In the middle of July, the gate of hell is open.

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The Liao army began to attack Yanzhou City. Is there such a powerful man? Is he really loyal to Xixia? He is indeed very loyal and famous in the local area. However, when he heard about the arrival of the Liao army, he secretly prepared to instigate some people, but was noticed by Wang Ju's senior brother You Shixiong and executed immediately.

As for who wrote this letter, God knows.

Besides, the people's hearts are not what Otla thought. Although the battle of Qingzhou killed many Western Xia people, Wang Ju did a good job later, benefiting many civilians. As for those loyal people, the Song army entered Yanzhou three times and cleaned them up early.

Some people were moved to Qingzhou by the Song Dynasty, and some people secretly fled to Qingzhou. Although life there cannot be said to be a well-off society, they can always maintain food and clothing. Let's see how miserable the people in Xixia are.

Therefore, some people oppose and some support, and the number of support is more than that of those who oppose.

In fact, including Xiazhou, although we hate the Song Dynasty, some people hope that the Song Dynasty will take down Xixia as soon as possible so that we can have a stable life.

How could Orat know about this? So, in a strange battlefield, it is difficult for ordinary people to achieve outstanding military achievements except for those geniuses.

After siege, the Song army in the city was not very strong as he found out.

But the problem is that unlike Xiazhou, although the Song Dynasty seized Yanzhou three times, it did not destroy the city walls. As for the inner responders in the city, they even saw no ghosts.

At this moment, two consecutive evils came.

It is not that easy to flood Xingzhou City.

The water level of Qingtong Gorge is very high. Why did Xixiabore open a seven-level canal and flood the Song army when the water level is lowest after autumn and early winter? It is precisely because the seven-level canal is derived from the high-water Qingtong Gorge. Even in the early winter, the water level in the canal is still relatively high.

Gao Zunyu did not send anyone to investigate, so he won the bid. In fact, this tragedy can be completely avoided. Think about how can we camp in such a large area outside Lingzhou City?

However, this example cannot be used in flooding Xingzhou City. One is in a low-lying place, and it is convenient to camp with water sources. The other is a tall city. Even if it is winter day and summer, its nature will be completely different.

Moreover, Qingtong Gorge is too far from Xingzhou City. Even if the Song army opened the two steep gates and the flood rolled down, it would indeed flood many places. However, before we arrived in Xingzhou, the flood might have flowed back to the Yellow River in a low-lying place. At most, many crops in the Hexi River were flooded, but now the country is about to die, so how can we still care about these crops?

But Wang Ju had his own way. He was repairing a project outside Xingzhou City. Wang Ju came to the south in person and observed along the two canals.

Then Yu Jingzhou chose a location on the flank of the wings, and there were several dirt mountains on both sides of the two canals, forcing prisoners of war to surround the dike. It was not a regular reservoir, but just a temporary storage. It did not need to be too strong, so it was built very quickly.

The purpose is also very simple. In fact, it is to build a temporary reservoir here, then completely open the steep gate of the two canals, and quickly store a large amount of river water by taking advantage of the difference in water level suspension.

Because some canals have been renovated in Xingzhou, these canals are facing Xingzhou City. At that time, as long as the two canals in Xingzhou are blocked and this simple embankment is blown up, the flood will quickly rush towards Xingzhou City.

Qingtong Gorge is far away from Xingzhou City, but it is only thirty or forty miles away from Xingzhou City. Many places of Xingzhou City Wall were destroyed by the Song army. Even if the Xixia people blocked these gaps, the entire city wall was no longer a whole, and there would be no resistance if it was a whole. Moreover, although the standing city walls were there, many city walls were shaken by explosions. Such a huge flood roared away, which would destroy large areas of Xingzhou City Wall. But it was not over yet, because the Song army had surrounded the earthen embankments around, and these floods had nowhere to go and would only continue to rush into the city.

Then there will be large areas of houses, military and civilians, swept away by the flood. After the flood receded, the Song army calmly entered the city, and no one resisted.

If the large city walls cannot be crushed for the first time, there is another way, because there are earth embankments around it, floods will inevitably accumulate around Xingzhou City. Its height cannot exceed the city head, but that doesn't matter, because the large section of the city wall has been soaked in the flood. The Song army once again blocked the gap above and drew water.

In a few days, the flood will inevitably retreat from this imperfect soil enclosure, but the second flood peak has arrived, and the originally unstable city wall. In addition, the wall foundation has been soaked by the flood, the second flood peak will inevitably wash away more wall sections.

Still the same, large areas of houses and military and civilians were swept away by the flood, and the Song army calmly entered the city.

This is Wang Ju’s plan.

Seeing that the reservoir was about to close, the Song army began to step out of the city and live in a high-pitched place.

Although the Song army gave up many gaps, the patrol was tightly patrolled, especially the number of hot air balloons floating above the camp. Then the soldiers stayed in the blue and observed every move in the city with a telescope. The gap was made wide, but no one could escape from the city.

However, an accident happened at this time. Some people had a very big brainshot, while others had no brainshots.

Some Song generals could not understand Wang Ju's inexplicable stopping the attack and carrying out these projects, so they asked Wang Ju, but Wang Ju did not hide it and explained.

But I don’t know that the big mouth actually spread Wang Ju’s intention, which reached the ears of these prisoners of war and the people. Many people were already numb, but some people, they had family members and relatives were in Xingzhou City.

Think about how many people will drown if Wang Ju succeeds in his plan?

Then a brave man organized himself and fled to Xingzhou at night. The Song army was strict with others but not strict with others, so many prisoners of war successfully fled to the city of Xingzhou, allowing the Xia army above the city to be taken to the city.

After hearing this time, Liang Yibi no longer thought that Wang Ju had a big idea. After all, Wang Ju was born in water conservancy, and Zheng Baiqu had become a major symbol of Wang Ju's political achievements and a major symbol of the Song Dynasty's water conservancy projects.

Now he was a little confused and suspicious.

The main reason is that the Song army surrounded Xingzhou and built ships of all sizes in Lingzhou. Large ships were used to carry goods, while small ships were used to patrol the Yellow River. There was no news about the East and West Rivers. They could not know whether the Liao Kingdom sent troops, but the crazy Xiao Liang clan still insisted on resisting. Liang Yiji sent several groups of scouts to sneak out of the city, but none of them succeeded.

However, the number of prisoners of war that fled back was quite large, with more than a hundred people, and the news was released.

Then they discovered another thing: Xingzhou City is still a distance from Hanyuan Canal, but it is very close to Tanglai Canal, right next to Tanglai Canal, and the moat is also led from Tanglai Canal. But now the water level line of Tanglai Canal has slowly descended.

Even if the upstream dam is completely closed, it is impossible to cut off all water flows. There are groundwater sources and water sources of each small tributary. In addition, there are factors such as the suspension of the water level downstream and the slow water flow, so the water level line drops slowly. However, this represents a signal.

At the same time, they saw that officers and soldiers were continuing to build some small rafts with rafts, which finally caused more panic among the military and civilians.

Moreover, the Song army used firepower to destroy many houses. They were fighting at that time, and they were all jealous and desperate. However, the Song army stopped attacking and had been working on these strange projects for more than thirty days, and their tone became relieved.

Then they felt the "hardships" of life, lacking food and clothing, and living in a piece of rubble. It would be better if they could defend the city, but the problem might not be able to be defended. They hoped that the Liao Kingdom, but the Liao army had not seen a shadow coming for so long, and many people became frustrated.

With this kind of panic, if you can be lucky enough to defend the city, then continue to defend it. The key is that the city will soon be destined to be lost. Not only will it fall, but the flood will also rush into the city.

First, many people took their luggage to take shelter to the high places, but there were only so many high places, so conflicts broke out one after another. The conflict became increasingly serious, and I don’t know who caused it first, which led to a large number of Xia soldiers mutiny, demanding to open the city gate and surrender voluntarily, at least not drowned by the water.

Liang Yibu sent troops to suppress Xingzhou, but Xingzhou was still able to defend it. Only one month ago, the Song army attacked the city so fiercely that day, but now their own people have killed their own people, and most of the low-level generals led their subordinates to resist Liang Yibu's suppression.

In less than half a day, from the city to the top of the city, both sides began a fierce battle.

Wang Ju saw it. It was a rare opportunity. Don’t drown it. He ordered the three armies to attack the city immediately. This became a straw that broke the camel's back and could no longer defend the city. The Song army successfully climbed the top of the city and killed some Xia soldiers who were still resisting. He opened the city gate and the three armies rushed into the city.

Wang Juyu released the prisoners of war the next day and announced relevant policies to calm the people's hearts. However, no one of the radical nobles in Xixia, the Liang family, and the related royal family were spared. Wang Ju asked the soldiers to take them all to Hexi, and then executed them all in a desert and buried them in the yellow sand.

Xixia finally came to an end, and this battle may have cost a lot.

But the account depends on how to settle it. Without the harm of the Western Xia, the Song Dynasty did not have to be distracted from the northwest, but focused on defending the north, and could obtain a large number of war horses and organize a large number of cavalry. This military significance alone was significant.

There are also related economic accounts, not to mention the military expenses saved in the future, but also the benefits of green salt will bring at least more than two million yuan to the court a year. Originally, this income did not completely enter the Xixia treasury. Part of it was obtained by local nobles, part of it was obtained by private salt merchants from both countries, and part of it was obtained by some clerks. Now most of this income can be obtained by the court through the salt affairs.

The profits of trade have nothing to do with the trumpanzen side. The main reason is that the business roads in the Western Regions are reopened. This business road did not benefit much during the Tang Dynasty, but in the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty had already formulated a complete commercial tax system, so the profits of trade can also make the court more than one million yuan in a year.

Of course, the Song Dynasty could not be called recapturing all the Western Xia, and the ancient Great Wall was still controlled by the Liao army.

But later, when the court heard the battle, Zhao Xu was very worried about writing an edict to ask Wang Ju, if there was no civil strife in Xingzhou City, would Wang Ju's water attack be successful?

It turned out that they were from Xixia, so they could do whatever they wanted. But now they belong to the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Xu was worried.

When Wang Ju saw it, he laughed, then replied and wrote a detailed report.

In fact, it is a psychological tactic. From the beginning, Wang Ju never thought of using water to capture Xingzhou. However, the Western Xia soldiers and civilians in Xingzhou City held their breath. As long as they were there, even if there was no city wall, the battle would not end in a short time.

Therefore, Wang Ju came up with this plan to let the Western Xia army and civilians relax first. The Song army stopped attacking the city, and life was so difficult. The Western Xia army and civilians in the city lived in pain. In addition, the rumors would cause people's hearts to turn from fighting to panic. Then deliberately passed the water attack plan to prisoners of war, and prisoners of war fled to Xingzhou City. If it weren't for this intention, let alone more than a hundred prisoners of war, a prisoner of war could not escape from the city. Just like the Liao army, they also sent a large number of scouts to inquire here, but none of them successfully sneaked into the west of the Yellow River.

As for whether it can flood Xingzhou City, it may be able to flood it, but it is very difficult to destroy Xingzhou's wall foundation. For him, he would rather worry about Xingzhou than to worry about the capital. That section of the Yellow River is the real river hanging on the ground.

Moreover, whether that simple embankment can store huge floods is still a question mark. The reason why the river has become shallow is that all the steep gates upstream are closed.

But it is a signal, that is, the future court should not only pay attention to the meaning of poetry, essays, but also pay attention to these miscellaneous learning paths. If it is not gunpowder, how can it shake the city walls of Xingzhou? Then, with the morale in Xingzhou at that time, it might take several months to take it down, and it would also cost the lives of countless soldiers. At that time, the three armies were tired, how could they deal with the Liao army?

Now it is just black gunpowder and some crude artillery. What if there are more advanced weapons in the future?

A team of grain and grass crossed the Yellow River one after another and then entered the Jinsu Army City. Although Otla brought the army into the Xia territory, because the troops were a little urgent and they didn't carry much food and grass, the rear continued to prepare food and grass in several states behind the mountain. Moreover, Otla asked the rear for more grain and grass to come, and it was not necessary to transport it to the front line, but it was placed in Jinsu City first to prevent the war from being delayed and worsened.

Therefore, during this period, the states continuously transported food and grass across the Yellow River. The Liao army in Jinsu City did not pay much attention. At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

There is a strange place on Hedong Road, that is Fulin Road, Linzhou, Fuzhou and Fengzhou. The only ones that are truly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court are Linzhou. Fuzhou is under the jurisdiction of the Zhe family, and Fengzhou is under the jurisdiction of the Wang family. Below is Suizhou, which belongs to the Western Xia.

So some people say that this area is hanging overseas, especially Fengzhou, which is at the top corner and is truly hanging overseas. As a result, it was captured by Li Yuanhao, which led to the Song Dynasty's attempt to abandon these three states. Fortunately, Song Renzong did not agree, which made the Song Dynasty not give up this important portal.

Just as Shaanxi was defeating steadily, the battle to defend Fulin Road was shining with a completely different glory. Whether it was the Zhe Family Army, Miao Jixuan, Miao Jixuan, and the generals who were later transferred here, they all performed well, defeating the powerful Xia army several times, beating Li Yuanhao to the point of running away, and returning with a crushing defeat.

The court gradually restored the Fengzhou organization.

However, due to the defeat of Hulidui, the Quye River, Zhuilun River in Fengzhou section, and the west bank of Quye River in Linzhou section were successively occupied by Xixia. This situation was not improved until Zhong Yan opened the border. In addition, the officials of Fulin Road also defeated the Xixia people many times and went south along the Yellow River and opened up several fortresses. However, they had not really communicated with Yanzhou, and were still an enclave.

It was not until a few years ago that after Wang Ju came back, he began to operate the northwest. The court gradually recovered the entire Suizhou, and Fulin Road was connected to Fuyan Road to form a whole. Then the court joined forces to take Yinzhou. The court adopted Wang Ju's suggestion and put Yinzhou and other places in Fulin Road together with the jurisdiction of Hengshan in Dong, Yinzhou and other places.

The main reason is that Fulin Road will still be at the forefront in the future. There must be enough people to farm so that there will be sufficient food and grass mobilization. Otherwise, the cost will be too high to rely on the court to mobilize food from the rear. Secondly, if you want to start a war, unless it is a large-scale battle, it will generally be handled by each party themselves. Fulin Road must have sufficient troops. The area is small and there will be fewer troops. When you get into evil with the Liao Kingdom in the future, there will be no enough troops to ensure victory and safety of the entire route. Now, not only does Fulin Road have more Yinzhou, but the Song Dynasty also took the opportunity to recover the Quye River and the Quye River and Zhuelun River on the west bank of Fengzhou. Many fortresses were built one after another, and a large amount of farmland was allocated to the border soldiers for farming. At the same time, many important roads were built throughout the country.

The current magistrate of Linzhou, the first commander of Fulin Road, is named Zi Hu. He was born as a military general. This person may not be famous in later generations. In fact, in this time, the Song Dynasty was quite famous. He was the first general of the twelve generals in Hedong. He was brave and good at fighting and defeated the people of Xixia many times.

It was precisely this situation that Wang Ju and Zhang Qi came up with an incredible tactic.

The Liao army went west and attacked Xiazhou City. At the same time, many Song troops entered from Yanzhou to Suizhou, and then sneaked into Linzhou, Fuzhou, and Fengzhou from Suizhou!

But I had a rest in Suizhou, mainly to let everyone rest for a few days to ensure their physical strength, and the other was to gather together the three armies. At the same time, Wang Ju ordered the commanders of the three armies to obey Zhang Shi's command. In fact, in the future, Wang Ju completely handed over to Zhang Shi, and he only cooperated and responded in the west. After leaving, the Song Dynasty had to find a qualified successor. However, some people in the court still did not trust Zhang Shi, and the next battle was Zhang Shi's real battle to rectify his reputation.

Seeing that the troops from all sides had been almost mobilized, many of the materials were transferred to the front line of Linzhou. Wang Ju took Xingzhou again, mainly the last one. If Xingzhou is not taken down, the troops will not be completely released. Zhang Qiong ordered the general attack to begin.

Liu Changzuo, Zhong Shidao, and Zihu did not go to the front line. They had to be responsible for the safety of the journey to prevent the Liao army from jumping over the wall and running around.

However, the Song army dispatched a lot of troops, and the troops were divided into two groups. The main general of the West Road was the veteran general Zhang Shouyue, and the supervisor was Li Xian who was transferred back from the Hexi Corridor.

These two are both "old guys", but because they are older, the marching will be very stable. Stabilization will be the key to the next battle. The deputy general is Lin Guang and Miao Lu.

The move forward was Guo Cheng, Wang En and other generals.

The commander of the Eastern Army was Yao Xiong, the deputy general was the governor of the prefecture and prefecture, and the progress was Liu Fa, Jia Yan and other generals.

The army troops on the West Route refer to Jinsu City, and the army troops on the East Route refer to Ningbian City.

The Song and Liao Dynasty have been in peace for a long time, and the Song Dynasty has always been very cowardly towards the Liao Kingdom, including Wang Ju. Although he has repeatedly targeted the Liao envoys, he has more or less a harsh and weak on the outside. But this is true. Even the strongest Northwest Army of the Song Dynasty has more or less suffered from the fear of Liao. If it weren't for the successive victory and the main battlefield was placed in the northwest, even if the Northwest Army would not have any psychological advantage over the Liao army now.

Although Otla repeatedly instructed everyone to be careful before leaving, including Otla, and the Liao army, most of them thought that the main forces of the Song Dynasty were all in Xingzhou, and they were a little careless.

Zihu did a good job before, and even a large number of materials were transferred to Linzhou, the Liao army did not notice it.

The front line of the Song Dynasty is now too close to the two cities, and Ningbian City is barely about a hundred miles away, while Jinsu City is less than a hundred miles away.

The two large armies of the Song Dynasty suddenly sent troops, and the Liao Kingdom was caught off guard. In fact, the Liao Kingdom also set up some fortresses in these two armies and one state, including several fortresses on the border of the Song and Liao Dynasty. However, the strongest ones were the only ones to beat people and would not be beaten by others. Therefore, these fortresses were not built strongly and tallly. It was better to say that they were fortresses, and there were not many left-behind troops. Although they were mostly guarding in a critical position, the Song army rushed over and was caught off guard and quickly captured by the Song army.
To be continued...