Ten days have passed since Hengshan sent troops, and Bianliang City is surprisingly quiet. Everyone is waiting for the battle report from the front line.
No one knew that there had been no major successes at the border for many years. The pride in the hearts of the people of the Song Dynasty and the glamor and magnificence of the Kaifeng Mansion could not cover up the deep sense of loss.
I think back to the time when Chen Qiaoyi was crowned emperor in a yellow robe, and Bianliang had days of pride and pride every few years.
According to reports, General Cao Bin wiped out Hou Shu;
Reported that General Pan Mei had destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty;
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The army captured Jinyang and the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed;
Reported that Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was captured
However, from the time of Taizong, he was defeated in the attack on Yan and was hunted for hundreds of miles. The elite soldiers who founded the country were destroyed in one blow.
After a series of defeats, Xixia took advantage of the situation to rise, and the Khitan went south several times.
When young and old in Kaifeng Prefecture met a military general whose archery skills surpassed those of the barbarians at the New Year Ceremony, they would crowd around him with wild shouts and receive hero-like treatment.
These long-repressed prides, prides that have nowhere to rest, urgently need a big victory to revive China's morale.
Yang Lin visited the Privy Council again, but was told by Gao Qiu that there was no battle report, and he returned disappointed.
He had his own channels to find out, and the carriages and horses in Long Live Camp could probably get the news faster than the Privy Council, but Yang Lin still didn't give up.
The greater the hope, the more nervous it becomes. No one who has not experienced it can understand this uneasy feeling.
Yang Lin put his hands together, put his fist on his chin, closed his eyes and meditated, considering every detail he could get.
The people of Qin and Long, the Han style and Tang style, valued righteousness over life, had not diminished slightly, and he was not worried at all about the combat power of the Western Army.
There is a blood feud, a life-and-death feud, and a century-old grudge. It is impossible for the Western Army not to do its best.
Although Tong Guan knew soldiers well and was good at fighting advantageous battles, he was already the best commander in the Song Dynasty if he did not make big mistakes.
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Yang Lin suddenly opened his eyes, breathed a long sigh of relief, and prayed: "Tong Guan, are you so stupid as to put your treasure on a foreigner? This is just a foreign aid, so you shouldn't. Tong Guan is not a fool."
At this time, the situation under Xingqing Mansion suddenly changed.
The suspension bridge of Xingqing Mansion slowly lowered and the city gate opened wide!
War drums roared, horns sounded, and there was a roar in front of the Xixia army formation. The cavalry in black armor raised their spears in unison, holding a shield in their left hand and a flat-end spear in their right hand. The barrel of the spear was held under the ribs, and the sharp spear point pointed directly at the Song formation.
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The shields are all cowhide riding shields with patterns of beasts painted on them. The red tasseled spear has a bamboo handle and is painted black. The grip is wrapped with fine linen silk, which is light and tough. The sharp triangular blade is as long as one
It is half a foot long, has a bloody groove, and is filled with murderous intent.
On the city wall, Xia Chongzong and Li Qianshun personally beat the war drums, and all the officials of Xixia went to the city to supervise the war.
Li Qianshun looked ruthless and said: "The Song people have suppressed us for a long time. They have encroached on our land, killed my people, and robbed my food and grass. The survival of Daxia is at stake. Let's fight here!"
The long-lost old rival finally showed his fangs. The Xia army along the way was so weak that it turned out to be all fake.
The officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty were all astonished that the Xia people, who had been held down and beaten for so long, dared to go out of the city to fight as soon as they arrived at the Xingqing Mansion.
Tong Guan, who was far away, had a gloomy face and kept asking: "Why haven't the Tubo people started fighting yet?"
The earth trembled, and the sound of hooves thundered.
The Tubo people finally arrived, but instead of attacking the east of the city as originally agreed, they rode horses and brandished swords and came straight towards the Song army.
Smoke and dust filled the air, the color of the sky and the earth changed. Under the fierce collision, people fell over their backs and their horses screamed miserably.
The Western Army is worthy of the title of a strong army. It does not collapse in the face of changes and forms a formation to meet the enemy.
The Xia thieves and the Tubo were both cavalry, and their impact was extremely strong. They advanced in a half-moon arc formation from both sides and drove the Song soldiers and horses out of the suburbs.
Corpses littered the fields and the ground was in a mess.
The Song army in front knew that they would die, so they did not retreat even half a step, using their flesh and blood to buy time and space for the brothers behind them to retreat.
Han'er's hot blood once again penetrated the suburbs of Xingqing Mansion. The vegetation was full of the long-lost smell. The army retreated ten miles and formed a stronghold again based on the terrain.
When the Song army besieged the city, the Tibetans came to help the battle. Who knew that when the battle was in full swing, the Tibetans turned against them and attacked!
No general can easily issue an order to withdraw troops from the enemy's capital, and Tong Guan is no exception.
He was like a red-eyed gambler, his eyes swept over his face one by one, and he said in a deep voice: "At this moment, there is no other way. If we want to reverse the decline, we can only attack the city with all our strength!"
Zhong Shidao suddenly stood up and said in disbelief: "Attack the city with all your strength? Haven't the envoys noticed it yet? This matter is a scam from the beginning to the end! The Xia thieves and Tubo have long been colluding together, and Tubo is pretending
Form an alliance and let us come to Xingqing Mansion in order to completely annihilate us and the main force of the Western Army!"
The reversal of offensive and defensive trends in Xixia and Song Dynasty mainly started with Zhejia's fortress tactics.
The terrain in the northwest is full of deserts and mountains. Mountains separate the various Western armies and war zones. It is very difficult to support each other and can easily be defeated by the Xixia army one by one.
In order to shorten the reaction speed between the various armies and try to delay the advancing speed and distance of the Xixia army, the generals of the Western Army created the "fortress" tactic.
At first, after the Han village was robbed by the Xixia army, the villagers often built a camp outside the village to serve as a hiding place for the Xixia army to save something or a life during the plunder. This was the prototype of a fortress.
Many villages have built similar fortresses. Once a war breaks out, these border residents will also carry weapons to help the Song army. Not only can they protect their relatives, but they can also exchange the enemy's heads for some rewards if they win the battle.
These fortresses were joined together to form a larger castle.
Later, there were more and more castles, and several castles together could rescue each other. Later, when I became bolder, I built it in the Xixia territory. When I built it later, I began to build a large fortress. It not only provided shelter for the people, but also contained military supplies warehouses.
It provided supplies to the passing Song Army and greatly enhanced the mobility of the Western Army.
The Western Army used this "fortress" technique to besiege Xixia for more than ninety years. Now Xixia has been forced to a dead end. If it doesn't find a way, it will be completely eaten away in the past few decades.
Li Qianshun actually had such courage that he bribed Tubo to lure the main force of the Song army to Xingqing Mansion, using his own capital as bait to force a desperate counterattack and crush the last elite soldiers of the Song army.
If his scheme succeeds, not only the Western Military Commission, but the entire Song Dynasty will be in danger!
At this point in the war, the situation had become clear. The siege equipment from the Song Dynasty had not yet arrived, and the food and grass were only enough for half a month. The child soldiers actually wanted to attack Xingqing Mansion.
The generals in the tent had different expressions. At this time, a general of a rank who had just entered the tent, Pohan Wuhan Shizhong, suddenly said loudly: "You commander-in-chief, gentlemen, the Xia thieves are rampant and have devised this poisonous plan. They must have thought that we would run away."
.Their main force may have been ambushed along the way. Why don't we take the opportunity to attack Xingqing Mansion, which is better than retreating and being chased and beaten. If Xingqing Mansion is captured, wouldn't all the tricks of the thief Xia Niao be a joke."