On the vast grassland, the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep, more than 3,000 horses, in the crazy forward, of which, only 1,000 have cavalry, which belongs to Zhou Wenxiu's troops, he has not only raised the tired, but also plundered more horses.

After letting go of the pursuers of the Iron Harrier and the main force of Yuan Hao, Zhou Wenxiu actually did not choose to return to the Liao army after escaping, and began to go to the depth of Western Xia.

The fundamental reason for Zhou Wenxiu's doing this lies in the fact that Xiao Hui and Liao Xingzong's 100,000 troops, although they have experienced losses, they are still a terrible force, as long as he fights in the territory of Western Xia, it will inevitably reduce their pressure, in this case, killing some small and medium-sized tribes is equivalent to a certain extent, greatly weakening the strength of Western Xia.

The Western Xia was similar to the Liao State, and even to a certain extent, it was not as good as the Liao State, they established a national system, and also learned from the Northern Song Dynasty, and established a series of county systems, but the tiger is not an anti-dog, and their ability to control the place is far less strict than that of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The sixteen states of Youyun in Liao, Lingzhou in Western Xia, because it borders the Northern Song Dynasty, and at the same time it was the land that belonged to the Han nationality before, they have a certain foundation, and they are mainly agricultural, so they learn more like a little, and other places are not good, the west and north of Liao, the north, and the western north of Western Xia, basically, still maintain the original appearance, mainly nomadic.

Nomadism, chasing water and grass, constant migration, yurts and large numbers of mobile livestock, how is it possible to form a fixed, tightly structured local system.

As long as there is a mobile unit that enters the hinterland, as long as it does not lose its way, it is easy to cut into the hinterland like a scalpel.

In addition, in order to resist the attack of the Liao State, Yuan Hao made a large transfer and withdrew a large number of personnel to Xingqing Mansion, which aggravated the situation even more, and his pursuit of Zhou Wenxiu has been reduced to the bottom in a few days, and most of the tribes, as well as the cities, have shrunk, and if they are not found at this time, they will never be discovered.

Perhaps, this cunning cavalryman has already gone back by detour, perhaps, in the vast expanse of the land, full of inexplicable dangers, starved to death, or died of thirst, but how it is, that is, an insoluble mystery, for the time being, there is no way to uncover.

Yuan Hao didn't know that Zhou Wenxiu had bypassed them, and even left several states in the north, gradually going south, and the vast grassland would become the world for Zhou Wenxiu to gallop.

There are many weak places in the vast grassland, and there are also some small tribes, which were whistling by Zhou Wenxiu, and some small tribes were also uprooted, and the shadow of war fell to the territory of the entire Western Xia, clearing a lot of obstacles for the advance of the Liao army.

Because of the fastness, accuracy and ruthlessness, coupled with the unevenness of the system and communication, these measures were not reported, and Zhou Wenxiu obtained a lot of supplies through looting, and the most important thing is that he had horses.

These horses are not war horses, but what does it matter, as long as the war horses under their command are given a chance to rest and reduce their burden, they can play a role in the battle.

Among these tribes, there were not only so many horses, but also a large number of livestock, such as cattle and sheep, which even exceeded twice as many horses as plundered.

Zhou Wenxiu has been in the Northern Song Dynasty and knows very well how lacking large livestock there is in the Northern Song Dynasty.

It's a pity that at the beginning, there was no way to bring them, and they relied on high-speed mobility, even if Western Xia knew where they were, it was impossible to catch them, unless they sent hundreds of thousands of troops.

This is impossible, the army of the Liao State gave him the confidence, Yuan Hao wants to deal with it, first of all, he must deal with the main force of the Liao State, otherwise put all his thoughts on him, then if tens of thousands of army commanders drive in, in the end, maybe, even Xingqing Mansion can be captured.

But if Zhou Wenxiu was too greedy and brought these large animals with him, there would be a big problem, and his maximum protection speed would no longer exist.

To the south to the south and then to the south, through more than 300 miles, and even through the central axis of Xingqing Mansion, when crossing, began to go east again, Zhou Wenxiu's purpose is very simple, he must contact the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhou Wenxiu knew that the Northern Song Dynasty and Han Qi would inevitably send secret agents to monitor the battle in Helan Mountain, at least, to know the outcome of this battle.

However, long-distance monitoring cannot enter the war zone at all, at most it is mastered, and the general situation of this battle, who wins and who loses, may be seen, and there is definitely no specific data.

On the battlefield, the slightest mistake is thousands of miles, even Zhou Wenxiu, before this battle, did not realize that this battle would be fought so smoothly, under the first battle, almost one-third of the strength of Western Xia was eliminated, under such a premise, Yuan Hao directly lost the courage to continue the field battle, and chose to defend.

Zhou Wenxiu doesn't know what he will do after he leaves, it can be seen from Yuan Hao's contraction that Yuan Hao has lost the courage to fight in the field, this is the best opportunity for the Northern Song Dynasty, as long as the Northern Song Dynasty can send troops, cross the border of Song and Xia, and take Xiping Mansion, then Lingzhou will be at your fingertips, and this foundation for Western Xia to attack the Northern Song Dynasty will become an important springboard for the Northern Song Dynasty.

This measure is not incorrect, if there is only Liao and Western Xia, then it is the most correct choice, Zhou Wenxiu also knows that Xingqing Mansion belongs to the most powerful place in Western Xia's defense, plus the battle between Western Xia and the Northern Song Dynasty, Western Xia has mastered some of the skills of attacking and defending the city, so that for the Liao State who does not have much experience in siege, Xingqing Mansion may become where they will fail.

But if the Northern Song Dynasty intervenes, it will be different, as long as the intention can be reached with the Liao State, and the Northern Song Dynasty is responsible for attacking the city, it should be able to take it.

In itself, Zhou Wenxiu's highest purpose was just to weaken the Western Xia and press the Western Xia to fight underground, but now, it is possible to destroy the Western Xia, at least to capture the capital of the Western Xia, and the Western Xia will be destroyed by half.

Approaching Lingzhou's side, Zhou Wenxiu was already quite safe, and he was relieved, when attacking small tribes or cities, he began to collect large livestock, although it was not to take them down completely, but to concentrate them in some places with abundant water and grass, as long as they promised not to die in a short period of time, the problem would be solved, and he would send the location of these animals to Han Qi when he passed on the news.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the closest city to Lingzhou, Han Qi has been here for more than a month.

In the past, after the Liao State sent troops, Han Qi secretly rushed here, and has been arranging reconnaissance for the surroundings here, especially at the border, when the Liao State and Western Xia started fighting, he had already ordered the team to come up.

For this battle, the layout was laid out half a year in advance, and huge manpower and material resources were spent, in order to see the jokes.

Han Qi has been paying attention to this battle, with the advance layout of the Imperial City Division, coupled with Zhou Wenxiu's cooperation, Zhou Wenxiu will make simple contact every once in a while, this contact may not be in words, or otherwise, but through a certain channel, they still let them know about the war.

After Zhou Wenxiu broke away, the special cavalry rushed for 2 days, and 400 miles away, detoured to a city in Western Xia, this small city is not a city, it can not withstand the attack of 1,000 heavy cavalry, and more than 200 soldiers who were annihilated were robbed of more than 1,000 stones of grain and grass.

To do this, I don't know how many similar cities there are, why do you want to go far.

The reason is that this is the farthest city agreed with Zhou Wenxiu, and it is less than 150 miles away from the border between the Song Dynasty and Western Xia.

With Zhou Wenxiu's strategic vision, if it was simply for the Liao army to open the way in front, he would not have been able to get here remotely, here and Xingqing Mansion, the border war zone, these three places, are a triangle, he wants to rush to Xingqing Mansion, at least more than 200 miles, and it is completely worth the loss to get here.

The reason why Zhou Wenxiu dared to do this is because, on the one hand, most of his subordinates are strong, on the other hand, the soldiers of the Liao State are not highly educated, even if they are heavy cavalry, they are all very obedient soldiers, and they will do very well according to the battlefield orders.

150 miles, if you are fast, one day is enough, even in the territory of the enemy, it is impossible to go all out to speed up the horse, there is no problem with simple walking, at most 2 days, you can reach it.

Han Qi has always been in this city, arranging some secret agents, and Zhou Wenxiu also used his night skills to deliver the news, and then left the horses that could not be taken away, as well as some other floating wealth, and then led the best horses and elite troops, and rushed to Xingqing Mansion instead.

The purpose has been achieved, and this purpose is hidden, at this time, continuous detour, the soldiers do not know the true purpose of Zhou Wenxiu, in the next 3 days, and at least five or six cities were broken in a row, and then, with a huge capture, with personnel, returned to the Liao army camp.

At this moment, after the previous adjustments, especially near Helan Mountain, a batch of logistical supplies was received, and a large number of cavalry were used to loot the surrounding tribes.

Even if Yuan Hao let most of the tribes concentrate in Xingqing Mansion, the remaining tribes also looted a lot of livestock, which was enough to support the Liao army for a month or two, and they marched forward decisively.

The foundation laid by Zhou Wenxiu before, in addition to his own looting, plus the tribes that were frightened by them, have also shrunk, almost like a bamboo, more than a hundred miles, just three or four days, they have already entered the city of Xingqing Mansion.

At this time, Yuan Hao had made sufficient preparations, close to 200,000 troops, as well as 200,000 young men drawn from various foot soldiers and Xingqing Mansion, they had already done everything they could, waiting for the arrival of the Liao army, a tragic siege battle was about to break out.