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Volume 2 Chapter 850 Mogus

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    In order to reduce the casualties of Zhutushan soldiers some time ago, the Song army not only used divine arm bows to exchange fire with the Xia army, but also used siege tower vehicles and a small number of artillery, but not many artillery.  Please take a look at it all!  But today is different. The mountains are filled with dense artillery and tiger cannons. There are nearly a thousand large and small artillery trebuchets. There are large groups of shieldmen and archers standing on both sides of the artillery.  The hands are used to protect the soldiers behind, and the crossbowmen are all the strongest warriors. What they hold in their hands are all enhanced versions of the God's Arm Bows, which are heavy God's Arm Bows. This kind of bow requires an arm strength of two stones, but after  With continuous improvement, its range has reached three hundred steps.  The Xixia soldiers on the top of the city were all dumbfounded.  They also underestimated the firepower of these weapons. As the horns of the Song Army's central army blew, countless cannonballs, boulders, gunpowder packets, and powerful crossbows rained down on every corner of Lingzhou City like heavy rain.  This intensive fire attack lasted for a full day and night.  "In fact, if Wang Ju does this, he doesn't know how many scholar-bureaucrats will attack him in the future, but Wang Ju doesn't care, the matter is over, he went to the other side, whatever you want to say.  So he did something even more bloody the next day.  As the day and night passed, the entire Lingzhou City was almost reduced to rubble. The people in the city were so blinded by the intensive firepower that they even forgot the sadness caused by losing their loved ones.  The attack stopped, and the Song army pushed more than 10,000 prisoners of war captured in the battle of Lingzhouchuan to the bottom of the city. Behind them were a large group of Song troops carrying various siege equipment.  With the sound of a trumpet, the Song army in front raised the sword in their hands and killed all the more than 10,000 prisoners of war outside the city in front of the Xixia army on the top of the city.  As the firepower started again, the Song army behind also launched an siege.  It was not until now that the Song Army actually attacked Lingzhou City.  However, the Xixia soldiers and civilians in the city were frightened by the bloody scene just now. Before the Song army could attack the city, many Xixia soldiers put down their weapons and shouted to surrender.  Wang Ju divided his troops again. Liu Changzuo, Yao Lin and other generals led an army of 100,000 and 50,000 civilians, and went up the Yellow River. The first stop was Wei City in that province.  We will conduct a second division of troops here and first inquire about the strength of Xixia troops in Beihetao. However, it is estimated that there will not be many Xixia troops stationed in Beihetao at this time.  Then they detached a group of troops and continued to go up the Yellow River, aiming directly at Heishan Weifu Army Division in Beihetao, Xixia, and occupied Wu Lahai City and Muna Mountain to prevent the Liao army from marching westward and seizing this important area first.  occupied.  Otherwise, the Liao army would move south at any time and threaten the Song Dynasty's rule in this area.  Most of the remaining troops crossed the Yellow River, detoured behind Heshan Lanshan, and pointed directly at the Baimaqiangzhen Military Division and the Youxiang Chaofu Military Division of Xixia. However, Wang Ju estimated that these two military divisions did not support Xingqing Mansion in order to support the Xingqing Mansion.  How many soldiers and horses there are.  Then the army continued to move south, conquered several checkpoints in Helan Mountain, merged with the main army, and attacked Xingqing Mansion from the north and south.  Of course, the Song Dynasty dispatched countless troops in this battle, and there were enough troops to allow Wang Ju to "spend" like this.  They also left some soldiers and horses in Lingzhou to prevent the Liao Kingdom from sending troops to rescue them. At the same time, some civilians were left behind to cut down trees and build boats, and even escorted the people of Xixia to speed up boat building.  This is to cooperate with the transportation in the Hetao area.  The water level in many sections of the Yellow River is large, making it not an ideal waterway. However, from this section in Xixia to Qingtongxia Gorge in Muna Mountain to Baotou, the river is stable and all dynasties have made full use of this waterway since ancient times.  For example, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, the town general Daoyong built more than 200 ships, used them to transport grain and grass, and achieved great military exploits.  The Tang Dynasty also used this waterway to establish six-city water transport envoys to specifically manage water transport in this section of the Yellow River.  Liao Xingzong conquered Xia and used Jurchens to build ships. He also wanted to use this channel to reduce the difficulty of transportation, but he was defeated by Li Yuanhao at the bend of the river before he could use it.  Therefore, Wang Ju re-picked up this section of the waterway to reduce the difficulty of transportation. Otherwise, transporting grain and grass step by step to Bei Loop would be too costly. Not only does the current garrison need grain and grass, but the resettlement of future immigrants will also require a large amount of grain and grass.  and supplies.  The remaining three armies began to cross the river and merged with Miao Shuo's army in Hexi Province, aiming at Shunzhou City in Xixia.  At this moment, Wang Ju received an urgent report from Wang Wenyu.  Several states in the Hexi Corridor of Xixia were attacked by the huge armies of the two countries, coupled with the suffering of the people, and some of Wang Ju's previous arrangements and win-overs, which caused people to turn against each other and the soldiers and civilians were unwilling to fight.  Therefore, both the Song army and Hei Khan's army advanced very quickly. Wang Zhong's troops and horses quickly advanced to Ganzhou, and Hei Khan's troops also arrived at Suzhou City.  Hei Khan heard that the Song Dynasty sent troops, so he sent envoys to Ganzhou to explain the reasons for sending troops. First, Xixia blocked the trade routes, which made Hei Khan resentful.  This is not a prevarication. Black Khan still retains the traditions of the original Western Region countries and attaches great importance to business.  However, Xixia controlled the Hexi Corridor, and the commercial taxThe heavy traffic, especially the goods shipped to the Song Dynasty, forced Hei Khan to change to the Qinghai South Silk Road. However, this road was very difficult. There were mostly no-man's land along the way, lack of supplies, and extremely high transportation costs.  Therefore, Hei Khan was extremely unhappy with the Xixia people.  But there is another reason why Black Khan has not mentioned, because now Black Khan has been divided into two countries, East and West. East Black Khan and Western trade routes are blocked by Western Black Khan, so they rely more and more on Eastern trade routes.  However, with Xixia blocking the east, trade with the Central Plains was always difficult, so Black Khan hated the Xixia people very much.  There is another reason. After the Song Dynasty captured Lanzhou, Xixia counterattacked. It happened that Hei Khan sent envoys and merchants to the Central Plains with camels to escort the goods. The Song army lacked livestock to escort the supplies, so they negotiated with Hei Khan's envoys and recruited them.  As a result, the Xia army broke through Xiguan in Lanzhou and kidnapped the Black Khan envoy and his camel.  Although the Song Dynasty made some compensation, this robbery made Hei Khan furious. Therefore, in history, Hei Khan sent troops to Xixia twice.  In other words, Hei Khan sent troops this time, firstly to retaliate against Xixia, and secondly to cooperate with the Song army to capture the Hexi Corridor and open up trade routes.  The Black Khan envoy explained the whole story, and Wang Wenyu immediately wrote to Wang Ju.  Wang Ju read the letter and replied.  Revenge is credible, and he also remembers that in another time and space history, Black Khan did send troops to Xixia.  However, this cooperation can only be partially believed. It was probably Hei Khan who saw the emptiness of Xixia and sent a large army to reap the benefits.  But if the Song Dynasty did not make a judgment in time and let the Black Khan capture Suzhou and Ganzhou, this area is mainly dominated by Uighurs, and coupled with their fanatical religion, then there is a chance that they will not leave in the future.  Therefore, Wang Ju made a comment, first asking Hei Khan to hand over the handover with the Song army and withdraw his troops.  Second, people¡¯s houses must not be burned.  Third, there are still large groups of Han people scattered in Shazhou and Guazhou. It is possible that many Han people have also become Uighurs, but the Black Khan is not allowed to harm these Han people, let alone take them as prisoners of war and take them back to the Black Khan.  As for the rest of the people, it¡¯s up to you.  However, Wang Ju also breathed a sigh of relief. Because he was far away, Wang Ju didn't know much about the situation on the Black Khan side, but he knew that these Uighurs attached great importance to business.  Interrupting trade would be more than worth the gain.  Because of this, no matter what mentality they have in sending troops, there will be no major problems.  Wang Ju then told Wang Wenyu that since he had captured Ganzhou, he could send a force to follow the weak river and live in Yanhai.  Now the two lakes in Juyanhai have abundant water and an amazing area. Both sides of the weak water are full of aquatic plants.  Occupying Juyanhai is equivalent to guarding the gate of the Hexi Corridor.  The messenger left, and Wang Ju ordered an attack on Shunzhou City.  More than ten days later, Shunzhou was captured again under the powerful firepower of the Song army. The Song army continued to move north and arrived at Jingzhou.  Xixia built many cities in Hexi, the largest of which was Xingqingfu, Shunzhou, Jingzhou, Huaizhou and Dingzhou.  Xixia gave up all the remaining small cities, and only held on to these large cities.  Although this area is not large, because it is the core area of ??Xixia, the people's loyalty to Xixia is relatively high, and Xixia once again took measures to strengthen the walls and clear the country, and most of the main troops withdrew to this area, so the Song army advanced very slowly.  .  It took more than ten days before the Song army captured Jingzhou and entered Dingzhou.  At the same time, Yao Lin led his men to capture Bei Loop at a very fast speed, and assigned troops to station in Muna Mountain. The remaining troops began to build various forts and organize defenses.  Most of these frontier soldiers will become the first batch of immigrants in Beihetao. After the war, the court will provide generous rewards to encourage them to move their families here and carry out reclamation, half soldiers and half civilians.  If they are unwilling, the imperial court will not force them to return to Hedong, and the battalions will be reorganized to protect the safety of the Hedong front line.  Liu Changzuo led his army to conquer the Loubo Bejilantai Salt Lake, the Xixia Baima Army Station, and the Xixia Youxiang Army Station at Keyimen. Then he divided his troops into two groups and attacked Tanliang City and Luobao Valley in Helan Mountain.  With the exception of the Battle of Lingzhouchuan, the Song army actually did not use any conspiracies and tricks when they came all the way this time. They almost completely relied on superior strength and sophisticated weapons to crush them.  Maybe this is a serious waste and not very fast, but it is extremely reliable.  Ten days later, Liu Changzuo captured Tanliang City and designated the prefecture city. The main army also captured Huaizhou City. At this point, several groups of troops from the Song Dynasty began to formally encircle Xingqing Mansion.  At this time, Wang Ju received two more letters. One was from the Liao State. The Liao State expressed its deep regret for Wang Ju's breaking of the peace agreement and ordered Wang Ju to withdraw his troops immediately. Otherwise, the Liao State would declare war on the Song Dynasty.  .  The object of the protest and condemnation was replaced by the Liao Kingdom, which made Wang Ju couldn't help but laugh after seeing it.  However, he did not intend to anger the Liao State for the time being, but patiently sent envoys to the Liao State.Explained the whole story.  It's not that I want to tear up the peace treaty, but Xixia's plans are not cunning, and the court has to use troops.  Use this excuse to send the Liao envoy back.  At the same time, the Liao Kingdom also sent a more intense letter of credence to the Song Dynasty, but Wang Ju ignored it.  But soon Wang Ju received another secret letter, a secret letter from a person he didn't expect, the divination leader Mogusi.  This man was brave and good at fighting, and had a high prestige among the various tribes of Zubu. After the death of Yugu Hao in history, the Liao Kingdom named him the new leader of Zubu.  But this person had always been dissatisfied with the Liao State, so three years after the canonization, that is, four years later, the Mogus uprising took place. The Liao State spent countless troops and financial resources, and it took more than eight years to suppress the uprising.  This long and massive uprising almost dragged the Liao Kingdom into the sea.  This year Yu Guhao brought 30,000 Bu Bu cavalry to support Xixia, and he must have brought Mogusi who can fight.  Mogusi was not very happy, but had no choice but to follow the army.  That night, when the Song army put on artillery and opened fire, Mogusi realized something was wrong and took the lead in fleeing the battlefield with his men.  Subsequently, the Song Dynasty cavalry from all walks of life continued to encircle them, but Mogusi escaped quickly and fled to Tiemenguan in time. After reorganizing the remaining Zubu deserters at Tiemenguan, they withdrew to Xiazhou, planning to escape from Huangyangping, Di  Jinze fled to the Liao Kingdom and returned to Zubao via a detour from the Liao border.  There was no way to escape from Bei Lhetao, because Miao Lin had already led the three armies to Bei Lhetao.  Wang Ju didn¡¯t know what Mogusi¡¯s state of mind was. He didn¡¯t even know Mogusi, but he knew that a group of fortune-tellers fled eastward to Huangyangping.  Then run away, there is no time to clear this group now, and they are all cavalry, fast, if you really want to escape, there is no good way to kill them.  But an accident happened at this time. Just when they were about to flee to the Heqing Army, they suddenly received an order from the Liao Kingdom, asking them to garrison Xiazhou, saying that the Liao Kingdom would soon send troops to support Xixia.  Mogusi was originally very dissatisfied with the Liao Kingdom. That night he saw the power of the Song Dynasty's army, or the power of the Song Dynasty's weapons. At this time, there were hundreds of thousands of Song Dynasty soldiers and horses throughout the northwest. He did not believe that the Liao Kingdom sent some  The military strength can defeat the Song army.  If they stay in Xixia City, they will only seek death.  In fact, if the Liao Kingdom asked them to withdraw, Mogusi had no other ideas for the time being, and would wait until a few years before rebelling. However, maybe due to pressure from the Song Army, the Liao Kingdom slowed down its exploitation of Zubu, and he  No more rebellion.  In history, although Mogusi was very dissatisfied with the Liao Kingdom, he did not have any thoughts of betrayal at first. It was not until the Liao Dynasty recruited Yeluhoru that he mistakenly attacked the Mogusi tribe, resulting in a large number of casualties among the Mogusi tribe.  Si himself was very dissatisfied with the Liao Kingdom, so Mogusi killed the Liao Kingdom's leading general Tugusi and rebelled against the Liao Dynasty.  Then Helusuogu personally led an army to suppress it, but was defeated by Mogusi. The troops of Ershiwei, Liuyuanbu, Gongfen and Temanqunmu commanded by Helusuogu were all captured.  The Liao State appointed Yelu Tabuye as its general, and Mogusi pretended to surrender, trapping Tabuye and killing him. The Liao army suffered another disastrous defeat.  It was not until more than two years later that the Liao State sent Yeluotara to conquer. Although they defeated Mogus, they only killed more than a thousand of Mogus's men.  Think about how many men there are in Zufu. These Tatar men are warriors. Even if only a small part of the people in Zufu betray Mogusu, Mogusu still has tens of thousands of tribesmen.  Therefore, although Mogusi was defeated in this battle, the main force still remained, and he continued to fight against the Liao Kingdom. It was not until more than six years ago that he was captured by Yelu Huotela. Yeluhongji was angry and ordered Mogusi to be chopped into meat paste.  However, because of this suppression, the Liao State spent countless manpower and material resources. Under the heavy pressure of the Liao State, various ministries, such as Zubu, Wugu, and Dilie uprisings occurred one after another. Although the Liao State did not drag the Liao State into the sea, it eventually led to the Liao State being conquered by the Jurchens.  wipe out.  That is to say, without this order, Mogusi would not have thought of betraying the Liao Kingdom.  But now that the Liao Kingdom allowed them to continue to stay in Nanhetao, and even stationed them in Xiazhou City to directly confront the Song army again, Mogusi was shaken.  So Mogusi sent a secret message, saying that he would lead the Zubu tribe to attach themselves to the Song Dynasty in the future. It was attachment, not defection, but the Song Dynasty was unlikely to have any interest in the desert of Zubu.  However, with the power of blocking divination, it was impossible to fight against the Liao Kingdom.  Therefore, Mogus hoped that the Song Dynasty would provide some support, especially the powerful bows and fire-breathing weapons that night, that is, the divine arm bow and artillery.  Mogusi sent another piece of information, that is, the Liao Kingdom had put down the rebellion in Liaodong, and the army began to retreat.  As for whether these troops will be transferred to the Song and Liao front lines, Mogusi is not sure, but this is also valuable news.  To be continued.  
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