After a series of major losses such as the defeat of Mengyun Valley and the defeat of Huanzhou, the outside was subject to the "economic sanctions" of the Great Song Dynasty, and the internal Liang family came to several major purges, coupled with the wanton destruction of the border army of the Great Song Dynasty and the "Helan thieves", the war potential of the Western Xia had already been exhausted.

What's even worse is that with the capture of high-ranking generals such as Renduo Baozhong, Wei Ming Awu, Qi Ligang, and Xiang Li Qiguang, and the rebellion of the rebellion, the spiritual backbone of the Xia army has basically been broken.

Therefore, Yang Yi is still quite confident in capturing Hexi, the only thing worth worrying about is the problem of logistics and supply, the Hexi Corridor is thousands of miles away, once the supply can't keep up, he will be dragged down first without fighting himself.

This time, he rushed with all the cavalry, hoping to achieve the goal of nourishing the war with war and getting rid of the dependence on logistics.

After the 20,000 cavalry arrived in Liangzhou, they made a ramp with Wang Shu, and then continued to advance rapidly to the west with 5,000 empty horses carrying grain and grass.

At this time, Xingqing Mansion had just reacted, but it was difficult to say whether it could send troops to rescue Hexi, in terms of Yinzhou and Tiandu Mountain, Zhang Cheng and Zhe Keshi had already pressed the border with heavy troops, which was enough for the Empress Dowager Liang to be busy.

Yang Yi's army of 20,000 troops was not gathered in one place, but divided by Wang Dao and Liu Wu with 5,000 men and horses, and the Chinese army was mainly responsible for the specific march by Chong Jianzhong, and Yang Yi was only responsible for dispatching all the men and horses and issuing combat orders.

The reason why the Hexi Corridor is called a corridor is because its average width is only a hundred miles, and the three armies are separated by dozens of miles and go through in a row, which is big enough to filter the Hexi Corridor.

The Hexi Corridor is sandwiched between the Qilian Mountains and the North Mountains, and most of them belong to the sloping plains in front of the mountains. It is divided into three distinct endorheic basins.

The plains of Yumen, Guazhou and Shazhou belong to the Shule River system; The Ganzhou and Suzhou plains belong to the Heihe River system; Liangzhou belongs to the Shiyang River water system.

And these three water systems all rely on the snow water of the Qilian Mountains to nourish.

At present, the people here are mainly nomadic herders, and there are also plenty of fertile farmland areas near the river.

After Liangzhou was taken by Wang Shu and Qili Gangli, there are still four decent cities left in the Hexi Corridor, which are Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou, and Shazhou from east to west.

On the undulating grassland, the Song army's iron cavalry rolled westward, and a large number of rangers were sent out on the periphery, like a big net cast out, and those nomadic people hid in tents, looking out in fear; But they are obviously too worried, as long as they don't resist, no one will hurt them, of course, the Song army needs supplies, and it is inevitable to donate some cattle, sheep and food.

In addition to being vigilant, the main task of those rangers is to collect grain and grass.

Yang Yi galloped while scolding his mother, Miao Zhi, this son of a bitch is really not a good bird, and there is no news back after taking off the reins, and I don't know where this guy has gone.

As a striker, what's the situation ahead, why don't you send a message back!

No matter what, it's better to have these 8,000 people. Lao Tzu had 20,000 horses, and he also went back to the west of the river.

"Report!" At this moment, a fast horse rushed in front of him, and he roared from afar.

"Report! General Yang, last night's fifth watch, General Miao defeated the 2,000 men and horses of the deputy commander of the Gansu Military Division Tule in Rouge Mountain, General Miao asked the small one to tell General Yang that Rouge Mountain was ready to eat and drink, waiting for General Yang, please enjoy it slowly. ”

After the messenger finished yelling, he glanced at Yang Yi carelessly, obviously, this was what Miao Zhi deliberately asked him to report like this.

What is this called? I still enjoy it slowly, and I really used me as a soldier to pick up cheap in Hexi?

Yang Yi was also not angry, and asked loudly, "What about General Miao?" Where are the strikers now? ”

"Report to Chief Yang, after General Miao defeated Tulle, he pursued all the way to Ganzhou, and now he has probably reached the vicinity of Ganzhou."

"Okay, you go back and tell Miao Zhu that Ben Shuai's treasure knife hasn't seen blood yet, so he'd better remember my military orders."

"Whoa!"

Waiting for the messenger to leave, Yang Yi turned his head and asked Chong Jianzhong: "General Chong, how far are we from Rouge Mountain?" ”

Chong Jianzhong immediately clenched his fists and replied: "Back to Chief Yang, this place is about a hundred miles away from Rouge Mountain, let's speed up some marching, and it will not be a problem to reach Rouge Mountain at night." ”

"Pass my orders and speed up the march!"

Rouge Mountain, also known as Yanzhi Mountain, is an independent mountain in the north of Qilian Mountain, guarding the main road of the Hexi Corridor, and has always been a place where soldiers must fight.

Rouge Mountain has thousands of green peaks, pines and cypresses are green, the surrounding water and grass are fertile, and it was once an important grazing ground for the Xiongnu; After Huo Qubing captured Hexi, the Hun folk song sang: Losing my Qilian Mountain will make my six animals restless. I have lost my mountains, and my women have no color.

Yang Yi led the army to Rouge Mountain at dusk, and after the 500 men and horses left by Miao Zhi cleaned up the battlefield, they were roasting mutton.

Thousands of nomads were driven down the hill and erected a large tent, one by one uneasy.

Farther down the mountain, at least tens of thousands of cattle and sheep are fenced in the clearing, which looks like a white cloud spreading on the grass from a distance.

In the open space in front of the tent, thousands of fat sheep were set on the fire, roasted to the brim, and the fragrance wafted for more than ten miles.

The food and accommodation are all ready, Yang Yi is a little crying and laughing, Miao Zhu is deliberately angry with this son of a bitch, he really treats me as a tour group!

A lake and mountains, the shadow of the tower in half the city, the reed creek is continuous, and the ancient temples are everywhere; This is Ganzhou.

During the Han Dynasty, Ganzhou was named Zhangye, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took the meaning of "Zhangguo's armpit to pass through the Western Regions", and placed Zhangye County here.

Sixty years ago, after Li Yuanhao captured Ganzhou from the Uighurs, it has always been an important military, agricultural and pastoral area in Western Xia, with the Gansu Military Division and 18,000 soldiers and horses garrisoned.

At this moment, because Liangzhou was occupied by the Song army, the connection between Ganzhou and Hetao was interrupted, which made the people in the city panic, and the Gansu military commander was in charge of the army, Yeli Dingming, and Liang Ruzhi, the prefect of Ganzhou, argued; Yeli Ding Ming believed that the Song army was coming from afar and the logistics supply was difficult, so he advocated fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness, and then asked Suzhou for help, and then counterattacked after the Song army was cut off from food and grass.

Liang Ruzhi believes that now is the season for cattle and sheep to give birth, once all the livestock are driven into Ganzhou City, not to mention whether it is difficult to tolerate it, even if it can be tolerated, it will be a heavy loss this year, in this case, it is impossible for the herdsmen to cooperate with the official wall to clear the wilderness; Therefore, Liang Ruzhi advocated letting Yeli Ding Ming lead the army to Rouge Mountain, and block the Song army to the east of Rouge Mountain.

The two were still arguing, and as the sky slowly darkened, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the east gate of Ganzhou; The defenders of the city looked nervously, only to see that on the vast horizon, thousands of cavalry galloped forward, as this cavalry got closer and closer, the city head guard shouted loudly to order the soldiers to go to the city to defend, and at the same time flew to report the Yeli Ding Ming in the city.

After the cavalry rushed to the city gate, they could finally see their outfits, only to see that they were all bloodstained and unarmoured, and looked behind them in fear, and the deputy commander Tulle rushed to the front, shouting urgently: "Open the city gate quickly!" Open the gates! The Song army is coming! Hurry up and let us into the city, hurry! ”

The city gate keeper saw Tulle's face clearly, and heard the faint sound of horses' hooves coming from in the distance, so he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered the east gate to be opened and Tulle to enter the city.

The east gate of Ganzhou slowly opened, and the routs outside the city swarmed in, and things were broken! After these routs rushed into the city gate, they immediately slashed with their swords, and before the defenders of the city gate could react, they were cut down in a daze, how could this be possible? How is this possible? Is Thule crazy?

Tulle was not crazy, but just to save his life, most of the 1,000 "defeated soldiers" he brought back were actually Song soldiers disguised as the Xia army; The disguised Song army soon occupied the east gate of Ganzhou, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard outside the city, and Miao Zhu led thousands of Song troops from the east gate to rush in, like a hurricane, instantly covering the city of Ganzhou.

It turned out that Tule, the deputy commander of the Gansu Military Division, was sent to Rouge Mountain, intending to hold back the footsteps of the Song army wherever he could, and attack the Song army's grain road on the periphery if he could not fight.

But it was Miao Zhu who came, and what the Xihe Army was best at was big detours, big intersperses, and long-range attacks, and Miao Zhu took this to the extreme.

The Ganliang area has always been the main production area of war horses, Miao Zhu came all the way to the west, nothing else, just to see the horse to take it, now he is a person with three horses, and even four horses, which allows them to constantly rotate their mounts, all the way to the wild, faster than the scouts of the Xia army.

Tule, who was stationed at Rouge Mountain, had just received a report from the scout, and Miao Zhi had already been killed, and at five watches last night, Tule, who had rushed to the battle, was not vulnerable at all, and the two thousand men and horses were crushed at the first touch.

The wolf travels thousands of miles to eat meat, since Miao Zhu is a wolf, how can he let go of Tulle's piece of meat?

As soon as the Xia army collapsed, Miao Zhi led the army to chase after him, and caught up with Tulle near the town of Delete Dan between Ganzhou City and Rouge Mountain, and chased him all the way, at this time there were only about 1,000 people left around Tulle, 1,000 against 8,000, and it was surrounded after the rout, and Tulle surrendered very interestingly.

Miao Zhu was disdainful of the Delete Dan Town that was close in front of him, and rushed to Ganzhou City with the surrender army without stopping, which was the scene of using Tule to defraud the city.

These tricks of Miao Zhu are actually very common, but he has mastered the core essence of long-distance running - fast!

As long as it is fast enough, no matter how ordinary the move, it can catch the opponent off guard and destroy it!

Hou Zhan, the champion of the year, was also best at long-distance running, taking a fast word to the extreme. The first time he led the army, he led 800 people to break away from the army and run for hundreds of miles, so that the Huns were caught off guard, annihilating more than 2,000 enemies in one fell swoop, and capturing Shan Yu, the prime minister and his uncle.

The second champion Hou led an army of 10,000 to attack Hexi, lightning in the desert of thousands of miles, played a wonderful detour, six days he turned to fight the five tribes of the Xiongnu, all the way forward, in the Gaolan Mountain and the Xiongnu battle, beheaded the Xiongnu Luhou King, Zhelan King, captured the evil prince and Xiangguo, all comforted.

Later, in the Mobei War, the champion Hou led the army to run for more than 2,000 miles, creating an eternal story of sealing the wolf Juxu.

And the characteristics of the champion Hou with soldiers are in a fast word! It's so fast that it's dizzying! I don't know how to die.

(To be continued)