Chapter 12: The Battle of Xiazhou I
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Xiazhou is a famous city in history, it is Helian Bobo built to unify ten thousand cities, the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed its country, renamed Xiazhou. After the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info, although its name has changed from time to time, Xiazhou is the majority. During the Tang Dynasty, Tuoba Sigong Town Xiazhou was owned by the surname Li.
Tuoba Sigong made great contributions in the suppression of the Huangchao Uprising, and once recovered Chang'an, was given the surname Li, and was named the Duke of Xia. The Xiazhou army was under the command of Ba Sigong, and in the Tang Dynasty, it was also called the "Dingdifficult Army".
Since then, Xiazhou has become the birthplace of Western Xia, and is the political, economic, and military center of Western Xia.
The surname Li was entrenched in Xiazhou, which was a huge threat to the Song Dynasty, and Song Taizong wanted to pull out this tumor and ordered the Li clan to go to Bianjing. In the face of Song Taizong's strength, the surname Li did not dare to disobey, except for Li Jiqian, they all went to Bianjing. Li Jiqian knew that if he went to Bianjing, it would be tantamount to losing the sea and could not do anything, so he fled with a small number of people.
Song Taizong thought that Li Jiqian's power was too small and insignificant, so he didn't care. Where to think, Li Jiqian is very politically minded, he married the daughters of several local heroes, received strong support, and his power rose sharply.
As soon as he had power, Li Jiqian began to be an enemy of the Song Dynasty, and his influence became more and more great. In order to gain the support of the Liao State, he declared himself a vassal to the Liao State, and the Liao State named him the king of Xia and guarded the west. With the support of Liao, Li Jiqian's waist board became harder and made a bigger fuss.
Song Taizong was furious and sent troops to attack Western Xia, but failed. Despite this, Song Taizong's attitude was tough, refusing to recognize the Western Xia regime. It is a pity that after Song Zhenzong succeeded to the throne, he nominally gave him the land occupied by Li Jiqian, which was actually a declaration of the defeat of the Song Dynasty in the northwest, which was tantamount to recognizing the legitimate surname of Western Xia, which was a very misstep.
Song Zhenzong's actions fueled the arrogance of the Western Xia, who cut off the trade routes between the Song Dynasty and the Western Regions, and ordered the Western Regions not to sell war horses to the Song Dynasty. At that time, the Song Dynasty needed to pay a high price to buy horses from the Khitans, mainly from the Western Regions, this severance, the impact on the Song Dynasty was very great, and later, it evolved into "riding by foot", the Song Dynasty gave up its ambitions, and finally died at the hands of foreign races.
The success of Western Xia was inseparable from the support of the Liao State. The reason why the Liao State supported the Western Xia was because the Liao State needed the Western Xia to make trouble in the northwest and contain the Song Dynasty. However, the Western Xia was secretly guarding against the Liao State, considering that the location of Xia Zhou was too close to the Liao State and was very unsafe, the Western Xia moved the capital from Xia Zhou to Xingqing Mansion.
Although the capital was taken away, Western Xia still did not give up running Xiazhou, because Xiazhou is the east gate of Xingqing Mansion and cannot be lost. Western Xia stationed heavy troops in Xia Prefecture and sent important ministers to guard it.
In the Shuai Mansion in Xiazhou City, a veteran is having a banquet with the generals. This veteran has white hair, his name is Li Yan, he is a royal family of Western Xia, and he has been in Xiazhou for some years.
"Dashuai, when will we go to Guanzhong?" Some generals couldn't help it and opened their mouths to inquire.
"It's coming! Soon! Li Yan put down his wine glass and said beautifully: "Li Zongbao They fought well in Shaanzhou, and they won five cities as soon as they came, which has never happened in the history of Great Xia." With the five cities of Anding, Great Xia can use troops against Guanzhong on a large scale. When the time comes, we will definitely go. ”
So far, the news of Li Zongbao's defeat in Shaanzhou has not yet come, and all the people are dreaming of going to Guanzhong to make a fortune.
For the poor and crazy Xixia people, Shaanzhou is the world of flowers, and when they arrived in Shaanzhou, their eyes were dazzling. Not to mention, the rich Guanzhong, the wealth is like the sea, there are countless people, let them enjoy it, as soon as they heard that Li Zongbao and they played well, they spent their thoughts and thought about going to Guanzhong.
These days, when they get together, the most they talk about is going to Guanzhong.
"After taking Guanzhong, Daxia will lead the capital of Guanzhong." Li Yan's voice suddenly turned higher, looking at the generals, his eyes were full of wonderful little stars: "If you don't read history, you don't know how important Guanzhong is." Eight hundred miles of Qinchuan in Guanzhong, that is where the Qin Dynasty made its fortune. If there is no 800 miles of Qinchuan, there is no strength of Qin, and there is no Qin Shihuang to sweep away the six countries and unify the world. ”
"Qin Shi Huang unified the world because of Guanzhong, so it is!"
Most of the generals here are martial artists, they have read very few books, and they don't know much about history. If it were a literati, there was no need to say this. After listening to Li Yan's words, they suddenly realized and were very excited.
"There is a Hangu Pass in the Qin State, which is very dangerous, and it once blocked the soldiers of the Six Kingdoms from attacking the west." Some generals thought even better: "After the Great Xia moved the capital to Guanzhong, it would be foolproof to sit on Qinchuan for eight hundred miles, and then take down Hangu Pass." At that time, the troops of Great Xia will march eastward, just like Qin Shi Huang did back then, destroy the Song Emperor and unify the world! ”
"Great Xia has worked hard to enter the main Guanzhong and unify the world." Li Yan couldn't help nodding.
The ambition of the Xixia people is not small, and they have long wanted to enter the main pass, and then there is the natural danger of Hangu Pass, and there are millions of male soldiers in the Song Dynasty. In the Warring States Period, the Qin State was able to block the Six Kingdoms of Shandong with this pass, which was verified by history.
"Qin Shi Huang has a veteran under his command, named Wang ...... Wang Qian, the handsome man will be that Wang Qian. "There are generals who pat Li Yan's ass.
Wang Jian is a general under Qin Shi Huang and a veteran, and he is a monument in Chinese history! He single-handedly killed several countries, the most famous of which were Pochu and Zhao.
This sycophant slapped Li Yan's heart, he couldn't help laughing, picked up the wine glass, drank it in a beautiful sip, and said: "It's a pity that Yelu Hongji is too stupid, not even as good as a pig, and he was defeated so quickly." If he holds up for a long time and stalemates with Emperor Song, it is inevitable that Daxia will be closed. ”
"The Khitan people boast that they have a set, they can only bully the soft and fear the hard, and even the Song Emperor can't beat it." Some generals were very dissatisfied and said, "The Song army occupies the land of Yanyun, will it attack Great Xia?" ”
"That's for sure!" Li Yan raised his eyebrows and said disapprerovitically: "However, the city of Great Xia is unusually strong, and the city is high and thick, even if Emperor Song sends an army of millions, it is impossible to do it in Great Xia!" Although the land west of the river was beaten down by Huo Qu's disease. However, at that time, the Xiongnu sat here, and there was no city to guard, and some were only tents, which could not resist Huo Quai's army. And Great Xia is different, there are strong cities, even if the Song army comes, there is nothing they can do. ”
Huo Qubing attacked the land west of the river, defeated the Xiongnu, and cut off the Xiongnu's right arm. However, at that time, there were no cities in the land west of the river, and some were only the tents of the Huns.
After the Han Dynasty took the land west of the river, there was a city here. Since then, there have been fortified cities in the land west of the river. For Jiancheng, it is difficult to clean up, if the Xixia people rely on Jiancheng to hold on, the Song Dynasty really has no good way.
Of course, all this is based on Li Yan's utopia, he didn't know that Wu Ji had a weapon to attack the city in his hands, and the cities of Western Xia couldn't stop it at all.
"Yu Dashuai: The Left Wing Divine Brave Army Division and the Xiangyou Military Division have been captured by the Song Army!" Just when everyone was rejoicing, they saw a personal soldier rushing quickly, and shouted from afar: "Wu Ji is leading the Song army to Xiazhou!" ”
This pro-soldier was very eager, but it attracted a lot of shouting.
"Shut up! Can the Song army capture the Left Wing Divine Brave Army Division? ”
"The Divine Warrior Division of the Left Chamber is the fortified city of Great Xia, and even the elite of the Khitan people is helpless, even the timid Song army can capture it?"
"Lying is not what you say! The Xiangyou Military Division is in the west of the Shenyong Military Division in the left wing, which is a strong city, even if the Song Army grows wings and can fly, it will not be able to fly to the Xiangyou Military Division! ”
"Marshal, engage in this stupid military law that doesn't have a long brain!"
Li Yan listened to the reprimands of the generals, and his eyes were about to burst into flames, staring at his own soldiers, and he was going to deal with him. Who would believe such a thing? Whoever believes is a pig.
"Marshal, the Song army has arrived at the city of Xiazhou!"
Before Li Yan could speak, another soldier rushed in in a hurry, with a look of horror on his face, and shouted from afar.
"Song Jun has arrived? Ha ha! ”
When the generals heard this, they let out a burst of laughter, as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world.
"Bang bang!" There were even generals who smashed the table and laughed backwards.
The first personal soldier reported that the Left Wing Shenyong Military Division and the Xiangyou Military Division were lost, and they didn't believe it. In their minds, it was a lie, and it was not to be believed. Not to mention, Song Jun appeared in Xiazhou, that is a fantasy, who can not laugh?
"You guys are really good at laughing!" Li Yan's tense face eased, he waved his right hand, and said with a smile: "For the sake of you who can talk and laugh, you will not engage in military law, go down!" ”
"Dashuai, what we said is true!" The two pro-soldiers groaned, knelt down, and affirmed loudly.
"I know your jokes are true!" Li Yan has another understanding.
This thing is so funny, Li Yan is in a good mood, and reaches out to serve the wine glass, preparing a beautiful drink. However, his hand froze as he saw the wine rippling in the glass.
Although there was a lot of laughter and laughter in the marshal's mansion, it was not so loud that it made the wine vibrate: "Who is mobilizing the army?" ”
Li Yan's sudden inquiry, the generals couldn't hear it clearly, so, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know where to start.
Li Yan looked at the generals, all of them did not look like they were mobilizing the army without permission, how did this happen?
"Marshal, Wu Ji's army has arrived at the city and is arraying!" A soldier rushed in in a panic and shouted a loud report.
"Don't ......" The generals didn't believe it at all, and they were about to scold when they opened their mouths, but they saw Li Yan jumping high and rushing out as if flying. The generals knew that something was wrong, so they hurriedly stood up and rushed out.
As soon as they left the house, they saw Li Yan rushing towards the city in a panic, and the generals did not know why and had to follow. As soon as they arrived at the city, everyone was stunned, only to see that the city was under the black pressure, and the Song army had already formed a formation, horizontal rows, vertical columns, neat formations, and shocking momentum.
A large flag with Wu characters fluttering in the wind, stretching picturesquely, is particularly beautiful.
"It's really Song Jun!"
"How did Song Jun come here? Do they have wings and can fly? It's coming so fast! ”
The generals were shocked, but they were puzzled how the Song army came so quickly. Xiazhou is thousands of miles away from the Song Realm, and there are many fortified cities in between, and the Song army has arrived as soon as he says it, and he has not received any news in advance.
(To be continued)