A hundred miles of land, it is not far away, but it is actually very far away.

Night falls at the end of the month, when the sky is at its darkest in January.

Out of the Yanxia Gorge, the closer to Tiandu Mountain, the more mountain roads.

Along the way, in order to cover up his whereabouts, he let all the horses chew and wrap their hooves. However, it was not a mile or two miles, but nearly a hundred miles of road, and the wraps on the horse's hooves fell off from time to time, and the number was too large, so it was necessary to stop and wrap the war horse again.

All these factors slowed down the pace of the march.

And did not dare to march in advance, the night was not deep, the enemy did not fall asleep, such a long period of enemy-occupied territory crossed, the enemy must be aware.

But Zheng Lang set it up a clever way.

The first march is not only to remove the obstacles of some ambush points, to clear out some hostile tribes, and to drive them away, but also to have psychological factors.

Although the battle on Fulin Road was in full swing, in the eyes of the Western Xia people, it was the credit of the Zhejia army.

In fact, many Han soldiers and generals performed prominently in this battle, and it was not only the merit of the army. However, the weakness of the Song army in Shaanxi made them negligent.

At first, I was nervous, then relaxed, and my defense was even more relaxed.

Of course, after this war, there will be no such good thing.

At the time of the third watch, suddenly there were some singing voices in front.

By this time the march had approached sixty miles, and had entered the depths of the enemy's area, but it was still far from the goal.

Di Qing waved his hand, and the army stopped. Di Qing looked ahead again, the terrain in front of him was gradually flattening, there was a small river valley, and in the river valley was a small flat river, according to the information heard by the scouts, there was a small village living in it.

To the north, there is another military camp in Tiandu Mountain, and the number of people does not seem to be large.

But if it is alarmed at this time, the outlook is very bad.

From this flat river, stretching on both sides, there are hills of seven high and eight low, with dark shadows of trees, and there is silence except for this burst of singing.

The singing was getting closer, and the sound of talking could be faintly heard.

There were not many people, about a dozen people.

Di Qing said in a low voice: "Guo Kui, you lead fifty people to outflank from the left, Wang Zhi, you lead fifty people to outflank from the right, don't let one go." ”

"Whoa." The two counted the people and immediately outflanked them left and right.

Di Qing himself counted a hundred people, looked at the two sides of the left and right to form a flanking circle, and shouted: "Kill." ”

Two hundred horsemen scattered into a curved moon and rushed forward.

Gradually, the curved moon became round, and the singer appeared in front of Di Qing's eyes, there were about a dozen people, dressed in civilian clothes, and Le Ma looked at Di Qing and his party curiously. I didn't know that it was the Song army that killed me, thinking it was my own army, so late, what were you running?

After hesitating, Di Qing led people to kill in front of him.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen civilians were all killed, and none of them had time to resist.

No one is charitable, for the common people of Western Xia, they are people when they take off their armor, and they are soldiers when they put on armor. Zheng Lang's purpose will not deliberately slaughter civilians like Yuan Hao, but he will not be a good man and will not kill civilians when he sees them.

Kill when you need to!

Countering violence with violence, and killing against killing.

This is what Zheng Lang said before Di Qing left.

He quickly dragged the carcass to the edge of the woods, led the horses away, and set off again.

But Di Qing was more careful this time, and asked Guo Kui to lead three hundred horsemen to go first and act as an outpost in front to prevent people from suddenly falling asleep at night, riding horses, and discovering their whereabouts.

It was an accident, and there were no accidents.

Less than four watches, Ping An came to the first camp to be broken.

This military camp was just blocking their way to the Tiandu Grottoes.

Camped on a small hillside, there were not many of them, but there were stone walls, and the stone walls were also built with a fence.

With the strength of 7,000 men, it came suddenly and was easy to break. But there was no time for them to attack slowly.

Gradually, this battalion appeared in front of Di Qing's eyes, and once again ordered the three armies to rein in their horses.

Di Qing took advantage of the cover of grass and trees to lurk in front of the military camp in person.

I looked at it, and the stone wall was not high, only one person came to the height, and I took a personal ladder to go up. But there were still six enemies on guard at the gate in front of the barracks, chatting while the fire was burning. Still haven't fallen asleep.

Di Qing did not look down on Yeli Yu Qi, but from this point alone, he could see the rigor of Ye Li Yu begging to govern the army.

This person is known as a brave general, although he exaggerates a little, but he is by no means a mediocre general.

Then look at it, there are mountains on both sides, the mountains are not high, and there are some sparse trees, but they are a little away from the enemy camp, and it is impossible to take advantage of the mountain to shoot arrows or throw stones from a high position. But on the other hand, because the mountains on both sides were not bad, the enemy did not send troops to guard them.

After looking at it, he sneaked back and instructed: "Wang Zhi, you lead a thousand people to climb over from the low mountain on the left, leaving 300 people on the mountain, and the remaining 700 people to form a phalanx behind the enemy camp, Guo Kui, you lead 1,500 people to climb down the low mountain on the right side, leaving 500 people, and the rest of the people cooperate with Wang Zhi to form a phalanx." Don't have to annihilate the enemy. ”

The two led the army to lurk over.

Watching the two black shadows disappear on the low mountain, Di Qing said: "The remaining soldiers are divided into two, leaving a thousand people to ride on horseback, and the rest of the people all dismount and prepare to attack the village." ”

The generals began to prepare.

Some people unload their luggage from pack horses, which is a batch of small stone throwing machines, but unlike before, the key parts have some settings and can be folded on top of each other. It's a pity that the technology is too backward to make screws, and although they can be folded, they are not very strong.

In addition to this batch of stone throwers, there was also a batch of ladders that could be folded, but they were not brought out this time.

Di Qing personally ordered twenty more soldiers, all of whom were good archers.

Everything was going on secretly a few hundred meters in front of the enemy camp, and seeing that the preparations were almost there, Di Qing said, "Follow me." ”

He set out with ten archers first, and the three armies slowly followed.

Lurking in front of the camp again, fifty steps away from the soldiers on duty, Di Qing waved his hand, twenty people stopped, Di Qing said in a low voice: "Line up, start with their respective positions, and the three of them aim at an enemy soldier." ”

"Whoa."

Twenty-one strongbows were drawn.

One of the enemy troops, perhaps intuitively, suddenly looked nervously over this side and saw twenty-one cold arrows flying towards them.

"Ahh Halfway through the scream, I was hit by three arrows in my throat, chest, and arm, and I couldn't scream anymore.

Di Qing was very dissatisfied.

This cry may have awakened some of the enemies, so he waved his hand and said, "Attack." ”

Hundreds of Song soldiers rushed forward with hooks.

Di Qing had just climbed the stone wall with his men personally, and some shouts were already coming from inside.

"Put!"

Later, Song Jun picked up the stones on the ground, put them on a dozen small stone throwers, and threw stone bullets into the stockade.

The explosives pack is the best, but Zheng Lang uses it as a secret weapon and has never been useful.

Some of the enemies were hit by stone bullets and let out a series of screams.

"Down!" Di Qing shouted again.

The leader slid down the stone wall.

However, some of the enemy had come to their senses, hastily dressed, found weapons, and emerged from the camp. Seeing them slide down the wall, he raised his spear and stabbed it, Di Qing used his big knife to pick up two spears in a row, and slipped to the ground safely. But dozens of Song soldiers were stabbed to death by the enemy.

Di Qing didn't care, as soon as he reached the ground, the big knife danced continuously, and several enemies were hacked to death by him one after another, and said, "Come with me." ”

Rush to the gate of the camp.

An enemy general tried to stop Di Qing, and the two fought for three rounds, allowing Di Qing to split the shaft of his spear and slash it off, cutting off his head.

I don't know who he is, but as his head flew out, the enemy panicked.

Di Qing continued to rush towards the gate, cutting the bolt of the gate with a single sword, and then led his men to smash the enemies who rushed up, and the two soldiers opened the gate under their cover.

Although Yeli Yu begged the army to govern strictly, this large battalion was in the rear, and the enemy was negligent, so it was easy to take.

As soon as the gate of the village opened, Zhao Zhong and Zhao Bao led more than 1,000 horsemen to quickly rush in.

Subsequently, thousands of Song troops formed an arrow array, a knife array, and a gun array, and rushed towards the camp.

This is the most elite cavalry.

In particular, the more than 700 Jurchens who were eager to make meritorious contributions went crazy. I only hate that there are too few enemies in the enemy village to kill them.

In the blink of an eye, the enemy was routed, some climbing the wall and fleeing, some fleeing through the back door. But when he escaped, he was ambushed on three sides and killed again.

Before the fifth watch, all the enemies in the whole battalion were removed.

Cao Ying and 500 soldiers were left behind, and in turn guarded the camp for the enemy, cleaning the battlefield by the way, and burning all the materials that were not intended to be taken away. Don't burn it now, otherwise the firelight can alarm the enemy, Di Qing turned over his horse again and rushed towards the Tiandu Mountain Grottoes.

At dawn, the Oriental Morning Star began to brighten.

But the winter night was long, and it was still pitch black in all directions.

The Song army rushed to the camp in front of the Western Xia Palace.

This barracks is closely linked to the palace, with high walls and some buildings, and behind it is a continuous palace.

At present, the scale is not very large, although the people of the Song Dynasty said that it is an imperial city, but it cannot be taken seriously, its scale is not as gorgeous as the architecture of the top rich families in the capital.

But because of the layers of buildings, it is more difficult to attack than the stockade just now.

Restraining the war horse from a distance again, Di Qing lurked over, and looked at the city wall under the cover of the trees. The height of the wall is one and a half feet high, but it can be climbed with the help of a hook. Guan Jian is that there are many enemies patrolling the city.

Di Qing looked at it for a while, but he didn't find a flaw, so he had to come back and say, "Prepare to attack." ”

As he spoke, he lurked in front of the city wall with a Song army with superb archery skills.

The darkness of the night was not seen by the enemy at the head of the city. But after approaching fifty paces, at last a sharp-eyed enemy soldier looked ahead and said, "Look, where there is movement." ”

Di Qing knew that he was exposed, and said in a low voice, "Scatter." ”

Hundreds of Song soldiers lined up, stretched out their bows and arrows, and scattered arrows at the city.

One after another, enemies were shot by arrows and fell from the city. There were also some enemies hiding behind the battlements, screaming loudly.

"Attack!" Di Qing shouted.

Thousands of Song troops approached the city wall under the cover of archers' bows and arrows, and some enemies threw arrows under the city head, or threw rolling wooden stones, but suddenly attacked, the Tanguts were defenseless, and although the enemy woke up to support the city wall at this time, the number was small in the end.

One by one, the hooks were thrown on the edge of the city wall, and some Song soldiers climbed up along the ropes.

Another enemy cut the rope with a knife, and from time to time a Song army fell from the rope. It was not too high, and no one died in the fall, but some Song soldiers were injured and screamed in pain.

But finally the Song army ascended to the top of the city, including Guo Kui.

Guo Kui pulled a spear, and two Western Xia soldiers were picked by him, and their bodies were thrown under the city wall.

But several more enemy troops pounced.

There was a terrible battle on the walls.

Di Qing glanced at it and ordered: "Wang Zhi, you lead the Jurchen warriors to rein in the horse and prepare, prevent the enemy from opening the city gate and take the initiative to face the battle, and the rest of the people will follow me to the wall." ”

As he spoke, he pinned the broadsword to his waist, grabbed the rope, and rushed up to the city in a few big steps.

The main general took the lead, and it was a carefully selected warrior, and the rest of the soldiers climbed up with ropes.

There was some brightness in the east, and a faint blush rose and fell in the sky.

There was also a panic in the palace.

The two guards went straight to the palace, ignoring the etiquette, grabbed Li Ningming, who was sleeping, and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the big thing is not good, the Song army broke in." Run. ”

"Song Jun is here?" Li Ningming also panicked, but he didn't wake up completely, and asked in a daze: "Didn't my uncle send two thousand troops to guard outside?" ”

"No, I don't know how many people are there when the Song army comes, our army can't hold it, so run away."

Li Ningming hurriedly got dressed.

This is a weak prince, Zhao Zhen is also weak, but he has wisdom, and he is calm when encountering things, including one major event after another in history, the more important the event, the more calmly he dealt with it, so the Song Dynasty had many crises, and it was safely passed, and it made people have the illusion that Zhao Zhen Dynasty was a peaceful time when he didn't know the soldiers for forty-two years.

Really?

This prince is a qigong master, and later in order to open the valley, he actually practiced so much that he couldn't eat and died.

When the crisis came, it was chaotic, and his hands trembled when he was dressed, but the palace maid came over to serve him and put him on his clothes.

Fighting continues outside.

As Di Qing ascended to the top of the city, more Song troops climbed up to the top of the city one after another, and gradually took the head of the city. But this enemy army was an elite unit sent by Yeli Yuqi, and it was still standing under the walls to resist.

Di Qing shouted a few times, brushed aside a few bows and arrows, strode down the wall, and once again took the lead in rushing into the enemy's archers.

Maybe he is not as brave as Zhang Qi, but he is also one of the bravest generals of this era, and a cold and hideous copper mask adds to his terrifyingness.

With the swing of the broadsword, nearly ten enemy soldiers were immediately hacked to death by him.

There was a line of chaos in the archer array, and Guo Kui took the opportunity to lead people down the wall and pounced on the archers.

More than two hundred archers immediately scattered and fled.

However, the enemy continued to resist through the various houses.

Di Qing didn't care about them, rushed to the city gate, put down the drawbridge above, opened the city gate below, and with a shout, the Song army rushed in.

Then Di Qing said: "Rocket preparation." ”

The history of the appearance of rockets is relatively early, and it appeared in the later period of the Three Kingdoms, and the Wei defenders used rockets to burn the Shu army's siege ladder, and once made Zhuge Liang suffer under Chencang City. With the improvement of gunpowder technology, rocket technology has gradually matured. When Yuan Hao attacked Linzhou City, Linzhou Assassin Shi Miao Jixuan also used this weapon.

But in general, this weapon is not very powerful and is not used many times on the battlefield.

But it's needed right now.

Di Qinglai's goal was to destroy, not to occupy. It was difficult to occupy and easy to destroy, so rockets were fired at various houses.

Most of the buildings in the palace are wooden buildings, and the night breeze is strong again, and the sea of fire rises for a while.

Li Ningming was still grinding, and a guard saw the fire outside soaring into the sky, and couldn't bear it, regardless of his lack of clothes, he picked him up and ran. With nowhere to go, he hurriedly fled to the monasteries of the Tiandu Grottoes.

The flames soon joined together.

Di Qing left a group of men and horses, with each battalion as a unit, and continued to encircle and kill the enemy, and he rushed to the palace behind with the main force.

At this time, the palace is also a mess, not only the prince, but also some nobles of the Western Xia people, although it is the end of October, the weather has not completely cooled down, the grass and trees are bleak, it is a good time to hunt, while coming to vacation, while coming to hunt.

These are all treasures, not only these nobles, but also the great monks on the mountain.

The Tangut people believe in Buddhism, and after Yuan Hao came to worship the Buddha many times, some of these great monks are almost equal to the national teachers of the Tangut Dynasty, and their status is no less than that of any nobles.

Send people to capture them one by one.

But there is one person who is the most critical, Di Qing rode a horse and ran around, and suddenly saw several palace maids, went up to block them, waved his hand to kill a palace maid, and then asked.

Several palace maids kept screaming, and after Di Qing slashed and killed one palace maid again, all the palace maids closed their mouths and didn't dare to shout again. There was a palace maid who was so timid that she fainted in fright.

asked again, and finally learned from a palace maid that Li Ningming was carried by the guards and fled to the grotto.

He turned his head and said, "Come with me." ”

Take the Song army to the grotto.

The sun finally rose, and the heavens and the earth were blood-red, twisted with the firelight, and even the mountains on both sides were dyed bright red.

On the mountain, there are many monasteries on the mountain, and when they saw the Song army coming, these great monks had long lost the demeanor of the monks, and they abandoned the temples one by one and fled to the mountain.

The momentum was overwhelming, almost no one resisted, and one monastery after another was taken down one after another.

Di Qing slashed and inquired all the way, in order to learn Li Lingming's whereabouts, regardless of whether these people were monks or not, he continued to ask by killing, and finally learned that the guards fled to the mountain with Li Lingming on their backs.

Horses in pursuit.

From a distance, I saw a group of guards carrying a person on their backs, and some young girls behind them, all dressed as palace maids, running from the top of a mountain to the bottom of the mountain.

"Chase."

Di Qing dialed his horse and chased after him.

There is no need for him to shout, the Song army behind him also went crazy, that is the prince of the Western Xia Kingdom!

Because of the rush of pursuit, some soldiers and horses tripped over rocks and fell to the ground. But the Song army behind ignored it and continued to chase desperately.

Crossing the two hills, Di Qing caught up with Li Lingming and his party.

Dozens of guards wanted to resist, but Li Lingming waved his hand to stop them, stood there with a pale face, and said: "Although I am the crown prince of the Great Xia Kingdom, I am not favored by my father, even if you get it, it will not work." It's a big deal, my father, another crown prince, please kill me. ”

Di Qing laughed: "Maybe you're right, whether your father will go crazy or not, I don't know, but that uncle of yours will definitely go crazy." ”

"Don't you think," one of the guards shouted angrily.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was hacked to death by Zhao Bao.

More than 100 Song troops caught up and surrounded these dozens of people.

Seeing that there was no life, one of the guards put down their weapons, and the other guards put down their weapons one after another. There was a loyal palace maid who hugged Li Lingming and cried.

"You don't need to cry, your prince is a big baby, we won't kill him," Di Qing smiled slightly, and then ordered: "Tie them up." ”

Soldiers came over and tied up the dozens of people with ropes and threw them on horseback.

The goal of this battle was finally accomplished, looking at the prince of the Western Xia Kingdom, Di Qing thought. He turned his head to look at the sky again, and the sun was rising, and there was a light between heaven and earth.