Chapter 1,275 West Road

"For example, when Hehuang repeated his mistakes, wasn't he the one..." After speaking, he pointed at Zhao Sizhong: "He was bewitched by the Xixia people..."

Then he pointed at Ali Gu and said, "I'm asking you for help."

"You thought it was profitable, so you sent this..." After saying that, he pointed at Qingyi and formed a ghost seal: "Lead the troops into Hehuang to help?"

"In the end, Jie Guizhang realized that he was unable to do anything, abandoned Sizhong and fled back to the Qingtang Dynasty, causing Sizhong to be captured, and finally surrendered to the Song Dynasty, right?"

Zhao Sizhong quickly expressed his loyalty: "I am a blessing in disguise. His Majesty the Emperor did not act recklessly and rebelliously because of his loyalty, but instead promoted himself to a higher rank. He is really ashamed of himself."

Li Xian said: "Your Majesty sent Li Xian all the way this time. What Li Xian wants is victory."

"So no matter what the previous grievances are, everyone still has to let go. People, always have to look forward."

"In this battle, the officials have given generous rewards. This is a rare opportunity for you. At least the sergeants' equipment and the horses' equipment can be replaced at once."

"But we still have to take into account the balance of power. The big ones in Qingtang are Sizhong, Bao Shun, and the Duke. The little prince and Wen Xixin are also included."

"Sizhong and Bao Shun each summoned 30,000, and the little prince and Lao Wen gathered 15,000. I mean, for the county prince, 30,000 to 40,000 is about the same. What do you think?"

Ali Gu mentally reviewed the numbers of the three parties and believed that this distribution was actually reasonable. The military strength of the warlords in various parts of the Qing and Tang Dynasties had been improved in a balanced way, and everyone would not suffer.

I heard Li Xian say: "This recruitment is a little different from the past, because we provide food, fodder and military supplies. Therefore, for each centurion, we have to send a military policeman who is responsible for conveying military orders, supervising their execution, receiving and distributing materials, comforting and motivating

morale and affirm military discipline."

"They have all accepted it and received a complete change of clothes. Now it is up to the county officials."

After speaking, he sighed: "Your Majesty has urged you for the third time. If you don't send troops, I'm afraid Li Xian will lose his life. I can only wait for you for three days at most. If you don't accept it after three days, then I will have to send troops alone."

Ali Gu was also a decisive person: "Then choose the troops! We will send 40,000 people. Grandpa and Jie Guizhang will each take 20,000 to accompany the Taiwei on the expedition!"

"Good! Team training is really refreshing!"

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In late August of the fourth year of Yuanfeng, the Xihe Army finally assembled and sent out troops under the leadership of Li Xian. Yu Zanghuama surrendered directly and turned to lead the party, leading the army to surround the Western Envoy City of Xixia.

Liang Yimi sent more than 20,000 cavalry to relieve the siege and fight against Xihe's army.

The Xixia cavalry was very powerful and occupied favorable terrain, so Li Xian sent out new troops to join in the reinforcements. After only half a day of fighting, the Xia army began to fail.

Li Xian ordered Miao Shu, the former deputy general of the army, to switch from defense to attack and lead the Song army's cavalry to counterattack the Xia army. The Xia army was unable to engage and fled in defeat.

In this battle, the Song army captured three leaders alive, killed more than 20 generals, beheaded more than 2,000 people, and captured 500 horses.

Reinforcements were cut off, and the defenders of Xishi City were in disarray. Deputy General Xidu Luopan and others also gave up resistance and surrendered with more than 10,000 troops. Li Xian easily captured Xishi City.

Liang Yimi sent tens of thousands more troops to rescue Xishi City. When he arrived, he realized that the city had been lost, so he retreated to Baogonggu City.

The terrain of Ruzhe Valley in front of Gonggu City was dangerous, so Li Xian attacked the Xia army stationed in Ruzhe Valley first.

The Xia army occupied the favorable terrain with a mountain stream at its back and managed to hold on, and started a duel with the Song army.

After fighting for a day, the Song army was at a disadvantage, so Li Xian had to withdraw his troops.

However, that night, Li Xian personally led the Dun'an army together with Su Lie, secretly passed through the long-decayed plank road, reached the back of the Xia army's camp, and launched a night battle.

Xia Jun had no idea that the Song Army could cross the natural chasm overnight. When Yemei Lanyi appeared in front of him like ghosts and gods descending from the sky, Xia Jun did not even have the courage to fight, so they broke up and fled, hoarding An's troops to capture Ruzhegu.

An inventory was made at dawn, and there were more than 600 corpses that the Xia people had no time to take away, and thousands of horses were seized.

Once you fail to cover the valley, the niche valley will become a turtle in the urn.

Li Xian set up a thunder cannon at a high place. As soon as the cannon was fired, Grandpa Duqiao and Qingyi Jieguizhang led their troops to rush out. Although the Xia people resisted desperately, Gonggu City was still captured in just one day.

By this point in the battle, Granny Li had wiped out a total of 30,000 Xia troops and seized a large amount of weapons and food.

Gonggu City preserved a large amount of supplies for the Xia people, and was known as the "Imperial Village". The things Jialiang transported here from the Western Regions happened to catch up with the war, and they were all intercepted by Li Xian.

It happened that the two edicts from Zhao Xu, conveyed by the Director General of the Six Routes, arrived: "In the eighth month of Xinwei, Li Xian and others on Xihe Road met with Dong Fe's men and horses to attack the Xia thieves, because the division period on Yanyan Road was still at the beginning of late September.

, Now Li Xian and others are like soldiers and horses out of bounds and encountering thieves. They have seen that they have won a victory, so they march forward to attack them deeply."

"If the bandits are blocked and cannot be driven away for a long time, they will choose the key points to control and set up camps at the places where the troops are transported to wait for the divisions on the road, starting from the end."

He also issued an edict: "What we are doing now is different from that of ordinary enemies. We are trying to build a country for a hundred years. It is not a small matter. How can we not work together from top to bottom, and have our soldiers work together to help each other?"

"We must spare no expense on rewards and encourage the spirit of the three armies so that they can take the lead and defeat the enemy. If we can gain merit in the first battle, the rest will be taken care of easily."

"Don't be stingy with money and silk. You can recruit warriors with banners. If you can inspire the hearts of the soldiers, you can do it cheaply. The only thing the court wants to do is destroy thieves, and there is no care for anything else."

So Li Xian stationed the army for three days, and ordered the newly surrendered Yu Zang, Huama, Balingye and other three tribes to attack the neighboring Sabu Zongcheng. He ordered Zhao Sizhong, Bao Shun and Qingyi to form ghost seals, and Duke Duqiao led the Tibetan troops to sweep Hezhou.

When traveling to the outskirts of Lanzhou, everyone will be rewarded for their merits.

The enthusiasm of the Tibetan people was unprecedentedly high. In order to show their loyalty, the newly surrendered ministries fought bravely. Dongguan, the last fortress in front of Lanzhou, was captured in a few days.

After three days, Li Xian's army arrived at Dongguan and found that Lanzhou had become an empty city.

It turned out that the Xia people who were defending the city, seeing that they were unable to do anything, abandoned Lanzhou and retreated to Mingsha City.

There is no doubt about the importance of Lanzhou's terrain. Not only can it control a large number of new areas, it can also communicate with the Xihe River, surround the Qingtang Dynasty, and cut off the Western Regions.

So Li Xian submitted a petition to build the city of Lanzhou, and set up the Commander-in-Chief's Office of the Capital Economic System in the city to take charge of Xihe, Qinfeng, and the Tibetan tribes in Lanzhou and Huizhou.

Su You couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard the news about Li Xian's attack on Lanzhou. In his grand strategy, the strategy of cutting off the left and right arms of Xixia was first realized in Lanzhou.

So I composed a song "Wen Guanjun Takes Lanzhou and Presents it to Lieutenant Li" and sent it to Li Xian.

Of course, this is also related to the non-resistance strategy implemented by Jia Liang's Tu cadres. Jia Liang's son Jia Guodong used the excuse that his father was not in the station and could not easily challenge the sharpness of the Song army, so he moved the tribe and large troops west to Liangzhou, letting Li Xian

Capturing Lanzhou with ease turned Xixia's Xiping Military Division and Gansu Military Division into an enclave isolated by the Song Army.

This was like a signal. When the Empress Dowager Liang heard that Lanzhou had been captured by Li Xian, she immediately ordered the tribes to abandon the city, fortify the walls and clear the fields, bring supplies to Xingqing, and assemble in Lingzhou. Depending on the dangerous mountains and rivers, they could either hold guerrilla positions or cut off the enemy's retreat.

However, there were too many supplies and people in the middle road, so when the Empress Dowager Liang heard that Liang Yongneng had fallen into the army, she immediately ordered Prime Minister Liang Yimi to personally lead an army of 70,000 people to the middle road to fill the gap left by Liang Yongneng.

However, the most worrying army in the middle of the Song Dynasty has not been mobilized. After Liang Yongneng led the army to Baotai Military Division, even though the eastern and western armies of the Song Dynasty achieved great victories, they were so constrained by the middle that they did not dare to send any reinforcements for fear of being hit.

Su You's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

While Su You was in Ningxia City, the old god was always there.

He had a very clear understanding of Song and Xia's military situation.

Today's new army of the Song Dynasty is generally believed to have similar military strength to the Eight-Nation Allied Forces that invaded China in later generations, except that they are not equipped with machine guns.

The manpower is about the same, around 50,000.
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