Ouyang shook his head: "This was submitted by the Privy Council and Cai Jing together. Almost all the ministers agreed. Even the people mostly agreed to the profits, and Wang Shibei returned. My royal newspaper incited him, but the court kept the profits, and the people were too kind and very helpless. Not only that, Tong Guanwei's generals also said that peace talks were a better ending. Now the Song Dynasty is afraid that the Xixia people don't know that we have the intention of peace talks."

"No," Liu Qi said firmly: "This is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain."

Ouyang nodded: "Isn't it just two months? If General Liu is in the same position as me, there will be a turnaround."

"Sir, please speak."

"But declare it in advance, it will be very annoying in the future."

Liu Qi said: "It is the duty of protecting the country and expanding the territory for generals."

"That's good."

...

Li Ganshun personally led 50,000 troops to capture the alive, 25,000 garrison troops and 100,000 local troops to capture Rongxian. The military forces in the northwest were almost drained by him. In addition to this unit, the rest were divided into two units, one was to garrison Hengshan and the other surrounded Tianhuang County. Not to mention the use of military force of such a large scale, even the Song State did not dare to move lightly. With the rapid consumption of national strength, the results of rest and rest in the past ten years were drained overnight. If you want to change this situation, you must immediately occupy Rongxian, open up external channels, and support the troops through battle.

But what Li Ganshun never expected was that the vanguard light cavalry unit was hit by the 3,000 iron kites that were thrown into Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty cavalry then divided into two wings to surround the vanguard. One day and one night, most of the vanguard surrendered, and the rest were either annihilated or fled from all directions.

If this is not the worst, then even worse news is even worse. The first bad news is the morale of the army. Due to the control of rations and the march is intensified, more and more deserters have crossed the mountains and directly joined the Song army. According to rumors in the army, there are entire troops who are organized to submit. Each soldier is fifty stakes, and the officers are divided into three levels: two hundred, one thousand and five thousand. Scattered soldiers carry forty stakes of horses, only thirty stakes of horses, and five stakes of nothing. In addition, all surrendered soldiers can be divided into one acre of land equally.

Second, the Song army had very strong combat effectiveness this time, first of all, the use of firearms. In previous years, the Song army also used firearms, but the restrictions were high, and the gunpowder was prone to dampness. However, these firearms not only did not have the above shortcomings, but their power bonus and weapon innovation. Especially hand cannons, it was simply a nightmare for the Western Xia army. Secondly, the Song army was very high, and it was a domineering force, but the Song army's morale was always in a panic. Seeing the Western Xia army was as excited as a jackal and seeing prey. Another point is that the Song army has strong coordination ability, and all kinds of troops perform their duties, and the overall combat effectiveness is more than one or a little higher than before.

The third bad news is that the Song army did not talk about the previous rules when fighting. For example, Han Shizhong first fell into a desperate situation, and Liu Qi made a thousand miles of raids without occupying land or fighting, and only attacked crops. There must be other means to prevent them.

The fourth bad news is that since most of the Proton Army was captured, some powerful people have contacted the Song army in private. The worst thing is that whether some senior officials use or not is the same problem. There have been reports that the Song army currently has a saying that intelligence is used to replace hostages.

The fifth bad news is that the Liao Kingdom suddenly had the upper hand in the Western Xia Dynasty's main battle. It is said that there are no heavy troops in the Western Xia and Liao border. When will it take effect if it is not done?

The sixth bad news is that the trading market between Tubo and Song is opening up, and Song merchants are making every effort to acquire the population, supplies, horses, weapons, ceramics, etc. that Tubo plundered on the Xixia border. There is currently news that several other Tubo movies are also ready to move and want to make money in the Xixia national crisis.

The seventh bad news...

The only good news is that the Song Dynasty has already revealed rumors and intends to negotiate.

Of course, Li Ganshun was unwilling to negotiate. He understood without thinking that under such circumstances, Lingzhou and Yongle would inevitably be cut off. The importance of these two states to the Western Xia was quite important to the Sixteen Prefectures to the Liao Dynasty. Several officials who made peace talks had been under house arrest by him, and the children of these people were still captured by the Song army.

In order to avoid deserters' rebellion, Li Ganshun's garrison troops were vanguards. When they met deserters, they would be killed without any hesitation.

...

Liu Qi quietly looked at the military camps in the distance from the city. There were too many enemies, not only the pressure that Rongxian could bear, but also the pressure he had to bear. Similarly, the morale of several soldiers who fought victoriously was not high when the situation was seen. The battle that would be held next was the most life-threatening one.

Ouyang didn't know anything and came up to the city wall: "The enemy is fifteen times that of us."

"Too much." Liu Qi smiled bitterly: "Everyone spits, the county will be flooded."

Ouyang smiled and said, "You should think so. The Xixia people are taking a desperate bet. As long as this battle is over, the Xixia people will no longer be able to defend our offense. Our war against the Xixia is basically over."

Liu Qi said: "Sir, are very confident?"

"The confidence is unreasonable, what do you think of General Liu?"

"The city wall is weak, and the previous battles are mostly damaged. Although it is temporarily reinforced, it is difficult to block the enemy's edge." Liu Qi said: "The city is in a natural danger, but because of the natural danger, if the enemy grabs the wall, our army can only defend at least 300 people. It is easy to deal with small groups of troops, but if the Western Xia army charges regardless of life and death, I am afraid..." Before Liu Qi's concerns were finished, the enemy's professional siege equipment was about to be in place.

"The last batch of weapons have also been in place." Ouyang said: "I personally think that the enemy cannot rely on strong attacks to capture Rongxian. Besides, General Liu is not the one who surrenders."

"Well, the generals of the Mo have learned the methods of the Huns and sent troops to bury the enemy's corpses and dead beasts in the water source within a radius of fifty miles. Now in summer, the bodies are corrupted and the enemy is the most needed water, which should cause them great trouble." Liu Qi said: "In addition, the generals of the Mo have transferred ten catapults from Yongxing Army Road to throw 50 kilograms of explosives, and the enemy will not ignore them. The generals of the Mo have already asked some surrendered troops who are worthless to return to the Western Xia army to serve as detailed work to investigate the logistics and supply information of the Western Xia army. If it goes well, the five thousand explosives can be sent to the Western Xia army camp as food and grass."

Ouyang Pian said: "The general is so wise, are you afraid that the Xixia army will not be defeated?"

Liu Qi smiled bitterly and said, "The only worry of the last general is that the enemy charges to the death."

"It shouldn't be that Xixia is different from Song. Their court's troops were garrisons and hostile troops. The Captaining Army was under the various princes or military departments, and they regarded these people as their own forces. There were also local troops, which were composed of people. It is undeniable that their nomadic life made them have strong combat capabilities in individual soldiers. However, once the battlefield changes or morale is low, these people must be the ones who escape first. The general should know that one person can be defeated and ten people can be swept away, and ten people can be swept away a hundred people, and a hundred people can be swept away a thousand people."

"Yeah," Liu Qi nodded and suddenly said, "Come."

"In" chapter column echoes.

"I ordered people to destroy all roads within five miles. I used explosives to blew the mountain and spread the big stones and wood to all sides. Then I drew the water from the bottom of the mountain and continuously watered the ground." Liu Qi said again: "In addition, please ask Lord Li Gang to mobilize the wing army to build three high walls two miles away within three days, with a wall of two meters high. There are hundreds of rocket cars in front and observation holes."

"yes"

Ouyang asked: "General Liu, what does this mean? The city wall built in three days is probably not solid enough, right?"

"The enemy's charge was prevented in the first section, and the next two miles was the range that burning cannons could reach. Then the grenadiers were ambushed outside the wall. Once one was broken by the enemy, they could immediately retreat to the second one, and the first breaking of the wall became an obstacle to preventing the cavalry from advancing. Lord Ou, as long as the gunpowder logistics supply follow, these five miles would become the hell of the Western Xia army. The last general defeated the enemy so hard that he dared not attack the city. Only in this way can the Western Xia army's determination to die. There are also rocket cars, which are extremely heavy. The enemy needs to take it away. Without gunpowder, it is useless to prevent mobility. Our army can take the opportunity to kill. If the enemy does not take it away, and after the attack is repelled, our army can take back the rockets. There are also several explosive packs on each wall, and choose death row prisoners to attract them, which can kill the enemy and destroy the road surface."

Ouyang Khan said: "General Liu, that rocket car costs more than 100 guan. A hundred units are shipped in a row, which means more than 10,000 guan."

"I will only seek victory and not be interested in other things."

"Okay, you are more generous than me." Ouyang knew that other things included all the soldiers under his command.

...

Everything Liu Qi did was naturally rewarded by the Xixia scout. Li Qianshun knew that his chances of winning were reduced by hearing these sinister methods. This tactic was different from before. Ouyang had the basic goal of not hurting or injuring his own people less, and Liu Qi's arrangement was the greatest possibility of killing the enemy. Li Qianshun sighed: "This will regard his life as nothing. If it were the past, it would not be afraid, but now the morale of the army is unstable. I am afraid that the soldiers will be afraid of such Shura methods."

A general asked: "Your Majesty, the nearby water source was poisoned by the Song army. The soldiers who accidentally drank this water were already sick and infected a hundred people. Our army lacked medical treatment and medicine, so we could only leave it aside and wait for death. If we continue... the consequences would be unimaginable."

"When will the siege arrive?" Li Qianshun asked.

"In seven days."

"Seven days..."

"Report" a messenger entered the tent with a token in his hand: "Han Shizhong personally led 10,000 cavalrymen to break out of the encirclement and fled towards the Hexi Corridor."

"Come out?" Li Qianshun was shocked and fled, but he broke through. He hurriedly asked, "How did he come out?"

"It is responsible for all three thousand people in the northwest to surrender to the enemy and release the defense."

"The northwest...the northwest is the wangli clan, which is our own people in Xiang's family. How could he surrender to the enemy?" Li Qianshun was even more shocked. It would be fine if he wanted to say other ethnic minorities, but the eight divisions of Xiang's family have always been loyal, so how could he surrender to the enemy?

"It is said that Xiao Yin, the son-in-law of the chief of the Li tribe, came back to persuade him, and seemed to have taken 500,000 guan to buy the 5,000 people of the Shangli clan. Now, the remaining soldiers of the Li clan entered Tianhuang City, and some took the elders in the clan and left the Yongxing Army Road. The Hengshan Guards thought it was a normal dispatch, so they did not stop them. As for whether there was any other agreement between the Shangli clan and the Song Dynasty, I don't know yet."
Chapter completed!