Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 960
It wasn't until the afternoon that Shu Jiming and Li Shifu reported back.

Jiang Min said: "There are tens of thousands of Xia soldiers. How many hours can you kill them all?"

Shu Jiming said: "Capital, most of the Xia soldiers have been killed, and the rest are just stragglers. The soldiers can just hunt them down."

Jiang Min said: "In that case, let's chase until evening and leave the remaining Xia soldiers to their fate. Camp here tonight and retreat tomorrow morning. After this battle, Xixia should not have the courage to offend again."

After asking the two of them to step back, Jiang Min ordered Xiao Heda to be brought up.

Looking at Xiao Heda, whose face was as pale as paper, Jiang Min said: "Who gave you the courage to come here and make noise when our army is fighting the Jin army?"

Xiao Heda said: "I am the capital of Xiazhou in the Xia Dynasty, so I should seize the opportunity. In Yunnei and other states, the monarch of the Jin Kingdom has said many times that they will be given to the Xia Kingdom, and I am also here on orders!"

Jiang Min said: "Your grudges with the Kingdom of Jin should be clearly explained to the generals of the Kingdom of Jin. You don't have the guts, what's the point of taking this opportunity to come?"

Xiao Heda raised his neck: "You can sneak attack on the Kingdom of Jin, shouldn't we take advantage of this opportunity-"

Jiang Min couldn't help but frown after hearing this: "I have a lot of things to do every day. How many big things do I have to do every day? I still have the heart to listen to your nonsense! That's all, why bother asking more about this matter? Drag it down, chop off this guy's head, and end this matter. ."

When Xiao Heda heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked.He lost his life without saying a few words. He was the commander-in-chief of the Xia Kingdom.The commander-in-chief of the Song Army was young, but he was very ruthless in his actions. He would kill someone if he disagreed with him.

Ignoring Xiao Heda's cry, two soldiers stepped forward, grabbed his arm and dragged him aside, then chopped off his head.

Jiang Min looked at the empty fields, the frozen Yellow River on one side, and the north wind howling in the wilderness, and said nothing for a long time.

After a while, he said: "To attack Xixia from here, we have the advantage of water conservancy and arable land to produce food. It is really a chosen place. It is not without reason that the Han Dynasty established Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang and other counties here. . The Tang Dynasty abandoned this place to the Yi and Di, and today we have the disaster of Xixia."

In later generations, this area was called Hetao, and Dongsheng Prefecture belonged to Qiantao Plain.There is a large area of ​​arable land in this area. If it is reclaimed, it will be basically connected with the Houtao Plain and Yinchuan Plain.Occupying this place, Xixia has basically no danger to defend, and can go all the way south along the plain.

During the Han Dynasty, this area was basically divided into Yunzhong County, Wuyuan County and Shuofang County. It was densely populated and was basically the same as the Central Plains.After the Han Dynasty, the northern nomads crossed the Yinshan Mountains and went south, and Han and Hu people lived together.By the Tang Dynasty, foreign ethnic groups such as Dangxiang and Tuyuhun were settled in this area, and there were basically no Han people left.

The Dangxiang clan was a wealthy family at this time. Some of them lived in this area, some lived in Hengshan, and some lived in the Yinchuan Plain.Today's Xixia only includes part of the Dangxiang settlements, and there are still many Dangxiang people living around Xixia.The reason why Xixia is obsessed with Yunnei, Dongsheng, Ningbyon and other states is because many of the residents of these states are from the Dangxiang tribe.It's just that these Dangxiang tribes are not from Xixia, and many of them have feuds.

Northern Shanxi, western Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places have been areas inhabited by Han people since the Han Dynasty.After the Han Dynasty, a large number of nomadic peoples migrated inland, gradually becoming a mixture of Hu and Han.But it was during the Tang Dynasty that it truly became a barbarian settlement.For various political purposes, the Tang government moved a large number of Hu people inland to these places, such as Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, Xiongnu, etc.The reason why the Hu people's separatist regime with Hedong as its base appeared in the Five Dynasties was because the northern part of Hedong had already become a Hu people inhabited area.They were loyal to the Tang Dynasty, because it was the Tang Dynasty that moved them here.

Because a large number of Hu people moved inland during the Tang Dynasty, the situation faced by the Song Dynasty was very different from that of later generations.Except for the Youyan area, the areas ruled by the Song Dynasty were basically areas inhabited by Han people.Outside the country's borders, there are not that many Han people.

Jiang Min looked around, filled with emotion.But the flying generals of Dragon City are here, and Hu Ma is not taught to cross the Yin Mountain.But under the Yin Mountain, it is no longer the hometown of the Han people.

The sky gradually darkened. Standing outside Taiyuan City, Zhao Ding felt the blood in his chest was about to boil.Seeing Wang Xiaolie on the side looking at the city without saying a word, Zhao Ding said: "Xuanfu, the outer city of Taiyuan has been destroyed, how many more days can the inner city be defended? Increase your efforts tomorrow and break Taiyuan City! The 20 troops will be wiped out 33 Wan Jinjun, such a world-shaking feat, was actually successful under Xuan Fu!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "If we don't attack, the food and grass in the city will not be able to support the defenders. The battle in Taiyuan was really unexpected! When we were outside the city, we would win every battle against the Jin army. We only felt that the second The Jin army can be wiped out in the sky. Who knew that the Jin army would be so difficult to defeat if they hid in the city!"

Zhao Ding said: "Taiyuan is one of the most fortified cities in the world. Xuanfu was able to break it in about ten days, which shocked the world! Now that the outer city has been broken, how many more days can the inner city hold on? It would take even more time to blow down all the walls with cannons. It won’t be long!”

Wang Xiaolie shook his head and said no more.

So what if the city wall is knocked down?The Jin army in the city refused to surrender and risked their lives to block the gap, but there was still no way.When attacking the outer city, several sections of the city wall were destroyed, but the Jin army blocked the gaps.It wasn't until the Jin army was out of strength that they attacked the city.

After watching for a while, the two returned to the military camp, where a fire was already burning for cooking.

When Zhao Ding returned to the military camp, he immediately returned to his residence and wrote a memorial to Zhao Gou, who was thousands of miles away.

When the outcome was uncertain, Zhao Ding only looked forward to ending the battle quickly and grabbing the fruits of victory.Now that the overall situation has been decided, Zhao Ding is no longer in a hurry, and only hopes to wipe out the enemy forces cleanly and completely.

Seriously speaking, Zhao Ding really wants to win.After fighting for so many years, there has never been a victory of this scale, and this victory is still in his own hands.After this battle, when he returns to the court, who can match his military exploits?Being promoted to prime minister is almost a certainty.

After Taiyuan was captured, Wang Xiaolie's 20-strong army was free.After losing more than 30 people, how many troops could the Jin Dynasty still muster?With the Eastern Route Army, can the Jin Army stop Wang Xiaolie?Recovering Youyan and destroying Puppet Qi is no small matter!
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. When he was writing the memorial, Zhao Ding's hands were shaking!
Wang Xiaolie returned to the headquarters and sat alone at the table, thinking about his thoughts.

Wang Ruohai came in and said: "Xuanfu, Shi Rong has occupied Daizhou. The official document he came from said that he had fought with the Jin army several times, and the Jin army still seemed very tenacious. But he had already driven the Jin army into the mountains. It can’t last much longer.”

Wang Xiaolie asked: "Has he been in contact with Zhang Chi?"

Wang Ruohai hurriedly said: "We have been contacted. Zhang Chi has set up a dragnet with barbed wire in the north of the mountain. The Jin Army has no way to do it. For more than ten days, the Jin Army has made no progress even though they tried their best to attack!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "That's good! As long as the Jin army cannot defeat Zhang Chi's army, there will be only a dead end."

Wang Ruohai said: "Yelu Yujian was blocked by Zhang Jun in the bottle-shaped stronghold, and the two divisions Cao Zhiyan and Zhai Cong behind him caught up. Now he is surrounded by the two divisions, and it should be difficult to fly. The battle in Taiyuan, not only Taiyuan City is about to be captured, and other battlefields are coming to an end."

After hearing this, Wang Xiaolie stood up immediately.He glanced at Wang Ruohai, then turned around and walked around the room.

After a long while, Wang Xiaolie said: "Order the two divisions of Xie Linong and Li Xing to go east from Taihang, occupy Xiangzhou and Cizhou, and threaten Daming Prefecture. The troops around Taiyuan are preparing to step up the attack on Taiyuan and then turn back to the Central Plains! "

(End of this chapter)