Unlike the east and west wings, Guwei City had enough troops, grain and grass, and weapons, and also dug many wells in advance, so what Zheng Lang did was to release.

There is also a strategic place in the north of the ancient Weicheng, the Mu'er Gorge Village, but it is separated from the ancient Weicheng by a Weishui, and from west to east, although there are Luban Mountain, Xinmin Mountain, Fuxingliang, Phoenix Mountain, Nanbuyu Mountain, Gaotai Mountain, Flagpole Mountain, Dayingliang, Panlong Mountain, Cuiyun Mountain and Yanjia Mountain and other mountain ranges to isolate, there can be many passes.

If you send troops to garrison the Mu'er Gorge, you may be surrounded by the Western Xia army on all sides and the whole army will be annihilated.

Zheng Lang took the initiative to let go of the defense in the north and let the Western Xia soldiers come to the city.

After Liang Yi suffered a loss on Jingyuan Road, this time he fought steadily, and when the two wings began to attack, he went out of the west envoy city and came to the bank of the Weishui River unimpeded.

But this time it wasn't so easy.

Coming to the bank of the Wei River, the Song army is in full swing, here is not far from the Bird and Mouse Mountain, here is the upper reach, there are many places where people and horses can go directly through, but now it is August, although the autumn water is flat, it is not the lowest point of the river, only a few rivers can be crossed.

Because many of the Western Xia army were the Fan people in the north, using them as guides, Liang Yibury could clearly know the situation of all the mountains and rivers, but the Song army was not very troublesome, as long as these shallow water areas were defended, it would bring trouble to the Western Xia people. Or build bridges, is that necessary?

There is a bridge, just north of Guwei City, but it also makes the Song people wait.

At the east gate of Guwei City, Zheng Lang and Dou Shunqing are sending off one person, Hezhou has a veteran Yang Sui who is good at defense, and there are Zheng Lang and Dou Shunqing in Guwei City, Zhang Qi is going to Gangu City, and it is not Gangu City...... His responsibilities are immense.

But you can't leave Guwei City in advance until the arrival of the Western Xia army. Zhang Qi left.

Zhang Qi rushed to Dou Shunqing and said, "Brother Xiyuan." Be sure to protect the safety of Zheng Gong. ”

He started as a literati. Having spent several years in the local area, he knew that Zheng Lang's role in the Song Dynasty was not only military, but also economic and political.

"Hostage. Don't worry, if something happens in Chenzhou, I won't be so reckless," Zheng Lang said with a wry smile.

"Then take care, gentlemen." Zhang Qi didn't say much, he was about to start fighting, and he didn't have time to say more, so he turned over and got on his horse and led the guards all the way to the east.

Zheng and Dou returned to the city, and Dou Shunqing left Guwei City and went to the river to command.

The north and south of the ancient Weicheng are covered with mountains layer upon layer, and the mountains are reckless, but the area around the ancient Weicheng is a river valley with a flat river. The 80,000 allied troops of Western Xia came mightily, separated by the Weishui, which was not too wide. Liang Shanbury looked at the Song army on the other side and had a headache.

It was Song Jun who had a headache. It was the divine arm bow in the hands of Song Jun.

Liang Yibury was repeatedly defeated by the Song army, and this divine arm bow made great contributions.

He didn't have a good idea, so he could only use the crowd to crush the Song army to death, and ordered: "Attack." ”

Under the leadership of the guide, the 80,000 troops of Western Xia crossed the river in more than a dozen ways.

The fierce battle begins.

At this time, the Divine Arm Bow was different from the Divine Arm Bow in history, because of the use of high-quality steel, the arm strength requirements were reduced, which meant that more soldiers could pull the Divine Arm Bow. The arm strength requirement was reduced to one and a half stones, which was almost the same as the arm strength requirement of Huizong of the Song Dynasty in history. However, Zheng Lang estimated that the bow arm strength of the Song Dynasty in history was reduced, mostly at the expense of the range factor. Moreover, the armament was seriously corrupted, the weapons were substandard, and the military discipline was also corrupted at that time, so although the divine arm bow worked, it did not fully play its role, although the technology improved.

Zheng Lang was still insufficient, and under his push, Ma Huang Bow appeared in large numbers, and the range was not as good as that of the Divine Arm Bow, but it was faster, almost the same as ordinary bows and arrows. Since the Battle of Jingyuan Road began, the Song Dynasty gradually changed its defense in the northwest, first of all, it was not armor, that is, this divine arm bow and ephedra bow, a total of nearly 80,000 guards.

At this time, there were 5,000 soldiers by the river with a salvo of the Divine Arm Bow and the Ephedra Bow, and the volley was fired under the cover of the shield bearer.

One after another Western Xia soldiers fell into the Weishui.

Some of them had great strength, and even pierced the shield of the Tangut people with the bow of the divine arm, and killed the Tangut soldiers.

Seeing that the bows and arrows of the Song Dynasty were so strong, many Tangut and Fan people began to retreat, and Liang Yi shouted: "Kill those who retreat." ”

Let the law enforcement team open their bows and kill the retreating Western Xia soldiers.

Under the desperate attack of the Tanguts, two hours later, some Tangut soldiers rushed to the opposite bank. But there are also the big axes, hemp knives and hook sickles of the Song Dynasty, and the fierce Mo knives of the Tang Dynasty have disappeared, but these three weapons are also sharp weapons for infantry and cavalry.

It's the best of times.

Under the invisible impetus of Zheng Lang, whether it is a general or a soldier, his face has taken on a new look. Although there was a political dispute, it was generally clear, not as corrupt as in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty. And the weapons are extremely sharp.

Zheng Lang personally sat on the front line, which is the best incentive.

And Zheng Lang personally commanded, not afraid of his military exploits being corrupted by his boss or others.

After the Tangut people rushed to the opposite bank, they were met with a frantic counterattack by the Song army.

It wasn't until the battle from the morning to the evening that Dou Shunqing let his subordinates blow the horn of retreat and give way to Weishui.

In this battle, the Song army only suffered more than 600 casualties, but the Western Xia people fell more than 4,000 soldiers, and the blood stained Weishui into a river of blood.

Liang Yi buried and captured Weishui, and in the face of such tragic casualties, he was also a relative in his heart, and then ordered the ancient Weicheng to be besieged.

The next day, he ordered timber to be cut from the surrounding area to make siege equipment.

After all, Guwei City was originally only a large walled fort, far less tall than the city walls of Hezhou and Qinzhou.

Then he saw that his morale was a little low, and he personally rode to the city wall of Guwei and shouted, "Let you Zheng Xianggong come out to talk." ”

Zheng Lang really came out, stood at the head of the city, and shouted down: "Is the person who came to be buried by Liang Yi?" ”

"It's so, Zheng Xianggong, you only have more than 10,000 troops in the city, surrender quickly."

Zheng Lang and Dou Shunqing glanced at each other, hehe, and shouted at the city: "Liang Yiburi, your Liang clan controls the Western Xia dynasty, and when your lord grows up, it will be difficult to tolerate. ”

This is clearly sowing discord.

Liang Yibury said angrily: "Listen to the Song army in the city, who can capture and kill Zheng Lang, reward 100,000 taels of silver, and one official residence." ”

Zheng Lang is a great joy again. Said: "Liang Yi is buried." My head is worth 100,000 taels? ”

All the generals around him had fun together. Zheng Lang's head doesn't say 100,000 taels, and 1 billion taels may not be bought. Zheng Lang looked behind Liang Yi again, and said, "I didn't expect to see many Tubo people, when did the Tubo people fall like this." Became a lackey of the Tanguts? ”

Another time to sow discord, the Tubo people and the Han people did not have much hatred, but it was a feud with the party members, in the Tang Dynasty. At one time, the Dangxiang people were regarded as inferior tribes, and under their exploitation and aggression, the Dangxiang people moved from the north side of Dajishi Mountain and Songfan Grassland to Liangzhou and Lingzhou. To this day, the Tibetan people still retain a pride in their hearts. It's just that the heroes of Tubo who have not produced a big hero, all of them unified Tubo, including the Guys, did not take back the Liugu Department, and the Song Dynasty did not make a move, so they endured humiliation and vassalized the Western Xia people. However, most of the Tibetans still looked down on or hated the Tangut people.

Zheng Lang said: "Everyone, listen. Whoever can bury Liang Yi's head will be fined one hundred taels of silver. ”

A Song soldier couldn't help but ask strangely, "Why?" ”

"How good it is for such a person to keep the scourge of Western Xia." Zheng Lang said lightly.

All the Song soldiers burst out laughing.

Liang Yibury was furious and shouted: "Siege." ”

It is not so easy to attack, the 15,000 Song soldiers in the city, maybe Liang Yibury has an advantage in strength, maybe Guwei City is not so tall, but if you want to capture Guwei City, it is impossible without a month or two of effort.

The first day of the siege was unsuccessful, and on the contrary, five or six hundred corpses were left behind.

On the other side, Wang Yuan was hesitating about one of his decisions.

Wang Yuan had rich experience in fighting with the Tangut people, and in terms of fierceness, the Tangut people were far inferior to the Jurchens, and in terms of military discipline, they were inferior to the Song army. But when this Western Xia army arrived, he faintly saw something different, which made him a little jealous.

Fortunately, the rear was well prepared, providing many defensive weapons, and there were 2,000 Song soldiers in the city, and the defense time was not long, only ten days.

The next time made him even more relaxed, and the Tanguts launched an attack, but it was mostly a feint, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and the losses on both sides were not large.

But on the seventh day, Wang Yuan heard a very bad news, Li Qing so the attack on the Weibao is a feint, but the real intention is the Jichuan Village, taking the opportunity of the attack on the Weibao Fort, he personally led the main force to break the Jichuan Village, burned countless people, and forced the Qiang around the Jichuan Village to surrender to the Western Xia. Then he quickly recruited the strong men of Zhuzhai together, allowing him to expand by more than 8,000 soldiers in just two days. Because their relatives were sent to the Western Xia army, the Jinji Zhai tribes had to be tied to the chariots of the Western Xia.

It was because of his cowardice that Jinji Village was lost, which interrupted the road between the Deshun army and Qinzhou.

Therefore, Wang Yuan wanted to take advantage of Li Qing's absence in the barracks to rob the camp at night.

However, he was a little hesitant, after all, Zheng Lang personally sent someone to send a stack of battle reports about Li Qing, this person should not be underestimated.

Evening came, because it was a feint, and it was not the real main force of the Western Xia people, the Song army had a very easy time in the past seven days, and Wang Yuan called the generals to discuss.

They all thought that Zheng Lang's order was only to hold for ten days, and he didn't say how to keep it, let alone ask not to go out of the village to take the initiative to fight, which was not a violation of the order. Moreover, the Song army's achievements in these years are very brilliant, whether it is against Western Xia, or against Jiaozhi in the past, and now against Tubo, it is almost invincible, which gives the generals confidence.

Unity is strength!

Wang Yuan decided to rob the camp at night.

It was getting closer to the middle of August, and the moon was bright at night, but it didn't matter, Wang Yuan personally stood on the top of the city and watched. Until the fourth watch, seeing that the Xixia military camp on the opposite side was almost asleep, and even the patrolling Xixia soldiers were leaning on the fence and dozing, Wang Yuan walked down the city, shouted the generals, and said, "Begin." ”

Under the leadership of the generals, the soldiers in the city quickly dressed neatly, except for 500 people who stayed in the city, the rest of the people got on the war horses together, opened the gate of the fort, and rushed out of Tongwei Fort.

In the blink of an eye, he came to the front of the Xixia military camp, and suddenly saw the Song army rushing forward, and the soldiers on duty in the Xixia were panicked and did not know the warning, and fled from the gate to the village while shouting, and the gate was closed in time.

"Rush." Wang Yuan shouted angrily and took the lead in rushing in.

With the Song army behind him, they rushed into the Western Xia Dazhai together.

rushed to the Chinese army's tent like a whirlwind.

Then Wang Yuan opened the big tent, but saw that it was empty, and then he thought of the information that Zheng Lang gave him, and shouted: "It's not good, it's a plan, withdraw." ”

It was too late, the torches were lit on all sides, and countless Tangut people poured in from all directions.

"Withdraw!" Wang Yuan shouted again.

After nearly two hours of fierce fighting, Wang Yuan only led more than 400 people to fight out of the encirclement.

At dawn, a Confucian general wearing Hanfu rode to the fort, looked at it, and with a wave of his hand, the Tanguts began to attack the city, which was the real siege.

After a day of tragic offensive and defensive battles, because of the sacrifice of a large number of soldiers in the city, the defense was difficult, resulting in more than 200 casualties.

But it was not enough, and in the evening, dense Western Xia troops poured from the western horizon, and the main force of Western Xia attacking Jinji River returned.

Wang Yuan was also injured in the night attack, and watching batch after batch of Western Xia soldiers enter the Western Xia military camp, Wang Yuan realized that something was wrong, and he felt ashamed because of his eagerness to seek merit. After going down to the city, enduring the pain, he summoned General Yu and said, "Everyone, I was wrong. ”

Everyone was silent, not only Wang Yuan's mistakes, but also their mistakes. Otherwise, most of the city was still there at this time, and there were only two days left, and it could still be defended, but now it is impossible.

Wang Yuan said again: "Ladies and gentlemen, you should immediately withdraw to Gangu City at night with artillery and ordnance. ”

"And what do you do?"

"The ten-day period has not yet arrived, I can't leave yet, let me be responsible for my mistakes." Wang Yuan resolutely said that he not only represents himself, but also affects Zheng Lang's reputation. Fifty daredevils were then selected to stay, and all the gunpowder was buried in the city on both sides of the fort gate. In the second half of the night, Yu Bu quietly left Tongwei Fort with tears in his eyes.

Wang Yuan sat at the head of the city and looked at the eastern sky, and the other fifty people also looked at the east, where were their parents, wives and children.

After a while, the sky began to light up.

Li Qing attacked again.

But to his surprise, the Song army took the initiative to open the fortress gate, and there were only a few people on the head of the city to defend it.

Li Qing didn't know why, could it be that the Song people wanted to sing about the empty city plan.

He didn't care, after this battle, there were only a few hundred Song troops left in Tongwei Fort, what kind of demon moths could be made, and he ordered the three armies to go out and attack Tongwei Fort. And so the most tragic war broke out.

The Tanguts managed to flood the fort, but Song soldiers lurked in the houses on both sides of the main street, constantly shooting with bows and arrows. However, there were too few people to stop the Western Xia pouring into the fort. As more and more Western Xia troops poured into the fort, dozens of Song soldiers fell one after another under the counterattack of the Tangut people. Some people rushed to the head of the city again and killed Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan picked up the horn in his hand and blew it.

With the sound of this long and short horn, dozens of tongues of fire were all ignited, and two red lights rushed out, one red light came out from the horizon of the sky, and one red light came out from Tongwei Fort. (To be continued.) )