Before the use of gunpowder to open mines, the Song Dynasty imported 500,000 catties of sulfur from Liuqiu alone in a year, as well as the local production of the Song Dynasty. Although most of them are used to make firecrackers, many are also made by gunpowder.

But how much gunpowder weapons are made, and how many are used on the battlefield, the water is very deep. It really played a role, and it was forced to use it in the later defense of Tokyo, and it actually had some effect. The Southern Song Dynasty gradually paid attention to it.

But what about the entire Northern Song Dynasty?

Today, gunpowder is in full bloom.

Twelve huge bags of gunpowder, each bag is made of stone, that is, seven or eight thousand catties, plus all kinds of tribulus terrestris iron corrugated iron nails, weighing nearly 10,000 catties. It is the most standard gunpowder formula, and in order to prevent accidents, all kinds of iron concealed weapons are placed on the outside of gunpowder oil paper. The seal is extremely good, what effect will it have when it explodes?

With each loud bang, hundreds of soldiers were thrown into the air, and the highest was thrown more than twenty meters high. Then the air flow brought by the strong air pressure produced a small hurricane, and the Western Xia soldiers in the vicinity were thrown up by the air flow again, and the soldiers in the distance were also blown to the side, and all the tents and fences were like goose feathers, and they were all uprooted with the air flow.

Then the sand and gravel on the ground and various iron hidden weapons were like bullets, shooting at the Western Xia soldiers.

Although the ground was frozen, dust was raised, but by the light of the fire, a huge mud pit appeared on the ground after each explosion sounded. War horses and supplies are behind, this doesn't have to think, in the rear is the mountain, is the new Shimenxia village in Western Xia, the Song Dynasty is infantry, must be placed behind, but after an explosion, some war horses actually broke free of the reins, headless and brainless.

Some of the horses stepped directly into the barracks, trampled on the stunned soldiers, and even lost their wits and stepped into the deep pit created by the explosion.

Many of the warriors were lucky to be alive, but they were stunned one by one.

Not only was the Xixia military camp like hell, but a section of the Shimenchuan wall, which had been unstable after being attacked by the Western Xia many times, shook a few times under the blow of the air current, and fell down all at once.

Zheng Lang and Han Qi were almost thrown off the city by the blowing air current.

Yeli Yuqi was blown down by the air current, and stood up again with the horse rope, looking at this situation, he was also stunned.

Zhang Yuan shouted: "King Yeli, retreat quickly." ”

Flee, there are many soldiers alive, but there is no way to fight again, and a rout will occur immediately.

Zheng Lang breathed a sigh of relief, what he wanted was this effect, although there was a lot of gunpowder, it was impossible to kill all the enemies, this was black powder, not yellow powder, nor an atomic bomb, but it was enough.

The morale of the enemy was completely crushed.

At present, it is necessary to attack immediately to defeat the enemy in order to achieve a great victory, otherwise after a while, when they come to their senses and resist the attack of their own army, not only will this part not be solved, but it will also affect the Battle of Sanying Mountain.

As soon as the gate of the wall opened, Yeli Yu begged to stand here, can he catch it?

It's good to go.

Ye Liyu got on his horse, ran back, and turned his head and scolded: "Zheng Lang, you devil." ”

There is no way to go to the city, otherwise you can bite Zheng Lang's neck and drink Zheng Lang's blood dry.

Zheng Lang smiled bitterly and made a gesture, the gate of the village opened, and the Song army all came out of the village.

The Tangut people did not ease their minds at all, although some people survived, but their ears were almost deaf, some people were seriously injured, moaning and howling in pain on the ground, Hugh said that 40,000 people, 780,000 people are here, and the same result is the same.

Song Jun was not very comfortable in the village, although he plugged his ears with a cloth ball, his ears were still buzzing, and there were bursts of nausea in his heart. Looking at the enemy's miserable appearance through the gap in the fence, at that moment, almost all the Song soldiers also seemed to feel that the end was coming.

But he soon sobered up and rushed to the gate of the village.

Zheng Lang came to Jingyuan Road and did many things, the most important thing was to train the army.

The training of the army is not only to improve the combat ability of the soldiers, but also through the continuous training, you can see some good generals, the imperial court allocated a large number of generals to Jingyuan Road, but there are many mediocre talents in it, they cannot all be transferred, they can be raised through training. In the last battle, some capable soldiers were justifiably given the position. Training together for a long time has more or less changed the situation that the soldiers of the Song Dynasty did not know the generals and the generals did not know the soldiers.

Song Jun was more disciplined than the original. It seems to be a good kill, but it's very orderly.

The decisive battle begins.

It is a very long process from the beginning to the end of a battle, such as the good water river and the three river mouths, planning, preparation, marching arrangement, movement, and the final decisive battle, which takes several months, but the real decisive battle is as fast as a day, and as slow as a few days. This battle has been planned for a long time, but the essence is today.

Yeli Yuqi saw the Song army kill out, knowing that his subordinates could no longer fight, he waved the flag and commanded the whole army to retreat.

can only command with a banner, and it is estimated that few people have good ears, including himself.

Last time, the tragic scene of Shimenchuan reappeared.

In fact, there were still many people alive, but Shimenxia was too narrow, and once again they swarmed in, and unlike last time, almost half of them ran into it without even riding their horses. It takes up little space, but it's still crowded.

Some people were even stunned, and Song Jun was still standing in a daze. There are also many people who directly raise their hands and lie on the ground to show their surrender, and some people see that they can't squeeze in, or run up the hill, or run into the river, and escape to the opposite side by the river ice.

At the beginning of the defeat, they squeezed into Shimenxia, because there were outposts, there were no ambushes on the mountains on both sides, but there was a Song army behind them desperately pursuing. Yeli met the beggar and fled desperately again.

The wind is loud, and the grass and trees are frightened.

There were not many Song troops chasing after them, only 3,000 people, but Yeli did not know, thinking that more than 10,000 Song troops were chasing, and with the current situation of his own men, he could no longer have the courage to turn back and fight again. So he led his men to flee desperately. Escaping from Shimen Gorge, the Song army was mostly infantry this time, and was gradually thrown down.

Restraining his horse and preparing to look back at the situation of his army, suddenly a young man led three or four thousand Song troops again, riding a horse and quickly killing out. Although the number of people was not large, they took the lead one by one, fought the battle, and heard the sound of the Song army chasing behind, Yeli fled again.

The Song army who escaped from the Yanxia Gorge was still chasing, and it was not until Tiandu Mountain that the Song army was thrown away, but when he turned his head to look, Yeli was so anxious that tears dripped out of his eyes.

In this battle, 40,000 military horses were brought in front of Shimen River, but only more than 5,000 people escaped with them, and there will be soldiers who will flee back, and some will flee to the mountains and forests in a panic, and they will return to the team in a day or two, but it is definitely worse than last time.

The last time was the end of October, although the night was cold outside, people could endure it, now it is the middle of November, and there are not enough warm clothes in the field, and they can freeze to death. Once a fire is lit to take warmth, as long as the Song Dynasty army sends people to patrol, it will inevitably be captured.

How many more people will come back?

Why is there no movement over there?

……

Cheng Kexian's side was also defeated.

The Song army's action was at night, which was unexpected by the sudden reward, and also out of the surprise of the begging in the wild.

In the past, the Song army was very afraid of the cold, so the Western Xia people mostly launched attacks in winter or in February of the first lunar month. But there's one thing that resists the cold, cotton!

When Zheng Lang practiced the army, he mostly issued physical goods, among which silk silk and cotton cloth were the most, one was a reward, and the other was a war exploit, including some cotton jackets and cotton pants, and now the total cotton output is still very small, whether cotton jackets or cotton pants are also very small. But it is stronger than nothing, and people's cold tolerance is also higher than that of later generations.

The imperial court also issued a cotton coat and leather jacket to protect the soldiers from the cold. Some soldiers had nothing, but they had a salary, and the other soldiers had winter clothes and had to buy them from each other. It is not surprising that there are people who are in business among the soldiers.

Otherwise, Zheng Lang wouldn't be able to eat Yang Jiujin's father's meat buns in the examination room.

Basically, it is still very cold, and the temperature at night may be minus 5 degrees, and the lowest can be close to minus 10 degrees. But with these warm clothes, the soldiers can get through it if they hold on. But this cold played a fatal negligent role. Regardless of whether Cheng Kesheng or Yeli Yu beggar, they did not expect that the Song army would come down on such a cold night and march in a hurry.

Yesterday, the Song army forcibly advanced in two directions. The road was placed on the table, led by Zhao Xun and Jingtai and other generals, and rushed from Gaopingzhai to Sanyingchuan at the second watch.

One way is the main force of the Song army, and this way the people and horses are in deep ambush.

Most of the people were placed in the Tiansheng Village to prevent the enemy from seeing it, and they usually wore the clothes of the people, and even in order to confuse the enemy scouts, they moved some people inside, gave some women property, and let them wander outside the house without anything, pretending to be the female dependents of these "people". The other part is a little far away, all cavalry, in Qianxingzhai, in a sense, it already belongs to the second line of defense. Therefore, the scouts were widely distributed and the Western Xia scouts were not allowed to enter. The fact is that because of the distance, coupled with the careful defense, there are no Western Xia scouts to come and see.

The Western Xia two army horses were active in Shimenchuan and the south, but Zheng Lang placed the main army on the periphery of the battlefield, and Tiansheng Qianxing Erzhai was outside the battlefield, and even Zhang Yuan did not expect it.

Yesterday, the people and horses of the East Road also rushed to the battlefield, and the Song army in Qianxingzhai began to move in the evening, and the soldiers of Tianshengzhai moved in the evening. The two armies joined one in front of the other, and at nearly four watches, they met at Wuyan Qianxia, and separated 3,000 soldiers from Wuyanqian Gorge to Wuyan Gorge, and the rest continued to rush to Sanyingchuan. Of course, this road is also difficult because of the long distance.

At dawn, twelve huge explosions were heard in the direction of Shimenchuan, and Cheng Kexun was also awakened, and hurriedly sent scouts to Shimenchuan to investigate. As soon as the scouts left, Jingtai II covered up. At this time, the two armies were almost the same, relatively speaking, Western Xia were both cavalry, and they also had an advantage. The fierce battle began, and after a while, Di Qing led the cavalry to kill, and it gradually turned into a draw. Then most of the infantry army arrived, and Cheng Kexian's army gradually fell into disadvantage.

The scout also returned, and reported what he had seen.

He didn't dare to approach, and when he arrived at the southwest river of Shimen, Yeli Yuqi's army was completely defeated, and there were fleeing Xixia people everywhere, as well as the captured Song army, and he grabbed a deserter on the periphery and asked, and fled back with his horse.

Therefore, it is unclear and unclear, and Cheng Kesheng does not believe it.

But only for a while, most of the Song army was divided in the direction of Shimenzhai to cover up. Not only did the Song army kill, but also some fleeing Western Xia soldiers rolled over, hearing the defeat of the Shimen Chuan Ye Li Department, and then seeing the Shimen Chuan Song Army viciously pounced, Cheng Ke rewarded the three armies of his subordinates in frustration. Cheng Kesheng saw that something was wrong and also ordered a retreat.

Retreat is a nice way to say, which means flee quickly.

Don't dare to go from Shimen Gorge, and can't go, there is a Song army in front, inserted to the northwest, fled from Wuyan Qianxia to Wuyan Gorge, Di Qing led the cavalry to continue the pursuit, until fleeing to Wuyan Gorge, Lao Chong and Yang Wenguang turned around and killed. After two or three hours of blockade, most of the infantry army of the Song Dynasty caught up again, and Cheng Kexun had no choice but to forcibly break out of the siege and flee to Tiandu Mountain.

The two armies met, and there was no gunpowder under the camp of Cheng Kesheng, but it was no better than Ye Liyu begging, and only brought back more than 6,000 people, and the rest, God knows where they were at this time?

The two of them sat in Tiandu Mountain, where they sat like nerds.

More than 70,000 military horses, not only more than 70,000 people, for this battle, the Western Xia almost squeezed out the last potential, so a large amount of grain and grass was prepared. This is the result. One can imagine what His Majesty's expression will be when he returns with his army once he occupies Fulin Road.

Still dreaming, occupy Fulin Road. Yuan Hao's side is not much better!

The nightmare was not over, a large number of Song troops came over, swept the people again, and transferred the people to the Song realm.

This is Zheng Lang's ethnic policy.

In the past, the Song Dynasty killed prisoners, and Li Yuanhao used Han people as a collision commander, which was wrong.

The Tangut people were hateful, but the people were just the people, and with proper ethnic policies, they could also be loyal to the Song Dynasty. As long as Li Yuanhao can afford to pay a lot of money in the Central Plains, there are still Zhang Yuan's residues. This policy must be gracious and appropriate, not soft when it is time to kill, and merciful when it is time to caress it.

Including the prisoners of war captured in the previous war, they will not be released, all of them are placed in the rear, scattered one after another, mutined into the people, and even gave them some farm tools, some cattle and sheep, and winter clothes and quilts, so that they can plant and raise cattle in the coming year.

He also asked them to elect some representatives, sneak back to the territory of Western Xia, and send a message to their families, so that their families or relatives could be transferred over. At least in the Song Dynasty, life would not be as bitter as in Western Xia.

Therefore, some tribes not only did not exclude, but took the initiative to cooperate.

The effect will be amplified in the future, and it will not be less than a big victory.

Anyway, a lot of tuntian fields will come out immediately, and the people need to cultivate them. Only Jingyuan Road has its own tuntian, there are four or five thousand hectares, and once the Sanbai Canal is constructed, there will be more than 30,000 hectares of cultivated land. Enough to settle 50,000 families! No matter what means Zheng Lang uses, he can't capture 50,000 people.

Seeing that Tiandu Mountain is about to truly become a no-man's land, Yeli Yu beggars can't sit still, and they send troops to challenge, but several battles are unfavorable.

But the nightmare is far from over.

……

Ishikawazhai left one or two thousand Song troops to clean up the battlefield, capture prisoners of war, and horses.

This is the biggest takeaway from this battle.

The next day, with the prisoners of war, Zheng Lang came to Sanyingchuan, and by the evening, the battle was not over, but the main battle was over.

Now comes the time for a full-scale counteroffensive.

Zheng Lang first wrote a letter to the imperial court, reporting the course of the battle.

More than 25,000 people were killed and nearly 18,000 prisoners of war were captured. As a result, not only these, but also those who fled to the mountains and forests and froze to death, or those who were captured one after another, will magnify this record one after another.

Then say that the generals are credited.

Write about other people's merits, Zhao Zhen has meritorious, without the great emperor's benevolence and wisdom, the soldiers would not have fought so bloodily, and they would not have achieved this great victory. Your Majesty, you are the ancestor of Han Gao.

Liu Bang is a gangster, he can't be literate or martial, he doesn't know how to read or be happy, but he can use people, be benevolent and peaceful, this is the key to his success in the world. Zhao Zhen seems to be useless except for flying white with one hand, he can't write anything, he can't do martial arts, and the poem is also written miserably. But I have to admit that he will only have one thing, to be the emperor, and the emperor is doing well.

Although he was humiliated by the Western Xia people, he can't be blamed all, he was not defeated by Yuan Hao, but by his uncle, grandfather and father, the ancestral family law of the Song Dynasty!

Compared with Liu Bang, Zhao Zhen has more benevolence, more family affection, and more warmth, but he lacks Liu Bang's kind of wavering. A good emperor is not a hero.

Then said that the merits of Lu Yijian, Zhang Dexiang and others, big guys, you are Xiao He, without your preparations in the rear, after three years of fighting, so many materials came.

Praise the generals again, the old breed is Zhang Liang, without the old breed's plan, this great victory will not be achieved. Di Qing is Han Xin, without Di Qing's plan, he would not have won this great victory if he went into battle to kill the enemy in person.

There are also the merits of other ministers, the preparation of Zhang Fangping, Teng Zongliang and others in the rear, and the assistance of Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan. As for Zheng Lang himself, we can only be regarded as a Chen Ping at most.

Han Qi watched him write a fold, and when he saw this, his forehead was full of black lines.

But Zheng Lang's approach was very wise.

The merits of the two wars are very great, and they have not reached the point of high merit, but they will make many people blush. Immediately, Fu Bi sent an envoy to the Khitan, made some contributions, and some people made small reports, fortunately Zhao Zhen protected him, otherwise Fu Bi would be very sad.

Zhao Zhen is not the kind of master who pushes and grinds and kills donkeys, and he is a civil servant, so there are not so many taboos, but there is no need to attract people's eyes.

The sedan chair is lifted, why not?

If you say that your credit is small, others will take it seriously? Twenty-four-year-old privy deputy, do you want to be a twenty-five-year-old prime minister? What do you do when you're done? Zhao Zhen, give me the chair under your ass!

In fact, these people have more or less some credit, and they are only exaggerating a little.

And horses.

The captured war horses, as well as the war horses forcibly relocated from various tribes, after this battle, will increase the Jingyuan Road by more than 40,000 war horses, most of which are not injured and can be pulled to the battlefield. Is Jingyuan Road capable of organizing so many cavalry? It is the ability to find so many pastures to raise.

In this battle alone, the horses in the last battle were enough to digest the original way. However, the other three roads were short of war horses, so Zhao Zhen issued an edict last year that all horses in Shaanxi must be handed over in case the country needs it. It not only delays civilian use, but also delays arable land.

So Zheng Lang requested that these war horses be transferred to the other three roads according to the situation. The war horses of the people were returned, including the horses wounded in the battle, the old and weak horses, and some mares, all of which were filled inland and used as ploughing horses.

Zheng Lang didn't know what the reason was, there was a shortage of livestock in the Han Dynasty, there was still a shortage of livestock in the Tang Dynasty, and there was a shortage of livestock in the Song Dynasty. From Jiangnan to Guanzhong, along the way, I still saw many people pulling ploughs, rather than horses and oxen pulling ploughs to plough the land.

Finally, one more thing was said, although there were still arrangements later, but the war was almost over, once the army arrived at Weizhou and Mingsha City, Yuan Hao would inevitably withdraw his troops from Fulin Road.

How to deal with the prince, please send me a kind message and give me a reply.

Zheng Lang really can't be in a hurry.

You have to wait for Yuan Hao to collect all the troops in the Western Xia, like the Liang family, and frantically crusade against the Song Dynasty all the way, before these bigwigs are willing to reply!

After writing the fold and sending it to the capital with a fast horse, Zheng Lang mobilized the army again, sent some people to Tiandu Mountain to block the wild and beg, and most of them slowly drove towards Xiaoguan. This will be the Song army's real dispatch to the territory of Western Xia, Di Qing didn't count last time, then like a bandit, he quietly sneaked into Tiandu Mountain, set a fire, killed some people, and then hurried back. This time it's the regular army.

The naïve cold down, the wind was like a woman's cry, whimpering and miserable, but the Song army went all the way north, waving flags and laughing loudly.

On this point, Yuan Hao's biggest crisis also came, or Zheng Lang and Jingyuan Road's biggest crisis came.