Countless flags fluttered in the wind, and under the banner was a dense Song army.

The main force of the Song army came up.

Ye Li Yu restranded the war horse and looked at the other side blankly.

It's not good to save people, speaking of the number, the number of soldiers of the Song army on the opposite side is far above him, but he is better than the cavalry, and the Song army on the opposite side is a foot soldier.

Behind the Song army, there are many people who are picking up the earth and ramming the city, does the Song army want to build another village here? Yeli Yuqi didn't understand that the Song Dynasty Zhai was Qianxing Fort, Tiansheng Zhai, Dingchuan Zhai, and Liu Fanbao as the first line, and there were Huaiyuan Zhai, Sanchuan Zhai and Dongshan Zhai in the back. The second line is Pengyang City, Zhenrong Village, Zhangjiabao, Yangmu Long City and Langgan City.

There are many fortifications, but because of the terrain, the defense is still not tight.

But when done properly, it can also play a role in supporting each other.

However, building a village here will become a lonely village, lonely outside the defense line of the Song Dynasty, and the surname is the same as the Fengzhou City of the Song Dynasty.

While he was thinking about the problem, a scribe rode out of the Song army's camp and came to the front of the battle and shouted: "I am Zheng Xianggong's humble guest Chang Mingde, and I ask to see the king of Yeli." ”

A messenger was sent to see what he had to say, and Yeli Yu came out of the army and asked, "What is the matter with your father-in-law for you to see me?" ”

"My father-in-law said that the prince has been brought into the Chinese army by him, but he will give you two chances. Once now, if you can defeat our army, your prince will return it to you. If defeated, it still gives you a chance. My family will build a temporary stockade here, and give you twenty days, and my family and the prince of your country are all in the stockade. If you can break through, you can not only get your prince, but also my father-in-law. If you can't break it, you will be handed over to the crown prince of your country, but you must promise my family a condition. ”

Yeli Yu begged for a moment again.

It makes no sense.

Although the village is being built, but winter is coming, the soil is crisp and hard, and the time is very short, what kind of village can be built?

Staying in this village in a daze, you can attack this village, or you can take advantage of the Song army to focus on this village, attack the Zhenrong army, the Deshun army, and even Weizhou City, and force the main army of the Song Dynasty to attack and rescue this village, and then you can calmly annihilate the Song army.

Besides, this place is isolated, it is difficult to guard, and it is difficult to save, why should this little prime minister do this?

I didn't understand it for a while, and asked, "What conditions?" ”

"King Yeli, I don't know." Chang Mingde said very politely.

"Can I see your father-in-law?"

"I don't dare to call the shots about this, so let's go back and report it."

After waiting for a while, a young man dressed in a vest walked from the barracks to the middle of the two armies, and arched his hand and said, "In Xia Nai Zheng Lang, I have seen King Yeli." ”

Still very polite.

Ye Li Yu begged to stare at this young man, in his twenties, with a round face, very similar to the legendary one. His heart moved, if he rode away on his horse, could he capture him alive and exchange him for the prince?

However, this thought was quickly stopped, and until now, I can see that this person is very cunning, he said that he is Zheng Lang, God knows if it is Zheng Lang, in case it is not, the prince is more auspicious, choked on a mouthful of saliva, and said: "I have seen Zheng Xianggong." Why such a condition? ”

"The king of your family led a large army to invade our Fulin Road, at this time you don't have many troops in your hands, but you can transfer a group of reinforcements from Lingzhou and Xingzhou, you and I will be equal, I just want to fight with you in a bright and bright way, let the people of the world see if you are brave in Western Xia, or brave in our Song army."

Fair?

Yeli Yuqi will not seriously believe Zheng Lang's words, he is turning in his mind, what does Zheng Lang want to do? Could it be that he also had his own idea and took advantage of his main force to attract this place and attack Weizhou and other places.

I don't believe it, I can do it because all the cavalry in my hands is fast, the speed is fast, the Song people are all infantry, let them surprise attack Tiandu Mountain, and I won't be able to guard against it in the future? If he doesn't do it, he will kill himself.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up: "Are you deliberately attracting His Majesty's army to my family and asking him to withdraw from Fulin Road?" ”

"You're thinking too much."

Yeli meets begging, and this son is for this move.

The war ahead was not very favorable, and the people in Western Xia did not know it, but they knew it. Although it was a slight defeat, it broke Fengzhou City, and there was a shortage of food and water in Linzhou City, and it was only an overnight moment that Linzhou City was broken. As soon as the city of Linzhou was broken, the city of Fuzhou in the north was isolated and helpless, and it was bound to be broken, and with the weakness of the people of the Song Dynasty, the road of Fuzhou would be like Lingzhou, which was obtained by the Western Xia. At that time, even the east gate of the Song Dynasty was open like the Western Xia.

Just because of his actions, His Majesty will be in vain.

The idea is good, his eyes rolled, and he said: "I can promise you conditions, but you don't have to set up a fortress and a checkpoint in Shimen Gorge." ”

If you want to attack Shimen River, there are other roads, but it is the closest to cross from Shimen Gorge. However, this request is too rude, why can't the Song army set up a fortress and checkpoint in Shimenxia, who knows that Zheng Lang smiled slightly and said, "It's up to you." ”

"What if you don't keep your promise?"

"I'm not the king of your family, as for whether I will break my promise, what other good ideas do you have besides promising me?" Zheng Lang laughed, and after laughing, he said, "So, do you want to fight now, or do you fight again tomorrow?" ”

Ye Li Yu was depressed to death, not only making strange demands that were beneficial to himself, but also questioning himself in the decisive battle. It seems that he is not here to fight, but to come to the Song Realm as a guest.

Looking at the Song army, his army was working hard, but the scouts came to report that the Song army was still in Haoshuichuan yesterday, and rushed here from Haoshuichuan, at least seventy or eighty miles. The Song army also had a hard time along the way. And overnight, the Song army was able to build a simple fortification to increase the difficulty of its attack. Also, overnight, the Song Dynasty was able to reinforce more troops. It reminded him of a saying from the Han people, the night is long and the dream is short. said: "Fight now." ”

"Okay, I'll wait for you." After Zheng Lang finished speaking, he turned his horse back.

Ye Li Yu begged for some regret in his heart, and he should have captured this person alive.

Zheng Lang returned to the army, and the old man complained: "Zheng Xianggong, you are too risky. ”

The Yeli brothers ascended to the throne because of Empress Yeli, but this pair of brothers has unstoppable courage, and it is too dangerous for Zheng Lang to talk to him alone in the two armies.

Zheng Lang smiled, and then looked at the three armies.

took some risks, but the prince was in his own hands, what bad actions did Ye Li Yu really dare to beg?

But how much morale did you drive?

said: "Let's go to war." ”

This battle almost achieved his strategic goal, and Fan Zhongyan did not expect that he really sent 10,000 troops to support, which undoubtedly increased his chances of victory.

Zheng Lang was slightly overly prejudiced against Fan Zhongyan militarily, thinking that he was too conservative. But Fan Zhongyan is a real scholar after all, and he has never regretted serving the country and the people, although he is conservative militarily, but at this time, Tiandu Mountain is empty, and this battle can even determine the final direction of the two countries, how can he not send reinforcements?

Zheng Lang was also not greedy for merit, and handed over this army to Fan Chunyou and Yang Wenguang to command.

Since this student came to the northwest, he probably won't take the provincial examination next year, and Zhao Zhen stopped the imperial examination for several years. All kinds of big things happened, so he followed his father everywhere and wandered, Fan Zhongyan was old, filial, and wanted to serve, but Fan Chunyou did not participate in the imperial examination. It just so happened that I took this opportunity to add a thick resume to him.

But this army is not here.

Yeli Yuqi had already ordered the army to pounce.

His cavalry was scattered on both flanks, with the infantry in the center. Yeli Yuqi sent an army to attack the center army, and two armies were sent on both sides, pointing to their own cavalry on both flanks, but they did not fight.

"It's a good idea to fight," Zheng Lang sneered and shouted, "Archers prepare." ”

When they reached fifty paces, the Song army used the trumpets and drums to command and began to release arrows.

Thousands of arrow feathers flew into the sky and quickly landed on the onrushing enemy horsemen.

They were not the elite of Western Xia, and they could not see the heavily armored iron harriers, some wore crude armor, and some only wore leather clothes, which were used as leather armor. The rain of arrows fell, bringing up blood flowers, and one after another Western Xia soldiers fell from their horses.

After two rounds of arrows, the enemy cavalry in front approached the front army.

Commanding with a trumpet and drum, the crossbowmen stepped back ten paces, and the sword-and-axe men in the armor of the in-step men stepped forward.

It is protected by heavy infantry armor and can reduce casualties. The duty was to chop off the horse's legs, and this was the first large-scale use of this tactic in the history of the Song Dynasty.

Thick knives and large axes with long handles fell on the hooves of enemy horses.

For a time, the screams of countless war horses were heard, and many enemies were overturned to the ground. However, because of the heavy and thick infantry armor, the enemy cavalry suffered very little damage, but many frightened horses collided, causing many Song soldiers to be injured accidentally.

"Still not skilled," the old man sighed.

Zheng Lang was a little dazed, this tactic is good. But if you want to protect, you can only wear a step armor, and if you wear a step armor, your body can't be flexible. The contradictions cannot be reconciled.

Speaking of which, it's still cavalry. No matter what the infantry does, the overall combat effectiveness is inferior to that of the cavalry.

However, the unexpected tactics brought heavy damage to the Tangut people.

Ye Li Yuqi's eyes were green, and he shouted: "Rush." ”

Summoned most of it and rushed over.

Zheng Lang continued to control the battle situation remotely, drumming the Song army with a trumpet and retreating, the Chinese army pushed the baggage cart out, and after retreating into the baggage cart, the lane formed a temporary fortification. Song Jun stood behind the car formation and kept firing arrows.

Ye Li looked at it, although from time to time some soldiers broke the chariot formation, but rushed over, and was cut by the legs of the horses and horses by those two strange weapons, and the power was insufficient, so he ordered the withdrawal of troops. Withdraw it first and figure it out.

Just retreated, Zheng Lang shouted: "Attack." ”

Take advantage of their retreat to launch a general attack.

This is the result of his many discussions with Lao Chong and Di Qing.

As long as the attack is unfavorable, Yeli Yuqi will inevitably order a retreat. At this time, a general attack may force the retreating enemy in front of it into a rout.

With soldiers, armor, horses, and axemen as the vanguard, the Song army rushed towards the Western Xia army. Di Qing and Guo Kui led the army diagonally to the left and right to outflank the middle. Seeing that it was not good, Yeli met the left and right sides to catch up. However, Di Qing and Guo Kui only divided a small number of troops to resist and continued to kill the retreating enemy army.

The tactics of the Tangut people, with Lang Ling as the vanguard, although they were attacking, but it was not the main army of the Tangut that attacked, and now under the attack of the Song army, this defect was infinitely magnified. The withdrawal finally turned into a deserter, and Xiang Yeli Yu begged the Chinese army.

Then the Song army arrived.

The Western Xia formation was already in chaos under the attack of the defeated army, although the two wings were still fighting hard, but the Chinese army was quickly defeated and fled under the impact of the Song army.

The defeat began, and even Yeli Yuqi didn't believe that he was defeated like this.

The sun gradually set, and finally even the two wings joined the fleeing group.

Three heavy drums and three trombones sounded at the same time, which was an order for a general attack and a non-stop attack.

Hearing this order, tens of thousands of Song troops went all the way down.

At the mouth of Shimen Gorge, Yeli Yuqi's army finally suffered large-scale sacrifices.

The area of the battle just now is vast, but when entering Shimen Gorge, it is getting narrower and narrower, and many people do not hesitate to pick up their weapons and cut down on themselves in order to enter the canyon first.

Only for a while, tens of thousands of people crowded at the mouth of Shimen Gorge, and the Xixia people who entered the canyon desperately fled for their lives, and those who did not enter did not know whether to turn their weapons to resist the Song army, or squeeze in to flee for their lives. Even because of the crowding, there are many tragic scenes of trampling on each other at the mouth of the valley.

Li Lingming closed his eyes in pain and said, "Zheng Lang, you kill me." ”

"What's the use of killing you? Do you know how many people in my Shaanxi were killed by your father? ”

A tear dripped from the corner of Li Lingming's eye.

Sure enough, as recorded in the history books, Zheng Lang was very speechless about this prince, and a strange idea arose in his heart, this prince is the real wild seed.

Take a look at the three generations of Li Yuanhao's family, needless to say, Li Jiqian and others, Li Deming is not a good person, but he is very smart, reconciled with the Song Dynasty, and used the assistance provided by the reconciliation and the Song Dynasty to expand silently. It's just a matter of choosing a different approach.

How can this freak exist?

He patted him on the shoulder again and said, "You don't have to worry, I will still release you back, but if your father promises me a condition, let some people come back, and the two countries will be peaceful." Or for peace. You take a look, call around, what's the benefit? ”

"For whom?"

"In the past, your father captured the soldiers of our court, and that's all."

"Really?"

"Yes, but your father may not have agreed. Even if you agree, it's hard to believe your father's words. ”

Li Lingming hung his head in shame.

After a flicker, Zheng Lang continued to watch the battle situation.

After the initial panic, more enemy troops poured into the canyon. There is still a valley mouth, which is blocked to the death, and even Di Qing and Guo Kui's cavalry cannot break in.

It was getting darker and darker, but countless dead bodies were piled up at the mouth of the valley, and red blood flowed all over the land.

Li Lingming fell to the ground and vomited.

Zheng Lang has been on the battlefield twice, so it's a little better, and he can barely watch such a tragic scene.

But it was not easy to be in the canyon, and the further you went into it, the narrower it became, which seriously hindered the speed of the march.

Suddenly, the horn sounded again, and many Song soldiers poured out on the top of the mountains on both sides of the canyon, holding bows and arrows in their hands, and kept dropping arrows downward, and some people raised stones and threw them down.

Yeli Yuqi almost fainted, where did this ambush come from?

But there was a Song Dynasty army chasing behind him, and he didn't dare to lead his troops to climb to the top of the mountain to intercept the Song army on both sides, and continued to brave the rain of arrows and stones to flee forward.

At this time, he wanted to cry out loud.

While running, he was thinking, Zheng Lang finally woke up to the arrangement he made a few days ago, his nephew was in the palace, and he might not know that attracting him to lead the army to Shimenxia was his goal. But at this time, he still thought that Zheng Lang was a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and forced Yuan Hao to withdraw his troops from Fulin Road.

After all, no one expected that Fulin Road would stick to it alone, and it was this lone army that defeated Yuan Hao's hundreds of thousands of elite troops.

Suddenly, a piercing pain came, and he was hit by an arrow in the shoulder.

Gritting his teeth, he swept the arrow away, and continued to run wildly. I was thinking about how to crack those two strange weapons, once these two weapons became popular in the Song army, it would greatly reduce the advantage of cavalry.

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't think of it.

It is not difficult to crack it, as long as you get out of the misunderstanding of heavy armor defense ability and use the later Mongol tactics, you can crack it.

If you don't get out of this misunderstanding, this kind of chopping knife and chopping axe will be a nightmare for cavalry, especially the bulky iron harrier.

The enemy at the mouth of the valley gradually became scarce, and most of the Yeli beggars entered the canyon, and some had already rushed out of Shimen Gorge and fled westward.

The night is dark, and the night wind is cold.

Ye Li Yu begged to turn his head and look, although he was seriously damaged, because he was a cavalry, he also let him take out many of his subordinates to escape.

It can't be said that they escaped, Di Qing and Guo Kui still led the cavalry to chase and kill behind.

The troops may not be as many as Yeli beggar's subordinates, but the three armies are discouraged and only care about fleeing for their lives, Yeli Yu beggars know that they are not inferior in numbers, but they can only escape.

Chase all the way and enter the Wuyan Gorge again.

Suddenly, a rain of arrows fell from the peaks on both sides, and the war horses carried the Song people down from the top of the mountain.

At this moment, Ye Li Yu begged to feel that death was so close!

Yeli Yu beggar had this feeling, not to mention his subordinates, some of them were disappointed, the Song army did not rush down the mountain, but actually turned over and dismounted, and fell on the ground ready to surrender.

Ye Liyu shouted: "Withdraw." ”

It is okay to be defeated, but the main force must be taken away, otherwise all the troops from Huizhou to Tiandu Mountain and Weizhou will be empty. Then not only will the prince not be able to save him, but even several states will be taken by the Song army.

In addition, he was very worried that Tubo would also participate in the war, and the consequences would be even worse.

10,000 Song troops, 3,000 cavalry, and 7,000 soldiers were killed from the top of the mountains on both sides.

In the blink of an eye, the army of Yeli Yuqi was cut into seven or eight sections.

Ye Li Yuqi looked behind him, hurriedly organized a death squad, personally led, and constantly responded in a roundabout way to rescue the lonely army.

But soon, Di Qing led more than 10,000 cavalry to catch up behind.

"Withdraw!" Looking at the two that were still struggling, Yeli Yuqi said bitterly.

It doesn't work to retreat, so keep chasing.

At this time, Yeli Yuqi suddenly thought of an idiom of the Han people, the grass soldiers were shocked.

Running wildly all the way, out of the Wuyan Gorge, the Song army was still chasing.

Yeli Yuqi is really going to cry, is there no end?

Seeing that it was not good, some Tangut people quietly left the large group, dropped their weapons and armor, and fled to the mountains and forests.

I'm a common man, I have nothing to do with me, don't arrest me.

One of the biggest defeats of Western Xia was imminent.

And the absolute surname of the battles that took place in the field.

And this is only the first battle of the meat grinder plan, and there will be more to come. As long as the prince is in Zheng Lang's hands, there will be more human flesh adsorbed on this meat grinder.