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Chapter 152 Retreat
The first year of Da'an in Daliao, the 11th year of Da'an in Daxia, and the night of Renyin (the tenth day of the lunar new year) in the eighth year of Yuanfeng in Song Dynasty.

On the banks of the Jialu River, the stars were shining brightly. Ren Duo Baozhong led the sheep and walked into a valley.

The wizard was already waiting for him.

This is the curse ceremony of party members.

A ritual of fortune-telling before a battle.

The black goat was thrown directly into the fire pit dug by the wizard by Ren Duo Baozhong.

After the goat was thrown into the fire pit, it immediately moaned and struggled, and was soon swallowed by the flames.

People around the wizard began to throw dry wood into the fire pit.

The smell of burnt lamb permeated around the fire pit.

The wizard began to dance while chanting, calling the river god of Jialu River, the ghosts and gods of Hengshan, and the ancestors of the Tangxiang people.

Outside the valley, the leaders of the local Dangxiang tribe who followed Ren Duo Baozhong were kneeling.

These ignorant tribal leaders believe this!

But it doesn't matter, the sheep's heart in the sheep's belly that the wizard cut open tomorrow morning must not have a drop of blood!

In this way, the army can go straight to Jialu Village and pull out this nail!

With this military exploit, he can return to Xingqing Mansion to praise his meritorious deeds, and the Queen Mother will also know that although the old marshal died in battle unfortunately, the Ren family is still the pillar of Great Xia!

Ren Duo Baozhong stood like this, watching the flames in the fire pit gradually go out, watching the wizards dancing in front of him.

Until the sky gradually brightened, the morning fog filled the valley.

At this time, the wizards stepped forward and dug the scorched sheep out of the fire pit.

Then he hurriedly took a knife and cut open the belly of the sheep.

Take out the stuffed intestines and stomach.

Then he walked out of the valley, held up the intestines, and showed them to all the tribal leaders—the intestines were smooth, without clumping or blockage!

The tribal leaders saw it and shouted in party language.

Then, the sorcerer went into the valley again, cut off the sheep's heart, and then went out, in front of everyone, cut open the already ripe sheep's heart without a drop of blood in it!
The leaders cheered again and kowtowed to the gods for protection.

The wizard then distributed the sheep hearts to all the chiefs.

Everyone was devouring the sheep's heart that had been blessed by the gods.

They believe it will bring them luck and blessings!

Let them survive the arrows on the battlefield!
Ren Duo Bao Zhong just watched all this, indifferent.

At the end of the ceremony, he drew out the weapon in his hand, walked out of the valley, walked in front of all the leaders, and said loudly: "God bless, Buddha protects!"

"Dabai Gaoguo, this battle must be won!"

"We must win! We must win!" The leaders cheered.

Ren Duo Bao Zhong is full of ambition.

The spies he sent out have thoroughly investigated.

There are more than 2000 defenders of the Nanman Army Fort around Jialuzhai!

In Jialu village, there are only less than one thousand!
And the defense is lax, defenseless!
Under the impact of cavalry, if you are lucky, you can break through the city without even needing to attack!

……

Jialu Village on the north bank of the Yellow River.

As soon as the morning fog dissipated, he galloped into the city on a light cavalry.

Then, Zhijialuzhai and Dongtou priest Wang Ying were urgently woken up.

Afterwards, the alarm bell in Jialu Village was sounded.

All the soldiers, common people, and merchants in Jialu Village raised their heads.

They saw that Wang Ying of Zhizhai took the defenders of Jialu Village and walked up to the wall of the village in neat clothes.

At the same time, a large number of officials began to beat gongs and drums, and began to notify from door to door.

"Western thieves are about to invade the city. In the whole city, young and strong men, regardless of Han or Tibetan, should be guarded on the city..."

"Anyone who refuses to obey will be subject to military law!"

"Retreat the enemy afterwards and reward you for your merits. The imperial court will never treat you badly!"

This is the duty of the residents of Jialuzhai.

They were arranged here to guard the border.

For example, in the battle of Dingxi City last year, the guard Qin Gui led more than 1000 defenders and mobilized the Han and Tibetan residents of the whole city to defend the city.

At the end of the war, even the women of the Fan nationality took up arms and stood on the city wall, and the children of Han and Fan took up most of the tasks of delivering water and food.

Even the elderly participated in helping to defend the city.

So after the war, Qin Gui was promoted, and all the defenders of the city, regardless of Han and Tibetan, men, women, young and old, were rewarded heavily!
Many Tibetans were even directly appointed officials because of this.

Therefore, when the alarm bell sounded and the officials began to mobilize from house to house, most of the residents of Jialu Village had already put on their own leather armor, bows and arrows, and quiver.

Frontier fortresses, especially places like Jialuzhai.

Originally, it was both a soldier and a farmer, and it was also the place where the Baojia Law was strictly enforced and trained the most.

Almost all residents have military knowledge.

It may not be possible to ask them to fight in the field, but relying on the solid fortifications of the city, no one is afraid of them.

Coincidentally, the terrain of Jialu Village is dangerous!

Moreover, this city was expanded on the original site after Shen Kuo captured the Xithie Jialu Village in the third year of Yuanfeng.

Backed by the natural barrier of the Yellow River, it is located on a cliff, controlling the surrounding mountains and rivers for hundreds of miles.

There are water sources on the mountain, food stores, and enough arrows and rolling stones.

In the case of being prepared, even if it is a heavy siege, there is nothing you can do in a hurry!

What's more, on the other side of Jialu Village, on the south bank of the Wuding River, which is only [-] miles away from Jialu Village, there are Mizhi Village and Jialu Village echoing each other, forming a horn.

……

Scorching sun.

Ren Duo Baozhong rode his horse and walked up to an unnamed hill.

He watched from a distance, the fort standing on the north bank of the Yellow River, high on the cliff.

The city gate has been completely closed!

The defenders on the wall of the stronghold are waiting solemnly!

How can it be?

Why leak the news?

Ren Duo Baozhong's face turned dark all of a sudden.

The surprise attack is about to turn into a storm!
And it seems that the other party has been preparing for a long time, and it doesn't seem to be in a hurry after discovering it hastily.

Just withdraw troops like this?
impossible!
Ren Duo Baozhong knew that he had brought fifteen thousand cavalry, one man and two horses, from Xingqing Mansion on this expedition.

They only brought food for half a month!
Now, the food they brought has been eaten up long ago, and what they eat now is all the food and grass forcibly collected from the Qiang tribe in Hengshan!

What if you just leave like this, not to mention the food and grass to go back?
Do you want to rob the Qiang again?

In this case, the Qiang people in Hengshan are not fools, they will quietly go to the Nanmanzi to beg for food.

If so, what is he?
To send people to Nanban?
Nanman is afraid that he can't wait for him to do this!
Therefore, we can only attack by force!

Even if you take your life to fill it, you have to fill in Jialu Village!

Therefore, with little hesitation, Ren Duo Bao Zhong summoned the party leaders of the left wing of the Department of Bravery and Bravery.

Order them to prepare for the siege—although they are also Dangxiang members, the Dangxiang members are divided into hundreds of different sources.

In the five Lanzhou battles, those who were driven to attack the city were either Tubo people or people from these small Dangxiang tribes.

Therefore, Ren Duo Bao Zhong didn't care about the casualties of these people at all.

He only wants Jialu Village!

Of course, Ren Duo Baozhong also knew that even if all these small Dangxiang tribes and the young Qiang people they brought were filled in, it would not be able to fill the walls of the Jialu village simply by relying on human life.

and so……

At the same time, he ordered the Poxi army to manufacture siege equipment on the spot.

At least provide cover for the young and strong attacking the city, and don't let them die in vain!

However, the order of Ren Duo Bao Zhong has just been issued.

The heads of the various ministries were forced to go back to the time of preparation.

His spies reported that there was a cavalry on the other side of Jialu Village.

It's the cavalry of the Southern Barbarians!

Although there are not many people, there are only a few dozen riders.

But the banner they played made Ren Duo Baozhong horrified!
Zi!
Before coming here, Ren Duo Baozhong had done his homework.

He knew that there was only one general with the surname Zi on Hedong Road in Nanban—Zi Hu, the number one general on Hedong Road!
He was originally from the Qiang tribe of Hengshan, but after he joined the Nanman, he made many military exploits and became the remote county of the Nanman, equivalent to the supervisor and commander of the Great Xia.

The most important thing is - this man and his army have always followed that Nanban commander-in-chief Lu Huiqing who always likes to send troops to the left wing to fight Caogu.

Almost everywhere Lu Huiqing appeared, there was him!

Ren Duo Bao Zhong has no choice but to lead people to investigate in person!

Then, Ren Duo Bao Zhong's heart went cold.

On the north side of Jialu Village, a group of cavalry watched him from a distance of tens of miles.

There are not many cavalry, less than one thousand, about eight or nine hundred.

But the question is how many are behind them?

Besides, on the other side of the Yellow River, how many should there be?
Therefore, Ren Duo Bao Zhong knew that he had to make a choice.

To withdraw or to fight?

How to withdraw?How to withdraw?
What should I do if the opponent hangs me with my tail to attack?
How to fight?
Siege?If the Nanman steals the camp and even cuts off the back road, once the troops are under the fortification of the city and the back road is cut off, then he and his army will fall into death and desperation just like the army of the Nanman Five Routes attacking Xia back then!
If you don't attack the city, go to defeat the Nanman reinforcements first.

But what if the opponent doesn't fight with him, but just hangs and drags, waiting for the army in Nanman to gather and mobilize.

So what can he do with such a small number of people?
He came for a surprise attack, not for death!
Ren Duo Baozhong only thought about it for a moment, and he already made a decision.

go!
Go now!
Go right now!
The later you go, the greater the danger!
Every one of Renjia's cavalry is his future support, and he cannot die here in vain!

Otherwise, even if he can win, as long as these precious soldiers lose too much, he will only be the meat on Liang Yifu's stick when he returns to Xingqing Mansion!
On the contrary, as long as his elite headquarters can be retained.

Then, even if Liang Yifu wanted to deal with him again, he could only be incompetent and furious!
The most I can do is scold him a few words!
Figured this out, Ren Duo Baozhong immediately summoned his younger brother Ren Duo Xizhong and other generals of the headquarters, and began to arrange for the retreat.

Retreating has never been an easy task!

Last year, Wu Zu personally conquered Lanzhou City by imperial driver. After a long period of attack, he was forced to retreat after eating up food and grass.

As a result, they were chased and killed by the Southern Barbarian cavalry, so more people died on the retreat road than those who attacked the city!
Therefore, this matter must be carefully arranged and handled carefully.

　Make up for it tomorrow! ~
　　Note: Continuation of Zizhi Tongjian Long Volume 349, October Wuyin article: Edict: Dingxi City guards the Han, Fan armies and women, who fights with the bandits on the city, the person supports ten pieces of silk, and the person who transports the goods, seven pieces , the handyman in the city, five horses for men and three horses for women.

　　Such a heroic city defense battle in the Northern Song Dynasty happened more than once.

　　But Dingxi City is the most special, because both Han and Tibetans went to the city, and even the women of the Fans went to the city to fight and kill the enemy, and killed many enemies!
　　In the end, the little Dingxi City stood still!
　　The Xixia army suffered heavy losses!

　　So, I have always said that Zhao Ji is trash!
　　It is a tradition in the Northern Song Dynasty to mobilize the army and the people to defend the city together!

　　Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan didn't have the guts!
　　Live it!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)