Chapter 420: Two Letters
Cui Xian's location is the most dangerous North City.
Wei Minghuan personally commanded outside the northern city, and when he saw this scene, he would not know Cui Xian, but with his intuition, he felt that it would be unfavorable for the Western Xia people to continue to develop. So he sent troops to strengthen the attack. More and more people were slaughtered in the city.
That's when we see the power of the masses.
Cui Xian's leadership played a very good guiding role.
Mortals are afraid of death, and whether they are afraid of death or not is just a difference in the degree of fear of death. The people were more afraid of death. But people also have blood surnames, but there is a difference between high and low blood surnames. Compared with the people in the interior, as border people, they are more fearless of death.
Especially women.
Some Qiang women have a high right to speak, and Dongnu Qiang was still a woman as the king in the Tang Dynasty, so Wu Chengen later wrote a daughter country. In the Western Xia army, there were women who served as soldiers and generals. Shimenchuan was victorious, and the Song army also captured more than 300 female soldiers. This can't be benevolent, put it together in the rear of Jingyuan Road and the states and counties in Guanzhong, they voluntarily start a family, or be leftover women, Zheng Lang doesn't care. This time, in order to recruit more troops, there were more female soldiers in the Western Xia army, mostly doing logistics work.
Under the stimulation of Cui Xian, some Qiang girls also climbed to the top of the city. At least compared to the delicate and flower-like Cui Xian, they are braver. Cui Xian has gone to the city, and besides, they.
In fact, Cui Xian and Huan'er Si'er only played a morale-boosting role.
There seemed to be more than a dozen stones thrown down, small and directionless, and not a single person was stoned to death. Si'er seemed to be deliberately keeping the stone away from the Western Xia soldiers, and did not dare to throw it at them. But these Qiang girls are different, they are really smashing and killing.
Not far away, a Qiang girl smashed a big stone, and there happened to be a Western Xia warrior fighting at the head of the city, and hugged him. It was the younger sister who was hugging, and the two soft breasts were still in the arms, the Xixia warrior was stunned for a moment, and was pushed to the little brother by this Qiang girl's knees, and bent down in pain, the Qiang girl had no weapon in her hand, only a big stone of seven or eight catties, and she picked up this stone and smashed it on the soldier's head. At once, he knocked the man unconscious, and continued to smash, and the soldier's head became a big watermelon in a moment.
Si'er and Huan'er happened to see this scene and shouted, "My mother." ”
The two of them slammed into Cui Xian's arms.
Freak out.
Yin Su also saw the changes here, walked over in surprise, and said with his mouth open: "Cui Niangzi, why are you here?" ”
"Shilu, hurry up and organize the people."
More and more people poured in, and although the defense force was increased, it was a messy mess, so it was better to take the opportunity to organize the people and let them form a more effective combat force.
Yoon-su ordered the soldiers to organize the people, and then persuaded: "Go down, it's too dangerous here." ”
"Shilu, the concubine can't go down, I have to lead the people. If the people do not participate in the war, the city of Weizhou will be lost. ”
Yoon-so was speechless.
The couple is too tough, one fiercer than the other.
Wei Minghuan increased the siege force, but more and more people poured into the city, and when it was getting dark, there were nearly 20,000 people participating in the main battle, and put it outside the city, at most half an hour, this oolong army would be crushed by the Western Xia people.
But this is in the city, Weizhou is the base camp of Jingyuan Road, there are many weapons, yesterday while organizing the people into the city, at the same time cut some trees and stones from the mountains outside the city, and made rolling wooden stones. There are also a lot of gunpowder bags, Yin Su doesn't understand, do you still need heartache at this time? A large number of weapons were distributed, and an attack by the Tanguts was repulsed.
It was getting dark, and after the sacrifice of nearly 2,000 soldiers, the Tanguts stopped attacking.
The unexpected situation in the afternoon made several major Western Xia generals feel embarrassed.
It seems that Weizhou is not so easy to attack. But apart from Weizhou, where can they attack? To the west, where is there a Zhang Qi, dare to go? To the east, more than 10,000 people suddenly emerged from Qinzhou, suppressing the rebellion, first the rebellion in the area of Huangshui in Longzhou, and then entering Liangyuan, which was slowly marching towards Chongxin.
The rebellious people in the Panyuan area were suppressed, and the other rebellions were not large-scale, initially forming some small chaos, but with the arrival of more than 10,000 Song troops, like Bo Xue encountered the scorching flames and was quickly extinguished. There are also some people who escaped, but this is in the rear of Jingyuan Road, where to flee. Unless he could escape to Weizhou, he would be captured or killed by the people of the Song Dynasty sooner or later.
To the east, there is a dense crowd of people, food, and supplies. The Song Dynasty's troops seem to be insufficient, but Pan Yuan's thousands of Song troops, plus more than 10,000 Song troops, once they fall into it, it will be difficult for their 30,000 people to return. Don't dare to go any deeper. Unless these two Song armies are not afraid of death and risk entering the city of Weizhou, then they will take advantage of their cavalry and large number of troops to defeat them. After thinking about it again and again, except for attacking Weizhou, there seems to be no good way out.
Or go back, but after a day of bloody fighting, nearly 2,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, so if you go back, will Yuan Hao forgive himself?
The city of Weizhou is also miserable.
The people suddenly joined, making the city of Weizhou safe for the time being. However, these people lacked experience, and although they were in danger of the city wall, the casualty rate was higher than that of the Tanguts outside the city. Many people died, and sobs were heard everywhere in the city.
……
It was time for Di Qing to make a choice.
The situation in Weizhou City was an accident, if it weren't for Yin Su, with the original timid general judgment, he would not have divided his forces. If the troops will not be divided, Wu Hao will not have bad ideas, and the Western Xia people will not go south. I didn't expect that the Xixia people would send Wu Hao over. These two Han annihilations hated the Song Dynasty more than Yuan Hao, and the more their compatriots died, the happier they would be. Without this deformed pervert coming to Panyuan, there would be no story of the Tangut people going south.
But man is not as good as heaven, and no one can calculate the future.
It is not necessarily without benefits, on the contrary, it is more beneficial to the Song army if it is used properly.
Originally, the soldiers of the Western Xia in Dingchuan Village were strong, but once the troops were divided, the troops became thinner, it was easier to launch a battle, and the chances of victory were higher.
But that's Weizhou!
As long as the main force of Dingchuan Village is defeated before Weizhou City is lost, 30,000 Xixia people will become the turtle in the urn. But what if you can't hold it? Originally, the army of 15,000 men would be divided into two divisions, one of 5,000 men, mainly to suppress the rebellion. Subsequently, Pan Yuan met with Zhenrong Village, and most of them marched to Langgan City. Forced by the form, they had to be transferred to Chongxin together to assist in the defense of the Western Xia army.
But these troops are not in Weizhou.
Not much, as long as Pan Yuan's three thousand Song troops entered Weizhou City, Di Qing would no longer be worried.
Moreover, there are Zheng Lang's wives and concubines and daughters in Weizhou City, and the reason why he was able to take the throne was mostly because of Zheng Lang's strong recommendation, so he has today's status. Not only that, Zheng Lang was also afraid that there would be an accident, and he would fall into Dingchuan Village, and he would definitely be surrounded by the Xixia people, and he would not be able to issue orders. So when he infiltrated Dingchuan Village from Pengyang City, he secretly handed over all the Lingfu Seal Letters to him, and let him be fully responsible for mobilizing all the troops. This trust pressured him even more.
Once Zheng Lang's wife and concubine have an accident, he will be pointed out by all the Song people and scolded by thousands of people.
It is this kindness and trust that affects his ability to judge.
The news of the sudden rise of Weizhou City was delivered to Di Qing at the third watch.
It was originally good news, but at this time, Di Qing was carrying a burden of thoughts. Getting up from the bed was good news, but he didn't dare to call the shots, although Zheng Lang gave him the right to call the shots.
Two ideas came to mind.
The first idea is to wait for Fan Zhongyan's troops to arrive, and quickly divide the troops to the south, which can be realized in only two or three days. The stalemate in Weizhou City in these two or three days also caused the morale of these 30,000 Western Xia troops to decline, so they could calmly eat these 30,000 Western Xia people. Then turn around and go north to deal with the Western Xia army in Dingchuan Village.
The second idea is to leave Weizhou alone. He hadn't seen the allusions of Zhou Yafu using soldiers during the Seven Kings Rebellion of the Western Han Dynasty, and his intuition made him feel that this was a great opportunity. Don't take care of Weizhou, but send someone to send a letter to Weizhou, let Yin Zhu open a warehouse in Weizhou City, not be stingy with money and goods, reward the people, and then distribute weapons to the people, let them participate in the war, and drag these 30,000 Xixia people first. After Ji Zhen put down the rebellion, he left 3,000 troops in Chongxin City, echoing Pan Yuan's 3,000 Song army. The rest of the army made a detour over Longshan and entered the cage city.
The time was a little slower, but it was just right to wait for Wang Xin and Zhe Jimin's 10,000 cavalry. And the longer it drags on, the less food the enemy will have, and the morale will be low. The three-way Song army launched a general battle in Dingchuan Village, and defeated the Western Xia army of Dingchuan Village in one fell swoop. Then those 30,000 people are in the belly of Jingyuan Road, and there is nowhere to escape if they want to.
How to choose, leave it to Zheng Lang.
began to count the soldiers and horses, selected the strongest 1,000 soldiers, rode horses, regardless of the darkness of the night, and ran towards Dingchuan Village.
Fortunately, the road was familiar, and although the Western Xia people blocked it, Di Qing still sent scouts to find out some information.
By the end of September, the night was long, and it gave him time.
At dawn, Di Qing led his men to Dingchuan Village.
Most of the Western Xia soldiers were asleep, but Yuan Hao still sent many scouts and patrols. Before he reached the enemy camp, he was discovered by the patrolling Tangut and sounded a warning horn.
"Rush." Di Qing put on the bronze mask and said.
A thousand horsemen rushed towards the Western Xia camp without hesitation.
Zheng Lang and Han Qi were also asleep, and suddenly heard the sound of battle in the enemy camp outside. The two of them were incomprehensible, but they hurriedly got up from the bed and ran to the city to watch.
Di Qing was leading his men to fight from the northeast, and the enemy's camp was too thick, and it looked like it was about to be surrounded by the enemy.
At this time, it was not yet dark, but the Tangut people lit the torch and could see Di Qing's conspicuous copper mask.
Zheng Lang and Han Qi looked at each other, not knowing what was happening, so Di Qing rushed towards the enemy camp like a moth throwing fire. But the two reacted quickly, and Han Qi said: "Xingzhi, send someone to rescue." ”
"Yes." Needless to say than Han Qi said, Zheng Lang also knew that he would let Wang Ji lead five thousand elite horsemen to kill from the east gate.
The two brave generals were very lethal, and quickly tore a gap in the thick camp of Western Xia, and the two armies converged. Di Qing knew Wang Ji, took out the letter from his arms, and said, "General Wang Ji, go back quickly, bring this letter to Zheng Xianggong, I have to go back." ”
Killed so badly, just for a letter.
Wang Ji did not ignore it, he was besieged for several days, and the village did not know the news from the outside, and this letter came at the right time. shouted, "Wow." "The two armies were divided again, one east and one west, and each killed back. The sun rises like a large yolk from the intersection of heaven and earth. Many Xixia people are still scratching their heads as the second monk, could it be that the sudden bloody battle of the Song army is just a meeting teacher?
But this battle can see the benefits of cavalry.
If it is an infantryman, the letter is delivered, and there is no attempt to escape.
And gave Di Qing new inspiration.
wanted to besiege Dingchuan Village, although the Western Xia army was strong, it was also diluted. With the remnants of more than 600 subordinates retreating eastward, Di Qing had a smile on the corner of his mouth. Leaving the Xixia camp for more than ten miles, seeing that the Song army fled quickly, and the Xixia people behind were also afraid of being ambushed and no longer chasing, Di Qing said to one of his subordinates: "You sneak back, listen to the sound of gunpowder in our army camp in Dingchuan Village, catch up and report to me." ”
On the other side, Han Qi was saying triumphantly to Zheng Lang, "How is Yin Shilu?" ”
The two have been worrying about Weizhou.
After receiving this letter, the two were relieved.
The 40,000 people in the city, no matter how they do, are only for defense, not for merit, if they are organized, even if they are organized by 10,000 people, plus there are sufficient weapons and materials in the city, the Xixia people are not good at attacking the city, and they can resist at least ten days.
How many more days will it take? In five or six days, the battle of Dingchuan Village will inevitably start. At that time, the predicament of Weizhou City will be solved.
The scouts didn't know the reason for the upheaval in Weizhou, but they knew about it. Zheng Lang has been talking in the past few days, and he has some slight remarks about Han Qi's affairs, and Han Qi thinks it is Yin Zhu's credit, so he boasts.
Yin Zhu still has merit, first of all, he just wants to fight and defend the city, and he will not cry in Yanzhou City in fear like Old Master Fan.
But it's not entirely Yoon-so's credit alone.
Zheng Lang didn't know that his wife played an extremely important role in this defensive battle, and he didn't want to argue, so he asked, "Brother Zhigui, what do you think?" ”
"Willing, willing, not giving up. Xingzhi, what do you think? ”
Needless to say, Han Qi agreed to the second article. Zheng Lang also agreed to the second article, and Pang Ji sent an army of 10,000, which was quite unexpected to him. Not only has 10,000 troops, but also Wang Xin and Zhi Jimin, two brave generals, are even more powerful.
Strictly speaking, the famous generals of the Song Dynasty in this battle, and almost most of the famous generals in the northwest, such as Di Qing, Zhang Qi, Wang Ji, Lao Chong, Wang Xin, and Zhe Jimin, these people can be recorded in the annals of history. There are also a large number of powerful fighting troops, as well as more than 1,000 Jurchens. If Ah Gu is allowed to command, even these more than 1,000 Jurchens can defeat the 30,000-strong Khitan army. Also, the cavalry army, the four roads are concentrated, and the number of cavalry reaches more than 40,000 people, nearly half of which are almost Fanzi.
It can be said that since the First World War in the Northwest, this war has concentrated almost all the most powerful branches of the Northwest Fourth Route.
This will be a battle that will not only seriously weaken the power of the Tangut people after the war, but also pave the way for the construction of various villages in Wuyan Gorge and Huluchuan. As long as the historical Wuyan Gorge and Huluchuan villages are built, Dushan, Weizhou, and Yanzhou in the Western Summer are all under the attack of the Song army. Also, as long as these walls are built, and a wide avenue is built from the thin waist city, Huanqing Road and Jingyuan Road will form a whole.
At that time, there was to be a war with the Force, and the Song Dynasty would have the initiative.
However, Han Qi was a little annoyed in his heart, and the 10,000 cavalry of Yanzhou came to increase the weight of victory in this battle, but the strategy he discussed with Fan Zhongyan to capture Hengshan was probably impossible to achieve. Since Yanzhou sent 10,000 cavalry, there were only some soldiers left, although there were a lot of troops, it was impossible to capture Hengshan. Because I didn't say it to Zheng Lang beforehand, it's hard to say it now.
The two discussed, lined up to drive out of Dingchuan Village, carried out trebuchets, threw ten gunpowder bags, and marched into the village. As if he was anxious to break through, he informed Di Qing that the sound of a gunpowder bag was to agree to the previous plan, and to let Di Qing choose a new plan was three sounds, and between the two was five sounds, and the second plan was ten sounds.
But there is also the need to make arrangements.
Originally, Zheng Lang and Han Qi discussed that they wanted to appear in Dingchuan Village, but the plan changed, but Di Qing sent a letter to make them worry about it, so they made changes and did not show up. In order to confuse Yuan Hao, the village deliberately fought for dozens of water bladders, and a large-scale verbal quarrel occurred, so that the scouts on the tower of the Xixia people in the village saw this scene and continued to stalemate.
Yuan Hao has already doubted, why is there still edible water in the village?
He was going to do a tentative attack to see how the morale of the Song army was, but at dawn, the fierce combat effectiveness of the two armies of the Song army made him fearful in his heart, there were many Song troops in the village, and the strong attack would cost him heavy losses.
So he sent someone to shout to the village, we are about to take Weizhou City, you should surrender quickly.
Suddenly, the gate of the fortress opened, a team of cavalry came out, and a few shouting Tangut people were hacked to death by the blade before they could run to the river.
I won't even let you shout.
Yuan Hao had no choice but to order Wei Minghuan to quickly capture Weizhou.
No matter what method you use, give me the city of Weizhou to take down immediately. The faint feeling dragged on, and it seemed to be very bad for me. Although the longer it drags on, the more the village will lack drinking water.
Di Qing knew Zheng Lang's thoughts through the sound of the explosion, and led hundreds of soldiers back to Zhenrong Village, Zhang Fangping was also very worried, and rode to Zhenrong Village to consult Di Qing. Di Qing explained the situation, and Zhang Fangping said: "Let me write to Yin Shilu." ”
Yoon-so wrote the letter, handed it to Di Qing, and returned immediately.
Di Qing got Zheng Lang's letter and used Zheng Lang's seal to order Ji Zhen to quell the Chongxin rebellion, leaving only 3,000 troops in Chongxin City to prevent the Western Xia people from going east, and after the Battle of Dingchuan Village, the Western Xia army outside Weizhou City was annihilated. The rest of the people made a detour from Longshan and entered the cage city from the south. He also asked a team of people to go around from Panyuan to Longshan, and lurked at the south gate of Weizhou after nightfall, and sent Zhang Fangping's letter to Yin Zhu.
The next day, the city of Weizhou was still in bloody battles.
After receiving Yuan Hao's order, Wei Minghuan strengthened his offensive again.
At the end of the day, both sides suffered heavy losses.
At this time, it is a competition for morale. The soldiers and horses of Weizhou City died heavily, the morale of the people and the army collapsed, and the city of Weizhou was lost. If it can hold on, then Weizhou will become a protracted fierce battle.
After a day of fierce fighting, the losses on both sides were even worse, the Western Xia killed and wounded nearly 2,000 soldiers, and the Song army suffered only a few hundred casualties, but more than 2,000 people fell in the city, and even Cui Xian was shot in the shoulder by a stray arrow, which frightened Huan'er to cry. But Cui Xian still stood at the head of the city with her wounds, and she didn't use her weapons again, just to boost morale.
When night came, Yoon-so was still very worried.
The Western Xia people attacked too fiercely, and although there were many people participating in the battle in Weizhou City, it was like a taut bowstring, which was always taut, and the bowstring would eventually be broken. At this time, I received a letter from Di Qing.
Zhang Fangping used a small means to finally tell Yin Zhu all the plans, but did not say that the official command had been transferred from Zheng Lang to Di Qing. There is no need to say it, after all, Di Qing is a military general, although he has military exploits and shallow qualifications, many people are not convinced, including Zhang Qi, who does not know this situation. But Zhang Fangping stamped Zheng Lang's seal will give Yin Zhu an illusion that although Dingchuan Village is trapped, Dingchuan Village still maintains contact with the outside world, and Zheng Lang knows all the situations in the outside world.
With this thought, Yoon-so will be in an optimistic mood and will not be nervous.
Next is the main topic, let Yoon so not be stingy with the wealth in the city, open the warehouse, and reward it on the spot, stimulate the morale of the people, and let them participate in the defensive war more actively. Seeing this, Yin Su didn't care to look down, and immediately ordered someone to do it. The soldiers who kept the warehouse did not let Yoon so move the warehouse, leaving the treasury to be used after the war. Yin Zhu was helpless, at this time, with Zheng Lang's warrant, Yin Zhu was finally able to let go of his hands and feet to mobilize the wealth that Weizhou City exchanged for the city.
After giving the order, Yin Zhu continued to look down, Zhang Fangping is not Di Qing, he is familiar with history books, and his memory is good, but his memory Yin Zhu is not bad. Anyway, among the dozens of fierce people in Zhao Zhenchao, none of them have a bad memory, they are all the kind of strange people who will never forget.
The letter instructed Yin Zhu to find a way to mobilize all the resources in the city, and the wealth and weapons are at your disposal, but you will defend the city of Weizhou for me. It will not be more than ten days, but it will not be more than six or seven days, then you will have the miraculous skills of Hua Yuan, Tian Dan, Liu Wu, King Liu Wu of Liang, Zang Zhi, and Wei Xiaokuan.
The people mentioned here are all famous generals in the Chinese calendar who defended the city.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu invaded the Song Dynasty, the State of Jin was newly defeated, and was unable to help, the State of Song was besieged by the State of Chu for September, and the city reached the point of eating and using human bones to make firewood, but the State of Chu was also consumed to the point of running out of ammunition and food. Hua Yuan infiltrated the camp of the State of Chu, found the general of the Chu State, agreed on an alliance under the city, gave the State of Chu face, and the two sides made peace. Hua Yuan is famous in the annals of history for his miraculous achievements.
Tian Dan's anti-intrigue made Yan Guo force away the coach Le Yi, and he used the fire bull trick, not to mention, his reputation was higher than Hua Yuan's.
The Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty extended the southern expedition and attacked Xuyi, at this time the Southern Song Dynasty was defeated, but he did not expect that the Emperor was seriously humiliated under the city of Xuyi. In this small city, nearly 10,000 dead and wounded, and the corpses were piled up as high as Xuyi City, but they were still defeated by the Southern Song Dynasty army, forcing Tuoba Tao to burn the attack equipment and retreat.
Liu Wu, the king of Liang, was the brother of Emperor Jing of Han, although their mother, the blind old lady Dou, insisted on making King Liang the crown prince for a long time, which gave Emperor Jing of Han a headache, but when quelling the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, held Juyang City and blocked the attack of Liu Bi, the main army of the Seven Kingdoms, so that Zhou Yafu had a great victory. In terms of credit, it is not under Zhou Yafu.
Wei Xiaokuan was a general of the Western Wei Dynasty, a generation of heroes Gao Huan led an army of 100,000 to attack Yubi City, exhausted various methods, attacked for more than 50 days, and died of more than 70,000 people in battle, but did not take Yubi City. Gao Huan is an open-air camp feast and drink, so that Hu Lu Jin Ge Le Chuan, under the Yin Mountain, the sky is like a dome, covering the four fields. The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep. Gao Huan sang in harmony, burst into tears, and walked away. Since then, the Hu people have never sung this song of Eilechuan in the army, because there will be a sign of defeat.
There are also, for example, the battle of Kunyang City between Liu Xiu and Wang Feng, but it was not only a battle to defend the city, but also a counterattack battle. Let Yoon so fight back and get over it. The most famous is Zhang Xun Xu Yuan's defense battle of Juyang City, and the jade is burned, and it cannot be written.
Yin Zhu, as long as you hold Weizhou, you will have their credit. What qualifications does Yoon-so have compared to these people?
This is the active surname of Yoon so himself, and the difficulty is far less than that of the above-mentioned people. In either case, Weizhou City will also be lost. But the difficulty is not low, and in such a bad situation, the Lord will have to have a positive surname. If the Lord has lost faith, how can his soldiers and people have faith?
Yoon-so was slightly excited.
You can quickly hear the voice outside the words, in the past seven to ten days, you will fight alone in Weizhou City! (To be continued)