The appearance of Midangguan is a earthen enclosure. The low earth walls circle a large building to serve as a station function.

More precisely, it is a large inn, after all, it is called "Kuan" and not "Ship".

There are large areas of farmland around the inn, which are cultivated by postmen. The harvested grain is only used to cope with the expenses of the post delivery system. The post station personnel receive additional wages. The overall situation is similar to the post station system of the Tang Dynasty before Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and is completely different from the mid- and late Tang Dynasty, which was contracted to local wealthy households on a large scale after the Anshi Rebellion, and the Daxia.

As an important node on the post road of the two capitals, Midangguan usually has 30 postmen and more than 70 horses. At this time, there are hundreds more people. It is the temporary reinforcement of guards - in fact, Ding Zhuang.

Their combat effectiveness can be imagined. They were condescending and shot against Xia Bing on the earthen wing, but they still couldn't win. After screaming and screaming, no one dared to show up.

Xia Bing carried a simple wooden ladder and went up.

The armored soldier climbed up to the wall without evading the gun and arrow, jumped down and slashed and killed.

After a while, the door opened and more than a hundred people fled out in a mess. After Wang Jiao signaled, Yang Zhao led his men forward to gather them and expanded the troops to a thousand.

"Take people here to defend, and do not let the troops of Shanchan Mansion come west." Wang Jiao tied his horses and ordered: "You are also allowed to join the army and collect food and grass, the more you are, the better. When you receive a batch, you will send a batch west."

"Affect the order." Seeing the bravery of Xia Bing, Yang Zhao had no thoughts now. He was thinking about how to make meritorious and rewarded me all day long, and gain greater benefits for the Yang family and himself. This is the most important purpose.

After Wang Jiao gave the order, he took a look at Midangguan, who was left with only a little fighting sound, and slapped his horse forward.

He set out from Nongdong City on the fourth day of August, and brought more than 12,000 infantry and cavalrymen to kill him in two days. As he expected, he did not suffer any strong resistance.

After Wang Jiao left, Yang Zhao respectfully handed over the post station to the 500 Xia Bings who were left behind and moved outside to live.

In the evening of that day, an envoy came from the Xier River.

"What do you mean by brother?" Yang Zhao was having a meal. After seeing the envoy, he immediately stood up and asked.

"Dong, Zhao's intentions, Gao and Duan's attitudes were unknown." The messenger replied.

"This..." Yang Zhao was a little confused when he heard this.

The strongest ones are the Gao family and the Duan family. The two families have the largest territory and the largest population in Xi'er River. Why don't they surrender?

"If you don't surrender, you won't surrender!" Yang Zhao suddenly looked ruthless and sneered: "At that time, we will join the king's army, destroy their tribes, and divide the territory. Let's see if he regrets it."

"Where are the governors and governors in various places?" he asked again.

"I went to Shanchan Mansion in Gaoyuanzhong, and there was no more news." The messenger said.

"What? Go to Shanchan Mansion?" Yang Zhao said in surprise.

"I don't know?" The envoy was also surprised and explained: "Zheng Renmin collapsed and arrived at Jilong Post and cried bitterly. Gao Yuanzhong asked to go to Tokyo to rectify the troops and horses, and attack the Xia people. Zheng Renmin responded and ordered his general to command the military and civil affairs of the Tuodong Jiedushi, and recruited troops from all the troops of Dongcuan, Tonghai Governor's Office, to be the Eastern Army. Zheng returned to Dali and summoned soldiers in Beijing and the troops of the Xier River, to be the Western Army."

Yang Zhao followed the army for a long time, and the news was not very well-informed. He really didn't know about this. He was a little surprised when he first heard it. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly burst into laughter.

The messenger was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask why the general laughed.

"I laughed at Zheng Renmin, young master, Duan Yizong had no strategy. If Gao Yuanzhong was a loyal minister and general, the royal army had been crossing the river for more than ten days. Where are the soldiers and horses in Tokyo?" Yang Zhao smiled and said, "Hmph, the reason why Gao did not agree to work with us is probably because he felt that the conditions were not good enough and wanted to contact the royal army alone. Tsk tsk, when Tokyo is in his hand, there is much more room for bargaining."

"Gao wants to separatist Tokyo? Don't want the hometown of Xi'er River?" The envoy suddenly realized.

"Bah! I think beautifully!" Yang Zhao spat and said, "I want Tokyo too. Can the Xia people give it? If the saint of the Great Xia passes an order, they will only kill the Zheng clan, Yang, Zhao, Gao, Duan, Dong and other major clans have their own rewards and do not need to be beaten. At this time, Dachanghe will have a destruction of the country. But is it possible?"

The messenger frowned and thought hard.

As far as he knows, the Xia Dynasty had enfeoffed nearly 100 hereditary local officials. What is the governor of Baoluzhou? The inspector of Dijinze is of a relatively high rank. There are also a large number of tribal envoys below the state. The total number may not be able to be defeated by one hundred. After rushing to two hundred, why can't we give Yunnan local snake fiefs such as Gao, Duan, and Yang?

"You don't understand!" Yang Zhao seemed to have figured out some things, and his mood improved. He smiled and said, "According to my observation, the Xia people should hold it in their hands in Dali, Dongjing Shanchan and Nongdong Town. This is the most exquisite place since Nanzhao. It is suitable for peasantry and farming, and the climate is pleasant. Even if the northerners come, they can adapt. Only places where the northerners cannot adapt will be sealed out. My Yang family made great contributions this time, so we can not think about the two capitals, but Yongchang Town can still be considered. If we get this place, it doesn't matter to the territory of Xier River for the court. I will go to Yongchang City to enjoy my own happiness."

The messenger suddenly realized it, and then was silent.

The place in Yongchang seems to be a little worse than Dali except that it is wetter. Xia Ren is willing to give it out? But seeing Yang Zhao's happy appearance, he didn't want to say much, so as not to get into trouble.

"What else is there?" Yang Zhao asked again.

"Zhao Shuai, Jianchuan Town, sent envoys to Beijing, saying that there were many casualties in the north and there were no soldiers available in the town, so he guarded to wait for assistance. Yongchang Town had sent troops, but it took only ten days to walk more than a hundred miles. Yinsheng and Lishui towns had no news, and I heard that I wanted to protect the country and the people." The envoy said.

Yang Zhaofu laughed.

This is Ogata! This is Ogata!

Why are you in such a bulk? It’s okay if something happens, but if something happens, you will be so virtuous that you laugh.

Of course, he also knew that this was because Zheng Maisi was too much of a fact. He killed more than 800 people of the Meng family and lost all his heart. In addition, the Zheng family had no tribe and no territory, and had a shallow foundation, so he ended up like this. If Gao family was replaced by Duan family and Duan family was in power, it would not have been like this.

After all, Dachang and the country are "the king and the horse share the world". If the horse is no longer able, the king will decisively abandon him.

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After Wang Jiao led his army to leave Midangguan, he continued to advance southwest.

On the evening of the seventh day of the eighth month, he arrived at the court for gifts (Yilongyi, now Puqing Town, Xiangyun County), and encountered a force coming from Xijing.

As the saying goes, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. Since this army composed of tribes, Ting Zhuang dares to advance eastward to set up a village, its morale is also OK. After a great battle between the two sides, the bandit army was defeated, and more than 2,000 people died, and the rest were all dispersed.

The prisoners were found to have learned that Zheng Renmin paid for the recruitment of brave men and brave men, and obtained more than 20,000 people, of which 6,000 people went east to Yuxian (now Yunnan Yi Town, Xiangyun County), and guarded the east gate of the capital - Yuxian was the administrative unit of Nanzhao, which can be considered a state.

As a result, these six thousand people were brave enough to dare to go east to seek the enemy, hoping to make unparalleled achievements and invite Zheng Renmin to reward him. Now that the battle has collapsed, when the Xia army used a large cart to pull the heads of the city of Yunnan, the remaining more than a thousand people scattered.

After entering the city, after searching, there was a lot of money, but there were not many grains. It was reported that many were transported into Xijing, and the rest seemed to be almost eaten by the army of gangsters who had never eaten enough.

Wang Jiao was not a good person, so he calmly ordered the rich families in the city to send donations, and at the same time sent thousands of troops to raise grain in the surrounding area.

There was a bloody storm for a while, without saying anything.

On August 11, the army did not waste any time, and Wang Jiao led 8,000 vanguard infantry and cavalry to advance westward.

When you encounter a thief city, fight first, but if you fail, you will bypass it and raise food and grass in the wild.

The military strategy is everywhere. When encountering a big city in the middle way, you must pull it out or prepare it before you can continue to advance. The reason is very simple. If you don’t capture these cities, people may take advantage of your main force to leave and fight out in large numbers, cut off your retreat, and surround them from all sides.

But that's the general situation.

What if the enemy has lost the ability to field battles? Do you need to siege the city at this time?

It may be necessary, because most of the second-rate troops maintaining the logistics line are not strong in combat power, and the enemy is fighting with the enemy, and there may be a chance.

But if the ability of the defenders is already to a certain extent, even your second-rate troops cannot fight, and even more than a dozen of you can chase the enemy like a sheep, and beat the drum to make the enemy collapse. Hundreds of people escort their wealth and return home in a swagger. Tens of thousands of enemy troops dare to follow from afar, watching, and not chasing them?

Well, there may not be such an army in the world, and it has not appeared since the Qin and Han Dynasties. The Shen Ce Army dared to at least compete with Huang Chao before running away. It was too useless. It might be incredible that even if they asked them to rob the people, they might not be able to do it.

Wang Jiao thought about it and decided to despise the Southern Barbarians.

If I can't capture the city, I won't waste my life. I will go to the village outside the city to collect food and grass, and grab some money and silk to come back. Can you still sit still?

The defenders were still ashamed, and their eyes were so bloody that some people couldn't stand it, so they sent troops to fight.

Within three days, the Xia army won three battles, killed more than 4,000 thieves, killed one general, and captured dozens of generals and chiefs.

After fighting here, everyone realized that the main force of the Southern Barbarians was indeed finished, and there might be only some economic and institutional troops in Xijing City. Most of the people who guarded the outer cities were temporarily pulled up, and their combat power was really limited. The generals of the Southern Barbarians drove them to fight, which was purely a gift of heads and consumed not much energy.

On August 14th, Zhao Chuan and Meng and Qin surrendered one after another, and the Xia army headed straight to the city of Xijing and stationed in the south of the city.

Xijing is called Yangjumecheng, and it belongs to Dali Prefecture, as well as Yunnan, Zhaochuan, Mengqin and others, so it is also called Dali City.

In the early days of Nanzhao, the capital was in Taihe City (now Xiaguan Town, Dali), which was a mountain city. "He" means mountain slope in Mandarin. It was a capital city for about 40 years.

During the period of Yimuxun, he moved to Yangzhumei City, more than ten miles away, located at the foot of the mountain. It was originally built by the Heman (Baiman). Nanzhao repaired and added it. It was the capital of the country for 123 years. Later, the Dachanghe Kingdom also used this as the capital, and Dayining returned to Taihe City. After the Dali Kingdom was established, he moved back to Yangzhumei.

After Wang Jiao led his army outside the city, he sent troops to capture some prisoners first. After learning that Zheng Renmin had retracted almost all the troops that could fight, he even more contemptuously looked at him.

Is it just like a bird, it looks like a monarch? At the time of the former Tang Dynasty, even a military governor could not do well, so he was directly driven out of office by a arrogant general.

Nanman is still easy to talk to.

On August 15th, Yang Ganzhen, the leader of the Xier River, the governor of Dongchuan, and the governor of Huichuan, led more than 10,000 troops to the north of the city, and immediately entered the Xia camp alone, expressing his obedience.

Wang Jiao went out to the camp to greet him personally, and he gave him enough courtesy.

He knew that the battle to siege Xijing was seven points of politics and three points of military, which was quite complicated, and could not be controlled by his identity, but he also had to give enough face to the Yang family and let the other major tribes take a good look.

That night, the news reached Li Tangbin's army.

Old Li was camping east of Yunnan, collecting food and grass, and was silent for a long time after hearing the news.

The dog god chased him too quickly!

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