The next time is to wait for the soldiers and horses from Qin Feng Road to come to support.

The supporting troops and horses surrounded Dingxi City, so Sheng Changbai's troops could continue to expand outward.

The Xixia soldiers in Huizhou who have become trapped beasts are not worth Sheng Changbai's further delay. When they can no longer support them, these people will naturally surrender.

The Zhou Dynasty and even the Han people were always tolerant towards foreign countries, which was also beneficial.

When nothing can be done, these people don't mind surrendering to Zhou.

The memorial to the emperor was sent to Bianliang, waiting for the emperor's feedback, and he awarded the various tribes in Huizhou and Lanzhou.

At the same time, he arranged for the heirs of these foreign countries to go to Bianliang to pay homage to the emperor.

Although some foreign countries don't care so much about their heirs, they can still serve as hostages to some extent.

Along with these foreign leaders, he gathered the young men of the tribe and continued to march into Xixia.

Taking away the young and strong people of these Fanbang tribes, there will be no instability factors in the two states.

Sheng Changbai's tent was also moved from Huizhou to the edge of the Yellow River in Lanzhou.

"Commander Sheng, the enemy is heavily guarded. The entire north bank of the Yellow River is full of enemy patrols. It is really difficult to cross."

At this time, those who wanted to cross the Yellow River and attack Xingling and Lingzhou in Xixia encountered difficulties. The Yellow River was difficult to cross.

The only way to cross the river is to rely on boats and build pontoons.

When there are not many ships, the most realistic method is to build a pontoon.

This method is not easy to cross the river when the other side is sufficiently alert.

"Don't be reckless first. Send people to explore upstream and downstream to find out if there is any other place suitable for building a bridge to cross the river." Sheng Changbai ordered.

In fact, it is not impossible or meaningful for Sheng Changbai and Xixia Bing to face each other across the river.

As long as Sheng Changbai and Chen Bing are here, the soldiers and horses of Xixia Xingling and Lingzhou cannot be transferred away. Sheng Changbai needs to be guarded at all times, which can be regarded as containing many Xixia soldiers and horses.

This situation is still beneficial for Gu Tingye to attack Hengshan with his troops.

"Although the Yellow River is long, there are only so many places suitable for crossing the river. The Xixia soldiers will not be unwary."

There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses crossing the river. Not just a few people can cross the Yellow River no matter what, and the terrain requirements are obviously much higher.

"It doesn't matter, our army has taken the initiative, and there is also fighting in the Hengshan section. The Xixia soldiers are limited, and it is impossible to do everything. Waiting for opportunities, you will always find Xixia's defensive weaknesses. Arrange people to cross the river at various crossings, and sneak these first

Let’s talk about it later, Western thief.”

Sheng Changbai decided to have a stalemate with these people first, and it would be best to wait until the opportunity came.

There is no chance. After the Xixia soldiers on the other side are exhausted, the difficulty of the attack can be reduced.

"Shuai Sheng, Gu Shuai's side has captured Lawu City. The progress in the direction of Hengshan has been quite smooth during this period. Xixia organized hundreds of thousands of troops to stop the attack, but Gu Shuai also killed them." came from the direction of Hengshan.

Courier, reporting on Sheng Changbaihui.

Sheng Changbai was in a stalemate for the time being and there was no fighting.

It was just a small-scale confrontation between some patrolling cavalry on both sides.

But on Gu Tingye's side, the fight was quite lively during this period, with the support of Sheng Changbai.

Gu Tingye finally successfully captured Lawu City before the Xixia army fully assembled and rushed to support.

But after taking it down, we must also consider the issue of defense.

So after the destruction, Gu Tingye needed to build again in Lawu City to face the defense of Xixia.

Because of the strategic location of Luowu City, Xixia organized an army of hundreds of thousands to recapture Luowu City.

But the good thing is that even if the Xixia soldiers are fierce, they still have strongholds to defend in the Zhou Dynasty.

The advantage of the Xixia cavalry was not fully utilized, and Gu Tingye was still able to resist the Xixia soldiers for the time being.

But even if they can defend the city, Sheng Changbai has helped eliminate tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and restrained tens of thousands of Xixia soldiers and horses.

In the direction of Hengshan, Xixia mobilized the whole country, but only gathered less than 200,000 troops.

But with these soldiers and horses, the Zhou Dynasty lost its ability to fight in the field.

If the infantry wants to fight against the cavalry in the field, it only needs twice the number of soldiers, which is far from enough.

"Gu Shuai, he wants me to cross the river as soon as possible?" Sheng Changbai asked.

"Yes, Gu Shuai hopes that Shuai Sheng can cross the Yellow River as soon as possible, threaten Xingling, and force the Xixia soldiers to return for reinforcements. The envoys of the Liao Kingdom have repeatedly criticized us for our good military conduct, leaving us with the Great Zhou Dynasty

Time is running out.”

The battle situation on Gu Tingye's side is obviously more stalemate.

Sheng Changbai was in a stalemate because he didn't want to attack by force and pay an excessive price.

Gu Tingye was in a stalemate and had no choice but to defend passively.

"Okay, I understand."

"General Shang, the commander-in-chief requires us to cross the river as soon as possible and fight the Western bandits as soon as possible."

After seeing off the messenger, Sheng Changbai called the deputy governor Shang to discuss the matter.

"Then we'll force him to cross over." Deputy Du Guan Shang replied.

"Okay, let the soldiers have a good rest tonight. Tomorrow at Yin time, the army will be divided into three groups, one true and two false, to forcibly cross the river." Sheng Changbai arranged.

If you can't wait for a good opportunity, you can only choose to confront the Xixia soldiers head-on this time.

It's time to face the enemy head-on. If you want to destroy Xixia, you must face it head-on.

It was three or four o'clock in the morning on the second day, when I should have been sleeping most deeply.

On the Zhou side, on the bank of the Yellow River, they were separated by more than ten miles, and soldiers and horses of three miles crossed the river at the same time.

Light fewer torches and operate in the dark. Although there is a light on the other side,

But it was only when they got closer that the Xixia soldiers discovered the Zhou army.

Only after the sentries stationed on the river bank discovered that Da Zhou had crossed the river could they warn the army. The army gathered and it took time to clearly distinguish which route the Da Zhou soldiers and horses were taking.

With this time difference, Zhou's soldiers and horses could successfully cross the river, thus achieving Sheng Changbai's goal.

"Array up!"

When Sheng Changbai's Chinese army arrived at the north bank of the river, the sky had already begun to light up.

Xixia gathered together, and the soldiers and horses that came to stop the attack were less than two miles away from the Zhou army.

The Xixia soldiers were still vigilant and assembled quite quickly.

The quality of the individual soldiers was not bad, and there was no chance for Sheng Changbai to cross the river quietly and attack the camp.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! On Sheng Changbai's side, the Han army, dominated by the central army, formed in the center, and the additional troops were divided on the two wings.

"Cum...and cum..."

When the Xixia soldiers were a hundred paces away, Sheng Changbai shot an arrow first.

When the two armies met, bows and arrows served first.

Although the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty are basically infantry, the main military service of the Great Zhou Dynasty is archers.

Tens of thousands of arrows were shot out, and after several waves, at least thousands of people were killed and wounded.

The effect of the arrow rain was not ideal, not many were killed, mainly serious Xixia soldiers, and the popularity of armor was very high.

In addition to Xixia's own smelting level being good and having its own production capacity.

Among them, Da Zhou also contributed a large part.

Xixia and Zhou Dynasty fought in the past and won many battles, and indeed they plundered a lot of weapons and armor.

As long as the Xixia soldiers participated in the plunder of the Zhou Dynasty, all of them were rich and well-equipped.

Cavalry and archery are also a special skill of Xixia soldiers, so it is impossible not to fight back.

However, the Zhou Dynasty set up a formation and had its own shields for defense, and the arrows fired by the Xixia soldiers were not very effective.

After several waves of arrows were fired from both sides, neither side was satisfied with the result.

Then these party cavalrymen bypassed the Zhou army formation without continuing to shoot arrows.

They chose to charge head-on to meet Zhou's battle formation, and what followed was a real hand-to-hand fight.

"beat the drum (beat the drum)."

"Kill the Western thief."

"kill!"

Although it was a temporary position, Dazhou also dug temporary trenches and set up resisting horses and party cavalry. It was just a one-time charge, and of course it could not break through Dazhou's defense.

But when they get close, the party soldiers can already throw short spears, short spears, and short axes.

These things are much more lethal than arrows.

Of course, the soldiers on Dazhou's side responded in kind.
To be continued...