There was a scream in the woods, and the war horse rushed out of the woods in panic, but there was no general on the horse. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

'When! While! While! ’

The bell for the collection of troops in the trees rang suddenly, and more than 2,000 Western Xia soldiers who had already gained the upper hand retreated like a tide, and the Song soldiers who were struggling to resist suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

But the crisis has not been resolved, and once the Western Xia army has determined a new commander, it will soon attack again.

Li Yanqing also did not hesitate to order: "Shoot with rockets!" ”

Shooting arrows with rockets was a defensive tactic that was forced to be adopted, and there was also a pine forest behind them, and the fire was likely to spread, but now Li Yanqing could no longer care about the consequences, the enemy's rafts had gradually approached the dam, and if they didn't use extraordinary measures, not only would they be killed and wounded, but the dam would not be able to be saved.

Dozens of soldiers lit rockets, shot together to the pine forest a hundred steps away, the pine forest in autumn is very dry, the ground is covered with a thick layer of pine needles, when it meets the fire, soon there are more than a dozen open flames, dozens of Xixia soldiers rushed out to put out the fire, at this time, dozens of rockets shot out, several rockets hit the tree, the dry branches and leaves began to burn, and there was pine resin to help burn, the fire spread rapidly, the forest burned crackling.

Seeing the rapid spread of the fire, the thousands of Western Xia soldiers hiding in the pine forest retreated, and the fire began to spread southward along the thick pine needles on the ground.

Li Yanqing immediately divided his troops into two routes, and 250 men quickly widened the trench on the slope to stop the spread of the fire.

More than 90 heavily armored spearmen squatted on the dam and formed a long spear formation to prevent the rafts from leaning against the dam, while the remaining 200 or so soldiers were deployed on the shore, and at this time, more than 200 rafts were gradually approaching the dam.

At this time, the Western Xia army, which was attacking in the east, also learned the news of the death of the main general, and the fire was ignited on the opposite hillside, and the army's heart began to waver, and as a last resort, thousands of Western Xia soldiers also temporarily retreated.

Liu Jian also immediately mobilized hundreds of soldiers to shoot arrows at the raft on the shore, there were more than 230 rafts rowed from the upstream, and each raft sat 20 soldiers, that is, nearly 5,000 Xixia soldiers, their goal was not only to destroy the dam, it didn't take so many soldiers to destroy the dam, they also wanted to outflank from behind, and completely annihilate the Song army guarding the dam.

At present, several rafts have just entered the distance of 100 paces, and the Song troops on both sides of the strait immediately fired arrows in unison, and the dense arrow rain shot at the rafts.

Wang Gui scolded with hatred: "If Lao Tzu knows how to water, he will castrate you all and feed them to the fish!" ”

This sentence immediately reminded Li Yanqing, and he immediately found a few soldiers with excellent water ability and explained a few words to them, and several soldiers took off their clothes one after another, biting sharp blades in their mouths, and dived to the bottom of the water.

The raft is to peel off the whole sheepskin, inflate it and tie it tightly, dozens of sheepskin bags are tied into a raft, which can be carried on the march and can be launched into the water at any time, it is very simple and convenient, but its weakness is also obvious, it is easy to be cut by sharp objects, although they used their shields to resist the rain of arrows of the Song army, but they could not block the sneak attack from the bottom of the water.

I saw that the raft that was slowly sailing on the water tilted suddenly, and the soldiers on the felling suddenly became confused, several soldiers turned over and fell into the water, and the raft fell apart immediately, and the Western Xia soldiers fell into the water one after another, they held their skins to survive, but they could no longer avoid the arrows of the soldiers on the shore, and the skins were shot through and sank together with the soldiers in armor.

In just a moment, five water ghosts cut through more than 20 rafts, and hundreds of Western Xia soldiers fell into the water, this Western Xia soldiers are mountain troops, good at mountain warfare, most of them do not know the nature of water, plus they are wearing heavy armor, after falling into the water, they only struggled on the water surface a few times before sinking to the bottom of the lake.

Seeing that the situation was not good, a large number of rafts in the back turned around and fled, but the five Song army water ghosts rose up, and the rafts sank one after another, causing the soldiers on both sides of the strait to cheer.

At this time, the fire in the pine forest burned more and more fiercely, it had burned to the side where the Song army was located, the soldiers were accommodated in less than two acres, Li Yanqing had no choice but to lead the soldiers to retreat to the dam, watching the fire engulf the entire hillside, at this time, the Western Xia army had completely retreated, after a night of fighting, the Song army finally succeeded in capturing and holding the Huxiao Gorge dam.

The fire burned for five days and five nights, and it was the most violent mountain fire in the Hengshan Mountains in a hundred years, burning tens of thousands of acres of pine forests on more than a dozen hills.

However, it was not only the pine forest that suffered heavy losses, but also the more than 1,300 soldiers of the Song army who were ordered to seize the dam, with nearly 500 casualties, and the 300 soldiers of the intelligence battalion led by Li Yanqing lost 55 people and wounded more than 60 people, but the Western Xia army also paid nearly 3,000 casualties, and more than 1,800 soldiers drowned in the water alone.

Until the afternoon there was no news of the Western Xia army, that night, the two thousand soldiers of Siwuzhai rushed to the dam to strengthen the defense, and in the early morning of the next day, the vanguard of the five thousand Song army in the partial general Sun Chuanzhi also rushed to the dam, so that the water army that controlled the dam reached 8,000 people, firmly controlled the dam, until this time, Li Yanqing was completely relieved.

On the afternoon of the third day, the main army of 40,000 led by the seed master Dao arrived at the Tiger Roaring Gorge.

"The subordinates have fulfilled their mission, and they give orders to the marshal!" Li Yanqing and Liu Jian came to see the coach.

The planter looked at the smoke and asked, "If it weren't for this fire, would you be able to hold the dam?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "My subordinates can't hold it!" ”

Liu Jian was also ashamed and said: "If we didn't join the army and ignite this fire in time, we would have been wiped out long ago." ”

"You are already very good, more than a thousand soldiers not only captured the dam, but also resisted the counterattack of tens of thousands of enemy troops, this is the first time in the Song and Xia hundred years of war to win in a disparity proportion, of course, it is the use of fire, but the war is the use of all means, I remember your first merit, reward 10,000 taels of silver, and the dead soldiers are also doubled!"

Li Yanqing and Liu Jian were overjoyed, bowed down together and said, "Thank you for your big reward!" ”

At this time, Li Yanqing said again: "Although the Western Xia army has lost the dam, they will not be reconciled, they will definitely make a comeback, once they recapture the dam, they will cut off our retreat, the consequences are unimaginable, I hope the marshal will leave heavy troops to guard the dam!" ”

Seed Master Dao nodded, "I have already thought of this possibility, you are right, the defense of the dam is related to our retreat, we must not be careless!" ”

He immediately ordered the general Sun Chuanzhi to lead 8,000 troops to guard the dam, and he led tens of thousands of troops to turn to the ancient original road and kill Yinchuan City, which was dozens of miles away.

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Xingqing Mansion, that is, today's Yinchuan, here is the place where the Western Xia State built the capital, 80 years ago, Li Yuanhao set the capital here, the founding number of the Great Xia, the Song Dynasty called the Western Xia, at this time it was the reign of the fourth generation of the Western Xia monarch Li Qianshun, the Western Xia national strength was weakened by the long-term severance of trade with the Song Dynasty, Li Qianshun took charge of the government and tried his best to develop the Song Dynasty trade, preferential treatment of the Great Song Dynasty merchants, so that the Western Xia national strength was restored a little bit.

Although the Song army began to prepare for war last year, half a month ago, the Song army on the east and west roads began to attack Xia under the leadership of Taiwei Tong Guan and the commander of the division of the road, but Xingqing City was not prosperous, although all kinds of gossip spread around, but the history of the Song and Xia battles for a hundred years told the Western Xia that as long as the Song Dynasty was still the former Song Dynasty, then the Xingqing Mansion would be safe and sound, and the combat effectiveness of the Song army and the Western Xia army were between Bozhong, and they were not yet capable of destroying the Western Xia.

At noon on this day, dozens of cavalry escorted an old man in brocade clothes about fifty years old to an old shop in the north of the city, the old shop was called Donglinxing, which was one of the three major trading houses in Xingqing City, specializing in trade with the Song Dynasty.

The old man's name is Liang Anren, his other identity is the uncle of Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, and Li Qianshun's mother Empress Dowager Liang is a Han Chinese, twenty years ago, the Empress Dowager Liang was in power, because of the arbitrary power and was killed by the Liao Dao sect, several brothers of the Empress Dowager Liang were killed by the Liao, the sixteen-year-old Li Qianshun was able to really take power, but Liang Anren escaped the catastrophe because he was addicted to wine and had no interest in power, and was named An Le Gong by Li Qianshun.

In the past 20 years, Liang Anren has lived a good life, and the women he loves have changed one after another, and he has invested heavily in Song and Xia trade, earned a lot of silver, and gradually became the richest man in Western Xia.

Liang Anren turned over and dismounted, walked into the gate of the business house quickly, and the steward greeted him and nodded and said with a smile: "Lord Qiqi, Zhang Jiuye is here!" ”

Liang Anren was immediately overjoyed, "When did they come?" ”

"I just arrived this morning, and I brought what the prince wants the most."

Liang Anren smiled, rushed into the inner hall like a gust of wind, and shouted: "Zhang Jiu, where is my Baoyan Zhai treasure box?" ”