Xiazhou City. It is located in the triangular platform formed by the Hongliu River, the Narin River and the Wuding River, facing the river on both sides, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. This city, founded by Helian Bo, has a history of 700 years.

Seven hundred years have changed, and the once prominent Xiongnu people have long been submerged in the waves of history, trying to leave this strong fortress. It is still the strongest city in the Yellow River Loop, representing the highest level of urban defense in the Cold Weapon Era.

But now this important town of the Western Xia Kingdom has changed the banner of the king at the head of the city, and a Tianzi military flag has replaced the banner of the Western Xia army.

The sound of fighting in the city was still there, and the Tian Hu army, who had broken through the outer Guo of Xiazhou, only single-mindedly cleared the resistance of the outer city, rather than immediately attacking the inner city. As long as the Western Xia soldiers in the inner city didn't take the initiative to attack, Tian Hu didn't bother to pay attention to them at this moment.

Before he entered the Western Xia region, he got a very detailed map of Western Xia from Liang Shanjun, which represented the symbol of iron smelting, which made Tian Hu's eyes red.

During this time, he had enough of being controlled by others, and one of the main reasons why he was controlled by others was the replenishment of armor. And after making up for the knowledge of Western Xia, you will know more about the importance of Xiazhou City to Western Xia.

After seizing here, there will be fertile soil in the middle reaches of the Wuding River, and then there will be iron smelting.

Therefore, he had the time and patience to slowly clean up the remnants of the Western Xia soldiers who fled into the inner city.

Is Xiazhou, formerly known as the capital of Ten Thousand Cities, the capital of Helian Bobo, since it is the capital, how can there be no inner and outer cities? It's just that the inner city here is a little smaller. And because in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was destroyed by order of Tokyo. Because of the idea of 'eliminating branches and reducing vines' in the early days of the Zhao family's founding. It is like the "One Country, One City Ordinance" issued by the Tokugawa tortome in Japan after seizing power. Destroy the fortified cities of the place all day long. The destruction of Taiyuan City is a great proof of this, and Tongwan City is even more so.

At the head of the inner city, Wei Ming, who had fled with difficulty on the battlefield of Yongle City, was now splitting his eyes, looking at the Xixia soldiers and Ding Zhuang who were gradually wiped out under the city, and let out a roar of pain.

But his old partner beside him, Li Heda, the commander of Xiazhou, was not sad because of this, on the contrary, he was more happy to see this Han army that suddenly appeared, and now he is going all out to strangle the resistance forces in the outer city, so as to buy time for him to stick to the inner city and rectify the remnants.

And with the current strength of the inner city, it is wishful thinking to counterattack the Han army. Still hold on to and wait for help, and wait until His Royal Highness the King of Jin has eliminated the Liangshan thief cavalry who don't know whether to live or die, and then the army will return to Xiazhou, and then he will be able to kill all the Han people in the outer city in one fell swoop.

Therefore, he did not answer a word of anger and words of his name. It was only when Wei Mingqu Huai calmed down that he said: "The morale in the city is fluctuating, the morale of the army is unstable, and the weapons in the hands of the soldiers are many damaged. At this time, if the Han army comes to attack with all its might, it may be difficult to resist. ”

Wei Mingqu had a breath of blood stirring in his chest, and he didn't agree with it at the moment. Li Heda was not annoyed, so he asked him: "Then according to your opinion, what should I do?" ”

"It's better to go out of the city and fight bloody! So that the dogs know that in my big white country, there are only warriors who sacrifice their heads and sacrifices, and there are no cowards who bend their knees. Wei Mingqu raised his arms and shouted. He said this very loudly, and many of the soldiers at the head of the city heard it, and for a time, there were many followers, and the voices of war were everywhere. Gai was already furious because these people watched the Western Xia soldiers in the outer city and Ding Yong who resisted being strangled by Tian Hujun one by one.

For them, today's Han people are the source of sin, and they can't wait to get rid of it as soon as possible.

As soon as they fled back to Xiazhou from Hengshan that day, a cavalry of the Liangshan thieves came over, which was the Zhenghuang Banner led by Xuanzan.

They seized the Shendui Station, but they did not enter the Shizhou Prefecture, because the Western Xia people had already woken up, and later Xuanzan led them to break into the Xiazhou. The soldiers pointed directly at the iron smelting business. Li Heda naturally couldn't look at it in vain and be indifferent, as in the iron smelting business, Xuanzan led more than 2,000 Khitan cavalry to fight a battle with more than 4,000 cavalry horses urgently raised by Li Heda, and won the battle.

At this point, the gate of Xiazhou City was closed. It wasn't until Brother Richard heard the news that he hurriedly gathered a part of the horse army and galloped over, which relieved the siege of Xiazhou.

But when Brother Richard arrived, Zhenghuangqi had already ruined the surroundings of Xiazhou. Enraged, Richard immediately led the cavalry to pursue the Yellow Banner.

The enemy is outnumbered, and Xuanzan naturally will not choose to fight with Richard. The two of them were tossing around in this Xiazhou territory for a while. In the end, Xuanzan led the yellow flag and ran to Dijinze.

Dijinze is located in the middle of the Hetao Plain, separated from the south by a desert. If you want to attack Dijinze, in addition to sufficient supplies, you must also have people who are familiar with geography. Otherwise, it is very easy to get lost and die in the desert.

At the beginning, Zhao and Song Dingli, the four states of Dingyan were second only to the sixteen states of Yanyun in Song Taizu's goals. Through both soft and hard measures, when Song Taizong forced Li Jizhuo to surrender. Li Jizhu's younger brother Li Jiqian refused to accept it and led the crowd to flee to Dijinze. Li Jiqian used this as a base and the desert as a shield, giving full play to the mobility of the cavalry, and threatening the Song army by constantly attacking the lines of communication. It took decades and three generations of hard work to establish Western Xia by the time of Li Yuanhao.

After the establishment of the Western Xia, the strategic importance between the Song and Xia Dynasty moved to Hengshan, and the land of Jinze suddenly became less important. It has become an obstacle that separates the threat of soldiers and horses from the three states of Linfeng and the capital of western Liaoning.

Therefore, in the eyes of the vast majority of Xixia people, this land is also a mysterious area. There are not many party members who are nomadic here.

Now Xuanzan led people headlong into it, and Brother Richard followed without hesitation.

Xiazhou Chengda breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that the iron smelting business was going to be re-established. It was at this time that Tian Hu came over. kicked heavily on the castle in Xiazhou City, which had just passed the crisis but was also crumbling.

After three days of resistance, Tian Hu's army also paid the price of blood, and then captured the outer city.

The remaining Western Xia soldiers in the inner city are naturally demoralized, but they are all party members, in their eyes, this Xia Zhou is the land where their ancestors have lived for generations, but now it is so miserable, so that the Han people, who have always been weak in their eyes, ravage their compatriots, trample on their land, burn and kill, and plunder, how can this not be annoyed or angry?

These people shouted that they would rather die than give in, including Wei Mingqu Huai, but they didn't see the consternation and ridicule that flashed in Li Heda's eyes. That's a bunch of fools. Why die if you can live? They still have the slightest chance of turning defeat into victory, so why take the initiative to beg for death?

Li Heda was unmoved, carefully observed the Han army outside the city, and said casually: "Loyalty is commendable, but it is not enough." Until there is no choice, it is better not to move the idea of a desperate fight. Hold steady and hold the inner city, only to be the first. ”

But how easy is it to defend the inner city? How many people did he have in his hands?

Four days later, the last moment of the Western Xia army in Xiazhou arrived. Li Heda did not insist until Richard's return.

Li Heda gritted his teeth, grabbed Wei Mingqu Huai, and said: "You can't do anything, you can go." When the army of King Jin returns, cut off the heads of this gang of thieves, don't forget to set up a mound for your brother! "Li Heda's god is very resolute. He came from a different background, and now he has become a general in the Western Xia army, and he is also a pillar of Yelu Nanxian's mother and son in Western Xia.

Therefore he could not surrender and could not flee. He's going to hold up this face. This represents the dignity of Yelu Nanxian's mother and son, as well as the dignity of the Khitan.

Wei Ming Qu Huai was born in the Western Xia clan, and he knew the status of Yelu Nanxian's mother and son in the Western Xia. That Li Qianshun really loves this mother and son, and Li Renai, the eleven-year-old crown prince, is not a stupid person. If the Great Liao is still the original Great Liao, it can be imagined that Li Qianshun will inevitably have a Western Xia king with Khitan blood in a hundred years.

This is not uncommon. On the contrary, in the eyes of many Western Xia nobles, this is still a treasure for Western Xia to maintain its close relationship with Liao.

But things have changed in the last few years. On the Liaojin battlefield, the incompetence of the Khitan army made the deterrent power of the Great Liao in Western Xia gradually decrease, and the situation of Yelu Nanxian's mother and son became slightly more delicate.

lost the support of Li Heda, a strong general in the army, which was naturally the loss of the mother and son. But if Li Heda died defending the city, and also 'saved' Wei Mingqu Huai, a son of the royal family, then the situation is another story. It's hard to guarantee that the situation of Yelu Nanxian's mother and son will be better.

No longer looking at Wei Mingqu Huai, Li Heda took a deep breath and held the steel knife in his hand. All around, there were only three or four hundred remaining Western Xia soldiers left, and all of them together were only a thousand people, and they were all at the end of the crossbow. Until now, he no longer knew what words to use to motivate his subordinates, and almost everything he could say was ......

And not far from the city gate, Tian Hu was dressed in a Wenshan armor, sitting on horseback, staring intently at the inner city. The days of hard work have finally paid off.

If this inner city is taken again, they will really have a place to stay. Even if the party members immediately reorganized their troops and horses to attack and kill, the strength of Tian Hu's army was not sufficient, but they only needed to defend the city with confidence. Even if the Xixia people surrounded the city, and there were soldiers and food in the city, the vultures would not be afraid of them. What's more, they also have to worry about whether the Liangshan Army, which can send troops to help at any time, will intervene.

Tian Hu touched his beard, feeling that he was afraid that he would be able to enter the inner city today. Said happily: "The order goes down, and after breaking into the city, the knife will not be sealed for three days." "This is the charter that has been negotiated by the upper echelons of Tian Hujun a long time ago. Use the blood of party members to soothe the morale of the army, and also stimulate and encourage the morale of the army. It's not just the inner city.

As soon as this order was conveyed, the morale of Tian Hujun's army rose sharply. The soldiers in the fight all showed signs of not being afraid of life and death.

The sound of fierce fighting sounded like the sky, and the city gate opened. Bian Xiang, the general of Tian Hujun, stepped on the stirrup and got up and looked at it, showing infinite joy on his face. shouted: "Kill, kill all the thieves." "Just go in with the soldiers and horses.

"Who dares to disagree and commit suicide! Let these thieves know who is the lord of this Xia Prefecture! ”

And this is almost at the same time, in the depths of the earth, a chase battle that has lasted for many days, and it is time to decide the winner......