The autumn dew is frost and the white mist is vast.

A red light appeared on the horizon, a large cloud of mist rose on the ground, and billions of dewdrops turned into crystal clear like stars.

The morning light on both sides of the Wei River is extremely beautiful, and the mountains in the distance are hidden in the fog, as if they are a fairyland.

Liang Yima turned his head and looked at the broken ancient Wei city wall, and unwillingness flashed in his eyes.

Liang Yongneng was unwilling to give up, and he was even more unwilling to give up. But Liang Yimeng did not realize that it would fail. Unlike the Battle of Huluchuan, the northern part of the ancient Weicheng belonged to the sphere of influence of the Western Xia, while Huluchuan was in the Song Dynasty, which allowed the Song Dynasty to operate for at least decades and had a certain mass base in Xizhicheng. The Battle of Huluchuan was absolutely solid and clear, so when the food and grass were burned, and the cold weather, the three armies seized the energy. In Xizhicheng, the Song people burned the food and grass in Xizhicheng, and there were some food and grass in each battalion army. The people in the suburbs could also provide some logistics, which could at least satisfy the capacity of more than 100,000 troops to survive for a month.

One month is enough.

Even now, Liang Yimeng was still unwilling to accept it and did not conquer the ancient Weicheng, but his idea was to defend the Xijuncheng and counterattack the Kangu Lanzhou.

It’s not surprising that he had this idea. Many Song troops were stationed in Lanzhou area of ​​Kangu, but he had more troops and still had nearly 100,000 soldiers. Not only did he have troops, but behind Kangu was in the territory of Xixia. Empress Dowager Liang was already recruiting troops and preparing to attack both sides of Kangu.

The hardest thing is the army on my nephew's side.

Therefore, he sent someone to the north of Xizhou City yesterday to order Liang Yongneng. The Song army did not really seal Liang Yongneng's army, but the east valley was blocked. On the west side, there were two passes of Anxiang Pass and Bajinbao, which might be taken down. But there was a Song Dynasty pursuer behind him, which was seeking death. But there was another road, crossing the Yellow River, from the mountain road north of Fenglin Gu Pass and then to the bank of the Yellow River in the southwest of Lanzhou. There was a path there, crossing the Yellow River twice, and crossing the Yellow River. There was no small road, now the Song Dynasty has not fully controlled it, so it was controlled. Liang Yongneng still has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, so he can attack it, and then crossing the Yellow River three times, which is the route where the defenders of Jingyu Pass in Lanzhou will escape, and flee to Liangzhou.

Liang Yongneng's sacrifice in this industry would be very heavy, but it was a helpless thing. The two armies could no longer meet together through thousands of mountains and valleys.

In fact, this battle was obviously a failure. If you cannot successfully fight back, it will be considered a failure.

With this feeling, Liang Yi buried his order: "Retreat!"

Tens of thousands of troops retreated to the north tiredly.

Watching the Xixia people retreat slowly, cheers rang out from the head of the ancient Weicheng.

Dou Shunqing said, "Mr. Zheng has finally survived."

"Yes, but the sacrifice was too heavy," Zheng Lang sighed.

It turned out that the plan was not like this. When Zheng Lang came to the northwest, he talked about the plan of the Fanhou. Before the Western Xia army arrived in July, a meeting of the Fanhou was held. Then many Fan and Qiang tribes would be bought, and more troops would join.

However, Zhang Ju proposed a purebred.

Zheng Lang was stunned for a moment, thinking that Zhang Ju refers to the Han people and committed the Han chauvinism.

Then Zhang Ju said eight words, and Zheng Lang understood, the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Feishui!

This purebred has nothing to do with race, but refers to the purebred nature of the army.

In the past, China was unified, and the Han and Tang dynasties could not be counted. It was the collapse of Qin and Sui Dynasty, and the separatist forces in various places had not yet been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The battle between the Northern Wei and Liu and Song dynasties could not be counted, and it was the street. There were only five recovery battles that could be counted. Successful examples were the Jin attacked Wu, Sui attacked Nanchen, and Song conquered Nantang. The failure was the Battle of Chibi and Feishui.

The Jin Dynasty successfully attacked Wu and borrowed the power of Bashu. However, after the Jin Dynasty ruled for many years, and the main army came from the north of the Jin Dynasty, the army was relatively clean. The same was true for the Sui Dynasty, let alone the Song Dynasty, and even did not use Qian Yue's power.

The opposite example is Cao Cao and Fu Jian. In the battle of Cao Cao's Red Cliff, the army was mixed, especially the navy, most of the troops from Jingzhou that had just been conquered. They were defeated with fire and were defeated. Fu Jian's army was even more chaotic, so Zhu Xu shouted in the rear that the Qin army had failed, and the entire army had not yet fought, and it was defeated.

Zhang Ju does not evaluate the gains and losses of the previous five battles, but refers to the plan of the Fanhou. Once the plan of the Fanhou is implemented, the first one can quickly identify the loyalty of each race to the Song Dynasty, especially in the presence of the great enemy, and facilitate the identification of the support objects in the future. The second function is to obtain a group of troops.

But Zhang Ju thought it was inappropriate, that was, he could not work together with some troops. The army was mixed, which might also affect the combat effectiveness of the entire Song army.

In this regard, Zheng Lang did not argue or not, Zhang Ju's statement may not be correct, and it has nothing to do with purebred. The key is integration ability. For example, later Taizu, even Shandong bandits were quickly reorganized, and the army quickly expanded to more than one million, thus gaining the world. Putting aside right or wrong, this integration ability is definitely more than Jiang Zu. The same example is Wanyan Aguda. At the beginning of his rebellion, there were only 3,000 people, but it was these 3,000 people who annihilated the Liao Kingdom and expanded to the Central Plains in a short period of time. In fact, this is not only Wanyan Aguda's military ability, but also a terrible integration ability. Both examples have nothing to do with Zhang Ju's purebred.

However, Zheng Lang did feel that the enemy was facing, and holding a meeting of the Fanhou will bring some uncertainty. Because of the reform, he was attacked by many people as a radical adventure. This is wrong. In fact, Zheng Lang is very conservative in his bones.

If he is radical, Zheng Lang still doesn't know how big the matter will happen over the years.

Therefore, the Fan Housing Conference was postponed.

However, this delay caused many soldiers to suffer casualties. It cannot be said that Zhang Ju is wrong. Although there were a large number of soldiers to suffer casualties, they could guarantee victory and the risk was reduced. It also showed the combat effectiveness of the Song army to Hehuang and had a deterrent effect. Driven by this general policy, Zheng Lang even changed Wang Shao's plan and directly sent troops to Xige City, instead of using Xibawen's hands to defeat Guizhang.

However, Zheng Lang taught by example and conservatives said benevolence. Some people are kind to women, while others have ulterior motives. Zheng Lang does not have kindness to women. If he wants to pacify the northwest, he must make a lot of sacrifices. However, the large number of casualties, especially more than half of the soldiers in Gu Weicheng, still made him very heartbroken.

The sun rose to the sky with bright red ground, and Liang Yi buried his nightmare just began.

The road from ancient Weicheng to Xizhancheng is only more than 100 miles away. It is surrounded by vast mountains and hills, but not just one road. There are also many rugged mountain roads that communicate with the outside world.

These mountain roads are not suitable for large army marching, but can allow small troops to drive. Since the retreat, Song troops emerged from these mountain roads and kept harassing the Xixia army. Once the Xixia army counterattacked, it quickly retreated into the mountains and forests behind. The rugged mountain roads are not suitable for large troops to move forward, and instead become the best natural guarantee for the small Song troops attacking these attacks.

This situation is very similar to the Huluchuan Battle. Although it is not as harmful as it was at that time, it slowed down the pace of the Western Xia army. It took five days for Liang Yimeng to bring the army to Xishi City.

Although the casualties were not large, they further weakened the morale of the soldiers of the Western Xia. In this way, Zhou and Zhang and Yang Sui's army successfully joined forces after defeating Liang Yongneng and rushed to Gu Weicheng. Everyone knew that the Xixia people had failed, and the leaders of various tribes also received some news from Zheng Lang's mouths. Not only were the tribes in Xizhou willing, but also the tribes in Gu Weicheng and Qinzhou willing. With their support, the Song army grew to nearly 70,000.

Zheng Lang personally led the army and slowly came to the west envoy city. In the north, Zhong Yi blocked the Ruzha Valley Road tightly.

This big net finally tightened, enclosing the Xixia army within a very small range.

This approach is very unreasonable in terms of military tactics. If three sieges and one siege, the Song army's approach is likely to make the Xixia people fight to the death. Once the army becomes a mere army, they are eager to escape, and they will burst out with huge combat power.

But Zheng Lang did that.

Because the Xixia army has a fatal weakness. Zhang Ju said that we should keep purebred, the Xixia army is nothing, and this weakness is magnified from beginning to end.

The two armies confronted the city at the Xicheng City, and Zheng Lang sent people to shout, "Surrender and not kill." The people of Xixia were eager to go home, but they had to go home. The Song Dynasty's policy of not killing and captives was effective at this time. In the surrounding area, morale was further reduced due to the Song army's shouting.

Zheng Lang asked the soldiers to name them and asked Zang Huama to surrender. If he does not surrender now, after taking down the Western Envoy City, Zang Huama will definitely end up like Gui Zhang's family.

Of course, this shout may not necessarily work, but it can make Liang Yima suspicious of Zang Huama.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Liang Yimang left some troops to protect Xijuncheng and led a large army to attack Ruzhe Valley. But at this time, many Song troops arrived from Jingyuan Road to Kangu, and Zhang Ju could draw out many troops to defend the Ruzhe Valley. He also built a thick fortification at the mouth of Ruzhe Valley in advance. He attacked for three consecutive days, but Liang Yimang failed. It was not until this time that Xixia recruited 50,000 troops to Tiandu Mountain, and it would take at least several days to reach Kangu.

At the west envoy, Zheng Lang gave Zang Huama an ultimatum. Zang Huama was disheartened when she saw Liang Yimao unable to make a breakthrough in Ruzhagu defense line. Moreover, Gao Yongneng burned the city's food. In order to supplement the supply, Liang Yimao plundered the food from the people, and the people were suffering from the rule. Both sides forced Zang Huamao to surrender.

But he also knew that the treatment of surrender at this time and surrender was different.

Zheng Lang led the army into the city and met Zang Huama. He did not scold him. On the contrary, he comforted him kindly. But this time was not the same. Because of the plunder of the Xixia people, a large number of tribal soldiers were killed and killed, and many tribes outside the city surrendered to the Song Dynasty first. Zheng Lang deliberately supported him, and the Xishi City was no longer the world of Zang Huama. Zang Huama also knew that, but what conditions could the defeated general put forward? While he was submissive, he showed a bitter smile on his lips.

Next, Zheng Lang politely made a request, asking Zang Huama to take the initiative to organize his subordinates into the Song army, advance northward, and engage in a major battle with Liang Yimeng.

Finally, Zheng Lang asked: "Zang Huama, if you feel embarrassed, I will not force you."

Zang Huama said bitterly again: "Mr. Zheng, I agree."

Dare to disagree? But he gave the city of the West and sent troops to attack Liang Yi. In the future, not only did the power in his hands be weakened, but he could only go to the end with the Song Dynasty.

Zheng Lang acted quickly and quickly incorporated the army in Zang Huama's hands into the army and immediately drove northward.

After Liang Yimang learned that the Xicheng City had surrendered, his face changed drastically, and at this time he also received news that Liang Yongneng was wiped out, but he did not expect that the whole army would be wiped out. Because at the same time, he also received another news that the 50,000 Xixia troops rushed to Kangu soon.

Being able to escape from heaven is just doomed to be defeated.

However, he ignored one thing, that is, the composition of his army. The army in Liang Yi's hands is still quite considerable, especially Li Qing's subordinates, because Li Qing was very clever, retreated to Tongwei Fort in advance, and retreated to the west to entrust the city before Liang Yi's burial, and suffered little loss.

However, there were Xu Congkanggu soldiers and Liangzhou soldiers in this army. If he could break through the mouth of Ruzhegu, then these soldiers would come in handy. Now they have not been broken through and trapped at the mouth of Ruzhegu. Behind them, more Song troops chased them from the Xijun City. Many Liangzhou and Kangu soldiers were pessimistic and were shaken in their hearts, wanting to give the letter of fame and let the Song people release them back.

In mid-September, Zheng Lang led his army to the mouth of Ruzhagu. Liang Yimeng launched an attack on the Song army, but he did something wrong. In fact, the elite troops in his hands were still there at this time, especially the Iron Harriers, with little casualties. The Song army came on a long journey, and it was somewhat exhausted. Although the number of troops expanded, it formed very chaotic. The Western Xia army itself was very chaotic. Most soldiers did not want to fight or even wanted to rebel, but these core troops were real wretched soldiers. If the Iron Harriers and the core army launched an attack, it would cause casualties to the Song army. As a result, they would be defeated, but there would be a glimmer of life. However, Liang Yimeng did not, and as before, he still used the Han people and the Liangzhou soldiers in Kangu as cannon fodder and attacked the Song army as vangu, and wanted to use these cannon fodder to consume the Song army.

Just as the two armies were about to collide, the Xixia soldiers suddenly turned against each other and raised their weapons to counterattack the Xia camp. The Song army took advantage of the situation and followed up. Then Zhong Yi and Yan Da led the Song army to fight out of Ruzha Valley. Under the attack on both sides, the Xixia people were defeated.

Li Qing realized something was wrong in the morning. When the forward turned against him, he fled to the vast mountains with his confidants. This made Li Qing escape by chance again, but only hundreds of people escaped. And because of his escape, the collapse of the Xixia army accelerated.

The ace army in Liang Yi's hands was defeated before he could be sent out. He himself was also captured by the Song army who was being searched in a mountain nest.

As Zheng Lang arrived in Lanzhou City, the reinforcements of Xixia had just arrived. However, when he heard that Liang Yi was buried, the entire army was wiped out, and he stayed in Huizhou together and did not dare to move. Zheng Lang ordered people to bury Liang Yi, Liang Yongneng and Liang Gewei brought them up, and some Xixia nobles.

Zheng Lang ignored the others and just stared at Liang Yi and buried him, saying, "Liang Daxiang, you are defeated again."

Liang Yi's face was black and he didn't say anything.

Zheng Lang said again: "I will give you another chance to be Meng Mingshi, come and release these people back."

Meng Mingshi was the son of Baili Xi of Qin. After Duke Wen of Jin, Duke Mu of Qin wanted to be the overlord, so he sent Meng Mingshi to attack Jin. Yu Gushan was defeated by Jin ** team, and he was also captured by Jin. Fortunately, Duke Xiang of Jin was the daughter of Duke Mu of Qin. He pleaded with Duke Xiang of Jin and released Meng Mingshi back. Duke Mu of Qin did not feel ashamed of Meng Mingshi, but reused it again. Duke Mu of Qin continued to use it and attacked Jin for the third time. This time he finally defeated the people of Jin and was frightened. Duke Xiang of Zhou heard about this battle and sent someone to reward Duke Mu of Qin to twelve bronze drums, recognizing Duke Mu of Qin as the Western overlord.

Many generals of the Song army were very puzzled by Zheng Lang's unconditional release of the Liang family and were reluctant. When they heard the words Meng Mingshi again, they looked at Zheng Lang suspiciously. However, Zhang Feng smiled knowingly on the side.
Chapter completed!