Gaochang Wangting and Pugu Huaien were discussing the situation in Yizhou at this time with the ministers. Because they heard the news that after the train was connected to Yizhou, a large number of troops came, and they could not stay in the city, and many of them were camping outside. There was no spies reporting this matter, and it was difficult to find out who said it, which was very troublesome.

At this moment, a general rushed into the royal court and stepped forward to salute and said, "King, the Song army has come to Gaochang!"

Pugu Huaien didn't even think about what he was saying, and said, "Tenglisha, what did you say?"

Tenglisha bowed: "The Song army has already attacked Gaochang! I just came to report to the Ma Ma that the Song army has passed Liuzhong and is coming to Gaochang!"

This time I heard it clearly, Pugu Huaien stood up from his seat and asked loudly: "The Song army has only 3,000 people in Yizhou, why dare to come to Gaochang? Did the spy ask clearly? Did he read it wrong?"

Tenglisha said: "How could you read it wrong? The Song army's large cavalry came. The spy probably had about 5,000 people, but there were only 3,000 people!"

Pugu Huaien looked at the civil and military officials sitting on both sides and said, "There are only 3,000 soldiers and horses in Yizhou, so why did five thousand people come? Did they fly over? On the way from Juyan to Yizhou, I have never heard of a large group of Song troops passing by, and there has never been one!"

Pu Guchen bowed: "King, the railway is connected to Yizhou! The caravans who have been to Shengzhou say that the railway is magical. The trains above do not use food and grass, and can travel thousands of miles a day and night. And they can transport goods and people, one or two thousand miles a day and a few days apart."

Pugu Huaien said: "I always feel that these people were fooled by the Song people. How can there be such a magical object in the world? When a large army is moving, there must be food and supplies. How can a large number of Song troops enter Yizhou in a few days? On the way to Juyan to Yizhou, we have spies!"

Pu Guchen said, "But, have the spies seen the train? There have been road construction teams on that road and cars running. They have seen a lot. But after the road is repaired, if a large group of Song troops take the train to Yizhou, can they tell it?"

After hearing this, Pugu Huaien sat back slowly, and after a while, he said: "I don't believe that there are things like trains in the world that merchants talk about. If so, the Song people built the railway to Yizhou, how could we still defend it? The Central Plains are thousands of miles wide and the population is countless. Where can we resist the enemy? Can we bring troops to the Western Regions quickly? The Song people will not send envoys to let us surrender?"

Long Luodusha stood up and bowed, "King, the Song army's troops have arrived, there is no need to argue about why they came. It's only sixty miles from Liuzhong to Gaochang, and the Song army has passed Liuzhong, and you can go to Gaochang tomorrow. It's better to arrange the war quickly and how to deal with it!"

Pugu Huaien raised his head, looked at everyone, and said, "Yes, we will be in Gaochang tomorrow. How should we deal with the challenge?"

Long Luodusha said: "There are tens of thousands of soldiers in the city now. If the Song army only came with thousands of soldiers, they should not be able to capture Gaochang City. What is afraid of is the vanguard who came with the vanguard and there are brigades behind them to surround the city, what should we do?"

Puguchen said: "Around Gaochang, six or seven out of ten are in the city. As long as the walls and clear fields are strong, they will collect wheat and enter the city to defend themselves. Even if the Song army surrounded Gaochang City, how can they support it? He came with tens of thousands of people, but they were afraid that the logistics would not be able to support it."

Long Luodusha said: "Yu Yue, there are only 700 miles from Yizhou to Gaochang, and there is only the wind area in Guigukou in the middle that is difficult to travel. If the Song army's railway is as powerful as the merchants said, then it can transport grain from Yizhou, and it will not be unsupported!"

Pu Guchen said, "That train is so powerful? Can you easily transport grain if you travel thousands of miles?"

Long Luodusha said, "What's the point of doubting this now? The Song army has arrived! In my opinion, when the soldiers in the city are clicked in time to prepare for battle, and at the same time send a letter to Yanqi and Jiaohezhou, we must prevent the Song army from siegeing the city."

Gaochang is located near Turpan in later generations, a basin in a mountain. The terrain is flat and the roads are well connected. If there were many people from the Song army, there was no need to attack the city along the road, and they would attack wherever they were weak. In the end, even if they defend Gaochang, nothing would be left.

Pugu Huaien slapped his seat and said, "It's right! Immediately send a knife out of the city and tell the Song army that there are coming to attack. They guard the city tightly! General Long Luo quickly clicked the troops in the city and prepared to fight! Also, clicked the troops around and fought the Song army to death!"

Long Luodusha responded to his order and quickly stepped out of the royal court, bringing the generals who came to report the news to prepare for the fight.

Seeing the people walking out, Pugu Huaien said to Puguchen: "I still can't understand why the Song army suddenly sent troops to attack us. Even if the Song Dynasty occupied Hequ Road for more than two years, and had not sent envoys to pay tribute, it shouldn't be like this. Even if you have ambitions for Gaochang, you should send envoys here and explain it to us first. If there is really no way, you will send troops."

Pu Guchen said, "King, the strategic envoy of Hequlu Road in the Song Dynasty is Du Zhongxiao. Have you forgotten how he fought against Dangxiang?"

Pugu Huaien thought for a while and nodded, "Yes, this is wrong. After Du Zhongxiao occupied Hequ Road, he suddenly raised an army to attack Dangxiang. And he first attacked the east with a small number of troops. The Prime Minister of Dangxiang led his troops to rescue him, but suddenly sent troops to attack the west. Oh, this person did not use his troops according to common sense, and we were fooled! Could it be that he deliberately wanted to catch us off guard?"

Pu Guchen said, "It seems that this is the case. Unfortunately, we have always disbelief that there are really such magical objects as trains. We do not believe that the Song army can attack the Western Regions within one or two years, and have been hesitating. Now, the army enters the Western Regions without even saying hello."

Pugu Huaien sat in his seat, was silent for a while, and said, "I still don't believe that the Song army can gather tens of thousands of troops to Yizhou and suddenly attacked! By the way, how many people are there in the Song army on Hequ Road?"

Pu Guchen said: "According to the spies, there are three large armies, a total of 150,000. But there are no people in total, and I don't know if there are any other troops. How many people can Du Zhongxiao gather when he comes to attack Gaochang this time?"

Pugu Huaien thought for a while and said, "He has a 150,000 army, only Zhao Zi is in the west. Is it because Zhao Zi is here to attack this time? That's a bit bad. Not to mention that his entire army is coming, as long as there are 20,000 or 30,000 people, we will be unable to resist the enemy."

Pu Guchen said, "There won't be so many people coming? Hezhou has more than 1,000 miles to Juyan and Juyan has more than 1,000 miles to Yizhou. How many people will he set up to defend? Two or three thousand people come to Gaochang, will it be empty afterwards? Aren't you afraid that Dangxiang will take advantage of the situation to attack?"

Pugu Huaien sighed: "The Song army suddenly came to attack Gaochang, but who knew what they meant? Since Du Zhongxiao entered Hequ Road, he first defeated the Khitan, then defeated Dangxiang, and then attacked here. The Khitan was still there, and Dangxiang was still there, both were there, but the army was drawn to attack Gaochang. What is this? There is no reason, but it just came!"

After saying that, he slapped his seat hard, but he really couldn't figure out what happened to the Song army. There were two strong enemies, so why did they come to Gaochang if they didn't attack them first? The army entered Gaochang, and the rear was empty. Aren't they afraid that the Khitan and Dangxiang would attack Hequ Road? The Song army's thoughts were really hard to figure out.
Chapter completed!