When Rigude heard that Yinzhou had sent someone, he quickly took his people out to greet him.

He didn't have the slightest doubt.

There is no other reason. In the past two months, people from above have been sent quite frequently, and they will come to check every half a month.

Rigude was just a low-level officer. As for why inspections from above had become so frequent, he didn't dare to ask. As long as the higher-ups sent someone, he would immediately greet them.

On the other hand, the Xixia soldiers in Mizhi Village were talking privately that there might be a large-scale military campaign. As for whether it was true, how could anyone here know?

For Xixia, Mizhi Village is only a small village in the southernmost part of Yinzhou, but it is extremely important because it is the location of the frontline beacon tower.

As soon as the movements of the Song army are discovered, Mizhi Village will immediately light up the beacon smoke.

The air in the northwest is dry. Once the beacon smoke is lit in Mizhi Village, Yinzhou City, dozens of miles away, will definitely be able to see it.

Mizhi Village is still eighty miles away from Yinzhou. If the Song army captured Mizhi and wanted to attack Yinzhou, they would have to march for two days.

If there is a war in Mizhi Village, within two days, the Xixia garrison in Yinzhou will be fully armed and ready, and even set up ambushes in the mountains and rivers of Yinzhou to wait for work.

Therefore, how to capture Mizhi Village is related to the battle against Yinzhou and is the key among the keys.

That day, Gude walked quickly and ordered: "Notify the people and tell everyone to cheer up and don't be lazy. If you are caught, I will kill him!"

"yes!"

Rigude came out with some people. These people were all wearing coarse linen clothes and had unkempt hair. Those who didn't know better thought they were beggars from outside Chang'an City.

In fact, Xixia's irregular troops did not even have soft armor. At most, each person had a bow and a sword.

It is almost impossible to identify by clothing.

Rigude greeted Yu Ling with a smile on his face: "Shangguan is here. If you are not welcome from afar, please come in!"

As soon as he spoke, his black and yellow teeth were exposed, and a bad breath hit his face.

Yu Ling, however, looked arrogant: "You haven't found Song Gou's whereabouts recently, have you?"

"Don't worry, Sir, everyone is watching!"

"How many people do you have here?"

Rigude chuckled and said: "Report to Shangguan, there are three hundred people."

He seemed to remember something and said quickly: "Shangguan, we just hunted a wild boar yesterday, specially prepared for Shangguan!"

"Stop talking nonsense, call everyone out, I want to inspect!"

Rigu De looked very surprised. He never said he would review everyone before.

Yu Ling said angrily: "I recently received news from above that some of Song Dog's masterpieces have been sneaked into Mizhi Village. I came here specifically to check. If there is really a problem, I will be the first to chop off your head!"

Rigu was so frightened that he quickly nodded and bowed, and ordered the people on the side: "Go and call everyone out! Go quickly!"

Liu Qi's nerves were still tense. He looked around and then at other people.

There were shouting sounds in Mizhi Village, and not long after, groups of people came out.

These are Xixia soldiers, most of them are old and weak, but some are young and strong.

Xixia has a limited population, so it is impossible to deploy heavy troops in a place like Mizhi Village.

The armaments of these people are also very backward. Almost none of them wear armor, and even Rigud has no armor.

Liu Qi's tense nerves were relieved a little when everyone he saw was shouted out.

If they see through it, they will definitely close the city and hold on, and then take the opportunity to light a beacon.

When everyone came out, Rigude said with a smile on his face: "Shangguan, everyone has come out."

Liu Qi raised his head and looked at the sky. Yu Ling also raised his head and looked at the sky. Others also raised their heads and looked at the sky.

Rigude saw this and asked curiously: "Shangguan, what are you looking at?"

"Look at the sun."

Rigude also raised his head and looked at the sky, was slightly startled, and said doubtfully: "There is no sun today!"

Yu Ling said: "Isn't it right there?"

Rigude raised his head and looked again. Seeing this, his man also raised his head and looked.

Where is the sun?

It's obviously cloudy today!

Just when everyone raised their heads and "looked for the sun," Liu Qi suddenly yelled: "Do it!"

After he gave the order, Yu Ling was the first to take action. He pulled out the knife and without any unnecessary movement, he glanced at Rigude with the knife.

Rigude was still "looking for the sun" and didn't react at all, but found that his field of vision was getting higher and higher, then spinning, then sinking, and finally lost consciousness.

At the same time, the Song army immediately started shooting with crossbows at the Xixia soldiers who had left the city.

This was simply a one-sided massacre.

Suddenly the screams started one after another.

The Xixia people no longer "look for the sun", they roll and crawl.

It's a pity that everything is too late.

Xixia soldiers fell one by one like wheat.

"superior!"

Liu Qi gave an order and stopped using his crossbow. Taking advantage of the chaos in the Xixia army, he picked up his knife and started to chop.

One knife after another, the flesh and blood were flying everywhere, the skull was cracked, and desperate and miserable screams resounded all around.

Not long after, more than 200 people were cut down outside the city, and more than 20 people escaped inside.

Song Jun also chased in and killed all those twenty or so people as quickly as possible.

Xixia was controlled by the Song army at the beacon tower at the southernmost tip of Yinzhou.

In the afternoon, the main force of the Song Army quickly entered Mizhi Village and stored supplies here.

Liu Qi sent people back to Suide to arrange follow-up supplies and used Mizhi Village as a place to store food and grass for the former army.

The army did not stop, and while the Xixia people did not react, they marched through the mountains and ridges without anyone noticing, heading towards the main city of Yinzhou.

On the tenth day of March, the defense troops on Jingyuan Road and Huanqing Road began to mobilize in groups. They reversed and advanced to the north.

March 11th, Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia.

Li Qianshun and Brother Richard discussed the current status of Xixia's domestic army, including the increased number of armors, weapons, crossbows, etc. in the past two years.

Li Qianshun, who is rich, naturally has a stronger waist.

Otherwise, how could you dare to take advantage of Song Dynasty at this time?

He said: "Based on this, we can also form a cavalry like the Jin Guaizima?"

Brother Richard said: "With the current progress of iron smelting, we can form an elite cavalry force of 10,000 people."

The kidnapping horse is a medium-sized cavalry. The armor has a defensive effect on ordinary bows and crossbows, and it also maintains the high mobility of the cavalry. It is like thunder and lightning on the battlefield.

Heavy cavalry such as the Iron Kites of Xixia were too expensive, and the armor defense of the light cavalry was limited. They were always at a disadvantage against the Song army.

Li Qianshun was immediately ecstatic. He asked: "If there are ten thousand kidnapper horses, plus iron kites and Bubazi, what are our chances of winning against the Song army?"

Brother Richard said: "In the past, we did not dare to fight head-on battles with the Song Army in the plains. If there were 10,000 kidnap horses, the situation would be completely different. As long as the whereabouts of the Song Army are detected, we can quickly attack them with kidnap horses.

, take the initiative."

"It seems that I must form this kidnapping horse." Li Qianshun's blood suddenly boiled.
Chapter completed!