Yi Song

Chapter 229 Liu Erlang, where are you!
Niuxinting, forty miles north of Hengshan, is a small town. Because it is located in the center of Longzhou, Yinzhou, and Shizhou, it is an important transshipment center in Xixia.

Today, thousands of soldiers and horses are stationed here, and the people and horses are screaming and noisy.

The best house in town, the residence of a local tribal chief. Not only did this chief have thousands of followers, he was also the coach of Longzhou.

Now he honestly took his family to the tribal camp outside the town and vacated the house.

In the main hall, Brother Richard looked at the map. Standing next to him were Wei Ming Anshi, the commander-in-chief of the Shenyong Army, Li Gongren, the commander-in-chief of the Xiangyou Army, Shizhou Governor Yi Fuda, Xiazhou Governor Xiao Heda and others. The other eight generals commanding the army.

"Our army has captured Wei Qiang Stronghold, Xian Qiang Stronghold and Yumou Fort. Yao Gu retreated to Wan'an Fort and Liu Yanqing retreated to Tumen Pass. The Song army suffered more than 10,000 casualties and our army captured countless. This map is from Found on the corpse of a Song Army officer."

Li Gongren said happily.

Next to him, Yi Fu was also dancing, "We have opened a gap in the Song Army's iron barrel array. According to their urine, if we work harder, we will be able to completely defeat them soon."

Your Majesty, after forty years, we can once again recreate the great victory of Yongle City and level the shame of Xia City! "

Everyone's faces were full of joy, and their voices were as cheerful as a group of vultures preparing for a feast.

Yifu was so happy that he narrowed his eyes. "If Yanzhou can be captured, the people of the Southern Song Dynasty will have no danger. Why not take advantage of the situation and go south to grab it hard. Money, food, cloth, women and population, we All of them!"

"what is the difference?"

"Let me take a look, continue to watch Yao Gu and Liu Yanqing, defeat them, and go directly to Yanzhou. That should be the transfer center of the Song Army. It must have accumulated a lot of money, food and weapons. What kind of book can I grab? They're all back." Li Gongren said loudly.

Brother Richard glanced at him and said: "Zhongshi Dao is entangled in Yinzhou City by Gong Fuliang. He can't advance or retreat. It's a good time to annihilate him. Uncle An Shi, how do you think we should fight?" "

Brother Richard nodded: "This is what I am most worried about."

"Yao Gu and Liu Yanqing had a dispute in Weiqiang Village and divided their forces. But one of them retreated to Wan'an Fort without hesitation and guarded the Dali River. The other turned around and entered Tumen Pass. What does this mean?"

I know shit!

"Why are you attacking Wan'an Fort?"

do you understand?

"Yes, yes!" Everyone agreed.

"You guys talk first." Brother Richard said.

"Conquer Wan'an Fort and defeat Yao Gu's troops. We can take advantage of the victory to pursue the Suide Army along the Dali River. After capturing the Suide Army, the 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers and horses and hundreds of thousands of civilians who cultivated the division will be ours. What’s in the bag.”

Li Gongren asked curiously: "Your Majesty, what is there to worry about?"

Then looking at the actions of the two, Liu Yanqing retreated to Tumen Pass and Yao Gu retreated to Wan'an Fort. It was obvious that there was a dispute between the two. It can also be seen that the tasks assigned by the two men are completely different. "

"Your Majesty, we attacked Yao Gu's troops in Gandungou and probably killed more than 3,000 of his men. He retreated to Qingping Fort just because he was caught off guard and wanted to catch his breath. But he didn't expect that Liu Yanqing's troops who were responding would meet him at Shilijing. When our army was ambushed and more than 2,000 people were killed or injured, he panicked and fled to Weiqiang Village in one breath. Yao Gu was worried that the morale of the army would be unstable and he would be isolated and helpless, so he was forced to retreat to Weiqiang Village.

The room was quiet, and Yifu muttered: "Against the German Army? They are as poor as us, and there is no money or money."

"The military order led by Yao Gu should cover the flanks of Zhongshi Road and avoid being outflanked by our army. The military order led by Liu Yanqing should be to respond to Yao Gu and guard the most important pass north of Yanzhou - Tu The door is closed.”

Three or four of the generals understood it, but the rest didn't understand yet. They looked at each other and asked each other with their eyes.

"Your Majesty, where should we continue our attack next?" a general asked.

Weiming Anshi suddenly said: "I think it would be better to use all our strength to storm Wan'an Fort."

"Yes!" The generals howled like ghosts.

Brother Richard turned to Xiao Heda, who had been silent all this time, "Xiao Governor, please tell the generals."

Xiao Heda was not polite and spoke directly: "This shows that when Yao Gu and Liu Yanqing had a dispute, they also kept their respective tasks in mind and did not dare to slack off. If the generals of the Song Army could enforce such orders and prohibitions in the past, why would they be in Haoshuichuan, Yongle City was defeated."

Yi Fu was not convinced: "Wan'an Fort and Tumen Pass are the places where Yao Gu and Liu Yanqing must retreat. They were defeated by our army, so they naturally retreated to these two places. I don't see such a high mystery." Xiao Heda smiled faintly and was too lazy to argue with Yi Fu.

This disdainful attitude made Yi Fu and other Xixia generals very angry.

What the hell?
In the past, just because they were Khitans, they always felt that they were superior to us, so forget it. Now you Khitans were beaten like dogs by the Jurchens in the Northeast, and you think we don’t know!
Why are you so proud? What qualifications do you have to be proud of!

Brother Richard's eyes flashed and he said coldly: "If you don't believe it, you can lead the troops to attack Wan'an Fort and Tumen Pass to see if they can win?
I'm afraid I might not be able to defeat these two places even if I lead my troops there in person and fight them to death. Liu Erlang, who had been in the Western Army for only half a year, actually made Liu Yanqing, Yao Gu and other senior generals fearful, which is unexpected to me. "

Weiming Anshi said: "Your Majesty, let's not worry about these for now. The most important thing now is to determine our next combat goal.

If we can eat all the elite Song troops led by Zhong Shidao, the Song people will collapse on Yanzhou and Huanqing Road, and we can easily pass through Yanzhou, Yanzhou, and go straight to Guanzhong. "

Brother Richard raised his head and hesitated, "But the biggest weakness of our army in combat is the lack of food, grass and baggage, so it cannot fight a protracted war.

This time the Song army was defeated, but they retreated proactively and in an organized manner. If you can't take it away, you would rather burn it with fire than leave it to us.

It has been nearly a month since the war began, and all we have spent are our savings over the past few years. Henan transshipment envoy Li Renli was already full of complaints. The grain, grass and weapons collected from various states were piled up in Shenduiyi, which was enough for one month. If the Song army holds on for a month, we will be defeated. "

The generals were silent.

Now it is different from the past. In the past, I followed Emperor Wu Lie (Li Yuanhao) to fight in all directions, and all the ministries made a lot of money, so they were very united. Follow the orders of Xingqing Mansion accurately.

Over the past hundred years, aristocratic families and tribes in various places have gradually grown in power, and they are all thinking about their own little wealth.

Since the defeat of Pingxia City, the main force of the Xixia Army has been severely weakened. In addition, in order to eradicate the Liang family's gang members, the current leader has made many concessions to local aristocratic families and party tribes.

People's hearts are broken and it's hard to lead the team.

In the past, when fighting, everyone brought their own dry food. It doesn't work now. If the imperial court doesn't provide food, grass or weapons, the soldiers and horses summoned by various states and ministries will not be able to attack.

"So I decided to gather 60,000 elite horse and infantry troops to storm Wan'an Fort, and must capture it within ten days. The rest of the troops were to contain the Song army at Tumen Pass, Longzhou, and Yinzhou. Especially Yinzhou, we must not give way to Shidao ran away."

After Brother Richard made some arrangements, the generals took orders one by one.

After retreating, only Richard Brother and Weiming Anshi were left in the room.

"Uncle An Shi, how many of the Tibetan cavalry from Dijinze, Huangyangping, Anqingze and other places under the command of the Shenyong Army Division in the left wing have arrived?"

"Less than ten thousand."

Brother Richard frowned, "These bastards are becoming more and more outrageous."

"Your Majesty, Fulin's army marched into Quyechuan, Dahengshui and Tuweichuan, which had a great impact on the hinterland of Henan. Dijinze, Huangyangping, Anqingze and other places are separated from us by a stretch of Gobi, hundreds of miles wide.

The best way is to take Quye River, Dahengshui and Mingtang River. The Song army sent Fulin's army to attack first, with the purpose of cutting off this road. "

Brother Richard sighed: "We are now piling up all the main forces of the Six Military Divisions in the left wing on the front line of Yin and Longzhou. The soldiers from the seven states of Xia, Shi, Yin, Long, Hong, Yan, and You have been mobilized. A large number of soldiers from Wei, Jingzhou and Xiping Prefectures have also been transferred. If there is a mistake, the entire left wing will collapse, and the land of Henan will not be protected."

In the Xixia Kingdom, all the people are soldiers. Men between the ages of fifteen and fifty are civilians in peacetime and soldiers in wartime. This is true for Han, Dangxiang, Qiang, Tubo and other ethnic groups.

All the soldiers in the seven states have been transferred, which means that all the men aged fifteen to fifty in these seven states have been transferred, and only the old, weak, women and children are left in the place.

Once it's wrong, it's really a disaster.

Weiming Anshi could understand Brother Richard's nervousness and comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The battle situation is now in our favor, and victory is right in front of us."

Brother Richard looked up to his leader and sighed, "What I'm most worried about now is Liu Erlang. Where is this guy? The war has been going on for nearly a month. One time he was in Yanzhou, another time in Weizhou, another time in Huaide Army, and another time In Lanzhou.

Where is he? "

(End of this chapter)