Ngawang led 25,000 Tibetan horsemen day and night to the foot of Rouge Mountain, where a valley appeared in front of him, which was the only way to cross Rouge Mountain.

The army stopped. Soon after, the scout galloped back and reported to Ngawangyu: "General, no Yan Yun army has been found in the valley, and there is no Yan Yun army here. ”

Ngawang was overjoyed, and couldn't help but say: "Yan Yunjun is so careless, it is doomed!" Then he turned his head to an officer and ordered: "Tell Busang immediately that Rouge Mountain is going down without a fight, and the Yanyun army is defenseless." The officer answered, turned his horse's head and ran along the way he came. Ngawang shouted at the whole team, "Keep going!" The order was quickly passed on, and 25,000 horsemen immediately entered Rouge Mountain. Crossing the Rouge Mountain, the eyes suddenly opened up, a river lies in front of you, this is the Dan River under the Rouge Mountain, because the surrounding rocks and cliffs are mostly red, and the river water also shows a red color, so it is called the Dan River. The Dan River is the flow of the Heihe River, and the Heihe River flows north into the depths of the desert, and finally converges into two large lakes, which is the location of the Yan Military Division of Heishui Town.

An officer pointed to a small city in the lower reaches of the Dan River in the distance and said, "That's the county seat, general, should we seize that county seat first?" Ngawang shook his head, "That county town has nothing to do with the overall situation, so you don't have to waste troops and time on it." The army immediately crossed the river and went straight to Xuanhua Mansion! The officer bowed in agreement.

The Dan River was not deep, and 25,000 Tibetan war horsemen waded across the Dan River, and then rushed towards Xuanhua Mansion at full speed. The 30,000 infantry troops of Busang's army marched at full speed along the route of Ngawang's cavalry, and because it was an infantry army, although it set out from the snow-capped mountains almost at the same time, it was now much behind.

The sound of horses' hooves in front of him came, and Busang looked up, saw that it was his own herald, and secretly thought that it must be Ngawang's news, they should have arrived at Rouge Mountain now, I wonder if everything is going well?

The herald rushed to Ngawang, but he didn't have time to dismount, and said urgently: "General, General Ngawang ordered me to inform the general that Rouge Mountain is going down without a fight, and the Yanyun army is defenseless, and this battle will definitely be a complete victory." Busang was overjoyed and said, "Go and tell General Ngawang that our army is on its way and will never delay the plan!" The officer answered, bowed to Ngawang, turned his horse's head, flicked his whip, and galloped away.

Busang said happily: "I didn't expect this operation to be so smooth, it seems that it is blessed by the Buddha!" He then ordered the armies to hasten their advance, and at the same time ordered the herald to immediately report the situation back to the Grand General.

Busang's 30,000 infantry troops hurried on the road and arrived at Rouge Mountain early the next morning. A cavalry officer greeted him, bowed down and said, "The general is here, and the villain will hand over Rouge Mountain to the general!" Busang nodded and asked, "What is the battle situation ahead, has General Ngawang already captured Xuanhua Mansion?" The officer said, "The Dan River, which the general crossed only last night, should have been captured in time, but I am afraid that the news will not come until this evening." ”

Busang nodded, and ordered 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard Rouge Mountain, while he himself led another 20,000 soldiers and horses through Rouge Mountain, crossed the Dan River, and advanced towards Xuanhua Mansion. In the evening of the same day, the army came to a grassy slope more than ten miles east of Xuanhua Mansion. I saw an army storming Xuanhua Mansion, and the corpses were all over the field, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and the attacking side was your own army. Busang originally thought that Ngawang had captured Xuanhua Mansion, but when he suddenly saw the scene in front of him, he was only very surprised. He immediately led a large army to the outside of the city to join Ngawang's army.

Bousan came to Ngawang's side and shouted, "Ngawang! Ah Wang turned his head to look at him, and said with an anxious expression: "Our army started to attack last night, and after a day and a night, they failed to break through the opponent's city defense, as if they were prepared!" ”

Bousan looked at the battlefield and saw that his army only used simple ladders to attack the city, and the opponent's arrows, rolling stones, and sassal trees continued to fall like raindrops, and his own army continued to fall, screaming one after another, and his army suffered heavy losses but it was difficult to climb the battlements. Busang frowned and said to Ngawang: "It's not a way to fight like this!" Ngawang said angrily: "Of course I know that this is not a good way, but now that I have become a tiger, I can't help but let it go!" "Here is a brief introduction to the situation of Rouge Mountain and Xuanhua Mansion, although Rouge Mountain is a traffic artery, but guarding Rouge Mountain can not cut off the Hexi Corridor, you can also cross the Dan River from Xuanhua Mansion to the north, and then go east along the Dan River from outside the ancient Great Wall to bypass Rouge Mountain and go directly to Xiliangfu, so if you want to cut off the Hexi Corridor, you must control Rouge Mountain and Xuanhua Mansion at the same time, otherwise it is a leaky water bag, which will not work at all.

Busang said: "Let's calm down first and think about it carefully, don't worry, the main force of the Yanyun Army will take at least two or three days to arrive here, and we still have time." Ngawang calmed himself down, nodded, turned his head and shouted at an officer next to him, "Order, collect the troops!" The short sound of the bull's horn sounded loudly, and the Tibetan soldiers who were scorched under the city wall heard this sound, and hurriedly retreated. Immediately, the Tibetans temporarily withdrew their troops and returned to the barracks.

Ngawang, Busang and other generals walked into the big tent, and Ngawang scolded angrily: "The capture of Rouge Mountain went very smoothly, but I didn't expect that there was a problem when capturing Xuanhua Mansion!" Damn it! ”

"What's going on?" Boussan asked. Ngawang shook his head and frowned: "It's not a special situation, that is, when our army arrived, they had actually closed the city gate, thinking that they had set up a guard post in advance, discovered us, and passed on the warning signal in time." Hey, what the fuck! I don't know who the defender of Xuanhua Mansion is, and when he breaks through the city, he will have to be broken into thousands of pieces! "Ah Wang was originally a very calm general with a city government, but he was actually anxious at the moment, completely because whether or not he could capture Xuanhua Mansion had too great an impact on the entire battle situation.

Busang frowned and said: "Looking at the scene just now, this Xuanhua Mansion guard is a very delicate person, and our army's offensive can be said to be very fierce, but they are impenetrable!" Judging from this situation, I am afraid that it will be difficult to capture Xuanhua Mansion in a short time! The strange thing is that how can this Xuanhua Mansion be so well prepared, the rolling stone and wood are thrown down as if they don't need money, if it weren't for these rolling stone and wood, the siege would not be so difficult! ”

Ngawang said, "There's nothing strange about that. This Xuanhua Mansion was originally an important town in Western Xia, and after the defeat of Western Xia and retreat to Xiliang Mansion, the status of Xuanhua Mansion became more important, and it was natural to prepare a large number of materials to defend the city. Yan Yunjun took Xuanhua Mansion without much effort, and those materials naturally fell into their hands! Boussan nodded.

Ah Wang frowned and said, "The most important thing now is to take Xuanhua Mansion as soon as possible!" You've got to figure out a way! If we can't take Xuanhua Mansion as soon as possible, you and I will die without a place to be buried, but we will be tired of the general's carefully planned plan in vain! Bousan agrees.

Ngawang thought of Xiliang Mansion, and couldn't help but say: "At this moment, the general's troops should have already come to Xiliang Mansion and the soldiers were in the city, right?" Boussan nodded and said, "According to the time, yesterday has arrived!" "The two of them guessed wrong, the main army led by Song He is still more than twenty miles away from Xiliang Mansion at the moment, and the reason why it is so slow is that the army is slow to protect the grain and grass, and the other is the result of the continuous attack of Yanyun's small army. Those small Yanyun troops, often approaching the Tubo army, touching the sentries, annihilating the patrol, seizing the opportunity to sneak into the barracks and set fire, these days have made the Tubo army anxious and unable to live in peace, the Tubo soldiers are often awakened in the middle of the night by the chirping of night owls or other noises, all of them are a little nervous.

The main force led by Song He finally arrived at the city of Xiliangfu, and Song He did not dare to attack in view of the powerful assault power of Yanyun's cavalry, so he first ordered the army to set up a huge camp on the hillside several miles away from Xiliangfu, and then sent scouts to reconnoiter the garrison in the city, and he himself discussed the siege strategy with the generals around a simple sand table.

Duo Sang said: "The power of the Yanyun war cavalry is incomparable, if we attack according to the conventional method, the Yanyun war cavalry will inevitably go out of the city to raid, and our army's siege troops will be difficult to resist, and they will definitely suffer heavy losses." Therefore, conventional siege methods are not advisable, not only will they not be able to break through the city, but they will cause heavy losses to our army! Everyone thought so, and they were all worried. Duo Sang said to Song He: "General, I have a way. ”

Songhe asked: "What can you do?" Duo Sang pointed to the high slope on the east side of Xiliang Mansion and said: "The east side of Xiliang Mansion is on higher ground, and this hillside is only a few hundred steps away from Xiliang Mansion, our army can concentrate on attacking from here, and I believe that we can break through the city......" Before Duo Sang's words were finished, Zhan Dui scoffed: "Hmph, who didn't expect this!" The problem now is not how to attack the city, but how to prevent Yanyun warhorses from raiding out of the city, if their warhorses come out to stir up like this, our assault troops will suffer heavy losses! Then he said to Song He: "General, I don't think there is a need to attack the city now, after Ngawang and them capture Xuanhua Mansion and Rouge Mountain, the enemy army in Xiliang Mansion will definitely panic, and then we will attack the city again, and we will definitely succeed in one fell swoop!" ”

Songhyuk felt that Zhandui's suggestion made sense, but he was reluctant to do so, he felt that in this way, it seemed that his subordinate Ngawang had made the first contribution, as if he had to rely on him to capture Xiliang Mansion. Noncommittal to Zhandui's words, he turned his head and asked Duo Sang, "Have you finished your plan?" ”

Just now, Duo Sang was silent after being occupied for a while, and when he saw Song He asking, he said: "The subordinates mean to follow the ambush strategy of the Yan Yun army against us in the Elk Valley that day, we can also dig traps on the hillside to set up an ambush, as long as the Yan Yun war cavalry appears, it will be blocked by the trap, at that time, our army's crossbowmen and pikemen will besiege together, even if they can't be completely annihilated, they will definitely be severely damaged." As long as the Yanyun War Rider is severely damaged, we won't have to worry about anything if we go to attack the city again. ”

Song He nodded thoughtfully, and then frowned: "Although this idea is good, it is not easy to implement!" Yanyun War Cavalry must wait until we attack the city, how to lure the enemy at this time? Our siege troops, driven and killed by the opponent's cavalry, were afraid that they could not lure the enemy into the trap, but instead our soldiers and horses hit the trap first. What's more, it's hard to predict that enemy horsemen will come from that direction! ”

Duo Sang said: "The reason why the last general thinks that the main attack site should be chosen in Chen Dong is not entirely because Chen Dong is on a high terrain and is easy to attack the city. Also due to the topographical characteristics of the east of the city, the location where the Yanyun War Horse appeared was predictable! Pointing to the south side of the east of the city, he said: "The south side of the east of the city, the terrain here is relatively steep, only more than two hundred steps away from the city wall, the terrain is relatively gentle, generally speaking, since the cavalry attacked, they must want to reach the battlefield as soon as possible to attack the enemy, so if the Yanyun war cavalry comes out of the south gate to attack us, it will definitely pass through this gentle terrain." We can set up an ambush here. ……”

Song He nodded, but Zhan Dui said: "Yanyun War Cavalry will go out of the south gate, they may go out of the north gate, and it is even possible to directly open the east gate to kill!" The generals nodded one after another, feeling that what Zhan Dui said was reasonable, and looked at Duo Sang to see what he said.

Duo Sang pointed to the east gate and said, "The east gate in front of us must be blocked. The method was actually very simple, at the beginning of the battle, the assault troops pushed more than a dozen rushing carts to the city gate, and then poured fire oil on them, so that it was impossible for the other side to come out of the east gate for at least a few hours. ”

Everyone suddenly realized and couldn't help laughing, it turned out that the method was so simple. Hanon pointed to the north gate and asked, "Do you do the same with the north gate?" The generals frowned, feeling that there was something inappropriate in doing so, so that the intention seemed too obvious, and anyone could see that they were trying to force Yan Yunjun to come out of the south gate, so that they were afraid that the previous arrangements would be in vain. Because the west gate of Xiliang Mansion is the water gate on the Shiyang River, it is very inconvenient for the army to go out from here, so if the Tubo army blocks the north gate and the east gate, it is a situation where the three are missing one, as long as the general with a little brain can see the problem at a glance.

Zhandui mocked: "I thought it was a clever strategy, but it turned out to be nothing more than that!" With such an arrangement, anyone can see that there will be a problem with the South Gate, and Yan Yunjun is not a fool, so he may be fooled? Sonhyuk frowned slightly, obviously disappointed.

Duo Sang ignored Zhandui's cynicism and continued: "The North City Gate doesn't have to do this, firstly, it disperses the troops, and it is very unsafe to face the elusive Yanyun War Cavalry, and secondly, as General Zhandui said, if the North Gate is also blocked, the situation of encircling three and missing one is too obvious, Yan Yunjun has always been cunning, and it is impossible to be fooled!" ……”

Zhandui said angrily: "You mean not to block the north gate?" In this way, wouldn't setting up an ambush in the southeast be an act of gambling? If the Yanyun Warhorse did not come out from the south gate to attack us, but came out of the north gate to attack us, wouldn't our attacking troops suffer huge losses? ”

"I never said that I would only set up an ambush in the southeast," he said, pointing to the northeast corner of the city, "Although the terrain here is very gentle, there is a stretch of forest five hundred steps away from the city wall, so if the Yanyun War Rider appears from this direction, then it will inevitably come from this five-hundred-step wide meadow close to the city wall......"

Zhandui sneered: "You mean digging a trap in the grass that is up to five hundred paces wide? This is simply impossible, such a large-scale project, so close to the city wall, even if it is a night construction, it is impossible not to be noticed by the defenders on the city wall! ”

Duo Sang said: "What General Zhandui said is extremely true. So my plan was not to work on the entire 500-pace-wide frontage, but only on the meadow about 200 paces wide near the forest. Seeing that Zhandui was about to question again, without waiting for him to speak, he hurriedly continued: "With a front width of five hundred paces, it is difficult to say that the enemy war cavalry will crash into the trap arranged by our army, so after discovering that the enemy army has come out of the north gate, we must use a small army to lure them, and this small army must be mostly brave men, sacrificing themselves to lure the enemy war horse to the trap!" ”

Songhe praised: "Good! This arrangement can be said to be foolproof! Zhandui couldn't help but feel unhappy when he saw Duo Songhe's praise for Duo Sang's policy, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it, after all, Duo Sang's strategy can really be said to be foolproof, and he can't find fault with it. Song He thought for a while, and said to Duo Sang: "Duo Sang, lead your subordinates to work at night and dig traps to the southeast corner of the city," Duo Sang bowed and promised, Song He said to Hanon: "Hanon, you lead your soldiers to the northeast corner of the city to work, be careful to keep it secret, and don't let the enemy find out!" Hanon bowed and promised. Songhe glanced at the other generals and said, "The rest of the generals will follow me to make a feint and occupy the pile, and you are responsible for blocking the east gate." The generals agreed in unison.

That night, the Tibetan army was busy, perhaps with God's help, the moon was covered by dark clouds throughout the night, and the earth was pitch black, and the five fingers could not be seen. At the same time, there were Tubo troops who kept beating drums and shouting on the city walls, as if they were disturbing the enemy, but in fact, they were covering up the sound of their own troops digging traps. Yan Yunjun's side snuggled up to the enemy and only harassed, but did not realize that they were actually digging a huge trap under the cover of harassment.

The next morning, the sound of the horn of Tubo broke the silence of the early morning, only to see hundreds of thousands of troops of Tubo slowly pressing, arrayed on the hillside outside the east city gate, hundreds of thousands of troops overwhelming, countless banners like clouds, hundreds of heavy catapults lined up in front of the army, like a stone forest, spears like a forest, reflecting the sunlight and radiating a sparkling cold light. The soldiers of the Yan Yun Army have unsheathed their swords, the arrows are wound, the three-bow bed crossbow has been wound and equipped with arrows, and the artillery has also been prepared for firing, just waiting for Yan Qingfeng's order.

Woo...... Woo...... Woo...... The horn of the Tubo army sounded one by one, and the 10,000 Tubo army shouted violently, pushing all kinds of siege equipment towards Xiliangfu, and at the same time, hundreds of heavy catapults were surging together, and the huge stones were smashed down on the city wall like raindrops, crackling loudly, only to see dust and bricks flying all over the sky, the scene was earth-shattering, and it was magnificent.

The Tibetan attacking troops rushed to the near place, and the arrows rained down on the city wall, and countless ripples appeared in the tide composed of the Tibetan attacking troops. The Yanyun army continued to fire arrows, and the Tubo army continued to advance against the whistling and flying arrow rain, and people were constantly shot to the ground.

Suddenly, more than 100 Tibetan soldiers rushed towards the city gate with shields in one hand and a car rushing towards the city gate with the other. Yan Yunjun immediately concentrated their firepower to shoot at them, only to hear a burst of arrows screaming, the rain of arrows swept by, more than 100 Tubo troops fell on the spot, and the remaining half of the Tubo army still roared and pushed the city cart, and at the same time, dozens or hundreds of people rushed up from behind to take the place of the soldiers who were shot to push the city cart. Just like this, the Tubo army retreated to the city gate with more than a dozen rushing vehicles under the dense rain of arrows that kept falling, and then poured fire oil on it and set it on fire. In the blink of an eye, the flames soared into the sky, and the raging flames illuminated the east city gate, completely sealing the east city gate.

Seeing this, Songhe couldn't help but be overjoyed, and raised his right hand and waved it forward. Tens of thousands of Tibetan troops took shields as the forerunner and carried countless siege equipment to approach the city wall. At the same time, the Tibetan soldiers who were already under the city stacked their shields layer upon layer to form a shield wall nearly three meters high. The rain of arrows on the battlefield roared and crackled, and most of the arrows were blocked by shields.

Ya Yu Guanyin glanced up, and saw that the arrow tower like a forest was approaching, and turned to Naren beside him and said, "Order the artillery team, bombard the enemy army!" Naren immediately raised a red flag. Seeing this, the captain of the artillery team was excited, and immediately shouted at his subordinates: "The artillery team listens to the order and bombards the enemy!" With his order, a huge roar resounded through the sky, and fireworks soared into the sky on the city walls! The Tubo army suddenly heard this loud noise ten times more terrifying than thunder, and they couldn't help but be shocked, and almost at the same time, the dust and flesh in the Tubo army were flying.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.