Tang Chong Yang Zongmin defended Yongxing, and then issued a document to ask for help from the Guanxi Five Roads, but at this time, Zhang Jun was in charge of the Jingyuan Army and the Qin Feng Army, Zhang Hao commanded the Xihe Army and the Huanqing Army, and Wang Shu's Yan Army was in charge, all of which had to face the offensive of Western Xia.

At the beginning of the spring of the third year of Jianyan, the Xia people knew that the Song Dynasty was unprepared on the front line of Hengshan, and there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. If you dare to disobey, you should be punished by a soldier. The Song Dynasty's northwest defense line suddenly became tense again.

Zhang Jun, Zhang Hao and Wang Shu, three civil officials in Hexi, exchanged messages and discussed how to deal with the Xia State.

Wang Shu's attitude was the most distinct, and he wrote to Zhang Jun and Zhang Hao: "The righteous doctor of the Spring and Autumn Period has someone who can benefit the country when he goes out of Xinjiang. Specialized. Xia Guo is suffering from small and slowing down, and people are suffering from big and fast. Fang Huang was frustrated in the Xihe River, ran north in this road, and his children did not know the discipline, occupying Tonghua to take a break from the summer. Your Excellency can supervise the soldiers and generals to cooperate in righteous deeds, and Caochen should give food and pay to rush forward first, although it cannot wash away the shame of the snow, but can also drive the whole Qin to cross the river and lay the pillow Xu Tu to recover. The summer people have not yet grown in autumn, they are hungry and tired, so why not raise troops? You can protect it. ”

Wang Shu advocated that when the Jin soldiers were advancing, the Song army should attack the Western Xia with great fanfare, and the Western Xia was in a famine and must not be able to resist, so that after the Song army was forced to retreat from the Western Xia, they could turn back and deal with the Jin soldiers safely," Xu Tu recovered. ”

Zhang Jun was stationed in Jiejingyuan Road at this time, and he took Wang Shu's letter to ask Quduan to be in charge of the six roads in Hexi.

Qu Duan has always been arrogant, when the generals such as the Seed Master Dao, the Seed Master, and Liu Yanqing died, and when Wang Yu and Liu Guangshi and others were in the east, Qu Duan was the oldest and most prestigious general in the Western Army. Qu Duan has already made the soldiers and horses of the six roads in Hexi his own bag.

Now the three major civil officials in Hexi, Zhang Jun is very dependent on Quduan, Zhang Hao's prestige was lost after the failure to rescue Taiyuan, and the two armies of Xihe and Huanqing under his command were under the command of Liu Rui and Zhao Zhe respectively.

Zhao Zhe is a cronie brought by Zhang Jun from Bianliang, as long as he listens to Zhang Jun, he is currently listening to Quduan, and Liu Rui is the fifth son of Liu Zhongwu, a famous general of the Western Army, and Liu Rui who gave up Pingyang and fled in the first year of Jingkang. But for Qu Duan, Liu Rui is an old man of the Western Army, and he is cowardly by nature, which is exactly what he can control.

The main force of the Yongxing Army was the 11th general of the Yuanjingyuan Army led by Wu Jue. Therefore, in Qu Duan's view, only Yan Yanlu under the rule of Wang Shu did not listen to his own words.

Now that Western Xia is disturbing the border, Wang Shu has already taken advantage of the famine in Xia to fight Xia back head-on. Qu Duan agreed with this method from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't like Wang Shu, so he wanted to wring it out.

Qu Duan said to Zhang Jun: "Wang Jingluo said that the western thieves will not come when there is a famine, so why demonstrate." Why don't you send envoys to make peace with the thieves in the west, so that you can concentrate on dealing with the gold thieves. ”

Zhang Jun thought so, and sent the host and guest Xie Liang to the Xia Kingdom and entered the summer from Huanqing Road.

When Wang Shu learned this, he beat his chest and paused: "The judgment is wrong, and the move of harmony will be seen through by the Xia Kingdom." ”

The Yan Yan Road was slightly appeased, so that Wang Shu immediately occupied the mouth and said: "The Jin people committed this dynasty for the first time, and tried to clear the boundary with the Jinsu River, who will guard it now." The traitors of the state are insatiable, and their neighbors are so good. The greedy minister He Guo has contempt. Xia Guo bowed to the past, than Wen Jin people want to attack Xingling from Jing Yuan, Fang Che is chilled, not trying to take advantage of the urgency of others, although the shogunate is a few soldiers, but the division of moderation is still worthy of a battle, what is the use of doing this. ”

Another envoy was sent to Helan Si of Xia State, and at the same time Hu Yansu and Hu Yanchi were hunted in Hengshan, and Xia Jun "suddenly shrank his armor and did not dare to reply".

But just when Xie Liang returned and the Song army thought that everything was fine, the Xia people then covered the border with troops and Yan Yan had no alarm.

Qu Duan judged that the Western Xia army would not come back, but as a result, the fixed side he defended was lost, and the Yan Yan guarded by Wang Shu had no alarm.

Originally, Dingbian Fort was lost, but the place was suitable for defense and was not conducive to attack, so Western Xia could not use this as a starting point to further attack the Song Dynasty.

But Qu Duan's face couldn't be hung up. In the name of the control of the six routes, he led the Jingyuan army, with Liu Qi as his deputy, and led Liu Xi's Qin Feng army, Liu Rui's Xihe army, Zhao Zhe's Huanqing army, and recalled Wu Jue's subordinate Jingyuan 11th general in Jingzhao Mansion to gather the main force of Hexi to start a war with Western Xia.

The war was fought from summer to autumn, and the two sides won and lost each other, and the stalemate lasted until Wanyan Lou surrounded Jingzhao Mansion, and the battle with Western Xia did not stop.

"Lou Room surrounded Jingzhao Mansion? This old man picked up a big fat sheep. "Wanyan Sticky Han has returned to Datong, "Let's also go west, take Fuzhou, Linzhou, and Fengzhou, and think it is the flank." ”

"Daddy, what to do with those fat sheep in that hall?"

This time, Wanyan Sticky Han brought several Song captives from Shangjing and placed them under house arrest in Datong and the Guanzhong Ancestral Hall.

"Don't worry about them for now, they are entertained with meals every day, they used to be emperors and princesses, and they will be emperors and queens in the future, don't be too humiliated."

Wanyan Muhan and his son ordered all the soldiers and horses, and went straight to Fuzhou: "This Fuzhou can be sought, the famous generals of the Song Dynasty declare that they are not under the way of the planter, the children should be careful, and they should not underestimate the enemy." ”

"This Bozhou civil official is so difficult, the little ones underestimate the enemy." Servant Sanzhong reported to Wanyan Wushu.

Wanyan Wushu went south to Huaixi this time, did not take the old road of sticky Han, but took a shortcut and went straight to Bozhou, preparing to take Bozhou, and then oppress Huaidong and force Jiangning.

But I didn't expect to be blocked by an unknown Zhizhou in Bozhou for five days.

It was nearly noon on the day, and the ditch was filled four zhang long and ten zhang wide. After finishing the Yan Wushu herald, the towering nest car commanding soldier behind him waved the flag and struck the golden gong.

The servant who was in charge of escorting the strong men to fill the trench led his subordinates to retrieve the corpses of the soldiers who died in the battle during the trench filling and retreated together.

Fu Shi Lie Zhining took a few Mouke to lift the trench filling cart, met the cannon stone bow, and rushed to the front of the trench.

Unfolded the shelf with all his hands and feet, and landed heavily on the opposite side, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The governor of the Song Dynasty at the head of the city passed some orders, and the soldiers of the city tower stirred the wheels, put down the gange board, and hung down in front of the city gate. The board is wrapped with iron leaf nails, which is thick and solid, enough to prevent the Song soldiers from clashing with the city gate.

A lieutenant held the flag and waved it a few times, and a large group of archers gathered, and the ignited rockets rose into the sky and fell densely on the frame plate of the trench filler.

The trench filling truck is drenched with water, and it can be kept safe for the time being. Fu Shi Lie Zhining shouted and shouted, and drove his subordinates to brave the fire and rain and rush through the trench. Leave two Mok behind, extinguish the rocket, and protect the shelf.

The servant scattered Zhongyi shouted, and with his own personal guards to conquer 300 people, as well as the golden soldiers and warriors who came spontaneously, rushed forward.

At this time, on the edge of the city, Su Shi Lie Zhining had already erected two cloud ladders. The ladder is not simply a ladder, there is a carriage under the folded ladder, and six wheels are placed. The carriage is completely enclosed and covered with raw cowhide. The soldiers who moved the ladder hid inside, not afraid of their bows.

Moreover, the four sides of the ladder were wrapped in confiscated quilts and felt skins, and the smoke and rockets were impenetrable and could not be lit.

The light drum advances, and the heavy drum hits. The sound of war drums in the camp became heavier, and Fu Shi Lie Zhining swung his sword to cut down the arrows that came from him, urging the soldiers to climb the ladder to the city. Two or three of his own soldiers lifted their one-man high shields and surrounded him, front and back, left and right.

Fusan Zhongyi personally took the lead, and more than a dozen monks and hundreds of households and ten masters drove their subordinates with the back of their knives, and they went up the ladder in a disorderly manner. Faced with this ant-attached scene, the magistrate of the city was not shocked and ordered gently. In the battlements of the city wall, more than a dozen rows of forked trees poked out, aimed at the ladder, and pushed hard. The soldiers who fixed the ladder under the city shouted encouragement, confronted the city in both directions, and struggled to stabilize it so that the ladder would not fall.

A dozen or so climbed fast to the middle of the ladder.

On the horse face and city tower protruding from the left and right of the city wall, the arrows of the Song Dynasty soldiers flew wildly, shooting down several golden soldiers on the ladder. The horse face is also called the hard building, the straight city wall is built here, protrudes a few meters to the outside, and after walking a few meters, it falls back again, keeping the original straight. Soldiers can stand on this raised platform, cross fire, and cover the walls.

The soldier who fell from the height, screaming, crashed into the crowd under the dense ladder. He fell to his death on the spot, his brain burst, and his flesh and blood flew everywhere. This kind of death is much more terrible than dying on flat ground. Can't stand the visual impact, a few timid, take a few steps back.

Fu Shi Lie Zhining rushed forward step by step, kicked them to the ground, threatened with a saber, and shouted angrily: "Military order, those who take a step back, behead!" ”

Fu Shi Lie Zhining selected archers, shot the horse face and the Song soldiers of the city tower on his back, and protected the ladder. Personally pick up a hitchhiker and use the iron hook on it to hook the Venerable Master.

The soldiers of the Song Dynasty didn't notice it, and they were really hooked down by him. When he fell, Jin Bing cut off his head and hung his head in public. The soldiers gathered around cheered in unison, and their morale was greatly boosted.

Seeing that the row of forked wood was eager to work, the governor of the city issued another order. Brought over a few wolf fangs. The battlements were placed, the winch was turned, and the long, thick log was lifted and smashed horizontally onto the ladder. There were big nails on the solid wood, as sharp as wolf teeth, and two or three soldiers who were about to reach the battlement were instantly nailed through, and blood flew away, pouring the soldiers below. One of the soldiers had his armor stuck in the spikes, and he couldn't break free, screaming miserably, and struck back and forth with the clap of the wolf's fangs. Gradually, it fell silent.

Soon, the ladder broke.

The servant who was clinging to the halfway waist of the ladder screamed and fell from the air. Seeing that he was about to fall to the ground, Su Shi Lie Zhining and several people rushed up desperately, used their bodies as cushions, and caught him. Several golden soldiers who were cushioned directly below were stoned to death by the armor-wearing servant Sanzhongyi.

Fusan Zhongyi jumped up from the ground, not caring about the wounds on his body, and not looking at the golden soldiers who were crushed to death by him, brandishing his knife, to rush to another cloud ladder.

At this time, in the barracks outside the trench, Mingjin collected his troops.

Not only is he loyal, but he is also very unwilling. Looking back, the soldiers who remained on the trench filling truck could not extinguish the rocket, and the fire of the trench filling truck was scurrying. If you don't retreat, there is no way back. Only then did he put away the ladder and return it to the camp.