Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

As for my righteous brother Ma Zichong, I heard that he is also a righteous brother with Privy Envoy Ximen Qing, so he can be said to be the confidant of Privy Envoy Ximen Qing.

As long as I know a little bit about things, my future will definitely be much better than staying in Tao and Min prefectures and dealing with the aborigines.

Not to be missed.Liu Kai immediately agreed to Ma Kuo and selected a thousand cavalry archers to follow Ma Kuo to Beijing to meet the privy envoy Ximen Qing.

Ma Kuo was about to take Liu Kai to Jingyuan Road to look for Brother Wu Jie when he heard that Qu Duan was defeated and Weizhou City was besieged.

Therefore, Ma Kuo and Liu Kai urgently recruited five thousand archers, rushed to Xizhou to join forces with Liu Xi, and prepared to rescue Weizhou City.

Chapter 994 Prelude to the Great Melee

When he learned that his elder brother Liu Xi was going to rescue Lanzhou and Xi'an Prefecture first, Liu Kai hurriedly found Liu Xi's tent of the Chinese Army, and advised him to join forces with all the roads to defeat the main force of the Xixia Army under the city of Weizhou.

Liu Kai believed that the Xixia army was good at field battles and not good at attacking cities.If there is no absolute superiority of troops, it will be difficult for the Xixia army to capture the city that the Chu army is holding on to.

However, the military strength of the Xixia army was not enough to support them to attack the strong cities of the Chu army in two directions at the same time.

Therefore, Liu Kai judged that the Xixia Army's attack on Lanzhou and Xi'an Prefecture should be a strategic feint. Take Jingyuan Road.

Liu Xi heard the words and said to Liu Kai: "Uncle Xin, I have made up my mind for my brother, so you don't have to say any more. Although what you said is somewhat reasonable, soldiers are tricky, and the enemy's use of troops may not be as you and I expected.

And as a brother, as the economic envoy of Xihe Road, he has the responsibility to guard the land. He must first ensure the safety of the states and troops on Xihe Road. "

Liu Kai was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Brother, if my guess is correct, the Xixia army not only pretended to attack our city on Xihe Road, but also arranged troops to attack Huanqing Road and Yanyan Road.

If the soldiers and horses from all walks of life are all conservative and abandon the city of Weizhou, the situation is in danger!

If there is a mistake on the Jingyuan Road, the imperial court will blame it, and my brother will not be able to shirk the blame.

Elder brother, if the army cannot advance eastward, my younger brother is willing to lead an army to relieve the siege of Weizhou, and also to share the worries of the elder brother, and hope that the elder brother will be successful! "

Liu Xi listened to Liu Kai's words, pondered for a moment, stepped forward and took Liu Kai's hand and said, "Uncle Xin, I will go to Weizhou to help you with three thousand infantry and two thousand archers.

Now that the situation of the two armies is unclear, you have to be more careful when going to the high mountains and dangerous roads!

Remember, fight when you are fighting, and retreat when you are retreating, and don't waste the lives of yourself and your subordinates because of meritorious deeds! "

"Little brother takes the order! Brother, the younger brother must win and return, not to insult the prestige of father and brother!" Liu Kai accepted the general order excitedly, and left.

Liu Xi looked at Liu Kai's back as he went away, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Although the strength of Xihe Road was also stretched, Liu Xi still mobilized three thousand elites who were familiar with mountain warfare from his own army and gave them to his brother Liu Kai to take full command.

As for the [-] archers, Liu Kai will select them from the fan archers he recruited.

Liu Qi ordered 5000 troops, and immediately left Xizhou and headed east.

After Liu Kai left, Liu Xi also set up his camp and rushed towards Lanzhou in a murderous spirit.

After Liu Kai led the troops out of Lidi, he smiled at Ma Kuo who was beside him, and said, "Brother, are you and I following the plan?"

Ma Kuo nodded.

So, under Liu Kai's command, 5000 men and horses changed their course and marched northeast, disappearing into the mountains.

When Liu Kai was ordered to reinforce Weizhou, as he expected, the Xixia Army launched an attack on Huanqing Road and Yanyan Road at the same time.

Huanqing Road is located in the northwest of Yongxing Army Road, connected to Jingyuan Road in the west, and governs Qingzhou, Huanzhou, Binzhou, Ningzhou and Dingbian Army.

The general of the Xixia Army who led the army to attack Huanqing Road was Li Heda, the famous commander of Xiazhou.

Knowing that Li Heda led the army to attack, Wang Si was so frightened that the commander of Huanqing Road led the army to stand firm and dared not go out of the city to fight.

Who is Li Heda, the governor of Xiazhou, who can scare the enemy generals from going out?

His original name was Xiao Heda, and he was originally an aristocrat from the Xi family in the Liao Kingdom.

With the support of the Liao Kingdom, Li Ganshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, took charge of the government, so he entered the honeymoon period between the Xixia Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom.

In order to further consolidate the relationship with the Liao state, Li Qianshun proposed to Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi.

Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi named Yelu Nanxian, the daughter of the clan, Princess Cheng'an, and married Li Qianshun.

This Xiao Heda escorted Princess Cheng'an, Yelu Nanxian, to Xixia Kingdom.

That is to say, Xiao Heda was a courtier of Princess Cheng An, and he followed Princess Cheng An to the Xixia Kingdom and became the subordinate of Li Ganshun, the lord of the Xixia Kingdom.

Xiao Heda has a very good population, and he is brave and good at fighting. He is a talent capable of writing and martial arts.

When Xiao Heda first arrived in Xixia, the ruler of the country, Li Ganshun, valued him very much and appointed him as an envoy of Wensi.

Later, Xiao Heda made many military exploits in the battle against the Song Dynasty, was promoted to deputy capital commander, and was given the surname Guo by Qianshun.

From then on, Xiao Heda, the general of the Liao Kingdom, became Li Heda, the general of the Xixia Kingdom.

During the Battle of Song and Xia Tongan City, although the Xixia Army had an advantage in strength and was commanded by the famous general Li Chage, but because Liu Fa was too fierce, none of the generals of the Xixia Army dared to take on the important task of resisting Liu Fa head-on. .

At this time Li Heda stood up and volunteered to confront Liu Fabu head-on.

After the two armies fought, the fighting was fierce, and blood flowed like rivers on the ground.

Li Heda took the lead, led his troops to fight to the death, and finally defeated the Song army.

After that, Li Heda led hundreds of daredevils to chase down Liu Fa who had fled from the desert, and finally got the head of Song general Liu Fa in Gaizhu.

After the war, Li Heda was promoted to the capital because of his meritorious service, guarding Xiazhou, and became one of the best generals in Xixia.

The Xixia fierce general Li Heda's attack made the generals on Huanqing Road have no time to take care of the battle of Weizhou City.

Like other neighbors, Wang Yi, the envoy of the Yanyan Road Jinglue, also faced the crisis of the Xixia army's invasion.

Yanyan Road is located on the north side of Yongxingjun Road, adjacent to Xixia Kingdom across Hengshan, and its government is located in Yan'an Prefecture.

Yan'an Mansion and Weizhou City are two important cities where the Song Dynasty and the Xixia Kingdom fought. They were respectively guarded by the old Zhong Jinglue Gongzhong Shidao and the Xiaozhong Jinglue Gongzhong Shizhong.

From this, it can also be seen how important the Yanyan Road is to the Yongxing Army Road.

However, because the elite of the Western Army were transferred to Hebei, Hedong and other places by the late Song Dynasty and died in battle, the remaining soldiers and horses on Yanyan Road were not as good as before.

Faced with the challenge of Wu'er Siqi, the leader of the Xixia Army, Wang Yi and his generals did not dare to go out of the city to fight the Xixia Army.

As a result, both Huanqing Road and Yanyan Road were held back by the Xixia Army, unable to send troops to reinforce Weizhou.

At this time, only Qinfeng Road is not threatened by the Xixia Army and can rescue Weizhou with all its strength.

After the Jingyuan Road on the north side of Qinfeng Road fell into the hands of the Xixia Army, Qinfeng Road was exposed to the horseshoes of the Xixia Army.

For this reason, Zhao Dian, the general manager of Qinfeng Road, led all the elite troops of Qinfeng Road, and approached Weizhou City northward.