deputy commander, naturally had full support. An Qinggui said to Li Bingchang: "Prince, let the last general attack the spirit stone!"

"No." Li Bingchang refused. When he made the final decision, Li Bingchang suddenly changed his attention; "It is not enough to attack a spirit stone alone. This bet is too small. I want to increase my bargaining chips."

An Qinggui frowned and asked, "Prince, what do you want?"

"I not only want to occupy the spirit stones, but also completely defeat the Song army and eliminate them." A fierce light flashed in Li Bingchang's eyes and said, "The spirit stone is a small city, only five thousand soldiers are enough. I will also send another army to detour the back of the Song army camp and attack the Song army on both sides."

"Prince, isn't it too risky to do this?" An Qinggui asked Li Bingchang.

"Adventure?" Li Bingchang sneered, "Now we are in a dead place. Instead of waiting for death, it is better to fight back and perhaps have unexpected gains."

"I will obey the prince's orders." An Qinggui took the order and said.

Li Bingchang ordered: "Sent all generals to go to the Central Army's tent to discuss matters."

After everyone arrived, Li Bingchang said with a firm attitude: "I received reliable information and Taiyuan was attacked by the Song army, but I do not plan to return to the army to rescue. Now even if we withdraw our troops back to Taiyuan, we may have fallen long ago; our army is already in a very passive situation, and I plan to defend and take a try."

"We swear to follow the prince to the death." The generals expressed their opinions.

"Okay, I don't know the combat mission below." Li Bingchang continued to order: "Deputy General Pang obeys the order and orders you to lead a 5,000 troops to capture the spirit stones."

"The last general takes the order." Deputy General Pang took over the military order.

"I personally led a 15,000 army to detour behind the Song camp and attack the Song army at night." Li Bingchang said.

"Your Majesty, you should go to the last general for attacking the Song army!" An Qinggui said.

"No, I have decided." Li Bingchang said with a firm attitude; "In the middle of the night two days later, I will attack on time. When I see the fire on the south side, General An, you will lead an army of 60,000 across Taigushui and cooperate with me to attack the Song army."

"Yes, the last general will receive the order." An Qinggui took over the military order.

After all the tasks were arranged, the Xia army began to prepare. Late the night of the next day, 20,000 Song troops quietly left the Xia army's camp and headed eastward. In fact, Li Bingchang's strategic plan was not very wise. After the war, Li Bingchang had received a secret letter of scolding Li Liangzuo. In the letter, Li Liangzuo did not say the responsibility for losing Taiyuan, but called Li Bingchang a fool. Li Liangzuo gave the combat plan that the Xia army took the initiative to evacuate and return to the army to rescue Taiyuan Prefecture, but quietly left ambush. When the Song army crossed the river and suddenly attacked, they could wipe out the Song army at the lowest price. Of course, this is a later story.

When Li Bingchang led his army out, Taiyuan was carrying out a cruel battle. Although there were no large-scale siege equipment, Zhang Miao demolished some houses in the outer city and made a lot of simple siege equipment, such as ladders, chariots, simple stone catapults, etc. The battle in the entire Taiyuan Prefecture was very fierce.

At the east gate of the inner city of Taiyuan Prefecture, this is the focus of the Song army's attack. Liang Yibang personally took the battle here to command. The battle had been going on for a day, and the blood had already dyed the city red. Liang Yibang dragged his tired body and was still patrolling the city defense. He checked the wounds of the injured soldiers from time to time. In just one day, the Xia army repelled more than 20 attacks of the Song army. Although it caused considerable casualties to the Song army, the Xia army itself also suffered heavy losses.

"Princess, why are you here?" Liang Yimang immediately walked to her and said when he saw Duan Rong.

"I'm idle in the palace and come here to take a look." Duan Rong said; "Cui'er, hurry up and give it to the soldiers."

"Yes, Empress..."

Duan Rong stood on the top of the city and said to everyone: "There are rumors in the city that this princess ran away. Today I came here to tell you that this princess did not run away, but stood in front of you. Although I can't take up swords and guns and can't get on the battlefield, if the Song army invades the city, this princess will not live alone. As long as we work together, we will be able to persevere until the prince's reinforcements arrive..."

"Defend Taiyuan to the death, and defend Taiyuan to the death..." the soldiers said passionately.

Now, Duan Rong, the princess of Jin, is the backbone of the entire Taiyuan. Duan Rong's appearance is much more important than Liang Yimeng's appearance. As the princess of Jin, who is leading the army outside, is in the city! The King of Jin, who is leading the army outside, will definitely rescue him as soon as possible when attacked in Taiyuan. Duan Rong's existence allowed all the Xia army soldiers who were fighting to the death to see hope. Although the inner city of Taiyuan has become an isolated island, it is still persisting and waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.

The news of the fall of Taiyuan has begun to spread. This news was sent to Ziwei Palace as fast as possible. Although some Xia troops are stationed in the area north of Taiyuan, they have not many troops, and there is no general in command, so they cannot rescue Taiyuan at all. In the imperial study of Ziwei Palace, after receiving the news, Li Liangzuo immediately ordered the King of Hengshan Li Hao to be the marshal of the marshal and organize troops to recover Taiyuan. In fact, Li Liangzuo did not need to order Li Hao. Li Hao had led the guards of the King of Hengshan and the soldiers under his command to advance to Taiyuan.

Just when Li Hao's army was rescued by Taiyuan, Li Bingchang led a 15,000 army to lurking into the mountains and forests in the eastern rear of the Song army. Li Bingchang was waiting for the opportunity, so night attacks were naturally the best choice; and after splitting the troops with Li Bingchang, Deputy General Pang continued to lead his troops southward across the mountains and ridges towards the spirit stones.

The situation on the battlefield is quietly changing. The two armies in the eastern border of the Xia and Song dynasties also began to fight on a small scale. At this time, the Xia army was waiting for an order, and Li Liangzuo issued an order to start a full war. The situation on the entire Xia and Song dynasties was very tense. In such a tense situation, the Song and Xia even sent envoys to each other.

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