At the same time as the battle started on the side of Xiazhou City, the side of Dejing Town also attacked, and they did not act like Zhao Yong who attacked Xiazhou City. The thieves were no different from the robbers, a group of people rushed up with torches and threw down a few explosives packets to blow up the low wall from all sides, the patrolling soldiers had not yet recovered from the shock, the saber had already cut their necks, the sentry on the watchtower had just picked up the arrow, the hook had been thrown up, a few galloping horses did not stop, rushing forward, as if the earthquake was coming again, the sentry felt that his feet were shaking, and hurriedly abandoned the bow and arrow, and hugged the column, but it was useless, the column became his lifeline in a blink of an eye, and the whole tower collapsed and sent him to the western sky。

The sound of thunderous horses' hooves knocked on the loess road in the town, and the Xia soldiers in the stockade never dreamed that the Song army would arrive here, and thought that the bastard boys of which tribe had drunk too much wine and went to the town in the middle of the night to provoke, and the commander of the leading troops scolded and scolded a few of his subordinates with knives and walked out, ready to teach these guys who don't know how to know the height of the sky and the thickness of the road, and disturb people's dreams.

But the scene in front of him can not be described as shock, a group of cavalry rushed into the stockade, quickly controlled the commanding heights, intersections, stables and barns in the stockade, and slashed those soldiers who had the same idea as him along the passage in the camp, this seemingly chaotic scene was orderly, the horses under the attackers, the knives in their hands were all standard weapons, where the people in the tribe could have, it was clear that this was a well-trained army.

"Prepare to meet the enemy, someone will attack the camp..."The commander of the Xia army shouted loudly, in fact, he didn't need to shout, everyone knew what was going on, but they didn't understand which army these guys with different military uniforms belonged to, but when people moved knives, they must be friends and foes, and we can't wait for death, and those who don't have time to pick up knives and guns will pick up anything, anyway, they hold something in their hands, and they can't care about the power now.

The efforts of the Xia Jun's commander were soon ended by the sound of gunfire and the tooth-aching sound of knives coming into contact with the human body. His head was held on the tip of a knife to intimidate those who were still trying to resist, and he watched helplessly as his men were killed or captured one by one with bloodshot eyes open. Pondering where these attackers came from.

The three battalions of the loyal and brave army against more than 1,000 Xia troops were like tigers entering a flock of sheep, no, it should be called a group of tigers to pounce on the sheep, and two thousand iron horsemen swept through the camp like a wind. Waded through the market town, leaving behind corpses and flames./ The dead are long gone, and the living seems to be still in a dream, why was he a citizen of the Great Xia Kingdom just now, why did he become a prisoner of the Great Song Dynasty in a blink of an eye? Those who can't think of it want to work hard. But I soon ran out of ideas... Now it is summer, the days are long and the nights are short, the northwest is brighter earlier, the first day of the Yin time has been bright, the loyal army has a 'fierce battle' not only occupied Qiliping and seized the 'national cellar', but also controlled the large and small tribes within a radius of 30 miles.

When the sun reached overhead, the leaders of more than a dozen tribes, large and small, suddenly reported to the loyal warriors, followed by a long procession. There were several thousand of them. There were not only old and young, but also camels, pack horses, and oxen-drawn high-wheeled carts, if it weren't for the fact that they were holding the flag issued by the loyal and brave army in their hands and carrying no weapons on their bodies, Wang Heng, who was in charge of guarding, almost ordered someone to shoot. After stopping and asking, I realized that these people were all people recruited by Zhao Zhong from various tribes, and they were responsible for pouring grain into Xiazhou...

"Zhao Zhong. You recruited all these people? I'm sorry for you. "Zhao Zhongren, as his name suggests, is a well-known loyal and honest person in the loyal army. Work diligently, like an old scalper. will not cheat and play tricks, Zhao Ren knows this brother very well, seeing that he has attracted so many people in less than half a day, he must have done what he didn't want to do against his will. …,

"It's not difficult, I told them that we are from the Great Song Loyal Army, and asked them to help carry the grain, and these people followed!" Zhao Zhong wiped the sweat from his head and said with a smile.

"Wouldn't they, these people listen to you like that? You shouldn't have forced it with a knife on someone's neck! Wang Heng on the side pursed his lips and expressed his disbelief, the transfer of grain has always been everyone's heart disease since the time of departure, 100,000 stone grain can be piled up into a hill, to move them to Xiazhou City in a short period of time It is a big project, there are fewer people and it is impossible to complete it, but it is not easy to recruit people in the enemy country, and it is impossible to do it without taking out some thunderbolt means.

"Really, let me tell them that you all know the way of our loyal soldiers, everyone has heard of what they did in the Divine Brave Army Division last year, and they will understand it as soon as they hear it, and they are obedient!" Zhao Zhong said seriously.

"Damn, Lord Wang, we are really notorious, everything we did last year has been reported here!" Wang Heng grinned bitterly and said to the east, they have done a lot of bad things in the Divine Brave Army, killing people, setting fires, robbing people, and robbing things, "Then you are not afraid of these rebellions, after all, this is their territory!" ”

"It's okay, I invited the wives and children of their leaders to live in the town, and entertained them with delicious food and drink, why do they rebel, if you are good to them, they will be good to you, right!" Zhao Zhong's honest face could not see a trace of fluctuation, and he said sincerely.

"Oh, then they won't rebel, but if they don't work, you can kill pigs and sheep for them to eat!" Wang Heng understood as soon as he heard it, Zhao Zhong's kid was bad enough, he tied up other people's wives and daughters as hostages, and said it so high-soundingly, an upright person like Zhao Zhong can do these things, it can be seen that he was also taken bad by the prince. But he still doesn't believe that this can get things done, and people will make trouble for you, what can you do, you have to use a saber to speak.

"Hehe, I haven't reported this matter to the capital control yet, and I have made a decision in private!" Zhao Zhong didn't think it was a pestle after hearing this, and turned his face to Zhao Ren and said.

"What have you done?" Zhao Ren hurriedly asked, Zhao Ren has always asked for more instructions and reported more things, and never did anything out of line.

"The prince said that everyone has selfish intentions, and some things are like doing business, as long as there is enough temptation, even the business of killing heads is also done." Zhao Zhong may also feel that he is in charge of his own affairs, this matter is a bit unauthentic, so he first moved out the 'Quotations of the Prince', "The Xixia people are short of food, and food is their lifeblood, so I made a deal with them with food!" ”

"What price, you won't lose money, right?" Zhao Ren also knows that although there are two major grain-producing areas in Hexi and Hetao in Western Xia, they are far from meeting the demand, and the people of Xixia 'eat stock vines and salty tents in spring, cistanche seedlings and small turnips in summer, eat chicken in autumn, and the ground leaves are yellow, and in winter they store sand onions, wild leeks, frost resistance, gray strips, white artemisia, and salted pine nuts for the year', ordinary people are hungry with wild vegetables and grass seeds all year round, and they may not be able to eat a meal made of grain, and the temptation of food to Xia people is indeed not ordinary, and Zhao Zhong has seized their life.

"Cut, you are too underestimated, you have followed the prince for so many years, if you make a loss-making deal, you will not uncover my skin when you turn around!" Zhao Zhong expressed great dissatisfaction with Zhao Ren's words, in the circle of people around the prince, losing money and being incompetent are equated, "The prince wants us to transport back at least 50,000 stone of grain as a reserve for the army's westward expedition, and destroy it on the spot if it can't be transported, right!" I now promise the leaders of those tribes that for every stone of grain transported, I will return five buckets to them, and if 100,000 stone of grain is transported to Xiazhou, as long as they are given 5,000 stone of grain as transportation money, we will get 95,000 stone of grain. ”…,

"Earned, earned, with so much food, even the feed for livestock has been solved!" Zhao Ren was overjoyed when he heard this, with this food, it was enough for them to last for half a year, Wang Heng also nodded when he heard it, thinking in his heart that when he didn't fight, he would have to do business himself, and then he must pull Zhao Zhong into the gang, such a 'good person' is hard to find!

Thanks to someone as capable as Zhao Zhong, the grain of Qiliping was continuously sent into Xiazhou City, and under the stimulation of the white-flour steamed buns, the people broke out with great ability, and the national cellar warehouse was moved to a fine place after a day and a night. The chiefs were even more glad when they held the tea and liquor offered by the loyal soldiers, and promised to send the horses and grass to the city within two days, of course, not for free, but in exchange for food.

The news of the occupation of Xiazhou by the Song army did not spread until five days later, although the killing or capture of officials and officials stationed in Xiazhou was an important reason. Another reason can not but be said to be the failure of the tribal system implemented in Western Xia, for these nomadic tribes, the national interests will always be ranked after the interests of the tribes, in order to absorb the small profits in front of everyone, everyone jointly blocked the news, in fact, this is also blamed on the Xia government for its poor military force, self-indulgence, regardless of their own shallow family background but to continue to provoke wars, under the tyrannical conquest, the people live in hardship, have to think of their own way.

successfully took Xiazhou City, solved the problem of eating, and Zhao Ren also pocketed the iron smelting business in Xiazhou. Next, while resting and recuperating, while consolidating the city defense, Zhao Ren set up the tent in the Yamen, the former Xiazhou city lord in Xicheng, although there is a palace left over from the previous dynasties, he does not dare to move in, it is taboo, and it is not good to be guilty of rebellion.

The city of Xiazhou is vast, and Zhao Renbu has only more than 8,000 people, and he is not rich in the use of troops. The purpose of seizing Xiazhou City was to control the Wuding River Road and block the enemy's reinforcements, so Zhao Ren focused his defense on the outer city, which was approaching the edge of the platform on the north bank of the Wuding River, condescendingly looking down on the road along the river, as long as the Outer Corridor City was not lost, and the road was controlled with dense artillery fire, no matter which direction the enemy came from, it would not be possible to pass through Xiazhou smoothly. Therefore, Zhao Ren arranged the machine gun battalion and the four battalions of the dragon general and the lion general in the outer city; The eastern city was defended by two battalions of the lion generals; He sat in Xicheng and defended the two battalions with leopards; The baggage battalion guards the warehouse and ensures the supply of materials for each battalion; The military department's pro-soldier battalion, engineer battalion and scout battalion are in reserve and can be reinforced at any time. (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. )