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In order to lure Li Yuanhao into the trap, Lu Changqing once again had people spread the word that Li Shibin became arrogant after listening to Xia Bing's words, and became increasingly harsh on his soldiers, torturing them at every turn, causing complaints from the soldiers in the village.

In fact, Lu Changqing asked Li Huaibao to take Li Qiao to privately comfort and encourage the soldiers in the village in the name of Li Shibin, unite the people, and strive to establish good relations with them, and by the way, wash away Li Shibin's previous bad reputation in the village.

Li Yuanhao seized the opportunity and secretly sent people to lure these "dissatisfied" people with money, silk and official positions, and made them his accomplices. Under the instruction of Lu Changqing, these people naturally accepted it with pleasure.

Lu Changqing did not confiscate the silver and money that Li Yuanhao gave him, but let these "insiders" keep it all.

Not only that, in order to reward these people for their loyalty, Lu Changqing also paid them an equal amount of silver out of his own pocket.

After doing all this, Li Yuanhao thought it was time to attack Jinmingzhai.

Li Yuanhao adopted the strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, claiming that he was going to attack the Tumen gate northeast of Jinmingzhai. In fact, he divided his troops into three groups. One group set out from Youzhou to attack the Bao'an army west of Jinmingzhai, one group set out from Suizhou to attack Chengpingzhai east of Jinmingzhai, and Li Yuanhao himself led the main force from Xiazhou to attack the Tumen gate above Jinmingzhai (north).

Li Yuanhao planned very well. He decided to defeat the Song army by besieging a point and attacking its reinforcements. He pretended to attack Tumen, but actually led a large force to raid Jinmingzhai behind Tumen.

The Song army that received the news would definitely come to support Tumen, and then he would just have to wait and ambush them halfway.

As for Jinming Village, it won't be too easy to take it down. There are more than 4,000 Xia soldiers in the village, as well as an insider he bribed. With the help of both inside and outside forces, he can easily win.

The Jinmingzhai of the Northern Song Dynasty was easily conquered, but history is history and the present is the present.

All the Xia soldiers who pretended to surrender were executed, and the bribed "insiders" were suppressed by Lu Changqing with money.

Lu Changqing did not plan to support Tumen. Historical records showed that Li Yuanhao brought 100,000 troops this time. What she had to do was to hold Li Yuanhao's main force in Jinmingzhai.

Lu Changqing released Xiaoxue and asked her to deliver a letter to Yanzhou.

In the letter, Lu Changqing revealed all of Li Yuanhao's plans, asking Fan Yong to guard Yanzhou City and keep his troops in place, and asking Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun to be on standby at all times to cooperate with her dispatch.

After reading the letter, Fan Yong was so angry that he blew his beard and raged. He had been an official for so many years, but he had to take orders from a little girl.

After reading the letter, Inspector Guo Zun immediately guessed Lu Changqing's plan.

"Minister Fan, there is no need to be so angry. I roughly know what Deputy Envoy Bai wants to do."

Although Fan Yong said "Tell me about it", his eyes were full of disdain and ridicule.

"Deputy Envoy Bai probably wants to use Jinming Village to hold Zhao Yuanhao back. If they fail to capture it for a long time, the morale of the Xia army will surely decline. Then Commander Liu and Chief Steward Shi will lead their troops to encircle Zhao Yuanhao from behind at Sanchuankou. With the cooperation of both inside and outside forces, they will definitely catch Zhao Yuanhao off guard."

"How did she know that Zhao Yuanhao would definitely use military force against Yanzhou?" Fan Yong said contemptuously, "Zhao Yuanhao sent envoys to deliver several letters to me in a row saying that he was willing to give up his independence and continue to be a vassal of our dynasty."

Guo Zun heard Fan Yong finish speaking, then he continued: "Minister Fan, don't you think there is something wrong here?"

Fan Yong asked back: "What's the problem?"

"Since he has given up independence, why doesn't he send envoys directly to Beijing to tell the government? Why doesn't he take the initiative to open up border trade with our dynasty? Why does he frequently send people to secretly lure the people of Jinming Village?"

Seeing Fan Yong remained silent, Guo Zun continued, "The emperor can let a woman like her be the governor of Yanzhou, which means she must have extraordinary qualities. Why don't we trust Deputy Envoy Bai for once?"

"If Tumen and Jinmingzhai are lost one after another, what will happen if the government holds them accountable?"

"All orders were issued by Deputy Envoy Bai. Even if the government holds her accountable, she will be the first person to be punished."

Fan Yong said unhappily, "I am the governor, and she is my deputy. If she really wants to hold me accountable, I should be the first one to do so."

Guo Zun said calmly, "Doesn't Minister Fan have Deputy Envoy Bai's letters in his hands? Submit these letters to the emperor when the time comes. The emperor has a good reputation and will not hold you accountable for your mistakes."

Guo Zun, Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun left the parliament room. Liu Ping asked Guo Zun why he spoke for Lu Changqing.

Guo Zun shook his head and said, "I am not speaking for her, but discussing the matter at hand. Logically speaking, if Minister Fan was appointed as the governor, then he should also be the governor of Yanzhou temporarily, but the government gave this assignment to a woman who suddenly appeared.

This can only mean that either this woman is deeply loved by the emperor, or this woman is very capable, or both."

Liu Ping asked: "Which one do you prefer?"

Guo Zun said: "The second or the third."

"Why?"

"If it's the first one, she should be in the harem now, not in Jinming Village."

Liu Ping nodded, "You have a point." Then he sighed, "When people get old, they become confused. It seems that our Minister Fan is also old!"

Guo Zun didn't say anything else because Liu Ping next to him was already an old man in his sixties.

On a cloudy day with not-so-good weather, Li Yuanhao announced that he would attack Tumen soon.

Fan Yong panicked and called Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun to discuss what to do.

Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun discussed it privately, and they decided to keep their troops in place as Lu Changqing instructed in the letter.

The troops haven't even moved yet, but news of the siege is flying everywhere. It's so fussy, it's obvious it's a trick.

But the old and confused Fan Yong just couldn't understand it.

Lu Changqing released his own drone, Xiaoxue, and asked her to monitor the movements of Li Yuanhao's army at any time and inform her immediately if the other party set off.

Then he comforted the people in the village and told them that Li Yuanhao released the news with such fanfare just to make them lose their composure.

Sure enough, Li Yuanhao quickly sent troops south. After Xiaoxue returned to the space, Lu Changqing immediately asked Li Shibin to send someone to notify each village to strengthen patrols and burn smoke warnings when encountering the enemy.

Lu Changqing went to the northernmost village. Outside the village was an open space with a lot of horse traps newly dug on the space. They were covered with mud or grass, waiting for Li Yuanhao to come.

Li Yuanhao excitedly led his troops forward under the cover of night and ordered people to blow the charge horn.

Torches were lit in the Eighteen Villages of Jinming. Li Yuanhao was delighted to see this and immediately ordered people to clear the way and fill up the horse trap outside the village.

The Heavy Cavalry Corps is invincible in plain combat, but now that we are attacking a city, it is not that useful.

Lu Changqing gave a signal and asked the people in the village to scream for help. The louder the scream, the better.

The shrill screams, flickering flames, and drifting smoke made Li Yuanhao ecstatic. He no longer cared about anything else. When the horse traps were almost lined up, he waved his hand and attacked immediately.