Chapter 256 Hewei Xingqing
The historical Tubo Dynasty was once very powerful, but later it gradually declined in the internal struggle.
In the early Northern Song Dynasty, the Tubo nobleman was once rewarded by Zhao Kuangyin, and he also worked very hard in the use of troops against Xixia.
But after all, that era has long passed. Now there are many large and small tribes in Tubo, and one of the most powerful forces is still the descendants of horns.
Strictly speaking, this descendant who inherited the power of the horned tribe was not a direct descendant of the horned man, but came to power through the grandson of the dead horned. He is Ali Bone.
Although Ali Gu is a conspirators, he knows how to buy people's hearts. Through both grace and power, he gradually stabilized his current position. At the same time, this guy is also good at steering the wind.
When Song Qing invited the living Buddha to come forward and asked Ali Gu to send troops to attack Xixia, Ali Gu had been thinking about how to get the greatest benefit from this matter.
At first, he didn't expect that Liang Shanren would be so brave, otherwise he wouldn't have just shouted and worked hard. But as soon as he saw Liangshan's army rush into Xixia, he realized that it was time to get benefits. So immediately ordered the people to follow up and take a piece of meat from Liang Shan's mouth, otherwise wouldn't it be in vain?
Is the meat in Liang Shan's mouth so easy to grab? They have always been the only ones who robbed others. How can they ever be remembered?
When Hua Rong led the army to drive away the defenders of Xiliang Mansion, Ali's bones suddenly occupied Xiliang Mansion, which had become an empty city. And he said that this was the price of Liang Shan inviting them to send troops.
Hua Rong usually does not show mountains and water, because other people's light is so dazzling that people can't notice him, but if you think he is easy to bully, you are wrong.
Tubo sent 50,000 horses to help fight this time. It is not a problem to guard a city, but it depends on who is attacking the city.
Huarong is limited to three days to let the Tubo people leave, otherwise they will attack the city. His West Road Army also had 80,000, which seemed to be evenly matched, but he didn't pay attention to these Tubo people at all. He used these three days to quickly transfer the 20 artillery guns that followed in the rear.
As Hua Rong thought, the Tubo people did not mean to give up the city at all, and even laughed at the Liangshan soldiers for their hard work but did not get any benefits.
Hua Rong sees it in his eyes and hates it in his heart. When the artillery arrived, without saying a word, he bombarded the Tubo camp, and then waved his army to cover up.
Under the infection of Song Qing, Liangshan's heroes are all a psychology, that is, since the place occupied by Liangshan, that is, Liangshan's territory, dares to occupy our Liangshan territory, must be resolutely eliminated, whether you are a friendly army or not?
This bombing and killing made the Tubo army stupid. Is Liangshan's army crazy? Do you know that you are fighting against the powerful Xixia? Aren't you afraid of the friendly troops biting you back when you treat friendly forces like this?
After the Tubo army was shot out of Xiliangfu City by Hua Rong, they immediately sent someone to negotiate with Hua Rong.
Hua Rong's answer is very brief: "The place where Liangshan people have walked is the land of Liangshan people, and those who dare to invade the land of Liangshan will kill"
The Tubo general had no choice but to report to Ali Gu while withdrawing the people and horses to the border between Tubo and Xixia. After seeing Liangshan's firearms, he no longer dared to provoke Liangshan people easily.
Hua Rong took action and left 10,000 horses to guard Xiliang Mansion. At the same time, he asked them to re-strengthen the wall to prevent the Tubo people from returning. Only then led the rest of the people to Xingqing Mansion to participate in the battle there.
At this time, more than 200,000 people on Yuefei and Yangyi Middle Road have arrived in Xingqing Prefecture.
The number of people gathered by Li Renai is about 150,000. Although their troops are weak, they have a strong city to rely on, which can fully offset the shortage of the number of people.
The west wind hunts and the battle flag flutters.
The clouds of war permeate this ancient land. Since the establishment of Xingqing Mansion, it has never been attacked by enemy soldiers, which is a shame to Li Ren'ai, and for ordinary people, it is more of a panic.
The war is imminent.
Yue Fei rode on horseback and looked at the towering Xingqingfu City in the distance, and his heart was full of mixed feelings. It was his childhood dream to lead the army to gallop outside the fortress and sweep the alien race, which finally came true today.
Yue Fei is not just grateful for Song Qing, who gave him this opportunity. Through a series of policies implemented by Song Qing to benefit the people and strengthen the country, he made him sincerely respect Song Qing, which is the ruler the most needed by the people of the Central Plains.
Before entering Xixia, Song Qing had discussed with him about the strategy after taking over Xingqing Prefecture. For such a country led by the Tuoba people, it is necessary to use iron-blooded means to make them submit, and at the same time adopt a series of policies to benefit the people to win the support of other ethnic groups other than Tuoba.
It's not difficult to take down Xingqing Mansion, but Yue Fei doesn't want to destroy it too much, otherwise he can open the gate with a shell.
In addition, if you only attack the city by this means, it is easy to start a street battle with the strong Xixia soldiers, which is not what Yue Fei is willing to see.
The best way is to eliminate the living forces of Xixia as much as possible outside the city. But now the weather is about to enter October, and it is going to be cold, and once the war is delayed, it is bound to cause immeasurable losses to the army, so the war must be ended as soon as possible.
Yue Fei is quite supportive of Hua Rong's approach. Soldiers should have such iron-blooded wrists. Those who dare to invade my land are just one word, kill. There is no room for negotiation.
Yue Fei has written a memorial to Song Qing on this matter, and he believes that Song Qing will also support them.
Yue Fei has also studied the composition of Xixia's strength. To put it bluntly, he felt that the real threat was only the central guard of Xixia and those heavy armored cavalry.
For these, Yue Fei has also made corresponding countermeasures.
Just before the war began, Li Qianjing, who was panicked like a bereaved dog, came up again. No matter how stupid he is, he has already understood that he has been ridd by Song Qing.
It's a pity that he can only dare to be angry about this kind of thing, because he still fantasizes about letting him finally sit on the throne of Emperor Xixia through Liangshan.
Behined, his daughter has been sent to the king of Liang's mansion. How can he say that he is the father-in-law of the king of Liang? Relying on this identity, after Li Qianjing arrived at Liangshan Camp, he began not to treat himself as an outsider and came directly to Yue Fei, asking Yue Fei to send troops to destroy Li Ren'ai as soon as possible.
Yue Fei despises such a person from the bottom of his heart, and Song Qing has already explained that Li Qianjing's fate can only be to go to Luoyang for retirement. As for other things, don't think about it.
To say that Li Qianjing is also miserable now, the spirit of holding 300,000 soldiers when he was under Xingqing City has long disappeared. There are only poor 8 thousand people around, and they are not even qualified to assist Liang Shan's army.
Yue Fei sat behind the handsome case and couldn't help looking at Li Qianjing, who was shouting coldly. After he finished talking, he said, "Chitose, please go to Luoyang as a guest. You don't need to worry about things here. Go down and prepare. Let's go!"
Li Qianjing couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said angrily, "You are so bold. Do you know what my relationship is with King Liang? If you offend me, will your prince let you go? Let me tell you, I won't go there either. You should send troops to destroy Li Ren'ai, or I will send someone to sue you to King Liang."
A person was so stupid that Yue Fei was no longer in the mood to talk nonsense with him. He directly ordered him to take him out and told the bodyguard not to enter his handsome account.
With all kinds of helplessness, Li Qianjing came brazenly to find Yan Qing. At this time, Yan Qing already understood the current situation of Li Qianjing's daughter in Luoyang. He could only sympathize with Li Xiner's experience. Who gave her such a superb father?
Yan Qing is also clear about the fate arranged by Song Qing for Li Qianjing, so after Li Qianjing found him, he hinted that he should no longer have any delusions and go to Luoyang to be his rich man!
This means that Yan Qing is kind enough. If it were Cao Zheng, he would have killed him directly.
At this point, Li Qianjing fully understood that Song Qing was going to destroy Xixia! If Xixia dies, what should he do? Is it true to go to Luoyang for retirement as they said? No, never.
Li Qianjing, who was so angry, made another confused move. Unexpectedly, as Liang Wang's father-in-law, he went to the officer in charge of artillery in the camp to try to take away a batch of artillery.
Firearms have always been the highest-controlled military assets in the Liangshan Army. No one can move without the consent of the commander.
After Yue Fei got the news, he immediately ordered Li Qianjing to take down. If it hadn't been for his love with Song Qing, Yue Fei would have cut his head directly.
At this point, Yue Fei simply did nothing but directly adapted Li Qianjing's army and scattered it into Liangshan's logistics force.
However, it is said that Li Qianjing sneaked out of the camp that night, and there has been no news since then. No one knows whether he is dead or alive.
After three days of rest, Yue Fei raised his tent and mobilized people and horses to launch the first round of offensive against Xixia people and horses.
At first, Li Ren'ai was afraid that Yue Fei would use artillery directly when he came up. After all, no one could think of a way to restrain this powerful firearm.
Seeing that Yue Fei sent people out, he did not show weakness at the moment, and immediately mobilized the elite captured army to meet the enemy.
This is just a tentative contact, and no one will use all their strength.
Liangshan took 5,000 soldiers led by Li Kui as the central army. Yan Qing led 10,000 cavalry to guard the side, and the army stepped on the drums and walked slowly to the Western Xia army.
The composition of Xixia infantry is a little strange. The soldiers are most of slaves and prisoners. These people will be pardoned if they win the battle after the war. Therefore, once these people go to the battlefield, they are all outlaws, and their fighting strength should not be underestimated.
Now Liangshan soldiers can be said to be soldiers of a hundred battles. After countless deaths and deaths, coupled with the strict construction of Yue Fei's military discipline, they can be called an iron army.
It is said that the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. What will happen if such two armies meet together? You can only see who is more fierce and who is more durable.
After a burst of arrow rain, the rumbling sound of war drums suddenly stopped.