Chapter 52: The Battle of Huili (3): The Western Xia Interior

Yeli Zhenxian in the Tibetan Soldier Cave, carrying out the detailed deployment of the plan of the rebellion, he himself sneaked into the city to observe, at this time the Huili outside the city was loose and tight, the Song army in the city for military management, and sent a large number of bright posts and secret posts, the party members were closely monitored, the adjacent households of about 15 people in 30 households for a pavilion, from the Song army sent two people as the chief and deputy pavilion chief, each pavilion and then from the Ula Muwei Department to send 20 clan soldiers to maintain order, to prevent the party members from rebellion; The city was divided into 100 pavilion-level units, the Song army sent a total of 200 soldiers, Zahetai sent 2,000 subordinates to assist, and the Han people in the city who hated the party members also spontaneously participated, about 3,000 people. The party members of each pavilion are named by the pavilion chief every day, twice a day, and they need to go to the pavilion chief to issue a road guide to go out. Nori Maken felt that it was a little difficult to arrange all 200 elite soldiers in the city, but no matter how strict and perfect the system was, there would be loopholes. Because Song Bing saw the party members for the first time, he felt that in addition to being tall, his appearance was almost the same. I couldn't recognize it clearly for a while, so after Yeli Zhenxian grasped this situation, he repaired the plank road and secretly Chen Cang, transferred a hundred soldiers who were about the same height and appearance, and placed them in batches, and after ten days all of them were placed in place, the Song army and the clan soldiers of Ula Muwei did not notice it. Finally, after another ten days, the remaining 100 Western Xia elite soldiers were also placed in place. At this time, the Western Xia army outside the city also did not move, and the truce card was hung high for the past 20 days, and the turtle cowered in the camp without moving. These days, the Song soldiers in the city have been a little slack, but the Song army's meticulous work has not slackened, and they are all hidden in the dark to pay attention to the wind and grass in the city.

Yang Wenguang has been a little uneasy in the past few days, although the Western Xia army outside the city has not moved for nearly 20 days, but he always feels that the Western Xia is planning and implementing some big conspiracy, and there is very likely to be chaos in the city in the near future, just like a huge storm brewing under the calm water. He strictly ordered the officers and men in the city not to slack off and not to relax their vigilance. He also sent troops to guard some important livelihood and military supply facilities, such as wells, granaries, and stables. It took Yang Wenguang a month to build several large cement granaries and stables, and transferred all the grain and grass to them. Cement houses were also built on various wells in the city to fundamentally eliminate the possibility of being poisoned.

The road is one foot high, and after Yeli Zhenxian figured out the situation of the Song army's defense, he called Qiu Hu to inquire to him: "Deacon Qiu, now the city is well defended, and it is difficult to poison and prevent fire, do you have a good plan" Qiu Hu thought about it for a while, and suddenly came up with an idea, so he hurriedly said: "General Yeli, a well near the military camp in the north of the city was connected to an abandoned tunnel before, and the small one knows where the entrance to the tunnel is. It is feasible to repair the tunnels and send people to poison them. When Yeli Zhenxian heard this, his spirits were greatly lifted, and he felt that there was a good opportunity, so he sent people to repair the tunnel with Qiu Hu and quickly poisoned it. Qiu Hu led the people to find the entrance to this tunnel, began to clean and excavate, and it took a day to quickly reach the well, but found that a large rock in front of him blocked the exit. The crowd dug a big pit beside it, let the stone roll into it, and finally revealed the exit, Qiu Hu was very happy, and looked down from the exit, and the bright well water was at his feet, and it was done. Qiu Hu told the news to Yeli Zhenxian, Yeli Zhenxian was overjoyed, he seemed to see the fire in Huili City, the Song soldiers were poisoned and the main general was assassinated, he said secretly: "Brother, Huili will not be restored, and the Song army commander Yang Wenguang who was killed will also be beheaded, and then I will cut off his head to pay tribute to you, and then you will rest in peace." ”

Nori called together the heads of several division of labor projects for this operation, arranged the time for the action, and related coordination work. First let Qiu Hu send people to poison the well, and then arrange the time and place of the assassination, and finally take advantage of the chaos to open the city gate to welcome the king of Western Xia and restore Huili. Then he sent a letter to Li Yuanhao to report the plan for the uprising in the city, check and fill in the gaps, and then verify the time, place, and people of the internal and external cooperation.

Outside the city, in the big tent of Li Yuanhao in the Xixia military camp, all the generals have gathered together, Li Yuanhao read the report of Yeli Zhenxian, and he was still quite satisfied, only to see that he handed the report to Zhang Yuan and said: "Military division, how do you see it, is there anything to add." After Zhang Yuan saw it, he said: "General Yeli's plan is already very complete, and it is mainly a matter of personnel coordination in the city. Then there is the cooperation of our generals here, we have to do two aspects, one is to lure the enemy out of the city, and the other is to send troops to ambush the north gate outside the city, in response to the uprising in the inner city to open the city gate, and take advantage of the chaos to enter the city; Therefore, luring the enemy must be real, no flaws, only need to lose, not need to win, this army division estimates that this time out of the city must be Li Zhaoliang and Guo Zun's reinforcements, they have not yet made an inch of merit, they must be competitive, meritorious service, so it is easy to take the bait. The key is the problem of the lurking army of the siege army, now it must be mainly infantry, supplemented by cavalry, otherwise it is easy to be exposed, there is two miles away from the north gate of the city, there is a piece of artemisia grass, green and lush, there is more than one person high, it is not suitable for fire, so it can be lurking. So Li Yuanhao asked Yelu Qiyu to lead the army to lure the enemy, and let his son Yeli Wangrong lurk to meet the siege.

Yeli Zhenxian, who was hiding in the military cave in Huili City, had already received Li Yuanhao's order and decided to launch it tomorrow, so he arranged for everyone to repair and recuperate that night, and wait for tomorrow to start the incident. Previously, Qiu Hu arranged his family in another courtyard of his house and told them not to come back. Because he has been obeying orders under the account of Yeli Zhenxian for more than 20 days, he has not returned home to visit. There was a young woman in his courtyard who was losing her temper, suspecting that Qiu Hu was looking for a good match, and she was so happy that she forgot about the family. The maid below didn't dare to make a sound, she got up and went out, but the family couldn't stop her, and her seven-year-old son also went out. The young woman came to the door from time to time, and went in with the open door, and found that something was wrong as soon as she entered, and found that there were more than a dozen strong men, eyeing them in the house, and she thought that there were strong men in the house, so she turned around and fled, and pushed her son out of the door, and the people in the courtyard caught her at once, and the child just ran out of the door, and called an arrow to kill, and the people inside quickly got the child's body into the yard, and threw it into the firewood room, and it will be dealt with later, and the woman at this time looked at her child and died on the spot, and was just about to cry out, and was knocked out on the spot, Tied to Qiu Hu's bedroom. One of the men saw that Qiu Hu's wife was quite attractive (of course, they didn't know that this was Qiu Hu's wife), and his heart was very angry, these outlaws were highly nervous during this time, and they didn't know how life and death would be tomorrow, so they wanted to solve it now. The man woke up Qiu Hu's wife with water, only to see that she woke up, and before she could react, she was forcibly insulted by the man, and the man released the depression hidden in his heart. A movement alarmed the others, and finally more than a dozen other people also joined in, and finally Qiu Hu's wife was covered with bloodstains, less air in and more out of gas, and died tragically on the spot in a while. Before they could finish their fun, one of them kicked her corpse and said, "Bad luck", and the leader ordered someone to throw her corpse into the firewood room.

When Qiu Hu returned home in the evening, a dozen or so Assassins in the family were preparing to eat, and they just said hello to Qiu Hu, as they and Qiu Hu were not affiliated with each other. Qiu Hu saw that there were blood stains in the yard of his house, which continued to the firewood room, he followed the bloodstains to the firewood room, pushed open the door and saw his wife and children who died tragically, and his eyes were suddenly cracked, and he almost fainted in front of him. He has been in Yipintang for many years, and he has cultivated a calm temperament, he has suppressed his sorrow and anger, and he roughly guessed the ins and outs of the matter, roughly because he had not seen his mother and wife for more than 20 days, and they were in a hurry to visit him, so they were poisoned by these assassins. He secretly decided to avenge his wife and children for so much for the sake of being born and dying for Western Xia, he took out the colorless and odorless drug rosemary, which can make a man in the prime of life unconscious for two hours, he first secretly put rosemary into the drinks of these assassins, and then pretended to have nothing to do to meet these people. also asked about the situation of this firewood room, and they answered 1510, which was the same as Qiu Hu's guess, and finally someone said lightly: "Deacon Qiu, you don't know, that woman's body is so white, and her body is as soft as a snake. But this daughter is weak, but she can't help but toss, everyone only turns twice and then dies, otherwise you will try it, it's a pity. After hearing this, Qiu Hu secretly clenched his fist in his sleeve and said secretly: "Lao Tzu will ask you to return to the West today." So I pretended to have nothing to do and laughed with these people. Then they had supper, and they did not suspect the tiger, but they all gulped meat and drank wine. Soon the Assassins fell to the ground, and Qiu Hu tied them all up with ropes, took off their chins, and then splashed them with water to wake them up, and when the Assassins woke up, they were all full of puzzlement, Qiu Hu's face was distorted, and he told the ins and outs, and everyone understood what was going on, and they were all speechless, and some of them begged for mercy, but the leader showed a warning face. This completely angered Qiu Hu, I saw him pull out the knife, quickly stabbed under the leader's body, and slashed it with his hand, and suddenly blood spurted out, this person's face was hideous, his whole body was twisted and trembling, he was in pain, but he couldn't make a sound, Qiu Hu was still angry, and slashed at him more than a dozen times, the knife was not fatal, but it would make people bleed to death; Qiu Hu also targeted the first person who harmed his wife, he was even more miserable, he was dug out of his heart and shaved his liver alive, and his heart was still beating suddenly, and finally died tragically on the spot. The rest of the people were frightened by Qiu Hu's madness and begged for mercy, but Qiu Hu ignored them, and finally tortured them to death, chopped up their hearts and livers and fed to the hunting dogs at home.

At this time, Qiu Hu sat in the firewood room, looking at the corpses of his wife and children, and burst into tears. He got up and went to the yard, digging a pit with his hands, digging until his fingers were bloody, and finally digging out a big pit, lying in a daze himself, he thought of so many years, relying on the Xixia people, fighting for the tiger, helping to abuse, harming many Han people, and killing a lot of spies of the Great Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect to get such a fate. Say it directly: "Retribution, retribution!" Finally, he put the bodies of his wife and children in the pit and buried them. At this time, Qiu Hu was not human, his face was withered and haggard, and he was covered in mud and blood. Finally, he looked fondly at the place where his wife and children were buried, gritted his teeth and turned to walk into the house. He changed out of the bloody clothes, washed them, washed off the blood stains and bloody gas on his body, and then buried the bloody clothes in the backyard, and poured the corpses in the house into bone water. The house was also thoroughly cleaned, and there were no traces of the scene of the bloodshed anymore. Qiu Hu turned around and left home, he just wanted to take revenge on the Western Xia army, there was still one night, there was enough time to take revenge, and let the Western Xia assassins in the city and Xi Zuo bury his wife and children together.