The battle of destroying Xia, according to the geography of Western Xia, no matter how it was fought, it was a copy of the five-way expedition to Liao, of course, because the Great Song Dynasty had taken a step-by-step encroachment method on Western Xia in the past few decades, and had already taken the land of Hengshan, and it was much more convenient to send troops than before.

On the western front, the Xihe Road Liu Fa Division, one is to destroy or contain Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division, and then march eastward to join forces with the Song Army of Huizhou and Xi'an Prefecture to attack the Xishou Baotai Military Division, and the middle road is a part of the Seed Division; As for the Song army on Huanqing Road, it was to conquer the Xia people Weizhou Jingsai Military Division, and then take Pu Lecheng and Yaode City, and turn to Lingzhou City.

As for the Song army of Yanyan Road and others, they want to take Xiazhou, Youzhou, and Yanzhou, and recently they will also meet with several Song troops under the city of Lingzhou, and finally eat Lingzhou, so that they can gnaw Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia, which is surrounded by the five cities of Jingzhou, Shunzhou, Huaizhou, Yongzhou, and Dingzhou.

Just after the Seed Master Dao sent scouts to inquire about the intelligence of the Jingsai Military Division, two days later, a small colonel came from outside to report: "Dashuai, the little master has captured Yingli City, and after a short rest, he will join forces with Dashuai in Mingsha City!" ”

Hearing this, the teacher said with a smile: "Okay, conquer Ying Li within one day, my brother should be a real tiger general!" ”

The little master mentioned by the small school and the seed master refers to the younger brother of the seed master Dao, in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the two brothers in the seed master and the seed master were both extremely famous in the war, and they made great contributions in the Great Song Dynasty.

The famous name in history in the seed division, Lotte naturally knows it, but the seed master died on the way to aid Taiyuan due to the failure of the friendly army, which is really suffocating.

Yingli City is a city located on the north bank of the Yellow River in Western Xia, echoing in the Mingsha City in the east, and the two are more than 100 miles apart. In order to conquer Yingli City, the army led by the seed division must first cross the Yellow River, and then it can drive directly to Yingli City, so it takes a lot of time to cross the Yellow River, and the speed of taking Yingli in two days is also quite fast.

From a geographical point of view, Mingsha City is surrounded by Yingli City, Lingzhou, and Jingsai Military Division on three sides, so it is a very correct choice to say that this year's Seed Master Dao captured Mingsha City and then retreated, otherwise it is to put heavy troops to defend Mingsha City, and it is inevitable that it will not be dumpled by the Xixia people.

After a day in Mingsha City, the planter brought more than 10,000 soldiers to Mingsha City, and was surprised when he heard that his brother had captured Mingsha City in only one and a half hours, but to be precise, he only took half a day to capture Yingli City, thinking of the power of those firearms, the planter couldn't help but praise loudly.

I recognized the seed master as a righteous grandfather, and Lotte naturally had to call the uncle in the seed master. For the name of Lezai, the planter is naturally no stranger, although it is the first time for the two sides to meet, there is a feeling of familiarity at first sight.

The historical breeder is a loyal martyr, and his reputation in history is much greater than that of the Yang family, how can Lotte not admire it from the bottom of his heart. It's just that the Yang family will be interpreted by the opera artist, so that the fame is greater, if the contribution to the Great Song Dynasty is concerned, the Western Army's seed family, the Zhi family, and the Yao family are not inferior to the Yang family generals.

In the past two days, taking the opportunity of rest, Lotte carefully thought about the situation between Song and Xia in his heart, and said: "Dashuai, I want to come to Weizhou now, the Huanqing army is entangled with the Xixia people, and I can't tell the winner for a while. ”

The seed master thought for a moment, and did not refuse, but said: "The enemy of Weizhou has not yet been cleared, and it is against my Great Song Dynasty to use troops without authorization!" ”

Lotte said: "The land of the Hetao is close to the north, and the weather changes are far more drastic than those inland. ”

"Yes, brother, what the book says is very true!" At this time, the planter also nodded and said: "My army is stationed in Mingsha City, although it is said that the summer army has grain and grass, but these grains and grass are only enough for my Great Song army for two months, and then in January, the heavy snow in the summer realm will close the road, will our army not follow the path of the five roads to cut down the summer?" ”

The seed master said: "At this time, the second prince of the Xia people has arrived in Lingzhou, and the whole country of Western Xia knows that our army has entered the Song Dynasty, but Lingzhou City is not only a tall city wall, but also tens of thousands of elite soldiers, the number is almost the same as my army all the way, so similar to the comparison of troops, how can our army attack the city, even if there is firearms to help, the Xia army relies on the city to be strong, and it will also resist it. ”

Lotte replied: "Marshal, the officials of the Battle of Lingzhou have already thought about it, our army does not need to fight face-to-face with the Xia army, just outwit it!" ”

"Outwitted? And not to engage in a head-on battle with the Xia people? The two brothers in the seed master and the seed master were surprised.

Lotte said with a smile: "The marshal still remembers that before the army opened, the lower official asked the marshal to carry more than 10,000 Lu Yi and many pockets with the army!" ”

Lu Rong is a tool used by ancient plasterers, one end of Lu Rong is used to knock stones and the other end is used to dig soil, which is somewhat similar to the combination of the current shovel and iron pickaxe.

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It took a day and night for the second prince Li Renzhong to flee from Mingsha City to Lingzhou, and the news of the Song army's invasion was delivered to Xingying Mansion.

The news had just reached the capital of Western Xia, and immediately urgent reports from the Jing'an Military Division, Xiazhou and other places were also sent to Xingqing Mansion.

The Great Song Dynasty launched an attack on Western Xia, and this attack was different from the previous small fights, it was a general attack, and the scale was the same as the five-way invasion of Xia forty years ago.

Xia Chongzong Li Qianshun was immediately furious, it was only a few months, the Song army actually launched a war against Xia for the second time, and the scale can be said to be unprecedented, while hurriedly sending people to Daliao to ask for support, while began to discuss countermeasures.

After a hundred years of conquest with the Great Song Dynasty, the current Western Xia has long been in the predicament of the country and the poor people, not only the financial resources are exhausted, but the military resources are also on the verge of exhaustion.

However, there are many people in the Western Xia Dynasty who are not embarrassed, thinking that the Great Song Dynasty invaded Xia at this time to ask for hardship, and the result will be the same as the previous time, and the reasons given are very simple and sufficient. During the previous five-way expedition, the Great Song Dynasty chose the time at the end of August, and when it reached Lingzhou, it was already early winter, and the winter was very unfavorable for marching and fighting, especially siege warfare, and the Great Song Dynasty was not afraid of the past, and chose to send troops at the end of September.

At first, Xia Chongzong Li Qianshun was still a little frightened, but when he thought of the defeat of the Great Song Dynasty during the previous five-way expedition, Li Qianshun's heart immediately became bold.

Although the Great Liao and the Western Xia border, it was not feasible for the two countries to take the external route and transfer the news to the past without more than a month, so during this time, the Western Xia should be prepared for active defense to support the Great Liao until the Western Xia came out.

At this moment, the personnel of the General Affairs Bureau stationed in the Song and Xia borders of the Great Liao all celebrated with their crowns, and the tactics made the war between the Great Song and Western Xia finally bear fruit, which will undoubtedly reduce the burden of the Great Liao under the pressure of the Song and Jin alliances. Therefore, the Great Liao hoped that the best result of the Song-Xia war would be that the Great Song would once again return from the previous one, and the Western Xia would also suffer a great loss of national strength, which was strategically in the best interests of the Great Liao, so that the Great Liao would focus all its energy on suppressing the Jurchen rebellion.

It's just that after hearing the good news of the Great Song Dynasty, it began to make the spies of the Great Liao General Affairs Bureau unhappy, and the Song army of the Seed Master Road connected two cities in one day, and this kind of combat effectiveness began to make the Khitans dumbfounded. However, the Song-Xia border was far away from Daliao, and when the information was transmitted to Daliao, I don't know how much time it took.

Hearing that the Great Song army was coming, the Xixia people of Lingzhou also called it Xiping Mansion, all the officers and soldiers began to prepare, as for the army of several small cities such as Nanpingzhou, Dingbian Town, and Dongguan Town outside the city, they also began to march to Lingzhou, and even brought the people, grain and grass to Lingzhou before leaving, and even lit a fire and burned all the houses before leaving.

Because according to the precedent of the last Great Song Dynasty's five-way expedition to Xia, these small military towns on the Hetao Plain have few people and no danger to defend, so they can't resist the attack of the Great Song army at all.

After the arrival of the harsh winter, only a few heavy snowfalls can make the Song people retreat without a fight.

Of course, this is also the way that the Western Xia people have no choice, the human and financial resources are not as good as the Great Song Dynasty, and they can only rely on the time.

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The two brothers of the seed master and the seed master led the army of Zhenjing Yuan Road out of Mingsha City and marched all the way to Lingfu along the Yellow River, and then stopped at the confluence of the Yellow River and the Lingzhou River.

The north of Lingfu is Lingwu, when An Lushan rebelled against Tang in Fanyang, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Tang Ming Emperor Li Longji escaped from Chang'an with the prince that was later Tang Suzong Li Heng, at that time Li Heng was also the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses and other positions responsible for quelling the rebellion, including leading Shuo Fang, Hedong, Pinglu Jiedu envoy, this Shuo Fang refers to the Lingzhou area of Xingqing Mansion.

Ma Weipo mutiny hanged Yang Guifei to death, it was inevitable that there was a shadow of Li Heng, since then Tang Xuanzong and Li Heng parted ways, Tang Xuanzong from Shaanxi into Sichuan to live a peaceful life, and the crown prince Li Heng came to his own Shuofang Lingzhou generation, Lingwu a few miles north of Lingzhou ascended the throne, and respected Tang Ming Emperor Li Longji as the emperor.

On the bank of the Yellow River, Lotte looked at the direction of Lingzhou City and said: "Two bosses, cut off the Lingzhou River, build a dam to store water, and then dig the Yellow River to cut off the flow of the Yellow River with cloth bags and mud, and Lingzhou will be self-defeating!" ”

The two brothers couldn't help but gasp when they heard this, and couldn't help but look at Lotte's body, which was a little vicious.

"The two elders can't bear it?" Seeing the gaze of the two of them towards him, Lotte shook his head and continued: "The two elders still remember the old account of the Xia people who built seven dams to flood my Song soldiers during the last five-way summer war, and the lower officials just returned the favor to the other in their own way!" ”

Then Lotte said: "Lotte still thinks that as for the four states of Shun, Jing, Yong, and Huai, they can all do this law!" ”

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