'Yidugu' Tuque' means a happy monarch, but Bilege could not feel happiness at all at this time. Since the conflict with the Song Dynasty last year, they have resigned to the Western Liao Dynasty, they have refused to pass the Song Dynasty's caravan.

Gaochang, and as a retaliation measure, the Song Dynasty not only sent troops to conquer, but also joined forces with the Western Xia to cut off its trade route to the Central Plains. In desperation, Gaochang could only take the more difficult and dangerous road to the Shattered Leaf, which not only had to endure the Tatars that they passed through.

The tribe exploited the Jurchens and had to pay heavy taxes. However, as the Song army captured Zhenzhou and defeated the Naiman tribe, the road was no longer possible.

Gaochang's prosperity was based on the prosperous East-West trade, a considerable part of which was carried out through the form of "tributary". This year, in order to continue trade with the Central Plains, Bilege instructed his subordinate states to do their own responsibilities and pay tribute to the Song Dynasty.

In order to reduce losses, the news that was frustrating, the Song Dynasty refused to give them the identity of the tribute envoy, so that even if they were given a huge amount of money, they could not even make the travel expenses. It is said that some tribute envoys even managed to keep their transportation.

All the animals were dealt with at a low price.

What made Bilege even more uneasy was that the Song Dynasty had sent naval troops to Persia, preparing to sweep away the pirates along the way, punish Seljuks that robbed the merchant ships of the Song Dynasty, and completely open up and control the maritime trade channel. He knew that once the Song Dynasty succeeded, maritime trade would be

It will gradually replace trade on land. Although the risk is high, it is dozens or even hundreds of times more cargo carried by land. It will end Gaochang's irreplaceable position on the Silk Road in a few years.

Without the support of business, Gaochang will soon fall and become another abandoned city in the desert.

Not to mention the distance, Gaochang is a little unable to hold on now. Since last year, the caravans that arrived in Gaochang from all over the country encountered obstacles and caused panic. Bile Ge was worried that these people would never look back. He also thought that the Song Dynasty would surrender soon, so

He ordered a large number of caravan goods to be purchased, including horses, dura camels, big tailed Aries, room knives, iron swords, bows and arrows, armor, glassware, yu stones, yu stone bottles, yu sand, jade, jade Buddha, jade

Saddle, jade bridle, jade belt, jade axe, amber, ivory, jade, pearls, Huhuanglian, fragrant medicine, **. Flower stamen cloth, loneliness, brown, miscellaneous things, etc. There are also Kucha monks offering Brahma clips and Bodhi

Seal leaves, rosary, relics, Buddha bones, etc.

I thought I would give caravans from all over the country some hope so that they could still go back, and then buy them at a low price. By then, the Great Song Dynasty trade routes could be sold at a high price and make a fortune. I didn’t expect that the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty did this this time

Decisively, he sent a large army to fight the west and wanted to destroy Gaochang, so these things would naturally fall into his hands. Maybe they would become the spoils of the Song army, and they would be lost. Bile Ge looked at the mountains of goods piled up in the granaries

I want to cry but have no tears, but my heart is bleeding!

Thinking of his allies, Bile Ge was helpless. When he learned that the Song Dynasty was going to join forces with the Western Xia to use troops, he sent an envoy to bribe Li Qianshun with a heavy gift and asked him to support the Song Dynasty.

Brother Cha played a pot of tearing the Song Dynasty, causing him to give up his plan to send troops. Then he bribed the Bubu tribe and Naiman tribe to block the Song army along the way, and promised them to surrender to the Song Dynasty with generous gifts after the matter was completed.

Thinking that Li Qianshun accepted the gift and refused to do anything, he delayed for a while and then repented. The two movies were even more unscrupulous. The Song army was so beaten up that they were basically exterminated. The money was saved, but he didn't want to!

In fact, Bile Ge still puts his greatest hope on the Western Liao Dynasty, which is their traditional ally and the strongest partner. He thought he could compete with the Song Dynasty and keep himself safe. Unexpectedly,

It is not a matter of duty. The Song army came thousands of miles away, and it was a time when people were trapped. However, the Western Liao army was killed by the Song army and even the six kings of Xiao Hanlila were captured. In the end, the Song army released them one horse, otherwise

The entire army was wiped out. It is said that the only one who defeated the Western Liao army was the Song army's baggage team, and the main force did not take action at all.

But now even the Western Liao Dynasty may not be able to refer to it. At the beginning of the year, the Western Liao Dynasty said that the Seljuk Empire was going to send troops to invade, and not only could it not send reinforcements, but even the troops deployed to defend the Western Xia in the Qaidam River were to withdraw.

My brother was shocked when he heard this. The Song army had already suffered enough. Xixia had seized its own way and would not destroy the country! He immediately sent someone to the Western Liao envoy, and he was persuaded and gave gifts, and pleaded with love.

He barely left 30,000 Western Liao army but did not leave. He has been fighting with the Western Xia army for a month, and the winner has not been decided. I still don’t know what the result is.

After Bilege learned that the Song army captured Beiting, the other two states sent people to ask for help, but the people of Xiliao could not defeat them. What would they do with their opponents? They could only order them to stand by waiting for help. In fact, they had already given up on the north of the Tianshan Mountains.

After heavy snowstorm closed the mountain, there was no news. After he survived a winter of anxiety and anxiety, all the north of the Tianshan Mountains were indeed lost. The Song army quickly came to the city and surrounded the city. He also

I can only hope that I can rely on the strong city to defend myself, and after the Song army is exhausted, I will withdraw my troops on my own...

On the third day of the arrival of the Song army, the Song army camp began to move forward and set up camp two miles in front of the city. From the top of the city, you could already see the endless camp plates. At night, you could clearly hear the sound of drums in the Song camp.

But he did not launch an attack. Bilego couldn't sleep all night. He called himself "Aslan Khan", which means the Lion King, but he was a monarch who was successful and had no progress and was somewhat cowardly. Think about it, it was if he was

With perseverance and courage and sufficient military talent, he will not be inferior to others and be in a humiliating vassal.

There is such a leader who can imagine the result that Gaochang City was on the verge of despair under the pressure of a large army, and fear and depression came to everyone's hearts. Some ministers suggested that the army should be sent out of the city to fight the Song army.

To boost morale, Bilege thought he would take a look first, but the soldiers and civilians in the city were panicked and needed to be comforted, so he led his ministers to the city to inspect the city defense to stabilize the hearts of the people and show that the king was with them.

Bilege slid the city wall and looked south. Although he was not proficient in military affairs, he had never eaten pork and had never seen pigs running. Then he saw the Song army camps for several miles, flags covering the sun, and there were cyclists cruising around outside the camp to rush to the bottom of the city.

If there was no moat blocking it, I would have reached the city center directly. The Song army seemed to have not been idle these days. They began to dig trenches in the three arrows outside the city, as if they wanted to lock the city with this, but the other three directions

There was no movement, and he was a little confused about what Song Jun was going to do.

"Right General, see that the Song army camps are so dense, there should be no less than 50,000 people?" Bilege asked in a question. The highest officers in the Gaochang military officer series are the left and right guard generals, followed by Jianwu and Weiyuan.

Lingjiang, in the hall, the five generals of Fu Bo and the king of the country came to the front line, so they naturally had to accompany each other.

"Khan, according to my opinion, there should be no less than 100,000 people. Their baggage team is not ordinary civilians, and it should be counted!" The Right Guard General should answer together.

"What is the purpose of the Song army digging moats in Nancheng? Should we stop our army from leaving the city?" Bile asked again. After hearing the reply, he felt a little guilty. Gaochang's population is not more than 100,000, and there are only 10,000 permanent troops.

After learning that the Song army captured Beiting, he mobilized all the defenders of Kucha and Yanqi to Gaochang City, and ordered the troops of various tribes to enter the city to defend. After a few pieces of effort, they could barely reach 30,000 people. The troops of the two armies were very different.

, he couldn't help but feel timid.

"Khan, I think the enemy is afraid to fight, and digging trenches is to prevent our army from leaving the city to attack, so I dug trenches to block them!" Heli should answer. He is a full-time war faction and has always advocated that he should fight the enemy with all his strength, but not to control it.

Hope is pinned on the aid of Western Liao.

"I have many enemies and I have fewer enemies. How do you think you will face the challenge?" Bilege asked again.

"Khan, the enemy's army is far away and has no people. We should take advantage of the fact that they have not yet left the city to fight. They use trenches to block our way out of the city, so they can go out of the city from the east and west gates to attack on the side!" We should work together to offer suggestions.

"It's reasonable, but I think that all the surrounding troops will retreat to the desert, and the Song army will not be able to obtain food and grass for a few days. As long as we stick to the city, they will inevitably evacuate themselves after exhausting food and grass!" Bile Ge said it was reasonable,

But I was still a little vague and still didn't advocate going out to fight hard.

"The great knight's trick is that we can send troops out of the city secretly and set fire to burn all the plants and trees around the oasis around the city before the grass sprouts. The enemy cannot grazed and will inevitably consume a lot of food..." Heli said this for a while and suddenly

Hearing a roar under the city, a black shadow came towards him.

"Ah..." Bile was stuttering and listening to the following words. The fire under the city flashed and a loud noise made him shrank his neck. He didn't know what was going on with the crown and flew over. Then he heard it.

With a puff, the warmth stuff made him look. He raised his sleeve and wiped it back and checked. The joint force behind him should be gone. A corpse with a lost head fell behind him, and he screamed in fear.

"Protect the Khan!" Before Brother Bile could figure out what was going on, a group of soldiers rushed up to protect him and ran to the city. When he arrived at the city, he realized that the Song army had just sent them a message.

Cannon, I dodged it. It was bad luck that my head was smashed by an iron ball as big as a fist. His face was splashed with brains. Bile couldn't help feeling nauseous and vomited 'wow'!

Before the battle started, a general was lost. Bilege was also scared by the tragic situation that he should have. He clearly saw that the place where the Song army fired the artillery was three arrows from the top of the city, and it could be so far away.

It seems that the firearms equipped by the Song army are well-known. If they can't even get out of the city gate, they will be beaten to death. Therefore, he never mentioned opening the city to get in, but just ordered people to guard the city strictly and monitor the Song army's actions.
Chapter completed!