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Chapter 49: The First Attack

The Henan Road, Pingxia Road and Hanhai Road in Xixia have already been strengthened in advance. The six military supervisors of the Zuoxiang Army were ordered to retreat. Except for the troops of the Xishoubaotai Army Department, the rest of the troops retreated to Helan Mountain.,

On October 14th, Zhe Keqiu took down Mingsha City, three hundred miles away from Lingzhou.

On October 14, Luo Qinghan took Xiazhou and the large group of troops killed Lingzhou.

On October 15, Yelu Mage's vanguard army approached Lou Bobei, and the Baimaqiang Town Military Supervisory Office of the Right Xiang Army of Xixia immediately evacuated.

On the same day, under the coercion of Li Enyi, the Renduobao State in Liangzhou, Hexi, gathered an army of 50,000 to launch a fierce attack on Yingya Fort.

Li Enyi was extremely dissatisfied with Renduo's passive and lazy war. The imperial edict arrived a few days ago, but Renduo's country still ignored it and remained silent. Renduo's country remained unmoved and did not attack the enemy. Renduo's country remained unmoved and did not attack the enemy, which was equivalent to winning the enemy's rest for twenty days, allowing the enemy to calmly strengthen the fortress, stockpile food, grass, weapons, and gather troops. This will give the future

The attack on the surface brings unpredictable trouble.

Renduobaoguo did not want to anger Xingqing Prefecture, so he patiently explained to Li Enyi that Hexi and Shuofang were a whole. Judging from the current situation, if the Tiger and Lieutenant Army attacked, it would definitely be attacking from north to south. Dragging the enemy troops invading Hexi to Yingya Fort can effectively disperse the enemy's forces to attack Karochuan. In addition, the Xia army in Hexi did not respond for a long time, which would inevitably cause confusion to the enemy. If the enemy could be tempted to place the main attack direction on the front line of the snow-capped mountains, it would be equivalent to greatly alleviating the heavy pressure in the Karochuan direction.

Li Enyi couldn't understand, so he questioned Ren and Duobaoguo, "You gave the enemy 20 days. How much can the enemy do in these 20 days? How much food and troops can they transport in? Once we are defeated in Hexi and lose Xiliang Prefecture, the situation of the war will inevitably undergo a shocking reversal."

Renduo Baoguo sneered at it and wanted to slap this eunuch.

"Look at the weather, winter has arrived, it's very. It's going to snow soon. When the snowy snowstorm is blocked, the enemy troops in Yingya Fort became trapped beasts in cages. The more enemies in Yingya Fort are, the more food and grass they consume. They can't survive for a long time and will face the dilemma of shortage of food. Without food, there is no food.

, What kind of war does the enemy use to fight?" Renduo Baoguo sneered, "The reason why I surrounded and did not fight was to wait for the arrival of the middle of winter. I can guarantee that as long as there is heavy snow, it will take no time for me to wipe out the enemy, seize Yingya Fort, and ensure the safety of Hexi without any effort."

Renduobaoguo's analysis is very reasonable. Ulan Xinlong of the Gansu Military Department and Ang Angxi of the Xiping Military Department both supported their old commanders, believing that fighting with the enemy will cause unnecessary losses. It is better to stand stalemate like this. Once the battle situation in Shuofang or Helanshan is urgent, Hexi can still draw some troops to support it.

In fact, the real purpose of Renduo's protection of the country was to force the emperor and the court to defend Helan Mountain. Now Xingqing Prefecture has made a decision that the emperor and the court are ready to evacuate at any time. Once the enemy in Liangzhou is cleared, the emperor and the court will definitely retreat to Hexi. Therefore, Renduo's protection of the country tried every means to keep this enemy in Hexi, thus causing tension in the situation in Hexi.

Renduo is determined to defend the country and help Richard. He implements the correct defense strategy, but the emperor and the court are unwilling to take risks with the safety of the country and take risks with their lives. Li Enyi dares not take risks with his own head. Before leaving Helan Mountain, the emperor and prime minister Liang Qishen repeatedly told him to kill the enemy in the shortest time to be stable.

Hexi, so that the emperor and the court can evacuate immediately. He is responsible for safeguarding the country's destiny and the security of the emperor and the court. How could he easily give up his beliefs just because of the words of benevolence and protection of the country?

"You gather the army immediately and the team will launch an attack." Li Enyi said sternly, "The emperor has given you ten days. It has been seven days since you received the emperor's imperial edict and you have three days left. If you have not conquered Yingya Castle within three days, I will remove your official position and remove your military power according to the emperor's order."

Renduo Baoguo had no choice but to assemble men and horses to attack Yingyao Fort, but he didn't want to fight at all. He secretly ordered Ulan Xinlong and Ang Angxi to make a big splash and deliberately deceive Li Enyi.

Yao Pingzhong had already received a letter from Li Hu. When he learned that he was going to stay in Hexi until November, he couldn't help but complain. The morale of the soldiers was absolutely fine, but the supplement of food and weapons was a fatal problem. Although Liu Li hurriedly brought five thousand tiger soldiers to him as a reserve army and transported him food and grass weapons, once the mountain was closed, the connection between the two places was completely cut off.

Fortunately, Renduobaoguo had a way to annihilate the Xihe Army, and now he has to use this army, so the attack rhythm is very well controlled, thunder sound

The heavy rainfall allowed the Xihe Army to save food, weapons and physical strength to the greatest extent, and prepare to confront the Hexi Xia Army for a long time.

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Under the full attack of the Tiger and Lieutenant Army, Helan Mountain fell into extreme panic.

On the 17th, Li Qianshun summoned a group of important officials to discuss the plan to retreat and defend Helan Mountain. The situation in Hexi has not stabilized so far, and Renduobaoguo has not sent memorials to report the victory. The emperor and the court were anxiously unable to retreat to Hexi, so they could only defend Helan Mountain with all their might.

As soon as the discussion began, Liang Qishen "attacked" Brother Richard and accused him of making a mistake in his judgment.

So far, there has been no war in Shuofang, and the Huli Army did not attack Karochuan. According to Li Dingchuan and Xiao Heda, who were guarding Karochuan, reported that although scouts investigated many times, there was no sign of the main force of the Huli Army gathering in Zhenwu City and Lanzhou. According to reports from various departments of the left wing army and Baimaqiang Town of the right wing, it can be judged that the main force of the Huli Army was coming from Xiazhou. In addition, Yelu Mage who came from Langshan and the Northwest Army who came from Hulu River, it is basically certain that Li Hu's main attack direction was Helan Mountain, not Richard.

The judgment of Karochuan.

For this reason, Liang Qishen believed that the enemy troops attacking Hexi were intended to restrain the Hexi army and cause judgment errors to Helan Mountain. Richard was obviously deceived. He asked the emperor and the court to defend Helan Mountain and transfer the army of the Xishou Baotai Army to Shuofang to strengthen the defensive power of Karochuan.

Brother Richard sneered. He was too lazy to explain. It was not until the emperor asked in person that he reluctantly said a few perfunctory words, "The war has just begun. From the current situation on the battlefield, it is impossible to accurately judge Li Hu's attack strategy, wait and see."

"Do you still firmly believe that Li Hu's main attack direction is Karochuan?" Li Qianshun now also doubted Richard's judgment.

"I firmly believe." Li Cha said, "Li Hu's troops were divided into three groups to attack Helan Mountain, with great momentum, but they could not form a siege on Helan Mountain. Since they could not encircle, how could Li Hu defeat us? So I can be sure that Li Hu was using the fierce attack from the main force of the Huli Army on the east line to lure us to recruit reinforcements from Hexi and Shuofang. At present, the army in Hexi has been dragged by the enemy. If you want to mobilize troops to reinforce Helan Mountain, you can only mobilize troops from Shuofang. Once Karochuan's defensive power is weakened, rely solely on Zhuo? The army of Henan cannot stop Li Hu's attack at all."

"What you mean is that there is no war in Shuofang because Li Hu wants to force us to draw troops from Shuofang to reinforce Helan Mountain, right?" Liang Qishen asked immediately, "If we have not drawn troops from Shuofang, will Li Hu not attack Karochuan? If Li Hu wanted to create this illusion so that we can make a wrong judgment so that he can conquer Helan Mountain in one fell swoop, who will bear this responsibility?"

"I have said a long time ago that Karochuan is the key to this battle. As long as we firmly defend Karochuan, we can defeat Li Hu." Brother Richard could not bear Liang Qishen's "ignorance" and shouted angrily, "I can tell you with certainty that in a month, when the Yellow River is frozen, Li Hu will definitely attack Karochuan. If I make a mistake in my judgment, I will give you the head on my head."

Liang Qishen widened his eyes, and the flesh on his cheeks kept twitching, so angry that he didn't know what to say.

Other ministers rose up and attacked him, trying their best to persuade Emperor Li Ganshun to evacuate Helan Mountain as soon as possible to avoid accidents.

Li Ganshun was in chaos and immediately issued an order to dismiss Renduo from the country, and was ruled by Ulan Xinlong.

To maintain the Hexi military, we must regain Yingya Fort before the 25th day to stabilize Hexi and allow the emperor, the court and a large number of people to evacuate Helan Mountain.

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On the 18th, Zhe Keqiu arrived in Lingzhou. In order to preserve his strength, he did not launch an attack, but waited for Luo Qinghan to come and meet.

On the same day, Yelu Mage's vanguard army rushed to Keyimen. The two armies of Baimaqiang Town and Right Chaushun retreated to Helan Mountain and defended them in danger. Yelu Mage ordered the main force to cross the Yellow River from the direction of Keyimen, head south along the Yellow River, and meet Luo Qinghan.

On the 19th, Luo Qinghan's vanguard army arrived in Yanzhou, five hundred miles away from Lingzhou.

On the 19th, the imperial edict from Xingqing Prefecture was passed to Xiliang Prefecture. At this moment, Renduobaoguo was supervising the battle on the front line. Li Enyi went to the front line to announce the edict, depriving Renduobaoguo of the military power. Renduobaoguo was furious and killed Li Enyi with one knife, and then reported to Xingqing Prefecture that Li Enyi was killed on the front line and died.

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On the 19th, Lanzhou.

The first batch of food, grass, weapons and various war materials transported to Lanzhou finally arrived, which made the anxious Li Hu breathe a sigh of relief.

Considering that the heavy snow was approaching, it was becoming increasingly difficult for Yao Pingzhong to stick to Hexi. Li Hu transferred a large number of food and grass weapons hoarded in Lanzhou to Renduoquan, and ordered Liu Li to take 5,000 soldiers deep into the snow-capped mountains and set up nearly 100 teleportation points to speed up transportation. This led to a serious shortage of food and grass weapons in Zhenwucheng and Lanzhou. Fortunately, Chang'an sent supplies in the scheduled time, which solved Li Hu's urgent need.

On the 20th, Li Hu summoned Yang Keshi and Yang Weizhong deployed an attack strategy.

Yang Weizhong rushed to Zhenwu City and became the commander-in-chief. Hou Guai and Zhe Kecun were the deputy. The three of them gathered 50,000 troops to attack Tong'an City.

The Grand Governor Yang Keshi led 25,000 troops to cross the river and attack Gai Zhucheng, and cooperated with Yang Weizhong to conquer Tong'an.

Zhe Keqiu led an army of 50,000 to Shuofang and killed Karochuan.

"According to the letter, the minister said

, He will arrive in Lingzhou on the 19th. Considering that the Xixia people are firmly guarding Helan Mountain this time, it is estimated that Luo Zhixiang will not encounter any resistance on Pingxia Road. If nothing unexpected happens, the main force of the Tiger Lie Army will resist Lingzhou around the 25th. There are more than a thousand miles from Lingzhou to Gaizhu City. If the Zhezhixiang leads his army day and night, he should meet with us around the sixth day of November."
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