Outside Xingqing Prefecture City, Wuzang patted the snowflakes on his body, looked at the city gate, and whispered: "The country is so beautiful, I don't know if I can have such a happy life in the future. The Song army is advancing, and I don't know how long Lingzhou can be maintained."

The nine-year-old Liang Zuo said: "Why should my mother worry? Lingzhou is a major city. It has been built for many years and has artillery. How could the Song army easily break the city?"

Wuzang smiled and said nothing, and entered Xingqing Mansion with Liangzuo.

It is approaching the New Year, and there are lights and decorations in Xingqing Mansion, and many people have incense tables to worship Buddha in front of their doors. The streets are crowded with people, and they are very prosperous, without any sense of urgency to approach the army.

He looked around without hiding his face and said to his son Liangzuo: "This is the peace. When you grow up, you must do better."

Liang Zuo nodded repeatedly, but he complained in his heart that the government was controlled by the Prime Minister Mozang Epang, what's the use of saying this?

Wu Zang's family likes to play. Even though the Song army had approached Lingzhou, they still took their son to the Helan Mountains to hunt. Seeing the New Year, they brought people back to the capital. The barbarian women did not have as many etiquette as women in the Central Plains, and the Dangxiang official system was not sound. Wu Zang's family was regent as the Queen Mother, and they acted willfully in China. They liked to hunt outside the city, and they liked to wear lights and decorate colors in the city, and did everything according to their own wishes.

After entering the city, he returned to the Mansion of Mozang Epang. The Mansion of Mozang returned to his boudoir and ordered someone to eat too much Baobao.

Bao Bao had already been Yuanhao's guard after eating too much. After Yuanhao died, he was close to the servants and had an affair with the Mozang family for a long time. These days, the more troubles the court was, the more troublesome the Wuzang family was to understand the worries in order to understand him.

Liang Zuo returned to his room and changed his clothes. A servant rushed in and bowed, "Your Majesty, please come to the front to discuss matters."

Now the government is in control of Mozang Epang, and even he keeps himself in his mansion. After hearing this, Liangzuo was unwilling to agree. At such a young age, what big things need to be discussed by himself?

When I arrived at the hall in front, I saw Mozang Epang sitting in the main seat, with Li Shougui on one side and Taiwei Manme, who was in charge of military power on the other side.

When they saw Liangzuo coming in, the three of them stood up to greet each other and let Liangzuo sit in the middle.

Wu Zang Epang said: "According to Lingzhou, the Song army has arrived outside the city, but there is no large army encirclement yet. Lingzhou is a major city. Once it is lost, Xingqing Prefecture will be isolated and helpless, and I am afraid that major events will not be good. The ministers in the court have discussed this matter, but they have no plans. Please ask Your Majesty to decide."

Liang Zuo looked around and said, "I still have to ask my mother to make a decision in the major affairs of the court. She and I have just returned to the city, why didn't we see each other?"

Li Shougui said coldly: "The Empress Dowager has her own big affairs and some small state affairs, so how dare she do it? Now that the Song army is advancing, if it does not properly respond, there will be no place to stand within a few months. Although Your Majesty is young, he should take on heavy responsibilities."

Liang Zuo nodded confusedly: "So where is it?"

When Li Shougui was alive, he had an affair with the Mozang family. Yuan Hao left and went out to the Mozang family, and he was like a couple. As a representative of the Mozang family, he was in charge of the government affairs with Mozang Epang. However, in recent days, the Mozang family and Baobao have become closer and inevitably alienated Li Shougui. As Baobao's status has increased, Li Shougui is inevitably jealous.

Mozang Epang coughed and said, "The guns and cannons of the Song army are extremely sharp. A few years ago, everyone still remembers the battle of Huedu. Although we have worked hard in the past few years, we still have no ability to fight the Song army in the field. We can only rely on the strong city to defend and take advantage of the time when the Song army is exhausted and send troops to repel it."

Li Shougui said: "The Song army has already reached the city of Lingzhou, and there are still several strong cities? The north was sealed by the Song army in Hezhou. Once Lingzhou was lost, there was only Helan Mountain. There was no way to survive under the siege of hundreds of thousands of Song troops!"

Mozang Epang said: "What else can it be? If you send troops out of the city to fight against the Song army, it will definitely be worse."

Li Shougui knew that a few years ago, Mozang Epang led his troops to rescue Qu Yehe, but was defeated by the Song army, leaving a psychological shadow. It was absolutely impossible to ask him to send troops to fight against the Song army. But if he was trapped in the lonely city, he would sit and wait for the closure. Turning to Taiwei Manme, he said, "Taiwei, this is really a critical survival and death, and you must not be forgiven at all. Facing the Song army's advance, I wonder what the army thinks?"

Taiwei Manme said: "Now, there are only 100,000 soldiers and horses in the court, 70,000 soldiers and horses in the Lingzhou, and 70,000 soldiers and horses in the Hengshan Mountains. If you want to stop the Song army, you have no chance of winning when you go out of the city to fight in the field, and you can only sit in the lonely city. However, the recent news that after the Song army occupied Qinggang Gorge, the wife of the ** village leader, caused the former village leader Chang Yiyuanzhi to rise up. He took advantage of the unpreparedness and took prisoners of war to kill the Song army, and ambush the Song army reinforcements, and won consecutive battles. From this point of view, not fighting with the Song army, but harassing small amounts of people, there is a chance of winning."

Li Shougui said: "It's hard to just send someone out of the city and how to deal with the Song people."

Wu Zang Epang said: "Changyi Yuanzhi was in the southern mountainous area, and there was a place to hide, so it was not easy for the Song army to pursue him. Now the Song army has left Tiandu Mountain, and Xingling two prefectures are surrounded by large plains. How can we deal with small groups? The Song army is located, stretching for dozens of miles, and it is unimaginable."

Li Shougui said: "So, don't we just sit and wait for death? The foundation established by the late emperor will be completely destroyed overnight!"

Mozang Epang said: "We will discuss carefully and always find a solution. There are still several states and Hengshan here!"

Seeing the two arguing, Man Mi said, "The most urgent task now is to come up with a solution. In addition, there is another important thing, that is, what should we do if we can't defend the Xingling states?"

After hearing this, Mozang Epang's face turned dark and turned to Manme and said, "In the opinion of the Grand Marshal, what should I do?"

Manme pointed to Liangzuo and said, "The Song army has already arrived at Lingzhou. Once Lingzhou is lost, Xingqing Prefecture will be surrounded and there will be no more life. The foundation of our country is in Hengshan, and Hengshan is today. Although the two states of Xingling are surrounded by mountains and rivers, they are not deep and have no dangerous places to defend. It can be said to be a dead end. I think that at this time, you can ask Your Majesty to lead troops to Hengshan to divide the power of the Song army."

Wu Zang Epang said in a deep voice: "How to divide the power of the Song army? The Song army only needs to capture the two prefectures of Xingling and then turn to attack Hengshan. Now they are surrounded by the Song army on all sides, and the hinterland of Hengshan has been lost. How can it be better than Xingqing Prefecture?"

Manme said: "There are many forts in Hengshandu, and the Song people's artillery is inconvenient to carry, and there is still hope of keeping it."

Mozang Epang sneered: "So what if there are many fortresses? Don't forget how the Song army fought in Quyehe. It's impossible for Your Majesty to go to Hengshan. It's a move to destroy the country. You can order Hengshan to raise troops and attack the Song army's retreat from Yanzhou."

Manme shook his head and said, "What's the use of raising troops in Hengshan at this time? It cannot cut off its retreat. How can Hengshan's troops resist the enemy in front of the 300,000 troops? Let him defend the fundamental land of Hengshan and deal with the Song army."
Chapter completed!