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The mist shrouded the surface of the river, and it was hazy.

The opposite bank completely disappeared from view, and even the water in the center of the river could not be seen, and faintly, only the slight sound of the water and the swaying of the oars could be heard.

Dozens of ships from Lanzhou, covered by the fog, headed for the west bank of the Yellow River.

The river-crossing operation began, and the Song army launched another round of attacks against Western Xia.

Jing Sili has been preparing for a year, and Zhao Zhao has never touched this trump card, just because he lacks a chance.

Now, at last, the opportunity has come.

On the other side of Lanzhou, a general of the Western Xia Zhuoluo Military Division, Mikdi, quietly came to surrender.

Mikdi was born into a party aristocracy, and the defeat of Lingxia and the sudden death of the ruler Li Bingchang led to serious internal strife in the Western Xia, with various tribal factions fighting each other.

The strength of Mikdi's tribe was not strong, and they fell victim to infighting, and almost all of them were wiped out. Mikdi was temporarily spared because he was in the Zoro Military Division. After receiving the news, he knew that he could hide from the first day of junior high school, but not from the fifteenth, and the reason why he was still alive was that the opponent in Xingqing Mansion was negligent, and he would not let him go after all.

Left and right is a death, Mikdi put his heart sideways, and after pretending to commit suicide, he returned to the Song Dynasty. In today's northwest, only with the help of the wings of the Song Dynasty can life be saved.

As a general who was familiar with the military division of Zhuoluo and the defense along the river in Western Xia, Mikdi was warmly welcomed by Jing Sili.

After getting the situation of the Western Xia army's defense, Jing Sili felt that this was a good opportunity. It was immediately reported to the King of Qin.

It just so happened that Zhao Zhao had the need to leave Chang'an to avoid suspicion. I set off for Lanzhou.

I found out when I arrived. It's better than expected, and it's a great opportunity.

So everything is ready, only the fog is owed!

After all, the ships are limited, and if they forcibly cross the river and land on the beach, if they are discovered by the Tanguts and block the defense in time, the Song army will pay an even more painful price.

If it can be like Zhuge Kongming's grass boat borrowing arrows, there is a thick fog to cover. That's for the best.

Luckily, a few days later, the spring fog was thick, and the river was full of moisture, and the fog shrouded both banks, and the visibility was only ten zhang.

Under these circumstances, the Song army's ships sailed out of the hidden harbor and crossed the river with thousands of soldiers on board. Their destination was Dagou on the west bank of the Yellow River, at the foot of Xu Mountain, where the Yellow River happened to have a small bend.

Taking the lead in capturing this place can intercept Western Xia reinforcements from the east. It can hold on for a long time to buy time for the Song army that crosses the river in the future. The most important thing is. According to Mikdi's intelligence, the defense of Western Xia here was weak, and there were conditions for landing on the beach.

Of course, Zhao Zhao will not blindly believe the words of a Western Xia person, and there have been capable scouts floating across the river to investigate these days, and the situation is true.

With good opportunities and adequate preparation, the effect will only exceed imagination.

In the thick withering, the time when the ships of the Song army docked, the few Western Xia defenders only found out, although they launched an interception in time. But they don't have many troops, and their defense is too weak, how can they be the opponents of the Song army?

The Song army successfully landed at a small cost, seized the area around Dagou, and defended against Xushan. Dozens of ships traveled to and from both sides of the Yellow River, and more and more Song troops landed on the west bank of the Yellow River.

When the Western Xia army of the Zhuo Luo military division arrived, it was too late. They tried to attack, trying to drive the Song army back to the opposite bank, or into the Yellow River.

However, the Song army's combat effectiveness was strong, and after a full year of grievances, they finally had the opportunity to fight, and the morale of the Song soldiers was even higher. In this case, the defense is an iron wall, and the Tangut people cannot shake it at all. As more and more Song soldiers came ashore, the Tangut people's defense along the river was completely torn apart, and the Song army gained a firm foothold.

Jing Sili immediately made a decision and launched an attack on the Zhuo Luo Military Division. Unexpectedly, the Song army suddenly crossed the river, and many of the troops of the Western Xia were still scattered in various passes on the banks of the Yellow River to defend, and the troops were scattered, and the defense of the Zhuo Luo military division as the core was empty.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Jing Sili naturally won't miss it and immediately attack. On the same day, they conquered the camp of the Western Xia Zhuoluo Military Division, and the Western Xia defenders retreated in a hurry.

The camp was lost, and the Western Xia defenders who withdrew from all over the country to reinforce were also panicked, and they had no backbone, how could they continue to defend? There is no point in insisting, lest I be chased by the rank of Song Jun. It was also a hurried retreat, and it was not until Ori (the name of the castle) that he gained a foothold.

The Song army opened a gap on the opposite bank of Lanzhou and occupied the Zhuoluo Military Division, so that if there was a huge stronghold on the west bank of the Yellow River, it completely gained a firm foothold.

When the news reached Xingqing Mansion, there was an uproar again. The Song army is going to cross the river to launch a general attack, and their goal must be the Ningxia Plain, wanting to completely destroy Western Xia.

Since the defeat of Lingxia last time, it failed to counterattack in time to regain its strength, and Western Xia has lost the courage of the past, and both strength and morale have been dealt a heavy blow. Now it can be said that it is like a frightened bird, hearing that the Song army is about to attack, people are immediately panicked.

One by one, they jumped out and asked the two Empress Dowagers Liang to strengthen their defenses. In particular, Ying Li, as well as the Mingsha generation who might cross the river, were heavily guarded to prevent the Tanguts from entering the Ningxia Plain. The most important thing to watch out for is Lingzhou, after all, it is the closest to Xingqing Mansion, and if necessary, it is best to ask for help from Liao as soon as possible.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of noise in the Western Xia, and the grass and trees were all soldiers, and the scene was simply miserable.

However, Liang Yibury always felt that Zhao Zhao's temporary target might not be Xingqing Mansion.

I have to say that as an opponent for a long time, Liang Yibury also began to feel the threshold of knowing himself and the other, and he could guess a little bit of Zhao Zhao's thoughts.

It's not bad at all, Zhao Zhao's purpose is indeed not Xingqing Mansion.

At this moment, standing in Lanzhou City, looking at the huge sand table in front of him, Zhao Zhao's eyes involuntarily went west along the Yellow River.

Hexi Corridor!

What Zhao Zhao cares about is this place!

At this moment, the Ningxia Plain must be well defended, in order to preserve the last foundation and the life of the family, the Xixia people will definitely play with their lives. Zhao Zhao is still recuperating at present, he does not have enough troops and perfect preparations to capture Xingqing Mansion, and he is not willing to sacrifice the lives of his soldiers in vain and pay a painful price that is not cost-effective.

Lanzhou is located in the middle of the Western Xia Kingdom, with the Ningxia Plain to the east and the Hexi Corridor to the west.

There are Ganzhou, Suzhou, Shazhou, Guazhou, as well as the Xiping Military Division of Western Xia and the Yanjun Division of Heishui Town, which is the entire Hexi Corridor.

Irrigated by the snow of the Qilian Mountains, this area is the richest place in the northwest. However, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the relationship between Hexi and the Central Plains Dynasty was severed, and it was once occupied by the Tubo people. Fortunately, Zhang Yichao led the Guiyi army to recapture Hexi, but the Central Plains was torn apart and could not reach Hexi.

Eventually, the Hexi Corridor was occupied by local armed forces, Uighurs, Tibetans, and Dangxiang. After the establishment of the Western Xia, several generations of kings continued to expand westward, eventually bringing the Hexi Corridor under the rule of the Western Xia.

Hexi has been far away from the Central Plains for a long time, and now Zhao Zhao wants to take it back!

Lanzhou and Zhuoluo were under the control of the Song army, and if the Western Xia and others were intercepted into two sections, the eastern and western sections, most of their superior forces would be in the Ningxia Plain, and the defense of Hexi would be relatively empty. Taking advantage of this opportunity, it is relatively easy to recapture Hexi.

The more land they lost, the less room they had to live on, and they would eventually be surrounded by death in that corner of the Ningxia Plain. Moreover, the Hexi Corridor is a passage, and it is also like an open arm, stretching out to the west. Only after passing through here can we reach the Western Regions and have the opportunity to regain control of the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.

Wang Anshi often talks about restoring the old realm of the Han and Tang Dynasties, how can he do it without the Western Regions? In the future, the Great Song Dynasty will also set up the Western Regions Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. The first is to seize the Hexi Corridor and control the road. Moreover, there were Uighurs and many local powers in the land west of the river, and when the Western Xia were beyond their reach and there was a power vacuum, they would be ready to move.

Zhao Zhao didn't want Hexi to be divided and messed up again. Therefore, he planned to take this opportunity to send troops earlier to re-establish the absolute control of the Central Plains Dynasty over the Hexi Corridor.

The rise of the Great Song Dynasty begins here!

Zhao Zhao did not go in person, but sent Jing Sili and the seed master to lead an army of 50,000 to set off and march into the Hexi Corridor. The Quzha Division in the Hehuang area fought in concert.

Unexpectedly, Dong Yu Zanpu, who was in Lijing City, took the initiative to send troops to cooperate to help the Song army clean up the party and Tubo people in the northwest.

The Song army became stronger and stronger, so that Dong Yu completely understood that his family no longer had the strength to compete with the Song Dynasty. It won't be long before the people of the Song Dynasty will become the masters of the entire northwest.

It is not a good thing to continue to fight against the Song Dynasty, the days of Western Xia are numbered, and the future Hexi Corridor, and even the entire Western Regions, will fall into the hands of the Song people.

When the time comes, the silk trade road will also be in the hands of the Song people. In order to survive, for the development of the clan, it is self-evident how to choose. To have a good relationship with the Song Dynasty as soon as possible is to protect oneself and seek benefits.

The participation of the Tibetan people has given a lot of support and help to the plan to enter the Hexi Corridor, and I believe it will go much smoother.

Zhao Zhao traveled for Jing Sili and the seed in Lanzhou, and then transferred Shen Kuo to garrison Lanzhou, waiting for good news!

The news of Zhuo Luo's military victory also quickly spread to Bianjing.

In the Baoci Palace, Han Qi was stunned, in this way, wouldn't the plan just formulated all become nonsense?

In the vertical arch hall, Zhao Ji sneered again and again, and his face turned red. Immediately, a bright yellow handkerchief covered his mouth, and when he took it off, it was faintly blood-red!

After a long time, Zhao Ji spoke: "It's a big victory, since this is the case, King Pu will go to the northwest to work on behalf of me!" ”

Pu Wang Zhao Zongsheng stood stunned, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, and he wanted to die for a while.

Under the shroud of Zhao Xuan's cold gaze, he muttered for a long time, and Zhao Zongsheng had no choice but to open his mouth to receive the order! (To be continued......)