The strategy of entering Lingzhou has been decided, but there is still a difficulty ahead, according to the report of the scout, the Xia army has already deployed heavy troops on this mountain beam leading to Lingzhou, preparing to block the Song army from Lingzhou, and the decisive battle has come unexpectedly ahead of schedule.

Zhao Ta looked at the map in front of him, this mountain beam known as Qingling runs in a north-south direction, runs through the middle of Yanchi County, starts from Dama'an Mountain more than ten miles northeast of Hongjingzi in the south, passes through Lingying Mountain in the north, Qingshan, Leijiagouliang, Liu Yaotou, Shishanzi, Yejiahuozi, Nantai, Beitai and other places, stretches north into the Mu Us Sand Sea, and goes straight north to the south bank of the Situ River. The relative height is about 200 meters, although it is not a big mountain, but it is quite eye-catching on the map.

"Iron Gate!" Zhao Ta looked at a pass on the Great Wall on the map, this is the only way to the Lingzhou Road, if the detour to the north will not only take many days, but also through the Maosuri Sand Sea, and the south will also have to pass through the Hanhai, it will be a severe test for their logistical supply.

"Lord Wang, the scouts have already reconnoitred, except for the Iron Gate Pass, the rest of the mountain pass roads are narrow and difficult to walk, the terrain is complex, it is easy to ambush rashly, and the terrain of the Iron Gate Pass is dangerous, there are two dangerous mountains outside the pass, there is only a narrow road between the two mountains can lead to the Iron Gate Pass, and the two mountains on the side of the road are cliffs that cannot be climbed, the enemy is in danger, as long as we control the dangerous pass twice, we can not pass, and they can attack wantonly along the way, our artillery can not deploy, Lianzhu guns, There are a lot of dead spots for machine gun firing from the back. It's hard to exert power! Jiang Fei reported the situation he had detected to the prince.

"What part of the Xia army is the defender. Who is the defender? Zhao asked.

"Lord Wang, look at the handsome banner is the name of Wang Wei of Xixia Anhui, the soldiers wear iron armor, the war horses are tall, the clothes and armor are bright, and the weapons are fully equipped, it should be the elite transferred from Xingzhou and Xiliang, but the flag is... It's Xiao Heda, the number of people is not clear for the time being! Jiang Fei reported back.

"The coach is Anhui, this guy is dancing and writing. Poetry and painting are good hands, helping Li Qianshunxing to learn and favor Confucianism to be crowned king, but he does not dare to compliment the army and fight. Xiao Heda is brave and resourceful, cautious and cautious. I suffered our loss last time, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with! Zhao Ta habitually touched his chin and said.

"Jiang Fei, you send more scouts, find out the terrain around Tiemen Pass, and find out the deployment of the enemy's troops!" Zhao Ta commanded.

"Yes, Lord Wang, I'll do it right away!" Jiang Fei saluted and went out.

"It's already time, isn't the prince resting?" Although this is called a city, it is a large fortress, and the mansion of the city lord has now become the king's camp. But what good house can there be in this place, a few rows of rammed earth houses are surrounded by a circle, and Zhe Meiluan, who lives in the same courtyard, saw that the lights in the prince's house were still on, and asked Zhao Xin who was on duty at night softly.

"It's often like this, the prince is encountering a problem again, I'm afraid I'll have to stay up all night!" Zhao Xin said with a smile.

"Alas!" Zhi Meiluan sighed, although she was angry to follow the prince on the expedition, she had always followed the guards and had never been on the battlefield, "The prince is really hard." Neither will you persuade him? ”

"It's useless to persuade, you didn't see Xiye sleeping, he can't persuade him, let alone others!" Zhao Xin smiled helplessly, he looked at Zhe Meiluan and said suddenly. "Folded girl, why don't you try it. The prince may listen to you! ”

"Listen to me?!" Zhi Meiluan said in surprise, but she quickly shook her head, "The prince doesn't want to tell me now, how can he listen to my persuasion?" ”

"Girl, you're wrong, if the prince hated you, he would have thought of supporting you a long time ago, why would he still let you stay in the guards all the time, and still live in the same courtyard with him, the prince cares about you, what he hates is just what your father and brother did, and after a while, it's fine!" Zhao Xin said, "I'll prepare some supper for the prince, you can send it to him later, and by the way, persuade him to rest early!" ”…,

"Okay, but will the prince listen?" Zhe Meiluan thought for a while, gritted her teeth and said.

"It will be, from the capital, the prince has always been obsessed with you, and the prince will listen to what you say!" Zhao Xin said with a smile, but his heart was extremely bitter.

"Chief Zhao Guard, don't talk nonsense..."Although Zhe Meiluan was bold, her face was still red when she heard Zhao Xin's words, and she said shyly.

"Okay, you can send it quickly, try it and you will know it!" Zhao Xin Mali took out a food box from the room and handed it to Zhi Meiluan and said, thinking that he had been prepared for a long time.

Zhao Xin watched Zhi Meiluan enter the prince's house, stayed in the courtyard and did not leave, stared at the prince's house in a daze, and waited until Zhe Meiluan left, looking at her happy appearance, knowing that the matter had become... The candles in the room were quickly extinguished, but there were two more lines of tears on his face...

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Early in the morning, among the mountains outside the Iron Gate Pass, there was a team of more than 20 people, they belonged to the scout battalion of the loyal army, last night they used the darkness to sneak into a high ground outside the Iron Gate Pass, where they were condescending, they could clearly see the situation in the pass, and after completing the task, they had to evacuate as soon as possible while the morning fog had not dissipated, and after a while, the Xia soldiers who let go of the wood were about to go up the mountain.

The scout team quickly walked into a valley and pulled out the horses from the woods, but as soon as they got on their horses, there was a sudden sound of arrows breaking through the air, and in an instant they were overwhelmed by countless arrows, and they were shot as hedgehogs before they could react, including the war horses they sat on, and no one could escape. After a moment of silence, a group of Xia soldiers walked down from the mountain, cut off the heads of the scouts, and quickly evacuated. Their heads soon appeared on the road outside the Iron Gate, where more than a dozen human heads with blood had not yet coagulated...

The scouts of the Song army are frequently ambushed, all of this is Xiao Heda's masterpiece, although he was seriously injured, and lost Xiazhou, but the Xia army's eastern crusade failed, Cha Ge disappeared, after more than ten years of suppression, the Western Xia has no commander general, and Xiao Heda has fought with Cha Ge to the east and west, and is a fierce general, Li Qianshun knew that the name of Anhui was a few times, so he did not pursue Xiao Heda's failure, but was kind to appease, let him take over the post of deputy commander of the Xia army, as the deputy of the king to resist the attack of the Song army.

Xiao Heda fought many times with the loyal soldiers, and knew that they were not only good at city warfare, but also good at field warfare. Although the Xia army was also good at cavalry combat, but under the new tactics and sharp firearms of the loyal and brave army, it was not an opponent at all, if it crossed the Qingling Ridge was the vast Hetao Plain, where the Xia army was more difficult to resist, so he advocated defending with danger, persuaded Wei Ming Anhui, and the commander's elite soldiers hurried to the Iron Gate Pass to fortify.

In view of the situation of the Song army, Xiao Heda formulated a battle plan, not to do a head-to-head battle with the Song army in the field, but only to defend it by danger, and to exhaust the Song army with the traditional guerrilla, ambush, and sneak attack tactics of the Western Xia army, and prevent them from advancing to Lingzhou. He knew that Zhao Ta's army was cautious in marching and fighting, and paid attention to the collection of intelligence, so he intercepted and killed the scouts of the Song army who went deep into the hinterland, disrupting the intelligence collection of the Song army, so that Zhao Ta could not figure out the details of the Xia army and slowed down the march, and they took the opportunity to gain time to strengthen the defense of the Iron Gate Pass.

Almost at the same time, Zhao Ta obtained a report that the vanguard of the pathfinder had suffered heavy losses, and the loyal warriors were shocked by the news for a while, looking at the bloody heads, everyone couldn't come back to their senses, since the loyal and brave army had never been cut off by the enemy, and the loss of so many elites in the First World War made Zhao Ta feel distressed.

"It seems that there are still people in Western Xia, Xiao Heda will be killed!" Zhao Ta looked up at Changtian and said silently, but the development of things also developed according to Xiao Heda's expectations, Zhao Ta could not figure out the details of the Xia army, let alone the next strategic intention of the Xia army, in order to avoid losses, he could only slow down the pace of the attack, and send more scouts to investigate the surrounding situation in order to be safe. …,

Xiao Heda won the first battle, did not dare to be careless, ordered the Xia army to strengthen the city defense, raised the city wall by a zhang, prepared a large number of city defense equipment, the Song army launched several tentative attacks after the arrival, but were repulsed, for a time the Song army was blocked outside the iron gate.

The Song army could not capture the city, so they set up camp outside the iron gate pass, and arranged many tents in the valley in front of the city, the camps were very close to each other, and the soldiers were busy cutting down trees and making siege equipment. There are two paths in front of him, should he passively wait for the Song army to attack, or should he strike first and defeat their main force first?

Staying in the Iron Gate Pass to offer the king is more anxious than Xiao Heda, this time he was ordered to take on the important task of protecting Lingzhou, and began to hear that the Song army annihilated the 100,000 Eastern Expeditionary Army of Brother Cha had long run out of ideas, while following Xiao Heda's advice, but after a few battles, the Song army had no achievements, and he began to doubt what he had heard in the past, after all, seeing is believing, hearing is false!

"Xiao Tongjun, we stay in the city and guard, it seems that it is the most perfect, but staying in the city every day, is it too passive!" Wei Ming An Hui watched several battles, and Xia Jun won completely, so his heart and eyes also became active, and Xiao Heda wanted to talk to him.

"Lord Wang, the Song army has sharp firearms, and it is good at field battles, its combat power is not inferior to our army, the iron harriers of the King of Jin are not opponents, we go out of the city to fight, I'm afraid we can't take advantage, and it will weaken the troops, or defend the city!" Although Xiao Heda's self-confidence was inflated, he had not lost his cool and replied cautiously.

"Xiao Tongjun, I understand your scruples, but we have lost ground again and again, the Song army has come to the city, and now we have received the emperor's great favor and commanded the whole army, but we have no achievements, and if it goes on like this, I don't know when it will end, I am afraid that we will live up to the emperor's grace, and it will also frustrate the morale of the soldiers!" "Since the Song army is good at field warfare, we can do the same..." If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )