Chapter 851 What about Liu Fa, Wu Song, and Xilu Song Jun?
After this great victory, coupled with the previous ambush battle by the Wuding River and the annihilation battle in Yinzhou to lure the enemy out of the city, Xiao Tang led his troops to kill more than 34,000 Xia troops and captured more than 5,500 people.
Taking advantage of the situation, they also raided Shi and Yin, Xia's military strongholds in several states, confiscated 1,500 tents, captured tens of thousands of camels, cattle and horses, and confiscated more than 20,000 shi of grain reserves in Xixia, and most of the grain and grass were transported
It would slow down the march of the soldiers and horses and burn them on the spot, which would seriously weaken the vitality of the troops under the Eastern Military Division of Xia State. They could only retreat and defend the dangerous city, and they would be completely passive strategically.
Under Xiao Tang's command, he assembled several battalions of forbidden troops from the former division of Bianjing Palace, plus Wu Jie's Western Army, several battalions of soldiers and horses under Liu Zhongwu's command, the reorganized Jingnan Army, and Xizhou Guansheng and Runing County.
A total of 35,000 Song troops on the eastern front under the jurisdiction of Yan'an Prefecture and Suidezhou were dispatched under Xiaotang's orders in Huyanzhuo. After a series of fierce battles, more than 6,000 were killed and more than 3,000 were seriously injured. However, compared with the casualties,
Compared with the enemy forces, it can be said that they have won several great victories in succession.
From then on, in addition to Liu Fa, the natural god general, and other Western army veterans who had repeatedly made contributions to the side court, Ren Xia Xiao Tang also became the sworn enemy of the Xia army.
However, Xiao Tang also knew very well that the reason why he could achieve such outstanding results was that in addition to the close brothers Xu Guanzhong and Xiao Jiasui, the commoner swordsman, who complemented each other and made contributions, the Song Dynasty sent three armies to mobilize more than 200,000 soldiers.
With the strength of the army to conquer the Xia Kingdom, the Xia army focused its defense on the western front and the Forbidden Army led by Tong Guan and Liu Fa. Naturally, the pressure on the eastern front was much less. If you want to catch up
The achievements achieved by those famous generals who left their names in history, and the military exploits I have made up to now are just the beginning.
As for the battle report coming from the Western Front, Liu Fa led his army to fight fiercely with the Xia army in the Hehuang River Basin (the area where the Yellow River and Huangshui River meet, the northeastern part of Qinghai, between the Loess Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau). He led more than 10,000
The Forbidden Army captured Renduoquan City, beheaded thousands of people, and began to build Zhenwu City along the mountains and rivers. Naturally, it was impossible for the Xia Kingdom to allow the Song Army to successfully build the city, and the east road in the north of Shaanxi and Longyou faced the Song Army on the east road.
The country formed a pincer-like attack, so it also dispatched several military divisions and concentrated heavy troops to launch a fierce attack. The Song general Li Ming who was defending Zhenwucheng was defeated and killed. Liu Fa immediately led his troops to rush to help, and is currently in a stalemate with the Xia army.
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After hearing the battle report from the Western Front, Xiao Tang couldn't help but think of his sworn brother Wu Song, who was now promoted to the second general of Yanyan Road and obeyed orders in front of Liu Fa's tent.
Presumably the second brother Wu, acting under General Liu Fa, still has to fight for the lead in every battle and fight hard to kill the enemy on the battlefield... Xiao Tang secretly thought that the front line between Song and Xia now stretches for thousands of miles, even if he and Wu Song
We went to the side court together and fought with the Xia army in battle, but so far we have not had a chance to meet each other. Although Wu Song was a master of infantry combat with excellent martial arts, he was not a general who was good at commanding and dispatching troops, even Xiao Xiao
As the commander-in-chief of an army, Tang often took the lead, but he was surrounded by many close subordinates and soldiers. However, for a general like Wu Song who often had to fight for his life, every battle he had to go through was a life-threatening act.
What's more, now that General Liu Fa has joined forces with Tong Guan, what evil intentions will come out of that old lady's meeting in the future... Xiao Tang also knows clearly now.
Liu Fa, who is praised as a famous general today and must be led by Fa, must not have expected that Tong Guan plans to use public weapons for private purposes to get rid of him, a stumbling block that hinders him from taking over the military power of the Western Army. By then, the army will be isolated and helpless, and Brother Wu will only
He was afraid that his life would be in danger. Xiao Tangxinfudao now had the power to control the Song army, so naturally he could not remain indifferent. But what should he do to save the lives of Liu Fa and even the lives of many Song soldiers under his command?
When Xiao Tang thought about it, he immediately wrote a letter, then called his military officials and handed the note to him, saying: "Take a fast horse and rush to the Guanjun post on the roadside of Fuyan at night, and call the post officer.
Urgent delivery (in the Song Dynasty, the official postal delivery method was divided into two types: the slower foot delivery, which was responsible for transporting official goods, the slower foot delivery, which transmitted documents and messages, the faster horse delivery, and the faster horse delivery, which was used to deliver urgent military documents on the border. According to legend,
Those who travel four hundred miles a day will be handed over to Mr. Xianggong, an old manager, as soon as possible."
Three hundred miles south of Youzhou in the Xia Kingdom, near the ruins of Tongwan City.
According to Zhongshi Road, the Song Army camp led by Zhongshi Zhong was located not far north of the Great Wall in Jingbian County in later generations. It was only a hundred miles away from the nearest Xia Army camp. And dozens of miles south of the camp
From here, you can see the ancient Great Wall winding along the ridges like a giant dragon among the high mountains. More than 70 beacon towers stand. Beyond this point is the boundary of the Baoan Army on Yanyan Road in the Song Dynasty.
Not far to the east of Yingzhai, you can also see the ruins of Tongwan City built by Helian Bobo, another founding emperor of the "Xia Kingdom" during the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms period. In the fifth year of Chunhua in the Song Dynasty,
Zhao Guangyi, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, ordered to relocate the people and destroy the city. All the outer walls of Tongwan City were demolished. The entire city defense fortifications that were known as "Gao Yuyin said, Chongyongjiyun, Shiguo Tianchi, and Zhou Mianqianli" were also completely destroyed.
At that time, several battalions of the Xia army that had been stationed near Tongwan City not long ago were also killed and dispersed by Zhongshi Dao's subordinates. Just like these days, the Song army in the middle road successively conquered seven or eight military strongholds of the Xia army.
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Zhongshidao defeated the Xia army at Hulu River. Zhongshi took advantage of the victory and marched forward. In the subsequent battle, they captured Zangdi City within eight days and advanced to Youzhou, the jurisdiction of Yanzhou, where Xia's Jianing Army was Si Rongwei.
In the various prefecture military camps below, it was because Xiao Tang defeated the Xia army in the east, and most of the Shenyong Army in the left wing was destroyed. The commander Wu Zangjiu Luo was also shot and killed by the enemy generals during the retreat. Xia Guoxiangyou got the news
The soldiers and horses of the Military Division and Jianing Military Division did not dare to act rashly for fear of being caught by Zhong Shidao. The Song army led by Xiao Tang took advantage of the situation and entered. Zhong Shidao, the Song army led by Zhong Shidao was also unstoppable and repeatedly defeated the strongholds.
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In the camp, several groups of light cavalry sent out nearby have just returned to camp. Some of the soldiers in the camp are lighting fires and cooking, some are brushing their horses slowly, and more soldiers are in a good mood because of several consecutive victories.
, they were chatting and laughing in twos and threes, and from time to time there would be bursts of laughter. As for the generals of each department, they were busy counting the troops, horses, food, forage, ordnance, and baggage, and were always ready to listen to the instructions of the old and the second manager to lead their troops to the expedition, so that
The captured Hengshan military stronghold was completely connected with the city walls built by our own side and connected in a line, thus fully occupying the Xia Kingdom's Hengshan area.
At this moment, suddenly there was a soldier with a bag tied around his waist and his shirt tied up, riding a fast horse and galloping towards the camp, raising smoke and dust all over the sky. The soldiers in the camp were on duty.
A military man from the Wei army came running from the south, dressed like a soldier delivering a husband at a military post, so he hurried forward to ask.
But before the soldier guarding the camp could ask the question, the military post officer who rushed to the camp on horseback tightened his reins and shouted: "The security forces on Yanyan Road are sending military information in a hurry and forwarding it to the Xin'an Army.
The Jiedushi Envoy and the Deputy Envoy Supervisor Xiao Xianggong sent an urgent document to the Prime Minister Lao Zhong."
