In the face of the Western Xia army blocked at the mouth of the valley, what is the main force of the Ming army doing?

Of course, it was to build artillery positions, drag all the large and small cannons over, and the infantry lined up to protect the gunners, and then shelled the enemy camp.

Gunpowder has been hoarded for several years, and this battle with the Southern Military Division is the first time it has been used on a large scale, which is enough for Yang Zhi to squander to his heart's content.

As for the iron bullets, as long as you kill the enemy, you can pick them up after they are shot.

The Western Xia battalion, which stretched for several miles, was pushed flat by infantry and artillery, and the Western Xia soldiers continued to retreat. There were also generals who led their troops to climb the hills on both sides, wanting to go around and attack the flanks of the Ming army's large array.

Yang Zhi divided his troops to climb the mountain to cover, and occasionally the Western Xia soldiers rushed to the river valley, and Li Yanxian immediately led the cavalry to charge in small groups from the passage set aside.

Outside the valley, the planter heard the sound of artillery inside, and immediately organized a river crossing attack. However, it was basically a feint, and it was not intended to attack forcefully in order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers.

They all choose to grind slowly.

These tens of thousands of Western Xia soldiers have been completely blocked, like a tiger caught in a net.

Since it is impossible for the tiger to escape, there is no need to send people into the net to catch it. The fright of beating gongs and drums, the beating of a stick in the east and a hammer in the west, and the noisy day and night make the tiger unable to sleep.

When the tiger is tired and fearful of humans, it can be easily captured.

The planter road strictly guarded the camp across the river, and Yang Zhi's army advanced slowly. When the battle reached the second day, those who were eager to attack became the Western Xia soldiers, and they organized counter-charges several times in a row to break through.

All failed!

For four days in a row, step by step, the Western Xia soldiers were about to retreat and had no way to retreat, and a large number of soldiers were crammed into a tent at night.

Morale was almost zero, and an atmosphere of fear permeated the entire army.

After Brother Richard fled with the elite, the supreme general of the Western Xia army became the commander of the Xishou Baotai Army.

The Wei name, that is, the Tuoba clan, some families follow the old surname.

As for Xige, it is related to Sanskrit and Tibetan, and it is the "Singh" on the Indian side. In Tibetan Buddhism, it means "lion of the law".

Wei Ming Xi Ge and his father are the fierce generals of Western Xia.

The Xishou Military Division of the Western Xia Kingdom, most of the surnames of the successive dynasties were Weiming, and the former Yamen was stationed near Tiandu Mountain.

Guo Cheng and Zhi Keshi took advantage of the Western Xia to send troops and directly took the old nest of the Xishou Military Division. The Great Song Dynasty set up Xi'an Prefecture there, and the Xishou Military Division could only continue to move westward.

"Brother Richard hasn't come back yet, he must have abandoned the army and fled!" Brother Wei Mingxi was furious.

The prison army is called Sister Le Ashan, and his father is the famous Western Xia general Sister Le Du.

The whole family of these two people was captured by Guo Cheng and Zhi Keshi back then, which can be described as a rare shame in Western Xia.

Sister Le Ashan said, "Come down." ”

"How can it be lowered?"

Brother Wei Mingxi's reaction was quite excited: "Back then, your father and I lost Tiandu, and the Xishou Military Division was abandoned for a time, and our two families were ridiculed and humiliated. Last year, we finally recaptured Tiandu, and you and I both inherited my father's position, which is Your Majesty's encouragement to restore the glory of our ancestors. If you surrender with a large army today, even if you can go back alive, how will you face the people and the people? ”

Sister Le Ashan said: "Brother Richard abandoned the army and fled, he is the most responsible. We have failed to break through several times, but we have done our best, and if we can keep some soldiers, it will be meritorious. Back then, you and I were all captured by the Song army, and the peace talks between the two countries were not released? It's all about saving your life! ”

Brother Wei Mingxi was furious: "Don't mention the matter of peace talks again!" ”

"The front and back are blocked, and there are mountains on both sides, how do you deal with it?" Meile Ashan asked.

Brother Wei Mingxi couldn't answer.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The shelling from the north began again.

As for the Planter Road in the south, the battle of crossing the river was just a pretense to contain the Western Xia troops. He divided his troops to bypass the long distance, captured a hill on the east side, and confronted the Western Xia soldiers on another hill.

Sister Le Ashan said anxiously: "The Han people have divine weapons and weapons, if they don't surrender early, tens of thousands of soldiers will be slaughtered!" ”

Brother Wei Mingxi said dryly: "I will lead the soldiers of my headquarters to rush one last time, if you can't achieve results, you will lead the army to surrender." ”

"You want to die?" Sister Le Ashan exclaimed.

Brother Wei Mingxi looked at the sky and said to himself: "That year, my father led the troops to attack the Song Dynasty, and the Xishou Army Division was empty, and I was only ten years old when the Song army came, and I became a prisoner of the Song State with my family. Such a humiliation is unforgettable, how can a man be humiliated twice when he lives in the world? I will never come down again. ”

"That time there was a traitor informant, not a war!" Sister Le Ashan said.

The one who told the Song army and served as a guide was none other than Yao Zhan, the subordinate general of Meile Ashan's father.

Folded can be lucky in the appropriate year, the Western Xia rebel generals will be the leading party throughout the whole process, they only led a few thousand light cavalry to attack, and they didn't fight much to end the headquarters of the Xishou Military Division.

The high-level family members of the entire military department were taken prisoner of the Song army, and many Western Xia generals threw rat traps and directly led their troops to the Great Song Dynasty.

Brother Wei Mingxi called the generals over and said what he thought, and the scene was suddenly quiet.

The infantry didn't stay, he only took more than 1,000 cavalry from his headquarters, and slowly walked towards the Ming army's position in a neat manner.

The soldiers watched him walk away, with different expressions and different reactions.

After walking forward for a while, Brother Wei Mingxi raised his spear, pointed obliquely ahead and shouted: "Great Xia warriors, kill the enemy with me!" ”

Although some people didn't want to die, these more than 1,000 cavalrymen really rushed forward with Brother Wei Mingxi.

"The enemy is driven insane?" Yang Zhi was confused.

There were only more than 1,000 tribal cavalry, and Yang Zhi was too lazy to waste ammunition, so he only let the infantry line forward, bows and arrows and javelins.

Waiting for Brother Wei Mingxi to lead the troops to rush to the front of the formation, in the face of the long pole weapons lined up, many war horses automatically slowed down.

Some Western Xia cavalry, who were afraid of death, originally wanted to follow the main general to charge into battle, but they were so frightened that they stopped when they rushed halfway.

Others stopped to shoot arrows, and although they were not afraid of death, they did not want to die stupidly.

More than 1,000 cavalrymen were divided into three sections, each with their own ideas.

Li Yanxian led 4,000 cavalry to rush through several passages in the formation and besiege the enemy who charged to the nearest place.

His equipment was given by Zhu Ming, wearing chain armor on the inside, light armor on the outside, and leather armor on the horse's neck and chest, and his protective power was not lost to the Western Xia Iron Harrier.

Rushing out of the infantry formation, Li Yanxian immediately shot an arrow and shot a cavalry in front of him at close range.

"Good time!"

Although Brother Wei Mingxi begged for death, he also wanted to die vigorously, and it was too wretched to die directly into the gun array.

The horses of the two sides face each other, and the spears come and go.

Li Yanxian's spear stabbed the opponent's arm, but it was blocked by Zajia and slid away instantly, only making Brother Wei Mingxi lose his balance slightly.

When the two horses were staggered, Li Yanxian let go of the spear with his right hand, and suddenly pulled out the iron shovel and smashed it out.

Brother Wei Mingxi also wanted to use a short weapon, but he was slow due to the loss of balance, and he received a full blow from the iron mace in his chest, and immediately his throat was sweet and spurted blood. The strength of the war horse's charge made the injured Brother Wei Mingxi unable to bear it, and the whole person rolled down from the horse.

Another Ming cavalry rushed up, but did not deliberately step on it, but the horse's hooves stomped on the left arm of Brother Wei Mingxi.

Li Yanxian had already withdrawn his iron shovel and re-held his spear to kill, but there was no enemy along the way.

More than 1,000 Xixia cavalry were originally divided into three sections, and they followed Brother Wei Mingxi out, and they didn't know what they should do.

Now that the life and death of the Lord General are unknown, they were hit by Li Yanxian again, and they were instantly frightened and fled on horseback.

After chasing for a while, Li Yanxian heard the sound of the gong and reined in his horse to lead the troops back.

Brother Wei Mingxi has been dragged into the formation, his left arm was trampled off by the horse's hooves, and he fainted from pain. But the real fatal wound was Li Yanxian's iron shovel, and it is estimated that all the internal organs were injured.

The military doctor was called to take a look and said, "There is still a breath of air, but it is definitely not saved." ”

"What the hell is this man here for?" Yang Zhi felt extremely confused, according to his character, it is better to die than to live, what is it to rush to death inexplicably?

Li Yanxian commented: "No matter what, he is also a good man." After the peace talks, burn the ashes and return them to Western Xia. ”

While he was talking, he saw a Western Xia general coming over with a group of Western Xia generals.

There were still two or three hundred steps between the two sides, and the Western Xia generals threw away their weapons one after another and helped each other take off their armor before continuing to walk.

This battle is clearly about to surrender.

And he surrendered very simply, without sending someone to bargain first.

Sister Le Ashan spoke fluent Chinese and Western pronunciation, and took the lead in kneeling on the ground and said: "Brother Richard, the king of Jin, has fled, and it was Brother Mingxi who begged for death just now. I am the sister of the Xishou Army's superintendent Le Ashan, who came to lead the army to surrender and asked the general to spare the lives of the soldiers. ”

Yang Zhi killed prisoners before, but there was still a battle next, and a total of thousands of people were killed.

Now it is tens of thousands of prisoners of war, and he really doesn't dare to kill.

What if the imperial court needed to use these prisoners of war as bargaining chips?

Yang Zhi said: "Since I am willing to surrender, I will not make more killings." and bound them, and gave them courtesy...... Tie, don't be so rude. ”

Tens of thousands of Western Xia soldiers laid down their weapons and became prisoners, and Yang Zhi sent a boat to ask the planter to cross the river.

The Seed Master Dao is already over sixty years old, and he didn't expect to see such a strange scene, and the whole person seems to have a second spring, and he looks around briskly in the Xixia camp.

"Congratulations to General Yang!" The planter laughed.

Yang Zhi said: "This battle all relied on the planning of the minister, and I just carried it out according to the rules. ”

The seed master said with emotion: "Implementing the four characters according to the rules is easier said than done. The Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia have been at war for a hundred years, and they have set up a number of perfect strategies, but they have all changed when they really fight. General Yang's execution according to the rules is better than I thought before. ”

"Don't dare to be." Yang Zhi was actually quite proud, but he didn't show it.

"After this war, the old man will return to Tokyo, and the next thing is peace talks between the two countries." Most of these captives would be released in exchange for the states and counties that Western Xia had taken the previous year. But when released, be sure to cut off the thumb of their right hand so that they can't fight again! ”

Negotiation is negotiation, reality is reality, and both sides must have small actions.

For example, when the Western Xia returned the territory it occupied, it would inevitably take away a large number of people when the army withdrew, so that even if the Ming Dynasty took back the land, the population would be scarce.

And Da Ming promised to release the prisoners of war, and he would not let these soldiers go back intact.

(End of chapter)