In just two months, the Mongolian army conquered various parts of the Western Region, destroyed the Tantric Sect, destroyed the Baituo Mountain Villa, and destroyed the Tubo tribes.
Immediately, Temujin marched eastward and surrounded Lingzhou City, an important town in Xixia. While cutting off the connection between the east and west of Xixia, he also blocked the southward retreat channel of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia, leaving Xixia with no way to retreat.
Xixia was shaken, and the ruler of the country listened to the advice of his ministers and concentrated all the country's elites in the capital, Xingqingfu and Lingzhou, to rely on the natural dangers of the Yellow River and Helan Mountain to fight the Mongols.
Ever since——
Temujin's army numbered 100,000. Not long after his western expedition, he destroyed the Western Liao Dynasty, and his morale was inevitably exhausted.
Xixia's 300,000-strong army was located in dangerous mountains and rivers. They were united and their morale was extremely high.
The two sides compared each other and started a battle in Lingzhou City.
By the way, a hundred years ago, the Northern Song Dynasty sent an army of 300,000 to fight Xixia in Lingzhou City.
In that battle, Xixia built strong walls and cleared the fields, luring the enemy deep into the enemy's territory. They were tired first and then attacked. They actually won with fewer troops and almost completely wiped out the main force of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, this time the Xixia ruler was full of confidence and wanted to recreate the glory of the past.
However, no one expected that Temujin would fool Xixia into applause with just one move to encircle the enemy.
Outside Lingzhou City was the Yellow River. It was already winter and the Yellow River was frozen. It was possible to walk, but it could not bear the weight of the cavalry and the speed was extremely slow.
Therefore, the party that takes the initiative to launch an attack will definitely be unhappy. Mongolia and Xixia are facing each other across the Yellow River, and neither one is willing to move.
If this stalemate continues, the Mongolian army that has penetrated deep into the enemy's territory will undoubtedly suffer losses.
Unexpectedly, Temujin did not first deal with the troops outside the city, but turned around to deal with Lingzhou, which had a high city and a deep pool. He ordered his soldiers to surround him, pile up firewood, and pretend to set fire to the city.
Black smoke rose straight up, and the Xixia generals in the distance were shocked when they saw it, and immediately sent troops to help.
Temujin deployed a large number of archers to shoot down the infantry advancing slowly on the ice, and at the same time deliberately allowed some remaining soldiers to enter the city.
The guard general of Lingzhou City sent out scouts to signal that no reinforcements were needed, but they were all shot dead by the Mongolian army. The general on the other side also discovered that he had been tricked and ignored them, hoping to use up all the Mongolian food and grass.
However, Temujin sent people to Xingqing Mansion to spread rumors, saying that there had been Mongolian attacks in Lingzhou City for a long time, and they wanted to cooperate with the outside world, but the reinforcements outside the city had evil intentions and refused to save them.
The leader of the Xixia Kingdom ordered that the city must be kept safe no matter what, but the general refused to obey and actually changed the general temporarily.
As a result, the defenders in the city did not dare to leave the city rashly, and their reinforcements were divided and consumed.
What's even more vicious is that the soldiers who were deliberately put into the city were basically in a state of defeat. Not only did they have no heavy weapons, but they also had no supplies or medicine. The pressure in the city was getting bigger and bigger.
When there were hundreds of thousands of troops in Lingzhou City, they could no longer afford the food and grass consumption. Temujin surrounded and refused to attack, waiting for the enemy to eat up the food and destroy himself.
The defender had no choice but to break out of the city and fight to the death. Unfortunately, Temujin had already bent his bow and arrows outside the city, waiting for the exhausted Xixia troops to fall into the trap.
In just half a month, the Mongols captured Lingzhou City and turned Xingqingfu, the capital of the Xixia Kingdom, into an isolated city.
In this battle, nearly half of Xixia's 300,000 main troops were killed, while the Mongolian casualties were less than 5,000.
This glorious victory shocked the world, but Temujin also experienced a life and death test——
Xu Zhu assassinates!
That battle was extremely brutal. Thousands of Mongolian warriors fought one after another before Xu Zhu was severely wounded and driven back.
Afterwards, Temujin disappeared for three days before returning.
At this time, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom had asked for help from the Song Dynasty, and he bowed down and was willing to become a vassal, just to repel the Mongols.
Spring, the ninth year of Shaoxi.
The Song Dynasty sent troops.
Gu Chengyujia went on a personal expedition and raised an army of 100,000. They marched in a hurry within eight days, entered the territory of Xixia, and stationed themselves in Helan Mountain.
"Immortal God, may you bless me, the Mongolian warrior, the man of the grassland, to continue to be invincible and conquer all attacks!"
In the city of Lingzhou, Temujin offered cattle and sheep to worship God with the etiquette of the grasslands.
His face was as white as jade, but he did not hide his rough and heroic aura, dominating the common people, but his tone was extremely humble, and he attributed his achievements to God.
Temujin knew that he would face the most severe challenge.
Xixia's resilience is unexpectedly strong. The fall of Lingzhou City and the rout of 300,000 troops did not mean death.
When the Mongolian soldiers surrounded the capital Xingqing Mansion, they were greeted by the last roar of the party members.
Would rather die than surrender!
In fact, this was self-inflicted. Why did Mongolia destroy Western Liao so quickly?
Two words - massacre!
As long as they don't surrender, they will massacre the city, leaving mountains of corpses wherever they pass.
Therefore, having learned from the past, facing the danger of national subjugation and annihilation, Xixia will not risk its life?
Temujin swept through the Western Regions, conquered half of Xixia, and besieged the capital with more troops. It only took a few months, which was as fast as lightning. But the next few months were spent on siege, using hard bridges and hard horses, and it was useless.
pretty.
Just like facing Xiangyang in the future, the Mongolian cavalry, which was good at plain fighting, suffered heavy casualties and failed to capture Xingqing Mansion. They could only surround it, hoping that the city would run out of ammunition and food and would be defeated without a fight.
At this critical moment, Gu Cheng gathered his army and set off.
Once the reinforcements from the Song Dynasty arrived, not to mention it became difficult to intercept the enemy's food routes and reinforcements, even the Liupan Mountain area already occupied by Mongolia became in danger.
Therefore, Temujin must defeat the Song army and destroy Xixia's last hope.
Otherwise, all his previous efforts will be wasted and he will have no choice but to roll back to the grassland in despair. Xixia will be conquered by the Song Dynasty without any effort, and it will be like making wedding clothes for the enemy.
A few days later, the Mongols came out from Lingzhou City and pointed their troops at Helan Mountain where the Song Army was located!
Among all the mountains in China, none is like Helan Mountain, which has been involved in various wars throughout the dynasties.
The war between the Qin people and the Xiongnu lasted for hundreds of years, and the first emperor who unified the six kingdoms finally failed to wait until the day he captured Helan Mountain.
In the Han Dynasty, the famous general Wei Qing led his army north to fight against the Xiongnu, and it was for the first time that the military power of the Central Plains regime was extended to the Helan Mountain area.
However, the war did not stop. Robbery conflicts, small-scale ambushes, and mountain encounters between the nomads and the Central Plains regime continued for another seven hundred years.
Not to mention the Wei and Jin Dynasties of the Three Kingdoms, in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the ethnic minorities that ruled the Helan Mountain area were successively Turks, Tubos and Uighurs, among whom the most brave ones were the Turks.
In the first year of Zhenguan, Jieli Khan led 100,000 Turkic cavalry to attack the Weishui River. Jingyang, where they stationed their troops, was only 70 miles away from Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
After another dynasty, Qiu transformed into a dragon, and an empire was born based on the mountains.
One hundred and fifty years ago, Li Yuanhao proclaimed himself emperor, and the Khitan cavalry came from an expedition and suffered a disastrous defeat in the Helan Mountains. Xixia officially rose to prominence, and the three pillars of the Northern Song Dynasty, Liao Kingdom, and Xixia were formed.
Now, the Song Dynasty and Mongolia finally have their fateful final showdown here to complete their respective unfinished careers!
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