Suzhou City was called Jiuquan County during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. After Huo Qubing conquered Hexi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the relocation of more than 100,000 people to the Jiuquan area for farming and grazing, and since then, the Han people have multiplied here, forming a huge ethnic group.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty completely withdrew from Hexi, and the Han people in Hexi were tragically ravaged by the Tubo people. The old man kills him, or cuts off his hands and gouges his eyes, and abandons him. ”

During the Kaicheng period (836-840), the Tang envoy went to the Western Regions, on the way, "I saw the cities of Gan, Liang, melon, and sand as before, and the people who were trapped in Tibet saw the Tang envoy's festival, and wept and said: 'Does the emperor still miss the living beings in Tibet?' 'All of them are the descendants of the Tibetan people in the Heavenly Treasure, and their language is petty, but their clothes have not changed."

In the second year of Tang Dazhong (848), Zhang Yichao, the leader of Shazhou, who was trapped in Tubo, led the people to revolt, and with the strength of the Han people in Hexi themselves, he established a Han regime in the area of Yumen Pass, and reached Xizhou in the west, Lanzhou and Minzhou in the east, and recovered all 11 prefectures.

It can be seen that there are a lot of Han people in Hexi, but it is a pity that the Tang Dynasty is getting weaker and weaker, and it has been two hundred years since they fell into the hands of foreign races!

Two hundred years can change their clothes and their native accents, but it can't change their Chinese heart.

Although this time it is not Datang's iron horse, what does it matter? As long as it's an iron rider from his homeland, it's enough! Everyone has the same blood in their bodies, and they share the same ancestry.

Outside the city of Suzhou, Yang Yi gave an order, and nearly 10,000 soldiers rushed to the city wall, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

And in the city, after being contacted by the spy personnel of the staff hall, the Han family led by Zhang Yiyang, Cao Jing, and Zhou Tongfang also launched together, and they gathered more than 400 Ding Zhuang to kill the east gate of Suzhou from the city!

The rain of arrows on the city wall is flying, the Song army cut the fuse of the grenade short, and then throws it on the head of the city to explode, a ball of fire rises to the sky, the smoke of gunpowder chokes people's lungs, a group of Song troops hold shields, and rush to the city head along the ladder one after another; Liu Laohu was responsible for attacking the eastern city wall, he took the lead, raised his shield and raised his knife and roared and rushed to the city, seven or eight Xia troops rushed up, Liu Laohu slashed and drank wildly with knives in both hands, like a fierce tiger, the severed head flew into the air, and the blood of the headless corpse spurted violently, sprinkled all over the city!

At this time, Ding Zhuang led by Zhang Yiyang and others also killed from the city to the east gate, their weapons were simple, most of them used spears, a small iron spear head, connected to a long wooden trunk, and some even held hoes or kitchen knives, but as long as they dared to kill and could kill, it didn't matter what they used as weapons.

The Xia army at the east gate was flanked from within, and the already low morale completely collapsed, and it collapsed in an instant, some blindly fled to the city, and some directly threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

The Song army didn't kill much, and the chief manager Yang said, not only cattle and sheep are valuable, but also prisoners are also valuable, and they are all waiting for someone to use them!

As soon as the east gate was lost, the Xia army in the entire Suzhou City no longer had the courage to resist, and they all laid down their arms and surrendered, several city gates opened, the Song army poured in, and there were still a small number of routs in the city, so we had to hurry up and "clear up"!

Suzhou Shou General Ubari was brought to Yang Yi, Yang Yi didn't look at it much, and spit out two words coldly: Cut!

Zhang Yiyang, Cao Jing, Zhou Tongfang and others led the crowd to come to visit, and Yang Yi did not wait for them to approach, so he dismounted and walked to greet them.

Zhang Yiyang said with tears in his eyes: "I, the people of Hexi, have been looking forward to seeing through for many years, looking forward to the king of the Heavenly Dynasty like a long drought and looking forward to the clouds, today the sky is open, and finally let me wait for it, Hexi is re-glorious!" Hexi Chongguang! I can finally comfort our ancestors! ”

Yang Yi helped them up one by one, and said in a harmonious voice: "Now that the Great Song Dynasty is prosperous, the court is clear, and the king is back in Hexi, you sincerely return to the Song Dynasty and help the king to break the city, and the contribution is indispensable, this official will definitely report to the imperial court and give a reward, and in the future to govern Suzhou, I hope you will make more suggestions and suggestions to jointly maintain the stability and prosperity of Suzhou." ”

Zhang Yiyang and the others replied in unison: "Yang Dashuai is polite, helping Wang Shi is to help ourselves, I really don't dare to take credit, as for the governance of Suzhou, there is a place where we can wait, we will do our best!" ”

"Okay, the war in Suzhou has been decided, and how to stabilize people's hearts depends on you."

"Please Yang Dashuai into the city, we have prepared water and wine to wash the dust for Yang Dashuai."

Yang Yi waved his hand and said, "No! Hexi is not peaceful, Guasha and other states have not been restored, and it is not yet time to drink and celebrate, so let's go back to the city first, how to calm the people's hearts, and hope that you will help General Wang a lot. ”

Zhang Yiyang and others repeatedly persuaded each other, but Yang Yi was unswerving, so he had to give up!

The "purge" in the city has not completely ended, Yang Yi has ordered again, Wang Dao led 3,000 men and horses to stay in Suzhou and clear the periphery; Miao led 7,000 men and horses to the north along Heishui, rushing to Xiangli Qiguang, who occupied the Yan Military Division of Heishui Town.

And Yang Yi himself took Liu Wuji's 12,000 men and horses to the west again, and rushed non-stop to attack Guasha Erzhou.

Yang Yipo Gan and Su Erzhou did not enter the city, not only were they respected by the soldiers, but Zhang Yiyang and others sighed and praised them from the bottom of their hearts after hearing about it.

The siege battle under the city of Liangzhou has been fought for three days, and the grain and grass brought by the Xia army have been basically exhausted, and the follow-up grain and grass have not been transported for a long time.

Liang Ting had to plunder everywhere, but the battle under the city was fought for several days, and the herdsmen on the periphery were afraid of being attacked by the pond fish, so they had already driven their cattle and sheep to avoid it, and the things that the Xia army could grab were extremely limited.

No matter how good the generals are, once there is a shortage of food and grass, it is difficult to stop the low morale.

Liang Ting led the army for the first time, and it was all thanks to the ability of some middle-level generals under his command to lead the 50,000 army like this, and now the lack of supplies has led to low morale, what can he do?

There was a lot of discussion and rumors in the Xia army, most people believed that the back road was cut off by the Song army, so the logistics supplies were not enough, they guessed correctly, although Lei Xiu's 2,000 cavalry was not much, but it was enough to rob the grain road; It is also six or seven hundred miles from the nearest Yingli City to Liangzhou, such a long distance, Lei Xiu can calmly choose the most appropriate time and the most suitable place to rob the grain.

From the fourth day, the offensive of the Xia army became weaker and weaker, and under the pressure of Liang Ting, the Xia soldiers rushed up with their knives to make a show, in fact, everyone had no intention of fighting.

In the evening, three teams of Xia Jun sent out to grab grain did not come back, each team had nearly 400 people, which made Xia Jun even more panicked.

Adjutant General He Zharo persuaded Liang Ting: "Lord Tongjun, let's hurry up and withdraw the army tonight, while the army's spirit has not dispersed now, and the withdrawal is still too late, if it is another day or two, our army has no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, and we can't withdraw if we want to!" ”

Liang Ting is twenty-eight years old this year, and he looks like a talent, and he is also frowning at this time, he doesn't want to withdraw, but this withdrawal is equivalent to completely giving up Hexi; Not to mention that the Western Xia lost most of the country, the Song army formed a semi-encirclement of the Hetao when it got Hexi, and could attack the Western Xia on both sides at any time.

Moreover, the Liang family could not afford to lose Hexi, once they gave up Hexi, the Liang family would definitely lose the hearts of the people, and their rule in Western Xia would be even more precarious.

Before the expedition, Liang Gefang gave him an order to recapture Liangzhou and even the entire Hexi, otherwise he would be cut down to reassure the people, which was the reason why Liang Ting gritted his teeth and worked hard.

"Hold on for two more days, General Hezaro, tomorrow you will personally lead the army to attack the city, be sure to capture Liangzhou, and tell the soldiers that as long as Liangzhou is captured, we don't have to worry about running out of food and grass."

"Lord Commander!"

"Go ahead! Let the soldiers rest well tonight, and tomorrow the whole army will attack the city! ”

As a result, this night, Wang Shu in the city kept sending people out of the city to harass him, and Xia Jun couldn't even close his eyes, let alone have a good rest; The next day, Liang Ting gave a death order, and the whole army pressed on it, and it was necessary to capture Liangzhou today.

Wang Shu in the city understood that the Xia army had reached its limit, so he asked Qi Ligang to take the Western Xia troops to the city to help defend it, and gritted his teeth and vacated 2,000 cavalry to wait for the counterattack.

The Xia army didn't sleep well all night, couldn't eat enough, and when the siege battle was fought until noon, it was already exhausted, and at this time, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly shook the earth in the northeast, and the billowing smoke and dust rose into the air, like thousands of troops and horses rushing to kill!

In fact, only Lei Xiu's 2,000 cavalry were killed, but he had people drag branches behind the horse's tail, and the 2,000 men and horses scattered and rushed wildly, creating a momentum like a 100,000 army, which frightened the Xia army besieging the city into panic and had a broken heart.

The opportunity could not be lost, and Wang Su in the city immediately let two thousand cavalry kill out, one mile and one away, and violently rushed into the Xia army array.

The Xia army attacked the city on four sides, the northeast direction was attacked, and the other three sides could not see the situation clearly, only saw a large stream of smoke and dust, thinking that the Song Dynasty army had killed, and under the huge panic, the three parties that were not attacked collapsed first.

Once the rout is formed, it will be like an avalanche, and it can no longer be stopped, and from the city, countless Xia troops are like ants, running for their lives, throwing away their armor one by one, grabbing horses and galloping!

Four thousand Song troops galloped behind, chasing ducks all the way, starting from Liangzhou City, chasing and killing for dozens of miles, capturing more than 10,000 Xia troops and countless horses!

This is not over, Wang Shu took the captives back to Liangzhou, Lei Xiu took two thousand men and horses to rest for a while, and continued to chase and kill, the Xia army had no food and grass, five or six hundred miles from Liangzhou to the nearest Yingli City, enough for Lei Xiu to chase and kill for a few days.

Liang Ting and Hezaro collected the rout of Longlong and fled in the direction of Hetao, and 20,000 or 30,000 people had no food to eat, so they had to kill horses to satisfy their hunger; When fleeing to Feishaling, the 5,000 infantry led by Lu Zheng had already been ambushed here, and suddenly killed, the Xia army, which had become a frightened bird, collapsed again, many people were not even willing to escape, and honestly knelt down and waited to be prisoners.

Lei Xiu's 2,000 cavalry also killed again, and many Song army infantry reluctantly rode up after winning the war horse, and they still dared to chase and kill the Xia army, and no one in the Xia army dared to turn back and resist, only hated that his father and mother had a few legs!

When Liang Ting and He Zaluo fled all the way back to Yingli City, there were less than 8,000 men and horses left around them, and they were all colorless, and their weapons and armor had already been thrown away!

Thinking about the 50,000 troops when he went out, and the thousands of defeated soldiers left when he came back, Liang Ting, who led the army for the first time, couldn't help but hug his head and cry!

(To be continued)