Chapter 155: The Battle of Xiwo Silver Mountain
Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, the news of Richard's defeat still reached Xingqing Mansion, but the reason for the defeat was blocked by Pu King Li Renzhong, no one knows that it was because of the internal strife of the Mili Department, but only that the Song Dynasty army defeated the Western Xia cavalry, and Liu Zhenglong defeated Richard.
When he heard the news of Richard's defeat, Li Qianshun almost did not fall off the dragon chair, and 100,000 cavalry could not defeat the 80,000 infantry of the Song army, which meant that when the Western Xia and Song armies fought again in the future, it would be difficult to take a strategic offensive, and in a word, relying on war to grab wealth would become history.
Located on the northwestern frontier, the Western Xia was extremely poor, extremely scarce in materials, and heavily dependent on the battlefield, and often had to use war to grab wealth. As soon as there is no military bargain, a domestic crisis will erupt. This is the reason why the Western Xia and the Song Dynasty have been at war for more than 100 years.
Li Qianshun, who was in a mess for a while, summoned Li Renli, the king of Shu, Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, and other important ministers to a meeting to see if they wanted to increase their troops to support Li Chage, the king of Jin.
Yelu Nanxian learned the news of the defeat of King Richard of Jin earlier than Li Qianshun, and knew the inside story even more, she didn't expect Liu Zhenglong to have so much energy that he would be able to persuade Mili to initiate infighting, it seems that she still underestimated Liu Zhenglong, this man is too powerful, as if it was something like that, almost so strong that it was unbearable.
Xiao Zixuan saw that Queen Yelu Nanxian had something on her mind, so she asked, "Niangniang, isn't Brother Richard's defeat the result you expected, why are you still depressed?" ”
"Borrowing Liu Zhenglong's hand to get rid of King Richard of Jin, ending the confrontation between King Shu and King Pu, and allowing the crown prince to ascend the throne smoothly, all this seems to be going well, but since Liu Zhenglong was able to instigate the Mili Department to betray Western Xia, it shows that he has done a lot of work below, and it is not good that he also colludes with other tribes, and his existence has already posed a threat to Western Xia, to put it bluntly, he is no longer our friend, but an enemy."
Queen Yelu Nanxian's eyes showed murderous intent, in her eyes, no matter how good Liu Zhenglong was, it was just a pleasure, threatening Xixia and her own status, then she had to die.
"Niangniang, you don't want to get rid of Liu Zhenglong, do you!"
"I won't get rid of him, when the three kings become history, and after the crown prince ascends the throne, I will send Liu Zhenglong to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, or let that faint monarch cut off this guy's head!"
Liu Zhenglong and Yelu Nanxian conspired, this news is extremely confidential, but once it reaches the Great Song Dynasty, it is a betrayal, which is intolerable to the Great Song Emperor, and he will definitely kill his head, and even behead him.
Xiao Zixuan didn't expect that Yelu Nanxian was so ruthless, and the man who brought her so much joy would be abandoned in the end, but she didn't dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction, after all, Yelu Nanxian wanted to kill herself.
Yelu Nanxian still saw the change in Xiao Zixuan's mood, she smiled and said, "Don't worry, when the Great Song Emperor killed Liu Zhenglong, the mourning family would save him, after all, the joy he brought to you and me cannot be forgotten." It's just that he is a high and powerful, and he is too dangerous with heavy troops, I just want him to live alone, a man who can bring me joy and turn stones into gold to live in my harem, instead of making trouble for Western Xia with heavy troops. ”
Xiao Zixuan is a girl after all, she doesn't have so many scheming, and when she heard that Yelu Nanxian would save Liu Zhenglong, a smile suddenly appeared on her pretty face. She said softly, "Niangniang, what are you going to do with the betrayal of Miribe?" ”
"Change the leader, Liu Zhenglong's actions have already told us the answer, that is, let the Mili Peaks replace the Mili Mountains, okay, you can arrange it, and let the Mili Peaks hurry up to see the mourning family." Although Queen Yelu Nanxian believes that Liu Zhenglong is a fierce enemy in the future, he will be executed sooner or later, but not now, now he has to pretend that he doesn't know anything to cooperate with this guy's actions, hey, this damn enemy.
Mili Qunfeng, who fled in a hurry, returned to the tribe, although he was not punished, but he knew that his brother just forbeared, and it was only a matter of time before he got rid of himself, at this time, he understood why Liu Zhenglong insisted on 100,000 war horses, obviously, these 100,000 war horses were his lifesavers, otherwise it would be a dead end.
How can you take the position of leader without knowing it? Just when Mili Qunfeng was scratching his head about this matter, the envoy of the queen mother arrived, asking him to hurry to Xingqing Mansion.
"Your Excellency, I don't know why the queen asked me to go to Xingqing Mansion?" Miliqun carefully stuffed the envoy with a generous gift.
The envoy looked at the face of the generous gift and said, "There is nothing left, the Ministry of Milly is openly in turmoil, someone must come out to confess to the imperial court, Niangniang is optimistic about you, I hope you will not disappoint Niangniang this time." ”
Since Niangniang is optimistic about herself, then there is a drama in this matter, and Mili Qunfeng did not have the previous nervousness, and followed the envoy to Xingqing Mansion overnight.
I don't know why when I saw the queen mother Yelu Nanxian, Mili Qunfeng, who had a ghost in his heart, had weak legs, and the whole person seemed to have lost his soul.
Yelu Nanxian looked down on this kind of person the most, and she said coldly, "Say, what are the conditions for you to negotiate with Song Guo, and how are they going to help you." ”
"100,000 war horses." Mili Qunfeng said the terms of cooperation as they were, and finally he said, "It was with the help of this expedition of Brother Richard, the king of Jin, that our Mili Department sent troops to seal the troops and complete this surprise attack with the support of the Song army, and found a way to kill my brother on the way." ”
"This won't work, the mountains of Mili will probably not go on an expedition, but will sit in the Mili tribe, how can you destroy him in this case?" Empress Yelu Nanxian denied this plan, and after pondering for a moment, she said, "The mourning family will let Mili Qunshan come to Xingqing Mansion, and then you can intercept and kill halfway." Song Jun helped you ascend the throne, and you gave out 100,000 war horses, which can be regarded as equivalent, as for the 30,000 sets of armor and weapons given by Lord Liu, you keep them to assemble the Mili warriors, as for one million catties of pig iron, two million yuan of materials should be sent to Xingqing Mansion, this matter ends here. ”
One million catties of pig iron, two million guan of money was gone, which made Mi Li Qunfeng feel liver pain, but he didn't dare to refute it, and he didn't have the courage to refute.
Empress Yelu Nanxian saw the unwillingness in Mili Qunfeng's heart, so she said, "If you rashly attack the Xifeng tribe, aren't you afraid that the imperial court will send troops to intervene?" In this way, you have the ability to lure the Fine Seal Department to send troops to attack the Milly Department, and the Mourning Family solves other problems and ensures that there is not a single soldier to help the Fine Seal Department, are you satisfied with this price? ”
"Willing to swear allegiance to the queen." For a long time, Mili Qunfeng has also been thinking about this problem, what if there is a fire between the Mili Department and the Fine Seal Department, what should the imperial court intervene in, and what should other tribes do, now that the queen mother has solved this problem, how can he care about one million catties of pig iron and two million yuan of money?
After Mili Qunfeng left, the queen Yelu Nanxian called Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, to the palace.
Yelu Nanxian was not secretive, and directly told the matter of Mili Qunfeng, and finally she said, "We still need the support of the Mili Ministry in the future, so as to destroy the fine seal tribe that supports King Richard of Jin, you can arrange this matter, there is a million catties of pig iron in it that can be used to buy other tribes." ”
Knowing that Empress Yelu Nanxian had withheld two million dollars, Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, pretended not to know, and he said, "This matter is not difficult to do, the most difficult thing is that once the Jin King Li Chago is defeated, His Majesty the Emperor knows that we are obstructing it, and forbidding other tribes to rescue it, I am afraid it will be a big trouble." ”
Yes, if Richard is killed in battle, then the emperor will definitely be furious, and the situation will get out of control at that time, there is no doubt about it. Empress Yelu Nanxian pondered for a moment and said, "What is the topic of the meeting between the emperor and you, how to send troops to help, or wait and see." ”
"Your Majesty has decided that it will be difficult for the King of Jin to win, but he does not think that he will be defeated and vulnerable, so he just asks me and King Shu to lead 20,000 cavalry to attack the rest of the Song Kingdom, and come to encircle Wei to rescue Zhao.
Sure enough, Li Qianshun only thought that Richard would be defeated, but he did not think that the whole army would be wiped out, and on the whole he was still very optimistic about the situation. Behind this blind optimism is the trust of the Western Xia monarchs and ministers in Brother Richard, the trust in the Western Xia cavalry, and the perception of the weakness of the Song army.
Now it is obvious that the Song State is desperate, and almost all the troops on the Western Front have been mobilized, in this case, if the Western Xia cavalry harasses other cities, it will be enough for Liu Zhenglong to drink a pot, then the plan of annihilating Brother Richard will increase the difficulty of all.
Empress Yelu Nanxian pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, when the Song army and the Mili tribe join forces to destroy the Xifeng tribe, you can also send troops, after assisting the Mili Qunfeng to destroy the Xifeng tribe, you will also destroy the Black Qiang tribe that has been colluding with the Song State by the way, which can be regarded as an explanation to His Majesty the Emperor." As for Li Renli, the king of Shu, he sent troops to Wuzhou, although it was the city of the Song Kingdom, but it had long been occupied by the rebel Tian Hu's men, this city was relatively oily and watery, and it was okay to make a lot of money. By the time the emperor reacted, Brother Richard, the king of Jin, had already disappeared, and even if he was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to take the two of you. ”
"King Shu Li Renli won't listen to me."
"Then you don't have to worry about it, the mourning family has a way to let King Shu send troops. What you have to do is to annihilate all the fine seals, destroy all the evidence, and definitely not let this matter reach Xingqing Mansion. ”
The most poisonous woman's heart, it seems that the queen Yelu Nanxian is more vicious than she imagined, but Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, has no choice but to do it.
Before leaving, Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, sent someone to send a letter to Mili Qunfeng, asking this guy to hurry up and take action, and he must attract the main force of the fine seal department.
Now, Mili Qunfeng is full of confidence, and Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, will lead the warriors of the Mili tribe and the Song army to join forces to block the soldiers of the Xifeng tribe, and this battle is destined to destroy the Xifeng tribe.
Because of a silver mountain, a grassland, the second largest tribe in Western Xia, the Xifeng tribe and the third largest tribe, the Mili tribe, have been fighting for decades, and the cumulative number of people killed on both sides has exceeded one million, this kind of hatred is definitely not something that the Western Xia court can appease and erase, but there is no large-scale conflict on weekdays, after all, the strength is close, and no one is sure to destroy the other party, of course, they are afraid that a large-scale battle will trigger the pressure of the imperial court. You must know that in front of the iron harrier, there is only passively beaten.
Mili Qunshan received an edict from Empress Yelu Nanxian, asking him to go to Xingqing Mansion to explain the rebellion of the Mili Ministry on the front line, the wording was very harsh, and there was no room for relaxation at all.
After receiving the news that Mili Qunshan went to Xingqing Mansion, Mili Qunfeng summoned his two sons, Mili Zhan Lie, Mili Zhanjiang, and said concisely, "Boss, you lead 500 warriors to block Mili Qunshan, you must cut off his head, second, you lead 5,000 cavalry to attack Xiwo Yinshan overnight, kill the people of the Xifeng tribe until only a few people remain, and then let go." ”
Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.
After all the peaks of Mili were arranged, they sent people to inform the Song army to coordinate the ambush behind Xiwo Yinshan, and this battle would completely defeat the Xifeng tribe. After the arrangements were made, he decided to clean the eldest brother's family himself.
After receiving the request for help from Mili Qunfeng, Zhe Keqiu called his son Zhe Yanlong and Zhe Yanhu, and he briefly explained the situation and said, "This battle is to block the fine seal tribe, but the main thing is the hard fight between the Mili tribe and the fine seal tribe, we are just covering up from behind, one of you two attacks from the left, and the other attacks from the right, this battle must be resolved quickly, not delayed for too long, and the other is changed into the clothes of the Mili tribe, don't be recognized." ”
The two brothers were born for war, and the two brothers were one of the few generals in the Great Song Dynasty who could be in charge of the cavalry, but the boss was short-tempered, brave and good at fighting, more than brave, and lacked wit. The second brother Zhe Yanhu is a man who is both civil and military, witty and steady.
In this battle, Zhe Keqiu did not plan to fight, after all, he was old, and left the opportunity to make contributions to the child, he said, "This battle is related to your brother-in-law's face, and it is also related to the future of the Zhejia army. ”
Brother-in-law? This question made Zhi Yanlong and Zhi Yanhu scratch their heads.
Zhe Keqiu said, "When the New Year comes, your sister Zheyue Immortal will marry Lord Liu, we will be a family in the future, I am old, and I will only be responsible for forming cavalry in the future, as for going to the battlefield to kill the enemy, it is the matter of your two brothers to make meritorious contributions, so let's go down and prepare." ”
"But." Zhe Yanlong knew that Qu Duan's son Qu Jing also liked his sister, and the Qu family was ready to propose, but he didn't want his sister to be a child for Liu Zhenglong.
"There's nothing to do." Zhe Keqiu looked down on Qu Duan in his bones, and he said coldly, "Qu Duan won't be in Xihe Road for too long, Xihe Road will belong to your two brothers sooner or later, as for who it is for, it depends on your performance on the battlefield." You look at Zhe Yan's quality and your age, people are almost the same level as Lao Tzu now, you still don't want to be motivated, okay go out, remember one sentence, the Zhe family will only go up, and will not care about the turtles in the mud nest at the end of the road. ”
After the battle of Rouwolf Mountain, not only was it a bargain, but the generals of the entire Western Army looked down on Qu Duan, thinking that this guy was ambitious and talented, and he would not do anything big in the future.
The cavalry of the Zhejia Army is the most powerful in the Western Army, and it can be said that it is the only cavalry in the Western Army.
The 20,000 Zhijia troops were hidden on the left and right sides of the Xiwo Silver Mountain, and they waited quietly, waiting for the arrival of the fighters.
Mighty, seeing the 50,000 cavalry of the Xifeng tribe rushing towards Xiwo Yinshan, the Zhejia army seemed to have seen nothing, they were just in charge of the back road, responsible for covering the killing. In a word, if the Milly tribe can't withstand the impact of the warriors of the fine seal tribe, then the army of the family will not participate in this battle.
Fighting a war is not necessarily a victory if there are a large number of people, the time and place are favorable, and all of them are indispensable, and fighting a war is not as simple as who is brave, but who is more skillful and who is better at favorable conditions.
Mili Qunfeng gathered 30,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry, which was far inferior to the 50,000 cavalry of the Xifeng tribe in terms of numbers, but they occupied Xiwo Silver Mountain, and it can be said that they set up an ambush in the throat fortress, mainly to defend, it can be said that every time the cavalry of the Xifeng tribe takes a step forward, they will have to pay a huge price, and if they want to enter Xiwo Silver Mountain, it is impossible to sacrifice more than 10,000 cavalry.
As soon as the 10,000 cavalry of the Xifeng tribe entered the mountain pass of Xiwo Silver Mountain, they encountered an ambush, dense crossbow arrows fell from the sky, and the rolling wood and thunder stones were constantly sliding down from the mountain, and countless cavalry were ambushed, and even people and horses were buried here.
The infantry of the Mili tribe had no intention of going to war at all, but only set up an ambush, and once the cavalry of the Xifeng tribe was ambushed, they quickly retreated and retreated deep into the mountains.
The young master of the fine seal tribe, the sea of fine seals, had no choice, he could only take Xiwo Silver Mountain, otherwise, there was no point in going out in this battle. No matter how many ambushes there are in front of you, you can only rush forward, because there is only one way to enter the interior of Xiwo Silver Mountain, and there is no choice at all.
The fine seal Yunhai is only nineteen years old, and he is young and vigorous, in his opinion, the Mili Department is a group of bad breeds at all, and he does not dare to fight hard with the fine sealing department, but he is retreating, since the enemy is retreating, then catch up and kill it.
Kill, kill, kill, the warriors of the fine seal department continued to charge forward, and the cavalry was like a bolt of lightning rushing towards the interior of Xiwo Silver Mountain, and the horses' hooves stepped on the ground, splashing dust all over the sky. The sound of horses' hooves was heard far away, and from a distance it looked like a black cloud covering the sky and the sun.
Halfway up the mountain, Mili Qunfeng didn't expect that it was a hairy boy leading the team, he said with a smile, "The old thing is too arrogant, and he actually sent a little cub to send him to death, so let you see the power of the Mili tribe warriors today." ”
It is getting closer and closer to the walled city of Xiwo Silver Mountain, in front of which is a narrow mountain road two miles long, and only ten cavalry can pass side by side, so that the cavalry battle line of the Xifeng tribe is very long, very long, and the archers on both sides of the mountain road are ambushed halfway up the mountain, and the casualties are very large when they advance, despite this, the brave and good warriors of the Xifeng Department are still rushing forward.
With a cannon shot, the warriors of the Milley tribe finally rushed out, and the two cavalry collided like two torrents, launching a bloody tear in this small space.
This is the tomb that Mili Qunfeng found for the warriors of the Xifeng tribe, this place is very narrow, and there are too many people to use it at all, so 30,000 cavalry against 50,000 cavalry, to put it bluntly, there is no gap in the number of people, for both sides, the number of people and whether the battle can be won has no connection.
On the contrary, the infantry of the 5,000-meter tribe kept shooting arrows down the mountainside, which was still very lethal for the cavalry of the Xifeng tribe, which doomed the Xifeng tribe to suffer losses at the beginning.
The narrow terrain can't be used at all, there is no tactics to speak of, only ruthless killing, and the cavalry is not called cavalry at this time, at most it is infantry on horseback, and it is extremely inconvenient to fight.
In such a small space, even if you fight for a day, you can't tell whether you win or lose, it depends on who can't resist the withdrawal first, obviously, no matter who withdraws first, you will be chased by the other side from behind to cover up, then it is doomed to a big rout, and if you don't do it, the whole army will be wiped out.
Of course, the brave and unusually thin seal Yunhai knew this truth, and it was clear that the advantage of the large number of cavalry could not be exerted in a small space, so he still continued to organize soldiers to attack, and then attack, in a vain attempt to break through the enemy's defense line and finally wipe out the Milley tribe.
In this battle, almost all the warriors of the tribe of Mili attacked, and if they were defeated, the entire tribe would be destroyed. It is planned that every warrior of the Mili tribe knows that behind them are their parents, wives, and children, and as long as the army is defeated, their families will be slaughtered, so they are extremely brave in battle, constantly charging at the cavalry of the fine seal department, and do not retreat at all.
Not retreating, it was a waste of time, and after seeing the two sides entangled and torn apart for more than an hour, Mili Qunfeng finally lit the signal flare.
When he saw the signal flare, he was dumbfounded and didn't know what it was, but this guy soon knew, because there were two cavalrymen covering from behind, the road in front was narrow, and the cavalry was inseparable, and the terrain behind was wide, suitable for large-scale cavalry combat.
When he saw that it was 20,000 cavalry that was killed, he knew that he had been fooled, and if he didn't fight like this, the whole army would be wiped out, and he didn't care about taking Xiwo Yinshan, so he ordered the right to retreat to meet the 20,000 cavalry coming from the opposite side.
If you want to run, it's not so easy, seeing that the handsome army of the fine seal Yunhai is about to escape, Mi Li Qunfeng ordered the whole line to attack, to wipe out the cavalry of the fine seal tribe in Xiwo Silver Mountain.
The cavalry of the Xifeng tribe, who fought on two fronts, was in an unprecedented predicament, and unless a miracle occurred, these 50,000 cavalry were destined to die in Xiwo Silver Mountain.