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In the north of the Hengshan area, the terrain is gentle.

The so-called rich salt and iron and developed agriculture are all in the north of the Hengshan area.

The north of Hengshan is occupied by Xixia, which is the Pingxia area.

The hundreds of miles between Pingxia and Xingqing Mansion is a desert area, which is the Mu Us Desert in later generations.

Just think about it, if everything north of Hengshan is under the control of the Song Dynasty, if Xixia wants to use troops against the Song Dynasty in the future, it must cross the desert.

That would be a long-distance battle for Xixia. The tired troops came to Hengshan, and the Song army was waiting for work in Hengshan.

But now, Xixia controls Hengshan, the north is soothing and fertile, and the south is mountainous, making it difficult to march. Sitting on Hengshan, Xixia completely overlooks the roads in Shaanxi.

Once the Song army comes, Xixia can make arrangements in advance and wait for work with ease.

Therefore, the battle between Song and Xia was actually a battle for Hengshan.

After Liu Kai marched among the small roads in the Hengshan Mountains for two days, he was not far from the city of Yinzhou.

He sent a large number of scouts back and forth to check for traces of Xixia people on various roads and valleys.

In the early morning of March [-]th, the Xixia defenders at the head of Yinzhou City were on duty as before.

The donkey cart transporting the goods came here along the winding path from the front.

It is basically the daily supplies of the soldiers and civilians of Xixia in Yinzhou City, including salt, iron, cloth and so on.

Not far from the city tower, some craftsmen are repairing the city wall.

Yinzhou city tower is already very dilapidated.

In the Shenzong era, the Song Dynasty carried out military strikes in this area, and in fact had initially mastered Hengshan.

However, from the Yanyan Road to the north of Hengshan for hundreds of miles, the Song army could not effectively defend the Youzhou, Xiazhou and Yinzhou areas of Hengshan.

So Kinder suggested to Shenzong to build a city around Yinzhou and push the front line into the hinterland of Hengshan.

The imperial court also agreed, so they sent commissioners Xu Xi, Shen Kuo and others from the imperial court.

This is where the problem arises. Xu Xi is a pen who likes to talk about strategies, and he likes to express his opinions very much. When he came here, he rejected Zhong Er's idea of ​​building a city in Yinzhou, and built a Yongle City in the south of Yinzhou.

Chong Er was extremely opposed to building Yongle City, because there was no water source near Yongle City, but Xu Xi insisted on going his own way.

At that time, the Song Dynasty mobilized 20 soldiers and civilians, and within thirteen days a new city rose from the ground.

Xixia saw that the Song army had built a city here, and 30 troops from all over the country came.

General Gao Yongxiang said that the city is small and has no water source, so it cannot be guarded. Xu Xi refused to listen, and sent Gao Yongxiang to Fuyan Road Prison.

Someone said to Xu Xi, let's attack while the Xixia army is not ready.

Xu Xi didn't listen.

The Xixia army has lined up, and someone said, let's attack while the Xixia people are working hard on the expedition and have not yet rested.

Xu Xi didn't listen again.

When all the Xixia people were ready, the formation was set up, and the ambush was completed, Xu Xi ordered people to go out of the city to fight. The Song army was defeated and returned to the city.

The Xixia people besieged Yongle City to death, Yongle City was short of water, countless soldiers and civilians died of thirst, and corpses piled up like mountains.

But Zhong Er was resentful towards Xu Xi, and he was too impulsive to stand on the sidelines.

The defeat of Yongle City implicated the death of 30 soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty in the Northwest. Xu Xi himself died tragically in Yongle City. Naturally, he deserved to die, and he could not atone for his sins even if he died ten thousand times!

However, the defeat of Yongle City was the finale of Shenzong's attack on Xia, which meant the complete failure of the Song Dynasty's offensive strategy against Xixia.

When Song Shenzong heard about the defeat of Yongle City, he was out of breath and died not long after.

So, there are specializations in the art industry.

Some people don't know anything about certain fields, and they don't investigate on the ground.

Xu Xi is such a person.

Liu Kai couldn't help but sigh with emotion. If the imperial court had listened to Zhong Er's suggestion and built a new city in Yinzhou, Xixia might have been forced to shrink in the Houtao area.

In that case, Zhezong and the Emperor Taishang would not spend their national power on the Xixia Dynasty.

Perhaps in the early years of Jingkang, it would be more calm to deal with Jinren.

History, there are always infinite regrets.

The scouts reported the terrain and enemy situation.

Putting away his regrets, Liu Kai began to quickly encircle Yinzhou.

The Song army divided into ten teams, each with 2000 people, flocking to Yinzhou from all sides.

Along the way, when they encountered Xixia people, they shot and killed them with their bows and crossbows. Their movements were fast and neat.

In the morning, three armies had arrived near Yinzhou City.

The Xixia people only reacted at this time, but it was too late.

At noon, six groups of people joined forces with Yinzhou City to clean up the surrounding area of ​​Yinzhou City.

There are also four groups of people stationed at the important pass in the direction of Yinzhou.

This is called besieging the city and fighting for aid. As long as the Xixia army comes to Yinzhou for rescue, it must pass through those areas, and the Song army who has ambushed in advance can wait for work at ease.

The goods of business travelers are also intercepted.

The alarm bell of the city tower rang, and the eyes of everyone in Yinzhou City turned there at the same time.

At this time, Yinzhou defender Nori Jingren had just finished his lunch and was about to take a nap when he woke up when he heard the bell.

"what happened!"

After a while, someone came to report: "Report! Song Jun is here!"

Yeli Jingren was shocked: "This is impossible, why did the Song army suddenly come to Yinzhou!"

"General, there are more than 1 Song troops outside the city!"

Yeli Jingren immediately put on his armor and sent an order to mobilize all the soldiers in the city.

"Song Jun came to Yinzhou, why didn't any information be sent in advance?"

"This... I don't know..."

"What's the use of the Beacon Tower in Mizhi Village!" Yeli Jingren said angrily while putting on his armor.

No one dared to answer him.

Yang Shu said: "General, we have a good relationship with Song, and Song rashly comes to attack, why not send someone to question General Song, hold them back, and send troops to the city!"

"Okay, you go!"

Yang Shu quickly said, "Yes!"

Soon, Yang Shu arrived at the tower.

At this time, the Song army had just finished forming.

Yang Shu asked loudly: "Song and Xia have good relations, why did the general of Song send troops to Yinzhou?"

Liu Kai is a pragmatic person, he did not send anyone to persuade him to surrender, because he knew that the Xixia people were very cunning.

Xixia people generally do not surrender, even if they surrender, most of the time it is a false surrender.

He also didn't answer Yang Shu's question.

Because he has a mission, and his mission is to win Yinzhou as soon as possible.

It can also be seen from this that Liu Qi's character is very pragmatic.

He began to arrange for people to cast catapults and ladders, and also sent a group of people to the southeast of Yinzhou.

Yinzhou is located at the confluence of Wuding River and Mingtang River. The southeast city wall has been washed away by the river all year round, and a large part of it has collapsed.

Liu Kai sent 8000 people to this place, preparing to attack the city from here.

The other 5000 people were distributed in the north and west to contain the Xixia army in the city.

Chapter 378 Capture Yinzhou (Part [-])

When Yang Shu saw that Song Jun ignored him, he cursed and shouted, but he was bored.

At this time, Liu Kai's younger brother Liu Rui had already led the troops to the southeast of Yinzhou City.

The bright sun shines on the Wuding River sparkling.

The people on the boats on the river were not in the mood to enjoy the spring scenery. They jumped out of the boat in fright, and some lay on the boat and shivered.

"First Battalion! Go there! Crossbowmen at the ready!"

"The second battalion is the forward!"

"Third Battalion, line up!"

"..."

Liu Rui's deep voice echoed outside the southeast of the city.

Song Jun looked solemn, and the commander immediately rectified his battalion after receiving the order.

The craftsmen who repaired the city wall had dropped their things and fled into the city.

The Song Army of the first battalion lined up in long lines, while the forward battalion of the second battalion wore armor, held shields, and held guns, pushing forward.

The Xixia army in the city is also gathering rapidly.

Xia Jun on the top of the city first released a wave of bows and crossbows.

The forward of the Song army immediately erected the shield, and the arrows shot on the shield, making a dense sound.

The barking of dogs and calls from inside the city could be faintly heard in the distance, and the number of Xia troops on the tower was increasing.

The forward battalion of the Song Army began to attack. They held shields and quickly pushed all the way to the bottom of the city, then climbed up to the unrepaired place and rushed inside.

Soon, screams came from the gap, and the two sides fought there.

Others were thrown into the river, and the river was stained red.

Xia Jun launched a tenacious resistance there. Although some people were killed by Song Jun, the number of Xia Jun was increasing, and no one retreated.

After half an hour of fighting, Song Jun was forced to withdraw.

Xia Jun on the tower continued to interfere with bows and arrows.

With the increase in the number of Xia Jun, it is obviously unwise to attack directly.

Liu Rui Mingjin withdrew his troops and began to order people to cast trebuchets.

The main armies of Song and Xia confronted each other here.

Yeli Jingren, the leader of the Xia army, sent people out of the city to question Liu Qi.

The envoy who came out said this: "Our two countries have good relations, why did you send troops to attack us? Isn't this a breach of peace?"

Liu Kai said: "You small country betrayed its promise and used troops against our Great Song Dynasty first. How dare you talk about destroying peace?"

The messenger went back and told Nori Jingren.

Of course Yeli Jingren knew that he was about to attack Song, but the others didn't.

Just ten days ago, Yeli Jingren received a secret order from Yuzhou, ordering him to go south to raid Suide on March [-]th.

This is a secret, to prevent the eyes and ears of Song Guoan.

These days, he has been preparing food and grass.

Since it was a surprise attack, it stands to reason that Song Jun could not know.

But why is Song Jun calling now, but he hasn't called yet?

Yeli Jingren said after returning: "Light the beacon fire immediately!"

"Yes!"

Yeli Jingren circled back and forth.

Yang Shu said: "General, the Song army will not be able to attack for a while. As soon as the reinforcements arrive, the Song army will be defeated!"

Yeli Jingren said impatiently: "I said a long time ago that Yinzhou City needs to be repaired and repaired! Xingqing Mansion has not allocated money, and now it's all over! Song Jun suddenly called!"

"What are you talking about going south to attack Suide!" Ye Lijingren was furious, "We haven't made a sneak attack yet, but they are coming!"