Brother Wei Ming Chage competed with Liu Qi in the east, but the army besieging Lanzhou was under the jurisdiction of Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division, and in the later stage of the war, it was not directly commanded by Brother Wei Mingcha, and the generals had strong autonomy, and the negative impact of the commander's psychology of being in the dilemma of Brother Wei Ming Chage was relatively small, so when the Xia people's offensive was at its peak, Li Yanxian also felt unsafe in Xizhou, and Liu Xi was even more precarious in Lanzhou. Moreover, in order to prevent the leakage of military information, Liu Qi did not inform Liu Xi and Li Yanxian of Mobei's good news as soon as he received Yang Yingqi's notice.

But after the autumn, Li Yanxian and Liu Xi still relied on the smell on the battlefield to perceive that the entire war situation was changing greatly! In September, Xiao Tienu's troops to the south had not yet reached northern Shaanxi, and the two armies of Mobei and Shaanxi had not yet been able to achieve contact, and the news was still blocked, but the various measures of Zhongxing Mansion had made Liu Qi feel that what he had been looking forward to for more than half a year was likely to have happened!

Finally, on the second day of October, a Han army of 2,000 people broke through the defense line of the Xia people and entered Suide at the cost of nearly half! The arrival of this Han army did not have much effect on the actual attack and defense of the Suide garrison, but the news it brought was like a thunderbolt across the entire Shaanxi Qinfeng in just a few days, dispelling the fog in the hearts of millions of soldiers and civilians in the northwest. The song that has been suppressed in the chest of the Qin people for many years finally comes out of their throats!

"Mobei has won a victory!"

"Your Majesty is back!"

"Xiao Shuai has crossed Yin Mountain!"

"The brothers of the North Road have regained Tiande!"

Even the soldiers at the bottom know that they are going to turn from defense to attack! Correspondingly, it is the fear and overwhelm of the Xia people! Liu Qi no longer kept secrets, issued a general order, and spread the good news all over the northwest! The Great Song Dynasty Hanzhong guard was shocked when he heard the news, and while flying to report Jiankang, he sent people to Chang'an to congratulate him, and asked if he needed the Great Song Dynasty to provide reinforcements to attack Western Xia together - this time the reinforcement suggestion was different from the last time to harbor evil intentions, and it was indeed intended to show goodwill. However, both the head of the military, Chong Yansong, and the head of the administration, Yu Qi, politely refused.

In the face of the good situation in front of them, Qin Fenglu, Li Yanxian and Liu Xi are still more than defensive, and they are not aggressive enough, but it is enough for them to hold it! The sword of the Han army is in the north, not in the south. Even Liu Qi still did not change the strategy of active defense, he still fought with Wei Ming Chage on the thousand-mile front from Suide in the east to Weizhou in the west, and when Wei Ming Chage took a step back, he approached one step, and when Wei Ming Chage lost a stronghold, he occupied a stronghold, step by step, but did not launch an overly active attack, fought the battle without being impatient, and even warned the generals not to fight for merit.

"Our task is not to win, not to attack Zhongxingfu! Our task is to drag and hold Brother Wei Mingcha back! As long as we don't lose before we join Xiao Shuai, we win! ”

If the north and the south are two equally tough Xiao Tienu, Brother Wei Ming Cha may be better, but a Xiao Tienu in the north and a Liu Qi in the south, the edge of the attack is exposed, and the guard is hidden in the needle, but it makes Brother Wei Ming Chage fall into a dilemma that he cannot advance or retreat! But in the case of Zhongxing Mansion, Brother Wei Mingcha had to retreat if he didn't want to retreat. At first, it was a pity to abandon the stronghold, then it was to abandon the hard-won position, and then even some important border towns that originally belonged to Western Xia and had considerable military value began to be discarded and burned on their own initiative! But Liu Qi still followed in front of him unhurriedly, the distance between the two armies was so close that Brother Wei Mingcha did not dare to return to the capital as fast as possible - if he did that, the army was likely to be chaotic in the middle, and once the army was chaotic, it was possible to be chased and defeated by Liu Qi, and the Western Xia would not even have the last glimmer of hope.

Therefore, among the various armies sent by Qianshun to help, the tribal armies in the southwest near Tubo and Qinfeng Road were the first to arrive, followed by the soldiers and horses of the Gansu Military Division in the northwest. In late October, Ren Dejing's vanguard finally bypassed the north gate of the Ningxia Plain and reached the vicinity of Zhongxing Mansion on the right wing of the right wing of the Shun Military Division, Keyi Gate, where the Shun Military Division was located. Although this small army was immediately repulsed, its appearance made Qianshun feel that Xiao Tienu and himself were close at hand!

At this time, the southwestern departments arrived at Zhongxingfu, or entered the city to help defend, or sanitized the outside of the city, Qianshun first ordered the generals to arrange the defense of the capital, and only after everything was ready to send reinforcements to Keyimen, but it was too late! The Keyi Gate was captured, and the northern gate of the Ningxia Plain was opened!

Ren Dejing went south, broke Dingzhou two days later, and arrived at the outskirts of Zhongxing Mansion five days later, and fought with the tribal army of sanitation outside the city, winning all three battles, and beheading 5,000. The generals of the Western Xia were terrified, and they all closed the city and guarded the wall, not daring to attack. Ren Dejing led the cavalry to the city, and looked at the northern, northwestern, and northeastern gates before calmly retreating.

At this time, there were still 50,000 or 60,000 military horses inside and outside the city of Zhongxingfu, and the people were also organized to defend the city. However, seeing that the Han army was increasing day by day, but the return of Brother Wei Mingcha was delayed, rumors began to arise in Zhongxing Mansion that the King of Jin planned to support the army outside and stand on his own. Qianshun trusted Brother Wei Mingcha very much, but similar rumors have greatly damaged the morale of the military and the people of Western Xia.

The tribes on the border of Han and Xia were originally mostly moving between the two regimes, and at this time, the situation was very unfavorable to the Western Xia, and the walls and grasses in the various tribes were shaken. On the third day after Ren Dejing arrived in the city, three of them surrendered to Ren Dejing.

The soldiers and horses taken away by these three tribes were only more than 2,000 people, which accounted for a small proportion of the entire Zhongxing Province defensive army, but this incident made the Weiming clan and the tribal army from the southwest suspicious.

At this moment, shocking news came from the northwest: After the Xiliangfu garrison left, the "Xiping Military Division" from the northwest overstepped its authority and took over all the military power responsibilities in Liangzhou, and almost all the Chinese military officials in the city were killed if they resisted, and only a small number of people escaped. The commander of the Xiliangfu army was shocked and sent the deputy general to lead the army back to Liangzhou to question, but he was ambushed outside the city, with countless casualties. After this battle, he knew that he could no longer hide it, so he simply picked it out, hung the banner of the Han army, spread it all the way, and killed Zhongxing Mansion!

When Qianshun heard the news, he fell off the dragon chair in court, and the ministers hurriedly rushed to the rescue, Qianshun struggled, struggled, got up, pulled out his sword, ran to the door, and shouted: "A hundred years of Xixia foundation!" It's not that easy to collapse! It's not that easy to collapse! ”

The ministers all wept, surrounded behind Qianshun, knelt all over the ground, Wei Ming Renzhong trembled, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty! Now I can only hope that King Jin will come back as soon as possible! If you let that Xiao Tienu arrive first, then ...... That...... That's unthinkable! ”

Qianshun muttered, "I know, I know...... Of course I know! ”

What Qianshun "knew", Brother Wei Mingcha also knew after a few days late. He finally understood that even if his vitality was seriously injured now, he had to go back quickly. At this time, the Xia army had completely retreated to the border, which was equivalent to saying that Liu Qi had recovered the old frontier. After knowing that there were also warning signals in the northwest, Brother Wei Mingcha immediately ordered the armies of Xiangyou, Jianing, and Jingsai to hold their own positions, and then burned most of the baggage that could not be taken away, and burned most of the walled cities that were estimated to be undefinable.

Liu Qi chased to the border, seeing that the speed of Brother Wei's retreat accelerated, he was quite hesitant, Li Yong asked him what he hesitated, Liu Qi said: "The military situation in front of Western Xia must be urgent!" But Brother Wei Mingcha suddenly retreated so quickly, but he didn't know whether to receive a more urgent military situation, or to set a trap to harm us before leaving. ”

Li Yongqi said: "Even if we know that there is a trap, we have to step on him!" It's better to have a small injury than to let him retreat calmly! ”

Liu Qi clapped his fists and said, "Not bad! He sent cavalry to burn and plunder along the way in the form of a small squad to advance, and as expected, he encountered an ambush on the road and suffered heavy losses.

The generals may advise caution, Liu Qi said: "It is a loss of three or four percent of soldiers and horses, as long as the main force can still threaten Brother Wei Mingcha, we should continue to attack!" ”

One of the generals said: "Didn't the general warn us not to be greedy for merit before?" ”

Liu Qi said: "This time, that time!" Before, Brother Wei Mingcha retreated slowly, so we can't rush. But he is retreating so fast now, and he doesn't even want some border towns, which shows that things are very unusual, maybe Xiao Shuai from the north has already attacked Zhongxing Mansion! In that case, we can't let him go so easily! He is desperately injured and has to retreat, so we have to bite him even if we are injured! ”

Therefore, he chose a brave general to pursue, Wei Mingchage was really powerful, and when he retreated, he also buried seven ambushes, and was identified by the Han army in three ways, but there were still four roads that played a huge role, and the army was broken and beheaded, so that the Qin Long Han army suffered a reduction that had not been seen since the war. But Liu Qi still chased after him and refused to relax.

In this way, Brother Wei Mingcha, who was determined to break the arm of a strong man, was still entangled by Liu Qi, who was prepared for both defeats, and he couldn't rush back to Zhongxing Mansion at the same time no matter what. After the banner was raised, the western side of the country marched at great speed, and arrived in Yingli in November, cutting off the connection between the Ningxia Plain and the southwestern territory of Western Xia. The southwestern princes and tribes who were guarding the city in Zhongxing Mansion were all shocked when they heard the news - because it was their hometown! From Liangzhou to Lanzhou, the whole region was in chaos. The Western Xia regime began to lose its dominance in the region, and the merchants led by Tuoshu took the opportunity to cross the Hanxia border and bring the news to Lanzhou, from which it spread to Xizhou, Qinzhou, Weizhou, and Chang'an.

At the beginning, Zhi Yanchong and Xiao Tienu just let the disease go to the disease cheaply, so even Zhi and Xiao didn't know the news of the eastward expansion of the disease, let alone Liu Qi. Therefore, after hearing the news, Liu Qi's surprise was really extraordinary, and he said to the generals again and again: "Do you know why Brother Wei Mingcha is so anxious?" Do you know why Brother Wei Mingcha is in such a hurry? Ha ha! It turns out that not only in the north, but also in the west, our 'Iron Arm General' has been killed! Everyone, bite, bite! Ha ha! If Xixia doesn't die this time, it will really be unreasonable! ”