Chapter 237: See Enough
The Hun detachment army that attacked Dongguan Town reached its peak in Zishi, and continued to flow down the Yellow River, numbering no less than 5,000 people, not only launching a fierce attack on Dongguan Town, but also attacking the various gates without relaxation, especially the battle of Qinqu was the most intense. The attacking Xia army found that it was impossible to break through from the front, so they rushed to land on its two flanks, detoured to both flanks to launch a strong attack, and at the same time dug the embankment of the Yellow River. After several days of continuous rain, the levee has become soaked up and weakened, and it may collapse at any time.
Guarding the Qin Canal was a squad of the third battalion of the Tiger General's Yidu, and later received reinforcements to reach a capital, and it was difficult to deal with the swarming Xia army, but it still continued to send small teams to counterattack the Xia army digging the embankment, so that the Xia army had to stop work again and again. Their tenacious fighting bought time for the arrival of reinforcements, and after receiving reinforcements from the third battalion of the lion generals, they routed the Xia army attacking at night, and covered the people to fill the damaged embankment, and only then did they completely solve the crisis. When cleaning the battlefield in the early morning, there were nearly 500 corpses of Xia soldiers in front of their positions alone, and it was impossible to count the corpses that were washed away by the river after being killed...
The battle lasted until dawn, and the Xia army attacking Lingzhou City harassed the Song besieging troops in turn, but they only defended but did not attack, and the large camp remained immobile and could only return in vain. The Xia army out of Jingzhou and Yongzhou waited in the rain for a night, and did not see the defeated Song army, but got the news that most of the naval army was annihilated, and saw that they were frustrated everywhere and hurriedly demolished the pontoon bridge and retreated to Jingzhou.
The results of the battle and the subsequent intelligence transmitted back confirmed Zhao's original judgment. After the two generals of the Western Xia, Chage and Xiao Heda, disappeared or died in battle. Immediately fell into chaos. Wei Ming Anhui is a literati, the first time he led the troops to lose the iron gate, died Xiao Heda, and now trapped in Lingzhou City, Li Qianshun also saw that he was not a piece of war material, so he appointed Li Liangfu, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, as the commander of the Xingqing Prefecture, and led the troops to aid Lingzhou to save the crisis.
Although Li Liangfu is not as famous as Brother Cha in the Xia army, he is not an idle person, he climbed up little by little with his military exploits. He served as a grass-roots officer such as a commander and a coach, and also served as a local official who guarded one side such as the commander of the army and the commander of the supervising army, until he entered the Privy Council as a deputy envoy and became an important minister of the state. Therefore, it is also a rare general in Western Xia.
Li Liangfu is now in his forties and in the prime of life, and he feels a heavy responsibility when he is ordered to be in danger, and of course he also wants to lift the door curtain to reveal his small hand, so he carefully planned this battle. Thinking that Brother Cha commanded 100,000 troops to go out to fight and was beaten to pieces, he knew that his ability and prestige were not as good as Brother Cha, and he was afraid that he would not be able to defeat the damn little prince of the Song Army in a frontal battle, and after thinking about it, he thought that he could only use the power of Tianwei.
And now the Song army occupies the town of Dongguan and controls the irrigation canal gate. In order to release the water, the gate must be recaptured. Since the front is not an opponent, then use a sneak attack, so he secretly transferred the Xia army and the navy, and almost all the soldiers who can fight are concentrated, and the soldiers are 5,000. At the same time, he secretly sent messengers into Lingzhou, agreed on the time and signal, sent troops together, and transferred troops from Jingzhou and Yongzhou. After flooding the camp of the Song army, he immediately crossed the river to pursue and cover up, and reproduced the glory of thirty years ago.
Due to the transfer of troops of the Xia army by the intelligence services of the loyal army. The appointment of a new commander and the infiltration of Dongguan Town into the assassins were all unknown, and they almost caused huge losses. This made Zhao Ta very angry, scolded Li Jun, the director of the Intelligence Department, removed the directors of the Lingzhou and Xingzhou intelligence stations, and launched a revenge against Xia Jun.
The next day, Zhao ordered several forts to be built outside Dongguan Town, and set up cannons to block the entire river, sinking all ships on the river, and not allowing them to cross the river. At the same time, a hundred sharpshooters were selected from the generals to snipe the defenders on Lingzhou City, whether it was an officer or a soldier, whoever showed their heads would hit whom, and the Xia army did not dare to stand on the city in a few days, and all of them were changed to huddle under the wall with shields! …,
Xingqing Mansion, which has always been in good order, is also panicking these days, not only because of the Song Army and Chen Bing, but because several ministers of the court were assassinated on the way to work, and the worst one was hit by a bomb, and the family did not put together a whole corpse for a long time. The most terrifying thing is that the home of Li Liangfu, the new governor of Xingzhou, was attacked, and more than a dozen black-clothed people entered his mansion that night, killing no less than 100 family members, servants, and guards, and set a fire when he left, burning a mansion in Haohao into white ground, it is regrettable that Li Liangfu happened to stay in the army at night and did not go home, and he was spared...
According to insiders familiar with the matter, all this was in retaliation for Li Liangfu's assassination of the little prince of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty spies made such a fuss, and the dignitaries and nobles in the Xingqing Mansion simply closed their doors, slept during the day, and sat on duty at night, waiting for the assassins to come to the door. Now the people in the court are sparse, and most of them say that they are sick at home, which is really stealing chickens and rice.
The direct consequence was that Li Qianshun, the lord of Xia, was greatly angry, and he had to send a large number of officers and soldiers to provide escorts for important ministers during the day, and to guard the bodyguards of the home and nursing homes at night, so as to protect people, otherwise the Western Xia government would be paralyzed. Then he strictly ordered the division to arrest the Song army's spies within a time limit, so the whole city closed the door and searched for it, making chickens and dogs jump, black smoke and miasma, and everyone was in danger!
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"Second master, do you think I look good in this?" Zhao Xin's injuries gradually healed under the care of the prince, and he was already able to move around the house, and today the prince didn't know where to find a woman's clothes and let her change them.
"Beautiful!" Zhao Xin in front of him was wearing a pink cross-collared right narrow-sleeved slit robe, embroidered with gold thread with a cluster pattern, the collar and cuffs were decorated with lace, the robe was wearing a white pleated skirt, the skirt was sashed, and the feet were wearing pointed hook shoes, the clothes not only fit, but also noble and gorgeous, showing the charm and grace of the woman.
"Second master, why is this dress I am wearing so awkward?" Zhao Xin cautiously moved a few steps, lest he step on the side of his skirt and fall.
"Oh, you know how hard it took me to find this dress, and you're not happy!" Zhao Ta woke up from the 'intoxication', covered up his pig brother appearance, sighed bitterly and said, although this is a joke, but he did take a lot of effort, the army is all men where to find the clothes of the women of the Song Dynasty, the only possible one is to fold Meiluan, but how could Zhao Ta go to her to find uncomfortable, the most Lu or in the many trophies turned out of this dress, of course, it can only be the Western Xia, but the Western Xia clothing has developed to the present, not only has the characteristics of its own nation, but also absorbs the characteristics of the Han, Uighur, Mongolian and other ethnic groups, It's still very beautiful.
"Second master, I... I didn't mean that, I'm happy in my heart, it's just that I haven't worn this kind of clothes for many years, and it doesn't apply for a while! Zhao Xin saw that the prince was unhappy, so he hurried over and explained.
"Stinky girl! Come, I'll comb your hair, and I'll put this golden crown on you!" Zhao Ta took out another lacquered wooden box and asked Zhao Xin to sit down and said.
"Second master, you are the master, I am the servant, how can I let you comb my hair?" Where did Zhao Xin dare to sit and waved his hand.
"Cut, you've learned to be polite to me, why didn't you say it earlier, sit down!" Zhao Ta pulled her over, pressed Zhao Xin on the stool and said.
"Second master... Second master, do you comb your hair? Zhao Xin snorted embarrassedly, these days, in order not to reveal her identity as a woman, her eating and drinking are all controlled by the prince, and every time she changes the dressing, she inevitably shows her body in front of the prince, which is embarrassing to think about.
"What's so rare about this, I haven't eaten pork, haven't I seen a pig run!" Zhao Ta said and scattered Zhao Xin's hair, and gently combed it with a comb, "In the past, when I was in Xiangyi Mansion, I watched Sister Huaihua comb their hair every day, and I saw it!" ”…,
Easier said than done, Zhao Ta just wanted to comb the simplest high bun, but after a long time of tinkering, he made it look a little, he wiped his sweat, put a peach-shaped gold crown in the box on Zhao Xin's head to cover the bun, plugged it with a golden hairpin, exposed the two sideburns and the hair on the back of the head, and carefully combed it. found that there were still a pair of earrings in the box, but Zhao Ta found that Zhao Xin had not pierced his ears and eyes, and there was nowhere to hang them, so he had to put them down regretfully.
"Zhao Xin, do you look beautiful?" Finally got it done, Zhao Ta said with a long sigh.
"Second master, this crown is so heavy, can you take it off!" Zhao Xin didn't appreciate it, and helped Jin Guan and muttered.
"Don't be self-sufficient, this is a golden crown, plus the gems and jadeite inlaid on it are at least worth 10,000 yuan, and not everyone can wear it, this is only qualified if the wife, daughter and daughter-in-law above the Xixia Sizheng are qualified, and others want to wear it to eat lawsuits!" Zhao Ta poured himself a cup of tea and said.
"Second master, do I really look good in this?" Zhao Xin looked and looked in front of the mirror, looking at the familiar and strange people inside, and he was not confident.
"This is the prettiest girl I've ever seen!" Zhao Ta stood up and walked over, pulled Zhao Xin's body, hugged her in his arms, and said with his eyes looking at her bright eyes.
"Second master, don't you be like this..."Zhao Xin looked at the eyes of the prince, eager and afraid, his body leaned weakly on the prince's body, his hands wrapped around the prince's waist, and he was intoxicated with happiness.
"Zhao Xin, you are really beautiful in this dress!" Zhao Ta, who is usually oily and smooth, didn't know what to say at this time, and kept repeating this sentence.
"Second master, I'll wear it to you when I'm not around, until you've seen enough!" Zhao Xin was amused by the prince, and said with a smile.
"No, I'm going to watch it for the rest of my life!"
"Then I'll let the second master watch it for the rest of my life!" ...
"Captain Zhao, I'm coming to see you..." The door was suddenly pushed open, and Zhi Meiluan walked in, stunned to see the two people hugging each other! (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. )