Chapter 376 What Genghis Khan couldn’t do, today’s Zhao Guan family has done it
Zhao Ji abandoned his chariot and mounted his own war horse instead. He led Zhao Kai, King of Yun, and Zhao Gou, King of Kang, who also mounted war horses, and escorted by Yang Zaixing and other cavalry entourage, they just captured the land from the bank of the Yellow River.
Soon the Xia army took up position and headed towards the west city of Xingqing Prefecture.
Yang Zaixing led thousands of imperial cavalry escorts and followers, who were on high alert and protected around Zhao Guan's house. They encountered no Xia enemies along the way. When they arrived 300 steps outside the west city of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xia Kingdom, they slowed down their advance.
Everyone saw that the battlefield outside the tall West City of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia, was in a mess. The Song Army Yue Fei's troops had all invaded the city.
Zhao Ji, who was riding on a war horse, was slowly moving forward under the protection of the soldiers. He saw that the far gate of Xicheng Town, Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xixia Kingdom, had long been smashed to pieces by Yue Fei's artillery.
On the city wall, hundreds of mottled explosion marks were left behind after the explosion of cannonballs.
On the moat outside the west city of Xingqing Prefecture, a team of engineers from Yue Fei's Department had already built eight wood-core and iron-sheet "moat bridges" that were strong and could prevent flow stones and fire.
The ground on both sides of the moat, and even on the moat bridge, was slanted with thousands of arrows shot by the enemy, scattered with countless large and small stones thrown by the enemy, and more than a dozen Song Army vehicles.
The chariot was knocked to its knees by falling stones from the Xia army guarding the city.
Inside or next to each heavily damaged battle vehicle, most of the corpses of several to ten Song soldiers were lying horizontally and vertically. The slow-flowing moat water had been dyed red by the blood of the Song soldiers.
More than a hundred Song soldiers who died outside the west city of Xingqing Prefecture were either killed by arrows fired by the Xia troops defending the city, or were killed by stones thrown by the Xia troops on the city using cyclone cannons.
When Zhao Ji saw this, he couldn't help but feel very sorry for the sacrificed Song soldiers. However, he knew that if he wanted to achieve the unification of China, it would be difficult to achieve it without bloodshed and sacrifice.
More of Yue Fei's cavalry successfully crossed the moat and reached the bottom of the city, stopping near both sides of the west city gate.
Apparently, the vanguard of Yue Fei's army, protected by ancient chariots such as the Cuanlu chariot, withstood the falling rocks and arrows shot by the Xia army on the city, and rushed into the north of Xingqing Prefecture, which was destroyed by artillery shells.
city gate.
Zhao Ji couldn't help but admire the wisdom of the ancients when he saw this. The kind of chariot invented by the ancients was actually a wooden house equipped with wheels. The roof was covered with cowhide and coated with mud and water slurry to prevent fire. Soldiers could ride on the chariot.
Plant inside the bunker, advance under the enemy's city wall, and destroy the city walls and gates.
Of course, in the siege battle that just passed, because Yue Fei's tribe had the artillery that Zhao Ji had brought to the Song Dynasty that was hundreds of years ahead of the world, under the attack of the artillery, the west gate of Xingqing Mansion was bombarded like an egg.
Have to be crushed.
Therefore, the soldiers of the Song Army in the Cuanri car no longer have to risk their lives and work hard to dig into the enemy's city walls and ram the city gates as before, let alone attack and ram the enemy's city gates with the "Hook Crash Car".
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At this time, Yue Fei had led his troops into the city. According to the battle plan previously formulated by the Zhao Guan family, the target was directly at the inner city palace of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia. There were Xia troops blocking the way, so Yue Fei jumped on his horse and drew his gun, taking the lead.
The troops rushed forward, and no one in the Xia army could stop them...
Zhang Xian, the general left by Yue Fei, is leading 500 soldiers and has completely occupied and controlled the west city of Xingqing Mansion.
Zhang Xian stepped over the corpses of many Xia troops who died in the battle on the city, stepped on the pools of blood, and was gathering more than a thousand Xia army defenders who had laid down their weapons and surrendered. He suddenly heard his lookout soldiers shouting in surprise.
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"The Zhao Guan family actually led his troops and the emperor personally to our city!"
Zhang Xian immediately turned around, held his hand on the city wall, and looked down the city. Sure enough, he saw more than a thousand imperial cavalry from Zhao Guan's family arriving at the bank of the moat in the west city of Xingqing Mansion.
He used the telescope given by the emperor to confirm that the most powerful person in the city who led his troops was the current emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Guanjia.
Zhang Xian asked his subordinates to continue to collect the surrendered Xia army generals, while he hurriedly ran down the city, got on his horse, rode out of the city alone, and welcomed Zhao Guan's family into the city...
When Zhao Guan's family saw Zhang Xian coming out of the city to greet him, they said: "Zhang Aiqing is wearing armor, so he doesn't have to make a big salute or dismount his horse. He can drive into the city alongside me."
"Weak minister Zhang Xian, thank you for your kindness!" Zhang Xian, who was riding on his horse, clasped his fists and said gratefully.
He held the reins slightly, letting his horse lag behind the horse Zhao Guanjia was riding by about half a body.
Zhao Ji, who was riding on a high war horse, was accompanied by Zhang Xian, Zhao Kai, Zhao Gou and others who were also riding on war horses. Under the protection of Yang Zaixing and many other generals behind him, they slowly passed through the west city of Xingqing Prefecture.
Doorway.
The sound of horse hooves of the Song Army cavalry led by Zhao Ji echoed on the blood-stained bluestone avenue entering the city after the war, and every step seemed steady and powerful.
The last afterglow of the setting sun shone on the fine armor of Zhao Guanjia, shining like a celestial being.
Zhao Ji is riding on a war horse, with a tall and straight posture, his eyes are like a torch, he is calm and powerful, and his domineering attitude is exposed.
"Zhang Aiqing, my military champion Yue Pengju has led his troops into the city, right?"
When Zhang Xian heard the holy question, he quickly bowed slightly to his horse, clasped his hands into fists, and respectfully replied:
"Official sage! General Yue has led his elite troops into Xingqingfu City in accordance with the official's previous strategic deployment, preparing to attack Huanglong. The target is directly at the inner city of the palace of Xixia Kingdom, vowing to defeat the Xia enemy in one fell swoop.
In the imperial city, capture the Xixia pseudo-emperor Li Qianshun alive!"
When Zhao Ji heard this, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly, nodded gently, smiled in appreciation and said:
"Yue Fei and his officers served the country loyally and lived up to my high expectations. They are all good men of our Song Dynasty! I am very relieved and gave you a poem to inspire the officers and soldiers of the three armies."
On horseback, Zhao Ji slightly changed the word "red pine" in the poem "On the Sea of Wisdom" written by Yue Fei of the Southern Song Dynasty to "Emperor", and only quoted four of the eight lines of his poem.
Chanting loudly:
"The man is determined to support the royal family, and the Holy Lord specializes in destroying the captive chiefs."
"My achievements will be published on Yanshi. When I retire, I will accompany the 'Emperor' on his travels."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The accompanying soldiers Zhang Xian and other soldiers heard the poems written by Zhao Guanjia and admired them greatly...
They had long known that the Zhao Guan family was very talented in literature nowadays, and no one doubted that the Zhao Guan family could not produce this poem.
They only felt that the impromptu poem written by Zhao Guanjia was in line with the aspirations of the Song army soldiers who were deep in the Xia Kingdom at this time.
Zhao Guanjia also emphasized in the last sentence of this poem that even if the soldiers who went to war could no longer fight for the country when they were old, they could still "return to rest and travel with the emperor for the rest of their lives." What a privilege it was!
Zhang Xian was so moved that his eyes were red, and he murmured an impromptu poem by Zhao Guanjia on his horse. He wanted to spread Zhao Guanjia's poem to the three armies to inspire the Song army soldiers to fight bravely against the enemy, serve the country, and make contributions!
A large group of people from Zhao Guan's family entered the far gate of Xicheng Town, Xingqing Prefecture, the capital of Xixia.
The Song army generals left behind by Yue Fei to guard the city shouted when they saw Zhao Guan's family entering the city:
"The official family is mighty, long live my emperor..."
Zhao Ji, who was riding on a tall war horse, waved to greet the Song Army soldiers who were left behind by Yue Fei to guard the city. At the same time, he looked back at the Zhenyuan Gate of Xingqing Prefecture that was shattered by artillery shells, and then looked up at the tall and thick city wall, feeling in his heart
Very emotional.
'What Genghis Khan, the genius of the generation, couldn't do, I, the time traveler, did it!'
As a time traveler who is familiar with history, Zhao Ji certainly knows the general process of Genghis Khan’s four expeditions to summer in his life:
In 1203 AD, Temujin of the Mongolian tribe destroyed the Kelei tribe, causing Xixia to lose part of the buffer zone between Mongolia and Xia, weakening Xixia's defense. In 1205, Genghis Khan Temujin led his army and formally invaded Xixia, launching
In the first war against Xia, some towns on the Xia border were plundered.
In 1207 AD, Genghis Khan launched his second campaign against Xia and led his army to attack Oruohai City. However, due to the tenacious resistance of the Xixia army, it ended in failure...
In 1209 AD, Mongolia occupied the Gaochang Uighurs, further threatening Xixia. Subsequently, Mongolia launched the third war to conquer Xia, occupied the city of Oluohai, and approached the capital of Xixia, Zhongxing Prefecture (that is, Xingqing Prefecture before the name was changed). Xixia sued for peace,
Agree with "attaching Mongolia to cutting gold"...
In the war of "vassing Mongolia and conquering Jin", Xixia lost troops and generals, the army became weak, and the national power was greatly damaged. The officialdom in Xixia was very corrupt, and people lived in poverty.
In 1211 AD, Li Zunxu, the king of Xixia Qi, seized power in a coup and became the historical Xixia Shenzong. However, he did not dare not stick to his original national policy of annexing Mongolia and attacking Jin Dynasty.
In 1217 AD, Genghis Khan launched the fourth campaign to conquer Xia because Xixia refused to assist Mongolia in the Western Expedition. Xixia Shenzong fled to Lingzhou, while Prince Li Dewang stayed in the capital to seek peace...
In 1223, Xixia Shenzong passed the throne to Li Dewang, who became Xia Xianzong.
Xianzong Li Dewang decided to "alliance with gold to fight against Mongolia", but the conspiracy was discovered by the Mongolian general Bolu. In 1224, Mongolia attacked Xixia and captured Yinzhou. In 1225, Genghis Khan returned from the seven-year Western Expedition and led his army to invade the Xixia sandbank. Xixia once again
Summation...
In 1226 AD, because Xixia violated the peace treaty, Genghis Khan, regardless of his sixty-four-year-old age, resolutely led his army to conquer Xixia in person, marched from Mobei to south, captured many important cities, and besieged Zhongxing Prefecture.
Li Dewang, Xia Xianzong of Xia Dynasty, died of excessive worry as he watched Mongolia approaching step by step.
The throne of Xixia was passed to Nanping King Li Sui, the historical Emperor of the Late Xia. Li Sui was the last emperor of Xixia.
In August 1226 AD, the Mongolian army carried out the "Nine Crossings of the Yellow River" and successfully occupied Yingli, Xiazhou and other places, and decided to besiege Lingzhou. Xixia general Wei Minglinggong led reinforcements to fight against the invading Mongolian army, but was defeated and died.
After that, the Mongolian army successfully captured Jishi Prefecture, Xining and other places. Until this time, the Mongolian army only missed Zhongxingfu, the last fortified city in the Xixia capital, which had not yet been captured.
The late Emperor Li Sui of the Western Xia Dynasty sued Mongolia for peace, but Mongolia asked Li Sui to leave the city and surrender so that he could save his life and still be prosperous and wealthy...
In the spring of 1227 AD, Genghis Khan Temujin divided his troops and besieged Zhongxingfu, the capital of Western Xia. He led his troops south to attack the Jin Dynasty. When he was stationed in Liupan Mountain in Xia Dynasty, he became critically ill. He asked all the disciples to unite and support Wokuotai's succession. He also ordered the Mongols to unite with the Song Dynasty.
He also left a will: after his death, the funeral should be kept secret, so as not to make the Xixia Emperor Li Sui, who was negotiating the surrender, regret it...
On August 25, 1227 AD (the twelfth day of the seventh lunar month), Temujin died of illness in Qingshui County at the age of sixty-six.
Later, Emperor Li Sui of the late Xia Dynasty, who thought Genghis Khan was still alive, came out of the city and surrendered, and Xixia was officially declared destroyed.
The Mongolian war to destroy Xixia lasted 22 years before it ended.
Genghis Khan's youngest son Tuolei killed the late Western Xia Emperor Li Sui in accordance with the will of his father Khan to avoid future troubles. The Mongolian army entered the Western Xia capital, looted the Western Xia capital, burned the Western Xia palace, government offices, private residences and other buildings, and also excavated historical dynasties outside the city.
A large amount of treasures were stolen from the Xixia imperial mausoleum, and the Mongolian army also massacred the city; however, Chahan dissuaded them shortly after the massacre.
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The traveler Zhao Ji knows that Genghis Khan Borjijin and Temujin replaced the Xia four times in his life, which lasted more than 20 years. He was unable to break through Zhongxingfu (impromptu Qingfu), the capital of Xixia, while he was alive;
Half a step from the capital of Xixia.
Of course, Zhao Ji knew that Xingqingfu, the capital of Xixia, started from Xixia Jingzong Li Yuanhao. Emperors of all dynasties of Xixia used this as their capital, and they often repaired and reinforced it. In the ancient war with cold weapons, Xingqingfu, the capital of Xixia, can be said to be the capital of Xixia.
solid
Golden soup. In history, it is normal for Genghis Khan and his troops to fail to conquer the capital of Xixia. They could only choose to besiege the city for a long time, and then use deception to trick the late Xixia emperor into surrendering to save his life, so he deceived the capital of Xixia.
Door.
However, I personally conquered the Xia Dynasty. In such a short period of time, I promoted many famous generals because I knew people well and used them well. In addition, I brought artillery and other advanced weapons to the Song Dynasty in advance. I was able to achieve what Genghis Khan could not achieve in his life.
The great achievements of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia!
Zhao Ji led the crowd and boarded the west city of Xingqing Mansion.
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At this time, outside the west city of Xingqing Mansion, dust was flying, and several Song army soldiers and horses came like a tide amidst the sound of horns in the distance...
"Report..."
"As reported to the officials, Han Shizhong was ordered to lead his troops to rush for reinforcements and have arrived outside the west city of Xingqing Mansion!"
"Han Shizhong asked the officials for instructions, can his troops enter the city?"
At this time, Zhao Ji had already boarded the West City Tower of Xingqing Mansion. He leaned on the railing and looked down the city. Sure enough, he saw Han Shizhong's troops arriving for reinforcements, waiting outside the moat under the West City.
"I have ordered Han Shizhong's troops to enter the city quickly!" Zhao Ji said loudly: "Pass the order and let Han Shizhong follow the strategy I laid out before!"
After receiving the order, the messengers immediately ran down to the city and conveyed the holy edict to Han Shizhong who was waiting anxiously below the city...
Han Shizhong was overjoyed after receiving the order. He rode on his horse and bowed to Zhao Guan's house in the city with his hands clasped in fists.
According to the order, Han Shizhong took only one-third of his troops with him, leaving Hu Yantong, the general, to lead his troops to continue the feint attack at the northwest city of the outer city of Xingqing Mansion, so as to prevent the Xia enemy defenders from dividing their troops to rescue the inner city of the Xixia palace.
In accordance with the order, Han Shizhong led his elite troops and quickly filed into the city, but in an orderly manner.
According to the battle plan previously arranged by the Zhao Guan family, Han Shizhong led his troops not to rush to attack the imperial city in Xingqing Mansion, but directly from the main road in the city, towards the northwest gate of the outer city of Xingqing Mansion, which his troops were mainly attacking.
, we must cooperate inside and outside to deal with the Xia army in the northwest city of Xingqing Mansion...
As for the reinforcements from other departments of the Song Army, they were similar to the tactics that Zhao Guan's family asked Han Shizhong to implement. They were not to rush to attack the imperial city in Xingqing Mansion first, but to attack directly from the main road in the city.
The city gate of Xingqing Mansion must be coordinated from the inside out to eliminate all the Xia troops on the outer city of Xingqing Mansion; then open the city gate to let in the large army that is pretending to attack outside the city.
"Report..."
"In response to the official announcement, Zhongshi Dao sent his vanguard officer Qu Duan to lead his troops to help. They have arrived outside the west city of Xingqing Prefecture!"
"Qu Duan asked the officials for instructions, can his troops enter the city?"
"I'm going to lead Quduan's troops and enter the city quickly!" Zhao Ji said loudly: "Pass the decree and let Quduan follow the strategy I laid out before!"
"According to the decree..."
"Report..."
"Notice to the officials, the Zhongshi Division has been ordered to send its chief and deputy vanguard officers Zhang Jun and Yang Xinzhong to lead their troops to rush for reinforcements and have arrived outside the west city of Xingqing Prefecture!"
"Zhang Jun, Yang Xinzhong asked the officials for instructions, can their troops enter the city?"
Zhao Ji's heart trembled when he heard this. He had heard that the Meteor Horse scouts had come to report that Yang Xinzhong had been wounded by an arrow during the siege. He came to the rescue even with his injuries. How brave he was!
"I have ordered Zhang Jun and Yang Xinzhong to lead their troops and enter the city quickly!" Zhao Ji said loudly: "Pass the message and let Zhang Jun and Yang Xinzhong act according to the strategy I laid out before!"
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"Report..."
"As reported to the official family, Wang Xun was ordered to lead his troops to help and have arrived outside the west city of Xingqing Mansion!"
"The king asked the officials for instructions, can his troops enter the city?"
Zhao Ji knew that he had previously sent Wang Zhen as the main general and Yao Gu as his deputy, each leading his elite troops to attack the Guanghua Gate in the southwest city of the enemy capital! Now, the famous loyal minister Wang Zhen in history will come to help, which will definitely make the Song army like a fierce tiger.
wing.
"I have ordered the king to lead his troops and enter the city quickly!" Zhao Ji said loudly...
"Report..."
"As reported to the officials, Guo Cheng was ordered to send his chief and deputy vanguard officers Wu Jie and Wu Lin to lead his troops to rush for reinforcements and have arrived outside the west city of Xingqing Mansion!"
"Wu Jie, Wu Lin asked the officials for instructions, can his troops enter the city?"