Faced with the suggestion of hundreds of officials to gather the army in the capital, the general Wei Mingling did not agree. He solemnly said: "With the capital as the last stronghold, how can the morale of the army be stable? If the morale of the army is not stable, how can it fight?"
In the current situation, the only way is to gather all the troops in the capital of Xiping Prefecture, use Xiping Prefecture Lingzhou City as a stronghold, and make a last effort to win. Then our Daxia country will survive. If we lose, the whole country will be martyred!"
After saying that, Princess Wei Ming ordered her to take the imperial tassel, knelt down to Li Sui and said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead an army to garrison Xiping Mansion, defend it to the death, and fight to the death against the Mongolian army."
If a war continues and the capital of the country is to be used as a fortress, then this itself also implies that the end of the road is over and the dynasty is about to be destroyed. In this way, the morale of the army will be greatly affected, so this is a taboo for military strategists and should not be used as a last resort.
, absolutely impossible.
Although Xiping Mansion, the companion capital, is not an important military town, it is very close to Zhongxing Mansion. As long as the army is gathered in Xiping Mansion, the military effect will be the same as that in Zhongxing Mansion, and it can avoid military morale fluctuations.
The officials had no strong reasons to argue, and finally had to agree with Wei Minglinggong's proposition.
So Li Sui ordered to assemble all the last military forces of Xixia, a total of 100,000 troops, to start the final battle in Xiping Mansion, and Li Sui awarded Weiming Linggong the chief general of this battle.
Before leaving, Li Sui refrained from sexual intercourse with women, fasted for three days, bathed and changed clothes, and personally saw off Wei Mingling.
He held the hand of Lord Wei Ming tightly, with a face full of hope and tears in his eyes, and said: "General, I am entrusting you with the country, the country, and the country. Whether the national destiny can be continued and whether the people can survive depends entirely on your shoulders.
Already."
Duke Wei Ming was so excited that he knelt down solemnly on the ground, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, this war minister will fight to the death to protect our national destiny in Great Xia. Please rest assured, Your Majesty only needs to wait for good news in the capital."
Waiting for the good news, no one really believes this sentence at this time, not even Wei Minglinggong himself. At this time, everyone knows that everyone is trying their best to resist, but they are just doing their best.
"Okay, I'll wait here for the general's triumphant return."
The king and his ministers said goodbye, and Duke Weiming set off with his army.
After leaving the city gate, Weiming Linggong turned back and looked into the distance, his face full of sadness, and his eyes suddenly became extremely determined.
He loudly said: "A real man, born in heaven and earth, does not seek high-ranking officials or rich salaries, but seeks a name to be written on silk and passed down as a model for all generations. Soldiers, let us sing the songs of our hometown and fight for this last battle for our hometown.
field."
After saying that, Weiming Linggong rode on his horse and sang loudly, "The old trees on the mountain have sprouted, just to see the people returning home. The father brought the cattle and sheep, the mother brought the old soup noodles, and the white and fat ones."
Mother-in-law, she is waiting there in red makeup,,,"
"The old trees on the mountainside have sprouted, just to see the returning son. The father brings the cattle and sheep, the mother brings old soup noodles, and the fat woman, she is waiting there in red makeup..."
Tens of thousands of Xixia soldiers sang the songs of their hometown loudly, and the family members and common people who came to see them off, as well as Li Sui and all the officials in the court, could not help but sing along.
As they sang, everyone burst into tears and kept crying. At this moment, only their voices echoed in the world, floating into the distance.
On November 23rd of the second year of Hengsheng, the Mongolian army surrounded Lingzhou City in Xiping Prefecture.
Because Xixia gathered all its troops here, this battle was destined to be the last battle between Mongolia and Xixia.
Throughout the changes of dynasties, when the dynasty is about to fall, there will definitely be a god of war possessing it. This person will become the last shining point of the dynasty in the final war.
Now, the shining point of Xixia is Weiming Linggong.
Wei Mingling saw that the Mongolian soldiers were surrounding the city. Taking advantage of the unsteady foothold, he resolutely issued an order, saying: "Zhang Gutao, Tahai ghost beast, order you two to gather 20,000 soldiers and horses to follow me out of the city."
"Yes, General."
The two generals agreed in unison and strode away.
Soon, Wei Mingling took the lead and led 20,000 people out of the city to fight in the field with the Mongolian army.
At this time, Tuo Lei was leading the army outside. He was about to choose a camp, but he didn't expect the Xixia people to dare to leave the city at this time. This was simply asking for death!
At the same time, this is simply an insult and contempt for Torre!
Tuo Lei was furious and immediately led his men to charge towards Duke Wei Ming.
The troops on both sides clashed fiercely with each other without fear of death. However, because the Mongolian army was not fully prepared and rushed into the battle unprepared, the Mongolian army's defense line was quickly broken through by the Xixia army, and both sides fell into a trap.
your situation.
The two sides fought in close quarters, which caused heavy casualties to the Mongolian soldiers.
Although the Mongolian soldiers are tall and powerful, and their close combat effectiveness is extremely strong, even if one person can fight three or four enemies at the same time, he will not be inferior at all, and the enemy he kills will be left with a broken heart.
But this is only for real Mongolian soldiers, and among the Mongolian army, there are many captive armies from other countries, such as Han people, Khitan people, Semu people, Koreans, Jin people, Xixia people, etc., these people
Their physical condition is much inferior to that of the Mongols, and their combat effectiveness is not at the same level.
Moreover, the Mongolian soldiers have always used cavalry and archery to inflict maximum damage on the enemy, but now that the enemy and ourselves are intertwined, cavalry and archery cannot exert their advantage, which also causes the Mongolian soldiers to suffer heavy casualties.
Weiming Linggong was extremely excited and fought back and forth on the battlefield like a madman. Many of the Mongolian soldiers he killed stayed away from him when they saw him.
Tuo Lei was furious, holding a heavy sword and charging at Duke Wei Mingling.
When Wei Mingling saw him, he knew that Tuo Lei was of high status, so he took the initiative to welcome him as if he had been given blood.
"Suffer death."
Duke Weiming roared loudly and slashed at Tuo Lei with his sword. Tuo Lei used all his strength to slash at Tuo Lei with his sword.
With a loud "clang" sound, the weapons of the two men collided hard. A huge force was poured into Ling Gong Weiming's body, and he flew backwards and fell heavily to the ground.
"General, be careful."
Several Mongolian soldiers saw Wei Mingling falling to the ground and were about to kill him. Thanks to Tahai's ghostly beast, he swept the Mongolian soldiers back with his sword, and then took Wei Mingling to a place where there were many people on his side.
"Want to leave!"
Tuo Lei naturally refused to let it go, but when he hit the horse hard, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, followed by a "pop" sound, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
It turned out that he had also suffered internal injuries from the huge force of Duke Weiming just now. Although he did not fall off the horse, he was not much better.
The two sides fought fiercely for half an hour. Seeing that the Mongolian soldiers were gradually surrounding themselves, Weiming Linggong decisively ordered the withdrawal of the troops.
In this battle, more than 760 Xixia soldiers were killed and more than 2,000 wounded, while more than 300 Mongolian soldiers were killed and more than 1,000 wounded.
Although the casualties of the Xixia soldiers were twice as many as those of the Mongolian soldiers, this was already a rare and beautiful battle. The Xixia soldiers were immediately encouraged. There were thunderous cheers at the top of the city. Weiming Linggong also ordered people to report the victory to Li Sui, which boosted morale.