On the third day of the fifth month, the first month of the new month, more than 400 hunting soldiers camped outside the city, took advantage of the situation where Yuan Xin of Yinzhou was sent to the north gate of Yinzhou in the name of returning gifts and thanking each other. The four hundred elite soldiers flocked to the north gate of Yinzhou. Two hundred guards, with the intention of attacking but not prepared, defeated the guards of the North Gate in just half an hour and quickly controlled the North City.

Then, with fireworks as a call, Zhang Rui's Palace Underworld team, who had been waiting for a long time on the north bank of Wuding River. After receiving the support of 200 palace underworld teams, more than 600 people in the battalion (another one hundred were guarding prisoners on the north bank of Wuding River), and Leave a team to control the north gate and attack the east, west and south gates in three directions. At the same time, Di Lie led Liang Xing and fifty hunters to blossom in the center of the state yamen, and took down the highest command system of Yinzhou. .

The result of the raid is no longer suspense...

In the early morning of the fourth day of the fifth month, the sun rose as usual, but Yinzhou City had already changed its owner.

Eight hundred hunters, one into two: Four hundred enters the city and stations at four gates; Four hundred camps are between the west gate and the south gate, and the south bank of Wuding River are set up camps. This is not the camping story that last night, but the reality The real marching camps: erect high trenches, dig trenches, build suspension bridges, and erect caltrops and deer villages around them to deal with future wars.

The Hunting Battalion is a fast-response unit, all of which are war soldiers, without an auxiliary soldier. They have almost no tools except basic weapons, armor and personal supplies, so it is almost impossible to build a marching battalion. However, it is almost impossible to defeat the silver. It’s different in the state. Not only are there all kinds of tools and equipment for building villages, but there are also a lot of labor, and it’s also free of charge.

The Hunting Battalion brought 400 prisoners from the Khu Fort earlier, and on the way, they successively received nearly a hundred people. After capturing Yinzhou City, they collected thousands of prisoners of war... There were a total of 1,500 free laborers. This was a sudden change. The job of the captain is to strengthen the city walls, build military camps every day, and transport and pile up various cities guarding equipment on top of the city gate. It is not enough to build a military camp in the hunting camp, and continue to build a larger one at the south gate. The military camp is prepared for the upcoming third mixed brigade.

In ancient city attack and defense, because the offensive and defensive sides had a large number of troops, the defending side of the city was for various reasons, and the military camps in the city often could not accommodate more military troops, so military camps were usually built on one side of the city. One could garrison troops. The second is to pose a flank threat to the invading enemy, which makes the enemy worry and dare not let go. Therefore, Di Lie's big fanfare of building a village is a conventional way of dealing with it. As for why he pays attention to the southwest, This is because Di Lie predicts that the next wave of enemy troops will be the Xiangyou Army Division from Shizhou (a state in Xixia, the same name as Shizhou in Taiyuan Prefecture) in the upper reaches of the Heishui River in the southwest.

Xiangyou Military Office is also one of the 12 Supervisors of the Western Xia Army. It forms a strategic distribution in a font shape with the Zuoxiang Shenyong Army Office in Yinzhou and the Jianing Military Office in Youzhou. The three major military supervisors serve as a support. Watch and help each other. , jointly undertake the Hengshan defense line against the Song State.

The information obtained from Cao Ji showed that the total force of the Shenwang Army of the Left Fang was 7,000 troops, including 1,000 live soldiers, 500 cavalry soldiers, 2,000 infantry soldiers, and 3,050 soldiers (auxiliary soldiers).

The ratio of the Western Xia army to the negative army is usually one to one. If it is the "protagonist army" of Xingqing Prefecture, the ratio is even larger, reaching one to three, that is, one positive army and three negative army.

In the battle before killing Hubao, half of the Shenwang Army Division of the Left Fang was destroyed, with more than 5,000 remaining soldiers. Only 2,000 soldiers were there. The main task of the Shenwang Army was to defend the Jinning Army, and it was impossible to send our army division again and again. People come to deal with an army that comes out of nowhere.

The most likely task is to hand it over to another horn of the left-wing Divine Army Division. The Xiangyou Army Division in Shizhou. The Xiangyou Army Division is located in the southwest of Shizhou, upstream of the Heishui River, only from Yinzhou Fifty miles, the light cavalry can arrive in one day. Xiangyou Army's army has a slightly larger force, about 8,000 people. Di Lie estimated that when the Xia army of the two military supervisors saw the beacon fire, he would probably send about two to three,000 people. Attack Yinzhou. As for the Jianing Army in Youzhou, the largest number of troops, reaching 10,000 people, but may not be able to send troops to fight together. The reasons are: First, the journey is long, and the two states are 200 miles apart; second, The front line defended by the Jianing Military Office is the Security Army and the Dingbian Army on Yongxing Army Road in the Song State. The Song army in these two military prefectures was fighting with the Wanyan Loushi army of the Jin State a while ago, and it was an extraordinary period on the border. The garrison of the Jianing Military Office did not dare to leave the garrison easily.

Di Lie braved the scorching sun and traveled a hundred miles, attacked Yinzhou at night, stabbed Xixia's chrysanthemums hard, and then mobilized the main force to come for reinforcements... Such a series of big moves was not just to eliminate this painless and unreliable. Two or three thousand men. This time he took action to demonstrate to the Xixia Kingdom, Jinning Army, Zhe Family Army, and these three major forces. He only destroyed a few thousand men, and was also a place where the soldiers were not heartbroken after death. How about Can this achievement?

Di Lie spent so much effort, putting forward such a big formation, and setting up such a game. In his opinion, even if he could not do anything like Jin general Wanyan Loushi, he would defeat the 30,000 troops of Li Liangfu of Xixia in the battle of Yegu. If Xixia is scared and surrendered, it will at least kill the enemy with five digits. If this value is not reached, it will not be able to truly shock Xixia and achieve its expected goals.

Xiangyou Military Office can only send up three thousand troops at most. Where does the remaining 7,800 or 8,000 vacancies come from?

It depends on how effective the letter Cao Ji sent. If he can successfully anger Li Liangfu, as the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor of the Western Xia National Defense, Li Liangfu is very likely to report to the king of the country, Li Ganshun, and send guards from the capital to attack together. .

Will Li Liangfu increase his troops? If it were just the battle to kill Hubao, the result of the war of severely damaging the Divine Warriors might not be able to attract his attention, but now with a Yinzhou, things are completely different. The possibility of Li Liangfu increasing his troops has greatly increased As for how many people will come by then, Di Lie has done his best, but it depends on God's will. Anyway, he is not afraid of "meat and vegetables" and eat whatever kind of "vegetarian food" he serves.

The reason why Di Lie had such confidence and confidence all came from the first stage of the Taiyuan Battle, the Battle of the First Mixed Brigade. Faced with the chariots, cavalry, and infantry joint combat, three thousand gold troops, one battle The commander of this Jin army can definitely be called a first-class general among the generals of the Jin army; this 3,000 Khitan army has a combat power of more than 200,000 Jin army, which is second-rate, inferior to the Juzhen army, and is inferior to the Juzhen army. The army was similar to the Xia Kingdom's capturing army and slightly surpassed the Western Army of Song.

Such a powerful Jin army was beaten to the end of the battle with the Tianzhu Army, and the Tianzhu Army suffered minimal damage. With such a strong army in control, how could Di Lie not have confidence? Thousands of Xixia troops were fighting against each other by the Wuding River?

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"Such arrogance... What army of heaven? Oh, the army of heaven. Kill my son, slaughter our army, capture my soldiers, occupy my city... If such robbery behavior is not severely punished, what is the face of my Daxia Kingdom? Insured? Where is the military power?" Chongdefang, Xingqing Prefecture, the capital of the Western Xia Kingdom. In a wing room, a mansion covering a vast area and ornately decorated, a mansion about fifty years old, with a pale yellow skin color, a hedgehog like a wide forehead and a brocade The old man robe slapped a letter on the table. His thunderous voice sounded like a loud slap in the table: "I am now seeing the king of the country. I requested to transfer the army to the Wuding River to fight against the Tianzhu Army. !No matter what, Yinzhou must not be lost!"

At this time, Cao Ji, who was lucky enough to save his life, sat down carefully, quietly wiped away the cold sweat in his temples, and felt relieved, glad that he had been through the test. Moreover, the old man in the brocade robe had a loud voice, so he didn't have to show that awkwardness. And the uncomfortable posture. He said carefully: "Li Xiang. If nothing else is done, I will want to go back to the mansion..."

The old man in brocade robe was Li Liangfu, deputy envoy of the Privy Council of Xia. If, as Di Lie had expected, under the series of blows of losing his son, losing his troops, and losing the city, the veteran general of Xia was out of anger. At the same time, he As a general, the keen sense created by years of war, I realized that the enemy was not good and the combat power was good. Now the border is in trouble, and the military supervisors everywhere are facing a great enemy. I dare not leave easily The only one who is close to Yinzhou and has a certain force to attack the enemy in Yinzhou is Xiangyou Army. However, Xiangyou Army must also take into account the coordination between the Zuoxiang Shenyong Army and the Jianing Army. It is impossible. Too many people were sent, but the enemy of Yinzhou was enough to defeat thousands of brave soldiers including 400 capturing soldiers. Such an enemy would probably have to dispatch the elite troops from the guards.

Li Liangfu thought deeply, raised his hand and waved it unconsciously, and Cao Ji's voice came from his ears: "The matter of returning to the capital last time. I hope Li will cover it up..."

Li Liangfu nodded and said, "I can't help but say goodbye to the envoy Cao on behalf of me."

Cao Ji bowed deeply and bowed and said goodbye.

As a border general, Cao Ji returned to the capital without orders, which was originally a violation of the national law. However, if he urgently reported the defeated army and lost the city, there was room for a turnaround. In addition, with the secret help of the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Councilor, The court basically won't give up the crime, and at most it will be called to scold and punished, and the salary will be fined.

The next day in the court, Li Liangfu showed this letter and Cao Ji's testimony, which immediately caused a big uproar in the court. Cao Ji's defeat was because he was unauthorized to transfer troops into the Song territory, which led to a revenge (Cao Ji used his failure to do so. The Spring and Autumn style emphasizes the strength of the enemy, which is a common method used by the generals who defeated the army, and it will damage the generals. If such a failure is barely acceptable, then the failure of Yinzhou will never tolerate it - that is the success of our dynasty. Land! There is also the profit of salt fields, no matter what, there is no need to lose - even if you sign another peace agreement.

Because Cao Ji, the troublemaker, deliberately concealed it, Li Liangfu and all the court officials regarded the Tianzhu Army as a branch of the Song army. Since it was the Song army, it would be easy to fight. If you can win, you can grab it back; if you can't win, you can't win, you can't wait for it. Now that the Song State was destroyed by the Jin people, the defenders on the border of the Song State were basically out of control. The generals were in a state of distracting spirit, and the soldiers and civilians were in panic, and they were very furious.

Li Liangfu said confidently to the King of Xia Li Ganshun that Yinzhou can definitely be recovered. If you can win, you need to say everything. If you take a step back, if you want to be unfavorable, you can also put pressure on the Yinzhou Song army through Jianyan Southern Dynasties. Take back the city.

Li Liangfu's confidence came from the envoy sent by Jianyan's Southern Dynasty a few days ago. The nine sons of the Zhao family ascended the throne without imperial edicts and treasures without authorization, and also passed on letters of nationality to the four border countries to demonstrate his destiny. And his country is concerned about this. I have always been lukewarm and ignored it. If I use Yinzhou as a bargaining chip for recognition, I believe that the nine sons of the Zhao family will agree very happily...

Of course, this matter involves the interests of the Jin Kingdom. If it is not necessary, don’t rashly admit that the Jianyan Dynasty is good. Therefore, war is an inevitable choice.

It is related to the interests of the country, and it is also the reign of Li Ganshun, the most powerful monarch among the ten kings of Western Xia. When Li Ganshun ascended the throne, he was the commander of Shaanxi, and Tao Jiefu of Yanzhou, seized the Shibao Village of Xia and plundered all of them. He stored food and fodder. Li Ganshun once said angrily: "The Han family seized my golden cave cauldron!" He immediately gathered the troops of the Fourth Military Supervisors and fought with Song on Jingyuan Road, and had a victory or defeat. In the end, he took it back at the negotiating table. Everything lost, including Silver State.

Will Li Ganshun say angrily again when he lost the Yinzhou this time, "The Han family seized my salt cave cauldron!" With such a strong monarch, the Xia court naturally reacted quickly: with the guards and the Xiangyou Army as the main army, the Xiangyou Army as the commander of the army Assist the army, choose a date to recover Yinzhou.

In this battle, Li Liangfu decided to go to war in person. Since two years ago, in order to rescue the last emperor of the Liao Dynasty, he was almost destroyed by the Jin army in the wild valley of Tiande. That miserable defeat was the greatest shame in his half-life military career. Since then, The Jin Kingdom is becoming stronger and stronger, and the Jin army is becoming more and more powerful, and he has no chance of any further development. This time, the fall of Yinzhou gave him a great opportunity. He wanted to use a open battle to save his declining days. reputation.

Many civil and military officials and generals in the Xia Dynasty also wanted such military achievements. Moreover, as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Li Liangfu was not suitable for leading the army to fight. However, all this could not stop his indignation: his son died Now!

It is a sadness for a white-haired man to send a black-haired man to avenge the black-haired man, which is the heroic spirit of the martyr in his twilight years.
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