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Chapter 1532 Xiao Shen, who is still hesitant in the dark (first update)
Chapter 1541

"After Mr. Zhang entered the mansion, soldiers from the Song Army poured out of the mansion, and after that, General Xiao Funu and others were all detained in the mansion, and no news came out."

"The villain waited for a whole day, and none of Mr. Zhang and others left the mansion, and because the defenses were extremely strict, the villain might delay your important business, sir, so only two people were left to continue. Monitor, come back and report to you."

Xiao Shen stroked his long beard at the mansion of the governor of Hedong Road in Xiazhou, and listened to the report from the confidant spies kneeling in front of him.

"Have you not seen Wang Yang's whereabouts in the past few days?"

"I haven't seen it all the time. However, after many inquiries from the villain, nearly ten thousand Song soldiers left Yinzhou by boat a few days ago. After entering the Yellow River through the Wuding River, they turned to the north. The destination is unknown."

"Sir, it seems that Lord Wang Yang is not willing to wait any longer..." A close official sitting nearby stood up and saluted Xiao Shen, who had a gloomy expression.

A burly general couldn't help but glanced at Xiao Shen, and muttered in a low voice.

"What should we do now? If Wang Yang really sends troops to attack, then all our previous plans will be in vain."

"But Wang Yang is too arrogant and domineering. He only gave us ten days. How is this possible? If he has the ability to send troops to attack, then the soldiers and horses in the six states in northern Shaanxi should have been mobilized long ago. But so far, there is still no change."

"Now, the other party has only mobilized more than ten thousand soldiers and horses to scare you like this. Maybe this is Wang Yang's demonstration to intimidate us."

"Everyone, please calm down first. Since Wang Yang forced Mr. Zhang and General Xiao Funu to stay, he probably wants to force you to surrender early. Therefore, I feel that if you really feel that surrendering to the Song Dynasty is unfavorable, you can completely ignore it. Ignore Song's threat, and order the officers and men of Hedong Road to strengthen the frontier defense to prevent Song's enemies from invading."

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"It's enough..." Xiao Shen clapped his big hands on the table, stood up, and glanced dignifiedly at his confidants.

"Now, since Wang Yang dares to detain my envoy, if we continue to show weakness..."

Xiao Shen hadn't finished a sentence when he heard a panicked voice, which came directly to the study room where confidential discussions were taking place. "Marshal, Marshal, Marshal's emergency military report!"

Xiao Shen raised his hand to signal the officials to be quiet, and then signaled his confidant guard to open the door of the study.I saw a messenger being half-armed and half-dragged by two house slaves.

"Commander, Ningbian Prefecture was destroyed by the Song Army yesterday morning."

"What?!" Just this short sentence made all the civil and military members of Hedong Dao present jump up.

The 6000 soldiers of the Song Army crossed the Yellow River in the early morning and landed on the wharf. They defeated a thousand fine cavalry of the Liao Army with infantry and hundreds of artillery pieces, and razed Ningbian Prefecture, an important pass at the north end of the Great Liaohe River, to the ground.

The defenders in the city were killed and injured countless times, and Yelu Gongdo fled north with three thousand remnants...

"Half an hour..." Xiao Amo took a deep breath. "My Daliao has been in business for a hundred years. The people of Song Dynasty have attacked more than a dozen times in the past century, and Ningbian Prefecture, which has been defeated and returned, can't even resist for an hour. It's so easy to change hands?"

Isn't this a joke?All the civil and military officials from the Liao Kingdom present felt like they wanted to laugh out loud. Is it possible to capture Ningbian Prefecture in half an hour?

"In the old days, the Song Dynasty led the army to cross the Wuding River and arrived at Xiazhou, and used Yuanyou catapults to attack the city wall of Xiazhou. In less than an hour, the city wall of Xiazhou city was destroyed. Xiazhou was ruled by the people of Song Dynasty. Po, as the officials of Hedong Road, don't you think you have forgotten about this matter?" At this time, an official said faintly.

"I heard that Yuanyou Shenwei's cannon from the Song Dynasty is much sharper than the Yuanyou catapult. If this is the case, it will be really strange if Ningbian Prefecture can hold on to it with hundreds of shots. .”

"..." These two sentences were spoken so hard that the civil and military soldiers of the Northern Liao Dynasty who thought it was extremely absurd at first were speechless.

Before this was over, someone else came to report that a subordinate who had been detained with Mr. Zhang Xiaojie in Yinzhou had been released and rushed back to Xiazhou. He said that he had urgent matters and asked to see Mr. Xiao Shenxiao.

Moreover, he still asked for an interview in secret, and when he heard the whispers of his confidant guards, Xiao Shen's heart skipped a beat, and he managed to maintain his composure.

"Everyone wait a moment, I have an urgent matter to deal with, and I will be back later."

After throwing down such a sentence, Xiao Shen walked away quickly, leaving Wenwu who was full of suspicious faces in the room.At this time, how can you have more urgent matters than the bad news that Ningbian Prefecture was captured by the Song Army?
But since he said so, all civil and military personnel had no choice but to stay in the study and discuss the current situation. After discussing for a long time, they couldn't come up with a regulation to deal with the current situation.

Xiao Amo, an old man in his sixties, cleared his throat and expressed concern for the country and the people.

"Actually, in my opinion, since Song Guo even used the Yuanyou Shenwei Cannon, it is enough to prove that Song Guo will definitely take my Great Liaohe River. Cease the fighting and accept the surrender to ensure the peace of the road."

"My lord's words are very true, but all of this requires Lord Xiao's approval. After all, he is the chief manager of Hedong Road. Even if we are willing to do this to protect the soldiers and innocent people, but if Lord Xiao... ..."

"Up to now, the Liaodong Dao of my Daliao has been taken by the Song State, but now our Emperor is still foolish and continues to allow Brother Xiao Fengxian to do whatever he wants. Now, the Song State is determined to win my Hedong Dao."

"And Hedong Road is thousands of miles away from the key point of our Daliao Central Committee. Even if Your Majesty knows that Hedong Road is in trouble, how many troops can you send to help?"

"Don't forget, our Daliao Navy was lost, and the Dongdong Road was taken by the Song Dynasty. Now our Daliao has to station a large number of troops along the coast of the Liaohai Sea, and we have to mobilize troops to take back the Dongdong Road. There is no time to spare. Come and take care of this wild land?"

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"Zhongyong, what happened in Yinzhou?" Xiao Shen quickly rushed to a secluded courtyard not far from the study, saw the slave who was released by the Song people, and asked impatiently.

"It was Zhao Sui, the magistrate of Yinzhou in the Song Dynasty, who ordered us to be detained. In addition, that Zhao Zhizhou of the Song Dynasty also asked the villain to bring you a secret letter, saying that if the master is unwilling to surrender, Then, in a few days, there will be no more chances."

"Bastard! Do you know who you are talking to?!" The confidant guard next to him couldn't help being furious and kicked him.

"Enough, these words must have been relayed by that Zhao Zhizhou, right?" After receiving the letter, Xiao Shen waved his hand, opened the letter while asking.

After seeing the contents of the letter clearly, Xiao Shen's face instantly became extremely ugly, his figure staggered, and he almost fell into the room.

(End of this chapter)