The struggle of the reborn prince

Chapter 150 Four

Song Fang lost more than 2 people in the Battle of Tong'an City, including more than 60 elite cavalry, which was seriously injured, and the loss of military supplies was also serious, and Lanzhou fell into crisis.And these are not the most serious problems. Once Liu Fa died, the Western Army and even the Song Dynasty did not have a single-handed general. The talents of the Western Army have gradually withered. Apparently things started to go downhill, and he wrote to Emperor Huizong asking to retire, but was persuaded to stay, but Lian was old.

The later famous generals Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, and Wu Jie in the Western Army are still at the bottom. Now a rising star in the Western Army is named Yao Pingzhong. Although he is young, he has won the three armies bravely. His father Yao Gu is now Huanqing Road Jinglue appeasement envoy, grandfather Yao Xie, uncle Yao Xiong, have been famous generals in the West Frontier for generations.The Yao family has been as famous as the Zhong family for decades, but the "Yang family generals" who are familiar to future generations are far less famous than imagined; the other two fierce generals Liu Yanqing and Yang Keshi are both superb in martial arts, and they are invincible in attacking cities. Liu Yanqing is older and good at catering. He is a general who has learned the art of war a little; Yang Keshi was born in the army, with more than bravery but not enough strategy.

The performance of the three of them in the subsequent crusade against Liao and Jingkang was very poor. It is impossible to expect them to come back, and Tong Guan may also know their details. He sent troops to defend and wrote letters urgently. Zhao Tong, let him launch an attack on the eastern front immediately, attract Chage's army to the east, relieve the pressure on the western front, and let himself take a breather.

The letter was written in a very sad and pitiful way, and it meant to help my brother. After reading Tong Guan's letter, Zhao Tong sneered. Exhausted from the fight, they took advantage of the power of victory to strike and ask for peace. The result was to maintain the status quo and the old coins remained the same.Tong Guan's class teacher returned to the court to brazenly exaggerate the victory and conceal the defeat. Even the annihilation of Liu Fa's entire army was fabricated into an unprecedented victory, nonsense about destroying tens of thousands of Xixia elites.The courtiers came up to congratulate the table, slapped the emperor's ass, and celebrated the great "victory" of the Celestial Dynasty.Tong Guan Qingyun went straight up, and was promoted to the rank of Grand Tutor because of his meritorious service, and he and the veteran Deng Xunwu were in charge of the Privy Council.An unknown eunuch in the Shenzong dynasty grew up to be the military head of the empire.

Zhao Tong didn't want this to happen, at least he had to beat Xixia to surrender for 20 years, so that he would not dare to use troops against Song easily, so that Song could deal with the crisis wholeheartedly.Zhao Tong is determined to use his troops, but how to fight is still a problem. One is the choice of target; the other is the opponent he will face - Cha Ge, he is also a young hero, but there are many similarities in the life trajectories of the two, but He made his debut earlier than him. When he was digging ditches in Xiangyi, he was already the commander of the capital of the Xixia army.

Brother Cha is the younger brother of Li Ganshun, the lord of the Xixia Kingdom, and he was granted the title of King of Jin. He is brave and good at fighting and full of strategies.In the early years of Chongning, when he was only 16 years old, although the famous Xixia general Ren Duobaozhong led the army to assist the Tubo tribe in Qinghai to fight against the Song Dynasty, he always pretended to be a pig and eat a tiger with no opinions and no actions until the Xia army failed to rescue Nanzongbao. , was blocked by the Song army in Huangshui, and he shot dead the Song general who was chasing him with one arrow, causing Xia army to retreat safely.

Brother Cha's arrow not only established his prestige, but also won the respect of the sergeant. It can be said that he exchanged the greatest benefit with the smallest cost, much better than Zhao Tong.After that, Ren Duo Baozhong had frequent contacts with Cai Jing and Wang Hou of the Song Dynasty. Although Cha Ge knew about it, he kept it secret.If Brother Cha had been in a hurry to report on Ren Duo Baozhong from the beginning, then because there was not enough evidence at the time, not only could Ren Duo Baozhong not be brought down, but he would have exposed himself and pushed himself to the opposite of Ren Duo Baozhong.When Cai Jing lost his composure and sent Wang Hou's younger brother over, Brother Cha finally sent someone to intercept him at the border. He got all the stolen goods and took over the military power of Ren Duo Bao Zhong as quickly as possible, making Ren Duo Bao Zhong Hao helpless. With the power to fight back, he could only obediently go back to Xingqing alone to accept Xia Chongzong's punishment.

In September of the third year of Chongning, Qianshun made Chage King of Jin.He began to reform the Xixia military system, learned from the leaders of the Song army, selected the brave and brave Han, taught them to use strong crossbows, and hoeed with a bow in peacetime. The efficiency of the use of troops was also optimized, and the cavalry and infantry were professionally differentiated. The plains were galloped with iron kites, and the valleys were ridden with footsteps, which made the combat capability of the traditional cavalry and infantry unprecedentedly improved. Cheng Song army is a great enemy.

The war situation has evolved to such an extent that no matter whether it is for the country or for oneself, it is obligatory to send troops.Two days later, Zhao Tun ordered that the Zhongyong Army set off camps and camps to take the lead in moving northward. The No. 11 and No. 12 generals of the Zelu Road Forbidden Army, and the No. [-] and [-] generals of Lanshi Road set off ten days later to assemble in Linzhou and Fuzhou. , Ye Li, the prefect of Hezhou, summoned his subordinate soldiers and horses to enter Mingtangchuan to strictly guard the passes. The troops mobilized this time plus the three generals of Linfu Road have a total of eleven generals, more than [-] people.At the same time, he ordered the East Road Transit Department and the state governments along the way to mobilize grain and grass, and civilian husbands to follow the army.

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The mobilization of the army, there is no secret at all. Such a big movement on the East Road has long been detected by the Xixia spies, and passed on to the country through various channels. Although people have been captured by the Song army, some information has still been passed to the territory.

The intelligence learned by the spies was sent to Brother Cha at a speed of [-] miles. At this time, he brought the power of Tong'an City's victory and re-launched the siege of the Zhenwu Army.In this battle, the Song army was defeated and Liu Fa was killed. It can be described as a rare victory in Xixia in recent years. Cha Ge's reputation has also reached the pinnacle of his military career.Prior to this, the Song army had implemented a shallow attack strategy. After more than ten years of hard work, the right wing army on the Western Xia front had fallen into the double-teaming situation of the Song Dynasty. The only thing they could rely on was the nearby rivers and gorge. However, it is closely adjacent to the Song Army's garrison, and the Song Army may send troops in at any time.

Although the Right Wing Army is farther away from the Xingling area than the Hengshan area, the desert from the Right Wing Army to the Xingling area is not as isolated as the one from the Hengshan area to the Xingling area.Once Song has defeated the Right Wing Army, the next road to Xingling will be as flat as a river, which can be said to be overwhelming!What's more, Xixia's military deployment has always been "real in the east and virtual in the west". If the Song army breaks through the right wing army and attacks the Xingling area from the west, it will not be easy for Xixia to adjust its military deployment. It's pretty self-explanatory!

But in this battle, the Song army was terrified, and the strategic situation was fundamentally reversed. The Zhenwu army was the ancient bone dragon city built by Tong Guan.Ancient Bone Dragon City is located in the gorge of Qilian Mountain in the northwest of Huangzhou. The peaks are rolling and steep, standing against the sky, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Go straight to Huangzhou and Xining.As long as this city is captured, the army can go straight down to Lanzhou, and then go deep into the interior. Since it was captured by Liu Fa a few years ago, it has always been a heart problem for Xixia.If they go down to this city again, the Xia army can turn from defense to offense, and it is not impossible to regain the lost ground.

Brother Cha looked at the urgent report transferred to him by Wang Ting, and sighed. He also conducted some investigations to find out about this new rising star on the northwest front of Zhao Tuo after last year's Battle of the Brave Army Division in the left wing. , although not detailed, but the context is generally clear.This son was assassinated several times when he was young, took refuge away from the capital, earned a huge family business by himself, and then regained favor, troubled the capital, and went to the south of the Yangtze River. , when he was "assigned" to Hedong by the chief executives, he was just a punk in the eyes of everyone, but he became famous after a battle on the border, and he captured his uncle Wang alive with only 3000 pro-armies, and wiped out Twenty thousand Xixia elite soldiers seized a large area of ​​Hengshan and subdued countless troops.

In the eyes of others, the rise of the Great Song Prince may be due to good luck, good opportunities, and stepping on dog shit, but in the eyes of Brother Cha, this son has a deep city, far-sighted vision, and the skill of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger He was even worse than himself, far more powerful than that ruthless old opponent, he was really his formidable enemy.This time he had just won the victory on the western front, so he launched an uprising on the eastern front. There are only two possibilities for him to use his troops. One is Toyosu, which is under siege; army division.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao. How could Brother Cha not see through it?But any place where this kid might launch an attack must be saved.

To the west and north of Fengzhou is Xiatu, across the river to the northeast is the Khitan territory, and across the river to the east is Songhe East Road. If Xixia acquires the two prefectures of Lin and Fu, it will not only completely eliminate the situation where Xixia has been fighting in northern Shaanxi. , The difficult situation of the government being attacked by the enemy, and it is of great significance for Xixia's attack on Songhe East Road.Once the three prefectures of Lin, Fu, and Feng are seized and heavy troops are stationed, the armies of Kelan and Huoshan on the East Road of the Song Dynasty can all attack, and with the river as a danger, they can advance and retreat freely.Therefore, from the beginning of the founding of the Xixia state, it has been eyeing the three prefectures of Lin, Fu, and Feng in the Northern Song Dynasty, and wanted to annex them and clear the way to attack Hedong in the Northern Song Dynasty.After more than a dozen confrontations, they finally took Toyosu and won the bridgehead.

Now the Song Dynasty has seized a large area of ​​land east of Mingtangchuan, and isolated Fengzhou. Although the Yellow River is naturally dangerous, it is separated from other military divisions by the Mu Us Desert. But it will be cut off by the Song army at any time, forming a lonely place. Several times they sent troops to rescue the siege, but they all gave up halfway due to transportation difficulties and dangerous roads. However, because of their important strategic position, they had to be rescued.

Xia has Xia, Sui, Yin, You, Jing and other prefectures in northern Shaanxi. Its northeast is Lin, Fu, and Fengzhou on the East Road of Song Dynasty, and Song Yanyan and other roads are on its south. These prefectures are all connected with Song Dynasty. The area where the country frequently fights is also the focus of Xia's defense. Xia has set up several military divisions to defend here, but now most of the brave military divisions have been lost. The only remaining Yulin County is surrounded by Song Dynasty on three sides, and it was plundered last year. , the population and property suffered heavy losses, and their vitality was greatly injured. Now they will run away when they hear the name of Prince Yan.If the whole line of the brave army division falls, Xiazhou will be exposed to the attack of the Song army.As long as the Song army went west along the Wuding River Valley, it could bypass the defenders on the border, take Xiping Mansion directly, and face Xingqing Mansion across the river.

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