Xu Zizhen watched for a while on the mountain and then slowly walked down the mountain. He happened to meet up with the three hundred horse thieves who had arrived.
Bu Fen joked: "You are so anxious to find us, are you planning to let us go attack Xingzi Castle?"
Xu Zizhen got straight to the point, pointed to the Xingzi Fort on the other side of the mountain and said: "Brother, are you familiar with this place? I want to know what's going on now. Why is the Xia army arrayed outside the city, but there is no Song soldier?"
Bu Fen said with a smile: "I dare not say that I am familiar with it, but there are not many people who lead troops in Xixia who don't know me. Do you want to know the details? It's easy, my brother will just come over to you." After that, he waved and called.
A few subordinates came and asked Xu Zizhen to wait here, but he disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Xu Zizhen and Liu Feng then rested at the foot of the mountain. The horse thieves brought him wine and food, and they chatted while eating.
Liu Fengsui took a few sips of wine and asked tentatively: "Brother, are you planning to sneak into Xingzi Castle to spy on Mr. Xiao Zhong?"
Xu Zizhen said: "I would like to act as an inside agent, but many of these Xia soldiers in the city have seen my face. How easy is it to sneak in?"
Liu Fengsui was stunned for a moment: "Then..."
Xu Zizhen waved his hand: "We don't know what the situation is yet. We will wait until Brother Bu comes back."
When Liu Feng saw that he didn't say anything, he stopped asking and continued to drink. Xu Zizhen had no intention of drinking anymore and was anxiously waiting for Bu Fen's return.
The sky was still overcast, and there was no sunshine. Xu Zizhen felt that his mood was affected by the weather, and he seemed restless. He waited from morning until after noon before Bu Fen returned to the place where he was.
"Brother, how are you?" Xu Zizhen stepped forward and asked hurriedly before Bu Fen could get off his horse.
Bu Fen got off the horse with a smile: "Don't be impatient, just listen to me and tell you slowly."
Xu Zizhen smiled coquettishly and handed over a bottle of wine: "I'm sorry, I'm too impatient. Brother, please take a few sips first and tell me slowly."
Bu Fen took it and drank it hard, stretched out his hand to wipe the corners of his mouth, and then started to speak.
Xingzi Fort is located at the southern end of Xixia, facing the Jincheng Pass of the Song Dynasty at a distance. The distance is only more than a hundred miles. A few days ago, a hundred thousand troops attacked Jincheng Pass with great momentum, but were blocked outside the pass. Although there was Jincheng Pass among them
The factor of staying in the mountains may also have something to do with Xu Zizhen.
The vanguard general was killed, which greatly affected morale in the army. Not only did the Xixia army collapse, but it also lost the momentum to break through the barrier in one go. When they recovered and wanted to attack again, the Deshun Army of the Song Dynasty came to help defend.
It must be said that Zhongshi was definitely a Confucian general who was proficient in the art of war. Although the number of Deshun's army was much smaller than that of the Xixia army, he insisted on holding the Xia army outside the pass and unable to move forward.
The commander of the Xixia army is a party noble named Yun Size. This man is closely related to the Xiao family, but he is by no means a fool. It is said that he has been passionate about the art of war since he was a child. When he grew up, he started as a soldier in the army and climbed up step by step.
His current status does not depend on his family's influence at all.
But it happened that such a general suffered a humiliating defeat in front of the army. The Song army did not fight with them head-on, but they kept coming up with strange tricks, always catching them off guard when the Xia army came to attack.
, the 30,000 Deshun troops were divided into small groups, appearing from time to time at weak points on the Xia Army's flanks, harassing them for a while, and then leaving. When the Xia Army reacted and caught up, they quickly disappeared.
Yuan Size's former army had encountered this situation many times. It seemed that a hard attack was about to work, but the two wings of the army were attacked. If they ignored it and continued to attack, the Song army would cut them off like a sharp knife.
The front and rear armies were torn apart, so that the front army would become a lone army and would soon be swallowed up by the Song army occupying the home field.