Not long after Yang Yicai left the West Camp in Huanzhou, he rode into the West Camp again, and immediately ordered Mu Lanhua to beat the drum and gather the generals.

With the rumbling sound of drums, Liu Laohu, Xie Jingting and others rushed into the tent like wolves that smelled blood.

Yang Yi first yelled: "Liu Wu! ”

"The last general!"

"You immediately go and gather all the cavalry and prepare two days' dry rations on standby!"

"Whoa!"

Chong Pu asked in surprise: "My lord, it's freezing this day, who are you?" ”

Indeed, the vast majority of the Song army was infantry, and usually after October, all military operations would be stopped, because by this time the northwest had entered a harsh winter, and the icy wasteland was often covered with snow, and even rats did not dare to come out of their holes.

At such a time, even if the light infantry could move, the logistical baggage could not keep up, and the result would only be starvation and freezing to death, so the Western army never marched and fought in winter.

And looking at Yang Yi's posture, there is no doubt that he is going to make a big move, Yang Yi is violating general military common sense in doing so, no wonder Chong Pu was surprised.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of this consensus that Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu took it lightly and dared to take two or three thousand people to nest in Xihaojing.

Yang Yi waved his pen and wrote without raising his head: "Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu are in Xihujing at the moment, with only a few thousand men and horses with them, it is estimated that they also have the same idea as you, thinking that it is not suitable for me to march and fight in this cold winter, so they are extremely careless and lax. ”

Yang Yi's letter was written in secret language, and the Great Song Dynasty had a set of codes used in military affairs, which were mastered by the commanders of various armies; The principle is to number some common military terms and replace them with a certain word of a poem, if you don't have a codebook, you won't know why you have robbed the letter.

Moreover, the numbering of those military terms will be rearranged and renumbered after a while, and the poems that are used as codes will also be changed to improve the safety factor.

Yang Yi wrote the letter and yelled again: "Someone! Immediately sent to Jingyuan Road Shuaisi, how fast can you run for me, I missed the military situation, cut it! ”

The messenger in the army did not dare to slack off, and after taking the letter, he rushed out of the account.

Only then did Chong Pu have the opportunity to ask again: "My lord, are you going to attack the tin well?" ”

Yang Yi replied: "It's not a plan, it's a decision!" The opportunity must not be lost, the time will not come again, Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu are now the most prestigious generals in Western Xia, and they are in charge of the left and right wings of Western Xia.

Empress Dowager Liang's previous purge, coupled with the inability of many refugees to resettle, has lost the hearts of the people, if this time loses these two henchmen, the party departments are very likely to swarm up, struggle to resist, even if the Western Xia does not collapse, will be torn apart, into the quagmire of self-fighting. ”

The various tribes of Western Xia are now in rebellion, and if they really lose Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu, it is indeed very likely that it will be as Yang Yi expected, and Chong Pu will no longer persuade him, and he will clench his fists and say: "Since my lord has decided, the last general will ask for an order, and the last general will lead the army to attack!" ”

Yang Yi shook his head and said: "General, it's not that I can't believe in your ability, this information is a bit special, if you don't see me in person, the other party will never reveal any information, before our army arrives at Xihaojing, the situation is likely to change, and the other party will need further information at that time, so I must lead the army to go, I will hand over the Huanzhou military to you, before I come back, no matter what happens, everything is up to you!" ”

"The last general obeys!"

When Liu Laohu gathered the cavalry, Yang Yi was racing against time, and immediately led the army to roar towards Jingyuan Road, raising snowflakes like a white wave...... The sky is gloomy, the earth is lonely, in such a harsh winter, so the creatures are trying to reduce the amount of activity as much as possible, but the Jingyuan Road Shuai Sili is full of people, after receiving Yang Yi's urgent letter, he is as shrewd as Zhang Qi, and immediately realized what a major fighter it contains.

Renduo Baozhong and Wei Shi Awu are the only remaining famous generals in Western Xia, and they are the source of confidence in the two or three hundred thousand troops of Western Xia.

Zhang Qi did not hesitate at all, on the one hand, let the spy network on Jingyuan Road run at the highest speed, explore more detailed information as soon as possible, and on the other hand, quickly recruit Jingyuan generals.

Zhi Keshi, who had just returned from Hedong, as well as Jianzhong, Guo Cheng, Li Zhongjie and others, gathered in Shuaisi one by one.

Without much discussion, there was only one combat mission: to gather all the cavalry and rush to the Xiwei Well near Tiandu Mountain; The technical requirements are also simple: fast! Permit! Vicious!

With the issuance of Zhang Qi's combat order, all 6,000 cavalry on Jingyuan Road were lightly armed and simple, and quickly rushed to the Zhenrong army to join Yang Yi and obey Yang Yi's orders.

This was an extremely crazy and bold battle plan, and the 8,000 cavalry braved the wind and snow to make a long-distance attack, without baggage or logistics, which completely violated military common sense.

victorious, cut off the backbone of the Western Xia army; Defeated, the 8,000 men and horses are likely to be wiped out.

Although there are only a few thousand Xia troops in Xihaojing, and the defense is also very lax, Tiandu Mountain not far away is the military center of Western Xia, and there are no less than 50,000 Xia troops stationed.

Therefore, in addition to the three technical points of fast, accurate and ruthless, it is also necessary to pay attention to concealment.

To this end, Yang Yi divided the 8,000 men and horses into five units, in addition to the Huanzhou army led by himself, Zhe Keshi, Chong Jianzhong, Guo Cheng, and Li Zhongjie each led a team and dispersed and rushed forward.

The Zhe family is the blood of the party, and the Zhe family can go to Xixia to visit relatives every year, and every time he comes back with a bloody killing, no one is more familiar with the path than him.

The middle people of the kind of construction are not bad, the kind of family is fighting wits and courage with the party in the northwest, and the yin and yang have also played for several generations, and the Western Xia Hou/Palace Secret History doesn't know how much his family has listened to, what is it to copy a small road?

However, Yang Yi's Huanzhou Army was not too familiar with the terrain north of Jingyuan Road, so Zhi Keshi sent his own son Zhi Changmin to lead the way for Yang Yi.

After infesting Yanxia from the north of the Zhenrong army, Yang Yi and his entourage turned west and copied the trail near Shimen Mountain to kill the Xijing well in Tiandu Mountain.

The birds are quiet and the mountains are empty, the snow is full of swords and bows, the armor is as cold as ice, the north wind blows the face painfully, the war horses gallop past the edge of the forest, the snow on the trees is blown down, and the front fold Changmin takes a large number of scouts to explore the way and remove all the creatures along the way.

Yang Yi wrapped his face with a strip of cloth, leaving only a pair of eyes and two nostrils outside, and the war horse under the seat spat out hot air and galloped wildly; Nearly 2,000 Huanzhou cavalry followed closely behind, and everyone gritted their teeth and remained silent, except for the dull sound of horses' hooves.

Most of the soldiers don't know what the purpose of this trip is, let alone what kind of difficult task they want to perform, but it doesn't matter, because Yang Yi is at the front of the team, for the Huanzhou Army, Yang Yi is the soul, with Yang Yi here, why not go to the soup and fire?

War is the most tempering people, after the baptism of a big war, whether it is the combat strength of the Huanzhou army, or the strength of the spirit, it is not under the Xihe army, 7,000 against 150,000, they can still fight and retreat without defeat, what else can they fear?

This task is very detailed, if it reaches Xihaojing, the Xia army has not yet found out, so Yang Yi and Zhi Keshi, Guo Cheng thousands of men and horses launched a surprise attack, Chong Jianzhong and Li Zhongjie are responsible for blocking the reinforcements of Tiandu Mountain, and at the same time robbing the retreat of Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Awu.

If it is discovered by the Xia army when it arrives at Xihaojing, the whole army rushes up to ensure a quick victory and retreat as soon as possible.

If he was discovered by Xia Jun before he reached the tin well, he could only turn around and run away!

After a day of wild running, when there were still more than ten miles away from the Xihaojing, the Song army sent back the news again that Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu were indeed in the Xihaojing, and about 3,500 men and horses followed by him, and there was no difference.

Yang Yi's heart finally came to fruition, although he guessed that the information that Liang Gefang gave him in order to seize power would not be false, it was just speculation, and he couldn't help but be careful before he got his own detailed confirmation.

That's right now! The whole army, tin wells!

Xihaojing is a large canyon, the northwest peak blocks the cold current to the south, it is particularly warm in winter, and there are several hot springs in it, and it is indeed very enjoyable to nest here in winter.

As soon as winter began, the Song army had never had a military operation for decades, and it was only twenty miles away from the Tiandu Mountain camp, so Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu really never dreamed that the Song army would come to attack unusually.

Thousands of Xia troops can't talk about any precautions at all, the sky has just been smeared, and the camp is already full of bonfires, this kind of cold and hairy ghost weather, who wants to stay in the ice and snow; The fire was surrounded by Xia soldiers, one by one the fat sheep were put on the fire, the sealing mud of a jar of wine was patted open, the wine and meat in the camp were fragrant, and the laughter and laughter were very lively.

Although the life of Xixia is very difficult now, no matter how bitter it is, it will not be bitter to be loyal to them, not to mention that there is also a princess of Xixia and Yilan in the camp who also come to Xihaojing for the winter, and the supply of wine and food is naturally very sufficient.

Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu also had their own thoughts, but in the face of the aggressive pressure of the Liang family, the two wisely chose to unite, just like Sun Liu joined forces to fight Cao during the Three Kingdoms.

In front of the big tent, the two of them each carried a jar of wine, and discussed the situation in Western Xia while drinking, Liang Gefang rose strongly, and he had the momentum of Liang Yiqi back then, and he was the maiden family of the Empress Dowager Liang after all, which made Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu very jealous.

Wei Ming Ah Wu took a big sip of water and said: "General Renduo, now that we are in charge of the military and politics with the Liang family, we are on the same footing, and the Queen Mother asked the two of us to avoid Xingqing Mansion, obviously there is a sense of favoritism to the mother's family, we have to guard against it!" I don't know what General Rendo's plan is. ”

Renduo Baozhong replied lightly: "General Wei is too worried! Who are the Liang family, isn't it clear to the Queen Mother? Even if we are willing to give up Xian, I'm afraid his Liang family won't be able to support this face. ”

"What General Renduo said is good, but Liang Gefang and the others are afraid that they won't think so! The reason why the praying mantis went to block the car was not because the praying mantis thought that it was infinitely powerful, and Liang Gefang and his ilk would not think about what Daxia would be like without us supporting it; All they see is that you and I are in their way, and they will want to get rid of them, so that they can be in charge of the military and government alone. ”

As the two of them were talking, they suddenly felt a slight vibration from the ground, very light and light, but when it reached the hearts of the two of them, it turned into thunder, cavalry!

Where did the cavalry come from?

(To be continued)