The city of Ganzhou was destroyed in an instant, and Yeli Ding Mingkong had more than 10,000 horses, and they could only be taken prisoner.

Miao Zhu's cleanup of Ganzhou City has not yet ended, the sky has just dawned, and there is a rumbling sound of horses' hooves outside the city, Miao Zhu is a little stunned, where did such a large force of cavalry come from?

Soon the scout came to report that Yang Yi had arrived!

Arrived? Coming so fast?

Of course fast, Yang Yi attacked Hexi with all cavalry this time, just to work a fast word, how could he drag mud and water?

He did not stay much at Rouge Mountain, and after a short rest for dinner, he walked west in the clear moonlight overnight.

Yang Yi thought that there would be a fierce battle in Ganzhou, but Miao Zhu easily took Ganzhou down, which was quite unexpected by Yang Yi; But this is a good thing, to take Ganzhou, there is basically no need to bother to transfer any logistics from Liangzhou, the purpose of fighting to feed the war has been achieved, this is a great news for the Great Song Dynasty, logistics alone, can save countless people and millions of grain and grass materials.

Miao Zhu heard that Yang Yi's army had arrived, and happily greeted him out of the east gate, but Yang Yi did not enter the city, so that the army stopped outside the city, and asked Miao Zhu who ushered in him: "General Miao, this general will record your great achievement, tell me quickly, how is the clearing in the city going?" ”

Miao Zhu hugged his fists and said: "Back to the general manager, it is still in progress, and it is estimated that it will end at dawn." ”

Yang Yi said lightly: "General Miao, let me remind you again, don't forget the military regulations, if anyone messes around, for the sake of the long-term peace and stability of Hexi, no matter how much credit he makes, Ben Shuai will definitely cut him." ”

"Please rest assured, whoever dares to mess around under the nose of the last general, if you don't work for the general manager, the last general will kill him first."

"That's good!"

The "purging" mentioned by Yang Yi and the others actually has another connotation.

The Western Xia ruled Hexi for sixty or seventy years, and in addition to the army, many nobles and wealthy merchants also had entrenched forces in the city, and if these forces were not cleared, they would leave great hidden dangers for the Song Dynasty to govern Hexi in the future.

Before the war began, the spies of the Staff Pavilion had already infiltrated the cities of Hexi to find out about these local forces; Now the Song army's purge is carried out according to the list provided by the staff hall, and the removal of these old forces can win a lot of money for the Great Song Dynasty, and second, clarify the potential obstacles for future governance.

Now that the city has just been broken, everything can be done in the name of war, and once the situation is stabilized, some things will not be done again.

And this kind of purge, although it is carried out according to the list, but if the murderous nature of the soldiers comes up, it is easy to get out of control and turn into disorderly killing and looting, so Yang Yicai repeatedly reminded Miao Zhu that he must master the army and the scale.

Otherwise, Yang Yi would have no choice but to be ruthless and kill some people to appease the local people!

After dawn, the city of Ganzhou was basically calm, and Yang Yi ordered Chong Jianzhong to lead 5,000 men and horses to stay and take over Ganzhou, collect the spoils of war, clarify the enemies of the small groups on the periphery of Ganzhou, and at the same time appease the local farmers and herdsmen.

And he led 23,000 men and horses to attack again, time is of the essence.

Huo Hu's cavalry rode for six days to attack five Xiongnu tribes. Yang Yi's Hexi strategy this time was also to fight a blitzkrieg, and he didn't care about the branches and branches on the periphery, and used the cavalry to quickly advance and nourish the war with war, striving to take down the four prefectures of Gan, Su, Gua, and Sha first, and after grasping the overall situation, he slowly sorted out the periphery.

This time, there are no forwards, 23,000 people all ride in one person and two horses, rushing westward, the next target: Suzhou!

At the same time that Yang Yi attacked Hexi, the Hetao area was also full of smoke, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Shiyong, a total of 20,000 horses attacked Yinzhou, and Zhe Keshi 10,000 horses attacked Tiandu Mountain; Although the Privy Council did not give Huanqing Road an order to send troops, Chongpu also pressed 10,000 troops to the area of Hengshan Qinggang Gorge and made a feint of large-scale attack to contain more Western Xia troops.

In Xingqing Mansion, the Western Xia court was in chaos, and now the Western Xia is short of major generals, and Ah Bury went to Yinzhou to fight against Zhang Cheng and Zhang Shiyong. Yeli Jiege fought in Tiandu Mountain and Zhekeshi, and Qinggangxia was dealt with by He Langluo, which had already pinned down most of the forces in the Xixia Hetao area; In addition, the "Helan thieves" also came out to stir up the situation for a while, and this group of traitors has now grown to six or seven thousand people, and they are in the heart of Western Xia, which makes Western Xia very troubled, and the Xingling region has to keep tens of thousands of horses.

In this way, the troops sent to support Hexi finally gathered 50,000 people, and the question arises again, who will lead the troops?

It's gone, the reliable generals are gone, and there are still some other party and clan leaders, but Liang Gefang doesn't dare to use it!

If the 50,000 reinforcements that were finally gathered were handed over to these clan leaders, Liang Gefang would have to consider whether they would run directly to the Song army with their men and horses like Qi Luogang.

The repeated purges of several tribes in the party, the grudge between the Liang family and them is deeper than that of the Song army, where would Liang Gefang agree to hand over the army to them?

Under the choice of thousands of choices, Liang Gefang had no choice but to send a more decent one from the children of the Liang family, called Liang Ting, and asked him to lead 50,000 reinforcements to Hexi for reinforcements.

The distance between Xingqing Mansion and Liangzhou is twice as far as the distance from Lanzhou to Liangzhou, and before Liangting's 50,000 Xia troops have left a hundred miles, Lei Xiu on Lanzhou's side has received information; Now Lei Xiu doesn't have to transfer logistics to Yang Yi and them, and he is idle, so he asked his deputy general Lu Zheng to take 5,000 infantry to move slowly, and he led 2,000 cavalry to go straight to the Feishaling area between Xingqing Mansion and Liang.

Now that Liangzhou and Ganzhou have been captured by the Song army, the 50,000 Xia troops have gone out of Hexi, which is actually equivalent to fighting on the outside line, and logistics supplies have to be transferred from the Hetao.

Very good, this is almost thousands of miles, enough for Liang Ting to be busy.

This time, Liang Ting brought 50,000 cavalry, crossed the Qingtong Gorge, walked through the city of Liying, went out of Shatuo, and ran westward along the edge of the desert, intending to recapture Liangzhou City and cut off the eastward return road of Yang Yi's army.

Lei Xiu took 2,000 men and horses to ambush in the area of Feishaling, Liangting's army passed, but he did not move, Wang Shu had 5,000 guards in Liang, it was not a problem to hold for a few days, what he had to do was not to let a little grain and grass transported from the Hetao pass through Feishaling.

Two days later, the Liangting army arrived in Liangzhou, and the black pressure spread all over the city, and the people roared and neighed, which was not spectacular. After Liang Ting ordered to set up camp, he spent a day cutting down trees to build siege equipment.

That night, Wang Shu sent troops out of the city to steal the camp, but failed, and the next day the two armies launched a fierce siege battle; The Xia army filled in the moat with soil on their backs, and then carried the ladder and pushed the siege cart towards the city wall.

The Song army in the city fought back fiercely with bows and grenades, and the shouts of killing from both sides spread for twenty or thirty miles.

At the same time, a siege battle under the city of Suzhou was about to begin, Yang Yi's 23,000 men and horses were crushing Suzhou, and the Xia army in Suzhou City was only 5,000 people, and the defender was called Ubari; Yang Yi brought Renduo Baozhong, but he never had a chance to use it, so it's time to use him.

Renduo Baozhong was pushed to the city of Suzhou, and shouted to the defenders of the city: "Brothers in the city, I am Renduo Baozhong, I advise you to stop working for the Liang family, the Western Xia is no longer the Western Xia of the past, the Liang family was originally an outsider, but it has stolen the imperial power of the Western Xia for decades; Today's Empress Dowager Liang and Liang Gefang have repeatedly purged all departments of our party, and their intention to usurp the throne has been clearly revealed; The Great Song Dynasty raised the army of benevolence and righteousness to attack Hexi, as long as you give up resistance, the Great Song Dynasty will definitely treat you well; Brothers, although there is no more useless resistance, Liangzhou and Ganzhou have been taken by the Song army, and the Xingqing Mansion is too busy to take care of itself, and there is no power to rescue you; You are already alone, and it is only a matter of time before the city falls. Now that it has fallen, it can still be treated well by the Great Song Dynasty, but if it becomes a prisoner after the city is broken, the consequences will be unpredictable. ”

The Xixia defenders in the city were in an uproar, Renduo Baozhong was not only the most prestigious general in Xixia over the years, but also he was born in a family of famous generals, his father Renduo Ding Ling was also a famous general in Xixia, and made outstanding contributions to Xixia, and the Renduo family had a strong influence in Xixia.

Renduo Baozhong suddenly appeared under the city of Suzhou to persuade him to surrender, which dealt a fatal blow to the morale of the Xia army defending the city.

Now the situation in Suzhou is needless to say, after Liangzhou and Ganzhou in the east were captured by the Song army, they had no foreign aid, which made the army panic, and then after the persuasion of Renduo Baozhong, some soldiers couldn't help but ask loudly in the city: "General Renduo, we are waiting to surrender, will the Song army really treat us well?" ”

Rindo replied in a loud voice: "I have been your general, how can I trap you in the fire?" Rest assured! The world-famous scholar Yang was the commander of the Song army in this western expedition, and he had solemnly promised that as long as you gave up resistance, he would treat you well. ”

The sword light in the city flashed, and the head of the soldier who asked questions in the city flew up, and his blood spurted.

The guard general Ubari carried a bloody knife and shouted wildly: "Soldiers, don't listen to him, Renduo Baozhong is a lackey of the Great Song Dynasty, he is naturally helping the Great Song Dynasty to speak, how can you trust him?" As soon as we surrender, I am afraid that we will be killed by the Song army; The Song army is far away, there is no food and grass supply, as long as we support it for a few days, the Song army will collapse without a fight, and then I will take the soldiers to capture Yang Yi alive, and make great achievements in the world, the Queen Mother will definitely give a big reward, come on! Set up a bed for me, and shoot this traitor to death. ”

Renduo Baozhong didn't dare to stay longer, and shouted: "Brothers, surrender quickly, as long as you don't resist, the Song army will still treat you well." ”

After Ren Duo Baozhong shouted, he quickly retreated, Yang Yi's goal of disturbing the hearts of the Xia army in the city had been achieved, and this rush battle should be fast and faster! The city of Suzhou cannot be delayed.

So he immediately ordered the siege of the city, and Miao Zhu, Liu Laohu, and Wang Dao each led 3,000 men and horses, like a red torrent surging towards Suzhou City.

Soil work, the Song army is the first in the world, the heart of the army in the city has been lost, even if Ubari personally supervises the battle, the arrows shot on the city are sparse; The Song army filled in the moat in only one hour, and then countless cloud ladders were erected on the city wall, and people rushed to the city head like ants.

(To be continued)