Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

At this time, Zhuo Luo and the Xixia Army of the Southern Army Division on the opposite side of the Yellow River also took action.

The 2 horses seemed to have premeditated, crossed the Yellow River mightily, and rushed towards Lanzhou City, as if they wanted to overthrow this important northwest town standing on the bank of the Yellow River.

When the army arrived outside Lanzhou City, they first persuaded them to surrender.

To no avail, the Xixia army began the most direct and simple siege.

The vanguard of the Xixia Army began to attack the city with the help of ladders, and prepared a huge "ox cart" to crash into the city gate.

The two sides quickly fought back and forth.

A full hour passed, not only did not capture it, but there were many corpses of party members under the city.

Li Liangfu only gave the following people three days to capture Lanzhou. Once Lanzhou City was broken, the north gate of Xihe Road was opened.

But Lanzhou defender Guan Shigu is also a hard bone.

It can be said that in the borderlands, except for Ren Dejing's unscrupulous surrender, most of the generals are still tough.

This is also Zhang Jun's right strategy for border defense deployment after the battle of Chang'an, when Shaanxi's vitality was seriously injured.

Just when the Xixia army was taking turns in Lanzhou, Li Yanxian stayed behind with 2000 people in Huizhou, and personally led [-] Song troops eastward to Xi'an Prefecture.

Li Yanxian marched quickly. After arriving, the whole army rested for one night. Early the next morning, after breakfast, they advanced at full speed to Xi'an Prefecture City.

"Report! General, I found that a Song army is approaching us!"

Xi Fengye, the guard of Xi'an Prefecture, was shocked: "How many people are here?"

"More than 1000 people came!"

"Sure?"

"There is no doubt about it!"

"Where?"

"Near Tiandu Mountain."

"Song people thought we would hoard food in Tiandu Mountain, so they rushed to Tiandu Mountain Palace!" Xi Fengye laughed, "Come here to die, take my big knife, and kill all Song dogs today!"

In the morning, Xi Fengye stayed behind 1000 people in the city of Xi'an Prefecture, led 4000 people out of the city, and rushed towards Li Yanxian's troops aggressively.

At noon, the scout reported: "Report! Li Zhizhou, the western bandits have left the city and are approaching our army!"

Li Yanxian said: "Rush to the front of the mountain in half an hour, let Dang Song not relax his vigilance, today I will kill all the thieves and Kou Er!"

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, Li Yanxian's department arrived at the previously agreed destination, and the 4000 troops from Xifengye had also arrived nearby.

Xi Fengye confirmed that Li Yanxian really had less than 2000 people, and decisively attacked with the whole army.

The two sides fought head-on in the ice and snow near Tiandu Mountain.

Li Yanxian is not very good at large-scale army battles, but wars with thousands of people are definitely his strong point.

The most outstanding thing about his troops is that they are brave in combat and not afraid of death.

The reason is also very simple. Li Yanxian usually eats with the soldiers, but occasionally he is greedy to roast a piece of meat.

The only hobby is drinking.

When soldiers train, he also trains with them.

Once a soldier was injured, he bandaged it himself.

Usually sleep, also sleep with soldiers.

After the end of the Battle of Chang'an in the second year of Jingkang, he dispersed his family wealth and asked people to give the money to the families of the fallen soldiers.

This is how he treats the people below.

He might not be very good at dealing with someone like him, and sometimes even quarreled with Zhang Jun, but he had absolutely nothing to say about him.

So his soldiers, once fighting, are not afraid of death.

Chapter 352 The Famous Generals of the Great Song Dynasty (Second Change)

In the beginning, it was crossbow arrows, and the two sides showed a see-saw state.

Until the crossbow arrows were almost used, they began to fight hand-to-hand.

The Xixia people captured Xi'an Prefecture in one day, and after the Song generals were executed outside the city of Xi'an Prefecture, they swelled significantly.

He thought he could easily eat up the Song army, but unexpectedly, after a hand-to-hand encounter, one of them came up head-on, and the front one was immediately chopped down by the Song army.

Song Jun rushed forward desperately like a wild wolf.

The knife pierced into the neck and was torn out with blood vessels and bone residue.

Soldiers fell to the ground one by one, and the snow was stained red.

At this moment, everyone was so excited that they lost consciousness and only knew to rush forward.

Xifengye never thought that the fighting power of the Song army would be so strong, which was far beyond his expectations.

Soon, the Xixia army was killed and fled in embarrassment, nearly a thousand people were killed.

At this time, the Dangsong Department ambushing near Tiandu Mountain gave the Xixia Army another unexpected surprise: blocking the Xixia Army's escape route into the city.

An hour later, most of the four thousand Xixia troops brought out by Xifengye were killed or injured.

The result of Li Yanxian's battle is also very clear: defeat the western bandits and behead three thousand.

Song Jun killed everyone's robes with blood.

Hosono was killed while escaping.

At noon, Li Yanxian immediately ordered all the corpses of the Xixia army to be moved outside the city of Xi'an Prefecture.

At this time, the Xixia people in the city already knew that Xifengye was defeated, and they were all terrified.

What made them even more terrified was yet to come.

Li Yanxian ordered people to chop off the heads of all Xixia soldiers and pile them up at the gate of the city.

Separately, he cut off the head of Xi Fengye and hung it on the end of the spear.

This scene frightened the Xixia soldiers in the city with weak legs.

In the evening, Li Yanxian sent someone to persuade him to surrender.

The Xixia people in the city suddenly became peace lovers. They said that the reason why they went south was completely forced and helpless. How much they love Song Dynasty and how they hope for world peace!

After expressing their attitude towards the world, the Xixia people surrendered.

Xi'an Prefecture, which has been occupied for less than seven days, has returned.

Of course, Li Liangfu, who was excitedly attacking the city of Lanzhou, did not know that Xi'an Prefecture would change hands so soon.

In the northwest of the first month, there is no spring trend at all. Instead, the snow is getting bigger and bigger, which is bigger than in previous years.

At this time, the news of the Xixia army going south finally reached Xizhou Economic Commander.

Moreover, it was the news that Li Yanxian sent people to spread the news. Wang Yi, the envoy of Xihe Road, heard that the Xixia army captured Xi'an and besieged Lanzhou, and immediately began to organize troops.

Xizhou is only 150 miles away from Lanzhou. If you want to send troops to help, you can reach it in five days in such a heavy snow day.

It was already evening after Wang Yi finished discussing with Xu Chongyan, the counselor of the Economic Strategy Department, and Wang Quan, the general manager of Xizhou Military and Horse Capital.

Xu Chongyan found Wang Yi alone.

"Shuai Wang."

"What's the matter?"

Xu Chongyan hesitated for a moment, and said, "Wang Shuai, I have a word to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"It's okay for you to say anything."

Xu Chongyan said: "Wang Shuai's life is not long."

Wang Yi was taken aback, and said angrily, "You are talking nonsense!"

"Wang Shuai, just listen to the officer!"

"Okay, after you finish speaking, if you don't give me an explanation today, don't be a senator, and I will dismiss you immediately!"

"Wang Shuai, then Yang Yizhong has arrived at Jingyuan Road and is checking accounts on Jingyuan Road."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Xiaguan means that the day when he comes to Xihe Road is not far away."

"I am handsome and sit upright!"

"Wang Shuai, I don't mean to be an official. Then Yang Yizhong is a madman. I heard that Wang Xie, the magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture, had his head chopped off!"

"Then let him check on Ben Shuai!"

"Yes, Wang Shuai is upright and strict, but is it possible that Yang Yizhong deliberately framed Wang Shuai?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Then Yang Yizhong is obviously in the same group as Zhang Jun."

Xu Chongyan didn't say any more, but Wang Yi hesitated: "What can you do?"

Xu Chongyan knew it in his heart, he knew that Wang Yi had taken the money, whether to frame or not, it was all nonsense, it was just a step for Wang Yi by himself.

"Wang Shuai, why don't we surrender to Xixia to keep us safe!"

Wang Yi's face immediately darkened: "Are you going to betray the court?"

"It's the tyrant who has no way and provokes the anger of the sky and the people. We are just protecting ourselves!"

Ever since the imperial court began to rotate, Wang Yiqi has long been afraid in his heart, and he has also had bold ideas in this regard.

"Self-protection? How to protect yourself? Wang Quan has just been transferred, do you think he will listen to you?"

"We don't need him to listen to us. We can use the excuse of reinforcements in Lanzhou. Wang Shuai will personally command the army. When the time comes, we will secretly send people to contact Xixia. When everything is ready, we will surrender to Xixia and give up Xihe Road. That's all. Lives can be saved!"

"What if the imperial army comes to attack?"

"Shaanxi has lost all people's hearts, the court has no way, and the Xixia people are going south. Do you think who is behind it?"

"Golden man?"

"Now that the Xixia people are going south, maybe the Jin people have already prepared their troops! Once this happens, how long can the court resist?"

"This commander is not the kind of person who is unfaithful and unrighteous! Get out!"

"The officer will leave!"

After Xu Chongyan went out, he already knew in his heart that Wang Yi agreed with his proposal.

If he didn't agree, he wouldn't come out alive.

After all, everyone is a recipient of pensions, and the court can't escape after tracing them down.

On the 26th of the first lunar month, Wang Yi, the economic envoy of Xihe Road, led an army of [-] to go northward, but he did not send orders to other cities on Xihe Road to go northward to seek thieves.

So far, the news of this eight-day battle between Song and Xia has not been fully spread.

The snow in the first month of the fifth year of Jingkang stretched from the northwest to Hedong, crossed the Taihang Mountains, and stretched to Hebei.

It can be said that to the north of the Huaihe River in the Qinling Mountains, thousands of miles are frozen.

In the early morning of the 27th day of the first lunar month, Zhao Ning got the "Calling the Song Dynasty" written by Liu Lin. After reading it, he said: "A mere clown dares to speak out here, and at the same time he is grandiose, and at the same time he imposes violent taxes on Hebei! "

Zhang Shuye said: "Your Majesty, it is better to increase troops to Hebei and wipe out the puppet Qi and Liu Yu as soon as possible."

"No, the situation in Hebei is stable. Liu Yu can't turn the tide. It will cost a lot to mobilize the army. Now there are places where money is used everywhere. Don't do unnecessary things."

Zhao Ding came out and said: "Your Majesty, what I am most worried about is the Northwest. This time the involvement is too big. If the Xixia people take the opportunity to go south, it will not be good for our dynasty!"

"I can understand your concerns, but our real enemy is the Kingdom of Jin. The Kingdom of Jin has no time to go south due to its western expedition. Once the Western Expedition of the Kingdom of Jin is over and its internal reorganization is completed, it will inevitably use troops against us. If the Northwest military administration is delayed, we will wait until later." Jin Guo came to his senses, it's too late!"

Zhao Ning also knew that when Hebei was fighting, the Northwest involved too much, which might trigger a series of crises.

But he didn't have time, and neither did Da Song. He had to take advantage of Jin Guo's absence to solve the evil disease in Shaanxi with the momentum of thunder.

Zhang Shuye said again: "Do you want to order Wu Jie's department in Taiyuan Prefecture to go east to support Hebei, so as to make a quick decision?"

Zhao Ning said confidently: "Mr. Zhang is too worried. The war in Hebei will not last long."

His self-confidence is justified. The Song Dynasty really has no shortage of famous generals who can fight.