Infinite war begins with Cao thief

Chapter 230 Crimes other than war

Xingqing City "controls Heshuo in the north, leads Qingliang in the south, controls the upper reaches of the roads, and controls the key points of the western frontier". It is a strategic location in the northwest. The city is high, the pond is deep, and the moat is ten feet wide. It is surrounded by Tanglai Canal, Hanyuan Canal, Haowang Canal and other water diversion channels for irrigation. It is rich in products and can be called a land of abundance.

After Dong Huang besieged the city, he did not send his elite troops to fill the moat and attack the city. Instead, after surrounding Xingqing City, he sent people to build embankments to divert water from the Yellow River to flood the city before the rainy season came.

In fact, Dong Huang's march route was similar to that used by Temujin during his third attack on Xixia in history. However, Temujin's plan in history to encircle the points for reinforcements failed, and his plan to build embankments to divert river water to the city failed. It also ended in failure because the outer embankment collapsed and many Mongolian troops were submerged.

But Dong Huang would not make his mistake.

Dong Huang's military strength was much larger than that of Temujin or the Northern Song Dynasty in history, and Xixia was also much weaker than when Mongolia destroyed Xia in history.

While the army was besieging the city and waiting for the troops of King Qin, Dong Huang also took the initiative to attack, ordering Taishi Ci to lead an army of 50,000 to cut off Li Liangfu's retreat, and Pang De to lead an army of 50,000 to cut off the grain road of Chage in Weiming.

On the third day of May, Taishi Ci's troops bypassed Lingzhou (today's Lingwu, Ningxia) and appeared behind Li Liang's auxiliary army. Li Liangfu's troops were shocked and were attacked by Taishi Ci's and Huang Zhong's troops. They were defeated and collapsed, with many casualties. More than half of the troops suffered heavy losses, and most of the remaining troops surrendered. Li Liangfu was captured alive, and Dong Huang's army took advantage of the situation to capture Weizhou City.

Afterwards, Huang Zhong and Tai Shici escorted Li Liangfu and the surrendered troops to surround Lingzhou City.

The long-term victory of the Song-Xia war gave Xixia soldiers and people an indomitable courage. The Lingzhou defenders refused the Yu army's persuasion to surrender.

As a result, Huang Zhong forced more than 30,000 surrendered soldiers to fill in the trenches, assemble Thunderbolt chariots, and launched successive attacks on Lingzhou City.

This is not only because of his loyalty, but also because the generals and elite family members are all in Xingqing City!

No matter what method you use, you have to convince her completely before she will take the initiative to change into the shape you want.

This is the same as Dong Huang's attempt to survive the eagle.

Le Jin had already captured Xiazhou City. Xiazhou in this era had become quite desolate due to desertification and other problems, and the population and soldiers were not enough to resist Le Jin's army.

After capturing Lingzhou, Dong Huang left 50,000 men to guard Lingzhou, and the main force of 100,000 men drove the surrender troops around to the rear of Weiming Chage's troops.

Long before setting off to attack Xia, Huang Zhong and other generals had already received a note from the cabinet, requesting that they kill and injure the Xixia resistance forces as much as possible.

In the future, Dong Huang will conquer the west, and the territory of Xixia will be the only way to go. The cabinet will never allow any unrest to remain in this land.

Once Xingqing City is lost, Tieyaozi will definitely collapse.

The land of Xixia has been away from the embrace of the Central Plains Dynasty for too long, and its language and writing are already different from those of the Han Dynasty. The centrifugal force is too great, and it must be conquered in one fell swoop to be frightened into silence, so that it can be well-behaved and quiet.

But how could Le Jin and Zhang Ren let him leave easily?

Faced with the naked threat from Huang Zhong's troops, Lingzhou garrison Li Zhixun had no choice but to surrender, knowing that the country's military resources had been exhausted.

As the first general in this period of Xixia, Weiming Chage, who destroyed the 100,000 elite Western Army under Liu Fa of the Song Dynasty both in history and in this time and space. After receiving the news that Xingqing City was besieged, his first reaction was Just return to the division for rescue.

After attacking for more than ten days, Huang Zhong threatened the defenders that if they did not surrender, he would throw all the corpses of party members who died in the battle and plague Lingzhou City.

Huang Zhong resolutely carried out this order and threw Li Liangfu's body in.

Zhang Ren's troops did not capture Yinzhou, but he wiped out all the surrounding tribes.

In the previous world, Zhang Ren's troops were known for their expertise in mountain warfare. During the period of guarding Nanzhong, they once reached Burma and gained access to the sea. This time they faced the Hengshan tribe and were completely justified.

After cleaning up the surrounding areas, Yinzhou became an isolated city. If Wei Mingcha Ge was not saved, it would fall sooner or later. But how can Brother Weimingcha be saved?

He just wants to rush back to King Qin as soon as possible, but his tactics of luring the enemy deep and pretending to defeat are all in vain. Even if Brother Weimingcha wants to fight to the death, Le Jin and Zhang Ren refuse to fight, focusing on one enemy. The continuous attacks and harassments of retreating and advancing made it difficult for Weiming Chage's army to move forward.

In the end, Wei Mingcha Ge's 200,000 troops were surrounded by about 35 troops from Huang Zhong, Taishi Ci, Le Jin, and Zhang Ren in Yanzhou.

As for why Wei Mingcha Ge's army increased from 250,000 to 200,000, it was because about 50,000 tribesmen fled when they saw that the situation was not going well.

"Crimes other than war!"

Brother Wei Mingcha smiled bitterly.

There are 800,000 troops and more than one million armed civilians. This number alone exceeds half of the population of Xixia. How can we fight?

The most incomprehensible thing is to use force to suppress others.

As long as Dayu himself doesn't make mistakes, Xixia, who is already exhausted, will be unable to cope with it.

With the national strength of Xixia, it is already the limit to be able to deal with the five-pronged army. Who would have thought that Dong Huang would use an army of 500,000 to cover it.

"Under the current situation, it is impossible to take away these 200,000 troops, and the food and grass in Yanzhou will not last long. The only solution for now is..."

Brother Wei Mingcha looked at the map and thought.

After looking at it for a while, he just sighed dejectedly.

Unless he can defeat this army head-on, then return with the main force to support, and then defeat the equally skilled elite of Dong Huang's army, there will be no hope for this battle at all.

"Have a good meal tonight and camp at midnight."

Brother Wei Mingcha sighed, and at this time he could only act as a living doctor.

He didn't dare to fight head-on, because the morale and equipment of the two sides were not on the same level, so all he could do was use surprise.

However, not long after Brother Wei Mingcha's arrangements were made, his plan was placed on the desks of Huang Zhong and others.

It turned out that many party leaders had realized that the situation was not good, and many who had previously been in contact with Zhe Keqiu and others surrendered and agreed to serve as internal responders.

However, Brother Wei Mingcha was not a fuel-efficient lamp. Of course he was aware of the problems existing under his command and decided to launch an attack an hour in advance. This caught the Dayu Army somewhat off guard, and Wei knew that it was impossible to win this battle. Brother Mingcha seized this opportunity and led more than 10,000 elite cavalry to break through the encirclement and attack Tiemenguan.

He wanted to take a detour through Tiemenguan and take Wubaichi back to Xingqing City.

He knew that these ten thousand people could not defeat Dong Huangjun, but they could increase their bargaining chips and leave Xixia with the last dignity.

However, Wei Mingcha Ge's troops were ambushed in front of Tiemen Pass.

Huang Xu's troops, who had been lying in wait for a long time, fired all their crossbows, and Wei Mingcha Ge was killed on the spot.

After that, Dong Huang's army ambush all their troops, and the last elite of the Xixia Dynasty finally surrendered after more than half of them were killed or wounded.

(End of this chapter)