The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

The Mingsha City Gate is dark, like a beast with its huge mouth open, ferocious and terrifying.

The defeated Xixia army didn't care about anything at this time. They swarmed in and made a lot of noise.

Just when the city gate was crowded, a loud "rumbling" sound suddenly came, and the thousand-jin gate suddenly fell to the ground.

"Ouch!"

"Whoaaah!"

"Edi Niang!"

The gate was made of a huge piece of bluestone. Although it was not as heavy as the iron gate, it was wider and taller than the iron gate. It crushed and injured many people at once.

There were about five or six thousand people entering the city at this moment, including generals and soldiers, and they were crushed to death under the stone. The outer doorway was full of people. They were all frightened, with dull expressions on their faces, looking at the bluestone gate standing there. There was lingering fear and trembling in the front.

In the city, next to the urn, under the city wall, and on the passage into the city, there were suddenly a few harsh "hoo-la" sounds, and then several sparks exploded. In just the blink of an eye, raging fires shot into the sky.

The fire was fast and fierce. It burned beside the five or six thousand Xixia soldiers who had just entered the city but were blocked by the stone gate. These Xixia soldiers immediately started to howl like ghosts.

They wanted to avoid the flames, but the fire rose from the walls, stepstones, and the ground. The hooves of the war horses, their shoes, and unknown oil-stained objects stepped on them. The fire burned directly along the surface and immediately ignited. , there is nowhere to hide, the more you run, the bigger the fire becomes.

At this time, rows of icy crossbows protruded from the city wall above. The cold light flashed and shot downwards indiscriminately. The "swish, swish, swish" sound was like a night owl flying, with terrifying speed, mercilessly harvesting the lives of Xixia soldiers.

Li Yanxian stood on the top of the wall and sighed: "Oh, if it weren't for the small number of soldiers in hand, how could we put so many people in? As long as there are five thousand more soldiers, Xixia will definitely let all Xixia enter the city, and kill him without leaving a single piece of armor." , clean!"

He patted his thighs with an annoyed look on his face. The timing was really good, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but because he had too few soldiers, he didn't dare to let too many people in, so he couldn't directly catch the opponent.

He was traveling northward at the border of Jingsai Army Division when he encountered a group of Xixia troops coming from the south, headed by a female general.

This female general was sassy and moved Li Yanxian's heart. Northwest had always been rough and arrogant in her actions and never showed off. Especially now, after more than a hundred years of fierce war, she was becoming more direct.

Whether it was among the Western Army of the Song Dynasty, the Xixia side, or even the residents on both sides of the border, they all went straight to drink, eat meat, and rob the mother-in-law. There was no such thinking and worries. As long as the fists were strong and the courage was strong, just run and do it after thinking about it.

Of course, this person who robbed the mother-in-law was not robbing someone from his own country. On his own side, they were all being married by open matchmakers, covered with red hijabs, and carried home by donkeys. The women they were robbing were all women from the enemy country.

The heroes of the Song Dynasty secretly crossed the border to rob Xixia women, and Xixia also came to rob the Song Dynasty. The two have been intermarrying for countless years. Even the queens of Xixia also had Han women. The famous empresses of Daliang and Liang were all Han.

Among them, Empress Daliang controlled the Xixia government for more than ten years and wiped out 600,000 Song troops. During this period, she promoted the policy of sinicization, but also abolished Han rites and restored Dangxiang's Fan rites. She was extremely famous in Xixia and was hated by the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, Tubo and Dangxiang have long had the custom of snatching marriages. In the northwest, several parties have snatched each other's blood, and their blood has long been mixed. Even Li Qianshun himself is half Han. If you really want to calculate it carefully, half of it must be more. many.

Therefore, it is normal for the Western Army or people from the Northwest to snatch a party woman to be their aunt. Whether it is on the battlefield, across the border to pasture, or on the battlefield, it is not something that requires foresight and foresight among Northwest men. thing.

Li Yanxian took a fancy to the female general, chased her all the way, and finally captured her halfway. He scattered and defeated the cavalry, and captured some people. When he was about to go back, he suddenly wondered if he could take this opportunity to go directly to Mingxing. Shacheng, the back home of Brother Richard?

So the female general was interrogated. The female general was called Nori Mingying. She had a tough mouth and looked forward to death. She refused to say anything. Even her name was confessed by others.

Li Yanxian interrogated the other cavalrymen one by one, and finally asked that there were only a thousand people guarding Mingsha City at the moment!

He was immediately overjoyed. Mingsha was not a particularly small city, but it still had a certain area. Moreover, it was not a military city. There were residents and civilians inside, but only a thousand people guarded it. Wasn't it in name only?

If a thousand people are divided into two shifts to defend the city, then only 500 people will be left at each moment. If they are divided into four sides of the city gate, there will be only more than 100 people on each side. Isn't it the same as an empty city?

Moreover, even if during the war, the soldiers did not remove their armor and did not return to camp, but were all in the city defense area, the 1,000 men were divided under the upper gate of the city on the four sides, and there were only 250 men on each side. How could this be defended? ?

Li Yanxian acted immediately after receiving the news. He knew very well that soldiers are valuable and quick. In addition to sending one personal soldier back to the rear to deliver a message to Zhao Tao, he took all the other surrendered troops with him. Those who refused to surrender were all killed except Yeli Mingying, and then rushed straight to the scene. Go away to Mingsha City.

Brother Richard left only a thousand men in Mingsha. It was actually not a mistake. Even if there were omissions, it was a wise man who had considered it carefully. It was difficult to make a mistake, because the Song army on the opposite side had few soldiers. Going all the way around to the rear to sneak attack on the city?

What's more, he sent two cavalrymen on the left side of the army to advance secretly. If the Song army really had evil intentions, these two cavalrymen would definitely encounter them.

How many people can the Song army send? One or two thousand at most, three thousand in the end, it will never exceed this number.

The two cavalry he sent each had about 2,000 men. They were both elite and led by generals with high martial arts skills, especially Nori Mingying who was walking on the quiet line.

Although Yeli Mingying is a woman, she has extraordinary skills, especially her immediate skills. She was born in the Zizi Sect, and is the junior sister of Princess Feng Miaoyin. Feng Miaoyin is the direct disciple of the head of the Zizi Sect, Li Huangzhu, ranking fourth, while Yeli Mingying ranks fourth. Minimum.

Brother Richard didn't realize that his arrangement was wrong. Even if the two teams didn't protect the left side thoroughly, if the Song army did sneak up on them, there would be nothing to worry about.

Although there are only a thousand people guarding the city at the rear, if you want to attack the city hard, you can't go to the city immediately. The cavalry coming from far away must be cavalry. There are no equipment and fortifications. How can you attack the city hard? How many men and horses can we have to dare to attack!

He led Tie Yaozi and Bubazi to rush and crush them. The army went directly south, charging and tearing apart the main force of the Song army. Then we could ignore the matters in the rear. As long as the main force of the Song army was defeated in front, everything would be over. It didn't matter, and it didn't pose much of a threat. This was the third reason why he didn't leave more troops to guard Mingsha.

However, he ignored the opponent's fighting strength, thinking that his own force was elite, but he did not expect that the opponent's force was stronger. The two troops of Xu Ning and Li Yanxian were extremely powerful, especially the commander who was more skilled in martial arts and defeated all the two cavalry he sent. Near annihilation.

As for what he thought about being unable to attack by force even if someone were to attack the city by surprise, that was actually true. After all, attacking a city required equipment and fortifications. The cavalry that came would inevitably be unable to carry out the attack at all, or could not afford to attack by force.

But the problem is, Li Yanxian never thought about attacking Mingsha City!

He followed Zhao Tong all the way from Xihe into the Xia Kingdom, and saw all kinds of cunning strategies. There were only a few real head-to-head attacks, especially the destruction of the city. Because there were few soldiers, Zhao Tong almost didn't need to attack by force, and mostly used deception!

As for the fake city! Li Yanxian has learned it!

He had Xixia cavalry prisoners and Yeli Mingying in his hands, so it was not too difficult to deceive a city guarded by only a thousand people.

With a good plan, we quickly headed to Mingsha City. It was already dark by then, so we happened to take advantage of the darkness in the evening to step forward and cheat on the door.

Sure enough, there was no doubt that he was in the city. After just a few words and putting Ye Li Mingying in front, the city gate was opened and Li Yanxian led the people to rush in.

Then it took more than an hour to clear out the Xixia soldiers in the city. Most of them surrendered. The few who resisted were killed, and those who escaped and hid were searched and captured. There were only a thousand people in total. Even if a few escaped, they would still be dead. Hard to spoil big things. Then Li Yanxian began to lay out an ambush, find kerosene, paint the walls, and plan how to prevent the enemy from discovering that Mingsha had been lost. He came to Mingsha City just to steal Brother Richard's retreat, and he must not let the other party discover the flaw!

This is exactly the opposite of Brother Richard's plan. Brother Richard wants to crush the army forward and win directly. Even if the rear is lost, it doesn't matter as long as the front is victorious. Then he can turn back a little and send some soldiers to clear it out. That's right behind.

But what Li Yanxian planned was that Brother Richard would be defeated and lead the remaining army back to Mingsha City, so he could lure him into the city, beat the dog behind closed doors, catch turtles in the jar, and attack and kill him.

The only fly in the ointment is that Li Yanxian didn't dare to let too many people in.

He only has less than two thousand troops, some of whom have to guard the prisoners, some who have to guard the other three gates, and some who have to suppress the city and sit in the city, so the number of people ambush in the south city will not be more than a thousand.

In fact, there are only seven or eight hundred, so at most he dares to put in five or six thousand people, seven or eight hundred fire attacks and ambushes. He is still confident in dealing with five or six thousand, but if there are more, it will not be enough.

As for whether Brother Richard will be among the five or six thousand people, it depends on luck and his fate.

If Li Yanxian had 5,000 men, he would definitely dare to let in all the defeated Xixia troops outside the city. But since he didn't have these people, he could only hope and sigh.

At this time, his eyes were fixed on the ambushed Xixia army below. The fire was burning and it was brightly illuminated, so he could see clearly. However, the more he looked, the more disappointed he became, and he did not see Brother Richard.

Although he doesn't know Brother Richard, what is Brother Richard's identity? Not only is he the commander-in-chief of this Xixia army, but he is also the Jin king of Xixia. He is the commander of the army and the head of the government. Regardless of the style of his clothes and the armor and horses, he must be unique and must be easily identifiable.

If Brother Richard was among the five or six thousand people entering the city, he would naturally recognize him at a glance, but it is a pity that he did not.

Among the people entering the city were cavalry and infantry. In fact, the infantry were originally cavalry, but they dismounted in front of the city gate or directly after entering the city.

It's nothing else. Running back and forth all day plus most of the night, my waist and legs are really unbearable. If I don't get off, I'm afraid they will be useless.

This is no more tiring than a normal march. Even the messengers who have been reporting urgently for 800 miles are not so tired.

This is a defeated escape, a defeated escape, not only physical pressure, but also mental pressure. It can be said that it is physically and mentally exhausted, and it is almost collapsed after a long time.

Not finding Brother Richard, Li Yanxian sighed and continued to direct the soldiers around him to shoot arrows. None of the people entering the city could stay. Even if they wanted to surrender, they would not accept it because almost everyone was burned by flames at this moment.

Burns are white wounds, which are more difficult to treat than red wounds caused by swords. Large-area burns cannot be cured in this era.

Li Yanxian gritted his teeth and said: "Shoot them all, leaving no one alive, and then go to the top of the city to fight the enemy!"

The soldiers shouted "Get the order" and began to shoot arrows and crossbows at high speed...

Although Brother Richard has not entered the city at this moment, he is not outside the city either. Instead, he is within the opening of the south city gate.

He had entered the city gate with the generals behind him. When he was less than half way inside, he heard a loud "bang" and a big rock fell down in front of him.

The stone gate was so wide that it immediately killed many soldiers and horses. Their blood and flesh splattered all around, covering everything ten feet away. The tragedy was unbearable to look at.

Brother Richard was immediately frightened and broke into a cold sweat. He was very close to the Thousand Jin Stone Gate. If he had been a breath or two faster, he would have been smashed below and died.

At that time, the king's hegemony and the country and the country will be nothing more than a dream.

Brother Richard's armor was soaked with sweat, and his whole body was trembling slightly. Everyone around him was too frightened to speak, secretly shouting that it was a close call and he could come back with his life.

Brother Richard took a deep breath, grasped the reins with one hand, and looked ahead. There were some gaps around the huge bluestone. He could vaguely see the red light on the opposite side, and there was a dazzling light shining through, which was clearly the light of fire.

Then the sound of archery and crossbow strikes came over, and screams could not be heard without stopping.

Brother Richard looked sad and shouted loudly: "Mingsha City is lost!"

As he spoke, he opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of blood, then lay motionless on the horse's neck.

He is the military god of Xixia. He has gone through countless battles in his life, winning more and losing less. But regardless of victory or defeat, he has never encountered such grievances. Tieyao was destroyed, Bubazi collapsed, the army was shaken, and was defeated by the enemy. After chasing for hundreds of miles, the base camp in the rear was captured and ambushed. The enemy was plotting and suppressing them at every step.

Even if Brother Richard had martial arts skills, how could he withstand such a blow at this moment? His expression was extremely depressed for a moment.

"Prince Jin?"

"Commander!"

"Your Majesty!"

The generals around him came to their senses and stepped forward to call.

Brother Richard was as angry as a thread and his face was as white as paper. He slightly raised a hand: "Go, retreat, leave Mingsha..."

Just before he finished speaking, a deafening shout of death suddenly came from the distance outside, from far to near, and he didn't know how many soldiers and horses were coming here.

The Xixia soldiers who stayed outside were already in chaos. The school soldiers rushed over to report that a large number of Song troops were chasing them.

At this time, Brother Richard had already figured out why the Song Army had been pursuing them. He had already determined to capture Mingsha City and planned to kill them all here.

"Go, go, get out of Xiakou Pass!" Brother Richard shouted on his horse, and spit out a mouthful of blood...

(End of this chapter)