Not everyone agrees with Zheng Lang's metaphor. Especially when he put himself along with Han Qi, under Fan Zhongyan and Pang Ji, they both disagree. It also exaggerated the generals and made many scholars and officials dissatisfied.

Everyone has their own right or wrong.

Zheng Lang may not be the strongest point in military affairs. The golden finger will play a role, but it is not a military talent. However, in recent years, from the northwest to the south, the grinding has also been achieved. At least in terms of military cultivation, among the civil officials, only a few of Wang Shao and Zhang Zhi won. If the overall situation is turned into effect, even Wang Shao can only be comparable to Zheng Lang.

Military, Zheng Lang was not an amateur, but also in charge of the Secretariat and the Sansi, so he quickly judged some of the ideas of Wang Zhang and the other two.

Liang Yi cannot be buried.

At first, just for revenge, Liang Yimang still took a cautious attitude. As Zhubao Village was taken down one by one, Liang Yimang relaxed his vigilance. Zhenrong Village was the original military city of Zhenrong Army. Since the expansion of Huaide Army in the north, Zhenrong Village lost its original military value and gradually became one of the economic centers of Jingyuan Road. Later, it was reorganized and Zhenrong Army was dismissed. From Sanchuan Village to Zhenrong Village, Dongshan Village, Ganxing Village, including Dingchuan Village, all were dismissed to the Huaide Army, while Zhangyi Castle and Kaiyuan Castle were dismissed to the jurisdiction of Deshun Army, and the southeast of Pengyang City was under the jurisdiction of Weizhou. Everything was three. The political center and military center were still Pingxia City, but Zhenrong Village became the largest economic center of the Huaide Army.

Liang Yimeng did not lead the army without doing anything in advance, and made some preparations, such as intelligence. There were 10,000 Song troops in the entire Jingyuan Road, but the Deshun Army, Yuanzhou, Jingzhou and Weizhou were stationed in the army, not only to prevent Xixia, but also some of the Chinese and foreigners in the interior. The Song army in the front made preparations. The entire Deshun Army originally had more than 30,000 Song troops, with an increase of 10,000 and more than 40,000, which seemed to be the limit of Jingyuan Road.

The reason is very simple. The cost of raising soldiers in the Weijing Prefectures is almost half that of the Huaide Army. He led a large army to attack, and the Song army compressed them to Pingxia City and Xiaoguan areas, almost cutting them off. Now there are only a small number of fugitive troops in Zhenrong Village, and then they are dispatched. The troops are not large.

If you capture Zhenrong Village, you will gain a lot in this battle.

At this time, he had another chance to take down Jiuyang Fort and other forts. In addition to Shimenxia, ​​he opened another route, and at least he could return to Tiandu Mountain from the small path. But no.

The army arrived at Zhenrong Village.

Liang Yima personally commanded the situation, not as smooth as he imagined, and the situation was critical. Cai Ting also rushed from Weizhou to the front line and was also in Zhenrong Village. He and Yang Sui worked together to command the defense of the military and civilians in the village. The bloody battle began and the battle was extremely fierce. Every day, a large number of soldiers fell down the city.

On the 11th day of the first lunar month, the weather on Jingyuan Road is still very cold.

The Huaide army was in the north, and it was even colder.

At dusk, a group of Song troops came out of Jiuyangzhai.

This location is very important. Xiaguan Town Qiang Village, Unicom Deshun Military City, Haoshuichuan, and remotely control Dingchuan Village Sanchuan Village in the southeast. The northeast is directed to Shimen Fort and the east is Gaoping Village. It turns out that Wang Shao and Zhang Shi both thought that there would be some trouble, but they didn't expect that Liang Yi would not touch him. This is the best.

The three armies gathered in the open area of ​​Jiuyang Valley outside the village.

The sky was getting darker and colder, but it was far from comparable to Miao Shu's night attack against Dongguan some time ago. Although it was cold, it could be tolerated by the soldiers. Dou Shunqing was named one by one, and each team returned to his position. Dou Shunqing said, "Set out!"

Three thousand soldiers drove towards Gaopingzhai.

On the other hand, another team of people from Huaiyuan Village set out towards Zhenqiang Fort, who came to support him from the Deshun Army, and they marched at night. The fourth update entered the village to rest. The team of people will enter Jiuyang Fort to fill the vacuum of Dou Shunqing's departure at the fourth update tonight.

Not only were these troops set out, but there were many, scattered in all directions of Hulu River, but there were teams of people riding horses and carrying some luggage on their backs.

At the end of the second update, not far from Gaoping Village, Dou Shunqing stopped, then looked at his subordinates, pointed at the two of them and said, "Qu Zhen, Guo Cheng, you have led a team of soldiers to Hulu River to ignite that."

Dou Shunqing didn't know what military abilities the two had, but when he was training, he saw that the two generals were very brave and clever, so he handed over the burden to the two generals.

"Here." The two of them rode on their horses and replied, leading a hundred soldiers to the east and quickly disappeared into the night.

There was still snow on the ground, and horses wrapped around their hooves, and they went east, making only a slight shattering sound in the night. After a while, these hundred people rushed to Gaoping Village without knowing each other, but on the south side of Gaoping Village, with the help of the gaps of sparse trees, you can see that there were a large number of patrolling Xixia soldiers on the top of the city. Since the fall of Shengdong Pass, Xixia has also become tight at night.

The group did not disturb the situation and sneaked to the south, which was the source of the canal in the village. When they arrived at the Hulu River, they turned over and dismounted, took out shovels from the horse's back, and dug the mud. The mud was frozen and hard, and it was very difficult to dig. But here was more than two miles away from Gaoping Village, and the Xixia people would not patrol here late at night. Everyone was not in a hurry, and carefully lifted the layers of soil on it, revealing huge skins. These days, Wang Shao and Zhang Feng have been worried about these skins.

It is logical that it is nothing. It is cold and the soil is hard. Who can go to the source to dig the soil? But God knows if any accidents will happen? Fortunately, it has not moved. Liang Yi is eager to seek merit and did not notice any details.

Gaoping Village brought living water into the village. In fact, most fortresses attracted living water, and even built multiple wells in the village. Yuan Hao from Dingchuan Village wanted to kill the Song army to death. This incident did not last long, and everyone was deeply engraved.

However, some changes were made later, and the source extended to the south by several hundred meters. This change would make the water flow more urgent. In addition, there was a sluice gate in the city, which was also demolished not long ago. The canal in the village was added and extended, so that the water would pass through the village for a longer time. They were all small details and difficult to detect. But it was fatal.

The soil layers finally turned all over, and Guo Cheng whispered: "Let's start."

They took out their swords one by one and chopped them towards the skin. Soon the dark liquid inside the skin flowed from under the ice layer to Gaopingzhai along with the water.

Guo Cheng turned his horse on his back and looked at the north silently.

These sacs are tincture oil. That is, oil. Some oil fields will automatically spray or spread oil out of the surface, collect it by the Song people, and widely used it in military affairs. This is the inspiration that Zhang Qing got after seeing nearly a thousand words about oil records in Zheng Langge's physics. It is lighter and flammable than water. Unless it is covered with sand, the more it is used to put the fire in the fire, the bigger the fire.

After a while, the skin became empty.

There was some commotion in the village over there, and the canal water turned black. Sooner or later, it would be discovered. Guo Cheng raised the scimitar in his hand, and a team of soldiers began to trot all the way, smashing the ice on the canal water, and then throwing torches one by one.

A fire dragon quickly spread to the village. Although it was cold, in the first month, the ice was insufficient in thickness. After the fire was roasted, it melted quickly. The fire dragon rushed into the village. It turned into dozens of fire dragons. Under the violent northwest wind at night, it burned the houses and warehouses beside the canal one by one.

This is a horn.

As Gaoping Village fired, countless black shadows emerged from the night sky, pouring bags of things on the horse's back into various wells and ditches. After falling down, they quickly disappeared into the darkness.

The Xixia people in Gaoping Village were in chaos. Some people ignored the orders and actually opened the gate of the village and fled out. Guo Cheng shouted, "Come on."

They were closest to Gaopingzhai and took down the city gate first.

One hundred people, divided into two groups, rushed towards Gaopingzhai with lightning speed.

When he arrived at the gate of Gaoping Village, Guo Cheng took the lead in killing several people, fought a bloody path, rushed to the top of the city, protected the slings, and prevented the Xixia people from pulling them up. With Dou Shunqing's three thousand troops and horses arrived, there were many Xixia people in Gaoping Village, with 5,000 troops. But in a panic, they fought on their own, and in a while, most of them were killed or captured, and only a few people escaped. Gaoping Village changed hands again.

This kind of battle uses more money and silk. However, more money is used, the effect is better. However, Dou Shunqing did not greedy for guarding Gaoping Village, but burned all the materials and houses in the village, then withdrew from Gaoping Village, set out north, rushed to Shimenxia, ​​and built a checkpoint at the entrance of the gorge.

At dawn on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Liang Yimang was shocked when he received the news. Almost all the logistics supply stayed in Gaoping Village. One fire burned and there was no supply, and Zhenrong Village could not be captured. Now there are only two roads to choose from. The first one changed to attack other villages in order to obtain supply, and the second one retreated immediately. However, underestimating the enemy, he still chose the second road, turned to the west, and attacked Dingchuan Village again. Dingchuan Village, like Shimen Fort, was also one of the shames of Xixia. First destroyed Shimen Fort, and then destroyed Dingchuan Village, its significance was no less than that of the Song army burning the Xixia Tiandu Palace.

From beginning to end, Liang Yimeng made a misjudgment, believing that the Song Dynasty army was a regular army, including Zheng Lang, who used the people to defend the city and did not use it for field battles. There were not many soldiers and horses in Dingchuan Village. Taking Dingchuan Village could threaten Jiuyang Castle. It not only obtained logistics supply, but also advanced or retreat.

In fact, this idea is wrong. If it was not expanded before the Song Dynasty, this idea was beyond refutation. However, after the expansion, after the reduction, many foreign soldiers and archers were removed from Jingyuan Road. This measure was to allow the people to cultivate and survive. The previous training results were still there. Including Cai Ting, although many soldiers and military service were removed, they continued to organize archers training in autumn and winter. The power of the people still exists. It is to disturb the people during normal use. At this time, in order to protect their homes, why can't it be used?

When Liang Yimeng attacked Dangqiang Village, Cai Ting had organized 40,000 archers one after another. Some had entered Pingxia City, Gugaoping Fort, Huimin Fort, Donghewan Fort, Sakou Fort, Suirong Fort, Tongyuan Fort, Shengqiang Fort. Some were in the rear. After the war broke out, they rushed one after another and entered Dingchuan Village, Sanchuan Village, Dongchuan Village and other forts. If Liang Yimeng did not seek the supplies from Zhenrong Village, they would directly attack Jiuyang Village and Dingchuan Village, or there would be a turning point. At this time, the attack was too late. It might be possible to capture it, but most of the supplies were burned. Is there still time for Liang Yimeng to do this?

Liang Yi's rebirth was moved to Dingchuan Village, and the Ganxing Village Battle began.

Last time he played an inauspicious role, Liu Changzuo was worried, Wang Shao made him quarrel, and this time he gave him a chance to make contributions, taking Liu Shaoyong, Li Hao and Yao backwards step by step, and he had to keep himself from sacrifice too much, and not to make Liang Yi suspicious. This retreat is very knowledgeable.

In fact, Ganxing Village had the power to fight 20,000 Xixia soldiers outside the village. The most deadly Liang Yimang ignored another place. Yuanzhou and Yuanzhou, two more fiercely, dared to go around from Yuanzhou to Huanzhou. Then he entered the Zhejianghui from Huanzhou, attacked the Xixia camp, and made great contributions and returned safely. Both types should not be underestimated. Moreover, Yuanzhou had already opened the road to Ganxing Village and Tiansheng Village. It has endured now. Just now, it is time to go. Just when he heard that Gaoping Village supplies were burned, the soldiers in Xixia were panic and did not achieve success in attacking the city for several days. When morale was low, the two types came to kill. Liu Changzuo decisively opened the gate of the village. He cooperated inside and outside, defeated the Xixia East Road army, killed more than 4,000 people on the spot, captured more than 2,000 people, and then chased after them one after another, and killed more prisoners, and finally less than 7,000 people were able to escape back to Xixia.

The news reached Liang Yi's ears and felt something was wrong. It was not until this time that he stopped fantasizing and ordered the withdrawal of troops. Dingchuan Village and other fortresses had not been taken down, so he had to follow the north of Zhenrong Village and follow Huluchuan and retreat from Wuyan Gorge. What a big circle it took? If you go from Dingchuan Village and Jiuyang Valley, although the road is difficult, you will reach Tiandu Mountain for only about two hundred miles, and this circle becomes five or six hundred miles. The nightmare begins. Almost all the water sources are poisoned, and even when you reach Huluchuan, in front of the Xixia people, the Song army knocks on the ice and pours piles of things into the Hulu River. In fact, in the end, there is no way that there are so many arsenic crotons, and most of them are poured with pigments. But this is even more insulting.

In winter, the water is small, and the water flow is relatively smooth, and because the upper layer is iced. After the pigment falls down, it will not melt for a long time, and the river cage has a strange color. Who dares to eat this water?

Not only that, Jingyuan Road also produces one, horse!

Horses are more useful than cattle. Zheng Lang used them to cultivate the land, but they also had a greater function, transport. Therefore, when horses in the Tang Dynasty were at their peak, the official horses reached almost 700,000, not including folk horses, but the price of horses was still above fifteen yuan.

Horses were even more expensive in the Song Dynasty.

Nowadays, due to the large-scale breeding, the price is still more expensive than the Tang Dynasty. A good horse can cost thirty crores, and a worse horse is at least nearly twenty crores. Either the cheapest ones are the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and they can only be used as horses for farming.

Zheng Lang promoted alfalfa cultivation, and almost no scholar-officials paid attention to it. It was because of the cultivation of this alfalfa, which led to the strength of ancient Rome and the prosperity of animal husbandry. After more than ten years of implementation, the whole north had seen results. Raising 100,000 horses in the Shaanxi court was helpless. Raising a horse was also very expensive and he dared not raise too much. In addition to the court, there were also folks, including Han people and French people, mostly for trade with Han people. It is unknown how many people are, but there are only a few more horses than the court. Among them, Jingyuan Road accounts for at least half of the number because it is open.

There are horses and people. The soldiers of Western Xia boarded horses and dismounted horses for the people. Their training may be less than that of the archers of the Song Dynasty. The individual combat power is fierce, and they can live in marginal areas. Is the Fanzi here in the Song Dynasty fierce? If they are properly organized, everyone will be with each other.

Moreover, there are three types of generals, Yao, Yang Sui, Dou Shunqing, Liu Changzu, Miao Su, Wang Guangzu, Wang Wenyu, Liu Shaoneng, Li Hao, Liu Zhongwu, Qu Zhen, Guo Cheng, Jia Yan, Zhang Yundiao. Some of them were excavated and used, and some were used, but they have not been reused yet.

These generals were all famous generals later. In terms of generals, the Song army was far superior to the Western Xia army at this time.

When Liang Yimeng retreated his army to Zhenrong Village, the nightmare began.

The generals came from all directions with a group of Song Dynasty cavalry.

When the Xixia people organized a counterattack, they quickly retreated. If they could chase them, they would even slow down and let the Xixia people chase them. When they chased them far away, they would surround them from all directions and quickly annihilate them. If they did not chased them, they would breathe a little while away and come to harass them.

Zhang Feng did not ask about how much money he spent, but he was amused when he heard the news and said, "It's better to be a cavalry."

Every time the harassment is not very large, so I rushed over, fought fiercely for a while, and ran away. I came back later.

How can the Xixia people get faster in this situation?

Moreover, not only were the cavalrymen, but also a large number of civilians, as well as some Han infantry soldiers.

He moved back step by step. When he was thirsty, he could only use snow water. He didn't dare to drink anything except snow water. There was supply in the rear, but at this time the Song army exposed his fangs. Countless troops emerged from Pingxia City, Tongxia Village, and Gugaoping Fortress. They did not fight against the main force buried by Liang Yi, but it was enough to annihilate the logistics transportation troops of Xixia. Moreover, the Song army was cruel enough, not greedy or greedy. After defeating the logistics troops, they quickly burned the fire and burned the air. They couldn't save them even if they wanted to save them.

After moving for six or seven days, the exhausted Xixia people came to Shimenxia with difficulty.

Dou Shunqing had been waiting for a long time.

A village was rebuilt, which was built with fences and stone villages, but it was enough to defend against the Xixia army with low morale at this time. Moreover, after many days of preparation, although the village was built with grass, there were sufficient weapons inside. The Xixia people launched an attack, and the Song army did not go out to fight, so they hid in the village, and fired artillery, ** bags and crossbows at the same time. They could conquer, but if they wanted to capture it, they had to be highly morale so that the soldiers would dare to approach the village regardless of the danger.

The two attacks started were very fierce, and they all wanted to go home.

Then under the counterattack of the Song army, two waves of attacks were repelled one after another, and they were both cold and hungry. Some soldiers had not had a meal for two or three days and could only take wild vegetables from the snow to fill their hunger. Their true form was revealed. No matter how Liang Yi shouted, they would not listen.

But it was not a nightmare. After a day of attack, Guo Cheng took the initiative to ask for his order. With the help of the night, he led hundreds of suicide squads to use the cover of the mountains on both sides to touch the Xixia rear camp and kill him. He fired another fire to burn out one of the only food and grass in Xixia.

Seeing the food and grass fire, without Liang Yimeng's instructions, the Xixia soldiers spontaneously "retreat" and fled from Shimenchuan to Wuyanqianxia, ​​and then tried to escape from Wuyanqianxia to Wuyanxia. Afterwards, Zhang Feng scolded Guo Cheng fiercely, but I was not ready yet, so you let them defeat themselves!

But Wang Shao likes it very much, it’s good, it’s very brave, I like it.

The fact was defeated too quickly, and no one was ready afterwards. After the spies reported, Wang Shao and Zhong Yan hurriedly organized the army to intercept them. As a result, the next day, the deserters of the Xixia people were everywhere, and it was difficult to catch them.

Many people escaped, and many people did not know the terrain, wandered around the mountains, either starved to death, frozen to death, or shot to death. Liang Yimeng rushed over with an army of 120,000 and attacked at Zhenrong Village, destroying more than a dozen forts. As a result, less than 50,000 people could go back.

On the 20th day of the first lunar month, the battle report was delivered to the capital with a fast horse.

Everyone was confused.

I'm confused.

Or as Zheng Lang said, if you can win, you didn’t expect that it was this way of victory.

We defeated the Xixia army, fought, and fought many times, but how to fight, defend, retreat, defend, and retreat again. Either the battle of Ganxingzhai was considered a real battle, but it could only be considered a medium-sized battle. The total number of troops dispatched by both sides was only 50,000. But this was a war that nearly 300,000 participated! Apart from this battle, what was then? There was no decent battle.

Zhao Xu looked at two newspapers, one written by Cai Ting and the other written by Wang Shao, which was written in detail, but after reading it, he raised his head and asked blankly: "Ji, is this a victory?"
Chapter completed!