Longzhou, the name of the stele city that had just been replaced, was replaced at this time, and it became dilapidated again.

Poqiang to the east is Hongzhou, the distance is very close, Youzhou is in the north, the distance of each city is very close, far only sixty or seventy miles, close thirty or forty miles. Western Xia is not a small country, and there are 2,000 miles of rivers and mountains, but the main population areas are near the Yellow River.

Geographically, there are often sayings of Hedong, Hexi, and Hetao, and the river is naturally the Yellow River, and the Yellow River has taken a "several" shape in the northwest of China, and this "several" has been extended into the depths of the grassland.

The so-called Hexi Corridor, which goes to the Western Regions, is to the left of the word "several", that is, to the west. The Hetao area, which has been rich in water and grass since ancient times, is the middle of the word "several", which is surrounded by the Yellow River. Needless to say, Hedong has already arrived in Shanxi, and this is how Hedong Road came.

The eastern part of the Western Xia Kingdom is the Hetao area, but now the Hetao is also different from the past, the aquatic grass is still abundant, but the desert has begun to expand on a large scale, the Mu Us Desert is here, and the Mu Us Desert This area, originally there is also a name called Tietingze, Ze means wetland lake.

It can be seen how huge the climate change and geographical change are.

The vast majority of the 2 million party members lived in this area, and even the Xingqing Mansion of Western Xia was on the edge of the Yellow River in the north, which was later Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Province. The so-called Ningxia, this summer, is the summer of Western Xia, which means that there is no accident here in Western Xia.

Of course, at this time, the party members still believed in Buddhism.

A few days later, Youzhou City had appeared in front of Gan Qi, Gan Qi had already divided his troops into two ways, he came to Youzhou by himself, and Di Yong took thousands of men and horses to Hongzhou.

Hongzhou is already an empty city, with two or three hundred soldiers, and Youzhou is also an empty city, with seven or eight hundred soldiers.

Siege battles still had to be fought, and Ganqi did not encounter the surrender of Kaesong, and Ganqi did not think of occupying many cities without spending a single soldier.

Gan Qi is very serious about the enemy, whether it is the Khitan people or the party people, the Han people are generous and sad, this matter is from another perspective to the party people, the same is true, even if there are only seven or eight hundred soldiers in Youzhou City, these party people still close the city gate and continue to transport the things that defend the city to the city.

In the past, the party attacked the Song Dynasty, and even if there were only two or three hundred people in the Song fortress, they defended the city like this. Now that it has been replaced by Youzhou, the same is true for the party members.

It's a pity that Youzhou City is larger, seven or eight hundred people, can't withstand a wave of sound from the east to the west, the army stormed the south city, fought for a while, and the north city attacked again, and the matter was over.

The military division of Jianing in Western Xia, there is only one city left in Yanzhou.

Gan Qi still went non-stop, wanting to occupy more territory while the party members were still climbing over the mountains and mountains. When the party members really organize again, even if there are only tens of thousands of people, there is no need to attack the city again, Gan Qi has this little family background, how can he not be willing to consume this family background under the high wall.

Yanzhou City, naturally it is not difficult, the difficulty is in the Tiemen Pass, this is the main road for the Jianing Military Division to enter and exit the Xingqing Mansion in the capital of Western Xia, and the Tiemen Pass is only two or three hundred miles away from Xingqing Mansion, and the strategic depth of the capital of the Western Xia is just such a little distance.

But if you want to destroy the party in a war, it must be impossible, under Gan Qi's command, the army is less than 70,000, 50,000 mighty troops, 20,000 or 30,000 local forbidden army in Yanzhou, and then reduce the casualties, it is only more than 60,000.

Xingqing Mansion is on the edge of the Yellow River, and Xingqing Mansion also has several gateways, Lingzhou, Jingzhou, Huaizhou, and Shunzhou, which are the core areas of the party.

The party is not as good as the Liao, the party has only been established for 30 years, the nobles still maintain the tradition of being brave and good at fighting, and the party members with the surname tribe as the system have strong cohesion and mobilization ability.

Sixty thousand men to attack the fortified city is not worth the loss.

But there are some things, just afraid of time, and Gan Qi understands this. So he must get the Iron Gate Pass, and if he gets the Iron Gate Pass, time will be on Ganqi's side, and he doesn't believe that the party members who have lost the Iron Gate Pass can still sit in Xingqing Mansion more than 200 miles away.

At that time, there will be only two ways in front of the party members, one is to retake the iron gate, and the other is to move the capital. Otherwise, the national capital will always be within the range of the Song army's attack anytime and anywhere, and the cavalry will arrive at dawn and evening, and the millions of people engaged in production and labor will face the plundering of the Song army at any time.

If the capital is moved, Naganchi will win, and the party members will go north and west, which is the desert and Gobi, and there will be no more abundant water and grass in the Hetao area, the population will be more and more dispersed, the mobilization ability will become weaker and weaker, the party will no longer have a core, and the cohesion will be greatly weakened.

This is Ganqi's strategy, so in the face of the iron gate, Ganqi's mind is as hard as iron.

There were not many siege equipment, and there was not much time to build, and even if there were only some simple long ladders, Ganchi ordered the attack on the pass.

This is where the Great Wall is located, the Great Wall of Qin is here, the Chinese dynasties have built the Great Wall, the only one that has not really built the Great Wall on a large scale is the Tang Dynasty, or the Tang is a dynasty that does not build the Great Wall in the traditional sense, the Tang is an export-oriented country, and the best defense is to attack.

Now what Gan Qi is facing is actually the Great Wall of Qin, but it has been strengthened and repaired in all dynasties later.

The appearance of the Great Wall in front of Gan Qi is not a brick and stone structure, in fact, most of the Great Wall does not have bricks, but the Ming Dynasty began to use bricks on a large scale when building the Great Wall. Most of the Great Wall is made of rammed earth, and then it is made of stone.

In front of Gan Qi's eyes, there was a wall of earth, stretching left and right, endlessly. Don't underestimate the earthen wall, it is tightly compacted, and it is the same as the city wall, standing tall.

There were many more party members guarding the Iron Gate Pass than Gan Qi had imagined, at least twenty or thirty thousand people.

After a day of onslaught, the losses were heavy, but the iron gate was still strong.

It was also a day after the onslaught that Gan Qi knew that there were so many people on the other side of the Iron Gate.

Gan Qi Mingjin withdrew his troops, and many generals sat together to discuss countermeasures.

Seeing Gan Qi's displeasure, he said: "Xianggong, just wait for tomorrow, the last general will personally go into battle to climb the wall, if you can't take the iron gate, the last general will die under the high wall of the pass." ”

Kind of stunned is in the military order, kind of stunned for the country to die Gan Qi in his eyes, but Gan Qi waved his hand, said: "The party nomads are numerous, it is simple to mobilize, you see the head of the city, the twelve or thirteen-year-old dolls are wearing armor to defend the city, and it is so close to Xingqing Mansion, if it goes on like this, the party people will only fight more and more, these party people who defend the city are already mourning soldiers, coming to die, so hard, it is not cost-effective." ”

At this time, Gan Qi somewhat had the feeling of the Battle of Changping, Qin killed 400,000 soldiers of Zhao State, and almost annihilated the elite main force of Zhao State, but he couldn't capture Handan City of Zhao State, which was not defended by many troops.

Chong was stunned and frowned, and said: "Xianggong, this pass must be won, no matter how many people are lost, it must be won." ”

The head of the guard camp is full of blood, and he also said: "Xianggong, the last general will also go into battle with his uncle tomorrow, and he will die without regrets." ”

Liu Fa is also angry: "Xianggong, I will go too, and I will never give up." ”

Subsequently, there were many people who invited the battle, and the generals came out one by one, all of whom asked for battle and siege the city.

Gan Qi shook his head, thinking. If you can fight a long battle, slowly build more siege equipment, have 100,000 elites in your hands, and have a very sufficient supply of food and grass, it doesn't hurt to fight here for a few months.

But in the current situation, Gan Qi wants to seize the opportunity, and doesn't want Li Liangzuo to really organize tens of thousands of horses to defend it. The second is that there is this hole card in the hand, and one less is consumed. The third is that Gan Qi is unable to prepare tens of thousands of people for several months of grain and grass, and the imperial court is even more unreliable.

Gan Qi thought about it for a long time, and then came up with one word: "Dig." ”

"Digging tunnels?" Stunned, he asked.

"What kind of tunnel to dig, then you have to dig until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse, dig the city wall, dig the city wall." This is a helpless move, the local method of steelmaking.

"How do you want to dig it?" Stunned, he asked.

"Attack the entrance in the front, and then gather the bed crossbow and hard crossbow in one place, and continue to shoot and suppress the eastern section of the city wall, and the soldiers wear heavy armor, raise large shields, and dig in turns below." Gan Qi said this, this is an ideal state, while forcibly attacking the pass, while digging the city wall on the side, and constantly suppressing the party members on the dug section of the city wall with a strong crossbow and a hard bow.

But Gan Qi obviously also knew that it must also be the result of heavy losses, how could the party members watch the city wall being dug up?

Among them, it depends on the scene.

Chong nodded in astonishment: "The last general will personally lead people to dig, and if he can't dig the city wall, he won't look back." ”

Gan Qi nodded solemnly, and patted the stunned shoulder as encouragement. Having such a general under his command is too good for the coach to be a good thing.

Whether it succeeds or not, it is up to man.

At this time, Bianliang also received the good news of going away.

The court was overjoyed, and Gan Qi defeated the Dangxiang Emperor Li Liangzuo under the city of Yanzhou with the strategy of luring the enemy, beheading more than 40,000 and capturing nearly 10,000.

The joy in the court does not extend to the court.

Emperor Zhao Shu, who ended the court meeting, summoned Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo over.

In the imperial study, the atmosphere was very different from that of the court, even Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo, who were still smiling in the court just now, had a sad face at this time.

The three monarchs and ministers have the same idea, just as Fu Bi said: "This son has made great contributions, and it is really difficult to seal it." ”

Today's Fu Bi is much more straightforward in front of Zhao Shu, just because he has truly understood Zhao Shu's thoughts.

Zhao Shu was silent when he heard this, but shook his head slightly.

Once upon a time, this court was worried about war, afraid of defeat, afraid of land reparations, and afraid of the overthrow of Sheji.

Nowadays, no one seems to worry about winning or losing the war, as if they all take it for granted. The three monarchs and ministers were worried about the trouble after the victory.

Wen Yanbo opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you make a decree to make peace?" I can hear that the person who reported the victory said that Gan Qi had already led his troops into the hinterland of Western Xia, and if he was allowed to ......"

Let him what? Wen Yanbo didn't know what to say, but the three of them understood that if Gan Qi not only repelled Li Liangzuo, but also occupied countless cities in Western Xia and expanded his territory, then the credit would be too great.

At this time, it is beneficial to negotiate peace, for example, the credit is small, and it is only regarded as repelling the party, which sounds like the credit is not so great.

Zhao Shu still didn't speak, just looked at Fu Bi.

Fu Bi naturally wanted to speak: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the strategy of the minister is a way, this time the party Li Liangzuo has suffered heavy losses, and it will be difficult to make another mistake within one or two decades, the northwest is stable, and it is not a bad way to negotiate peace." It is also because Western Xia is a small country and a widow, and the party and state capitals do not have much population, second, not much tax, and third, there is not much production, and there is no harm in one more and one less. If it is a peace, it will show the benevolence and righteousness of the kingdom of our heavenly empire, so that all nations can be taught to return to their hearts, and they will all obey the king. ”

Zhao Shu thought about it for a while, and suddenly coughed, and only stopped coughing a few times, and said slowly: "That's it, make an order." ”

Seeing that the emperor was coughing, the two old ministers hurriedly stepped forward to ask for warmth, and Fu Bi said: "Your Majesty works so hard for state affairs, and you must also take care of the health of the dragon's body." ”

Wen Yanbo was also not behind, and immediately said: "Your Majesty must have been thinking about the war recently, and now that the war has been won, Your Majesty must have a good rest for a few days." ”

Zhao Shu waved his hand: "Occasionally, the wind is cold, it doesn't matter." I still have one more thing, you two should think of a way. ”

The two old ministers glanced at each other, what else did the emperor have to do? The two of them were like mirrors, frowning and trying to find a way. What the emperor thinks is just to ask the two of them to find a way to deal with the matter of Gan Qi's reward, and they can't really give a prince and a king with a different surname, but now it's okay to give it to the dead, but it's not okay to give it to the living.

Even if there is no way in the future one day, I have to give Gan Qi a king with a different surname, it can't be now. Why? Because Ganchi is too young, Ganch's future is too long.

So you have to find a way, you have to think of a good way, so that everyone can't find fault with it, and even make Gan Qi himself speechless.

Wen Yan was still wise and scheming, and it didn't take long for him to answer: "Your Majesty, more than 40,000 beheadings and nearly 10,000 prisoners, such a report must be exaggerated." ”

Fu Bi heard this reminder and immediately said, "Yes, Your Majesty." Victory in the army, exaggeration prevailed. How could it be possible to behead more than 40,000 in one battle? Nearly 10,000 prisoners? It's impossible. Before Gan Daojian, there were many victories, even Di Qing, when he reported the victory, he beheaded the prisoners, and there were thousands, where are there tens of thousands? Even the number of thousands has the intention of exaggeration, and this beheading of 40,000 is really unreasonable. ”

Wen Yanbo nodded: "Your Majesty, Gan Daojian fought in Yanyun before, and he was also like this, beheading tens of thousands at every turn, where is there such a thing?" If the Khitan army suffered so many casualties, where did it need to be prepared every day? ”

Zhao Shu understood, and replied: "This matter should be investigated, investigated in detail, once verified, it will be played on the imperial history platform." ”

Wen Yanbo looked at Fu Bi, and Fu Bi also looked at Wen Yanbo, and the two of them stroked their beards together, very pleased. found Gan Qi's problem, and naturally found a reason not to reward Gan Qi, and even found a reason to punish Gan Qi, and deceived the king.