The Western Xia legions, which were advancing along the Huangshui line, were also hindered, and in addition to the torrential rain blocking the march, there was also the unstable factor of Zhuo Luolan, which slowed down the "blitzkrieg" plan.

On the surface, Zhuo Luolan did not disobey his orders, and advanced on the southern line of Huangshui, but the speed was very slow. It's not that Zhuo Luolan wants to fight against Manba, but this heavy rain has obviously also hindered the transportation of grain and grass from Xiliang Mansion.

In the case of insufficient food and grass, Zhuo Luolan did not want to take his clan to participate in the battle of Xining Prefecture with the Manba, who had a great success. When he set out on the expedition, Zhuo Luolan promised his people that he would bring his brothers back, and at the same time he would bring back a lot of treasures, cattle and sheep.

Xining Prefecture is now gathering more than 50,000 troops, and although morale is low, it is not a bone that can be easily moved.

It is true that it can be besieged without attacking, but then it needs grain and grass to consume, otherwise once a wave of streams can not defeat Xining Prefecture, and when the grain and grass are in danger, the initiative in the war will change hands, at that time, if the morale is low and retreat, the Tubo people are also elite cavalry, once they pursue, the consequences are difficult to imagine.

Zhuo Luolan's promise to fight Xining Prefecture is true, but only conditionally agreed: according to the situation of grain and grass requisition.

But obviously, when he was studying tactics at the earliest time, Zhuo Luolan was overly optimistic, in fact, now affected by the heavy rain, it is difficult for the circle of his subordinate cavalry to collect grain to radiate more than 100 miles.

Although the Hehuang area is rich, like a granary, and the people's grain storage is more than Zhuo Luolan estimated at that time, but a serious problem is that the tyrannical behavior of Manba in Huangzhou at that time has already drawn enough hatred, and in the process of conquest, it is resistance and blood is shedding everywhere, and it is indeed possible to get food, but it is much more difficult, and the cost of obtaining food is also higher than Zhuo Luolan expected.

After all, this is the fierce Tibet, not the rather docile Great Song Dynasty.

Limited to these conditions, even if it was only a short distance from the battlefield in Xining Prefecture, Zhuo Luolan was unable to enter the battle of Xining Prefecture for a long time.

In addition, Zhuo Luolan's personal guards and horses constantly reported: they monitored Langzhou, the administrative region of the Southern Song Kingdom, and the Jishi Army, and there was a steady stream of grain and grass aid transported into Xining Prefecture to support the soldiers.

At this point, I feel that the pill, all kinds of signs prove that Manba has the difficulties of Manbaa, he is not all happy to be for the emperor Li Liangzuo, he is really afraid that the Song State will intervene for a long time and complicate the situation.

In Zhuo Luolan's opinion, it was already obvious that it was only a matter of time before the Song people intervened.

Theoretically, since a visible war is inevitable, it is necessary to take the initiative to attack the Song State first. But politically it was not allowed to do so, and now the Song king would become a hidden ally of the Emperor Wuzang.

If you don't attack the Song Realm, it's relatively simple, just facing a simple war in the Hehuang region. Once the Song realm is attacked, it is equivalent to declaring war on the Song State at the same time. In view of the fact that the main force of the Henan Army Division has been put into the Hehuang battlefield, if the Song State sends troops from Lanzhou to the north along the Luoluo River, it will be almost a no-man's land.

Although the Song State will also have great losses if it is fought, if the distant grain route from the east is cut off by Qin Feng's army, basically this Western Xia expeditionary force will face the situation of closing the door and beating the dogs.

So in the face of this rapidly changing situation, Zhuo Luolan slowed down the march again, and sent a report to the general Manba, saying: "The last general insists on slowing down the march of the army. In addition, although they cannot attack the Song State and declare war on the Song State, they must blockade the area south of Huangshui and cut off the Song State's aid to Xining Prefecture, otherwise they will have more than 50,000 elite troops to defend Xining Prefecture, and there is no shortage of logistics, and our expeditionary force will pay a heavy price. ”

There is no other way to deal with this than grit his teeth with hatred, after all, cutting off the aid channel of the Song State is also part of the war.

At this point, the situation began to stalemate, and 10,000 people were anxious, but the strategy of rapid march was about to be stillborn......

"Song reinforcements are coming!"

At the end of June, when a soldier ran into the big tent and reported the situation like this, the obscure atmosphere was swept away, and the old soldier got up excitedly and said: "How many people are here, who will lead the team?" ”

"Uh...... There are less than 100 people, but they are the son of Di Qing, a famous general of the Song Kingdom, and Di Yong led the team. The creep was a little embarrassed.

At this point, the atmosphere in the military tent froze.

At one time, he was full of longing for the development of the Hehuang area, but now in addition to being confused or confused, what is the use of this 100-person team being sent?

"Father, don't hesitate, what we can do now is to preserve our strength, abandon the Hehuang area, and retreat to the west of Qinghai Lake, then there is still the possibility of a comeback." A son stood up and said.

Another son said: "Nonsense, the only thing we can do now is to die on the battlefield and shed the last drop of blood, the abundance of the Hehuang area is a granary, and we are nothing without this place." ”

The white-haired man couldn't make a decision for the time being, sighed, and ordered to summon the young Di Yong.

Later, Di Yong came in, and after reading the letter of introduction written by Lu Huiqing, the official of the Song Dynasty, this team of people was not soldiers but so-called "instructors", who were used to help Xining Prefecture stabilize the morale of the army and the people, and promote the "responsible policy of a great power" in the Great Song Dynasty.

What is the use of this I don't understand it for the time being, but then I heard that Di Yong only arrived first, in fact, the Great Song Dynasty had already decided to intervene militarily, and Di Yong's father Di Qing had already gone out of the battle. But it is impossible to know exactly when it will be able to enter the battlefield.

"That being the case, shed the last drop of blood and defend Xining Prefecture!"

Hearing the news that the famous general Di Qing had already raised troops, he made this bloody decision and gave up the strategy of retreating to Qinghai Lake now......

By early July, the large-scale battle in the Hehuang area had not really begun, but the ground was full of corpses, and the bloody atmosphere was getting heavier and heavier. This is a last resort, and the Zhuo Luolan Department is collecting grain and grass in order to participate in the battle of Xining Prefecture, and this process cannot be merciful. Since Manba's almost massacre in Huangzhou, it has been difficult to collect grain and grass without killing people.

The Hehuang area is richer than expected, and now the rain is starting to decrease, so Zhuo Luolan has indeed conquered the first grain and grass.

In addition, from the distant Xiliangfu, the Manba Department after meeting with the Gansu Military Division also obtained two batches of grain and grass supplements. Now the news is more favorable to the Western Xia army, it is rumored that Di Qing is seriously ill and has no time to recuperate, so he only brought a mere 1,500 people, and began the reorganization work after arriving at the Jishi army on Qinfeng Road in the Song State.

As a result, whether it is for Zhuo Luolan or Manba, it seems that the conditions for fighting Xining Prefecture have gradually matured.

But at this time, the entire Western Xia army was shocked, Di Qing, who was supposed to be sick in the reorganization of the Jishi Army, but unpredictably circumnavigated the Qinghai Lake area of Tubo, crossed the Beichuan River, marched along the border between Western Xia and Tubo, and went out of the Hehuang area, 500 elite cavalry raided Dumen Mountain, broke the 3,000-person grain transportation team from the direction of Xiliangfu, and killed 700 Western Xia auxiliaries, causing a rout, and then all the grain and grass were destroyed.

Then Di Qing led his troops to retreat into Xining Prefecture, and there was news that he could not afford to fall ill.

But now there are doubts about whether Di Qing can believe the news that he is critically ill. Earlier, he only brought only 1,05 elite troops into the Jishi Army for reorganization, creating the illusion that the Western Xia Army was confused.

Although Zhuo Luolan had already given Di Qing a lot of attention, and thought that he would not use the same move twice, in fact, Di Qing really did it, and in the most unlikely case, he appeared in the most unlikely place, copied the Kunlun Pass battle method with a smaller scale of five hundred elite cavalry, and burned the largest batch of grain and grass when the Western Xia expeditionary force was about to start the battle of Xining Prefecture.

This grain and grass is enough for the 70,000 Western Xia army for nine days, plus the grain and grass that Zhuo Luolan has devoted all his efforts to conquer, it is basically enough to start the Xining Prefecture War with the benefit of morale.

But now the situation is once again confusing. Not to mention Zhuo Luolan, even if he is a man who is very happy, he knows that he can't be stubborn when the morale of the army is greatly affected and the food and grass are insufficient, and it may be possible to win the battle of Xining Prefecture by force, but now that Di Qing, the first general of the Great Song Dynasty, has been stationed in Xining Prefecture, it may cause a more painful price to the Western Xia Army.

After a comprehensive analysis combined with Zhuo Luolan's suggestion: the Western Xia Legion unanimously believed that it was impossible to attack Xining Prefecture in a blitzkrieg, and the grain transport auxiliaries from Xiliang Mansion suffered heavy losses, and the grain and grass in Xiliang Mansion also tended to dry up. In this situation there is only contraction.

Zhuo Luolan suggested: Do not seek merit but seek no fault, temporarily retreat to Huangzhou, and wait for the autumn harvest of grain in the area controlled by the Western Xia Army. At the same time, the life channel Huangshui was controlled, and any ships from the Song State were strictly prohibited from transporting materials through Huangshui.

In view of the First Battle of Dumen Mountain, the Song army has officially attacked the Western Xia army. So Zhuo Luolan suggested: From now on, all the Song troops and Song merchants in the Hehuang area will be in the range of strangulation.

However, given that Di Qing's Battle of Dumen Mountain was theoretically carried out in the Tibetan region, and the slogan was to resist the inhumane invaders, this made political and diplomatic sense. Manba, who also fought with the Funing army in Sanshan Qizhai as a volunteer, had nothing to say about it, so he accepted Zhuo Luolan's last suggestion: it was strictly forbidden to attack the Song administrative regions along the Yellow River, and in order to avoid misunderstanding and the Song declaration of war, it was necessary to be twenty miles north of the Yellow River before attacking the Song army and Song Shang.

At this point, since the fall of Huangzhou, the bloodshed in the Hehuang area has temporarily come to an end.

Under the leadership of Di Qing, the Song Volunteer Army won the Battle of Dumen Mountain with 500 elite cavalry, restrained the rapid tactics of Baa on grain and grass, and assisted the Song Soldiers to hold Xining Prefecture, forming a new round of confrontation and balance.

For the time being, no one knows why Di Qing, who is brave and good at fighting, didn't follow up to make trial and error? Clip the morale of the first victory and carry out knife harvesting.

In short, after the great victory in Dumen Mountain, Di Qing and Di Xiao are now holding on to Xining Prefecture.

There is news that Di Qing didn't dare to fight and wanted to keep the evening.

Some people also said that Xining Prefecture also needs to wait for the autumn harvest of grain and grass in the Hehuang area in order to support the visible winter. Because at this time, food aid from the Song State had been cut off.

This is not a rumor, but it is true.

Displaced, flooded, the Yellow River flooded, and the whole territory of the Great Song Dynasty was in an emergency—the flood prophesied by the divine machine finally came.

Continuous rainfall in the south caused the river to swell and continue to flow downstream, and by mid-July, the water was officially flooding Gyeonggi......