"Hahaha......"

The crowd laughed again.

Those princes and concubines of Western Xia were full of gloom, they were high in heaven and nobles before, but at this time, they were reduced to such a state.

Being picked like a cargo......

But they were helpless and didn't dare to resist at all, otherwise what awaited them would be a dead end.

It is already great luck that these women, in the war, can be treated as trophies, instead of being killed directly.

I don't know if it's sad or lucky!

……

The Dang army completely occupied Xingqing Mansion, and countless Western Xia princes and nobles fled to the west in disarray.

It's just that the Dang Capture Army didn't take long from the beginning of the siege to the destruction of the city, and those Western Xia princes and nobles were in a hurry, and they didn't have time to take away the money and treasures they had accumulated for hundreds of years.

All of them were left in the city of Xingqing Mansion, and the army was cheapened!

Those who fled to the west were not only those Western Xia party nobles, but even ordinary party members also fled to the west with their families.

The army of the Dang captives followed behind these fleeing party members and began to sweep through the entire Western Xia, heading towards the cities in the west where the Xixia Tun was stationed with heavy troops.

As for how many Tangut people will die along the way, this is not their consideration.

"Wang Guo!"

"In!"

"You led a battalion of the headquarters, and the army went straight to Xuanhua Mansion and the Gansu Military Division, and quickly defeated and annihilated the Western Xia army stationed there."

"No!"

"Li Wu!"

"In!"

"You lead the second battalion and the army to attack the Yan Military Division of Heishui Town."

"No!"

"Zhang Sihu!"

"In!"

"You lead the headquarters of the three battalions and enter the Fuwei Military Division of Western Xia Black Mountain!"

"No!"

“……”

As Chen Yan's orders were issued one after another, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions of the Dangyu Army marched in different directions, preparing to sweep the entire territory of Western Xia.

In July of the fourth year of Xuanhe, the first battalion of the Dangyu Army broke through Xuanhua Mansion and annihilated 5,000 enemies.

On July 19, the fourth year of Xuanhe, the second battalion of the Dangyu Army broke through the Yan Army Division in Heishui Town, Western Xia, and completely annihilated all enemy troops.

The next day, the third battalion of the Danglu Army also broke through the Black Mountain Fuwei Military Division, and the entire formed army in Western Xia was swept away by the Danglu Army in one fell swoop.

However, Chen Yan did not recall the strength of these three battalions, but instead transferred several new battalions from Anping, Qinzhou, Minzhou, Xizhou and other base places.

Heavy troops were assembled, and Chen Yan made a posture of threatening the Hetao Plain.

That's right, Chen Yan's next target is - Hetao!

This horse farm!

In this era of cold weapons, cavalry is a real artifact, an artifact that can determine the rise and fall of a country.

Han Tang is strong because of the Hetao horse farm!

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went on a northern expedition against the Xiongnu and Taizong of the Tang Dynasty wiped out the Turks, all because he had a river loop in hand, which could provide them with a steady stream of war horses.

The two Song Dynasty were in a corner of peace and were suppressed by the ethnic minorities in the north.

It is definitely not because of the loss of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the loss of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in the Northern Song Dynasty is at most a little more difficult to defend.

However, the loss of the Hetao made the Song Dynasty lose the source of war horses and completely lost the ability to take the initiative to attack.

The northern nomads went south, and the Song Dynasty could only defend passively, and even if they won the defense, they had no ability to pursue.

Without cavalry, once the two-legged infantry left the city, they could only be ravaged by the cavalry, and they would definitely not be the opponent of the cavalry.

Even if you form a military formation to defend, you will be passively beaten.

The cavalry can run if they can't beat it, but the infantry can't catch up if they want to.

As soon as the infantry pursues, the cavalry will most likely kill a return pistol, and then the infantry will collapse, and only a massacre awaits the infantry.

In the absence of enough cavalry, the two Song Dynasty could only passively retreat in defense in the face of the cavalry clusters of the northern nomads.

However, if the Hetao is in hand, there is enough supply of war horses, and with the financial resources of the two songs, an elite cavalry will be formed.

If you want to push the Liao State in the north and destroy the Western Xia, it is definitely easy.

Even in the later Ming Dynasty, the continuous northern expedition of the Ming Dynasty to the Mongol and Yuan dynasties in the early years was also based on the mastery of the Hetao, a horse breeding land.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, after the Ming Dynasty lost its horse breeding land, it became weak, and it also occupied an absolute advantage from the early Ming Dynasty, constantly taking the initiative to attack the Northern Expedition, and became a strong town on the nine sides.

The northern nomads went south again and again and were powerless to fight back!

And if Chen Yan wants to achieve his hegemony, the horse breeding land of Hetao is indispensable!

The Hetao area refers to the bends of the Yellow River and its surrounding basins.

Since ancient times, the Hetao has provided rich cultural resources and living resources for the Chinese nation, and the folk proverb also says that "the Yellow River is harmful, but only one is rich".

The topography of this loop is unique among the world's major rivers.

The surrounding areas of the Hetao, including the Huangshui Basin, Taoshui Basin, Luoshui Basin, Weishui Basin, Fenshui Basin, Sangqian River Basin, Zhangshui River Basin, and Hutuo River Basin, all have relatively good natural environmental conditions.

The water and grass are abundant, the climate is suitable, and the dimension is not too high, which is the best horse breeding ground in the whole East Asia!

At this time, the loop was divided into two parts.

Part of it is in the territory of Western Xia, and part of it is in the territory of Liao, needless to say, this part of Western Xia is already in the hands of Chen Yan.

But in that part of the territory of Liao, the situation is a little more complicated!

The Liao State was defeated by the Jin State one after another, and it was almost about to be destroyed, and it would not last for a few years.

However, the location of the Hetao is also quite important, it is where the Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom is located, and the Hetao is a few hundred miles to the east, which is the Datong Mansion of the Xijing of the Liao Kingdom.

The Liao State has a heavy army stationed in the Datong Mansion in Xijing, and if Chen Yan captures the Hetao, it is likely to make the Liao State dog jump over the wall in a hurry.

Mobilize an army to attack Chen Yan!

Chen Yan didn't want to bear the crazy counterattack of the Liao State before his death for the Jin State, so at this moment, he could only put on a posture of gathering heavy troops to test the reaction of the Liao State.

I believe that the Liao Kingdom sent an envoy to negotiate with him!

Chen Yan wanted to try it, if he could take the Hetao without blood.

Although the Danglu army at this time had just conquered Western Xia and captured a large number of war horses, it was still very short of cavalry.

Although there are war horses, there are not enough cavalry, which is also a big problem!

Before Chen Yan had enough cavalry, he didn't want to fight with a country like Liao, which had a large number of cavalry, in a plain area like Hetao.

……

While the heavy troops were gathering on the Hetao Plain, Chen Yan had already returned to Anping.

At present, the core of the Dang Capture Army is still in the Anping area, but with the increase in the strength of the Dang Capture Army and the expansion of its territory, Anping is indeed a little inadequate.

Chen Yan plans to relocate, including those schools, various workshops, yamen, etc., all of which will be relocated.

But where exactly to move from Anping, Chen Yan has not yet decided.

Qinzhou's words are not impossible, after all, Qinzhou is the seat of Qinfeng Road, although it is located in the bitter cold land of the northwest, it is still prosperous.