Chapter 147: Breakout

Ouyang shook his head: "This is the Privy Council and Cai Jing together. Almost all the ministers agreed. Even the common people are mostly in favor of taking profits, and Wang Shibei returned. My royal newspaper was instigated, but the court guarded the profits, and the people were too kind, so they were very helpless. Not only that, the generals of the Northwest Army led by Tong Guan also said that peace talks were a better ending, and now the Great Song Dynasty is afraid that the Western Xia will not know that we have the intention of peace talks. ”

"No way!" Liu Qi said resolutely: "In this way, it is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain." ”

Ouyang nodded: "Isn't it just two months?" If General Liu and I were of the same mind, this matter would have taken a turn for the better. ”

"Your Excellency, please speak."

"But say it in advance, there will be big trouble in the future."

Liu Qi said: "It is our duty to protect the country and expand the territory for the generals. ”

"That's good."

Li Qianshun personally led 50,000 captive troops, 25,000 garrisons, and 100,000 local troops to capture the county. The military division in the northwest was almost drained by it. In addition to this department, the rest of the part is divided into two parts, one is to garrison Hengshan, and the other is to surround Tianwei County. With such a huge scale of troops, needless to say, Western Xia, even the Song State did not dare to move lightly. This was accompanied by the rapid depletion of national strength, and the gains of ten years of recuperation were wiped out overnight. In order to change this situation, it is necessary to immediately occupy the county, open up the external passages, and raise troops through war.

But what Li Qianshun never expected was that the vanguard light cavalry 10,000 troops encountered the impact of the Song Dynasty 3,000 iron harriers, and the Song Dynasty cavalry surrounded the vanguard on two wings, and in one day and one night, most of the vanguard surrendered, and the remaining part was either annihilated or fled on all sides.

If that's not the worst, there's even worse news. The first bad news was the morale of the army, due to the control of rations, and the need to step up the march, there were more and more deserters, and some of them crossed the mountains and went directly to the Song army. According to rumors in the army, the entire army was formed, and each soldier was paid 50 yuan, and the officers were divided into three grades: 200, 1,000, and 5,000. Scattered soldiers, forty with horses and weapons, thirty with only horses, and five with nothing. In addition, all surrendered soldiers were given an acre of land per capita.

The second time this time the Song army was very strong in combat, first of all, the use of firearms. In previous years, the Song army also used firearms, but the restricted conditions were large, and the gunpowder was easy to get wet, but this batch of firearms not only did not have the above shortcomings, but also had power bonuses and weapon innovation. In particular, the hand cannon was simply a nightmare for the Western Xia army. Secondly, the morale of the Song army is very high, and there is a way to be a drum, but the morale of the Song army has always been in a drum. Seeing the Western Xia army was like a jackal seeing its prey. Another point is that the Song army has strong coordination ability, and various arms perform their own duties, and the overall combat effectiveness is more than one and a half points higher than before.

The third bad news is that the Song army does not pay attention to the previous rules and regulations in the war, such as Han Shizhong fell into a desperate situation first, Liu Qi did not occupy an area for thousands of miles, and did not fight, and only poisoned crops, there must be other means to be guarded against.

The fourth piece of bad news is that since most of the Proton Army has been captured, some powerful people have been in private contact with the Song Army. The worst thing is that some *** use and don't use is a problem. It has already been reported that the Song army currently has a theory of exchanging intelligence for hostages.

The fifth piece of bad news was that the Liao State suddenly had the upper hand in the mood for the main battle in Western Xia. It is said that there are no heavy troops in the Liaobian area of Western Xia, so when will this matter be left if it is not done?

The sixth piece of bad news was that the trading markets of the Tibetans and the Song were wide open, and the Song merchants were making every effort to buy the people, supplies, horses, weapons, ceramics, and so on that the Tibetans had plundered on the Western Xia border. At present, there is news that several other parts of Tubo are also about to move, and they also want to make a fortune in the Western Xia Kingdom.

The seventh piece of bad news......

The only good news is that the Song Dynasty has revealed rumors that it intends to negotiate peace.

Of course, Li Qianshun was reluctant to hold peace talks, and he didn't want to think about it and understood that under such circumstances, Lingzhou and Yongle would inevitably be cut out. And the importance of these two states to Western Xia is comparable to the importance of the sixteen states of Yanyun to Liao. Several officials who had come to the peace talks had been placed under house arrest by him, and their children were still being taken prisoner by the Song army.

In order to prevent the deserters from defecting, Li Qianshun's garrison of 20,000 people was the vanguard force.

Liu Qi quietly looked at the military camps in the distance at the head of the city, there were too many enemies, not only out of the pressure that the county could bear, but also out of his own psychological pressure. In the same way, the morale of the soldiers who won a few battles was not high when they saw this situation, and the next big battle was the most fatal.

Ouyang didn't know what to do and came up to the city wall: "The enemy is fifteen times more than ours. ”

"It's too much." Liu Qi smiled bitterly: "If everyone has a mouthful of saliva, the county will be submerged." ”

Ouyang smiled: "You should think so, the Tanguts are desperate, as long as this battle is over, the Tanguts will no longer be able to defend against our attack." Our war against Western Xia was basically over. ”

Liu Qi said: "Your Excellency is very confident? ”

"I can't say confidence, what does General Liu think?"

"The walls are weak, and many of the previous battles are damaged. Although it is temporarily reinforced, it is difficult to stop the enemy's edge. Liu Qi said: "The city is in natural danger, but because of natural danger, if the enemy grabs the wall, our army can only defend it with at least 300 people." It is easy to deal with a small force, but if the Western Xia army charges to the death regardless of life and death, I am afraid that it will ......" Liu Qi's worries were not finished, and the enemy's professional siege equipment was about to be in place.

"The last weapons are also in place." Ouyang Dao: "I personally think that the enemy can't rely on a strong attack to take down the county. Moreover, General Liu is not a person who can be captured with his hands tied. ”

"Well, the last general has learned the method of the Huns, and sent troops to bury the corpses of the enemy and the dead animals at the mouth of the water source within a radius of fifty miles. Now that it's summer, the corpses are rotting, and the enemy is the season when they need water the most, which should cause them a lot of trouble. Liu Qi said: "In addition, the last general transferred ten catapults from Yongxing Military Road to throw 50 catties of explosives bags, and the enemy will not ignore them." There are also the last generals who have asked some soldiers who want money and do not want their lives to return to the Western Xia Army to serve as a detailed work to survey the logistics and supply intelligence of the Western Xia Army. If it goes well, 5,000 explosive packs can be sent to the Western Xia army camp as grain and grass at that time. ”

Ouyang praised: "The general is so wise, are you still afraid that the Western Xia army will not break?" ”

Liu Qi smiled bitterly: "The only thing the last general is worried about is that the enemy will charge to the death. ”

"Probably not, Western Xia and Song are different. The strength of their court is the garrison and the proton army. And the captive army is subordinate to each prince or military secretary, and they regard these people as their own forces. There are also local troops, which are made up of the people, and it is undeniable that their nomadic life makes them capable of fighting alone. But once the battlefield changes, or morale is low, these people must be the first to flee. The general should know that a rout of one person can sweep away ten people, ten people can sweep away a hundred, and a hundred people can sweep away a thousand. ”

"Yes!" Liu Qi nodded and suddenly said, "Someone." ”

"In!" Chapter bar echo.

"Ordered all roads to be dug up within five miles. Bomb the mountain with explosives and spread large rocks and trees on all sides. Then water is brought down from the bottom of the mountain and the ground is continuously watered. Liu Qi said again: "In addition, please ask Lord Li Gang to mobilize the box army and build three circular high walls two miles away within three days, the walls are two meters high, and a hundred rocket vehicles are left in front of them, and observation holes are left. ”

"Yes!"

Ouyang asked, "General Liu, what does this mean?" I'm afraid the city wall built in three days is not strong enough, right? ”

"The first section stops the enemy from charging, and the last two miles are within the reach of the incendiary guns. Then the grenadiers lay in ambush outside the wall. Once the enemy has breached one, it can immediately retreat to the second lane, and the first wall becomes an obstacle to the advance of the cavalry. Lord Ou, as long as the logistics supply of gunpowder keeps up, these five miles of land will become a hell for the Western Xia army. The last general beat the enemy army here to the point that he did not dare to attack the city, and only in this way could he avoid the decisive heart of the Western Xia army. There are also rocket cars, which are extremely heavy, the enemy wants to take them, there is no use without gunpowder, and they prevent maneuvering, and our troops can take the opportunity to kill. If the enemy does not take it, after the attack is repulsed, our army can take back the reloading rockets. There are also several explosive packs on each wall, which can be used to kill and injure enemies and destroy the road. ”

Ouyang Khan said: "General Liu, that rocket car is more than 100 yuan, and a hundred units are more than 10,000 yuan." ”

"The last general only seeks to win, and is not interested in other things."

"Yes, you're more generous than me." Ouyang knew that other things included all the soldiers under his command.

Everything Liu Qi did here was naturally rewarded by the Western Xia scouts for Li Qianshun. As soon as Li Qianshun heard these vicious methods, he knew that his chances of victory were one point less. This method of warfare is different from the previous one, the previous Ouyang was based on not hurting or injuring himself less, while Liu Qi arranged to kill and injure the enemy as much as possible. Li Qianshun sighed: "This general regards his life as nothing. Before the change, he was naturally not afraid, but now the army's heart is unstable, and I am afraid that the soldiers are afraid of such Shura methods. ”

A general asked: "Your Majesty, the nearby water source was poisoned by the Song army, and the soldiers who drank this water by mistake have become ill, infecting as many as 100 people." There is a shortage of medical treatment in our army, so we can only put it aside and wait for death, if it continues...... The consequences are unimaginable. ”

"When will the siege machines arrive?" Li Qianshun asked.

"Within seven days."

"Seven-day ......"

"Report!" A herald entered the big tent with a token in his hand: "Han Shizhong personally led 10,000 cavalry to break out of the encirclement and flee towards the Hexi Corridor. ”

"Coming out?" Li Qianshun was frightened and ran away, and people broke through. Hurriedly asked, "How did you get out?" ”

"It is responsible for the northwest of a section of 3,000 people to surrender to the enemy and let go of the defense."

"Northwest ...... The northwest is to Ritchie, but our party is its own people, how can they join the enemy? Li Qianshun was even more shocked, if you want to talk about other ethnic minorities, forget it, but the eight departments of the party have always been loyal, how can they defect to the enemy?

"It is said that Xiao Yin, the son-in-law of the chief of the Ritchie tribe, came back to persuade him, and it seems that he also took 500,000 yuan to buy the 5,000 people to the Rhi. Now, some of the remnants of the Li clan have entered Tianyi City, and some have taken the elders of the clan and left the Yongxing Military Road. The Yokoyama defenders thought it was a normal dispatch, so they did not stop it. As for whether there were any other agreements between the Ritchie and the Song Dynasty, it is not known for the time being. ”