Outside the southern gate, the morning sun just rose, Xu Ping and Sang Yi came here to see what the city gate that had been bombed all night last night turned into.

Zhang Rong, who was guarding here, came over to see the liquor and said to Xu Ping: "Official, I have been bombed all night last night, and there is a crack in this door. It turns out that there is iron sheet outside the door, iron plates in the middle, and good wood is sandwiched. No wonder I've been hit with a cannon for so long, but it's still not bad!"

Xu Ping nodded and asked, "How much gunpowder is left? How long can it last?"

"It's still used up, and it's all done tonight, but it's difficult to deal with."

Xu Ping said: "Since that's the case, there is no need to be so intensive. Only two small cannons are used at a time, and the time is longer, as long as the movement and still keep going."

Zhang Rong knew that there was a fast horse going back to get the gunpowder, so he nodded and agreed.

Xu Ping looked at the city head and ordered Sang Yi: "You must let the soldiers who observe the city head look at it. As long as there are Jiaozhi soldiers coming to the city head, they will use small cannons to bomb! Let these Jiaozhi people stay in the inner city and listen carefully, don't come out and watch randomly!"

Sang Yi agreed to organize the siege and arrangements. New gunpowder will be transported tonight, and Xu Ping no longer had the patience to wait. As soon as the gunpowder arrived, he would pile up the entire city tower and blow up the city wall together. Sang Yi would make pre-arrangements and take down the entire Shenglong Mansion in one fell swoop.

Leaving the south main gate of the inner city, Xu Ping took Tan Hushi to the occupied Shenglong Mansion.

The yamen official hall was already full of local figures. When they saw Xu Ping coming in, they saluted one after another. Most of these people would speak Chinese, and only a few natives were stumbling and talking hard.

After Xu Ping was arrested, he sat down in the main seat, looked at everyone, and said with a smile: "It's the third day since the army entered the city. Our army is full of miscellaneous things and has no time to ask about the affairs of the city. Today I came to the yamen to ask, can the city be safe these days? Are there any soldiers who do not obey the constraints, harass shops and households, and harm the neighbors. If so, everyone will tell me that they will be severely punished and not borrowed!"

Everyone below looked at me, I looked at you, and after a while, a Mishi Shangtou stood up and bowed to Xu Ping: "If you go back to Shangguan, the army of Song dynasty will enter the city, and the military discipline will be solid and the market will be orderly. It is really a blessing for us ordinary people! Everything has been normal these two days, and there is no dispute."

This is also well-behaved and specialized in picking what Xu Ping loves to hear. In fact, 10,000 or 20,000 people come to the city, how could nothing happen? Those who forcefully buy, sell and grab things, sleep in houses at night, and even see young women on the street and steal their beauty and rob them of unknown whereabouts. There are dozens of such things. However, everyone has seen the world, and this is a trivial matter. Usually, there are many such things near the Jiaozhi military camp. If you talk to Xu Ping, these Jiaozhi big families will look stingy.

Xu Ping nodded and said, "I'm relieved to hear you say this! Shenglong Mansion is not a place where the foreign barbarians have been transformed into the court for thousands of years. When officers and soldiers enter the city, they naturally have to do their duty and not disturb the people."

Seeing Xu Ping talking, Xingtou looked at him eagerly. After thinking for a while, his heart was lit up, and he hurriedly bowed: "Thank you for the hard work of the officers and soldiers. We merchants have raised some money and bought some pigs, sheep, wine to reward the three armies. We also asked Shangguan to allow it."

"Change it!" Xu Ping waved his hand, "The inner city is not broken now, and the soldiers cannot even get out of it. It is not easy to disobey your wishes. It is better to count them all as money and get back to the soldiers after the war is over!"

Speaking of this, Xu Ping said to Tan Hu beside him: "Go to the army to find dozens of bookmakers, follow this person--" After saying this, Xu Ping remembered and turned around and asked the outfit: "You are--"

He bowed his hand: "Little Hong Anping."

"Oh," Xu Ping nodded, "Let the bookkeeper follow this Hong Anping to put away all the money raised by the merchants, remember to let them keep their accounts and bookmark them. When we go back, we will send them to the soldiers."

When everyone standing below said something bitter, he couldn't help but complain that Hong Anping was talking too much, and he was asking for help from the army. Now Xu Ping climbed upwards and said he had a discount. That would be a bit of pig, sheep, wine and can fool things.

Hong Anping's expression was as usual. With Xu Ping's identity, this must have been thought of for a long time. How could he be a scoundrel? But it would be better to let everyone pay for it themselves than let the soldiers come in and grab it.

Thinking about it, the army of 10,000 or 20,000 finally came into the city, how could it be that it could go back empty-handed? Xu Ping agreed, and his soldiers also disagreed.

The purpose of Xu Ping's visit today was to collect the first amount of money from these wealthy shops and come forward in person. Of course, he was polite. After talking about the important matter, he also invited everyone to have a banquet.

After collecting the first amount, the amount will definitely not be satisfactory. There will be a second one. At that time, someone will come out to pretend to be a villain, so Xu Ping will not come forward. How could he, a senior official in charge of the Song Dynasty, do unsatisfactory things? If you want money, you have to bring it over and beg yourself to accept it.

Xu Ping did not live in the yamen, and there were middle and lower-level officials who had not had time to escape into the inner city when the former Jiaozhi Shenglong Mansion was closed. The soldiers were showing them the colors these days, and there were still some useful places in the future.

Not far from the yamen, leaning against the scenic scenery of West Lake, there is a quiet and elegant courtyard. It was originally a wealthy family. When the Song army entered the city, the wealthy family dedicated the house to Xu Ping and moved out by themselves.

Of course, it is hard to say whether this offer is true or false. Anyway, Tan Hu brought his personal soldiers to talk to them, so Xu Ping was too lazy to worry. He fought for hundreds of miles to Jiaozhi, but he didn't have the awareness of starving to death and not robbing grain to freeze to death. Before leaving, he wanted to make up for the sugar sugar business this year, so he didn't have the heart to take care of such small matters. Even his personal soldiers have secretly followed many small items in the house these days.

After returning to his residence and having some tea in the flower hall, Xu Ping pondered about the current situation.

When the gunpowder comes to the evening, the inner city will inevitably be captured by the Song army. This time, there will be too much gunpowder, and you will explode wherever you can't kill it. Blast all the way to Li Foma's palace to see who else can stop it.

Gunpowder is not omnipotent. Li Foma was unlucky and lost his ability to counterattack. He resisted with the turtle shell like a turtle. Even the city walls and gates were unable to defend. Xu Ping wanted to blow up whatever he wanted with the gunpowder.

To capture the inner city, we must consider withdrawing and aftermath.

The difficulty of evacuation is how to squeeze out oil and water from Shenglong Mansion to the greatest extent. No matter how you come and go, you will suffer a lot. Xu Ping was also dissatisfied with the empty Li Foma's palace. He had to redeem the wealth in this big city. Only when he went back could everyone feel that this battle was not in vain.

The aftermath is a headache. Not only should we eliminate the threat from Jiaozhi to the Song Dynasty, but we should also retain the ability to deal with Chameng and Dali, and block the guns for the Song Dynasty. Especially importantly, we should leave a backhand. When the Song Dynasty is ready, we can easily swallow Jiaozhi, and we should grasp the tricks here.

After drinking a cup of tea, when Xu Ping closed his eyes to rest, Tan Hu came in and reported: "Officials, someone outside asked for a visit, saying that there was something important to discuss with the official."

Xu Ping asked slowly: "Who is the one? Don't put the idle people in there!"

Tan Hu smiled and said, "This man called himself Li Mingxin, he was an eunuch in the Jiaozhi Palace. He once worked as a military supervisor in Liangzhou. He should not be an idle person waiting."
Chapter completed!