Zhe Keshi led his cavalry out of Huanzhou and walked directly along an ancient road towards Jingbian Village.

This road has existed since the Han Dynasty. For more than a thousand years, it has always been the Yan Road from Shaanxi to Yanzhou.

The Song Dynasty called it: a narrow road in the carriage.

As the name suggests, this road is relatively narrow, although it has been traveling through valleys and hills.

But the roads are flat and there are almost no difficult roads.

The area along this route is the territory where the Western thief Weiming family started.

After Li Jiqian rebelled, he fled from Xiazhou to Di Zejin.

Di Zejin is located in the hinterland of Yanzhou, in the vast sea of ​​800 miles.

Therefore, Dangxiang people have always paid great attention to controlling this path.

However, now the main force in Yuzhou, Xixia, suddenly fought in the fortification area of ​​Dashun City.

The Shizhou Xiangyou Military Supervision Office, which was originally a cover for its flanks, fought with Liu Changzuo with wits and courage on Fuyan Road, and could only send a small number of troops to cover it.

Moreover, the time to set off is very good.

He was Huanzhou at noon at the time of Renxu in September, with 1,500 cavalrymen leading horses and walking.

By the time they arrived at Jingbian Village, it was already midnight that day.

After a short rest in Jingbian Village, they rushed out of the village before dawn and marched northward.

This time they no longer cherish their horsepower, and they walked in a hurry.

Three hours before dawn, one thousand five hundred cavalry rushed for eighty miles, without encountering any obstacles along the way, nor were they discovered by the Dangxiang people.

They then jumped out of the defense line composed of the three villages of the Dangxiang people, Jintang and Houqiao.

I walked around to Wangpanshan behind Houqiao Village (in today's Dingbian County, Yulin, Shaanxi).

This place is less than 120 miles north of Yanzhou, and less than 200 miles north of Jianing, the capital of Yuzhou in Western Xia.

Zhe Keshi ordered to rest and feed horses in Wangpan Mountain. At the same time, he sent more than a dozen scouts familiar with the geography of Xixia, disguised as Dangxiang messengers or scouts from Youzhou and Shizhou to conduct investigations.

In the evening of that day, Zhe Keshi received a scout report, saying that he found that there were many people and frequent exchanges on the roads outside Houqiao Village in the Western thief.

Zhe Keshi immediately knew that the supplies of the Western thieves' soldiers and horses were probably transported to the front through this place.

It just so happens that Houqiaozhai and the Western thief Weizhou Jingsai Military Supervisory Office are convenient for transportation.

In the past, the military supervision department of the Western Thieves South Court, which had been confronting the Song Dynasty on Huanqing Road, was also the cluster of the Western Thieves South Court headed by the Jingsai Military Supervision Department of Weizhou.

But now, all the elite troops in Weizhou have been transferred away and went to Tiandu Mountain.

Therefore, the Youzhou Military Supervision Office, which was originally responsible for Weizhou logistics, came to attack.

Therefore, it is reasonable for the Western thieves to choose Weizhou to transport food and grass and weapons to the troops in Youzhou.

Zhe can make a decision immediately and send scouts immediately to strengthen investigations from Houqiaozhai to Huluhe, in order to lock in or find the baggage location or commander agency of the Western thieves.

...

In late autumn nights, it is cold and lonely.

He pulled Jueweiming to look at the messenger in front of him in silence.

An envoy from Liang Yi.

"Why does the Prime Minister disagree with our army's retreat?" He stared at the other party and asked: "The Southern Barbarian Dashun City, Huaian Town, etc. are on high alert, and our army will find it difficult to succeed. If it is delayed, once the Southern Barbarian Fuyan Road takes out his hand, breaks Suizhou and cuts off my retreat, I am afraid that Youzhou will not be protected, Youzhou will not be protected, Lingzhou and Xiazhou will be in danger!"

The envoy did not answer his question, but said toughly: "The Prime Minister said: No matter what, please hold on to Dashun City for a few more days!"

When I heard this, I felt a little irritable.

This time he came to avenge his shame.

I originally thought that the unknown civil servant on the Southern Barbarian Huanqing Road would make mistakes even if he would not be in chaos when facing his invasion from Youzhou.

Let him find an opportunity to avenge his previous shame.

However, nearly half a month after the Kuangmao City Fortification Area, he found that the opponent's southern barbarian defense line was even harder to chew than in the past.

Their forts have now become hedgehogs and sinister poisonous snakes.

Every time you attack the city, it is a nightmare.

Because there will always be some Southern barbarian cavalry appearing on his flank and behind.

The dozens or hundreds of forts spread out on the border of the Southern Barbarians became the attack bases for these cavalry.

It made him unable to defend himself and also made him in trouble.

So, even though he fought for so long, he seemed to have suffered a small loss - for so many days, the elite he brought had only lost hundreds or dozens of people.

Most of the losses are young, strong, women and children.

Moreover, most of these people were Qiang people he forced to recruit from the northern foot of Hengshan Mountain.

However, only he himself knew how uncomfortable this war was for him.

The food brought by Youzhou was gradually consumed, and the livestock that followed the army began to starve.

The food in Weizhou cannot be supplied.

So, he had already felt relieved.

In any case, the three thousand elite cavalry he brought from Ganzhou should not suffer any losses.

This is the capital of the family!

He brought these people here to make a fortune.

Not cannon fodder for Liang Yip to make achievements!

But the messenger opposite him didn't care about the difficulties he was facing at all.

He was demanding that he must insist on attacking the fortification area of ​​Dashun City, and to attract the main force of the Song army's Huanqing Road for the battle in Dingxi City.

Prevent it from being with the Song army on Jingyuan Road and supporting the direction of Dingxi City.

The more I think about it, the more angry I become.

So he simply said to the envoy: "Weizhou's food and grass cannot be brought up. Our army will continue to fight Dashun City and Huaian Town. Once the flank Shizhou Xiangyou Military Supervisory Office is destroyed by the Southern Barbarians, I am afraid that Lingzhou will be in trouble!"

When the Southern Barbarians attacked Xia in the five routes, the biggest threat to the Dabai Gaoguo was the army of Zhuangyu that broke out from the Fuyan Road.

He swept across thousands of troops and broke through the city, broke through several defense lines, and directly killed most of the Dabai Gao Kingdom and fought to Lingzhou.

If it weren't for the help of the foreign relatives of the Southern Barbarians, Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Youzhou and Shizhou would probably not be owned by Dabai Gaoguo.

The entire northern foot of Hengshan will also fall into the hands of the Nanman.

In this way, the country of Dabai Gaoguo is not far from being destroyed!

The envoy said: "Weizhou Military Supervision Department has tried its best to raise food and grass."

"Besides, the prince-consort is on the back of Jin Tang, Bai Bao and other villages, and he can move forward and retreat freely. What are the worries and fears?"

Song and Xia have always been tit-for-tat in the area where Huanqing Road is located.

The two countries' borders are densely packed with fortifications, making it difficult for either side to break through the other side's defense.

The Xixia Fortification Area, with Jintang, Baibao and Houqiao Village as the core, is not as good as the Dashun City and Huaian Town Fortification Area in Songting.

But as long as the troops are sufficient, it will be enough to cause the attacking Song army to suffer huge losses.

He pulled Jueweiming to look at the other party: "But I am worried that Shizhou Xiangyou Military Supervisory Office is not a match for the Southern Barbarians!"

"Can the Prime Minister guarantee that the Shizhou Xiangyou Military Supervisory Office can fight against the offensive of the Southern Barbarians' Fuyan Road?"

The commander of Fuyan Road is Liu Changzuo, a powerful general in the Southern Barbarians!

The troops he brought were even more brave soldiers brought out by the Southern Barbarian general Zhong Yan.

No one dared to stroke the tiger's beard.

Therefore, this time, Liang Yibi's deployment was actively attacking Song Realm.

There are only two places, only to be kept.

One is the Zuoxiang Shenyong Military Supervisor Office, and the other is the Shizhou Xiangyou Military Supervisor Office.

So Liang Yibi personally came forward and invited two generals to go to the left-wing Shenyong Military Supervisor and Shizhou Xiangyou Military Supervisor.

The one who served as the Zuoxiang Shengong Military Supervisor was Wei Mingliangming, who was guarding the Weifu Military Supervisor of Heishan.

You can tell by looking at the name. This is the sect king of Wei Mingjia.

And he is a sect king who is very close to Wu Zu's bloodline!

His ancestors were Li Jiyuan, the brother of Taizu!

He is of the same generation as Yizong (Li Liangzuo). He has been guarding the Weifu Military Supervisory Office of Heishan for 30 years. He is skilled in using troops and is steady.

He is also a die-hard ally of the Liang family among the Wei Mingjia.

Wei Mingliangming was a powerful figure in Wei Ming master who firmly opposed the reform of Yizong and the sinicization of the Chinese nation.
To be continued...