Wang Shao first asked his subordinates to shout under the city of Huangzhou, kill the rebels, surrender and release them all, or other similar words.

In fact, at this time, Hehuang is the existence of the three giants, Wang Shao and Zhang Ji are a miniature version of Li Jing and Li Ji, one is good at opening and closing, and the other is good at weaving a fine net, but there is another person, Zheng Lang, who is inferior to Wang Zhang and the others in details, but Wang Zhang is not as good as Zheng Lang in terms of strategic vision, and he also has the experience of leading this era. For example, in the treatment of prisoners, not killing prisoners is not only conducive to the easy management of the land in the future, but also conducive to the demoralization of the enemy.

Shouting now definitely won't work.

After shouting for a while, let the Tubo people scatter arrows and let the shouting soldiers repel them.

Wang Shaoren did his duty and began to order the siege of the city.

For the battle of Hehuang, the imperial court spent a lot of money, put on new armor, and equipped a large number of advanced weapons, which made the war more expensive, but the effect was there.

More than 100 artillery pieces were pushed to the edge of the moat, and a thousand soldiers were armed with divine arm bows, which were combined to suppress the opponent's firepower. The Tibetans also had trebuchets, the kind of trebuchets that were even more backward than the Western Xia, and with the cover of the battlements, the two sides were barely equal. But the Tibetans lost the advantage of the city wall.

Guo Cheng, Jia Yan and other brave generals took soldiers and siege equipment to the city of Huangzhou under the cover of bows and artillery. Tall ladders were erected, and the Song army began to climb the ladders or other siege ladders. At the critical moment of life and death, the Tubo people did not care about casualties, and stood out from the battlements one by one, armed with bows and arrows or other weapons, and launched a heroic and stubborn resistance.

After a whole day of bloody fighting, when the sky was approaching dusk, Guo Cheng was wounded by two arrows, and took the lead to lead his men to the top of the city, opening up a base on the head of the city. Then the Song army poured into the city from this gap, and even crossbowmen carried the bow of the god arm to the head of the city. Shoot on both sides.

The gap is getting bigger and bigger.

Suddenly, there was a trumpet in the city. Hear the trumpet. The Tibetan soldiers at the head of the city swarmed and fled from the city, mounted their horses, and fled outside the west gate. There were also some Tibetan soldiers who set fire to the storehouses in the city.

At this time, although there were many Song troops in the city. There were hundreds of people, but compared to the Tibetan soldiers in the city, they were unable to stop them. Guo Cheng ran to the city gate in hatred and opened the city gate. When the Song army poured into the city. The city was already in flames, blocking the two armies from pursuit.

Wang Shao frowned and said, "Open the water village and release water into the city to extinguish the fire." ”

Huangzhou to take, the significance is not trivial, Huangzhou has many military points, such as the Dong family is still in the hands of the southwest of Hezhou, the Zhubao village in the southwest of Hezhou, the control of the Jun clan in the control of the Hehuang military stronghold Yegongcheng, Bajinbao southwest of the Yellow River on both sides of the Wachui Village, Qiudang City, Danan City, Dangbiao City, Michuan City, Fugong City, Baodun Valley in Kuozhou. Xibawen controls Xige City, but Xibawen is not the first clan in the Jishi Army. Originally, the first major clan was the solid and mediocre throat, which was later replaced by the Guozhuang Department where the ghost chapter was located, and the Guozhuang Department spanned many areas of Henan Jishi Army and Kuozhou, and there were more important castles in the Huangzhou area.

But the four most important castles are Huangzhou City, Zongge City, Qingtang City, and Lijing City, all under the control of Dong Yu, and the population is extremely dense (it is said that when the Song Dynasty recovered the three states of Huangkuo, it recruited more than 2,700 leaders and reduced more than 700,000 households, which must be wrong, so the land of the three states is not three times denser than Hangzhou?). It is estimated that this more than 700,000 households refers to the total number of households in Hehuang, which is equivalent to the total number of households in Western Xia, but the territory is much smaller than that of Western Xia, and the water and soil of Hehuang are not destroyed at this time, so Hehuang is more densely populated than Xixia).

Since Huangzhou, it is Dong Yu's sphere of influence, Dong Yu is the banner of Huangzhou Tubo, once it is destroyed, the overall situation of Huangzhou will be decided.

However, nearly 2,000 soldiers were sacrificed in this battle, and because of a fire, an empty city was obtained, which made Wang Shao feel a little unhappy.

Wang Shao stopped, repaired Huangzhou City, and reported the whole process to Zheng Lang.

Then a part of the soldiers were left to garrison Huangzhou City, and Miao Zhu led a group of his subordinates to attack Longzhu Heicheng, and he led the main army to attack the thirsty donkey ridge. Thirsty Donkey Ridge is an important gateway to Zongge City, easy to defend and difficult to attack. And Longzhu Heicheng is in the southeast direction of Huangzhou City, the southwest direction of Miaochuan City, and not far, less than 100 miles away, the city is as long as 500 steps from east to west, the width from north to south is up to 100 steps, open three city gates from east to west and north, the city wall is two zhang high, 30 miles east of the city is Chisha Ridge, 35 miles south is Gongzang Mountain, 25 miles west is Mazong Mountain, the terrain is also very sinister. At this time, it was under the control of the Tamba tribe.

And the Danbo tribe is one of Dong Yu's diehard loyalists, if you don't take it, it will not have much impact on Michuan City, after all, the Danbo tribe is far less powerful than the Wen people, and there is a spoon family in the middle, but it is not easy to say, the north of Huangshui is the powerful territory of the Lan people, not far from the Lanzhou territory controlled by the Xixia people, and the Tan people are also Dong Yu's diehard tribe. If the Western Xia sent troops, the Lu tribe and the Tanbo tribe joined forces, and Miaochuan City would also be lost. Or if two clans and one country are attacked, Huangzhou City will also be lost, and the Song army will be isolated in this narrow area between Huangzhou and Zongge City, and this expedition will definitely be defeated.

Miao Zhu's dispatch of troops to Longzhu Heicheng was a decent tactic.

The Song army came in a mighty way, although the scale of the spoon family is not small, but it is far less powerful than the Tanbo clan, and there is no danger to defend, so they surrender when they hear the wind.

Don't take it seriously, if the Song Dynasty can defeat Dong Yu and the follow-up governance policies are appropriate, the surrender of the Wen people will be a real surrender, and the surrender of the spoon people will also be a real surrender. If defeated, the two clans will quickly turn back.

Miao Zhi also did not have any authority, and quickly pounced under Longzhu Black City.

Some of the chieftains in the city heard of the arrival of the Song army and wanted to ask for surrender and let the head of the Tamba tribe be killed.

Miao Zhu was not in a hurry, and led his subordinates to the front of Longzhu Black City, although the Tanbo tribe was strong, they did not dare to go out of the city to fight, and closed the three city gates. Miao Zhu rode a horse and looked at it, and led his men to pounce on the slope in the east of the city, quickly destroyed a camp on the ridge, and built a camp based on the terrain.

Like Wang Shao, he shouted to the city to persuade him to surrender, but the leader of the Tanbo tribe did not listen, and Miao asked the soldiers to carry the artillery trebuchet to the east ridge and launch a fierce attack on the city.

A large number of shells and gunpowder bags fell into the city, causing panic in the eastern city of Longzhuhei, and the Song army took the opportunity to launch an attack in the eastern city. After a bloody battle for a long time, the Tubo people in the city were invincible, but it was impossible to learn the model of Huangzhou City, and the south of Longzhu Heicheng was a vast mountainous area, and only a few trails were connected to Kuozhou. Seeing the Song army enter the city. Many Tibetan soldiers laid down their arms and surrendered. Miao Zhu left a Song army to garrison. With the main force to reinforce Wang Shao.

Wang Shao was in trouble at this time, seeing that Zongge City was in danger, the Yan tribe sent an army from Shengduo Valley to help Thirsty Donkey Ridge, plus the Tubo army withdrawn from Huangzhou. As well as the reinforcements of Zongge City, the Tubo people took advantage of the terrain to launch a stubborn counterattack.

It wasn't until the Miao reinforcements arrived that the thirsty donkey was taken down. But at this time, the Song army suffered more than 3,000 casualties.

Several glorious victories, the casualties of more than 3,000 Song troops are nothing, but as the casualties increase, a disadvantage of the Song army is revealed, and the number of troops is small! Moreover, although the thirsty donkey ridge was lost, the Tubo people took advantage of the cavalry advantage and retreated to Zongge City in time, making Zongge City's military advantage more obvious. In pursuit of speed, only the south bank of Huangshui was developed, which was vulnerable to attacks from both sides. Therefore, each area occupied had to be garrisoned. The disadvantage in forces is even more pronounced.

Wang Shao led the main army to the Zongge River.

The Song army came with a great victory, and its morale was high, but the Tubo army was not weak because of Ali Gu, and the two armies faced each other by the river.

Wang Shao asked Miao Zhu to sneak into the north mountain of Zongge River at night, and the next day the Song army began to force the crossing of the Zongge River. Originally, the Zongge River was a very good moat, and the water rose again in summer, but the Zongge River was not a tributary of the Huangshui, only a tributary of the Huangshui, and the narrowest part was only a hundred meters wide.

As the Song army built several pontoon bridges and part of the army began to force their way across the river, Ali Gu led his men to charge. At this moment, Miao Zhu rushed down with the Song army from Beishan and went straight to the Tubo army. Both sides of the city are mountains and mountains, but the east of the city is the Zongge River, which is the best terrain for field operations.

Ali Gu divided his forces to meet the Song army. In front, Dong Yu's forces fought many times with the Song army, Miaochuan City is not counted, it is the Wen family, Huangzhou City and Thirsty Donkey Ridge are not counted, the troops are small, and they cannot go out of the city to fight, the main purpose is to delay time, and the Song army will be killed and injured the most, although it has lost two strategic points, at least part of the tactical objectives have been achieved.

This was a field battle of the true significance of the Song army and Dong Yu's subordinates.

Unexpectedly, this Song army was not at all as rumored by the outside world, it was useless except for good defenders and sharp weapons, although his subordinates kept increasing troops and sniping, the Song army still inserted step by step into the Chinese army. Ali Gu had no choice but to keep increasing his forces to encircle and suppress, and this division of troops gave the Song army on the opposite bank a chance, and more Song troops crossed the Zongge River. Seeing that he was defeated, Ali Gu hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of his troops and withdrew his army into the city.

However, the disadvantage of the Song army was gradually magnifying, and even because Yuan Hao had been defeated by the Gang in the Zongge River, and the soldiers drowned countless times, Wang Shao had to build several pontoon bridges on the Zongge River, and stationed troops in the east of the river to prevent the soldiers of the cities of Xingling in Tubo from taking the back road, and this time, there were fewer troops for attacking the city.

At this time, Zongge City, as the capital of Tubo, was larger than Huangzhou City, and the number of troops in the city was compressed to nearly 40,000 people, and there was the danger of large and small gorges on both sides. If there is such a casualty, Wang Shao will definitely not dare to attack, and it will be a matter of the Tang Dynasty, but in Zheng Lang's intentional or unintentional conversation, Wang Shao knew that if he succeeded in the Song Dynasty, there would be a big trouble. And he didn't dare to attack, there was still behind Zongge City, the sacrifice was too heavy, the troops were less, and the back meant that there was only the word defeat.

Wang Shao estimated, and climbed the north mountain to inspect, although the city of Huangzhou was lost, but to bring valuable experience to the Tubo people, dug a trench under the city wall, it was impossible to blow up the city wall with gunpowder, Wang Shao had to let the Song army stop the attack, rest outside the city of Zongge. And because of the flank harassment of the Shan tribe, let Hebin lead a part of the army back to the Thirsty Donkey Ridge to build a military village, which made the troops even more stretched.

And another disadvantage has come to the fore, supply.

The army arrived at the foot of Zongge City, and since ancient Weicheng reached Zongge City, the distance was more than 700 miles long, and the supply became more and more difficult.

Therefore, at the beginning, the Song army soared all the way, and it was still invincible in the back, and it was so powerful that it was outrageous. However, the speed is getting slower and slower, until the confrontation between Zongge City and the city has shown some decline.

At this time, Wang Shao could not advance or retreat, and his efforts before retreating were all wasted, the troops were insufficient, and the supply was very difficult, and this embarrassing situation was even noticed by Li Shunju, who was behind, and asked Zheng Lang worriedly: "Gong Zheng, there is something wrong with our army." ”

Zheng Lang put down the chess pieces in his hand, and there were two big eunuchs in the army, Li Shunju and Li Xian.

The two are not too evil, and Zheng Lang has a good relationship with them. Of course, Zheng Lang has no need to slap them, but there is no need to fight evil, such as reporting the battle results, one is his own, and the two are Li Xian and Li Shunju respectively, Wang Shao is invincible all the way, but if the two of them use their hearts and eyes to highlight the sacrifice of more than 3,000 soldiers brought about by Wang Shao's repeated attacks, it will cause a storm in the court.

After coming to Guwei City, Zheng Lang received many visits from tribal leaders, learned about the terrain and tribal situation of each tribe, arranged logistics supplies, and sometimes fought a few games of chess with Li Shunju. It looks like I've really come to the Northwest to relax.

If he wins like this, it is an elegant matter that Xie An has in mind, and if he loses, he will be attacked by many people.

Zheng Lang said: "Gongfu, don't worry about Wang Shao's side, it's the other side that is worried." ”

As he spoke, he pulled out a piece of information.

Li Shunju took a long breath of cold air after looking at it, the Western Xia people finally made a move, Wang Shaocai did not make a move when he led the army to leave Hezhou, until Wang Shao could not advance or retreat in Zongge City, the Western Xia made a move, collected 150,000 troops, known as 200,000, from Tiandu Mountain is setting off to Xizhou and Guweicheng.

This is the real crisis. (To be continued.) )