There are generally two methods for relocating people when the country is fortified and the country is cleared.

The first is to drive them away by force.

Burn down the houses you see and force the people to leave their homes. The people can flee to the mountains or to the rear, as long as they don't leave manpower and materials for the enemy.

This method is often accompanied by robbery.

That is to say, the country's troops sent out to disperse the people would be snatched away while performing the mission.

The second type is administrative relocation.

This is relatively more civilized, but requires higher levels of grassroots organization and is often mixed with force.

Xixia's efforts to strengthen the walls and clear the fields mainly favored the second type.

Because their grassroots organization is a tribe, the chiefs of each tribe have the ability to organize the migration of the people. Moreover, all the people are soldiers, the young and strong are sent to fight, and the people are all the families of the soldiers. If the people are driven away randomly, the soldiers will have no desire to fight.

On the west bank of the Yellow River, outside Huaizhou City.

There are patches of curtain beams in the countryside, which are a kind of small Western Xia tent. You can use wild trees as supports, or you can use wood to build the supports, and then cover them with felt to keep out the wind and rain.

When marching and fighting, three Xixia soldiers shared a curtain beam. A camel was also allocated to transport the baggage and the basic equipment of the three soldiers.

Now, tens of thousands of soldiers have entered the city, and more than 100,000 people live in the suburbs of Muliang.

They, the people who moved from the countryside to the countryside, often had conflicts with the local people because they occupied large areas of farmland in the suburbs.

After passing through the large tent area, Li Cunhui rode back to the city alone, showed his officer badge and entered.

and was not suspected.

He led his team on horseback out of the city for reconnaissance, and it was normal for them to run away when they encountered the Ming army.

That night, Yue Fei once again led his troops to the outside of Xingqingfu City. Not only did each cavalryman hold a torch, but there were also two torches tied to the saddles of each horse. They then blew trumpets and shouted, pretending to attack the city.

The soldiers and civilians in the city were shocked. Li Renzhong invited Li Renxiao again and climbed to the top of the city to organize the soldiers and civilians to defend the city.

For Xixia soldiers and civilians, night is even more terrifying.

It was originally pitch black outside the city, but now it was surrounded by countless torches, and it looked like tens of thousands of enemy troops had arrived.

Yue Fei also asked soldiers who were familiar with the properties of water to lie on the door panels and swim across the moat to set fire to the nearby dwellings outside the city.

The door panels were dismantled from rural houses.

Torches are also made from wood, cloth, and grease from private houses within a radius of twenty miles.

At midnight, many houses outside the city of Xingqing Prefecture began to burn. The fire became more and more intense. The entire street was set on fire, and even the outer skin of the city wall was blackened.

The soldiers and civilians of Xixia did not dare to go out of the city to put out the fire, so they could only watch the houses in Fuguo being burned down.

The whole city stayed up all night, and rumors began to spread.

As the capital of Xixia, there are at least ten people in the capital of Xingqing Prefecture. Most of them are connected through single lines, and they do not know each other's existence. They have been spreading rumors in the city for the past two days.

There are many rumors, and the content is as follows:

The Ming Dynasty sent a total of one million troops this time.

Emperor Zhu personally marched on the battlefield and was already attacking Lingzhou.

Wang Shu's entire army was wiped out at Keyi Gate, so the Ming army was able to attack from the north.

The Ming army did not come from the north, but from the east. It was Brother Richard who wiped out his entire army.

There were more than a few thousand Ming troops outside the city, and a full 100,000 came. The main force was stationed in Dingzhou, waiting for food and grass. They could reach Xingqing Mansion in three to five days at most.

Ren Dejing, the coach of Lingzhou, had already surrendered to the enemy. He was originally a Han, and he surrendered as soon as the Ming army arrived.

In fact, it was Zhu Cunli who had surrendered to the enemy. He held the three major military divisions but retreated without a fight. He also sent 200,000 Ming troops to Xingqing Mansion...

There are all kinds of rumors, messy and contradictory.

Yue Fei's nighttime threats made rumors spread faster in the city. They didn't even need to make detailed rumors. The Xixia soldiers and civilians in panic were already creating rumors on their own and spreading them.

Rumors from the people quickly affected officials and soldiers.

After daybreak, although Yue Fei and his army had disappeared without a trace, people in Xingqingfu City were still in panic all day long.

Li Renzhong selected strong men and sent people out of the city again to ask for help.

Those seeking help went in three directions: some went southwest to Shunzhou, some went due south to Jingzhou, and some went due east to Huaizhou.

Yue Fei deliberately let these messengers go, but he still did not give up the siege and reinforcements.

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Huaizhou City.

The second batch of messengers asking for help has arrived and handed Li Renai's autographed letter to Zong Cunli.

After reading the letter, Wang Cunli felt even more confused.

On the day Yue Fei approached Xingqing Mansion, Bin Cunli had already received a letter asking for help. While he sent Qingqi out to investigate, he also sent someone to inform Brother Richard.

Brother Richard, with 20,000 cavalry, was stationed in several pastures on the edge of the desert.

Li Yanxian is currently in charge of Yanzhou, dispatching grain and troops. Zhong Yanchong and Xiao Heda are the vanguard and are marching towards Huaizhou City, but the march is extremely slow because the grain transport team was attacked several times.

The fight went very poorly for both sides.

Since Li Yanxian and his main force were stationary in Yanzhou, Brother Richard could only carry out small-scale grain raids again and again, hoping to lure the Yanzhou Ming army deeper.

The reason why Li Yanxian stayed in Yanzhou was because there was something wrong with the transportation of grain and grass - Geng Cunli's men retreated too quickly, Li Yanxian's troops pursued him too hastily, the grain road was suddenly stretched, and the baggage could not keep up.

Moreover, all the generals under Li Yanxian are asking for battle, hoping to pursue them quickly and capture Huaizhou so that they can take Xingqing Mansion directly.

Bin Cunli's battle was too bad, and the Ming army won too easily. The whole army was filled with the arrogance of underestimating the enemy. They thought that there was no need to worry about food and grass issues. As long as they chased them all the way, the enemy army would be defeated easily.

Attack Xixia!

"General Li, another batch of grain and grass arrived yesterday, and the entire army can now move out." Zhang Xian suggested.

Li Yanxian shook his head: "It's not enough. We need to store more food and grass here. Then we will bring more civilians with us to transport food with the army all the way to Huaizhou."

Yao Pingzhong said: "It is only three hundred miles from Yanzhou to Huaizhou. Leave an army to garrison Yanzhou and let the follow-up grain and grass be transported continuously. As for the food for the frontline troops, it is transferred three hundred miles from Yanzhou."

How can the enemy cut off our food route? Just by being disrespectful? Does he dare to go out of the city to cut off food? If he sends fewer soldiers, the food protection team can solve it. If he sends more soldiers, we can just return to the division and wipe them out.

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"General Yao is right." Zhang Xian couldn't help it.

Yao Pingzhong said anxiously: "If we don't rush in troops along the way, Xingqing Mansion will be captured by friendly forces!"

They have lost their minds in order to grab credit.

In other words, you know clearly that there may be danger, but you still have to take a gamble in order to get the credit for destroying the country.

Li Yanxian comforted him: "Three days, wait three more days. You two send generals and more cavalry to explore around. I always feel that there are still enemies hidden somewhere. If Yanzhou City is stronger, I will agree to your attack."

But Yanzhou City is short and dilapidated. If we use this place as a transportation point for grain and grass, after the main force of our army leaves, it will be easily attacked by the enemy and we will be starved of grain."

Zhang Xian said: "If there are too many thunderbolts left in the city!"

Li Yanxian shook his head: "There are many Bubazi under Zong Cunli's command. They are good at crossing mountains and climbing city walls, and they fight without risking their lives. If there is a strong general with Bubazi, regardless of casualties, and forcibly attacks the city, Yan

The state city may not be able to be defended."

Yao Pingzhong said: "Then let the garrison and civilians gathered in Yanzhou pretend to be elites and follow the main force to attack Huaizhou, luring the enemy to attack Yanzhou. We will quietly leave thousands of elites behind, and there will be no arrangements at the top of the city.

How many soldiers are there to suddenly rush out when the enemy comes?"

Li Yanxian smiled: "This is a good idea."

The "main force" under Li Yanxian finally moved. Because they were "in a hurry" to get on the road, they did not send out a large number of cavalry to cover them up, and were soon "detected" by Brother Richard's light cavalry.

"Don't worry, let them march for two more days." Brother Richard felt that he had caught the Ming army's loophole.

"Da da da da..."

A fast horse came and the messenger handed the letter asking for help into Brother Richard's hand.

This is the first request for help, and the second request for help has not yet been sent.

After Brother Richard read the letter, he was not very anxious. He immediately replied to the Xixia court.

The content of the reply can be summarized as:

First, even if Keyi Gate would be breached, it would not be possible so quickly. The Ming army must have come around from the desert.

Second, if they came from the desert, then there must not be many people, and they would not bring much food and grass.

Third, the Ming army was short of troops and food, so it was impossible to capture Xingqing Mansion, nor could it capture Huaizhou, which was heavily garrisoned.

Fourth, the defenders of all cities must not send troops to rescue randomly to prevent the Ming army (Yue Fei) from going south to besiege the city for reinforcements. Xingqing Prefecture, defend to the death. Huaizhou, defend to the death!

Fifth, the Keyimen should divide their troops and go south, but not to recapture Dingzhou, which would be too dangerous and easy to defeat. Instead, they should cross the Yellow River to the west and set up a camp to block Yue Fei's escape route due to lack of food.

If Xixia can really strictly implement Brother Richard's plan, then Yue Fei will be unable to do anything in the Yinchuan Basin, and may even be wiped out due to lack of food.

But Brother Richard missed two points.

First, he did not regard the relocated people outside Huaizhou City as human beings, so he subconsciously ignored them.
To be continued...