"Renming, quickly lead the troops back to the rescue." Shu Wang Renli has obviously messed up, the situation in the hinterland of Western Xia, how can he not know, even children in their early ten years old are fighting here, Zheng Zhi led his troops into Western Xia, it must be like entering a no-man's land.

From here to Guazhou, two or three thousand miles, along the way is mostly the next desert. The Song people ran for two or three thousand miles, and no one would have expected this kind of thing. The Central Plains Dynasty has not seen such a thing for many years. Such a thing has long been a legend in the Han and Tang dynasties.

The Western Xia and Song Dynasty fought for nearly a hundred years, and four or five hundred thousand people poured out of the nest, and the Song Dynasty was also the head of the city, and there was never anything that took the initiative to attack. Not to mention the thousand-mile run.

All this was beyond everyone's expectations. When Liu Fagang heard about this from his son, he was also surprised, and even thought in his heart that Zheng Zhi's three thousand men and horses were rushing for thousands of miles, and there were many defeats and few victories.

Therefore, Liu Fa is dedicated to defending the city, even if Zheng Zhi fails to retreat, as long as he holds the city on the frontal battlefield, when it snows heavily, it will be a great advantage.

Liu Fa didn't expect it, not to mention Wei Ming Renming and Wei Ming Renli.

Wei Ming Renming knew that after Zheng Zhi led the troops to attack, he paced left and right, but Renli kept urging on the side.

"His Royal Highness King Shu, this matter is not in a hurry, how can the Song people have ever seen the desert, even if they enter the Gobi, they will not be able to pass." Wei Ming Renming probably found a reason for self-comfort in his heart.

Wei Ming Renming is not wrong, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, there are really few people who have seen the real Gobi Desert.

Those poems and legends of "the desert is lonely and the smoke is straight, and the sun sets on the long river" are only in the words of the Han and Tang dynasties.

"What if... What if Zheng Zhi arrives in Xijing? "Renli doesn't know much about strategic and military affairs, but he only has feelings in his heart.

No one in the Great Song Dynasty has seen the real desert Gobi, but Zheng Zhi has seen it from the northwest to Xinjiang, to the desert of Central Asia, the Middle East, and Eurasia.

"Even if you get to Xijing, Zheng Zhi doesn't have many troops, and he can't capture the city." Wei Ming Renming was obviously a little panicked, and his words were all about others.

"Renming, there are no soldiers in Xijing City, and those old and weak people at the head of the city are afraid that they won't be able to hold the city." Renli said again, that is, the more he talked, the more worried he became.

Wei Ming Renming suddenly became a little angry, and shouted: "Go to save at this time, where is the time, all this is planned by Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi has already set off for more than ten days, how to chase it?" For today's plan, the only way to attack the city again is to compete with Zheng Zhi for time, and see if he is fast or fast. Break this city, equip tens of thousands of iron armor, and then break it can be sought. You can sweep thousands of miles south. Most of the people in the court are loyal ministers, as long as Your Majesty is not worried, this battle is still a complete victory for my Great Xia, and the Song people are no longer my opponents of Great Xia. If the army is withdrawn to Xijing at this time, there will be no day for the party to turn over. ”

Shu Wang Renli looked at Wei Ming Renming, his eyes were straight, but he didn't know what to say, and after a long time, he said: "You and this king have 10,000 horses, and this king will lead troops to rescue." ”

Hearing this, Wei Ming Renming spoke: "With the five thousand elites of His Highness, His Highness will set off quickly." ”

Wei Ming Renli originally wanted 10,000 horses, but in front of Wei Ming Renming at this time, he couldn't say anything to refute after all, and replied: "Renming, you will definitely break this city, the party clan, and the country of Great Xia all depend on you." ”

Obviously, Shu Wang Renli also knows the truth in his heart, and this battle is a gamble on the fortune of the country.

Wei Ming Renming didn't say much, and shouted: "Beat the drum, and attack the city again!" ”

The place of Suzhou is the Jiuquan of later generations, and the land of Jiuquan is an important satellite launch base for later generations. Many people in the world also learned the name of Jiuquan because of this. Go straight to the west through Yumen Pass and Yangguan, Yumen Pass said before, Yangguan is also an important place in the Han and Tang Dynasties, the poem has words: Weicheng is light and dusty, and the guest house is green and willow new. Persuade you to have a glass of wine, and there is no reason to go out of Yangguan in the west.

Among them, Yangguan is said to be here, and when you go out of Yangguan in the west, you will enter the Western Regions. Yangguan is also named Yangguan because it is fifty or sixty miles south of Yumen Pass. Yang is also the meaning of the south, is another pass south of the Yumen Pass, so the name is Yangguan. Ancient place names refer to it like this, Huiji Shanyin, is the north of Huiji Mountain. If it is Sanyang, it is the south side of the mountain.

But there is also a place that is world-famous and well-known both at home and abroad. It is Dunhuang, the murals of Dunhuang, which has been endlessly for thousands of years, and is an important cultural heritage of China. There are more than 50,000 scriptures, documents, embroideries and portraits from the Wei and Jin dynasties of the Three Kingdoms to the Northern Song Dynasty hidden in the Mogao Grottoes. It was not until later generations that it was discovered, and these precious artifacts have made a tremendous contribution to historical research.

The content of these cultural relics is also all-encompassing, from Buddhist and Taoist religious scriptures and miscellaneous texts, to various miscellaneous records, government documents, and so on. There are also various ethnic languages, such as Tibetan, Tibetan, Sanskrit, Uighur, etc., which are also not lacking.

These things that have been hidden for thousands of years are mainly put in in the early days of the founding of the Western Xia.

Zheng Zhi arrived in Dezhou at this time, and these most precious cultural relics in China had only been hidden in the Mogao Grottoes for decades. The reason for hiding in it is probably also related to the rise of the party.

Among them, the murals began from the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern Wei Dynasty, and all dynasties went all the way to the Tang Dynasty, painted for hundreds of years, and it was not until the Western Xia occupied this place that it went into decline. Looking at it after a thousand years, it is still vivid. It also contains countless sculptures.

It's just that Zheng Zhi still has these things in his heart at this time, that is, he doesn't have the heart to go to Dunhuang to see the murals. There is only haste and slaughter.

In this way, these precious things are unearthed at this time, and they will inevitably not be left for thousands of years.

As soon as I entered Suzhou, there was a lot less desolation and more people.

The spear in Zheng Zhi's hand has many more innocent souls, and the cruelty of war lies in this, but Zheng Zhi is helpless.

Passing through Suzhou, there were three or four hundred more iron horsemen left on the avenue, just to prevent people from going west.

Yumen Pass and Yangguan have long been abandoned, and the Great Wall built by the Han Dynasty here has become a loess slope in the main place.

The healthy horse galloped past, and the former Han and Tang dynasties were at the feet of Zheng Zhi. This place has witnessed too much history, and the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties also began here, and the power of the Han and Tang dynasties in the Western Regions was to deter thousands of miles from the checkpoint. The Silk Road, from here to Central Asia and Europe.

At that time, the civilization of Central Asia was prosperous, but Europe was still barbaric. Until now, Europe is just a wild place, and pre-Renaissance Europe is really not worth mentioning. Central Asia is different, prosperous for a long time, no different from China, but the Central Asian cultural civilization fault line is serious, not as good as the continuation of the Chinese heritage.

As soon as the Yumen Pass came out, Guazhou was not far away.

The reason why Guazhou is called Guazhou is related to melons, and it is named after the melons that come out of this place. Chinese melons are mostly foreign, and the names of courgettes and watermelons also explain the origin.

Most of China's vegetables and fruits are foreign. Bayberry, peach, plum, pear, lychee and other things that are more common in ancient texts are mostly local products. Most of the rest are foreign, that is, apples that most people in the world don't care about, and it has only been more than 100 years since they arrived in China. The apples on the table in common costume dramas are ridiculous.

Not to mention vegetables, onions, garlic sprouts, and common wild vegetables are mostly local. The rest are all foreign, but they are imported in a precedent manner. The food of the Qin and Han dynasties, the staple food and fish, and then the wild vegetables that people eat less now, are the main ones. Even Chinese cabbage was always there in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was hybridized. Radish is also available, only in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Carrot is even later, with the addition of a Hu character, already in the thirteenth century.

Zheng Zhi rushed to Guazhou City not far away, and saw that the city gate was being closed in a hurry, and his heart was relieved. It is known that the Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun must still be in the city, and the entire court of the Western Xia is in the city.

"Block the gates of the four sides first, and kill everyone who goes out of the city." Although Zheng Zhi only has 3,000 people, he can see a few old men above the city, but he is not in a hurry, the ten-year-old children of the party members have gone to Lingzhou, and Guazhou is really as Zheng Zhi expected, there is no longer the word that there are no troops.

The battle to destroy the country is really exciting.

The officers and men of the left and right armies have been driving for seventeen or eighteen days, and every day they are bumped on the fast horses, and even their bones are about to fall apart. Finally arrived in Degua Prefecture, and finally came to the place where Emperor Dangxiang was.

Everything is worth it.

The soldiers galloped around the small city on horseback, just to block the four gates.

Zheng Zhi dismounted at the east gate, stretched out his hand and patted the inside of his legs, and looked up at the small Guazhou City.

The city was full of the highest level of Western Xia, and the originally small city was already crowded after Emperor Li Qianshun moved westward. Many of the ordinary people in the city were driven out of the city to make room for these dignitaries.

Nowadays, most of the people in the city are richly dressed.

"Bring the gunpowder bag, the siege needs to be fast, lest the party members block the hole in the city gate." Zheng Zhi moved his uncomfortable body left and right, but he was not worried about the subsequent fight, and after entering the city, there would obviously be no fierce battle.

But it was Zheng Zhi who was about to attack the city after a moment of activity. Suddenly a great crowd appeared above the city, almost filling the small city.

This is something Zheng Zhi didn't expect. Zheng Zhi turned over and got on his horse and went forward.