Li Qing came to Tongwei Fort angrily, looking at the ruined walls, with a fierce light in his eyes.

Wang Yuan's heroic sacrifice not only fought more than 1,000 of his subordinates, but also attacked Jichuan Village and defeated the Song army in two great victories at night, and the morale that had been accumulated with great difficulty was also lost.

Li Qing angrily asked the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, clean up the broken rubble, and support the army Gangu City. However, this time it was not easy for him to succeed, and it happened that Zhang Qi also arrived in Gangu City, and after hearing the news of Tongwei Fort, he repeatedly instructed Zhang Shouyu not to fight, and those who violated the military law were punished.

And at this time, Gangu City gradually reached the strength of the army, and Yang Wenguang attached great importance to the geographical location of Gangu City at that time, so Gangu City was built very strongly. Li Qingshu couldn't attack it, so he started the ghost idea again, attacking Gangu City on the one hand, and attacking Liugou Fort on the other.

But again hit the nail.

He went to Liugou Fort in front, and met another Song general, Liu Changzuo.

At this time, the two and a half handsome talents of the Song Dynasty, one is Wang Shao, the other is Zhang Qi, and half of the handsome is Guo Kui. But a group of brave generals have also emerged in the army, such as Chong Ge, Chong Yi, Miao Zhu, Guo Cheng, Wang Junwan, Wang Guangzu, Zhang Yu, Yan Da, and Zhe Ji Min's son Zhi Kexing, the most capable discount can not be counted, he and Wang Hou, Chong Pu, Yao Xiong, the son of Yao Jiao, have not grown up, and there is Liu Changzuo.

These ten fierce generals are all no less than Ghost Zhang and Li Qing, even Yang Wenguang, Chong Gu, Zhang Shouyue, Yang Sui, and He Bin are slightly inferior to them, even among these ten generals, Liu Changzuo is also the superior, and even Li Qing cannot be compared.

Li Qing's soldiers went to Liugou Fort and met Liu Changzuo's two armies, although Liu Changzuo's troops were small, Li Qing was still beaten by Liu Changzuo, leaving nearly a thousand corpses, and fled back in a daze. This battle finally made Li Qing clearly positioned. The Song army should not be underestimated. And he is not interested in Liang. With two hearts. So he stationed his army outside Gangu Castle and looked at the other two roads.

Liang Yongneng also came to Xizhou City.

Jiehebao did not encounter Wang Yuan's difficulties, Mu Zheng's two sons Zhao Huaiyi and Zhao Bingyi returned to Xihe, Zhao Huaiyi went to Hezhou, and Zhao Bingyi came to Xizhou. Although Liang Yongneng had as many as 40,000 troops under his command. However, nearly half of them came from the areas of Agancheng, Gonggu and Mabitshan. If Mu Zheng's father and son went to the capital of the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Ji ordered Mu Zheng's family to be stuck, then the people of the Shrine Valley would be anxious.

Guan Jian did not do this in the Song Dynasty, on the contrary. Very kind to Mu Zheng. And most of the clans in the Shrine Valley are blind felts and wood to conquer the old department, and before Zheng Lang personally went to the Shrine Valley to hold a big alliance, he was very kind to these tribes, and the time was not very long, except for a few young people, most of the middle-aged people still remember it vividly. Therefore, although there are many troops, morale has not been high. The most important thing is Liang Yongneng's military command ability.

After Liu Shaoneng easily resisted the attack for ten days, he calmly withdrew his subordinates, and Liang Yongneng then sent troops to chase after him, only to be beaten by Liu Shaoneng at Jiehechuan. After killing nearly a thousand Tanguts, he swaggered and retreated to Beiguan Fort.

Liang Yongneng was furious. After killing more than a dozen Tibetan generals in a row, the morale was slightly boosted, and he led the army across the Jiehe River and arrived at Beiguan Fort, but the Tubo people in the army were even more resentful.

After a few days of attacking, Liu Shaoneng retreated to Xizhou City, in fact, if it were not for strategic needs, Liang Yongneng might not even be able to capture Beiguan Fort.

But at least, the Song army looked crumbling on three sides.

The Eastern Route Army of the Song Dynasty was tight, but the Western Route Army continued to maintain great victories.

When he came to Wachui Village, all the strong bows and crossbows in General Wang Shao, as well as artillery and trebuchets, were concentrated, and they fired into the village to attack a small Wachui Village, which seemed to be too wasteful. But Wang Shao's main purpose was to establish his authority, and he couldn't attack every walled city, so after arriving in Kuozhou, the Song army couldn't stand the consumption of casualties. Therefore, the tile blowing village is used to kill chickens and monkeys.

After bombing for a long time, some people in the city wanted to surrender and some people wanted to resist, but the guards at the head of the city were frightened one by one, and even all the people at the north gate fled to the south of the wall. The Song army easily attacked the head of the city and captured the walled gate. However, Wang Shao did not order the Song army to immediately rush to Nanzhai, but let these heavy firepower continue to be transferred to the village and bomb Nanzhai. Someone wanted to surrender, but Wang Shao didn't agree, because there were still people who wanted to resist, so Wang Shao couldn't believe it. In the evening, the people and some soldiers in the village actually took up arms under the pressure of the Song army's firepower and took the initiative to kill those soldiers who were still resisting for the Song army. It was not until no one in the south of the village resisted that Wang Shao ordered the bombing to stop.

By this time, the people and soldiers in the village had suffered numerous casualties, and there was rubble everywhere.

The Song army paused for a moment, leaving some of the soldiers to garrison, and the army galloped towards Qiudang City again. Because of the speed, Qiudangcheng has not heard what happened in Wabui Village, so the old trick is repeated, and Qiudangcheng is bombed into rubble again, and the army crosses the Yellow River and gallops to Dangbiao City.

In the face of the fierceness of the Song army, the tribes of Dangbiaocheng surrendered the city. The army continued westward along the Yellow River to reach Nancheng, which again surrendered the city. According to the original plan, Wang Shao was going to attack Yegongcheng from Danan City, but Zheng Lang revised the plan, so Wang Shao gave up Yegongcheng and the Dong clan, crossed the Yellow River again, took Michuan City, and marched to Kuozhou.

Outside the city of Kuozhou, Wang Shao met with Xibawen.

Originally, Wang Shao sent an envoy to persuade Xibawen, and Gumiaochuan won a great victory, Xibawen went from watching to being tempted, but he still wanted to handle it. Then Zheng Lang's order came to Wang Shao, Wang Shao asked the envoy to return, and the Song army launched an attack on Henan at the same time, and Xi Bawen was dumbfounded.

Therefore, he personally came to the city of Kuozhou.

Wang Shao said lightly: "Leader Xi, before the Battle of Gumiaochuan began, your submission to my dynasty was the icing on the cake, and now your submission is nothing." ”

An understatement.

If it was before the Battle of Gumiaochuan, maybe Xi Bawen thought that he would be able to send charcoal in the snow, but after the battle, the hole cards were revealed, which could only be barely regarded as the icing on the cake. Or maintain the original Wang Shao military plan, Xibawen can still be regarded as the icing on the cake, but after the military plan is revised, it is true that whether Xibawen returns or not, it is the same thing.

Brook Bhawen was embarrassed to answer.

"Now what is the difference between your Xi tribe and the Mubo tribe (the Mubo tribe is south of the Dong clan, and the land is connected to Taozhou, Jishi Army, and it is also a famous tribe in Henan)? On the contrary, so far, I pay more attention to the Mubo people (referring to the Mubo people and the Han people's mismatch, and the Sinicization is heavy. easy to govern). Wang Shao's tone changed when he said this. Said: "But the big leader came to submit to the court. I'm still very welcome. ”

Xi Ba Wen didn t need this answer, Wang Shao said lightly, but there are not too many tribes who have returned to the Song Dynasty, since the Wachui Village and Qiudang City were bombarded into rubble. The tribes on both sides of the river heard the wind and descended. What is the significance of this drop? What Xi Bawen wants is the right to speak!

He didn't care about face and looked at Wang Shao pitifully.

Wang Shao didn't speak, he looked at the map with his eyes, staring at the location of the Dong clan on the map without blinking.

Don't you understand?

After the Song army took the city of Danan. Even Ye Gongcheng didn't attack, and then attacked Henan, why did he stare at the Dong clan?

Moreover, with the current strength of the Xi clan, if they get some cooperation from the Song army, the Xi clan has the ability to fight with the Dong clan. After fighting the Dong family, Xi Bawen and Dong Yu no longer have room for maneuver, so they can only obediently follow the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty will also give the Xi people the right to speak with confidence.

Wang Shao said again: "Big leader, don't worry, there is still time to think about it." ”

Then he made a gesture to see off the guest.

Xibawen could only leave the camp in grief and indignation. It's not that the Song people are unreasonable, but they sent troops to the Dong family. is that the Song Dynasty helped each other, and after the two sides fought, what strength do they have? Without strength, even if you return to Xige City, what dominance will there be.

At this time, he sighed with great emotion about a Han proverb, the opportunity cannot be missed, and it cannot be missed again.

In fact, he missed another opportunity, if he sent troops to the Dong clan immediately, Wang Shao would not only send troops to help, but also send heavy troops to help, after all, at this time, he could still use 30,000 troops, and he could draw out some troops in time before he went deep into Henan. After Wang Shao really defeated the Qingzhuang Department and took Xige City, it was Xibawen who sent troops, and it was not so popular. Of course, Xibawen still has concerns, that is, whether the Song Dynasty can survive the difficulty of Western Xia.

Wang Shao's army was under the city of Kuozhou, which was already far away from Hezhou.

This allowed Liang Yong to see an opportunity.

The Song Dynasty ceded Jiehe Fort, Beiguan Fort, Mu'er Gorge and Tongwei Fort, and even sat back and watched Li Qing invade Jichuan Village, but the limited forces were finally concentrated on a few points. Xizhou's troops are not many, but they are all concentrated, coupled with the high city walls of Xizhou, Liang Yongneng has failed to attack several times, on the contrary, Yang Sui and Liu Shaoneng have repeatedly taken the initiative to lead the army to attack, causing a lot of casualties to the Western Xia army. So Liang Yongneng stared at Hezhou City.

This is also his initiative to modify the original plan.

Before sending troops, the Western Xia's combat policy was not to alarm the Song army of the Western Expedition, and Wang Shaowei's name also made the Western Xia people afraid. Watching Wang Shao's army fight with the Tubo people, the Western Xia was bent on attacking Xizhou and Guweicheng, and reaped the benefits of the fishermen.

However, Xizhou was too difficult to attack, and seeing the heavy sacrifices, Liang Yongneng set his sights on Hezhou. The Song army was trapped in Kuozhou, and Hezhou did not have many troops, and he also sent people to investigate, and almost all the sharp weapons in Hezhou City, including artillery, were brought to the front line by Wang Shao. And he has a favorable condition, from Jiehe Fort, there is a straight way to Baicheng or Hezhou.

The intention of attacking Hezhou was to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and Wang Shao's army could not return, and once it returned, it would inevitably be counterattacked by the Tubo people. In order to save Hezhou, the Song Dynasty could only divide troops from Xizhou or Xiangzicheng to Hezhou. It was the unsuccessful encirclement of the reinforcements, and the Xizhou troops were divided, and the east could attack Tonggu Fort, and his own army could converge with the main force. This convergence is of great significance, after the entire Longxi Road was dug through, the Western Xia people could go south at any time, and even join forces with various tribes in Xizhou who were disgusted with the Song Dynasty to force the main force of the Song army to go out of the city to fight.

As long as the Song army lost the advantage of the city wall, in the face of the huge strength of the Western Xia, it could only be annihilated. Dare to love him think very well, even if the Song army takes the initiative to go out of the city to fight, the Western Xia people may not win. But then the sacrifice of the Song army will be very heavy, Zheng Lang doesn't want to.

Liang Yong can think of the wonders, and he can't help but be happy.

Anyway, he has enough troops in his hands, and it is useless to gnaw at Xizhou with more troops, but it is more than enough to divide the troops.

He called his brother Liang Gewei and asked him to lead 10,000 soldiers out of Jiehe Fort and rush towards Hezhou with great fanfare.

In fact, there is still a general in Hezhou, and in the face of the attack of the Western Xia people, Wang Shao is not very relieved, so he asked the veteran general and Bin to return to Hezhou and personally sit in Hezhou for safety. Miaochuan debated with the Wen people, and many people didn't think about it, mostly thinking that He Bin deliberately caused the Wen army to lose morale, so he won. Moreover, there are also brave generals in the city, Guo Cheng and Miao Zhu, who went out to fight. Even now, because of He Bin's stability and low-key, including the Wen people, they are not convinced, and they can only say that this is an honest and very good Song general, but they don't recognize his military talent.

Liang Yongneng is even more so.

More than that!

He Bin is steady, and he is trustworthy, but he is not a weak general, in the victory of Kunlun Pass, He Bin behaved equally iron-blooded.

Hearing the arrival of the Xixia people, He Bin just sneered, and then made some arrangements, prepared some special utensils, and secretly asked the garrison soldiers of Baicheng, Nanchuan Village and Anxiangguan to take out a part of it and disguise themselves as civilians to quietly enter Hezhou City. Liang Gewei didn't know what to do, thinking that Hezhou had few troops, so he burned and plundered all the way, and swaggered to Hezhou. Just when he was about to arrive in Hezhou, He Bin asked the soldiers to destroy the wooden bridge of the Daxia River.

It doesn't matter, there are rafts, and muddy (cattle, horses, and sheep are slaughtered, and all the flesh, bones, and livers are taken out for food, and then sealed, and blown when crossing the river, a simple river crossing tool unique to Western Xia). The 10,000 Xixia people had a lot of troops in Hezhou City at this time, and the squeeze of Hebin Man was only 2,000 Song troops.

The Tanguts began to cross the river.

After a while, some soldiers of Western Xia crossed the Great Xia River.

At this time, He Bin led an ambush and fiercely repelled the Tanguts to the river, and then all the soldiers raised their bows and arrows, fired rockets, and even prepared some of the fire oil used for defense in the original city, and threw it on the mud or raft. The oil is not in the way, but there are rockets in the back, and there are even Song soldiers who shoot rockets with a divine arm bow.

In a moment, a fire rose on the surface of the river. It's not over yet, someone from the upstream lifted the camouflage, revealing huge ships, not too big, the big ones are only a dozen tons, and the small ones are only a few tons, but the rafts are enough to deal with the Tangut people. And the Western Xia burned and plundered all the way, which disgusted many local people, and many fishermen spontaneously cooperated with the Song army.

As a result, all the Western Xia soldiers in the river and across the other bank were either killed or swept into the Great Xia River by huge ships. The morale was not high, and the rest surrendered. But it was not over, the ship was docked, and He Bin left a few soldiers to guard the prisoners of war, and the rest stepped onto the boat and sailed to the opposite shore.

At this time, Liang Gewei was still dumbfounded, at a loss, the attack was unsuccessful, and he was unwilling to retreat, after all, he still had most of the troops in his hands. Just as he hesitated, a man stood out on the boat and shouted to the soldiers on the riverbank in Tubo: "I am the blind felt elder Sun Pibedinwa, please listen to my orders." (To be continued.) )