Zhong Yan is "playing big chess", and Han Jiang is also making up his mind, Jintangcheng!

Is it important to be important to be of Zhang Kang? It may not be important to be of Han Qi, Han Jiang, and Lu Gongbi. Han Qi was in the northwest for several years, and was in chaos. First, there was a defeat in the good Shuichuan. When the Fan-Han dispute came to the capital, another Shuiluo City incident was created. God knows that there was a Han in that army. How did the Western thieves come from being shocked when they heard about it? But if Han Qi had not had a career in the northwest, could he stay in the prime minister for ten years?

If Han Jiang wants to replicate Han Qi's path, he will not only have his general military achievements in Shaanxi, but also have to make great achievements in himself.

However, before he decided to fight Jintang City, he mentioned a person, that is, Wang Wenliang, the slave of Wuzang Epang. He should not blame Han Jiang. First, Wang Wenliang has been a slave for many years and is very good at speaking sweetly, which confused Han Jiang. Second, Han Jiang thought that Wang Wenliang had been in Xixia for a long time and knew the situation in Xixia.

It turns out that Han Jiang thought Wang Wenliang met his brother in the mountains.

Then Han Jiang ordered Zhao Yuqing of Qingzhou to send troops and join forces with Wang Wenliang at Jiemingsazhuang outside Jintang City. The two armies merged and then attacked Jintang City.

Han Jiang was the Xuanfu Envoy. This official position was not permanent in the Song Dynasty, but it had great power. Not only did it have the right to mobilize all the troops on Shaanxi Road, but it also had the right to appoint and test merits, and even let the surrounding officials cooperate. For example, Zhong Yan borrowed troops from Hedong, because Han Jiang was the Xuanfu Envoy of Shaanxi Road, so it was difficult for Lu Gongbi to refuse.

Then Lee Fugui cannot refuse.

Wang Wenliang led the army straight to Jintang City, twenty miles away from Jiemingsa Village. The scout went to the front to inquire and said that the Western Xia ahead had assembled many large armies to prepare for war. Wang Wenliang "smart" chose to retreat.

This is not wrong. He didn't even notify Zhao Yuqing.

Zhao Yuqing then came to Jiemingsazhuang in a stupid manner. But he suffered a great loss last time. He became very careful. His army had arrived. Wang Wenliang's army also sent scouts to inquire, and the scouts quickly came back to report the situation.

Zhao Yuqing wanted to curse, Wang Wenliang saw that the situation was not good and retreated, but he had to notify me. Fortunately, Xixia also made a fool of himself. Although Zhao Yuqing arrived at Jieming Sazhuang, they still counted on the good things in the past and did not transfer the army out to siege Jieming Sazhuang and continue to set up an ambush in front. After hearing the news, Zhao Yuqing was shocked and sweated in a cold sweat and immediately ordered the withdrawal of his troops.

He escaped, but Han Jiang did not realize the crisis brought by Wang Wenliang...

This winter is getting more and more lively.

Faced with the attack of the Song Dynasty, the Western Xia lacked troops.

It is not that they have enough troops. It is important to have no place in the same place, just like the Fuyan Road. Why did Han Jiang transfer troops from Qingzhou and Zhong Yan borrow troops from Hedong? The Fuyan Road itself lacks military strength, and the same is true for Xixia. It is impossible to transfer the troops from Lanzhou to Suizhou. Not to mention the crisis caused by the emptiness of troops in various places after the mobilization, just the financial pressure brought by this mobilization is not something that Xixia can afford, unless it is broken to death.

Therefore, Xixia chose another approach, surrounded Wei and saved Zhao.

Or they chose a clever approach, making a big shot.

The Xixia troops were then divided into two groups, and all the way sent 10,000 cavalry to invade the Shunning Village of the Baoan Army. This was also a wise attack, so most of the troops on the Fuyan Road gave Zhong Yan time, and the remaining troops of the Baoan Army were not much.

Ten thousand riders are enough.

Of course, the siege was not the director of Xixia, but the problem was the same as Yan Da back then. Even if the Song army defended the security army, what should the people outside the military city do?

This forced Jing Sili, the security army, to send soldiers out of the city to fight. He thought he was Yan Da. However, although Jing Sili was a tiger general, he was far from reaching Yan Da's height, so he lost several battles.

The Xixia army was at the Shunningzhai City.

This is a village, a city, one of the two major trading transactions between Song and Xia, and one of the most important trading transactions. After several years of long peaceful transactions, Shunning village houses are now lined up and there are many people. This siege, coupled with some Xixia people plundering outside the city, the people in the city are in panic all day long.

Jing Sili was helpless.

At this time something fun came out.

Just as Jing Si was worried, a prostitute Li came to the city and asked to retreat to the enemy.

Jing Sili was speechless, and Li said, "Jing Zhijun, I am willing to guarantee my life."

Then let her try it.

Jing Sili sent soldiers to take Li to the top of the city. Li lifted his clothes and cursed him. What were he scolding Liang? Li Liangzuo died. Liang was only twenty years old. He was young and his body was empty, so he secretly walked with some handsome ministers from Xixia.

Many people in Xixia know about this, but they don’t dare to say it publicly. However, in the past, the two countries traded each other, and many merchants in Xixia came to Shunning Village to trade. What they made money was for spending, eating, drinking, and gambling. Li was beautiful and had good business. Pengmen had customers every day, including merchants from Xixia. They could not all have sex during the prostitute. In addition to sex, they would also talk and drink tea to watch Li’s kabuki. So during this conversation, they told Li about Li’s kabuki.

This is what Li scolded the city.

She was cursing that ordinary Xixia soldiers didn't care, the key was the important generals of Xixia. Li's scolding turned into an "international scandal". If it could not be stopped in time and spread to Xixia, Liang might be able to kill them.

The people of Xixia were helpless and had to order the three armies to shoot arrows at Li, trying to shoot Liang to death. However, Liang was on the top of the city, and the Song Dynasty soldiers were protected, so they could not hit the arrows. Li became more and more excited as he scolded him. The poor three armies of Xixia were so anxious that they all blocked their ears. What happened? In the end, they were gone, and they asked for a shortage of food and fled back one by one.

The security army made a joke, but a fierce battle occurred on the Deshun Army in Weizhou. The Liang family asked Lu Xiaozhong to lead the three armies to kill and loot Sanchuan Village and Exclusive Fort. Zhou Yongqing, the wise army, sent troops to resist the enemy, and sent Zhao Pu to ambush the city. This Zhao Pu was not the Zhao Pu, but the Deshun Army's foreign household inspection. At the same time, Zhou Yongqing sent another surprise soldier to travel a hundred miles at night and destroyed Lu Xiaozhong's nest. After hearing the news, Lu Xiaozhong withdrew from Sanchuan Village and met Zhao Pu's army halfway. He rushed to fight. Zhao Pu killed Lu Xiaozhong. Then Zhou and Zhao led their troops to pursue. In this battle, they killed thousands of people.

But the key is still Luowu City. If Zhong Yan’s plan succeeds, it will not only be linked to Fulin Road, but also directly pose a threat to Yinzhou and Xiazhou, and the advantage of Hengshan in Xixia will be lost.

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A heavy snow was blowing, and the world was white.

First, there were huge civilians and a large number of volunteer soldiers who withdrew to Yanzhou. This was the reason why Wang Ju spoke to Zhao Xu with sarcastic sarcasm.

Han Qi's three-ding sect one made the people of Shaanxi even more miserable. However, without this three-ding sect one, the cost of Zhong Yan's army would be several times higher, including even building several cities, not so fast.

But now Zhao Xu doesn't mention it anymore. Not only did the three Dings stab one, but the Baojia method was immediately released...

It was finally over, and cheers came from Funing Village.

From the Suide Army to the southern end of Linzhou for more than 100 miles, Luowu City is the center of gravity. However, if you want to defend Luowu City, Funing Village is also crucial.

Therefore, Yanda rushes to work day and night, even when it is cold and freezing.

Many soldiers and civilians rush to build Funing Village, and cracks were made on their faces.

This miserable day was not over until today.

Kang Cheng also breathed a long sigh.

Yan Da came over and asked, "Shi General Kang, are you suffering?"

"fine."

"You are not bad. When the Naoebao dispute subsides, I will ask General Zhong to ask for merit for you in front of Mr. Han." Yan Da said. In fact, Kang Cheng was forced to fight wherever he wanted to fight! However, Yan Da didn't know Kang Cheng's inner world and thought Kang Cheng was a powerful general. He might not be talented enough to serve as a general, but as a head of the capital or even a deputy commander, Kang Cheng was enough. At least he was better than those imperial guards who were greedy for life and fear death.

"Go back to pack your luggage, we will go to Luowu City immediately."

"Go to Luowu City?"

"We will not be willing to take down Luowu City when we seize Luowu City, so General Zhong asked me to guard Luowu City." Yan Da said proudly.

No one else can do it, only I can keep it.

"Yes." What could Kang Cheng say? Anyway, his own mobilization is becoming more and more dangerous. First, it was Huaining Village, then Funing Village, and now it was transferred to Luowu City under Yinzhou's eyelids.

At the end of the winter, the Song army left an army to guard Funing Village, while Yan Da went to Luowu City.

But just a few days later, the situation changed dramatically.

Shortly after Yan Da left, Liang Yichi transferred a huge army from the rear and quietly marched from a hidden rugged mountain road to Funing Village and attacked Funing Village. After hearing about it in Suide Military City, Zhong Yan was frightened to write.

This is the issue of military strength.

In order to cooperate with Zhong Yan's operation, the Song Dynasty used the troops from Fuyan Road, Fulin Road, Hedong Road and a small number of troops from Huanqing Road. However, other places in Yanzhou had to defend. For example, the Security Army almost had a serious crisis because Zhong Yan pulled some troops away. The same was true on the other side of Fulin Road. Therefore, the troops that the two routes in Hexi could draw were limited. Hedong Road dispatched a lot of troops, totaling 20,000 troops.

However, they are all building cities, including Funing Village, Yongle City, Luowu City, Shangbu Village, Huangdui Sanquan Village, Tuhunchuan Village, Kaiguangling Village and Jialuchuan Village. Moreover, these forts are mostly built in vast mountainous areas, far away from the Song Dynasty, and the transportation of materials is extremely difficult.

If all of them can be built, there is no big problem, and all the troops can be drawn out together. But how can we build all so many forts now? If we cannot build them well, the remaining troops cannot be drawn to support.

This is not a problem. Xixia could draw troops to attack Funing Village, while Song Dynasty could draw more troops to support Funing Village. However, doing so would cause a lot of consumption and expenses, and the court would inevitably attack.

So Zhong Yan did not do that, just to let Gao Yong stare at the huge Xia army of Xifutu Village. If the Western Xia army came, either came from Xitu Village. Gao Yongneng's army could hold them back and win time to transfer reinforcements from the rear. Or came from Luowu City, but Yan Da had already gone to Luowu City. Or attacked Yongle City, so Zhong Yan was staring at the direction of Yongle City. He sent countless scouts to investigate day and night in the north of Yongle City.

But I didn't expect that the tens of thousands of troops in Xixia would penetrate from a rugged path that emerged from somewhere and penetrated directly to Funing Village.

Now the problem is that the troops in Luowucheng should not be mobilized. Gao Yongneng's Song army dragged the Xia army of Xifutuzhai, but the Xia army of Xifuzhai also dragged Gao Yongneng's army.

So in a short period of time, there is no military force to support!

But if Funing Village is lost, Xixia will be able to connect Xifutu Village with Funing Village, and cut off the connection between Luowu City and Fuyan Road. Or contact from Fulin. However, the connection between Fuyan Road is lost. With the more than 100 miles of thin road by the Yellow River and the mountains, how can Luowu City be defended?

Zhong Yan made a mistake, was too arrogant, and had a big appetite!

There was no choice but to order the soldiers in Funing Village to defend Funing Village to death, and then dispatch reinforcements from the rear.

Liang Yimian also sent a large number of scouts to inquire. Seeing that there were no reinforcements in the Song Dynasty, he was overjoyed and ordered to attack Funing Village. In just two days, Funing Village was trapped and even some new tiger-crown artillery were thrown to the people of Xixia. Zhong Yan had no choice but to let Yongle City and the soldiers of the Guanzi retreat to Luowu City.

Liang Yima led his army to siege Luo Wucheng again.

Zhong Yan informed the capital of the situation with his special foot.

Of course, in the memorial, he did not mention his mistakes, but only proposed a solution. He guarded Luowu City first, then counterattacked Xixia, and took back Funing Village.

However, the memorial caused great controversy when it arrived in the capital.

Only Wang Anshi agreed with Zhong Yan's opinion, and said, "Shaanxi has a household registration and a Xia Kingdom. It is the Xia Kingdom with the people of the four Xia Kingdoms. It is also helpful to help it with the financial resources of the world. It is very easy to eliminate it. However, it cannot make the Xia Kingdom afraid of submission. It is necessary to use the king and his ministers to be strong and powerful. Now his king is young and weak, and his ministers are only intimate with the redundant people, but they cannot control it. Isn't it because the generals have no chance of winning and cannot get the right way?"

This is not right. In terms of population, the Song Dynasty doesn’t know how many times the number of times that of Xixia is, so let alone financial resources. If that guy Li Yuanhao was still alive, the Song Dynasty would be able to understand that the Song Dynasty would not be able to do anything about them. Now the little emperor of Xixia is young and the Liang family is in chaos. Why can’t he control it?

However, Wang Anshi's voice was quickly drowned out by huge opposition. Some said that Zhong Yan would not be a criminal offensive. The two countries had been in peace for a long time, but now the generals of Shaanxi competed for merit and attacked the border and provoked war, which led to the national finances being in distress again, and the people of Shaanxi were living in poverty.

This cannot be said to be unreasonable, but the cost of the war this year is far less expensive than that of the Qingli War, but it does bring heavy burden to the people of Shaanxi. Think about the truckload of goods and supplies slowly transported from the rear of Shaanxi to Yanzhou, then from Yanzhou to Suizhou, and then from Suizhou to Luowu City. How much civil servants would be used, and what about the city construction?

Some people also say that Luowu City is narrow and difficult to provide wages. In the future, it is a big problem to transport food and grass. Since Funing Village has been lost and Luowu City has become an isolated city, it is better to abandon it.

But Wang Ju never spoke about this matter.

Zhong Yan’s opinion is not impossible to adopt, but the focus is not on people’s livelihood, finance, or transportation. Although it is a fact, it is still worth it from a strategic perspective. The real focus is the general environment. If you want to continue to stick to Luowu City and then counterattack Funing Village, you must invest more troops and more money. This alone is impossible to obtain everyone’s consent, so what’s the point of sticking to Luowu City?

In short, Zhong Yan's appetite was too big and he did not take into account the overall environment, but made a great leap forward, which led to the current situation.

Zhao Xu had no choice but to issue an edict to withdraw his troops.

Yan Da led his army out of Luowu City, fought bloody battles for dozens of miles, almost 1,000 people were sacrificed, but he still asked him to bring out more than a thousand officers and soldiers.

When he arrived at the Wuding River, Zhong Yan sent an army to respond, and the Western Xia talents retreated to Luowu City.

Kang Cheng looked at the wound on his arm, endured the pain, and sighed secretly: "When will this day end? Could it be that I am evil this year?"

The war has nothing to do with him for the time being. After Liang Yi buried the Luowu City, he asked the Yinzhou general Xiangya to continue to fight for the deserted village. This village is located above Jialuchuan Village and is close to Linzhou. It is still a cutting tactic. Once the deserted village is captured, the remaining villages cannot contact Fulin Road, and Yanzhou cannot contact them, and all will become lonely cities.

Wang Wenliang, who had just been transferred from the security army to be responsible for building Huangdui Village, sent a fight. There were tens of thousands of troops under Xiangya. Wang Wenliang had few troops and no military talents, so he was quickly defeated by Xiangya. Wang Wenyu, the chief supervisor of Linfu Road, saw the situation urgent, so he would lose it. But what should the military and civilians who built the villages below do it? He immediately mobilized a large army from Fulin Road to respond.

That was the Prefecture Army and the Zhe Family Army, which can be said to be the most powerful army in the Song Dynasty. Not to mention the past, but a few months ago, Zhe Jishi led the Zhe Family Army general Mebao and Wu Liang to kill him.

Xiangya was a little afraid, so he came up with a plan to surrender. Wang Wenyu agreed, Xiangya brought the army to "surrender" and started fighting in the middle of the night. Who knew that Wang Wenyu was not fooled at all, but just used the trick. Xiangya's subordinates had just clamored, and Wang Wenyu led his troops to attack. Xiangya was defeated, and countless casualties were killed and injured. Thousands of people had no time to escape and kneeled down to surrender.

At this point, the battle in Luowu City has come to an end.

In this series of battles, we can see the real Western Army of the Song Dynasty. In terms of combat effectiveness, the Western Army of the Song Dynasty had already surpassed the Western Xia army, but it was far from the height of the army at the peak of the Tang Dynasty.

Some generals also grew up quickly, such as Yan Da, who was born from tens of thousands of enemies, and there were less than half of the casualties, which also showed his command ability.

But the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty ignored a place, the country in the north... Therefore, this series of tragic battles only opened a small prelude. (To be continued...)

Chapter 452 Ten Generals - The Real Western Army:

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