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- Because he brought some troops with him, Zheng Lang's march to the west was not very fast. But along the way, he communicated with Guo Kui, Wang Shao, and Zhang Kai through letters. At the same time, various orders were issued before Zheng Lang arrived at the front line.
At this time, there was also controversy in the country.
Rather than fighting over whether they can conquer Xia, all the armies have arrived at the front line one after another, and most of the supplies and food have also arrived at the front line, so fighting has no effect. What is at issue is the issue of military strength.
Wang Shao previously suggested that there should not be too many troops, citing several reasons.
The first is food and supplies. Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that wisdom is to provide food to the enemy. Eat the enemy for one hour. I will eat the enemy for twenty hours. I will get one hour of grain from the enemy. I will transport twenty hours of grain from the country. I will get one stone of fodder from the enemy. When it comes to transporting twenty shi of feed from the country.
This sentence sounds reasonable, but the truth behind it is extremely cruel. Obtaining food and grass from the enemy's hands, what is the enemy? That is, after the army arrives in the enemy's country, rob it and burn it. However, the Song Dynasty did not only want to defeat Xixia. If so, they could learn from what they did in Jiaozhi. If done well, they could save one-third of their military expenses. But if the Song Dynasty wanted to occupy and rule this land normally in the future, it could not apply Sun Tzu's Art of War.
Wang Jian used an army of 600,000. With the national power of the Qin Dynasty at that time, it was definitely unable to bear the food and supplies for an army of 600,000. Most of them had to be fed by the enemy. But what about the people of Chu? Although there are three households in Chu, if Qin is destroyed, Chu will definitely die.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were many large army battles, but at that time the world was as dark as a crow. It was not the human world, but the Shura world, the hell world. Otherwise, there were more than 6 million households, but by the time the Tang Dynasty was founded, there were only 2 million households. , and even when Wei Zheng opposed Li Shimin's enthronement, he advised that Shandong (referring to the east of Mount Wei, including Shandong, most of Hebei, Henan, and the vast plain area in southern Shanxi) was sparsely populated and overgrown with vegetation. This was to lead the Rong Di into the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. , and show our weakness. At that time, the Tang Dynasty had been established for a long time, even to encourage people to have children. Men were forced to get married at the age of twenty and women at the age of fifteen, and even widows had to remarry. Therefore, the founding of the Tang Dynasty launched various large army battles, and the people had no complaints.
At this time, the Song Dynasty was fully prepared to attack Xia, but it would also use sky-high money and silk, and even make the entire Shaanxi Province unrest. Although the imperial court ordered a subsidy, regardless of whether the peasant soldiers or civilian husbands were treated the same as the imperial soldiers during the war, so as not to implicate their families and reduce the worries of civilian husbands and peasant soldiers, but the war came. Shaanxi will deploy more than 200,000 civilians, tens of thousands of Tibetan soldiers, and 90,000 rural soldiers. The entire agricultural production of Shaanxi will be delayed by one-third, and prices will inevitably rise. The subsidies from the court are far from the amount of price increases. At the same time, there are also officials Layers of deductions.
This is only one of them.
The larger the army, the higher the command requirements. It's not that Wang Shao underestimated Zheng Lang, but Zheng Lang was also very careful and moved Zhang Kai to his side. As the second commander to assist, but with such a large army, once the battle begins, even if Sun Tzu is alive. It is inevitable that mistakes will not occur.
The army is mixed, the real forbidden troops are only 250,000, and other armies are of various types, such as rural soldiers. There are those from Hebei, Hedong and Shaanxi. The Tibetan soldiers were even more chaotic, including those on the Yanyan Road, those on the Huanqing Road, those on the Jingyuan Road, those in the Xihe area, and those in the Huangzhou area. There were also the Fans from Lanliang and the Uighurs from Gua, Gansu. There are also Tubo people, Qiang people, a small number of Tuyuhun people and Dangxiang people. If we don't do it right, we will end up like the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Feishui.
Therefore, Wang Shao suggested reducing the number of troops. First, they should be smaller and second, they should be more refined. Moreover, the domestic situation in Xixia was very bad, and there was no need to mobilize troops.
Guo Kui put forward another theory.
Wang Shao and Zheng Lang quickly captured Hehuang Lanzhou, and Zhang Kai quickly pacified the five states in the Hexi Corridor. There was a certain reason for this. Tubo had never been hostile to the Song Dynasty and had no obvious conflicts, let alone the Liangzhou Liugu tribe. Like the Ganzhou Uighurs, they longed for the civilization of the Central Plains in the Five Dynasties. Tubo split and collapsed after the death of Ji Siluo. There was no cohesion, so the sense of resistance was not strong. In addition, the Song Dynasty's timely climate system, large-scale investment and various stability If you win the people's support, you will get it.
As for the previous Song Dynasty's light troops to capture Jinghu, Bashu and Southern Han Dynasty, the people of the Central Plains had a sense of unification, including Bashu. If Wang Quanbin hadn't killed too much, even Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun would not have caused any turmoil later. But we cannot regard Jinghu Lake in the southern Han Dynasty of Bashu as Xixia.
It has been many years since Xixia officially became king. It has developed national awareness and cohesion. Regardless of the current disputes between the two factions, once the Song Dynasty sends troops, it will not be the same thing.
Xixia has had five generations since Li Jiqian, including Li Deming, Li Yuanhao, Li Liangzuo, and Li Bingchang. The Weiming royal family has grown stronger and spread all over the Xixia region. Even if the Song Dynasty's light troops quickly captured Lingzhou and Xingqing Mansion, the descendants of various royal families The tribes that are still able to lead various tribes that are dissatisfied with the Song Dynasty and use the Hengshan and desert areas to resist the Song Dynasty may regain the power of Li Jiqian.
If the army is small, it must be a light army, but a light army isHengshan can be pacified, but the Hengshan area is also the base camp of Xixia. The Song army must pass through, and their food and grass will be cut off, threatening the security of the front.
He also talked about another question in a vague way. If you win, you will never have such a good time again. Moreover, the system of the Song Dynasty also destined that it would be impossible to use the army to fight every year. Even if it is a victory, the Xixia people will resurrect in the future. Because of the dispute, Xixia rose again. Besides, Zheng Lang will no longer be in the court by then. As for the others, Guo Kui didn't quite believe it.
When the two opinions arrived in the capital, not many people knew about them.
"Guo Kui's troops are relatively stable, so there is this saying. Wang Shao is brave, so he wants to win quickly with light troops."
Zheng Lang chose the latter, but the two of them had not considered another factor, Khitan!
But the Khitan is a double-edged sword. Even with the support of the Khitan, the Song army is huge, so the problem does not matter, but on the other side, the Hebei and Hedong areas and the capital are more or less empty of troops. So they made all kinds of confusion before the war, and even when the war started, the Song Dynasty threatened to dispatch only 200,000 forbidden troops, severely reducing the number of troops, which made the Khitan feel contemptuous.
Zheng Lang left, and the memorials of Wang and Guo also let many ministers know. Most of them thought that Zheng Lang mobilized too many troops. In fact, most of these people did not even agree with the Song Dynasty's expedition to Xia.
No matter what the disputes are on the rear, the war on the front has begun.
On the seventh day of May, the Song army officially launched an attack on Xixia, but not under the banner of recovering Xixia, but under the slogan of killing the Liang family on the side of the Qing king.
The army is divided into three theaters. The first theater includes the Hexi Corridor and Jingyuan Road. Zheng Lang and Zhang Kai were personally in charge here. They were not only responsible for the mobilization of the West Road Theater, but also for the command of the entire battle. However, each war zone is divided into several parts, and the West Road War Zone is divided into three roads in total.
Wang Guangzu stayed in Suzhou, while Li Hao and Qu Zhen led 30,000 troops and more than 10,000 civilians, and the soldiers went out to Yanhai.
The Heluochuan River in the southern part of the Weoshuichuan area is densely populated, but the population gradually becomes sparse in the central and northern parts. Although the Weowishui River is huge at this time, the soil and water are gradually destroyed. In summer, you can still see patches of shallow grass along the river. In winter, in addition to the snow and wind, the ground is covered with layers of yellow sand. Coupled with the severe cold, it is gradually unsuitable for people to live, but the Juyanhai area is still suitable. Human beings can survive by grazing and fishing, and it is also an important gateway to the north. There are now tens of thousands of people living there. For the Khitan and the Song Dynasty, it was a piece of cake, but for Xixia, which was small and sparsely populated. It is a delicious piece of chicken and the gateway to the Hexi Corridor. Therefore, Xixia set up a military stronghold in the south of Juyanhai, the Yan Army Division in Heishui Town.
When soldiers came to live in Yanhai, what Zheng Lang coveted was the geography of this place. Moreover, it will also account for a large proportion in the future construction of Xixia. Furthermore, it is to prevent Xixia from escaping from Helan Mountain to Juyanhai, and because the Song Dynasty occupied the back of Xixia. They had to divide their troops and station them in Helan Mountain to achieve the goal of dividing their troops.
There were not many troops in Juyanhai, and many soldiers died in support of Suzhou. The Song Dynasty army was approaching, and Xixia could not provide support here. Li Hao quickly obtained Juyanhai, and did not send troops to Helan Mountain. He waited and watched at Juyanhai, and then moved Juyanhai. The Xixia Heishui Military City in the south of Yanhai was expanded, and another new city was built in the north of Juyanhai. Two small towns were built in Ruoshuichuan to serve as supply points for the army and as future stations.
The fighting along the way was not intense.
The rest of the war gradually faded away.
Generals such as Guo Cheng, Wang Junwan, and Zhong Pu led tens of thousands of troops to attack Huizhou, Quwu Mountain, and Tiandu Mountain.
Liu Changzuo, Li Shunqing, Liu Zhongwu, Wang Fan, Xiang Bao and other generals left Xiaoguan.
There are also troops on the North Road, commanded by Guo Kui. Wang Wenyu, Zhe Kexing, and Zhe Ke are ready to leave Fulin and attack Mingtangchuan from Tumaochuan. Their troops are directed at the three states of Yinshixia and Zhong'e, Yanda, and Liu Shaoneng. , Gao Yongneng, and Gao Yongheng led their troops to attack Luowucheng and Yanzhi Village, and then crossed Hengshan Mountain to join the Fulin Road army, and directed their troops to Youzhou. Zhao Xi and Sun Lu were in charge of the rear army and logistics.
The middle route army was commanded by Wang Shao and was also divided into two routes. Zhong Yi, Zhang Yu, He Bin, Lin Guang, the Yao brothers, and Zhang Zheng attacked Baibao City and Jintang City, aiming directly at the Hengshan villages and Hongzhou in Western Xia. You Shixiong Responsible for the rear army. This army not only directed its troops to Hongzhou, but also to the "Guoxin Post Road" from Jian to Song and Xia, from the Baoan Army to the north, passing through Wanquanzhai, Naiwujing, Baichi, Rentou, Kujing, Guyu, Fenshankou, and Ludu , crossing the Yellow River and arriving at Xingqing Mansion via Yongzhou is the only way for envoys from Song and Xia to travel, and it is also the best road between Song and Xia. In the south, Miao Shuo, Zhong Gu, Zhong Shi, Zhang Yun, Zhao Long, Miao Lu, and Zhong Shidao attacked Hengzhou and directed their troops to Yanzhou.
600,000 troops and more than 200,000 civilians were divided into three war zones and seven groups of troops, each with almost 100,000 troops. And the soldiers are not the Song soldiers during the Qingli period. Although there are problems like this and that as Wang Shao said, at least 400,000 troops have been trained for more than a year.?Although the 110,000 Hebei rural soldiers are temporarily serving as the logistics army, most of the soldiers have been tempered in actual combat, and their morale is higher than during the Qing Dynasty after repeated great victories. There were even more generals, almost all the brave generals in the Song Dynasty were transferred to the front line. There is also the issue of handsomeness. As the commander-in-chief, Zheng Lang was deeply loved by the soldiers and had clear rewards and punishments. There would be no story in history that Gao Zunyu almost killed Liu Changzuo because he was jealous of Liu Changzuo's military exploits.
This is fatal. In the history of the Xia Dynasty, only Liu Changzuo and Zhong'e were the only generals who could fight. They were jealous of their achievements and killed them in vain. How much damage would be done to morale.
But it definitely won¡¯t happen now.
Song troops came from all over the world, and the Xixia people were in chaos.
They don¡¯t believe that the Song Dynasty sent so many troops to clean up the Xixia monarch and eradicate evil spirits. Whether they are the royalist faction or the Queen Mother faction, let us put aside our prejudices and work together.
First, we sent envoys to the Khitan for help. We are done with Xixia. Next time, the Song Dynasty will focus on recovering the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun. But everyone is not confident, and the Khitan has no preparations yet. Even if it wakes up this time, it will take some time to concentrate its troops and prepare food, grass and weapons. With fewer troops, support is of little significance. With more troops, preparations require more logistics and take longer. It is not certain whether Xixia can support it until then. Moreover, the Khitan also coveted the Song Dynasty¡¯s grain seeds and cultivation methods.
This is prepared.
He also sent an envoy to Xiaoguan to beg Zheng Lang for mercy and agreed to allow Li Bingchang to return to power. Dealing with Liang Yimi et al. Moreover, before Zheng Lang agreed, Li Bingchang was released and Liang Yimi was temporarily imprisoned. Don't take it seriously. It was just a show. It was also expected that Zheng Lang would not retreat because of this. This would also block the Song Dynasty's excuse. Soldiers mourned from top to bottom.
In fact, Zheng Lang could not agree to it. Don't let Liang pretend to let Li Bingchang take charge. Even if Liang Yimi and others were executed, Zheng Lang would not be able to retreat. Therefore, he forcefully told the Xixia envoy that it was okay to retreat, but Liang Yimi and others must be executed.
The war continued, Liang asked the generals for advice, and Ren Duo offered advice individually, so there was no need to reject them, but the walls were strong and the country was clear, and the troops were sent deep. Gather powerful troops in Lingxia and seize its logistics supplies. The Song army will have no food and can win without a fight.
The officials in the Xixia Palace fell into deep thought. The Sixth Army of the Song Dynasty came, but the Xixia people on the other side of Ruoshui River no longer cared about it. Furthermore, from Xingqing Mansion to Juyanhai, one had to pass through the Xixia Imperial Tomb and Keyi Gate. Climb the Helan Mountains, pass through eight oases, and cover 1,100 miles of road. In order to reach it, on such a long road, the Song Dynasty had to transport grain and grass from the Hexi Corridor to Suzhou, and then from Suzhou to Juyanhai. There was no way to supply the Song army entering from the west. But the other six-pronged armies were deadly. Xixia lost the Hexi Corridor and it was impossible to stop the Song army's six-pronged attack.
Ren Duo's approach alone is not very good. As a result, at least Xixia will lose Huizhou, Henan and even Tiandu Mountain after the war. But under the premise that there is no other way, this strategy has to be used.
The Liang family began to order that many tribes on the front line be moved to the rear. The more disloyal tribes were moved to the rear, to prevent them from joining forces with the Song Dynasty, leaving only the more loyal tribes, allowing them to use the complex terrain to resist.
It just so happened that the summer harvest arrived, and the grain and grass were harvested in time and transported to the rear and important cities. Then destroy, destroy the crops ahead, destroy all the sorghum, millet and beans in the fields, leaving only the crops in the core areas of Lingzhou, Xingqingfu, Dingzhou, Yongzhou, Jingzhou, Shunzhou and other areas.
With all the people in the army, nine soldiers out of ten, almost drained all the base of the country, concentrated more than 300,000 troops, concentrated the army in several places, and dealt with a certain Song army regionally.
Mizhi City.
Yinxia is the hometown of Xixia. Although Wang Wenyu and Zhe Kecun's uncle and nephew are targeting Yinxia, ??there is a long road from Linzhou to Yinzhou, and the road is relatively rugged. But if Zhong'e's army crosses Hengshan, Yinxia will be attacked from both sides by the Song army, which is dangerous.
Therefore, Liang Yongneng led 80,000 elite cavalry out of Zhizhi Stronghold.
Rouge Village is located on the edge of the fertile Wuding River, with rich water and grass, and is known as Qibao Mountain. Moreover, because the Song army arrived so quickly, the grain and grass harvested on the edge of Wuding River were not transported to the rear in time. However, after the Song army withdrew from Luowu City, Xixia regained control of this area and built Rouge Village tall and strong. Faced with the Song army's strong attack, Yanzhi Village actually held on.
This was Liang Yi's idea. Although there were many Song troops, they were divided into two groups and attacked Yanzhi Village from the north and south. The troops were dispersed. Liang Yongneng's arrival only faced the Song Dynasty's northern army, and he could form a pincer attack with Yanzhi Village's troops. Well done, 80,000 Xixia cavalry, including a large number of iron kites, arrived at Luowu City with great momentum, and then rushed from Luowu City to Rouge Village. Not far from Rouge Village, there is a long and narrow river valley, with rolling mountains to the east and the deep Wuding River to the west.
As soon as they rushed out of the valley entrance, they were intercepted by the Song Army. The Song Army used large guns at the valley entrance toThe huge artillery and divine arm bows blocked the Xixia cavalry in this valley. After fighting fiercely for several hours, two groups of Song troops suddenly emerged from the mountains to the east and cut off the Xia troops.
This Song army did not ambush in the mountains and could not ambush. Liang Yongneng was defeated by the Song army several times. He was extra careful and sent scouts to inspect the terrain. There was an ambush army further back. During the fierce battle between the two armies, the guns were rumbling. Brother Gao Yongneng led the two ambush armies over several ravines and fought their way into the Xia army's camp.
On the other side, Liu Shaoneng was also fighting fiercely.
When Liang Yongneng¡¯s army arrived, the Song army dug a trench more than ten meters wide in the military camp, that is, in front of Yuyanzhi Village. Liang Yongneng's army arrived, and Zhao Xi led the rear army to protect the military camp in the south of the village, while Liu Shaoneng led the Hebei soldiers to stand in front of the trench.
Troops were sent to Rouge Village, but they were blocked by the trench. After finally crossing the trench, they were killed one by one in the trench by the Song Dynasty's rural soldiers holding broadswords and condescendingly.
There are three armies, because Yinxia is the home base of Xixia, and the north route is the heaviest, so it will be among the ten generals. Not counting the civil servants at the rear of the two palaces, the eight generals include the three generals Zhonge, Yanda, and Zhe Kexing, and the three lieutenant generals Gao Yongneng, Wang Wenyu, and Liu Shaoneng. Even if Zhe Keqi is not good enough, his actual military ability can still be ranked among the ranks of lieutenant generals. . Gao Yongheng was almost the only one.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? and Zhonge is ranked fifth. I feel a little unwilling to accept it. At least I am better than my younger brother, Guo Chengqiang and Liu Changzuo. Also unwilling was Wang Wenyu. The soldiers in Rouge Village were not allowed to leave, so Zhong E personally beat the drums to cheer him up.
The Gao brothers led their troops to fight out, and Zhonge ordered Yanda to rush towards the river valley.
There is not much difference in the strength of the two armies. The Song Dynasty had a large number of troops, but some of them could be divided into the south of the village, and the proportion of cavalry was small. However, this narrow river valley was not conducive to the use of Xixia cavalry. In addition, it was cut in two by the Song army and Liang Yongneng felt guilty again after not seeing soldiers from Rouge Village for a long time.
Seeing that the Xixia army was on the verge of defeat, Zhong E personally put on his armor and led an army to kill them.
Liang Yongneng was defeated, and nearly 20,000 cavalry were sacrificed in this battle again. Only then did Liang Yongneng escape. Liang Yongneng was defeated, and the Xia troops in Rouge Village surrendered.
This is the first big battle after the defeat of Xia.
Then Yanda chased after him, recaptured Luowucheng, and crossed the Yellow River. Capture the remaining Yongle stronghold and march towards Yinzhou.
The second battle has begun again.
Sangyuan Gorge is located in the northeast of Lanzhou and the southwest of Huizhou. It is divided into two gorges, the upstream small gorge is ten miles long, and the downstream large gorge is sixty miles long. The stone walls on both sides are steep, and the Yellow River shrinks to more than 70 meters. The river is surging and fast. This is an important gateway to the north of Lanzhou and a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Jian and Zhou Shen conquered Han Sui and Bian Zhang and suffered a major defeat here. After Xixia lost the Hexi Corridor, they built two military strongholds here, and then engaged in repeated tug-of-war with the Song Army, that is, the more than 20 subordinate troops of the Fanhou, in the west of Sangyuan.
The battle began, and Guo Cheng's army marched north.
20,000 people in Huizhou, Xixia, defended themselves against the danger. Guo Cheng concentrated the 800 artillery pieces in his hands and bombarded the Xia camp. He also placed 5,000 divine arm archers behind, using the range of bows and arrows step by step to suppress the Xixia people's counterattack.
After a fierce battle for a long time, the Xixia people retreated to the Grand Gorge.
All long-range weapons began to bombard again, but at this time Guo Cheng changed his strategy. Taking advantage of the low morale of the Xixia soldiers, he suddenly asked Wang Junwan to lead the main army to assault the canyon. After a short bloody battle, the Xixia people were defeated. Some soldiers jumped into the rough Yellow River in fear.
After the fall of Sangyuanxia, ??Guo Cheng quickly left Huizhou, captured Huizhou City, and marched into Quwu Mountain. They fought a fierce battle with the Xixia people in front of Quwu Mountain, defeated the Xia army, marched to Tiandu Mountain, and captured the palace of the Wuyi clan, but this time it was not burned, but was left to the Wuyi clan.
The Song Dynasty's expedition to Xia was for real occupation. Many tribes could not live in the past and defected to the Song Dynasty. Zheng Lang also captured a large number of Dangxiang tribes one after another and resettled them in the rear, including those who did not move, and some of them integrated into the local area. Some conflicts arose due to different races. This time, the latter were gradually moved back to Xixia. After all, compared to most tribes in Xixia, these tribes were more loyal to the Song Dynasty. It also included the Muiyi tribe who had previously been resettled in Qinzhou, and the Muiyi tribe was transferred back to the Hulu River. Wuyi was the queen of Xixia, so she lived in the palace and used part of her influence to appease the people of Xixia.
The third battle was at Mo Nai Pass.
Liu Changzuo's troops left Xiaoguan. At this time, Xixia also built thick military camps at Monai Pass. In order to deal with the artillery of the Song army, countless trenches were built in front of the Hulu River. The Xia army hid in the trenches and sniped at the Song army crossing the river with arrows.
Having no choice, Liu Changzuo had no choice but to attack by force.
This battle was even more brutal. Liu Changzuo himself was injured.He died after being hit by two arrows.
After capturing Mo Nai Pass, Liu Changzuo marched out of Mingsha City regardless of his injuries. Mingshachuan is connected with Huluchuan and Yellow River. It is an important grain base in Xixia and is known as Yucang. Some of the food was moved to the rear, but there was still a lot of food in the city.
Liu Changzuo rode out with light cavalry and quickly captured Mingsha City. At this time, Yinzhou and Shizhou in Xixia fell one after another.
But Song Jun¡¯s pace slowed down.
After Liu Changzuo's troops entered Mingsha City, he divided his forces to attack Weizhou, and then joined forces with Guo Cheng's troops to defeat the Qianghui. They formed a line with Wang Shao's Yanzhou army. Wang Shao's Zhongyi troops on the North Road captured Hongzhou, and then slowly Marching towards Youzhou, Zhonge's soldiers and horses met with Wang Wenyu's soldiers and horses in Yinzhou City. They were divided into three, and one group was left behind for mopping up. The main force set off towards Xiazhou, while Yanda divided his troops into Longzhou.
The speed is not fast.
The terrain of Hengshan is complex. After various policies of the Song Dynasty, many Tibetan tribes wanted to submit to the Song Dynasty, but most of them were forced to send troops to the rear by the Liang family. There are still some tribes left behind, some are die-hard loyalists of Xixia, and some are both leaders and rats. Of course, there were also those who saw that the situation was not good and defected to the Song Dynasty.
The Sixth Route Army fought steadily and sent many envoys to various ministries to clarify the Song Dynasty's position. No matter what was right or wrong in the past, as long as they submit to the Song Dynasty now, they will not be punished. At the same time, they will also implement the Fan Hou plan in Xixia, and even take advantage of it in the future. He spent more money than He Huang to invest in Xixia. It will benefit the people of all ethnic groups, and the chiefs themselves will also benefit from the Fanhou plan.
This large-scale mission divided most of the Hengshan tribes. However, for many years, the two sides fought fiercely. Some tribes held grudges and the conflicts could not be resolved. Some tribes even relied on the dangers of their own tribes to kill the Song envoys.
Therefore, with the cooperation of the surrendered tribes. The Song army launched a large-scale extermination.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Out of Xixia, no matter how I kill them, it is a battle, but once I have won over Xixia, I will be appeased. Moreover, the tribes in Hengshan were not convinced. It will cause harm to the grain road, and even in the future, these tribes will bring the seeds of rejuvenation to Xixia.
¡° One day¡¯s delay will give Khitan one day to react. A lot of money will be spent domestically. But for the future stability of Xixia, we can only take it slowly step by step, especially in the Hengshan area. In the land of Yinxia, ??we had to slow down the army and eliminate all unstable factors in advance.
Although the speed is slowed down, it just gives some troops an opportunity to integrate, especially those rural soldiers, who just take advantage of these rebellious tribes and give them a chance to fight.
It was not until the end of July that Yanxia and other prefectures were recovered, and the Hengshan tribes barely suppressed the rebellion.
The rear continues to suppress, and the three armies in the front gather and slowly advance from Weizhou, Yanzhou and Xiazhou towards Xingqing Prefecture and Lingzhou.
At this moment, Xixia suddenly dug up the embankment of the Yellow River, and a torrential flood rushed towards the Song Dynasty's Nanzhong Second Route Army. However, Xixia's plan failed at this time. The Song army had been prepared for a long time. When approaching Lingzhou, the military camp must be set up near a hillock. The river was rolling in, and all the Song army moved to the hillock. Then countless small boats suddenly appeared in the flood. Digging the Yellow River embankment only achieved the goal of delaying time and did not harm the Song army. On the contrary, this excavation of embankments submerged countless villagers and made Liang lose the support of the people even more.
In early August, two armies, nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses, besieged Lingzhou. The brutal offensive and defensive battle began. On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Feng Gao and Wei Zhifang, who transformed into Li Yan and Li Hui, quietly asked their cronies to open the city gate. At night, the Song army entered Lingzhou City, and then the two cronies responded to the turmoil in the city. , allowing the Song army to successfully capture the fortified Lingzhou.
Liang Yi was shot dead that night, but the specific process of capturing Lingzhou City was kept secret by the Song Army. There are two other people, Lu Yi and Zhao Shanjin, who are in Xingqing Mansion at this time and will be of great use. At this time, 80% of the territory of Xixia was occupied by the Song army. Also, the east of Helan Mountain was called Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall. Relatively speaking, many saline-alkali lands began to appear in places such as Hedong Lingyan, but Hexi was the most fertile place for water and grass in Xixia. Xixia Construction After moving to Xingqingfu and Yongjing Shunzhou, Dingzhou City was built in the east of Helan Mountain, Mi'e Prefecture Military Division was established in Mi'e River on the west side of Beihetao, and Heishan Weihai Navy was established in Wulahai City in the south of Heishan. Si, the Tiande Army was set up in Woniang Mountain.
Beihetao is temporarily out of Xixia's control. Almost all the country's human and financial resources are concentrated in the Hexi area, relying on the natural dangers of the Yellow River to confront the Song Dynasty.
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Standing at the top of Lingzhou City, Zheng Lang watched the yellow leaves falling and said, "Zhi Fu, the scenery is amazing when autumn comes. Autumn has arrived."
Zhang Kai remained silent.
Zheng Lang said again: "Qifu, you have worked hard in this business."
Originally, it was planned to let Zhong E lead the Northern Route Army to conquer Dingzhou, and then send troops out of Beihetao to prevent unexpected events. Zhong E accepted the order, but he was somewhat reluctant. After all, the most glorious part of this battle was the troops entering Xingqing Mansion. Maybe others didn't pay attention to this detail, but Zheng Lang did.
Therefore, in exchange, Zhong Er led an army of 20,000 to Lingzhou, and Zhang Kai, Zhong Yi, Zhong Shidao, and Zhao Long led the army to Hue Ferry to make a swap. Fortunately, the three armies were not very far apart at this time, but Zhang Kai was also somewhat resistant to this.
Zheng Lang used his golden fingers to rank the generals, Zhongyi, Zhonge, Zhonggu, Zhongdi, Zhongpu, and Zhongshidao, and lined up six of them to go in. Others don't know, maybe the six generals of the Zhong family do have military talents, but there should not be too many generals with combat effectiveness in the army, such as Guo Jingxiu, the brave general under Zhong'e Zhang, Wang En, the general under Guo Cheng, Wang Zude, the general under Miao Shuo, and Li Zhongjie, the general under Liu Changzuo. , if you train carefully, you will be at least as good as twenty generals, not necessarily as good as Zhong Er, but not weaker than Zhong Gu and Zhong Di.
Because of this, it doesn¡¯t matter even if the ranking is lower. After all, the entire Zhong family has now become the largest family of famous generals in the Song Dynasty.
In fact, Zheng Lang had no choice but to fight. Zhong E could fight, no less than Miao Shuo and Liu Changzuo, but his selfishness was too serious. For example, in the battle of Yongle City in history, Zheng Lang deliberately asked his confidants to pay attention to Zhong E's expression when delivering orders, because he was afraid. Zhong'e once again committed trouble in Yongle City and ruined his own affairs.
Recovering Bei Loop is not very glorious, but it is related to whether the Khitan can bring in the army.
So far, the wave of resistance in the rear has not subsided. Once the Khitan gets Beihetao in advance, it will be dangerous to pacify Xixia in the future. After much deliberation, I decided to let Zhang Kai go. As a scholar-bureaucrat, there was no need for this military merit embellishment. Besides, as the deputy commander in chief in this battle, his merits were already very high. For example, Guo Kui and Wang Shao, after this battle, will be transferred to Xifu and then hidden in the snow. By downplaying Zhang Kai's military exploits and "whitewashing" him to become a scholar-official instead of a military general, there will be a good candidate for the coach to regain the Yanyun Sixteen Provinces in the future.
It took a lot of work to convince Zhang Kai.
Today is to see Zhang Kai off.
After seeing off his army, Zheng Lang suddenly received an urgent report from the scouting horse.
The Khitan people came, and the Khitan sent 30,000 soldiers and horses, also under the banner of King Qin, setting off from Dongshengzhou and galloping towards Xixia. The name Khitan is correct. Xixia was a vassal state of the Song Dynasty and also a vassal state of the Khitan. However, the entry of the Khitan army of 30,000 troops will undoubtedly send a signal. Therefore, Xixia will fight with the Song army, and the wave of resistance from the rear will be higher. But can Zheng Lang prevent the Khitans from settling in?
Looking at the intelligence, Zheng Lang said to Li Xian and Gao Zunyu: "The Khitan is quite interesting. They got the seeds provided by our court, and then they sent troops to Xixia." (To be continued) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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