Poor Family Chapter 962

Chapter 962 The Battle of Destroying the Nation (16)

Xixia is a country where agriculture and animal husbandry coexist. Agriculture is mainly concentrated on both sides of the Yellow River. The water source here is abundant and the land is fertile. It has been cultivated since the Han and Tang Dynasties, and a large amount of farmland has been opened up. It is mainly cultivated by Han people and some Dangxiang people who turned to agriculture. , and Xixia's animal husbandry is more developed, mainly concentrated in three places, one is the Hetao area in the north, one is at the foot of Helan Mountain, and the other is the Hexi Corridor.

Dangxiang Babu has its own pastures in the Hetao Plain and the Hexi Corridor, but their tribal headquarters are concentrated on the nearly thousand-mile grassland at the foot of Helan Mountain.

Since the fierce battle between the tribal coalition forces and the Song army, neither side has continued to fight, maintaining a state of confrontation, which has lasted for nearly ten days.

This afternoon, a 20,000-strong Song Army cavalry appeared on the edge of the pasture in Xifengbu at the foot of Helan Mountain. It was about 300 miles away from the Xixia Army camp. Led by Cao Meng and Xiang Huaisheng, they belonged to the Longxiang Guard and were also the cavalry of the Jingzhao Army with the longest establishment, the best equipment, and the most powerful combat effectiveness.

In the distance is a large tent with about a thousand roofs. This is just a small branch of the Xifeng tribe, consisting of thousands of herdsmen. When 20,000 Song cavalry appeared several miles away, the herdsmen suddenly discovered them. They didn't pay attention at first, but soon they realized the danger. The herdsmen were terrified and fled north quickly.

At this time, the cavalry of the Song Army quickly mobilized and swept towards the camp, like a black storm. Thousands of sheep and goat milk also became the rations of the Song army. The army immediately lit the big tent and went to the next pasture to kill.

In just one day and one night, eight of the fourteen tribes in the Xifeng tribe were taken away, thousands of herdsmen were killed, and the pastures were full of flames and smoke billowing everywhere.

The chief of the Xifeng tribe is called Xifeng Heita. Seeing that the Xifeng tribe is about to be exterminated, the army of the Xifeng tribe is fighting the Song army in Jingzhou hundreds of miles away. On the road, rush to Xingqing Mansion and Jingzhou for help as quickly as possible.

The next two relatively large tribes, Fei Tingbu and Xianglibu, were also **** slaughtered by the cavalry of the Song Army, with heavy casualties and huge losses.

In the palace of Xingqing Mansion, Li Qianshun was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and he was circling back and forth in the study. He had already received urgent requests for help from various party ministries. Once all the party ministries are slaughtered, the foundation of Xixia's state will collapse.

Of course, the party members still have more than a million farming party members, which is also the foundation of the party members' country. Xixia's 80,000 standing army was recruited from the farming party members, but these standing troops have been wiped out, leaving only 10,000 of the most elite The cavalry defended the capital.

Li Qianshun stopped slowly, sighed and said to Yinggui and Jiao Yanting: "Li Yanqing's attack is fierce, even the old and weak, women and children are not spared, and we have no soldiers to save, what should we do?"

Jiao Yan said anxiously: "Li Yanqing's sending troops to attack the Dangxiang tribe is obviously trying to disturb the morale of the Jingzhou army. Once the army's morale loses control, the tribal armies will probably fight back, and the coalition army will collapse. I suggest that your majesty send iron kite cavalry immediately. Helan Mountain stopped the Song army, and at the same time calmed down the Jingzhou army."

"No!"

Yinggui immediately objected: "The iron kite cavalry is your Majesty's bodyguard, and they must not leave the capital. Besides, it will not help if three thousand iron kite cavalry go to He Nanshan, and there is no certainty of victory against 20,000 Song cavalry. It is easy to be attacked by the Song army halfway, if there are too many troops, the capital will have no defense, and 10,000 Song troops can capture our capital."

Li Qianshun also felt that what Yinggui said made sense, the iron kite really couldn't leave the capital, and he couldn't leave his side.

Jiao Yanting saw that Yinggui always opposed him, and he was really annoyed in his heart, so he asked coldly: "Then Shangshu Ying said what should we do now? Let the Song army kill all the party departments?"

Yinggui pondered for a moment and said to Li Ganshun: "Your Majesty, it is better to stabilize the morale of the army first and tell them that His Majesty has sent 10,000 cavalry to Helan Mountain. Please let them fight the Song army with peace of mind."

Li Ganshun and Jiao Yanting's eyes widened at the same time. Isn't this just deceiving the former soldiers?

Jiao Yanting suddenly became anxious, "The former soldiers are not blind and deaf. Would they not know if someone came to save their family members? What you do will only make them completely disappointed in the imperial court, and will accelerate the disintegration of the coalition forces."

Yinggui also confronted each other: "Then what do you think we should do? Each tribe could gather 200,000 to 300,000 troops before, but why this time they are only willing to send out hundreds of thousands of troops? They obviously have troops to protect themselves, but they want to report to the court. Help? Isn't this putting the court in a dilemma? They don't want to send troops to help the court through the crisis at all, and now they are just finding an excuse to recall the army!”

Jiao Yanting also admitted that Yinggui had some truth in what he said, but the problem is that everyone should take the overall situation into consideration and not just consider their own one-acre three-point land. After Xixia is over, their life will never be easy.

Jiao Yanting said to Li Ganshun again: "I have another way, and that is to replace the defense."

Li Qianshun seemed to have caught a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said: "What replacement defense?"

While thinking, Jiao Yanting said: "The only one who can still have troops now is the Party Headquarters. Tuoba Wanli has a better view of the overall situation. Why don't you ask him to send 30,000 troops to guard Xingqing Mansion, and then send 10,000 cavalry from Xingqing Mansion How does His Majesty feel about going to rescue the ministries of He Nanshan?"

Of course, Li Qianshun also knows the century-old grievances between the Tuoba tribe and the Xifeng tribe. It is really impossible for the Tuoba army to rescue the Xifeng tribe, but as Jiao Yanting said, let the Tuoba army defend the city and let the guarding army rescue the Xifeng tribe Sealing the Ministry, this is indeed a feasible method.

Yinggui did not object this time, and he had no other choice. He had to admit that Jiao Yanting's method was still feasible.

Seeing that Yinggui did not object, Li Ganshun immediately said: "Then please ask Jiao Shangshu to go to the Tuoba tribe and ask them to send 30,000 troops to guard the capital."

Jiao Yanting has a very good relationship with the Tuoba tribe, and it would be best for him to come forward. Li Qianshun thought of leading troops to rescue He Nanshan's general, so he said, "Quickly order King Pu Li Renzong to enter the palace!"

Li Renzong accepted the appointment and planned to lead 10,000 elite cavalry to He Nanshan for rescue, but he could not send troops immediately, at least they would not leave until the troops of the Tuoba tribe crossed the Yellow River and came to Xingqing Mansion. There was a vacant period when there were no troops stationed in the Qing Mansion, and the consequences were disastrous.

Just when Li Renzong was rectifying the army and preparing to leave, Xingzhou City began to control, only allowed to enter but not to exit, and began to clean up the Han people in the city, strictly preventing the Song Army spies from passing important information to the Song Army.

There was chaos everywhere on the street. At this time, the order to investigate the Han people had just been issued, and other measures were being implemented one after another. The Han people in the city were so frightened that they fled out of the city with their families. Fleeing abroad, but it is said that several deputy gates did not convey the order to close the city, and the Han people rushed away after hearing the news.

Wei Ying has been staying at the old servant's house for the past few days since Qiao's business was sealed up. At this time, one of his sources told him an important piece of information. Thirty thousand Tuoba troops came to defend the city.

Wei Ying realized that the news was extremely important, so he didn't bother to pack his things, and rushed to the gate of the city. Just as he ran onto the street, a clerk ran over panting, "Treasurer Wei, all gates are forbidden to go out. , only the northwest water gate can go out, and it will not be able to go out any later."

"Isn't the secondary door allowed to go out?"

"That's false news. I came from the northwest side gate, and the city gate has been closed long ago."

Wei Ying turned around and ran towards the northwest water gate. At this time, all the gates of the city were ordered to close the city, and they were only allowed to enter but not to exit. All the gates were crowded with Han people who wanted to leave the city, shouting and shouting , crying, making a mess.

Xingzhou City also has a canal river, and together with the Yellow River, food and materials from all over the country are transported into the city through this canal. The water gate was built in imitation of the Song Dynasty water gate, and two iron gates were built. As long as the iron gates are opened, internal and external ships cannot pass.

At this time, dozens of small boats were also crowded in front of the iron gate, and the people on board were clamoring to get out of the city, and a few soldiers with spears stood on both sides, arguing with the people on board.

Wei Ying really saw an opportunity. Although the iron gate had been lowered, it was not put into the river to the end, but the boats could not get out. Taking advantage of the unsuspecting people around him, he jumped into a boat and turned over into the water again. Dive to the bottom of the water fifty paces to the city gate.

The water was full of small boats, and no one noticed what was going on at the bottom. Wei Ying quietly took two breaths on the bank, and then swam under the iron gate with enough breath.

The reason why the iron gate was not fully lowered was that several ships happened to be stuck in the city gate, and the soldiers were driving these ships out, so the inner iron gate was lowered, but the outer iron gate was still open. The boat refused to go out, and everyone was stalemate in the city gate.

Wei Ying dived dozens of steps in one breath, and when he poked his head out to catch his breath, he was already 20 steps away from the city. He was overjoyed, climbed onto a boat, jumped ashore and ran.

(end of this chapter)

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