Chapter Forty-Nine: Yang Wenguang's Ambition

Under the account of Zhe Weizhong, Yang Wenguang led a group of troops, a total of 5,000 people, to build a walled city at the junction of the Yellow River and the Great Wall, and the walled city was named Ningxia Village. Within a radius of sixteen miles, the city wall was built with rammed earth, and the outer wall was reinforced with stone blocks and cement; The wall is twelve meters wide at the base and four meters wide at the top; The wall is nine meters high. Because this walled city is located in the northwest of Liangzhou, facing the forefront of Western Xia, and only more than 100 miles away from Yingli Prefecture, the gateway of Xingqing Province, the strategic location is quite important. Its real role was to compete with the Western Xia for the population and land resources in the border areas and meet the logistical supply needs of the Song army; At this stage, it is the eastern flank of Gongwei Xiliang Mansion to curb the invasion of Liangzhou by Western Xia.

The strategic intention of the Western Xia's westward expansion will not change, so the Great Song Dynasty continued to harass when building Ningxia Village, but was repelled by Yang Wenguang, and his 1,000-man flintlock musket army was divided into two battalions, each with 500 people, and killed and wounded nearly 2,000 Western Xia cavalry, and only 70 people were wounded, and there were no dead soldiers. Yang Wenguang referred to the flintlock pistol team as the musket battalion, and he immediately looked at the musket battalion with admiration.

Yang Wenguang's generals and 20,000 officials and civilians sent by the imperial court ate and lived together, cut the stars and the moon, and accelerated the construction progress of Ningxia Village. Finally, in March of the third year of Tiansheng, Ningxia Village has been fully completed. The city is full of cement masonry buildings, and the farmers who came to Tuntian were also placed in the building area, which is also a residential area, which is a four-story building, covering an area of 2,000 acres and accommodating 20,000 farmers; The buildings along the city wall were military barracks, mostly three-story buildings, which could accommodate 20,000 troops. There are also many shops in the city, which can meet the needs of the residents and garrisons, and there are also large granaries and stables built in the city.

At this time, Yang Wenguang was organizing and training the township soldiers, and selected or recruited local people to form an armed force according to the proportion of household registration Ding Zhuang. Usually do not detach from production, farm leisure assembly training. It is responsible for repairing cities, transporting grain, catching thieves, or coordinating with the forbidden army to defend the border. Yang Wenguang reorganized 3,000 township soldiers and sent the leaders of the forbidden army to gather for training, learn combat skills, and strengthen their physique and combat ability.

At this time, the imperial court allowed the official army to recruit soldiers, and Yang Wenguangbu was allowed to recruit 2,000 soldiers, that is, four battalions. Less than 200 miles to the north of Ningxia Village is the Tengger Desert, and on the edge of it there is a tribe of nearly 15,000 people of Ula Muriwe, the leader of which is called Zahetai, who is about forty years old and has 4,000 iron horsemen, a medium-sized tribe. Often harassed by the Western Xia army stationed in Yingli, the tribe was overwhelmed and prepared to move westward. However, when Zahetai learned that a fortified city had appeared near the Great Wall in the south, and heard that it was built by the Great Song Dynasty, he personally led 150 guards to investigate. Zha Hetai led the team less than 20 miles away from Ningxia Village, was discovered by the scouts of the Western Xia, and then Zha Hetai was attacked by three hundred Western Xia troops, and the soldiers and horses of Zha Hetai suddenly fell into a heavy siege, but the Zha Hetai Department was not a general, and the two sides began to fight.

In fact, the Western Xia army has been staring at the Ula Murwei Department for a long time, and has always wanted to annex it, and the two sides have fought several times before, although the Western Xia army has won more and lost less, but the casualties are also heavy, so its leader Zahetai wants to deal with it quickly. The Western Xia army had already found out the whereabouts of Zahetai from the spies of the Ula Murwei Department, and also sensed Zhahtai's intention to unite with the Great Song Dynasty, so he ambushed halfway and hit with one blow. Zahetai watched the warriors around him being killed one by one, and secretly said in his heart: "Immortal Heaven is going to kill me", but he didn't give up the battle. Seeing that the Western Xia army could not attack for a long time, they transferred another 300 cavalry. Zahetai's body was already scarred and exhausted, it was just a trapping beast fight, and there were only twenty people left around him, all of them were injured, and they couldn't hold on for long, and defeat was just around the corner.

Just when the people in Zahetai were desperate, they only felt that the earth shook, and then they heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, and a large group of Song cavalry rushed over. The chief general of the Western Xia cavalry has sensed that the situation is wrong, and hurriedly formed a formation outside, and before he was properly prepared, this group of cavalry rushed over, and then the guns rang out, and the Western Xia cavalry fell off their horses one after another, and most of the dead and wounded were killed and wounded for a while, and the remaining remnants of the soldiers scattered in a hurry.

Zahetai was in a state of panic, and his men turned their backs on defense. At this time, I saw a young general riding a horse and asked: "I am Di Qing, the head of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, who are you?" Zahetai could speak the Song language, so he said: "Zahetai, the leader of the Lower Uramuwei Division, wanted to meet the border generals of the Great Song Dynasty, but was unexpectedly attacked by the Western Xia army. When Di Qing heard this, he hurriedly hugged his fists forward and saluted, and then led Zahetai to Ningxia Village. Zahetai was amazed by the magnificent architecture of Ningxia Village and strengthened his heart to take refuge. Yang Wenguang met with Zahetai, Yang Wenguang had actually sent someone to inquire about the situation of the Ula Murwei Department, and he was also preparing to surrender the department, but he had no chance, but he didn't expect a God-given opportunity. At that time, the scouts came back and reported that there were five or six hundred Western Xia cavalry less than twenty miles north of the wall, besieging the cavalry of an unknown tribe. So Yang Wenguang sent troops to the rescue, but who knew that he actually saved the leader of the Ula Murwei Department.

At this time, the Ula Murwei Department was already in a mess, and Zahetai's younger brother Zamukun leaked his whereabouts and intentions to the Xizuo of the Western Xia army, hoping that the Western Xia army would kill Zahetai along the way. Zamukun has secretly contacted Yeli Kuilang, the chief general of the Western Xia Army, who is Yeli Wangrong's own nephew. Zhamkun was going to take over the position of tribal leader after the death of Zahetai, and then led the people to join the Western Xia, and Yelu Kuilang promised to ask him for an official position. At this time, Zamukun had gathered his henchmen, controlled nearly half of the tribe's soldiers and horses, and placed Zahetai's family and disobedient elders under house arrest. However, Zahetai's confidant Ulutai was in charge of the rest of the soldiers and horses, which was more than Zamukun's and had stronger combat power. So the two sides are in a stalemate.

The 5,000 people of the Western Xia army secretly contacted by Zamukun also rushed to the Wulamuwei Department, and when Ulutai saw that the momentum was not good, he led his troops to flee south, wanting to defect to the Great Song Dynasty. The two sides are chasing after me, but they are getting closer and closer to Ningxia Village, and you can see its city wall. The fierce battle between the two sides didn't pay attention for a while, including Yeli Kuilang, the veteran general, maybe he felt that with his own 5,000 cavalry and Zamukun's 1,000 cavalry, the Song army did not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle. The Song army's scouting horse detective Yeli Kuilang led his troops to come and passed this information to Yang Wenguang, Yang Wenguang was overjoyed, and the opportunity to make a name for himself in the secret path came. The elite of the Western Xia in Yingli City was exhausted, and the Song army should go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with it, defeat Yeli Kuilang, and Huili City would open its doors and be at your fingertips.

Yang Wenguang led an army of 3,000 cavalry out of the city, Di Qing was among them, and at the sound of an order, the deafening sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the cavalry all over the mountains swept towards the Western Xia army like a big wave. In fact, Yeli Kui Lang is not a general, he is also ready to face the attack of the Song army, only to see the two armies engaged in an instant, at this time the Song army's musket battalion began to shoot in three sections, the cavalry of the Western Xia continued to fall off their horses, and then threw more than 100 grenades into the Western Xia army, only to hear the huge explosion sound continued to sound, the Western Xia army turned on their backs for a while, flesh and blood flew sideways, instantly chaotic, began to rout. Yeli Kuilang was also stunned, and was hit in the shoulder by a stray bullet, and when he saw that he couldn't do anything, he ordered the withdrawal of the army.

At this time, Di Qing was killing up, and suddenly saw an enemy chief in silver armor and silver helmet, surrounded by the escort team, was fleeing, he immediately took off the ten big bows he was carrying, and then pulled out an arrow to aim at the enemy chieftain, and fired an arrow at the handsome banner of the Western Xia army. At this time, Ye Li Kui Lang fled quickly, and suddenly felt creepy, as if he was being targeted by a poisonous snake, and subconsciously wanted to dodge, he suddenly felt that his body rose into the air, and his neck was in sharp pain, and his consciousness fell into darkness. At this moment, the handsome banner of the Western Xia army has been shot and fell, and the Western Xia army is even more defeated.

Yang Wenguang had previously been in contact with the fine work of the Great Song Dynasty lurking in Huili, Huili City at this time only a thousand defenders and two thousand township troops, Yang Wenguang called to Zahetai, at this time Zahetai had already shot his younger brother Zamukun in the chaos, and Ulutai rendezvous, regained control of the army, at this time led two thousand cavalry. Zha Hetai came to meet Yang Wenguang, Yang Wenguang asked Zha Hetai to lead his troops to pursue the remnants of the Western Xia defeated generals, and he reorganized his troops and horses to march to Huili, which was only one hundred and fifty miles away from Huili, and would arrive in an hour.

At this time, there was no tension in Huili City, at this time the city guard was drinking in his own house, there were several half-naked women dancing during the banquet, the guard drank to the excitement, summoned a dancer with the best posture to him, pressed her to the ground, and tore her clothes violently with big hands, and after a while, the woman was messy and jade, and he called two dancers and asked them to strip themselves, and the guard will enjoy himself on the spot. And the guards on the city wall also held their weapons, and leaned listlessly under the wall, and the gates were still wide open. There were no scouts or scouts outside the city, and the defenders of Huili were not at all vigilant and vigilant.

In the mountains and forests less than five miles away from Huili City, Yang Wenguang asked the striker to change into the military uniform of Western Xia, re-erected the handsome flag of Western Xia, and rushed to the gate of Huili. The galloping sound of soldiers and horses alarmed the defenders of Western Xia, and they got up to check and found their handsome banner, so they didn't care. It wasn't until the advance of the Song army reached 300 meters from the gate of Huili that a veteran soldier who had been on the battlefield for a long time found the abnormalities and flaws of the incoming army, so he struck a gong to warn him and shouted wildly: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, hurry up and close the city gate." At this time, the guard heard the warning, and he didn't care about the lewd pleasure, so he was so anxious that he rushed out without putting on his clothes and pants, and was thrown and ate. At this time, the defenders of the city began to pull up the city gate, and Di Qing was in the vanguard of the Song army, at this time Di Qing saw that it was not good, and immediately drove his horse forward, and when he reached the sixty zhang of the city wall, the city gate had been pulled up half, seeing that the attack was about to fail, Yang Wenguang was so angry that he whipped his thigh. I saw Di Qing draw arrows and shoot at the Western Xia soldiers who pulled the city gate at the head of the city, and the soldiers on the city were all shot to death in a moment, and the city gate also fell to the ground, and the door of the cave was wide open, and the vanguard of the Song army seized the opportunity to rush into the city gate in an instant and began to kill the Quartet. Yang Wenguang also saw Di Qing's bravery, and secretly praised him in his heart, so he decided to promote him and asked him for credit to the imperial court. After thinking about it, he led the army into the city and began to purge the remnants of the Western Xia army.

Yang Wenguang asked the sword and pen officials in the army to write a good news and submit it to Zhi Weizhong and Chong Shiheng, asking the imperial court to send troops to garrison Huili City. Huili is the southeast gateway of Xingqing Mansion in Western Xia, so that it can enter Liangzhou in the west, and it is the most important strategic starting point of the westward expansion strategy of Western Xia. When the Great Song Dynasty recovered Huili City, it would cut off the westward route of Western Xia, look at and deter Xingqing Mansion, and completely ensure the safety of Liangzhou. So Western Xia will definitely send it