Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 571 Song Xia Vs Lu Qi
Naturally, Lu Qian knew about Wang Jin, and even knew that because of his disciple Shi Dalang's 'rebellion', he was sent back to Yan'an Mansion under the protection of the teacher.But Yue Fei didn't recognize Shi Jin's master. Shi Dalang can only be regarded as a middle-level general of the Liangshan Army now, not enough 'qualification' for Yue Fei to remember him in his heart.Otherwise, he would have used Shi as a raft in the battle just now.

However, regardless of the dialogue between Yue Fei and Wang Jin, it is an undoubted fact that the Liangshan army reached the city of Yan'an and defeated Wang Jin who went out of the city to fight.Because of the wonderful duel with Wang Jin in the formation, Yue Fei, big and small, was well-known among the Song Army in Yan'an Mansion.

Not to mention that he would continue to fight under the city, which would further enhance his prestige.

It is fate to be able to dress like Wang Jin, but it is even more rare to be able to fight with Wang Jin with two guns at the same time.Especially when people are still young.

But how can this kind of words circulated in the army and soldiers be more shocking than the rumor that the Liangshan army has passed through the Yinzhou of Xixia, broke the Suide army, and killed the city of Yan'an?

The volume of this message is too large, and the information contained in it is too much.

It can be said that the uproar spread all the way to Huazhou.Mr. Liu is stationed in Huazhou.He is the highest person in charge of Zhao Song's entire northwest war situation. He needs the president to plan three battles, so he will never appear on the front line.

There were no major changes in the battlefields of Wuguan and Tongzhou. On the battlefield in the middle, the Liangshan army had not yet reached Tongguan.Liu Fa confidently said to Li Hui yesterday: "There is no need to worry about this battle."

In his eyes, the strength of the Western Army is not enough to face the Liangshan Army head-on.But relying on mountains and rivers and only doing defense, there is really no reason for defeat.But today he received such bad news, it can be called a bolt from the blue!This immediate flag is embarrassing.

However, Liu Fa was a veteran on the battlefield and had a strong heart. He quickly recovered his mood and ordered the remaining troops in Yanzhou, Fangzhou and other places to rush to Yan'an for reinforcements. At the same time, he sent orders to the Western Army in Qinfeng, Jingyuan and other places.This is not the time to shirk and make trouble. If Yan'an is broken, the door to Guanzhong will be open.The Liangshan Army continues to advance in. When Guanzhong is lost and only the land of Guanxi is left, the Liangshan Army will no longer attack. Will the Western Army be able to support it?

What kind of desolate places are those places?Could it have been possible to support an army of hundreds of thousands without relying on the support of the imperial court?

Liu Fa believes that such a simple truth is understood by everyone.He also believed that the Western Army was still loyal to the Zhao and Song courts, and he was not happy without money to reward him. However, when the fire came, there would still be many people who put the overall situation first.

After all, Zhao Song has raised several generations of them.

"Now the comparison is who can mobilize troops faster. Liangshan bandits can defeat 3000 people from Wang Jin's department. It can be seen that Zhang Shen led troops to support them, so they retreated immediately. It can be seen that their strength is not large. And they have to pay attention to their backs. It walks through, and I don't know how much it will lose, and it will definitely retaliate..."

Liu Fa frowned: "This is a crisis, but also an opportunity!"

As long as Yan'an can be defended, the Liangshan army will not be able to advance south, and the Western thieves will definitely kill them.At that time, the situation will be greatly unfavorable to the Liangshan Army.

Liu Fa was extremely unwilling to cooperate with the Xixia Army from a personal emotional point of view, but he knew that if the situation really reached that point, and if he really did not cooperate, then it was time for him to step down.

After all, Zhao Song and Xixia are currently in the mode of 'peaceful coexistence', and the agreement has been signed for a long time.

As a veteran who has been in the battlefield and officialdom for more than 30 years, what could he not think of?What do not you get?Even if you feel worthless for the death of the Western Army's robe, what can you do?Just like Sima Xianggong wanted to return Mizhi and others to Xixia.

How many soldiers of the Western Army suffered from hearing the news, but what can they do?

As soon as he received the bad news from the north, he saw the next step, the next step, the next step.

Not to mention how this kind of news was spread and fermented in Guanzhong, nor how the intelligence department's subordinates, such as Li Mida and Li Yanxian, were active in Guanzhong. In the following days, Liangshan's army reached Tongguan, Xu Ning returned to Nanyang from Wuguan. In Puzhou on the other side of Tongzhou, Liangshan Army troops were frequently mobilized, but they could not attract anyone's attention.

Everyone's attention is on Yan'an and Xixia.

The people in Kansai have a good understanding of the Song and Xia battles, and many of them are well aware of some strategic locations.Liang Shanjun wanted to pass through Xixia Yinzhou "quietly", but he wanted to offend the Xixia people severely.How can the latter swallow his anger?
Therefore, the current situation is a competition, a competition between Zhao Song, Lu Qi and Xi Xia.According to the intelligence department's report, according to the news from Li Mida, the officials in Kansai have already rushed to communicate with Xi Xia, and it doesn't matter what the purpose is.

Xixia is also a paper tiger. He can join forces with Zhao and Song to deal with the Liangshan Army. Why bother to fight to the death with the Liangshan Army by himself?

Now the Liangshan Army is desperately mobilizing troops, and the Xixia and Song armies are also desperately mobilizing troops. It depends on whether the main force of the Liangshan Army can arrive before their front troops are defeated by the Song and Xia armies.It was the Song Army and the Xixia people who joined forces to respond to the enemy. On the eve of the arrival of the main force of the Liangshan Army, they completely defeated the Liangshan Army that entered northern Shaanxi.

Lu Qian would never allow the Song and Xia armies to merge. This vanguard army defeated the Zuoxiang Shenyong Army Division, so he would naturally have full control of Jialu River. If he sent reinforcements into the Suide Army, there would be no need Back to the old path.

In order to strengthen the fighting spirit of the vanguard, he personally led the first batch of reinforcements forward.The fast horse led a guard cavalry and galloped to Jinning in the east of the river at starry night.

With the Jialu River in hand, the Liangshan Army can cross the Yellow River in the Jinning territory under Linzhou, pass through the Jialu River, and head westward into northern Shaanxi.This Jinning is the former Jinning Army, that is, the early Jialu Village. The city is on the west bank of the Yellow River, and that section of the river is the most stable.

When you reach the west bank of the Yellow River, you will find the lush Jialu River outside the city, and Qingbianzhai is not a few miles to the west.

Zhao Song is not a fool, how could he not know that the communication between Hedong and Guanzhong is inconvenient?And how can you not know the convenience of passing through Jialu Village?So they marched into Jialu River long ago, and established Jialu Village.Xixia is also not a fool, or why set up a military division here in the middle of the Wuding River?When the two sides were fighting earlier, a lot of blood was shed around the Jialu River.

This Jialu River is an important link in the construction of the Hengshan barrier during the Shenzong period to attack the west.In the fifth year of Yuanfeng, the Jinglue Division of Yanyan Road captured Jialuyan from Xixia and built it as a village.Although the village is isolated in the enemy's territory and it is difficult to transfer food and salaries, its strategic value is needless to say.In the Yuanyou period, Sima Guang, who was in power, generously returned this place together with Mizhi and other places to Xixia, and the two sides negotiated a peace.It wasn't until the end of Zhezong's period that the offensive to the west was reopened, and the village and Mizhi were recaptured by the Northern Song Dynasty, and the army village was built again.In order to protect Jialuzhai and its surrounding cultivated land, and to connect East Road and Yanyan Road, several other fortresses were built around Jialuzhai in the Northern Song Dynasty. There are two counties and ten forts.

However, there have been many changes during this period.Setting up military strongholds in dangerous terrain was an effective means for the Song Dynasty to contain Xixia's attacks and gradually erode its territory for decades.However, the large number of fortresses also caused the defense line to be too long and the troops to be too scattered, which was not conducive to the effect of guerrilla warfare or mobile warfare.

Moreover, it is not easy to build a fortress in the northwest, and it is even more difficult to maintain the existence of the fortress.After the fort is completed, it is still necessary to collect mountain trees to repair enemy buildings, battle towers, houses, barracks and city defense equipment, and to station troops for defense.

How can Guanzhong be self-sufficient for hundreds of thousands of troops?Must rely on supplies from the mainland.

This huge military expenditure was a heavy financial burden on the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was bound to increase the burden on the people, especially the people in the northwest region.By the time of Zhao Ji, it would not be an exaggeration to say that all the wealth in the world had been transported to the west.How can the national power not be in trouble?In addition to the struggle between the old and the new parties after Shenzong, the northwest forts were built, abandoned, and gained and lost. Just like the military forts under the jurisdiction of the Jin-Ning Army in the past, several routes were changed.The soldiers below were all in chaos.

When Zhao Ji came to power, the main war faction had the absolute upper hand. However, with the rise of Lu Qian in Shandong, and the situation in the Central Plains changed, it would have a different face.And Xixia was not a good bird, and its own strength was very weak. But seeing the changes in the Central Plains, the Song army had no time to take care of it, so it came out again and declined. The Northern Song Dynasty was weak and had no choice.

Many Song army camps on the Jialu River were taken away by the Xixia people, or the Song army gave up on their own initiative.Then they were destroyed by the Xixia Army one after another.

In this way, Lu Qian mobilized his troops to fight against the Suide army. Logically speaking, he could go to the Jialu River to clear the border village, but then what?The Xixia people woke up in shock, so the commander of the brave army in the left wing should not immediately prepare the army for war.Regardless of the real combat strength of tens of thousands of men, even a group of mobs can make Liangshan's army look like a sharp edge.

Therefore, Lu Qian simply asked people to knock out the heroic military division in the left wing. This would not bring peace in the short term.As for the future, there is no need to worry about it. Sooner or later, we will face each other. What are you afraid of?
Later, he was able to mobilize troops and horses directly through Jialuchuan to go to northern Shaanxi.

If so, for the next half a month, all parties can bear it.

It wasn't until April that the battle in Yan'an Mansion started again.It's just that the general is not Hua Rong, nor Tang Bin, but Lu Qian!Such a long time is enough for him to rush here quickly.

At the same time, the attacking party in the war was no longer the Liangshan Army, but the Song Army.

When Lu Qian saw the city wall of Yan'an, his heart felt cold.No matter how many soldiers he has under his command, he doesn't want to bury his life here.

Yan'an City is located at the top of the corner of Qingshui River, which is at the intersection of three post roads in the east, south and north.The city wall stretches up and down along the Phoenix Mountain in the west, and stretches along the Qingshui River in the east.The city section on the mountain is cut into gullies, steep and dangerous.The flat part of the city is in the shape of a boat. The circumference of the city pool is only nine li, three feet high, and two feet deep.However, the city walls are all made of huge stone blocks, and the interior is filled with soil.

There are three city gates, the East is called Dongsheng Gate, the south is called Shunyang Gate, the north is called Anding Gate, and there is a small east gate called Jinyang Gate.The west is surrounded by mountains, and the west building of the town is built on it.It was limited by the terrain and location, and the west gate could not be built. Only a coupon-shaped arch hole with a width of about 2 meters was left on the west side of the north city gate corner, which was called "Xiaoximen". For people to walk in and out.

Such a city has enough soldiers and food, so it is not easy to take it down?The biggest difference between Shanxi and Hedong is that the Hedong Army is weak and has few major generals, while the Guanzhong Western Army has more soldiers and more generals, and more people who can fight and dare to fight.

Therefore, Lu Qian immediately stopped the offensive he was preparing for.Let's not attack Yan'an Mansion, let's finalize Xixia first.

Today's Xi Xia lord Li Ganshun is a very capable person, and there is also a capable person under his command, which is his younger brother--Brother Cha.

In the official history, Liu Fa was forced to march by Tong Guan, defeated Tong'an, and died at the hands of this man.

Because the Xixia army was defeated repeatedly in battles with the Song army, Li Qianshun continued to put pressure on the Liao State - the Khitan people definitely did not want to see Xixia really being attacked and destroyed by the Song army, and they had a chance to breathe.Brother Cha then said that he suggested learning from the chiefs of the Song army, choosing the strong and brave Tu Han, and teaching them to use strong crossbows.Iron crows (that is, heavy armored cavalry) gallop on the plains, and steppers (that is, infantry) chase danger in the valleys.According to the time and place, he used his troops flexibly, and was accepted by Li Qianshun, who was named King of Jin.

This time Li Gan sent Cha Ge to lead the army by the way, and came to flank the Liangshan army with the Song army.

The Xixia people came to help Zhao Song wholeheartedly.

If the Liangshan Army captured the Sixth Route of Shanxi, the situation in Xixia would only get worse.Lu Qian's attitude towards them can be seen from the previous conflict.So how is it best for Xixia?Of course, the Liangshan army and the Song army were in a stalemate, just like the Khitan and the Jurchens, so that they could rest and recuperate.

This time, Brother Cha brought tens of thousands of troops, a 30-strong army, many of which were elites from Xixia. Li Heda, the commander of Xiazhou's forward army, had already approached Yinzhou.Zhe Keda did not show any weakness, and led his troops to fight with Li Heda on the bank of Wuding River. They were evenly matched, and there was no winner or loser.It's just that the follow-up troops of the Xixia Army continued to arrive, and Ming Zheke retreated in the face of difficulties.He led his troops to retreat to Yinzhou City and fought based on the city.

This Li Heda is not a party member, he is a standard Khitan.His real name is Xiao Heda.In the early years, Yelu Nanxian, the princess of Cheng'an, entered Xixia. In a way, he was one of the gifts from the Liao Kingdom to Xixia.Yelu Nanxian is now the queen of Xixia, and her son Li Renai is now the prince of Xixia.

Let’s not talk about that, let’s just talk about Li Heda.This person is extremely brave in martial arts, and he is also smart and capable of both literary and military skills.As soon as he arrived in Xixia, Qian Shun valued him very much and appointed him as the literary envoy. Later, he repeatedly made military exploits and was promoted to deputy capital commander. He was also given the surname Guo by Li Qianshun. From then on, Xiao Heda became Li Heda.

The Xixia army is approaching Yinzhou, but at this moment, there is no party member visible in Yinzhou City...

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