Lu Qian naturally knew about Wang Jin, and even knew that he was put back to Yan'an Mansion by the Seed Master Dao because of the 'rebellion' of his disciple Shi Dalang. But Yue Fei didn't recognize Shi Jin's master, Shi Dalang can only be regarded as a middle-level general of the Liangshan Army now, and he is not enough 'qualifications' for Yue Fei to remember. Otherwise, he will definitely use Shi in the battle to make a raft.

However, it is an undoubted fact that the Liangshan army fought under the city of Yan'an and defeated Wang Jin, who went out of the city to face the battle. Because of the wonderful duel with Wang Jin in the formation, Yue Fei's big and small eyes were famous among the Song army in Yan'an Mansion.

Not to mention that he would fight under the city again and again, which would add to his prestige.

It seems to be a fate to be able to dress up with Wang Jin, and it is even more rare to be able to fight with Wang Jin with two guns. Especially when people are still young.

But this kind of words that have been circulated in the eyes of the soldiers, how can it be more shocking than the rumor that the Liangshan army has passed through Yinzhou in Western Xia, broken the Suide army, and killed the city of Yan'an?

It's a lot of information, and it's too much information.

It can be said that the uproar spread all the way to Huazhou. Liu Fa is stationed in Huazhou. He is the supreme person in charge of the entire Northwest War in Zhao and Song, and he needs the president to plan the war in three sub-battlefields, and he will never appear on the front line of the battlefield.

There has been no major change in the Wuguan and Tongzhou battlefields, and the Liangshan army has not yet reached Tongguan in the middle battlefield. Liu Fa also said confidently to Li Hui yesterday: "This battle is worry-free. ”

In his eyes, the strength of the Western Army was not enough to confront the Liangshan Army head-on. But relying on mountains and rivers and only doing defense, it is really impossible to find the reason for the defeat. But today he received such bad news, it can be called a bolt from the blue! It's embarrassing.

However, Liu Fa was a veteran of the battlefield in the end, and his heart was strong, so he quickly packed up his mood, and ordered the remaining soldiers and horses in Yanzhou, Fangzhou and other places to quickly reinforce Yan'an, and at the same time sent orders to the western army in Qinfeng, Jingyuan and other places. This is not the time to shirk mischief, if Yan'an is broken, the door to Guanzhong will be open. The Liangshan army continued to fight in, and at that time, Guanzhong would be lost, and only the land of Guanxi would be left, and the Liangshan army would no longer attack, and the western army would be able to support it?

What kind of desolate places are those places? If it weren't for the support of the imperial court, could it afford to raise hundreds of thousands of troops?

Liu Fa believes that such a simple truth is understood by everyone. He also believes that the Western Army is still loyal to the Zhao and Song courts, and he is not happy to reward him without money, but when it comes to burning his eyebrows, there will still be no shortage of people who focus on the overall situation.

In the end, Zhao Song has raised them for several generations.

"Now it's a comparison of who is faster in terms of troop deployment. The Liangshan thieves were able to defeat 3,000 people in Wang Jin's department, and it was seen that Zhang Shen led troops and horses to respond, so he retreated immediately. It can be seen that it has a large number of troops. And they also have to keep an eye on their backs, the thieves are passing through them, and they don't know how much they will lose, they will definitely retaliate......"

Liu Fa frowned: "This is a crisis, but also an opportunity!" ”

As long as Yan'an can defend it, the Liangshan army will not be able to advance south, and the western thieves will inevitably be killed. At that time, the situation will be greatly unfavorable to the Liangshan army.

Liu Fa was extremely reluctant to cooperate with the Xixia Army from a personal point of view, but he knew that if the situation really reached that point, if he really did not cooperate, it would be time for him to move his position.

After all, Zhao Song and Xixia are currently in the mode of 'peaceful coexistence', and the agreement has been signed for a long time.

As a veteran who has been on the battlefield and officialdom for more than 30 years, what did he not think? What don't you understand? Even if you feel worthless about the death of the Western Army's robes, what can you do? Just like when Sima Xianggong wanted to return the rice fat and so on in Western Xia.

How many soldiers of the Western Army were distressed when they heard this, but what could they do?

As soon as he received the bad news from the north, he saw the next step, the next step, and the next step.

Not to mention how this kind of news spread and fermented in Guanzhong, and not to mention how the downlines of the spy department, such as Li Mida and Li Yanxian, were active in Guanzhong, in the next few days, it was the Liangshan army that hit Tongguan, Xu Ning returned to Nanyang from Wuguan, and Puzhou on the other side of Tongzhou, the Liangshan army's troops were frequently mobilized, but that could not arouse people's attention.

Everyone's attention is on Yan'an, and they are all looking at Western Xia.

The people of Kansai have a spectrum of the Song and Xia wars, and many of them are even more familiar with some strategic places. The Liangshan army wanted to "quietly" pass through the Western Xia Yinzhou, but it had to offend the Western Xia people. How can the latter swallow his anger?

Therefore, the current situation is a game, a game between Zhao Song, Lu Qi and Xixia. According to the report of the spy department, the news from Li Mida that the officials in Guanxi had already gone to communicate with Xixia quickly, and they didn't ask what the purpose was.

That Xixia is also a paper tiger, and he can join forces with Zhao Song to deal with the Liangshan army, so why bother to fight to the death with the Liangshan army?

At present, the Liangshan army is desperately mobilizing troops, and the Western Xia and Song armies are also desperately preparing troops, so it depends on whether the main force of the Liangshan army can arrive before their front troops are defeated by the Song and Xia armies. It was the Song army and the Western Xia people who joined forces to meet the enemy, and on the eve of the arrival of the main force of the Liangshan army, the Liangshan army that entered northern Shaanxi was completely defeated.

Lu Qian would never allow the two armies of Song and Xia to merge, this vanguard army defeated the Zuoxiang Shenyong Army Division, so Jia Luchuan was naturally under his full control, and then sent reinforcements into the Suide army, so there was no need to follow the old road.

In order to strengthen the fighting spirit of the vanguard, he himself personally led the first batch of reinforcements forward. The fast horse led a personal cavalry and galloped to Jinning in the east of the river in the starry night.

With Jialuchuan in hand, the Liangshan army could completely cross the Yellow River in Jinning, which was subordinate to Linzhou, and go west into northern Shaanxi through Jialuchuan. This Jinning is the previous Jinning army, that is, the early Jialu Village, the city is on the west bank of the Yellow River, and that section of the river is the most stable.

When you arrive at the west bank of the Yellow River, you can go out of the city to the Jialu River, which is rich in water and grass, and it is inconvenient to clear the border village for dozens of miles to the west.

Zhao Song is not a fool, how can he not know that Hedong and Guanzhong are inconvenient to communicate? And how do you not know the convenience of passing through Jialu Village? Therefore, they marched into Jialuchuan for a long time, and also set up Jialuzhai. Western Xia was also not a fool, or how could he set up a military division here in the middle section of the Wuding River? When the two sides fought earlier, a lot of blood was shed around the Jialu River.

This Jialuchuan is an important link in the westward strategy and the construction of the Hengshan barrier during the reign of Shenzong. In the fifth year of Yuanfeng, the Yanyan Road passed through the division to seize the Jialuyan from the Western Xia and built it as a village. Although the village is isolated from the enemy's territory and it is difficult to transfer food and salary, its strategic value is needless to say. In the Yuanyou period, the ruling Sima Guang generously returned this place to Western Xia along with Mizhi and other places, and the two sides negotiated peace. It was not until the end of Zhezong that the strategy to the west was reopened, and the village and Mizhi and other places were recaptured by the Northern Song Dynasty, and the military village was built again. In order to facilitate the protection of Jialu Village and its surrounding cultivated land, and connect the connection between Hedong Road and Yanyan Road, the Northern Song Dynasty built several other forts around Jialu Village, and in 1099 in the second year of Yuan Fu, Jialu Village was promoted to Jinning Army, leading the county two and ten forts.

It's just that there have been a lot of changes during this period. The establishment of military fortresses in dangerous terrain was an effective means for the Song Dynasty to restrain the Western Xia offensive and gradually encroach on its territory for decades. However, the large number of fortresses also caused the defensive line to be too long and the troops too scattered, which was not conducive to guerrilla warfare or the effectiveness of mobile warfare.

Moreover, it is not easy to build a fortress in the northwest, and it is even more difficult to maintain the existence of a fortress. After the fort is completed, it is still necessary to collect mountain wood to repair enemy towers, war towers, party houses, military camps and city defense equipment, and also to garrison troops.

How can hundreds of thousands of troops be self-sufficient with military rations and horses only relying on Guanzhong? It must rely on the supply from the mainland.

This huge military expenditure was a heavy financial burden on the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was bound to increase the burden on the common people, especially those in the northwest region. When Zhao Ji arrived, he said: The fundamental wealth of the world has been transported to the west, and it is not an exaggeration. How can the national strength not be trapped? After the Shenzong, the old and new party disputes, so that the northwest fortress was built and abandoned, and the gains and losses were reversed, just like the military village under the jurisdiction of the former Jinning Army, several paths were changed. The soldiers below are very chaotic.

When Zhao Ji came to power, the main battle faction had the absolute upper hand, but Lu Qian's rise in Shandong and the change of the situation in the Central Plains would be a different face. And the Western Xia is not a very good bird, his own strength is very weak, but seeing the changes in the Central Plains, the Song army has no time to take care of it, so it will come out again and decay, and the Northern Song Dynasty is helpless.

Many Song army villages on this Jialu River were taken away by the Western Xia people, or the Song army took the initiative to give up. Then it was destroyed by the Western Xia army.

In this way, Lu Qian transferred troops to fight the Suide army, and it stands to reason that he could go to Jialuchuan to fight the border village, but then what? The Xixia people woke up in shock, and the left wing of the Divine Warrior Army Division should not immediately rearm for battle. Tens of thousands of Ding Zhuang, regardless of their real combat strength, are just a group of rabble, and with such a pestle behind their backs, they can also make the Liangshan army like a sharp edge in their backs.

Yes, Lu Qian directly asked someone to knock out the Left Wing Divine Warrior Division, which will not be peaceful in the short term. As for the future, it is even more unacceptable, sooner or later, you have to be on the right, what are you afraid of?

Later, he could also mobilize troops and horses directly through Jialuchuan to go to northern Shaanxi.

If so, for most of the next half month, all parties will be able to endure it.

It wasn't until the time entered April that the war in Yan'an Mansion started again. It's just that the main general is not Hua Rong or Tang Bin, but Lu Qian! It was long enough time for him to get here as fast as he could.

At the same time, the attacking side of the war was no longer the Liangshan army, but the Song army.

When Lu Qian saw the Yan'an city wall, his heart was half cold. Let him have many generals under his command, and he is not willing to bury his life here.

This Yan'an city is located at the top of the corner of the Qingshui River, that is, at the intersection of the east, south and north post roads. The city wall stretches up and down according to Phoenix Mountain in the west, and stretches along the bank of the Qingshui River in the east. The section of the city on the mountain, cut the earth into a ravine, steep and dangerous. The flat part of the city is ship-shaped, the circumference of the city is not large, only nine miles, three zhang high, two zhang deep in the pool. However, the city wall is all made of huge stone blocks, and the interior is filled with solid earth.

There are three city gates, the east is called Dongsheng Gate, the south is said to be Shunyang Gate, the north is said to be Anding Gate, the heavy building is built on it, and there is a small east gate called Jinyang Gate. The west side is by the mountain, and the west building of the town is built. That is limited by the terrain location, can not build the west gate, only in the north city gate corner to the west to leave a coupon arch hole about 2 meters wide, called "small west gate", and the west ditch communication, can be walked in and out.

Such a city has enough soldiers and food, how easy is it to take it? The biggest difference between Shaanxi and Hedong is that the Hedong army is weak and has few soldiers and few generals, while the Guanzhong and Western armies have many generals and more people who can fight and dare to fight.

Therefore, Lu Qian immediately stopped the offensive that was being prepared. Don't fight Yan'an Mansion, first finalize Western Xia.

Today's Western Xia lord Li Qianshun is a very capable person, and he also has a powerful person under him, that is, his younger brother - Brother Cha.

Liu Fa in the official history was forcibly ordered by Tong Guan to march, and the army was defeated in Tong'ancheng, and he died in the hands of this person.

Because the Western Xia army was repeatedly defeated in the confrontation with the Song army, Li Qianshun followed the pressure of the Liao state - the Khitans certainly did not want to see the Western Xia really destroyed by the Song army, and won a chance to breathe. Brother Cha said that he suggested learning from the Song army, choosing the strong and brave Han Dynasty, teaching a strong crossbow, carrying a bow and hoeing in peacetime, and marching into battle separately. The plains are galloped by iron crows (i.e., heavy cavalry), and the valleys are driven by foot soldiers (i.e., foot soldiers). Because of the time and place, the flexible use of troops, accepted by Li Qianshun, was named the king of Jin.

This time, Li Gan sent Brother Cha to lead the army and came to attack the Liangshan army with the Song army.

The Tangut people were dedicated to helping Zhao and Song.

If the Liangshan army captured the Sixth Route of Shaanxi, the situation in Western Xia would only be worse. Lu Qian's attitude towards them can be seen from the previous conflict. So how is it best for Western Xia? Of course, the Liangshan army and the Song army could not hold each other, just like the Khitans and Jurchens, so that they could rest and recuperate.

This time, Brother Cha brought tens of thousands of troops, numbering 300,000 troops, many of whom were the elite of Western Xia, and Li Heda, the commander of Xiazhou, had approached Yinzhou. Zhi Keda did not show weakness, and led his soldiers and horses to fight with Li Heda on the bank of the Wuding River, and they were evenly matched with each other, and they could not tell a winner or loser. It's just that the follow-up troops of the Western Xia Army are coming in a steady stream, and they are called Zheke and retreat. Lead the troops to retreat to Yinzhou City and fight according to the city.

This Li Heda is not a party member, he is a standard Khitan. His real name is Xiao Heda. In his early years, he entered Western Xia with Princess Yelu Nanxian of Hu Cheng'an, and in a way, he was one of the gifts from Liao to Western Xia. Yelu Nanxian is now the queen of Western Xia, and his son Li Renai is now the prince of Western Xia.

Don't talk about that, just talk about Li Heda. This person is brave and martial, and he is also a shrewd person, and he is allowed to be martial. As soon as he arrived in Western Xia, Qianshun valued him very much, and awarded him to be a literary and thinking envoy, and later he repeatedly made military exploits, was promoted to deputy capital, and was also given the surname of the country by Li Qianshun, and since then Xiao Heda has become Li Heda.

The Western Xia army approached Yinzhou, but in Yinzhou City, there was no longer a single party member in sight at this moment......