According to the usual practice, the battle plan and the route of the march were laid out for him in advance - Wating Village. This place is the limit of the Song army's advance... looked very sensible, and even left an explanation for the defeat of the Song army later: like Ren Fu, it was Ge Huaimin who did not listen to orders that caused the defeat. But as long as you check the map a little, you will know that the king of the Dao is following this order...

The location of Wating Village is still a little south of Haoshui River, and it is still within the jurisdiction of Weizhou, which is the hinterland of Da Song Jingyuan Road! Back then, Han Qi wanted Ren Fu to take the initiative to retreat in order to put Li Yuanhao's main force in. But at this time, Wang Yan not only wanted the army to take the initiative to meet the attack, but also fixed the limit of the attack in the hinterland. Is this the wisdom of the decision-makers, or is it playing with the former enemy commander?

And Ge Huaimin is also very cooperative, I will go wherever you want me to go. But when we arrive, let's talk about it. Haven't you heard that the general will be subject to the orders of the king? On the 9th, Ge Huaimin arrived at Wating Village, and immediately recruited elite soldiers from all over Jingyuan Road. All the army generals quickly approached him, and immediately assigned tasks: Xu Sichun, the governor of Watingzhai, and Liu He, the governor of Huanqing Road, led 5,000 soldiers to the left wing, and Tianshengzhai continued to advance after advocating your palace! On the 18th, they arrived at Wugukou, and Cao Ying, the chief general of the Zhenrong Army, the strongest military stronghold on Jingyuan Road, Zhao Xun, the capital supervisor, and Li Liangchen and Meng Yuan, the inspectors of the West Road, all joined the brigade one after another.

Ge Huaimin's forces were far beyond the limits given to him by Wang Yan. To wait for the enemy in the hinterland of Watingzhai is just to defend. Defend? But he wants to gather all the forces around him, what is Ge Huaimin's intention?

Concentrate your forces and attack! No matter where the location is, I want a decisive battle for the group army! Under the decision of this line of thought, the Song army advanced to the border with the inspection envoy Xiang Jin, Liu Zhan as the vanguard, and Zhao Yu as the rear army, and advanced to the border! At this time, their position was safe, because they had not yet crossed the town of Rongjun. But the main general Ge Huaimin became impatient, he was not satisfied with such a marching speed! So the army replenished supplies before the war in Anbian Village, and before the loading was completed, he couldn't wait to lead the army to pull out. At night, camp in the north 1 of Kaiyuan Fort.

20th. When approaching the Zhenrong army, Ge Huaimin's urgency reached a limit. He left behind his large group of men and horses and rushed forward with only more than 100 cavalry. I don't know what he's going to do. Could it be that there is some god in the dark that hints at him, Li Yuanhao is dancing and singing not far ahead, just waiting for him to rush over and chop it off?

But as he ran, one of his petty officials, Zhao Zheng, suddenly said to him: General, if you run further, you will get close to the Xixia people, let's stop.

Yes? Stop it? Oh... Good! Stop. And so he stopped! So what are you running for?

At night, Ge Huaimin's army entered the city of raising horses. Previously, Cao Ying, Li Zhihe, Wang Bao, Wang Wen, Li Yue, Zhao Lin and others were all assembled 6 miles west of Zhenrong Military City. They went out of the city during the day to make rounds. Go back to the city at night and defend yourself, so for 3 whole days... This night, they also came to Yangma City to see Ge Huaimin.

Ge Huaimin told them the latest information very angrily: Li Yuanhao has appeared, he will cross the boundary trench tomorrow, and we will meet it immediately!

General Ge's battle plan can be called the most correct, the most classic, and the most widely used. His troops were divided into four routes: Liu Zhan, Xiang in and out of Xishuikou; Zhao Xun out of Lotus Castle; Cao Ying out of Liu Fanbao; He took the Chinese army out of Dingxi Fort. It is worthy of being a famous family, and he is deeply familiar with the art of war of the Great Song Dynasty. Every time Song Taizong and Song Zhenzong invaded the party and the Khitan, didn't they divide their troops into several routes? So he did the same. But the small Jingyuan Road, the small Zhenrong Army, is it necessary for you to toss so much?

At that time, some people objected: Zhao Xun "Li Yuanhao drove straight in, and others had many horses." Sharp, not easy to deal with. We had to drag him, set up defenses in Malan City, and keep the grain route unobstructed in the Zhenrong army. In a long time, they will fall, and then we will go again! But if you go up to fight at this time..."He looked at his colleagues around him, and his expression was very dark, "We will be killed cleanly..."

This was the first turning point in the Battle of Dingchuan Village. Song Junru listened. This battle that would determine the fate of Song Xia would have had a very different outcome. However, after Ge Huaimin's fame, with nearly 70,000 heavy troops (the Jingyuan Road has the largest number of troops in Shaanxi), no one in the Song Dynasty has ever had such a huge military force. Unprecedented troop strength. Coupled with a huge family honor, how can you be a turtle with a shrunken head?

Never! So the most powerful of the four routes of the Song army - Cao Ying, Li Zhihe set off overnight. After dawn on the 21st, Ge Huaimin was just about to set off when he suddenly received a battle report: Liu Zhan and Xiang Jin met the Western Xia people in Zhaofu Xinbao, they were defeated, and they were retreating to the Xiangjiaxia area. Ge Huaimin's first reaction: Immediately gather troops and go to Xiangjiaxia to eat this Western Xia soldier first! But the war report is here again. The Song Army's intelligence work, which suffered the most in the first two wars, seemed to have suddenly risen to a higher level, and both the reconnaissance power and the speed of reporting were super fast.

The battle report this time is: The main force of the Western Xia Army has been discovered, and it is not the one that defeated Liu Zhan at all, but has just crossed the boundary trench from the direction of Dingchuan Village and is advancing towards my hinterland!

So what are you waiting for? Ge Huaimin gave an order: All the troops in the theater should quickly assemble to Dingchuan Village! That's the main battlefield, and you have to get there!

The super smooth communication ability worked again, and the commander's command was instantly transmitted to the hands of the various Song armies. Except for Liu Zhan and Xiang Jin's troops, who could not be in place in the defeat and retreat, including Ge Huaimin's Chinese army, at noon, all the Song troops rushed to Dingchuan Village at great speed...

At this time, the main force of Western Xia really appeared. But their first move was not to challenge, but to cut off the water source, destroy the bridge, and divide into 24 groups to surround Dingchuan Village...

In the face of a desperate battle, General Ge's tactics are very subtle, and I don't know how to describe it. Test? Or are you looking for death?

It is said that the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty has always had Fanluo cavalry, which is composed of local Qiang, Dangxiang, Tubo and other attached ethnic groups, with strong combat effectiveness. Generally speaking, when such elite power is used at the most critical moment, it is by no means the beginning of the war, but the stage of stalemate after mutual consumption is used to win the decisive battle!

But General Ge was more unusual, and at the beginning, he sent all 5,000 cavalry of the Tibetan tribe out of Lu. Facing 100,000 Western Xia cavalry. One enemy twenty? The result can only be a big defeat. In this way, at the beginning of the war, the Song army not only lost its elite combat power, but also severely damaged its own morale. At this time, Ge Huaimin ordered the whole army to go out of the village and line up to meet the enemy! Ge Huaimin's Chinese army was arrayed in the east of Zhaimen, and Cao Ying, the commander of the Zhenrong army, was arrayed in the northeast. General Ge Da's strength should be around 60,000 at this time. In the face of Li Yuanhao's 100,000 people, although there are still fewer enemies, it is no longer a one-to-ten contest like before!

What is funny is that there is such strength, and it should be the Song army who desperately broke through. was actually on the defensive, and the main attack was actually the Western Xia side. Li Yuanhao directly sent the elite cavalry Iron Harrier to attack Ge Huaimin's Chinese army, but he could rush several times in a row, but he couldn't rush. So Li Yuanhao changed direction and began to attack Cao Ying. That's when something strange happened...

The history books record that "the black wind starts from the northeast", and the violent gale is actually black? Straight to the Song army position. The Western Xia army attacked with the wind, and Cao Ying's troops did not distinguish between the enemy and me at all, and collapsed in an instant! Reading history so far, people are speechless, and when it is another time in the future when it is related to the life and death of the party, it is still the strange wind that saves Li Yuanhao and his Western Xia Kingdom! Then. It's when the top three really take shape... I can't help but want to ask: Li Yuanhao, are you the reincarnation of Zhuge Kongming's demon dao?

The collapse of the Song army was without warning, and they rushed to retreat to Dingchuan Village, and the main general, Cao Ying, was shot in the face and fell in the trench. And this also affected Ge Huaimin's Chinese army. They also rushed to run into the walled gate, Ge Huaimin fell in the crowd, and was trampled by his subordinates and "ravaged a few deaths" in the urn city, and after a long time, Ge Huaimin woke up. Damn it! He sent his own guards, a total of thousands of broadswords to the walled gate. It happened that Zhao Xun also arrived with troops. After a random chop, the Tangut people were finally killed and retreated.

The battlefield was calm for the time being, but Ge Huaimin said that he would not return to the camp at all. Of course, there are no specific instructions or actions to be taken. Anyway, I just don't go back! It wasn't until Zhao Xun came to invite him several times that he returned to the camp!

On this night, the Western Xia army sang around Dingchuan Village, and sang directly to Ge Huaimin, the chief general of the Song army-aren't you a big expert in the deployment hall who studies maps? You're so good at garrisoning. Directly in our encirclement, what do you want to do now?

What to do? Of course, the only way to get out of the way! On the fourth watch, Ge Huaimin summoned the generals. It was decided to go to the Zhenrong Army. It was the strongest military stronghold on Jingyuan Road. Once you get there, you will not only survive, but you will also be able to continue fighting! All the generals present agreed, except for one person.

Zhao Xun, he put forward another idea, which was very biased at the time, but history will prove: this is the last life of the Song army in the battle of Dingchuan Village...

Let's break through to the cage city, don't go to Zhenrong Army! Although it was strong, there were two deadly dangers: 1 The Tangut people had long known its significance, and they must have set up an ambush with heavy troops; 2Where we came, and the water of our way has been cut off, how shall we return? And Cage City is different, "he is not in danger, and the thief is unexpected", Li Yuanhao would never have imagined that we would take that road.

Looking at the map, the Zhenrong army is a little southeast of Dingchuan Village, and the cage city is directly south of Dingchuan Village. This is not the point, the point is that the straight-line distance from Dingchuan Village to Longgan City is nearly 4 times the straight-line distance to Zhenrong Army! If you listen to Zhao Xun, General Ge's dignity will have to go a lot more...

This night, Ge Huaimin didn't speak, he had to think again... This thought comes to mind at dawn the next day, and the decision has not yet been made...

Zhao Xun was furious, he suddenly pulled out his knife and slashed at his fingers: If we don't break through, we will all die, what else do you want to do with this hand! Everyone rushed up and grabbed him, and Ge Huaimin finally made a decision: Let's break through! Target Zhenrong Army! No one is allowed to object, no one is allowed to discuss, go now!

At the crisp dawn on September 23, General Ge was about to break through the village and flee for his life! What would be chosen at this time? Not in the middle of the night, not in the middle of the day, must have a good night's sleep in the Xixia people, the weather is neither cold nor hot, very suitable for sports time period to do things? Can anyone tell me what the hell is this for?

Moreover, Ge Huaimin went out in person again, and said to the soldiers (please note, it is all his soldiers and horses) We are going to break through, everyone should not mess up, and only when you hear the drums of the Chinese army can you act! Next, he assigned tasks: Cao Ying and Zhao Xun were the vanguards, Liu He and Xu Sichun were the left and right wings, and Li Zhihe, Wang Bao, and Wang Wen were broken! These... That's right.

In the morning, Ge Huaimin suddenly came out of the tent and got on the horse, and ordered the generals to break through with him! And at this time, the Chinese army was silent, and the drums did not sound at all!

Immediately, a soldier woke up and rushed up to stop him, General Ge was doing the most shameless move of a soldier: abandon the army and flee! Shi Zai: Ge Huaimin was stopped on the spot, and he had no choice but to stop. But he didn't return the account, and continued to give orders very smartly: My sons Ge Zongsheng and Guo Jing, you and a few commanders will go to collect grain and grass, and take all the remaining supplies from Dingchuan Village out of Lu! This move won the hearts of the people: the Lord is going to take us with him. We did this because we were afraid that we wouldn't have eaten...

But he was too happy, and before Guo Jing and the others came back, Ge Huaimin suddenly got on the horse for the second time! The soldiers rushed up again and pulled his horse again. Ge Huaimin's ugly face was completely revealed, and after shouting to no avail, he pulled out his knife and slashed at the soldier who pulled the horse... In this way, he "rushed" out of Dingchuan Village!

He did it. No matter how many people laughed at him then and in the future, it would take a whole night to make a breakthrough decision... I'm afraid I can't hide his identification with himself: I'm really a smart person! After thinking about it all night, Ge Huaimin figured out how to save his life. Let's guess with the heart of a villain. First of all, it is clear how many soldiers he brought out: the general of the unified army, including 16 soldiers, more than 9,400 soldiers, and more than 600 horses... There were 70,000 soldiers on Jingyuan Road, and more than 5,000 were killed in the previous battle, and nearly 10,000 were brought out at this time, and there should be more than 50,000 left in Dingchuan Village. This is a huge number, for Li Yuanhao, it should be impossible to refuse, no matter what, he has to eat it! And the 10,000 who escaped... There is no doubt that the people of Western Xia will definitely let him go Ge Huaimin and eat Dingchuan Village! In this way, he can return home safely with all the generals and nearly 10,000 soldiers. After returning home? It's the same failure, I'm much stronger than Liu Ping and Ren Fu, at least the generals are very complete, and the soldiers are not dead, and I can avoid the death penalty at any point...

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, and now Li Yuanhao just needs a big victory to get rid of his bad international situation, and he must retain his military strength, because there are still enemies eyeing him... So Li Yuanhao didn't have the strength to eat more than 50,000, but he was quite interested in eating Ge Huaimin's 10,000!

So Ge Huaimin's 10,000 people rushed out of the road only 2 miles, and when they arrived at the edge of the Great Wall trench, they found that there was no road ahead, the bridges and roads had been destroyed, but the Western Xia cavalry behind them was overwhelming! The so-called most difficult battle of the three major wars of Song and Xia, the Battle of Dingchuan Village, actually took place on the edge of the Great Wall! The Song army from Ge Huaimin to the next 16 generals were all killed, and the soldiers were all wiped out... The more than 50,000 people who had been waiting for the drum in Dingchuan Village were fine. They first found out that they had been deceived, and then they were surprised to find that the enemy was gone with the manager?

The Tanguts ignored them anymore and kept rushing south! People with a little military common sense know that the matter is getting bigger, Jingyuan Road has been penetrated, and Li Yuanhao has driven straight into the capital Weizhou City! It doesn't get any worse than that! The 70,000 horses and horses on Jingyuan Road are here, and even the surrounding capital Weizhou has become an undefended pure civilian area, the enemy can do whatever he wants, and the Song Dynasty has no power to fight back! One of the most well-prepared battles has been fought in an unprecedented crisis!

However, the Battle of Dingchuan Village is a very special and very supernatural atypical battle in the history of the Song-Xia War. The unprecedented combat power is super wretched. And he has no ability to fight, but he can let Li Yuanhao take the initiative to run away. The key point is on Wang Yan, the boss of Jingyuan Road.

Li Yuanhao's brigade went all the way and rushed to the city of Weizhou without any obstacles! But when he got to the door, he didn't dare to go in.

Seeing the flags waving on the head of the city, and the frequent transfer of personnel, he went around a big circle to look left and right, this is a murderous mansion door, not a residential area that is straight up and waiting to be cut at all. What's going on? There were so many soldiers on the original road of the Song Dynasty, and a large number of them remained in the city of Weizhou? Li Yuanhao hesitated for a long time, and decided to leave after the last moment. Again, he always remembered what the purpose of this dispatch was.

Li Yuanhao left Weizhou City, and the rest of Jingyuan Road was in trouble. He captured the two cities of Lanma and Pingquan, and plundered more than 700 miles to the south. And made a speech along the way, "I want to come to Weishui in person, directly according to Chang'an" (to be continued......)