Zhao Ta's army marched forward to break through the stone fort of the river, which is the last fort leading to Xiazhou, the front is less than fifty miles away from Xiazhou, but the main force of the village is only some of the 'Ma Kui' who are usually responsible for washing and cooking, and carrying heavy baggage. The Western Xia has the custom of all the people are soldiers, the state clearly stipulates that women can enlist in the army, and the female soldiers who enlist in the army are called Ma Kui, or called village women, they not only undertake the logistics and miscellaneous work during the war, but also can fight and kill the enemy, this is the first time in Chinese history that women are allowed to legally enlist in the army, and their total number can account for about 15 percent of the total force.

Don't look at it as a female soldier, but the combat effectiveness is not weak, the battle is very tenacious, Zhao Ta persuaded to surrender, so he had to destroy the flowers with his hot hands, serve with guns and cannons, blow up the gate of the village, seize the fortress, looking at the eldest sister and aunt lying on the ground, he is not very embarrassed, the battle has reached this extent, indicating that the men who can fight have been transferred, and the casualties are heavy, and the follow-up is weak.

After capturing the Stone Fort of the False River, Zhao Tan only left a small number of troops to clean up the battlefield, and the brigade did not stop and passed through the city and went straight to Xiazhou. Along the way, change horses and do not change people, non-stop killing to Xiazhou City, on the road except for the Xia army small group of scouts appeared from time to time, there was no formed army intercepted, they only took two hours to look at the Xiazhou city wall, but the sound of killing outside the city shook the sky.

The Xia army besieging Xiazhou City was defeated and fled after Xiao Heda's seriously wounded soldiers fled, and they were already leaderless, and the defeated army of the eastern aid showed their magic and fled back one after another, and the news of the Song army's successive defeat of the two generals of the Xia army has spread throughout the armies. Seeing the smoke and dust billowing in the east, he knew that reinforcements were coming, and immediately ordered troops to kill from the east and west gates. For the past 30 days, they have been passively beaten in the city every day. The horses had never been ridden, and although the casualties were small, they were not very angry, and now they had the opportunity to vent their anger.

After the platoon of guns, the 'stone wall', which the loyal army is best at, charged, and the east and west roads were like two powerful iron arms to hold the slow-moving thousands of Xia troops, and they collided back and forth several times, and the enemy was divided into several pieces. Those who knew each other dismounted and fell, and those who resisted all dismounted, but they were cut down and beaten down... And the reinforcements of the loyal and brave troops who arrived quickly also immediately entered the battle. After chasing the Xia army for thirty miles, its remnants fled into Qihao Mountain and entered the territory of Youzhou.

The remnant sun is like blood, the blood is yellow sand, and the smoke of gunpowder has not dispersed. Zhao Ta entered Xiazhou City in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the banner of the Hedong Army and the banner of Yanwang were raised at the head of Xiazhou City at the same time. Visited the wounded and paid tribute to the fallen soldiers. condolences to the soldiers who have been sticking to it for more than a month. Looking at the familiar faces, they lost weight and blackened. But when they matured, a big war washed away their childishness, and finally they were proud to be called warriors, and when they saw the smiling face of the prince again, they were also in tears.

"Lord Wang, the loyal and brave army is the commander of Zhao Ren!" Wang Yexing's camp was set up in the original Xiazhou Protectorate, at this time the hall was brightly lit, Zhao Ta was promoted, Zhao Ren first stepped forward and said, "Qi Yu Wangye, the last general loyal and brave army fourteen commanded more than 8,000 people to attack Xiazhou City, fortunately did not disgrace the mission, attacked Xiazhou City, captured 150,000 stone of grain, collected 2,000 craftsmen, held the city for 34 days, killed more than 20,000 enemies, captured 1,000 enemies, 317 people died in the army, 21 people died of illness, 682 people were bravely wounded in the battle, and 146 people were reduced due to illness, In the later stage of the battle, due to excessive ammunition consumption, excessive wear and tear of machine guns and artillery, and weakened firepower, the Xia army broke through the blockade and caused losses to the prince, and the last general asked the prince to punish! ”…,

"Hehe, you did a good job, better than I expected, with such a small loss, crossed five hundred miles of sand sea, captured the important town of Western Xia, held the required grain and grass for the follow-up army, attracted a large number of Xia troops, and created conditions for the total annihilation of the Western Xia Eastern Expeditionary Army, it is really a great achievement, let alone punishment. You command well and dispatch effectively, I should thank you! Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"This is all the prince's strategy, the soldiers use their lives, and the generals will not dare to take credit!" Zhao Ren listened to the prince's praise, of course, it was very useful, but the surface work still had to be done, and hurriedly saluted.

"Okay, let's be humble from time to time, merit is merit is fault, there is nothing to be modest, you will compile the meritorious people in the battle of Xiazhou into a book, I will ask the saint for your merits!" Zhao Ta waved his hand and said impatiently, "Zhao Lian, you take over the city defense for the time being, let Zhao Ren and them rest for two days!" ”

"Lord Wang, let's eat, I haven't drunk for a long time, and I'm almost hungry!" There was another impatient one over there, Zhao Yong saw that Zhao Ren had finished reporting his work, and he was still verbose, licking his lips and shouting anxiously.

"Hehe, you kid must have nothing to do to drink secretly, you haven't drunk for more than forty days, who will believe it!" Gao Chong and Zhao Yong have a similar temper and have the best relationship, so they teased.

"Brother Gao, I really haven't touched a drop of wine, I don't believe you asked Zhao Ren!" Zhao Yong said with a bare face.

"Okay, I believe you, what's the hurry, as long as the prince is approved, I will accompany you to get drunk today!" High favor arch hand.

"Okay, in addition to the combat readiness troops tonight, you can drink alcohol, but you are not allowed to overdo it, Zhao Zhi killed cattle and slaughtered sheep to reward the three armies tonight, and the banquet was placed on the square in front of the ya, and the army was happy!" The loyal and brave army joined forces in one place, and the results were brilliant, and Zhao Ta was also happy, and the order was given. Of course, the prince's order was unanimously supported by everyone, and they shouted in unison to obey the order...

Three days later, Zhao Ta appointed Xu Gou, the judge of the Jingluo Pacification Division, to take charge of Xiazhou affairs, prime minister civil affairs, recruit various ministries, restore production, establish grassroots political power, and consolidate his rule; Zhao Lian was under the jurisdiction of soldiers and horses, and the eighth general of Liuze Lulu guarded Xiazhou, formed a government army, and suppressed the rebellion. After replenishing the troops, weapons and ammunition, Zhao Ren's department returned to the establishment, and the whole army went out again.

At this time, Tong Guan sat in Guyuan, 50,000 Shaanxi troops were also divided into two roads, from the cutting of Niucheng and Xi'an City to send troops, due to the loss of two generals in the Western Xia, countless soldiers, the two armies were empty, they connected a few forts, has penetrated into the hinterland, and the Hedong Army has been sent to Xiazhou, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Lingzhou. The whole country of Western Xia was shaken, and if Lingzhou was lost, Zhongxing Mansion would be difficult to protect.

Xia Lord Li Qianshun was panicked, the life and death of the royal brother Chage were unknown, and now there was no trace as if evaporating from the world, and the general Xiao Heda was seriously injured in the new defeat, and it was difficult to go into battle. After losing the support of Brother Cha, the power of the court was declining one after another, and criticism of his policy of emphasizing literature over military force reappeared, Li Qianshun could only appease the important ministers, and on the one hand sent Wang Wei and An Hui to unify the army to resist the Song army, and on the other hand, urgently sent Pu Wang Renzhong and Shu Wang Renli to Liao and Song respectively to discuss peace talks.

Wei Ming Anhui was ordered to be in danger, most of the troops in the right wing were annihilated, only the 50,000 Lingzhou army was still complete, he could only give up a large area of defense, shrink the force, give up Youzhou, Yanzhou, Chibi Qingye transferred troops to Lingzhou, the implementation of key defense; In addition, elite troops were gathered from the Western Liang military divisions to reinforce, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, expelling and annihilating the Song army.

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Zhao Ji sat in the imperial study, with a pile of chapters in front of him, but he had no intention of reviewing it, frowning and depressed, nothing went well these days. At this time, the Song and Jin maritime alliances had been lifted, and the news of Lianjin's invasion of Liao was rumored, but Prime Minister Cai Jing's attitude was unclear and he remained silent.

In fact, it is no wonder that Cai Jing, although he actively participated in the planning of the Song Dynasty's military operations in the northwest during the Daguan period, but later with the change of the situation, Tong Guan gradually mastered the military power in the northwest, and Cai Jing became more and more out of the situation. At this time, Cai Jing asked himself if he really didn't know much about the situation in the northwest, and in such a situation, of course, he could not make any guarantees about the situation in the northwest, and he didn't dare to say anything about the invasion of Liao. But Zhao Ji wanted to see the immortal achievements, and he felt that Cai Jingcheng was against him. …,

Another thing is that the Kaifeng flood a month ago, the surrounding water system suddenly burst the embankment, the water surging to the Kaifeng city wall, and the flood water has flooded to the bottom of the steps of the palace. At this time, manpower has no choice, and previous examples have proved that when a flood comes, it can only be let come, and it can be flooded wherever it wants.

At the critical moment, he had to figure out his own way, Zhao Ji thought that there were a large number of immortals in the city. The gods can ask for rain, and they will definitely be able to retreat the water, so the decree is headed by Lin Lingsu, and the Taoist priests go to the city to retreat the water. On that day, the Taoist priests each raised their magic weapons and dressed up to travel, climbed the head of Kaifeng City, and were about to line up in a formation to set up a large array of retreating water, when suddenly thousands of guards of the city held big sticks and smashed a group of Taoist priests headlessly, beating people on their backs, holding their heads and running around, that is called a sight.

Among the beaten teams, the most conspicuous was Lin Lingsu. He is the target of the key attack, think about his more than 20,000 disciples who scatter all corners of Kaifeng City every day to do mischief, how many ordinary people want to eat him alive. The matter is big, Zhao Ji never expected that the amiable and lovely Lin Daoist would have such a big public anger. At this time, Cai Jing and others took the opportunity to exert their strength and shake off Lin Lingsu's bad deeds over the years.

Zhao Ji was angry, dismissed him, and sent him back to his hometown to be managed, but he didn't get home before he blew the lamp and pulled out the wax, and the magistrate's twists and turns were still on the case, saying that this kid was out of Beijing for two days, and he committed madness, talking nonsense, rolling on the ground, snot and tears, and then his spirit was not as good as a day, and when he got home, he couldn't even get out of the car, he was as thin as a skeleton, and died in pain. Thinking that this kid had been happy to himself in the past, Zhao Ji's heart softened, and he instructed the place to give him a thick burial.

Lin Lingsu, this kid is dead, Zhao Ji is not distressed, yesterday his own cash cow Yang Jian also closed his eyes, these years he has been in charge of the inner garden for himself, repairing the garden, building the palace, and also bringing a lot of money to enrich the inner treasury, but it is his right-hand man, but it is a pity that 'died young', 'compassion for the family, big funeral' Zhao Ji criticized the words on the fold again, put down the pen, and his face was even more ugly.

"Qiyu Shengshang, the messenger from Hedong arrived, Prince Yan won a great victory, broke through Yulin and Shizhou, defeated Xiao Heda, the capital of Western Xia and Xiazhou, beheaded thousands, and sent troops to Xiazhou!" A small yellow door shouted loudly.

"Good!" Zhao Ji stood up in surprise and shouted, the second son is still intimate, and he always brings some good news to himself... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )