Chapter 1333 The storm is rising again

The Yellow River is at the mouth of the gorge, that is, above the Qingtong Gorge in later generations, and below Yingli Pass, and now has a special name - Mingsha River.

Two hundred miles upstream of the mouth of the gorge, the south bank of the Yellow River is Mingsha City, and then two hundred miles, the north bank of the Yellow River is Yingli Pass.

It is 400 miles away from the prosperous area of the Ningxia Plain, located at the southernmost foot of Helan Mountain, and forms a narrow channel with the remaining veins of Liupan Mountain in the south, and the Yellow River just passes through this channel.

Because of the existence of the Yellow River, the already narrow passage between the north bank and the Helan Mountains has become even narrower.

Behind it on the northwest side, there is the vast desert, where the famous scenic spot Shapotou is located, forming a huge and perfect barrier behind this small exit.

In the Qin and Han dynasties, the Great Wall was built here and the pass was built to protect the Northern Hu.

In the Ming Dynasty after the Song Dynasty, it was built here and became one of the most important passes of Ningxia West Road, and it was named Jinguan.

The so-called "southern branch of Montenegro, such as the angry rhino running to drink in the river, that is, the victory of Jinguan." The stone peak is horizontal, across the river and the south bank of the spring mountain opposite, arching the county seat, for a key cloud. ”

"It is said that it is too golden, Tongguan, so the name is gold."

Later generations have poems to describe this place - "The floating sand is high and hugs the hidden side wall, and the misty smoke and clouds meet the great wilderness." The mountain leads to the Helan Peak, and the river leads to the stars and the water flows yellow. ”

"The clouds are vast, the peaks are vain, and the rise of Xiongguan is strong. There is the desert in the north, and the long river in the south. Yinchuan is here to open the pipe key, and the mountain with water cannot be crossed. ”

In the current Song Dynasty, what is even more terrifying than later generations is that the side of Yingli Pass near the Yellow River, there are vast ponds and marshes, which make the passage even narrower.

Even in the middle of winter, the moats and swamps here do not freeze, and the Tang Dynasty called this swamp area a warm pool.

When King Luo Bin passed here, he had specially visited the reason - "according to Turenyun, that is, the old site of the county seat, there is a hot spring overflowing into the pool in the south of the moat, and it is not frozen in winter, hence the name." ”

When he was looking at the military map, he found this place that had been ignored by the Xia people at a glance, and when they were shrinking their forces to defend Xingqing Mansion and Xiping Mansion, he suggested that Su You let the strongest Hoard Army cross the Yellow River at night and seize the key points here!

After that, he ordered Bao Shun on the West Road to lead 30,000 people, strengthen the defensive force here, rush to transport a large number of materials, and rely on the Great Wall of Qin and Han Dynasty and Yingli Pass, and rebuild the entire Guancheng in a frenzied manner!

When the war stopped, Liu Changzuo's three more Xiaorui troops were dispatched!

Su Lie thought that such a concentration of troops was unnecessary, after all, the front of the enemy that should be taken care of was quite narrow, and five thunderbolt cannons were moved to the head of the city, not only was the frontal defense force strong, but even the Yellow River was enough to blockade.

So he discussed with Liu Changzuo and simply went to take Liangzhou, not only could they take care of each other's back roads, but also formed an iron triangle of the West Road with Lanzhou.

Its defensive posture and depth suddenly made the kind of man feel more comfortable, and he praised Su Lie's children's shoes: "Although he is young and young, he will be slight, and it will be a godsend." ”

This also created the illusion that the Song army would take the west road as the main force and cross the river to attack Xingqing Mansion, so that the Xia people had to adjust their strategy, attack reasonably, and try to recover here, form a large encirclement of Liangzhou, and regain the strategic initiative.

However, the military thinking of the Xia people is still stuck in the old era, and the fact that the Hoarding Army can take it lightly does not mean that the famous Ah Wu and Renduo Baozhong can also be regained.

This area is not suitable for cavalry combat, the Song army relied on the mountains, the Great Wall, and the rebuilt Xiongguan to create layers of defense.

In addition, after the Hoarding Army, which was far superior to Bubazi in the old army era, was transformed into a new army, Su Lie implemented Su You's "offensive defense" strategy to the fullest in response to the Kanto.

With ambush cannons and cannons, the Hoarding Army fought within 200 miles of the foothills of Helan Mountain.

Night raids, food looting, ambushes...... The "16-character principle for guerrillas," which was discussed by Su You, has finally been thoroughly realized after the development of military technology.

Moreover, compared with the guerrilla tactics of later generations, which used the weak enemy to be strong, the results of today's guerrilla warfare are amazing.

It can be said that the most correct tactic of using a small number of new troops against a large number of old armies can be regarded as a real success in the defensive battle of Yingliguan commanded by Su Lie.

This made Bao Shun, who was guarding the town, very depressed, I said brother, don't patronize yourself and make trouble, why don't you let some people come over, so that the old brother can also make some contributions, right?

There are 30,000 horses here, and since the expedition to the present, except for some tribes who have heard of my brother's identity and surrendered to the wind, they haven't caught any fart......

The 100,000 people of the two armies were beaten by Su Lie and had a difficult way to enter, which made the Xia people have a serious miscalculation, thinking that this must be the main direction of attack of the Song army.

Therefore, after receiving a report from Wei Ming Ah Wu and Ren Duo Baozhong that the military strength of the Song people was absolutely more than 60,000 and that the strength of the two armies was insufficient, Empress Liang, who was stationed in Shunzhou, was furious and led 100,000 Shengding to Yingli.

She didn't believe that the Song army was all beaten with iron, 200,000 people, and the pile was also piled down!

However, she still remembered Mr. Jia's warning, Shunzhou is the head of the nine canals, is the irrigation hub of the entire Xingqing Mansion, and must be firmly guarded, so she let the 50,000 Makui female soldiers who defended Jingzhou, the gateway to Xingqing, move forward to Shunzhou.

This is undoubtedly an extremely bad decision, no Xia people would have expected that the Great Song Dynasty had already formed a Yellow River water division capable of carrying 40,000 people in just two months!

When Empress Liang was dressed in military uniform and led 100,000 Shengding to gallop towards Yingli Pass, the Song people's Ganyi, Zhenguo, Dingguo, Konghe, Academy Corps, and five new armies of 23,000 people, as well as 15,000 people from the elite five armies of Jingyuan, Yanyan, and Linfu, Zhenrong, Dingbian, Baoan, Suide, and Volcano, gave up their horses, used giant rafts instead, and killed Jingzhou, the gateway to Xingqing Province, on the north bank of the Yellow River!

At the same time, there were 6,000 people from the two old armies of Dingbian and Baoan, together with the recruited Shufan, driving vans and horses along the east bank of the Yellow River, towards Linhe Town, which was across the river from Jingzhou and had the narrowest river.

The waterway army was led by Gao Zunyu himself, and the baggage army on the east coast was led by Shen Kuo and Su You, accompanied by Shi Yong and other scientific and engineering talents.

In December, the army arrived in Jingzhou, which was only forty miles away from Xingqing Mansion, and only forty miles away from Xingzhou, the political center of Xia State!

Jingzhou was caught off guard, there were only 3,000 old and weak households in the city, and Liu Hanchen, the governor of Zhouzhou, only glanced at the 13,000 people of the three armies of Ganyi, the Crane Control Army and the Zhenrong Army who were seizing the tidal flats on the city, and then returned to the state government and committed suicide by hanging the beam.

The remaining Song army continued to set off downstream to Huaizhou and Dingzhou.

In the unitary period, Gao Zunyu, Cao Nan, and Sun Nengke Jingzhou.

Gengshen, early in the morning, Wang Hou, Chong Ke Huaizhou.

At noon, Liu Shiheng, Wang Junwan, and Dake Dingzhou.

Xingqing Mansion was besieged by the Song army on three sides!

The Xia people of Sanzhou, helping the old and the young, cried and fled all the way to Xingqing Mansion.

The Song army did not stop it, but only eliminated the weak resistance forces in the three states, and after occupying the treasury, account books, household books, and warehouses, they left thousands of people to defend each, and the rest of the army went straight to Xingzhou!

The army of the Xia people is all outside, and the heart of Xingqing Mansion is extremely empty.

In the nearest Shunzhou, there are only tens of thousands of female soldiers, and the rest of the army, Empress Liang is a hundred miles away, Wei Ming Ah Wu and Renduo Baozhong, four hundred miles away, and Jia Liang is six hundred miles away!

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Xingqing Mansion, Guanqing Temple.

The body of the famous Jingsi is quietly placed on the wooden rafter tower in the center of the main square under the temple tower.

The red-clothed monk led the monks to recite scriptures for the famous Jing Si, and sent him away from this chaotic world to the auspicious kingdom of heaven.

There are three kinds of funeral customs in Western Xia, including Qiang customs, Han customs, and Buddhist customs, and the three burial customs influence each other and penetrate each other.

The dignitaries and nobles, mostly similar to the Song Liao, built bricks and wooden tombs, while the Western Xia mausoleums, except for the outside of the sect, generally do not use niches, and rarely build brick rooms.

Among the burial goods, there are fewer utensils, and most of them use imitations such as sheep, cows, horses, chickens, ducks, bronze oxen, and stone horses.

More, cremation is adopted, the bones are put into containers, buried in the grave, and those with noble status are built into spiritual pagodas.

Wei Mingjingsi's wish is to adopt the traditional funeral rites of the party and cremate.

Empress Dowager Liang and Liang Yibury also came to Guanqing Temple to pay tribute in person.