In the northwest, in the territory of Western Xia, the soldiers of the two roads led by Yao Gu and Liu Yanqing did not stagnate at all, and since entering the Xia realm, they have also attacked all the way, successively besieging Yinzhou, Hongzhou, Longzhou and other places in Western Xia.

In order to confuse the Western Xia and let the Western Xia people not know the strategic intentions of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty court made a plan to hide from the sky and cross the sea, and deliberately let Yao Gu and Qin Fenglu Jingluo appease Liu Zhongwu to switch, but in fact, Yao Gu did not serve in Qinfeng Road, but was secretly sent to Hedong Road to serve.

In the territory of Xixia on the opposite side of Hedong Road, there are Xiangyou Military Divisions and Zuoxiang Shenwu Military Divisions stationed in Xixia with heavy troops, and in the rear of Xiangyou Military Divisions and Zuoxiang Shenwu Military Divisions is the Xiazhou region, which is rich in Western Xia and is an important source of taxes, which shows the importance of Xiazhou to Western Xia.

It's just that the cities in these places are located in the east of the Western Xia, too far away from the capital Xingqing Mansion, so they can't show the merits of the two soldiers and horses, but there is no doubt that these two soldiers and horses contain a considerable part of the main force of the Western Xia, of course, this is also in line with the original battle plan of the Great Song Privy Council, especially the Yan Yan Road only played a role in containing the Western Xia troops and preventing the Liao State from sending troops, and did not expect the Yan Yan Road soldiers and horses to fight to Xingqing Mansion.

Yinzhou, Longzhou, Hongzhou three cities are located at the junction of Song and Xia, is the outpost of Western Xia to prevent the attack of the Great Song Dynasty, after more than 100 years of operating the city to build a very strong, the city sergeant guards the city equipment is complete, it can be said that it is impregnable, these two cities took Yao Gu and Liu Yanqing more than ten days to attack.

In fact, the difficulties encountered by Yao Gu were much greater than those of Liu Yanqing, and the strength of the Xiangyou Military Division and the Left Wing Shenwu Military Division that he had to face later was stronger than the captured Yinzhou, and all of them were difficult to gnaw, which made Yao Gu have to be very careful.

Because of Yan Yan's location, Youzhou and Yanzhou, where the Jianing Military Division was located, which Liu Yanqing faced after defeating Longzhou and Hongzhou, were obviously an order of magnitude lighter than the two military divisions faced by Yao Gu.

Yao Gu and Liu Yanqing also knew in their hearts that the soldiers and horses stationed near Xiazhou accounted for thirty percent of the country's troops, and their own two lines of soldiers and horses only played a role in containing the Western Xia troops, and the real direction of the Great Song Dynasty's main attack was in Lingzhou.

As mentioned in the previous document, the 12th Military Division of the Western Xia Dynasty is not only the main army but also the main agriculture and animal husbandry, with the description and metaphor of later generations, this is somewhat similar to the construction corps in a certain place in later generations, plus the Xia people are nomadic people, and the people are the people after the soldiers are dispersed, and there are usually thousands of permanent troops, but when the war is fought, the herdsmen are gathered, and the number is often tens of thousands.

Although the quality of these urgently recruited soldiers varies, they are not easy to deal with, in front of the Jianing Military Division and the Zuoxiang Shenwu Military Division, Liu Yanqing and Yao Gu did not take much advantage, but the Xia Army did not come out of the city after suffering a small loss, which made the two of them have a headache.

Although the main task of his army is to contain the Xixia people, he can't afford to make an inch, watching the three of them attack Xingqing Mansion, and they become the green leaves of the foil, Yao Gu and Liu Yanying are also very anxious.

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"Report ......" Just when Yao Gu had a headache, a small colonel came in to report in the handsome tent.

"Say!" Yao Gu was very annoyed.

The little colonel hurriedly said: "Qi Yu Dashuai, the opposite city has become an empty city!" ”

"What did you say?" Hearing this, Yao Gu was shocked, and hurriedly asked, "Say it again with Ben Shuai!" ”

The little colonel hurriedly replied: "Marshal, early this morning, our army scouts went to the opposite city to inquire about the news, but saw that the enemy armor on the city was neatly dressed, but there were birds and birds on the city, and there were many birds and birds on the enemy army in the city. ”

"What......" Yao Gu was also a veteran of a hundred battles, and immediately squinted his eyes, and then ordered: "Go and inquire about ...... again"

"Order!" The little colonel answered, and hurriedly went out to do what was told.

"What the hell are the party members doing...... Yao Gu squinted his eyes again, feeling that something was very strange, and he didn't dare to enter the opposite Xia Junchengzhou immediately, for fear of being ambushed.

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"Report ...... Dashuai, according to the report from the detective horse, the Xia army in Youzhou City withdrew at night! ”

At the same time, in the big tent of the Song Army outside Youzhou City, where the Jianing Military Division of Western Xia was stationed, a small colonel hurriedly rushed into the tent of the commander and said to Liu Yanqing, the marshal of Yanyan Road.

"The Xia army has withdrawn?" Liu Yanqing also felt incredible, and hurriedly asked, "Is this news true and reliable?" ”

The little colonel hurriedly replied: "The scouts sent out specially inquired about the Han people in the west of the city, and these people also saw that the Youzhou Xia army left Youzhou under the cover of late night and went all the way to the west, this matter is absolutely true!" ”

"Father, don't be careless!" At this time, Liu Guangshi, the son who was with Liu Yanqing, was busy and said: "The Xia people have always been cunning, and my father should be careful of the Xia people's treacherous tricks, this must be a trick taken by the Xia people to lure the enemy, pretending to transfer a large army with a small part of the troops, but in fact, they ambushed heavy troops in the city, and when our army entered the city, we launched a heavy attack while our army was unprepared, so as to achieve the goal of destroying our army." ”

"Very reasonable!" Liu Yanqing nodded, and then said: "Youzhou is an important town of the Xia people, and there is an urn city in the city gate, if it is connected to the houses in the city to form a new urn city, there is almost no possibility of survival for those who enter the city, so I should be more careful!" ”

Liu Guangshi said again: "Father, my son thinks it's better to send some reliable people into the city to find out the truth!" ”

"I'll leave this matter to you!" Liu Yanqing nodded.

And the Xia army fought for several days, both sides did not have any big losses, and there was no difference between the victory and defeat, the Xia army withdrew from Youzhou City, which is simply unbelievable, the west of Youzhou is Yanzhou, the northeast direction is Xiazhou, not only the wealth of the Western Xia, but also the front barrier of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Western Xia, its geographical location is generally the same as that of Lingzhou, the loss of these two cities, the Western Xia is almost in the point of no danger to defend.

Losing these two cities, Western Xia is equivalent to the girl who was stripped of her clothes and pants by the Great Song Dynasty, and only the three states of Jing, Ning, and Huai in the east of Xingqing Mansion are left as barriers, and these three states are equivalent to the belly pocket of a wonderful girl, if it is lost, Western Xia will ......

There is no ambush in the city of Youzhou, no one has the bottom, this is not the Xixia people to follow Zhuge Kongyou's empty city plan, no one can say, and Zhuge Kongming lost the street pavilion because of the loss of horses, and his subordinates had no soldiers to use to take risks to come to such a play, and the Western Xia can have heavy troops in Youzhou, why bother to come to this one.

The people who are afraid of death are still the majority, who to send to the city to find out the truth, the generals are also hesitant, and finally everyone remembered a person, this person is not only bold and has repeatedly made war exploits, once alone to attack the city to kill the enemy leader, it can be said that it is the best choice to go out to explore the city of Youzhou to defend the enemy.

One person can attack the city occupied by the enemy, this is simply the legendary ten thousand enemies, the Song army naturally has such a master, this person is surnamed Han Shizhong, when he was young, he was strong and honest, and he likes to be chivalrous. Because he was born burly and tall, full of energy, and brave, someone told him that with such good kung fu, he should go to serve the country as a soldier. So, Han Shizhong, who was only seventeen years old, joined the army as a sergeant.

Han Shizhong's exploits were not only the miraculous feat of a man climbing the wall and rushing to the top of the city to kill the leader of the enemy army defending the city, but also another miraculous deed in another battle

At that time, the supervisor of the Western Xia led the Xia army to counterattack the Song army, some people in the Song army began to be afraid, Han Shizhong asked the identity and role of the horse, led several soldiers who dared to die, rushed into the enemy formation, and went straight to the marshal's tent.

The Western Xia soldiers, who had lost their leader, were in chaos and rushed to flee. The generals of the Song army praised Han Shizhong's bravery, so Liu Yanqing reported to the imperial court and asked for Han Shizhong's promotion. It's just that Tong Guan, who was in charge of the side affairs at that time, doubted the authenticity of the report and only agreed to give Han Shizhong a promotion.

Han Shizhong is not afraid of death, after getting the order handed down by Liu Guangshi, he took a team of soldiers to the head of Youzhou City, circled in the city for a long time, caught a few errands in Youzhou City and interrogated them, only to learn that the Western Xia army and yesterday night from the West Gate out of the city, as for what to do, I don't know.

Later, Han Shizhong opened the gate of Youzhou City and led the Song army of Yanyan Road to the city.

The soldiers were bloodless, and the Song army took Youzhou City and the Shenwu Military Division of the Left Chamber, which made Liu Yanqing and Yao Gu not only not a little excited but also very surprised, for fear that they would fall into the Xia people's scheme, so they became more and more careful.

However, what surprised Yao Gu and Liu Yanqing even more was still to come, Xia Jun gave up not only Youzhou and Zuo Xiang Shenwu Military Division, but also Yanzhou, Xiangyou Military Division and Xiazhou.

What's going on, not only Yao Gu and Liu Yanqing were surprised, but also the Great Song Dynasty was surprised.

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Late at night, the Xixia Palace was brightly lit, and Li Qianshun and a group of civil officials were still guarding the main hall, staring at the map and discussing military affairs.

The privy council envoy Ning Liduo said, "Your Majesty, the five military divisions have returned to protect Xingqing Mansion, even if there are a small number of troops left in Xiazhou and Yanzhou, they can't stop the Song army......"

Li Qianshun shook his head and asked coldly, "Do you still remember the old incident of the Southern Dynasty and the Five Roads on my behalf of Daxia forty years ago?" ”

Ning Liduo hurriedly replied: "The minister's memory is still fresh, at that time the minister was still studying at home, so he immediately put pen to paper!" ”

"Qing's patriotic heart is full of fists, I know!" Li Qianshun smiled and said: "I will recall the five troops of the White Horse Qiangshun Military Division, the Right Wing Chaoshun Military Division, the Left Wing Shentong Military Division, the Jianing Military Division, and the Xiangyou Military Division to Xingqing, and I will not force the victory, as long as I draw with the Song Army, my Great Xia will win!" ”

Lingxia is cold in winter, and the Song army suffered this loss last time, and in Li Qianshun's eyes, the Song army still committed a big taboo when it sent troops in winter. However, the Song army had no choice but to send troops to Western Xia in the autumn and winter, because it was necessary to conquer Lingzhou, Shunzhou, and Jingzhou to attack Xingqingfu, and Lingzhou was a place where rice was widely planted because of the developed water system.

As long as the Song army is defeated, Yanzhou, Xiazhou, Youzhou and other places will naturally recover again, forty years ago, when the five roads were cut down in the summer, the father and son of Chong Shiheng and Chong Ge also captured Xiazhou and Yinzhou, and the soldiers pointed directly at Yanzhou, and the eunuch Wang Zhongzheng also took the empty city of Youzhou, but in the end, it was not because of the difficulty of supply that all withdrew from the summer realm, and all the meat that was eaten in the stomach was vomited.

The nominal supreme military attache of the Western Xia army, Taiwei Long Suo: "What Your Majesty said is very true, this is October, my Great Xia relied on the fortification of the city wall to confront the Song army for two months, the Song army did not continue to have food and grass, and the soldiers would naturally return in defeat, and our army took the opportunity to cover up and kill, then the Southern Dynasty did not dare to peep at my Great Xia for more than ten years." ”

"Your Majesty, the Song people not only occupied Shunzhou, but also occupied Yingli City, Mingsha City, Weizhou, Pule City, Yaode City, the Song army has this supply line, and it is really difficult for the Song army to stage the rout again forty years ago!" Xixia Cheng Xianghua Boer said.

"The prime minister is too worried!" Taiwei Long waved his hand and said to Li Qianshun: "The minister advised that more light cavalry should be sent to harass the rear supplies of the Song people, cut off the grain and grass of the Song army, and made the Song people have to retreat. ”

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