I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival

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Zhang Qi returned to Xiaoguan, Wang Shao and Chong Ge, as well as Dou Shunqing and Yang Sui were sitting in the yatent to discuss affairs.

Liu Changzuo, Da Xiaoyao, Miao Zhu or Wang Guangzu, all of whom were later famous generals, in the process of getting along for nearly two months, the military talents of the five people were also faintly recognized by Wang Shao, but the Song Dynasty was a country of seniority. The five generals are less qualified.

But I didn't dare to underestimate Dou Yang and the others.

Zhang Qi reported the situation about the place, Wang Shao thought about it, and said: "Qianfu, you don't want to participate in the affairs of Tiandu Mountain, you should still be in charge of the north." ”

"I'm the owner of the Dangqiang Village, and besides, what's there to be responsible for in the north?" Zhang Qi said urgently. The north side seems to be fighting every day, but it is just a feint, and there is no intention to win the reward at all in the plan. Why do you take it, really get all the tribes in Lingbei to the Song Dynasty to feed them together, and don't spend money? The battle of Lingbei was actually over here, and when it was a certain time, it was ready to withdraw. The real battle was in the west.

"The west is not for you," Wang Shao said again. What he said is not unreasonable, the two have two military concepts, Zhang Kai likes to use tricks, but Wang Shao likes to open and close. Of course, Zhang Qi, like Liu Changzuo at this time, will not be convinced. Wang Shao patiently explained: "Husband, you misunderstood me, just as you rest for a few days, I am still worried about one thing, once it succeeds, the queen mother of Western Xia will take revenge on our dynasty madly." At that time, I don't know how many troops Western Xia will send to arrive. You have to think of a solution these days. ”

All the things that happened in the northwest this year, Wang Shao has no golden fingers, but how much can see through the personality of the Liang family, this woman seems to be more fierce than Yuan Hao, can she be willing to suffer this big loss? Shaanxi still has a lot of troops, more than 190,000 forbidden troops. Nearly 70,000 soldiers. 70,000 Paugular. 330,000 regular troops. There were 90,000 soldiers on Jingyuan Road alone, but the Western Xia invaded south, and the defense line had been extended, not only in the northern part of the Deshun army. Together with the southern region and even extending to Qinzhou, troops had to be sent to garrison it. Besides, Yuanzhou, Jingzhou and Weizhou really did not send soldiers to garrison. The regular troops that can really be drawn out will not exceed 50,000 soldiers and horses. Of course, you can transfer people from Qinfeng Road and Huanqing Road. But then it would not be a raid, but a regular battle, and the money used would be like running water. At this time, no one dares to take on such a responsibility. What happened to the Huaide Army, it is better for the Huaide Army to solve it by itself, it really can't be done, and it can only be done by supporting part of the troops from the rear of the Jingyuan Road. Once the Liang family went crazy, it was not tens of thousands of people, but hundreds of thousands of horses.

Zhang Kai's intrigue is also needed. Clever wins.

He patted Zhang Qi on the back and said, "Brother." I've wronged you. ”

Zhang Qi couldn't cry or laugh, and asked, "Zichun, she really doesn't know the severity?" ”

"If you know the severity, Zheng Gong will exchange Tumen Zhubao for Suizhou, she will have changed it a long time ago, why bother so much."

"Eat our Da Song?"

"Whether she eats or not knows whether she eats it, but she must be planning to eat our Da Song in her heart."

"It doesn't make sense." Zhang Qi said again, the situation of the Liang family is not so wonderful, the queen mother is in power, there are some tribes who are not satisfied, this year is not good, the people are hungry, do not really send troops without money and silk, do not disturb the people? Let's see, after this battle, the Wyayd army does not know how much money it will cost. The cost of using troops in Western Xia is low, but Western Xia is poor. This year, the first use of troops in Suizhou, it seems that there is news from the front, saying that it is useless, and then using the original road of Bingjing, is the Liang family not afraid of national turmoil?

"She thinks I'm a good bully, so it makes sense," Wang Shao sneered.

Maybe the Liang family retaliated recklessly, maybe not, but it was better to leave some backhand, Zhang Ji had no choice but to stay in Xiao Pass and ponder the defense strategy.

A group of generals returned to Pingxia City.

Some troops were transferred from the rear one after another, but under the banner they assisted in rewarding the Song army, and then gathered in Pingxia City.

Wang Shao gathered the generals together and began to command.

Theoretically speaking, if there are no other circumstances, it is almost impossible to achieve another fire to the Tiandu Palace.

The first hurdle is the Smokeless Gorge.

Zheng Lang successfully set a fire, and Yuan Hao restored the cultivation palace, and it was impossible for the Song Dynasty to have another fire. Therefore, in a treacherous place on the west side of the Shimenchuan River in Wuyan Gorge, a victory was built in the east pass, which seemed to be a fortress and was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Song Dynasty can also build a fort here, it can be the same as the reward of the mouth, it can be captured but it is not easy to occupy, once the fort is repaired, it will be broken by the heavy troops of Tiandu Mountain, and the geographical advantage is not good for the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the Song army only built Dangqiang Village in the north of Shimen Mountain, and built Shimen Fort in the south of Shimen Gorge.

Because of this, many trails in Wuyan Gorge were still controlled by the Tanguts, causing the Xixia to invade Huluchuan twice along these trails during the Zhiping period. Similarly, the Song army could also invade Wuyan Gorge from these trails, so Western Xia had a Tiandu Village at the end of Wuyan Gorge.

After Tiandu Village, there is Tiandu Mountain Xihanjing marching camp, Xiao Guan Ben Tiandu Mountain is the Song Dynasty to control Suirong Fort, the other end is the Andong City built by the Xixia people, one controls Xiaoguan Road, and the second guard Tiandu Palace. In addition, there are seven or eight forts of all sizes and large and small joint guards, and each fort, battalion, and village are heavily guarded. Therefore, Zheng Lang gave an order, it may not be the Tiandu Palace, if it is the Tiandu Palace, it will make all the Song people raise their eyebrows. If not, you can switch targets.

It's nightfall.

A team of men and horses flashed out of the Dangqiang village, all wrapped in thick cotton clothes, and the horses wrapped their hooves.

Then he stepped on the thick canyon snow and rushed to the west.

This was not an ordinary night battle, in the middle of winter, the temperature was much colder than the legendary battle when Li Shuoxue entered Caizhou at night. And the farther west, the Wuyan Gorge is getting narrower and narrower, the narrowest point is only a few hundred meters, or even less than a hundred meters, there are many steep peaks on both sides, the wind is agitated, and the temperature is lower.

Even though they were wrapped in thick cotton clothes, the soldiers were riding on their horses, and under the cold wind like knives, they were almost frozen on their horses.

"It's cold!" Wang Guangzu said.

"The colder, the better," Miao snorted.

As soon as he finished speaking, a horse fell down in the snow. The brigade had to stop and scramble the soldiers to their feet. If you fall and get hurt, you can force yourself to drive to the reserve horse, otherwise you will freeze to death here. Wang Guangzu said again: "It's okay. There's this thing. ”

Refers to a cotton coat.

Just finished speaking. A few grains of sand are blown into your mouth.

The reason why it is called Wuyan Gorge. It is precisely because of its topography that the gorge wind is formed, with a first-class wind on the outside and a third-class wind on the inside. Often the wind is heavy, and the wind inside is agitated, blowing up the wind and sand in the sky, and the five fingers can not be seen on the opposite side.

In a north wind where ghosts cry and wolves howl. The group finally arrived at Shimenchuan.

Shimen River was also frozen thick at the moment, but when it reached the valley area, the ground was open, and there was a guard post opposite, so it had to stop again.

Miao Zhu pointed to ten soldiers and said, "Follow me." ”

Turning over and dismounting, he carefully touched it with ten soldiers.

After a while, Miao Zhu's figure reappeared and beckoned across the river.

Wang Guangzu said: "Go." ”

The team crossed the Shimen River and saw that the Pu knife in the hands of Miao Zhi and several people was still dripping with blood. There is no doubt that the Xia soldiers in the outpost were touched.

Miao gave great courage, and everyone didn't care. Continue to move forward, after walking for more than ten miles, the people in front can see the tall black shadow of Shengdongguan not far away.

Stop again.

Under the command of Miao Zhi, everyone turned over and dismounted, and some of the soldiers were frozen, and the physical fitness of these soldiers was relatively poor. In fact, after a large-scale reduction, the overall quality of the soldiers has improved, but this temperature is a special case, almost reaching the limit of human tolerance.

Miao Zhu whispered: "You stay, watch the horses, and do some small activities on the spot." Others, follow me. ”

With half of the soldiers and horses, quietly touched the Shengdong Pass, unlike Caizhou, although it was the third watch, there were still some Western Xia soldiers standing around the bonfire at the pass to keep warm. The only advantage is that the firelight obscures the view, and it is not easy to see the dark shadows in the snow in the distance approaching this side.

Wang Guangzu said: "General Miao, it's a little troublesome. ”

Miao Zhu turned his head to look at the soldiers beside him and asked, "Can you shoot?" ”

"Yes."

One person said: "General Miao, I'm afraid you can't be wiped out." ”

At the beginning of the Northwest War, both artillery and the Divine Arm Bow played a role. However, the two weapons also have their own shortcomings, the cost of artillery is too expensive, the soldier is unfamiliar with the operation, and the arm bow requires too strong arm strength and low accuracy. Of course, the Divine Arm Bow will be more suitable than artillery, although it is not as powerful, but it is better because of the low cost. It worked, but weapons are not omnipotent, the main thing is the human factor. The artillery was not brought, and there were only five or six hundred artillery pieces in the entire Song Dynasty, and only about four hundred guns were distributed to the Shaanxi Road, and half of them were concentrated in the Huaide army. In order to confuse the enemy, half of this half was transferred to the first line of the reward port. There is, but tonight's attack will not be useful. The only thing that can be used is the Divine Arm Bow.

It is impossible for the Divine Arm to pass through the battlements and force the enemy to death.

Miao said: "Western Xia soldiers, how many people can wear cotton clothes?" ”

In just one sentence, the general meaning of Miao Zhu is understood. Since the Western Xia is alert, it is impossible to replicate the miracle of Li Shuoxue's entry into Caizhou at night, so take advantage of the cold weather, the enemy moves slowly and wins time.

After speaking, Miao Zhu selected soldiers with good physical fitness and prepared to release arrows.

Others are ready to storm the city and scratch the hook.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Miao Zhu took more than 100 of his subordinates, holding the bow of the divine arm, and swam along the snow like a snake to the front of the wall of Shengdong Pass. Miao Zhu opened his eyes wide, looked at the movements of Xia Bing at the juncture, and saw that no one was paying attention, so he made a gesture.

More than a hundred soldiers stood up, and the bowstrings were gradually full.

Miao Zhu looked at the night sky again, the snow outside had long stopped, but because the temperature in the canyon was too low, it still brought sparse snowflakes. On both sides are Cui Wei-like tall peaks, and at the end of the peaks is a deep blue sky, like a line of sky, mysterious and makes people feel a little palpitations. Miao Zhi turned his gaze to the opposite city again, several bonfires kept jumping with sparks, and dozens of Western Xia soldiers on duty were talking and laughing. He made a gesture vigorously. As this gesture fell, more than a hundred bows and arrows flew out of the string and flew towards the city.

At this time, the Dangqiang village was in a panic, since nightfall, the Song army transferred the army from Pingxia City on a large scale and moved to the Dangqiang village. The nature of the two is completely different, the same is the Wuyan Gorge, one is the front gorge, the other is the real canyon, the temperature difference is at least more than ten degrees. In the middle of winter, it must be cold at night, but the temperature in Qianxia is still within the tolerable range.

Wang Shao and Chong Ge all came to Dangqiang Village and arranged for the soldiers to rest in the village, but the two did not sleep and were waiting for the news ahead.

The strategy is what Wang Shao thought. But the reason why it is called a miracle. All are battles that are difficult to replicate. It's the same as the battle of the cold night surprise attack, and the situation is somewhat different. If you succeed, you will win Dongguan in a very short time, and you will fail. The soldiers' bodies were frozen stiff, and if the Western Xia people were fierce, the second general of Miao Zhu could even lose most of the soldiers and return defeated.

The two sat in the middle of the Dangqiang village. Warming up around the fire, Chong Ge said unconfidently: "Zichun, I wanted to ask for war at the beginning, but you were not allowed, these two people led the army, I am not very relieved." ”

"Zizheng, it's not that you don't worry about me, but you don't worry about Zheng Gong."

"Zheng Gong has the ability to recognize people, but what if. This battle is not a famous general, not competent. He said objectively.

Zheng Lang used many generals. Some are successful, some are flat. For example, in the past, Wang Yuan brothers, Yang Bawang brothers, Zheng Lang can not be said to have no training, and if they are trained, let them read military books and war strategies, which is not bad, but they are only good, and they cannot be called famous generals. Some generals were not very successful. Of course, it is very good to do Zheng Lang's step. But it proves one point, even the talents allocated by Zheng Lang are not 100% famous generals.

Even if it is good, even if Miao gave Wang Guangzu before, he also entered the eyes of the cultivator and Wang Shao.

But can they be guaranteed to be competent for this military operation?

The two of them waited eagerly, and after a while, the village gradually fell into darkness and calm. In the wind and snow, the whole land, from the northwest to the Central Plains, almost all areas are in dreamland. Only the capital is still singing and dancing, and the night is not dark.

Zheng Lang also handles government affairs in the Third Division.

I took a sip of ginseng soup and picked up a plate of spiced walnuts for supper.

Why does Zheng Lang admire Zhao Zhen and Fan Zhongyan, that kind of hard life really can't be learned. can't say that it's not good, in his position, he is planning his own affairs, why do you have to make your body extremely hard? While taking care of things, you might as well take care of your body in moderation.

Ginseng soup replenishes vitality, Zhao Ji sent someone to send it, walnut kernels nourish the brain, the brain doesn't work, that's terrible.

But unlike Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang led over in everything, although he did a good job, he could make his subordinates lack growth, so that as soon as the big tree fell, all the Shu Kingdom lay down. Zheng Lang dared to let go. However, at the beginning of the reform, I was afraid that other ministers would not be able to grasp the severity. This is very important, once it reaches the point of collecting money from the people, what kind of turmoil Wang Anshi will bring in history, what kind of turmoil will appear in his own hands. If it is light, it will not work, and if it is light, the officials will not do anything, and the so-called reform will become a dead letter.

There is also a selfish motive, whether it is Han Qi, or the dispute between the conservatives and reformers later, as well as the dictatorship of Cai Jing and others, which makes Zheng Lang afraid, so he decentralizes power at all levels, especially the power of the prime minister. It is better to do things more difficult on your own than to form a bad convention, and of course to more or less block some people from saying that they are a dictatorship of power. It's not the main thing, he left the court since he went south, this departure is more than ten years, he can only know about the big affairs, and he doesn't know any details, so last year Fu Bi said that Xifu was chaotic, led Xifu, and this year led the three divisions, so what is the situation in the country, I have a number in my heart.

This one is more important.

Don't know yourself, don't win.

After drinking the ginseng soup, he drank another cup of strong tea, and continued to lie on the table, dealing with government affairs, how tired he was, not to mention anything else, at least Zheng Lang's eyesight gradually declined.

I had to ask the little official to pick up a brighter candle and sighed: "Old, my eyes are useless." ”

A few officials in the back didn't speak, Zheng Lang turned his head strangely, and saw Zhao Ji standing behind him, his eyes were a little sparkling, and he hurriedly got up to salute.

Zhao Ji choked up and said, "Gong Zheng." ”

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

"Gong Zheng has worked hard."

"Your Majesty," Zheng Lang smiled dumbly: "Your Majesty has thought about it a lot, whether as a human monarch or as a minister, if you want to be a good monarch, if you want to be a good minister, how can you do it without hard work." ”

"Gong Zheng is only over fifty years old, and I am very scared of ......"

"Don't be afraid, the body of the minister can serve His Majesty for at least ten years, and ten years can probably do it."

"Zheng Gong ......"

"Your Majesty, it's so late, why do you come to the Third Division?"

"I just want to see Zheng Gong."

"It's all trivial matters, and the minister can handle them well."

Zhao Wei was silent, in the past, he was in Yunzhou with Zheng Lang, how freehand, no matter what the matter, Zheng Lang wrote ink in his hand and immediately reviewed it. However, after entering the middle book. I'm tired of shouting several times. How tired. He knows. For more than two years. Including holidays, holidays less than a month. Most of the time, government affairs are handled until the second and third watches. No matter how good the body is, if it goes on for a long time, there will be no better body. looked at Zheng Lang's face. Zhao Ji was speechless in sadness.

Zheng Lang pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty is worried about the northwest. ”

"I'm a little worried." Zhao said.

Cai Ting is not unreasonable, if it is a great victory, it will certainly increase the morale of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty. The will of the people, apart from an invisible diversion of attention, does not seem to be of much help to reform. But if it fails, the consequences are unimaginable.

The attack on the reward and the transfer of the mouth, the victory or defeat is unknown, and the losses of both sides are about the same, but in the battle of the Umbilical Pass, the Song army is a real failure. More than 1,000 soldiers were sacrificed, and the ministers could not see that most of the sacrifices were the children of the tribes who had defected, let alone the deep enmity that had been formed since then. These tribes would no longer defect to Western Xia, and what they saw was a crushing defeat. The most distressing thing is that Zheng Lang can't say it yet. After all, using this method is too insidious and loses the so-called "benevolence".

Many people wrote to ask for Liu Changzuo to be dealt with, and Zheng Lang was pressed down, and it was to be determined after the war.

Someone else pointed the finger at Fu Bi, Fu Bi, you are old, often seriously ill, but what are you doing in the position of prime minister of Xifu?

This is something that Zheng Lang absolutely cannot allow.

Fu Bi and Zheng Lang do not have the same opinions, but he has many years of political experience, and now the court is faintly divided into three factions, one faction most of the opinions are consistent with Zheng Lang, to carry out trotting reforms, some people are radical, thinking that the so-called thorough reform will be carried out, and some people think that the so-called moderate reform will be carried out. If you don't change, it will definitely not work, this is the best change brought by Zheng Lang. But how to change it, opinions vary. Fu Bi is a senior and well-known, has a good relationship with Zheng Lang, and can play a role as a link. Also, Fu Bi doesn't agree with his own opinions, but he won't stumble, his qualifications are faintly on par with Zheng Lang, so it's difficult for some people to slap Zheng Lang for covering the sky with one hand.

Don't become a minister of power, whether it is Wang Anshi or Han Qi, if you become a minister of power, there will be many people who hate it.

There is Zeng Gongliang in the Chinese book, and there is Fubi in the West Mansion, which is equivalent to two towering trees, blocking the front for Zheng Lang, I don't know how many ups and downs there are!

So Zheng Lang tried his best to keep Fubi.

But all this is pinned on the basis of Wang Shao's victory. If it fails, it will have a series of very bad consequences.

Zheng Lang's teaching has played a role, at least the current Zhao Ji is far more mature than the Zhao Ji at the same time in history, and there is a beautiful young woman in the palace who is also growing up.

These days, Zhao is equally worried.

Zheng Lang comforted: "Your Majesty, don't worry, listen to what the minister says." Western Xia threatened to gather 500,000 troops, which was about impossible, but if the life and death of the people were not concerned, 300,000 troops could be gathered. ”

Even if the 300,000 army is gathered, the national strength of Western Xia will also be difficult. However, when it came to the Liang family, everything was hard to say, she really did it, not only gathered 300,000 troops, but also threw 300,000 troops into Pingxia City at one time in history.

He also said: "In fact, the permanent troops of Western Xia are only more than 100,000, and now that Western Xia is attacking Suizhou, they are also worried about our counterattack, so they have successively increased some troops. Chen just went to Xifu to ask, and at about this time, Western Xia gathered a total of more than 200,000 troops, and some of them were put under the city of Suizhou. Some are scattered across the borders. As the Western Xia extended its forces southward to the Western Envoy City and the ancient Weizhou line, it invisibly extended the border between China and the DPRK for hundreds of miles, making it more difficult for me to defend the DPRK. However, compared to Western Xia, defense was also difficult. Moreover, since the Western Xia and the Khitan became enemies, they had to send heavy troops to defend the Helan Mountain and the north and south Hetao, and the troops were more dispersed. At this time, the total strength of Western Xia was only 30,000 or 40,000, and even if the troops of all ethnic groups were gathered, it was only 50,000 or 60,000. But there is a disaster in Western Xia this year, the people are hungry, and before the time when they have no choice but to do so, who dares to gather strong men of all ethnic groups as soldiers? It was only these more than 30,000 Xia soldiers who fought against it, but our army pinned down more than 10,000 troops to the reward pass. How many troops are left in Tiandu Mountain? ”

"Is this what success is possible?"

"Yes, so when the minister proposed, Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang held opposing opinions, thinking that it was impossible to achieve the burning of the Tiandu Mountain Palace, and it was impossible to achieve it under normal circumstances, but the situation was constantly changing. After our dynasty negotiated peace with the Western Xia, it was not a self-defense counterattack for a long time, except for Di Qing's help to quell the rebellion, it was mostly a passive defense, and the Western Xia people would despise it. As for how to do it, the minister is in the court, and it is not very clear. ”

"Gong Zheng, you said that Wang Shao's ability to use troops is much higher than yours?"

"I don't know," Zheng Lang replied, not too high. After all, neither of them had ever met. With a Pingrong policy, it is asserted that it is high. Unreasonable, and said: "He is on the front line, a wind, a rain." can determine the outcome of the battle. If I can clearly see through Wang Shao's thoughts in the Chinese book, then as early as the time of Renzong, the Western Xia was wiped out, why did it leave the aftermath to this day? Or to use an analogy. The minister went to the front line, Wang Shao was in the temple, and most of the time he couldn't guess the minister's specific thoughts. But now is an opportunity, and it depends on how Wang Shao uses it. ”

What Wang Shao did, Zheng Lang didn't guess.

Before the war, he only paid attention to one thing, whether Wang Chongzhang and the three of them had a conflict, and wrote three letters in a row.

I don't know if it's the "smell of the same", or if these three letters have played a role, the three of them have a tacit understanding and have been together for almost half a year. There has never been a serious contradiction. Hearing this news, Zheng Lang no longer cared.

The lord of Tiandu Mountain should not be taken lightly. Renduo Zero Ding. He is a good general, but he is definitely not a famous general. Don't say that he is inferior to Wang Zhang, even Liu Changzuo is far inferior.

Moreover, the construction of Pingxia City supported six later outstanding generals, weapons, equipment, materials, and intelligence, what else would Zheng Lang worry about?

Zhao Ji is still not at ease, Zheng Lang's nanny-style financial management has almost made Zhao Ji a nursing baby. Sooner or later, he will be weaned, but not at this time, what Zhao Ji did at this time is to learn and reflect. However, this gave Zhao Shao some free time, and he was guessing what Wang Shao would do.

The message was quickly returned.

This battle is destined to be a star-studded battle.

First of all, Miao Zhi and Wang Guangzu were two members of the fierce snow night into Dongguan.

In the face of difficulties, Shengdongguan was not as defenseless as Caizhou, and Miao Zhu decisively ordered to use the range of the Divine Arm Bow to shoot at the Xia soldiers on the city, and many Xia soldiers were killed. Later, when Xia Bing raised the alarm, Miao Zhu began to ascend the city.

The summer soldiers in the barracks below the gate began to get up, the weather was too cold, and it was rumored that this night, many soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty actually froze to death in the canyon, so the summer soldiers moved slowly. Miao Zhu started a bloody battle on the head of the city, and Miao Zhu alone killed eleven enemy soldiers and took the head of the city. Then there was another bloody battle from the Lu wall, and when the gate was opened, only forty-eight of the more than 100 soldiers who had ascended to the city with Miao Zhi were left. Forty-eight soldiers, including Miao Xiang, were wounded.

After heavy sacrifices, the gate was opened, the Song army entered the pass, and more than 700 Xia soldiers guarded the pass, and only a very small number of Western Xia soldiers escaped. This majestic pass changed hands almost in an hour.

On the morning of the next day, when Renduo Lingding heard the news, he led a large army to Shengdongguan, and Wang Shao and Chong Ge also arrived with the main force.

Renduo Lingding ordered the three armies to attack and win Dongguan. Because of the topography, it is not easy to attack from east to west, but it is not difficult to attack from west to east. However, I didn't expect that after attacking for a long time, Shengdong Guan was as safe as Mount Tai. In the afternoon, morale dropped sharply, and Wang Shao decisively ordered the three armies to take the initiative to attack.

More than 1,200 Xia soldiers were killed in one battle, and Renduo was defeated and returned to Tiandu Village.

Wang Shao gathered his army again and advanced westward.

The next day, the Song army took advantage of the victory to storm Tiandu Village, and after paying heavy sacrifices, they captured Tiandu Village on the third day. Wang Shao once again led the army to the base camp of Tiandu Mountain in Xihaojing. A series of fierce pursuits and fierce attacks made Renduo turn his head around, and he had to gather all the troops in the rear and stalemate with the Song army at Xihaojing.

However, Renduo Lingding guessed wrong again.

The Song army's attack on Reward Shift was the first time to attack the east and west, and the onslaught on Tiandu Village and Xihujing was the second time to attack the east and west. The third attack was the real attempt of the Song army.

After a stalemate of three or four days, seeing that there were no more reinforcements in Western Xia, Chong Ge led Xiao Yao, with the help of the cold of the winter night, and the familiarity with the terrain of Tiandu Mountain, not from the heavily guarded north, but from the south detour, after a night, almost detoured nearly three hundred miles, from the small road at the southern end of Tiandu Mountain to sneak into Quwu Mountain, to Quwu Mountain and some strongholds in Western Xia, but the defensive force was loosened, and then through Renduo Lingding repeatedly transferred, some outposts were almost undefended. Smoothly at dawn, miraculously arrived at the palace behind the heavenly capital.

The Xixia people were defenseless at all, and in a hurry, they were defeated in less than an hour, scattered and fled, and the Tiandu Palace was lost again. There are many good things in the Tiandu Palace, and the cultivator is not greedy, so he quickly set the palace on fire, and before the Xixia people reacted, he led this team of light horses to gallop all the way and retreat to the northeast. Before the Western Xia troops caught up, they infiltrated Suirong Village from Xiaodao.

Feeling that something was wrong, Li Kaitai also "realized" that the Song army in front of the Xiangyikou was mostly bluffing, and he was afraid that there would be miscellaneous troops in the middle to attract the troops of Tiandu Mountain, so he took the initiative to attack. Li Changzuo calmly responded to the battle, and then burned all the baggage with a fire, and fought and retreated, it was this miscellaneous army under the organization of Liu Changzuo, not only retreated, but also fought fiercely for dozens of miles, and the formation was not chaotic. It is this point that Liu Changzuo's famous demeanor is undoubted. Retreating to the Moumi Pass, Zhang Kai led his troops to help, and Li Kaitai had to withdraw the army. On the other side, Wang Shao also calmly organized the retreat of the three armies, and blew up Shengdongguan.

In dozens of battles before and after, including those strong men of various descendants, the Song army sacrificed nearly 4,000 soldiers, but in fact there were only more than 3,000 people, and the real forbidden army was less than 1,000 people. However, more than 9,000 Western Xia soldiers were killed.

The casualty rate is not mentioned, and the key is ...... When Fu Bi received the news, he felt at a loss, and said for most of the day: "The Xixia Palace was really burned down?" ”

Everyone was equally shocked and at a loss.

This is different from Zheng Lang's burning, such as today's capital palace is really beautiful, and it is heavily guarded, but the Song army wants to burn it, does it mean that there is no need to mobilize troops from all walks of life, only with the strength of one state and one army, it can launch an attack on any part of Western Xia at will? (To be continued.) )