Xiazhou.

Xiao Heda stood on the general's platform and faced nearly 10,000 soldiers:

"Some people say that I have been in Xiazhou for more than ten years and embezzled military rations and fish and people. This time I raised an army for my own wealth and honor, and I also counted all the sins of famine in Xiazhou on me."

"Today, I will take out all my wealth and reward them all to the soldiers of the three armies. All the food stored in my house will be used as military rations."

"I have moved my house empty and don't want that big house anymore, so I just burned it up!"

"Go and send an order and burn my house!"

A horse ran into the city, and half a quarter of an hour later, the people in the city started to shout.

Xiao Heda also said: "The officers and chiefs of each department can choose thirty people to enter the city to see if my house has been ignited!"

Hundreds of people stood up one after another, all rode into the city to check the situation.

After a while, the people rushed back to the city and told their companions that Xiao Heda's mansion was indeed burning.

Xiao Heda continued: "I took out all my land in Xiazhou and rewarded them to the soldiers who have made meritorious service. This is a land deed, locked into a box, and the generals take turns to keep it. If you want to get more rewards, then follow me to kill the enemy and rob it from the corrupt officials of the Western Xia Dynasty. Kill the corrupt officials! Kill the corrupt officials!"

"Kill the foolish monarch! Kill the corrupt official!"

The soldiers of the entire army roared angrily, and for a momentum was like a rainbow.

Xiao Heda rebelled, naturally not to understand the people, he could not survive in Xixia.

In history, how much has Xiao Heda made trouble?

He first defeated the rebellion army of Xixia, and then contacted the two Khitan tribes on the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain. Immediately afterwards, the Baguan of Hedong, Shanjinsi, and the Northern and Southern Palaces were in front of the Northern and Southern Palaces... The Khitan tribes and some Han people raised troops to respond to the rebellion.

They combined tens of thousands of troops and defeated the rebel army several times, defeating the left-wing troops of Xixia to a mess. Then they attacked Lingzhou, more than a hundred miles away from the Xixia royal city. Because they were unable to capture the city of Lingzhou, they turned to capture the strategic location of Yanzhou.

Then, he plundered the pastures of various states and even sent light cavalry to Helan Mountain.

At the beginning of the rebellion, he dispersed all his wealth and stolen goods to his soldiers. Many poor people came to surrender spontaneously. Unfortunately, Ren Dejing sent troops to confiscate his old nest, and then blocked the retreat and was defeated in Yanzhou.

Xiao Heda in this time and space will naturally not be so embarrassed, nor will he be besieged by the army of quelling rebellions.

In early winter last year, he suddenly launched an army to attack Xiazhou's iron smelting affairs. He also slaughtered the civil servants and generals there, emptied all the craftsmen and iron tools, and then repelled the rebellion army from Xiangyou Army.

Xiangyou Army and Jianing Army were dispatched to return, and Xiao Heda defended Xiazhou City to the death, forcing the enemy to retreat before the heavy snowfall.

Now that spring is coming, the army of quelling rebellions is coming again.

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The commander of the Xixia general who was responsible for suppressing the rebellion was the newly sent military supervisor from the court, Wang Cunli.

As for Ren Dejing, he was still suppressing the rebellion around Xingqing Prefecture, and he almost wiped out all the rebels.

"Cunli" is a good name, and it is funny to add "Wang" and it is connected to "Cunli" and "Don't keep the etiquette".

The Wang family is a major surname in Xixia, and Li Jiqian's biological mother's surname is Wang.

Before the snow had been dissolved, Wang Cunli came to the Jianing Military Office and cursed the commander, deputy commander, and military commander. He ordered them to immediately slaughter Ding to suppress the rebellion. Only by killing Xiao Heda, who was entrenched in Xiazhou, could they help Xiangyou Military Office and Shenwang Army Office to strengthen the walls and clear the fields.

Xiao Heda was immortal, and the two military commanders could not withdraw even if they wanted to withdraw, which was even more nonsense about the Ming army's strong walls and clearing the fields.

In the countryside and pastures, the people of Xixia cried and cried loudly.

All their houses were burned down, and everyone had to bring wealth and food with them to evacuate them, leaving no grain for the Ming army. The elderly, weak, women and children directly retreated to Yanzhou, while the young and strong joined the army to fight and went to wipe out the rebels of Xiao Heda.

Of course, before Xiao Heda was destroyed, all front-line troops could not be evacuated, and people must be kept to defend the city and resist the Ming army.

In a few days, Wang Cunli gathered thousands of troops and drew back three thousand permanent troops from the front line.

"Da da da da da..."

A fast horse ran towards him, and the rider went to meet Wang Cunli with a dirt look: "Angel, Great Wall Ridge is lost!"

Wang Cunli was shocked: "Didn't you come to report two days ago? Did the Ming army just start attacking the camp?"

The rider explained: "The Ming army used muskets and crossbows to cover the fire, and used hundreds of people to drag the giant cannons, dragging the cannons to the halfway mountain to bombard the city. Before the walls collapsed, the soldiers guarding the village were frightened and fled!"

Great Wall Ridge is a dangerous mountain in the southwest of Hongzhou, Xixia. If firearms are not used, even if tens of thousands of troops attack in turn, more than a thousand defenders there can last for at least half a month.

Li Yanxian personally set up the commander's tent at the foot of the ridge and sent troops to capture a gentle slope on the half-mountain ridge, asking craftsmen to cut wood to build pulleys, and lift siege cannons to build a turret.

Even so, the shelling angle is very problematic and can only bombard a declining angle of the city.

However, the artillery shells that kept flying out scared the defenders in the castle.

There were only five hundred garrison soldiers there, and three thousand regular troops were temporarily transferred. Three thousand five hundred men were guarding the castle, looking at the dense Ming army at the foot of the mountain, they were already frightened and fled directly with the cannon.

Because he ran fast and the mountains were steeper, the Ming army did not catch a prisoner and had no chance to kill a defender.

"Da da da da da..."

Another fast horse ran to the horse, and the rider knelt down and cried out: "Angel, the Ming army has approached Longzhou City. The Shilijing Village in the south of Longzhou is gone, and the two Ming army are probably now encircled Longzhou!"

In fact, the Helan Original Village further southwest has also been broken, but there has been no news yet.

Wang Cunli was completely panicked.

His mission was to wipe out Xiao Heda, open up the withdrawal channel of Xiangyou Army and Shenyong Army. He took away all the soldiers and civilians of Yinzhou, Shizhou and Xiazhou, and strengthened the walls and cleared the fields to lure the Ming army into the depths.

But before he could even put the rebellion, the Ming army had already broken through the fortress one after another, and the army was pressing against the two prefecture cities of Hongzhou and Longzhou.

How did the Ming army fight so fast?

There is only one reason: the Xixia army has become decayed and useless.

Historically, Xiao Heda, a foreign general, was able to repel the three nearby military departments by just one Xiazhou rebellion. Even after Xiao Heda led his army westward, the three military departments did not dare to send troops to conquer the old nest, and Ren Dejing sent hundreds of elite soldiers to take down Xiazhou.

Wang Cunli, who was holding heavy troops, was defeated by Xiao Heda again and again, and finally hurried in Lingzhou City and did not dare to show up.

What a waste general and army!

It turned out that the Song army during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty fought back and forth with Xixia, and was purely at the same level as the croaker.

Wang Cunli was shocked and angry, and said with a stern expression: "I ordered Hongzhou and Longzhou to defend the city to delay time. I will be able to withdraw when I destroy Xiao Heda. Remember, before withdrawing the troops, burn all the food and grass in the city!"

Immediately afterwards, Wang Cunli asked the elderly, weak, women and children to hurry toward Yanzhou.

Then, Wang Cunli led more than 10,000 troops to the north to attack Xiao Heda. There were more than 20,000 troops killed by Xiangyou Army Office, and they wanted to attack Xiazhou from north to south.

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Wang Cunli quickly marched to Sanchakou Village, and the whole army stopped to camp and rest.

That night, a burst of shouts woke Wang Cunli up from her sleep.

However, Xiao Heda, with hundreds of elite Xiazhou soldiers and Doo, suddenly rushed over to attack the night camp.

Wang Cunli was not prepared for any reason because the place where he sent troops was farther away from Xiazhou. In his opinion, Xiao Heda should be fighting with Xiangyou Army, which had more troops and closer distances, and it was absolutely impossible for him to come and attack him from afar.

"Angels are leaving, many bandits are coming!"

"How many bandits have come?"

"I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of people holding torches everywhere."

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Wang Cunli lived in the castle of Sanchakou Village at this time. He climbed up the city wall and checked in a panic, but saw fires catching everywhere in the camp outside the village. Many soldiers fled outside the city gate, shouting and crying and demanding to enter the castle to hide.

"Don't open the door, beware of enemy spies entering!" Wang Cunli shouted.

The castle in Sanchakou Village is not big and can only accommodate three or four thousand people. More than half of the troops brought by Wang Cunli are camping outside the village.

Xiao Heda, Doo led the elite troops to light fires everywhere, shouting along the way: "Put down your weapons, surrender and not kill!"

These Western Xia soldiers all came from Youzhou, Hongzhou and Longzhou.

There were Ming troops outside and rebels inside. Their parents, wife and children were ordered to move away, and even their houses were burned to clear the country. They were exploited and detained on weekdays, but now they are attacked at night and are not allowed to go to the village to hide. They are blocked outside the village gate and are full of resentment.

Suddenly, a defeated officer roared angrily: "Don't work hard for the foolish monarch anymore, just surrender to General Xiao, and then go to the Ming Dynasty with General Xiao!"

The defeated soldiers next to him did not respond immediately, but shouted to the village: "If you don't open the door and let us in, we will go and join General Xiao! Open the door!"

"Open the door!"

"Open the door!"

The shouts came one after another, and Wang Cunli didn't dare to open the gate of the village. He was already sure that there were spies outside the gate of the village.

After several minutes of trouble, Xiao Heda and Doo brought the elite to kill closer and closer.

The defeated soldiers became even more frightened and angry. Finally, someone rushed towards the rebel army: "Don't kill me, I want to join the rebel army!"

There were more and more defeated soldiers outside the village gate, and they surrendered to the rebels with anger.

When Wang Cunli heard the shouts of the defeated soldiers, he was immediately frightened. He led the elite cavalry and opened another gate of the village. When he saw the defeated soldiers, he slashed and killed them. He actually gave up the fort and ran away with the army.

More than 10,000 troops were directly surrendered by Xiao Heda and captured more than 4,000 prisoners.

The next day, Xiao Heda reorganized the surrendered soldiers and promised to help the surrendered soldiers retrieve their relocated families.

Duoe asked, "Go back, or go south?"

Xiao Heda smiled: "Heroes have similar views, both strategies are OK, but it's safer to go back."

The two returned to Xiazhou with surrendered troops and seized food and grass, where they had been besieged by 20,000 troops from Xiangyou Army.
To be continued...