Wang Yan's plan was supported by Di Feng, Yue Fei and others, but Zhang Jun pointed out that the Song army currently had less than 50,000 troops, and the garrison in the Hehuang area was insufficient, and if it went deep into the territory of Western Xia to launch an attack, the troops would be even more stretched, and the Song army needed to rest, so he suggested asking the imperial court for help, and after getting reinforcements, it would not be too late to attack Xingqing Mansion.

Zhang Jun's suggestion is not unreasonable, every time the Song Dynasty started a war with the Western Xia, it was to gather the strength of the whole country to support the northwest, this time the Song army only regained the entire territory of Hehuang with 50,000 foot cavalry, and the defenders of the Western Xia in Hehuang were as many as 100,000 people, and the Song army was equivalent to winning more with less, and now it is not an excessive move to attack the Western Xia proper, and it is not an excessive move to ask for reinforcements from the country. Zhang Jun also pointed out that the Song army was too small, while the Xia army in Xingqing Mansion had 100,000 people, and once the battle was lost, the overall situation would be shaken, and it was likely that the Hehuang that had already been in hand would be gained and lost.

But Wang Yan thinks that the soldiers are fast, and now the Tangut people have lost their courage, they should go straight to Xingqing Mansion in one go, and do not give the Tangut people a chance to breathe, if they wait for the arrival of domestic reinforcements, it will take a month or two at the earliest, and then the Tangut people will be relieved and ready, and it will be difficult to enter the army again. A quick battle and a quick victory are the most beneficial to the Song army. Moreover, Wang Yan believed that the problem of insufficient troops was not difficult to solve, and after the recovery of Hehuang, all the "Crashing Linglang" troops in the Xia army surrendered to the Song army, and these people had a great sense of revenge, and they could be incorporated into the Song army, and the attached Fanren troops could also be used.

After discussion, Sun Hui decided to support Wang Yan's opinion. This time he himself fought with the army to prevent the unexpected.

After ten days of rest and preparation, Wang Yanliu Zhang Jun led an army of 10,000 to defend Huangzhou, Di Feng led an army of 10,000 to defend Hezhou, and he and Yue Fei Gao Favor led the main force of the Song army with 30,000 foot cavalry and the newly annexed Han army of 20,000 and Fanren troops of 30,000 to attack Western Xia, and directly took Xingqingfu, the capital of Western Xia.

In the breeze of the wilderness, clumps of dandelion elves flew in front of the waving battle flags.

Brother Richard, the king of Xia Guojin, took off his golden helmet, and his curled black hair stood out in the sun. Squinting his eyes at the sun that was already dusk, "Ahh Ahh After two consecutive sneezes, he gently stroked the dandelion stuck to the crown of the golden helmet, and then brought it back to his head, clasping his hands together.

"Thousands of gods and Buddhas bless, I hope that tomorrow's sun still belongs to us!"

After praying silently, Richard gently waved his hand to the lieutenant general beside him.

"Li Liangfu!"

"Spear! Array! The herald's shout rang out at the right time.

"Drink!"

Amid the high-pitched shouts, 20,000 heavily armored soldiers with spears began to line up in six dense horizontal columns. The first three columns of soldiers held a one-man tall shield that plunged heavily into the loose earth, and the wall formed by the three columns of giant shields slowly formed. The spear with a hoe at the end of the tail was neatly erected at three angles: low, medium, and high.

"Archers! Lined up! "Another password.

Looking at the archers who were entering the position, Richard stood up slightly on his horse, these 10,000 archers were his only surprise soldiers in this battle, these hunters from Helan Mountain, using special hard bows, this longbow has a range far beyond ordinary war bows.

The phalanx of 20,000 spear-wielding foot soldiers in light armor on both flanks also began to shrink inward along the dug trench, watching the half-moon-shaped battle formation slowly take shape, and Richard rode his horse to the front of the formation.

"Drink!" Holding high the Emperor's Imperial Sword in his hand, Richard roared loudly.

"Drink!" These warriors from all regions of Western Xia also responded loudly, because they firmly believed that under the leadership of Richard Richard, the greatest warrior of the party, they would once again achieve a brilliant victory.

King Li Chage of Jin was the son of Li Bingchang of Huizong and the younger brother of Li Qianshun, the current emperor of Western Xia. He is a man of many strategies and courage, has long held the military power of Western Xia, and has many military exploits. In the third year of Yong'an in Western Xia (1100 AD), Li Chage led an army to aid the Tubo Department of Qinghai to fight against the Song army, but was blocked by the Song army in Huangshui and fought freely. After returning to the division, he was appointed as the commander of the army.

Brother Richard more than once wrote a book suggesting to learn from the Song army's strengths, choose the Han Dynasty to be brave and brave, teach a strong crossbow, usually carry a bow and hoe, and march in battle, the plains with iron harriers (heavy cavalry) galloping, and the valleys with foot soldiers (foot soldiers) to chase danger. Because of the flexible use of troops at the time and place, he was accepted by Li Qianshun and was named the king of Jin. In March of the fifth year of Yongning in Western Xia (1119 AD), Liu Fa, the envoy of Song Xihe, was ordered by Tong Guan, the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi, to lead the army to attack Shuofang in Western Xia. Brother Richard led the army to block the front of Tong'an City, secretly sent the elite cavalry to move back to its flank, and attacked back and forth, defeating the Song army, capturing and killing many people, and Liu Fa was also killed in this battle. After the battle, he took advantage of the victory to attack and besieged the Zhenwu army. In June of the first year of Yuande of Western Xia (1119 AD), Li Qianshun asked the Song Dynasty for peace in the name of Liao in the name of the Liao State when he won a great victory in the war against the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty was forced to accept peace with the Western Xia. Since then, Richard has become famous all over the world.

Listening to the soldiers shouting his name one after another, Richard returned to the guards with satisfaction.

"His Royal Highness King Jin!"

Looking at the inquiring eyes of the deputy general Wei Ming Anhui, Brother Richard said in a firm tone: "We will definitely win this battle!" ”

Hearing Brother Richard's words about the sure victory, Li Liangfu was stunned for a moment, then looked ahead with a smile as firmly as Brother Richard.

The current crisis is only clear to Brother Li and Li Liangfu, and their troops of more than 60,000 people will face 50,000 elite cavalry of the Song Empire (the intelligence of the Tangut people is obviously wrong). The battle that is about to take place in front of us will be a battle to the death.

Not long ago, the news that the Xia army was surrounded and annihilated by the Song army just came out. The entire 100,000 cavalry led by the general Gao Shouzhong was annihilated, and only more than 5,000 remnants fled with Gao Shouzhong. As a last resort, Richard had no choice but to propose a decisive battle with the Song army in the wasteland near Xingqing Mansion with infantry.

"Alas!" Looking at the children of these party members in front of him, Richard's thoughts continued to rise and fall. After a series of battles, the cavalry of the Xia army suffered serious losses, which led to the upcoming war, there are not many cavalry that can show their hands, Wei Muheng's Tielin cavalry may be his only reliance, but Wei Muheng's hand is burned and difficult to heal, unable to go to the battlefield, this army can only be handed over to the orthodox army of the Tielin Cavalry, which is not in charge of affairs.

"Li Liangfu! You lead 3,000 cavalry of the 'Tianji Battalion' to ambush in the woods on the left flank, the Song people like to charge the battle with fine cavalry, after a big victory, the enemy will be light, if the whole army is pressed after the battle, its rear must be empty, you command these 3,000 soldiers and horses to take the opportunity to take the command. ”

"His Royal Highness King Jin!"

"Don't persuade me to change my mind! This may be the only chance! ”