Poor Family Chapter 954

  Chapter 954 The Battle to Destroy the Nation (8)

The governor of the Gansu Military Division is called Ying Ting, the eldest son of Yinggui, Minister of the Ministry of War. He is about 30 years old. He has been in the army for more than ten years and has fought countless battles with the Song Army. He is also an experienced veteran. The tribe rebelled, and at the same time forced them to pay a sudden increase in taxes. After Brother Li Cha returned to Xingqing Mansion, he was in command of the 20,000 Xixia Army in Hexi.

  Yingting has received a new order, ordering him to lead his army to Huizhou immediately to block the Song Army's West Route Army from going north. This order was issued by the emperor himself. He dared not neglect, and led 20,000 people all the way south from Ganzhou.

This morning, Yingting led 20,000 cavalry to Lingbo Town, which is the only way to go north in Huizhou. Lingbo Town is a small town at the foot of Lingbo Mountain. It appeared because of the special traffic location. Here is a Sanchakou, the northward caravan arrives here. You will face a choice, either go west to the Hexi Corridor, or go north to Xingqing Mansion.

  Yingting didn't meet the Song army all the way, and walking a hundred miles forward is the Yellow River, and the other side is the Song Dynasty. It's impossible for the Song army to only walk a hundred miles these days. Could it be that they went to Xingqing Mansion?

   This possibility is the greatest, but the emperor's warrant is to annihilate the Song army and keep the five states in Hexi. If he leaves Hexi, the emperor will not spare him.

  But I obviously came from the Hexi Corridor, Song Jun didn't go to Hexi, where would they go?

   Just when Yingting was worried and didn't know what to do, the Gansu Military Division suddenly sent news that a Song army with tens of thousands of people appeared in Ganzhou.

  This news stunned Ying Ting for a while, and he realized after a while that Song Jun must be fighting a big battle, only in this way, Song Jun can miss him.

  Ying Ting was extremely annoyed. Gansu Military Division still had a large number of tax sheep that had not been sent to Xingqing Mansion, and now they all became the Song Army's pocket.

   Anger turned to anger, Ying Ting still reluctantly ordered to retreat, and he led 20,000 troops back to Ganzhou starry night.

  That night, 20,000 Xixia cavalry passed through Pingliang Mountain. This is the northern part of Liangzhou, and there is an endless grassland in front of them. The army has been running for two days and one night. The soldiers are exhausted, and the horses can no longer support them.

  Ying Ting also knew that going back would not save the military commander, so she ordered the whole army to rest on the spot and set off after dawn.

  The soldiers got off their horses one after another and fell to the ground to rest. They let their horses graze all around, and there was no place to tie their horses on the grassland. Generally, they let their horses go freely, and their horses would not go far away. They would find their horses and continue marching at dawn.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the soldiers also fell into a deep sleep. At this time, a group of Xixia cavalry came from the west, about 20 people, carrying a large bag on their horses, and the outer guards asked from a distance: "Who are they?" ?”

   "We came from Xingqing Mansion, the emperor has important orders for the British governor!"

  The lead soldier spoke fluent Xixia and held up a gold medal.

   After a while, two guards stepped forward and asked, "Where is the order? We will hand it over to the governor!"

  The lead soldier took out a leather canister and handed it to the sentry post, and said: "There is also an oral order, which needs to be told to the governor in person. Twenty of us, each write down a sentence."

This is a way for the Xixia people to deliver important information. The information is disassembled and told to different people. After arriving at the destination, everyone repeats it again, and the information is combined again. In this way, even if one or two people are caught on the way, the information will not be lost will leak.

  The sentry took the tiger head leather tube and nodded, "Follow me!"

  The sentry sentry led the way, and the twenty messenger soldiers glanced at each other, speeding up their horses to catch up with the sentry.

  They passed three guard posts in a row and came to the resting place of the soldiers. They saw sleeping soldiers on the ground, and their horses grazing quietly around them.

   "The governor is in the big tent in front, get off your horses! You can only go there after searching."

  The twenty messenger soldiers looked at each other and nodded at the same time. They suddenly turned around and rushed to both sides.

  The sentry was taken aback, "What are you doing?"

   He yelled, "Stop the people in front!"

  At this time, twenty soldiers took out the fire folders and lit the big bag on the back of the horse. A piece of matchlock was exposed inside the big bag, just to facilitate the ignition. They then threw the big bag off the horse, turned around and ran to the outside.

They only ran two hundred steps away, and there was an earth-shattering explosion sound behind them. There were twenty explosions in a row. The King of Thunder, the whole earth trembled, tens of thousands of horses were frightened, let out a violent cry, and began to gallop towards the grassland in the distance.

  The sound of the explosion was also the sound of the soldiers waking up from their sleep. Countless people covered their ears in pain. They were hit by the strong explosion and their ears were deaf.

  At this moment, Governor An Ting rushed out from the big tent and shouted, "What's going on?"

   "I don't know the reason, it seems that someone came to send information and something happened."

   At this moment, the ground trembled again, a black line appeared several miles away, and the overwhelming cavalry rushed to this side.

  An Ting turned pale with shock, and hurriedly shouted: "Get on the horse and fight!"

   Soon, the soldiers shouted: "The horse was frightened, where did it go?"

   Only then did An Ting realize that the explosion just now was to scare the horses away. The Song Army's strategy was simply unimaginable, but it hit their vital point. Without the horses, these cavalry might not even know how to fight.

   Helpless, he had no choice but to shout: "Retreat quickly and gather in the woods!"

  There is a large forest several miles behind them, but just as he finished speaking, a low-pitched horn suddenly sounded behind him, "Woo—"

   I saw countless Qiang cavalry coming out of the woods not far away, roaring and killing them.

At this time, 20,000 Song Army cavalry also arrived. The Xixia soldiers who had no horses formed a chaotic group and quickly collapsed. Each of them fled in all directions. For the site of the massacre.

At dawn, the war finally ended. Almost all the frightened horses of the Xixia army were intercepted by the Song army on the periphery. The grassland was full of killed soldiers of the Xixia army, and the grassland was stained red with blood. Screaming, a large number of crows and eagles appeared in the sky, circling in the sky.

  In this battle, more than 18,000 Xixia soldiers were killed, and the leader Ying Ting also died among the rebellious army. The Song army and Qiang people suffered less than 1,000 casualties, most of them were injured, and there were very few deaths.

The complete annihilation of the 20,000 Xixia troops in the Hexi Corridor means that the Hexi Corridor has fallen into the hands of the Song Army. Liu Wei left 10,000 troops to guard Liangzhou. He led 20,000 troops to continue marching towards Suzhou. His mission is to The entire Hexi Corridor, including Dunhuang, should be included in the bag.

   After several days of rapid march, Li Yanqing's 100,000 troops have arrived in Lingzhou, Lingzhou is Xiping Mansion. The last time Li Yanqing captured Xiping Mansion, Xixia began to seek peace.

  Xiping Mansion can be said to be the entrance of Xingqing Mansion. If Xiping Mansion is captured, Jingzhou is the throat below. If Jingzhou is captured again, troops will directly approach the city and reach Xingqing Mansion, the heart of Xixia.

The news of Brother Li Cha's stay in Xiazhou has reached Xingqing Mansion. At this time, the troops of all ethnic groups in the party are still gathering. Weizhou, Shangyikou and Taguazhai.

After the 40,000 troops who feinted to attack the Hulushui Grand Canyon discovered that the Xixia Army had withdrawn to the north, they quickly went northward under the leadership of Liu Tie, and successively captured Shangyikou, Taguaezhai and Weizhou. The army joined forces, bringing the total number of Song troops under the city of Lingzhou to as many as 140,000.

  Li Yanqing ordered to set up a large camp under Lingzhou City, waiting for the order to attack the city.

The camp of the Song army stretched for more than 20 miles and was very powerful. Early in the morning, Liu Qi brought a man to the camp of the Chinese army, and he said to the soldiers outside, "Please report to Dutong, so that he has been found. "

   "General, please wait a moment!"

  The guards stepped into the tent quickly, and after a while they came out and said, "The generals please come in!"

  Liu Kai asked the man to wait for a while, he entered the big tent, and saw Li Yanqing standing on a huge map of Xixia, and placed a red flag on it with great interest.

   "Is Dutong happy for Hexi's battle report?"

"of course!"

  Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Hexi was captured, and Liu Jinglue's achievements are outstanding. I want to report to the officials and ask them to reseal Liu Jinglue."

   "But Dutong's contribution is even greater!"

"I haven't finished it yet! Maybe Xixia will turn around. There are reports that Xixia has assembled hundreds of thousands of troops. Including the original garrisons of Xiping Mansion and Xingqing Mansion, it is almost 200,000. just started."

   "I believe we will win the final victory!"

  Liu Kai smiled at Li Yanqing again: "I have already found the person the governor is looking for in Shunzhou, and now he is outside the account."

   "Get him in!"

   After a while, a middle-aged man walked in and bowed to salute, "Villain Yang Zhaofang, see envoy Li Jinglue!"

  (end of this chapter)

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