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Chapter 621 Dragging Jue Weiming Er into the palace (1)

Zhe Keshi led his cavalry, and after leaving Huanzhou, they headed directly along an ancient road towards Jingbian Village.

This road has been around since the Han Dynasty and has been the salt road from Shaanxi to Yanzhou for more than a thousand years.

The Song Dynasty called it: narrow carriage road.

As the name suggests, it is this road, although it is relatively narrow as it always runs through valleys and hills.

But the road is smooth and hardly difficult to walk.

The area that this road passes is the territory where the Western Bandit Wei Ming clan started.

After Li Jiqian rebelled, he fled from Xiazhou to Zejin through this route.

Di Zejin is located in the hinterland of Yanzhou, in the eight hundred miles of vast sea.

Therefore, party members have always paid great attention to controlling this path.

However, the main force of Xixia Youzhou is now stationed in the fortification area of ​​Dashun City.

However, the Shizhou Xiangyou Supervisory Military Division, which was originally used as a flank cover, had to fight with Liu Changzuo on Yanyan Road and could only send a small number of troops to cover it.

Moreover, the time of departure was chosen very well.

He left Huanzhou at noon in the ninth month of Renxu, with 1,500 cavalry, leading horses and walking.

By the time they arrived at Jingbian Village, it was already midnight that day.

After resting for a while in Jingbian Village, they left the village and marched northward before dawn.

This time they no longer cherished the power of the horse and traveled quickly under the stars.

Three hours before dawn, 1,500 cavalrymen marched for eighty miles without encountering any obstacles along the way and were not discovered by the party members.

They then jumped out of the defense line composed of the Baibao, Jintang and Houqiao villages of the Party members.

Detoured to Wangpan Mountain (in today's Dingbian County, Yulin, Shaanxi Province) behind Houqiao Village.

This place is less than a hundred and twenty miles away from Yanzhou in the north, and less than two hundred miles away from Jianing, the seat of Youzhou in Xixia.

Zhe Keshi ordered them to rest in Wangpan Mountain and feed the horses. At the same time, he sent a dozen scouts familiar with the geography of Xixia, disguised as party messengers or scouts from Youzhou and Shizhou, to conduct investigations.

In the evening of the same day, Zhe Keshi received a report from the scouts, saying that the Western Bandits were discovered on the road outside Houqiao Village. There were many people and horses coming and going frequently.

Zhe Keshi immediately knew that the supplies of the Western Bandits' Youzhou soldiers and horses were probably transported to the front through this place.

And it happened that Houqiaozhai had convenient transportation with the Jingsai Military Division of Weizhou in the west.

In the past, those who had been confronting the Song Dynasty on Huanqing Road were the West Bandit Nanyuan Supervision and Military Division group headed by the Weizhou Jingsai Supervision and Military Division.

But now, Weizhou's elite soldiers and horses have been transferred away and went to Tiandu Mountain.

Therefore, the Yuzhou Military Supervision Department, which was originally responsible for Weizhou's logistics, attacked.

Therefore, it is reasonable and reasonable for the Western bandits to choose Weizhou to transport grain, grass, and ordnance supplies to Youzhou soldiers and horses.

Zheke could make a decisive decision and immediately send more scouts to strengthen the investigation from Houqiaozhai to Huluhe, in order to locate or find the location of the West bandit's baggage or command organization.

……

Late autumn night, cold and lonely.

Pulling Jue Weiming looked at the messenger in front of him silently.

The messenger from Liang Yibu.

"Why doesn't the Prime Minister agree to the withdrawal of our troops?" He stared at the other party and asked: "The Nanman Dashun City, Huai'an Town and other places are heavily guarded, and it is difficult for our army to succeed. If the delay continues, once the Nanman Yan Road is taken out, Come, defeat Suizhou and cut off my retreat. I am afraid that if you cannot protect Youzhou, Lingzhou and Xiazhou will be in danger!"

The envoy did not answer his question, but said forcefully: "The Prime Minister said: No matter what, please insist on staying in Dashun City for a few more days!"

Pulling Juewei Ming felt a little irritated as he listened.

He came this time to avenge himself.

I originally thought that the little-known civil servant on Huanqing Road in Nanman would make mistakes in the face of the invasion from Qinyu Prefecture, even if he would not cause chaos.

Let him find an opportunity to avenge his shame.

However, nearly half a month after Kuang Gong fortified Dashun City, he discovered that the opponent's Nanman defense line was more difficult to attack than before.

Their castles have now turned into hedgehogs and insidious snakes.

Every siege was a nightmare.

Because there will always be some Nanman cavalry appearing on his flanks and rear.

The dozens or hundreds of fortresses spread out by the Southern Barbarians on the border became the bases for these cavalry to attack.

It makes him hard to guard against and also makes him in trouble.

Therefore, even though the battle lasted for so long, it seemed that the losses were not big - after so many days, the elites he brought with him could only lose hundreds or dozens of people.

Most of the losses were young people, women and children.

Moreover, most of these people were Qiang people he forcibly recruited from the northern foothills of Hengshan Mountain.

However, only he knew how uncomfortable this war was for him.

The food brought by Youzhou was gradually consumed, and the livestock accompanying the army began to starve.

Weizhou's food supply is insufficient.

So, he had decided to quit.

In any case, the three thousand elite cavalrymen he brought from Ganzhou must not be lost.

This is the capital of the Tujue family!
He brought these people here to make a fortune.

Not cannon fodder for Liang Yibu to make great achievements!

But the messenger opposite him didn't care at all about the difficulties he faced.

He was forcefully asked to insist on attacking the fortification area of ​​Dashun City to attract the main force of the Song Army on Huanqing Road for the battle of Dingxi City.

Prevent it from joining the Song army on Jingyuan Road and support the direction of Dingxicheng.

The more Tujue Weiming thought about it, the angrier he became.

So, he simply said to the envoy: "Weizhou's food and grass cannot be supplied. Our army will attack Dashun City and Huai'an Town. Once the Shizhou Xiangyou Supervisory Army Division on the flank is defeated by the southern barbarians, I am afraid that Lingzhou will be lost!"

At that time, the Nanman Five Route Army invaded Xia, and the greatest threat to the Dabai Gao Kingdom was the Zhong'e army that came out from the Yanyan Road.

Sweeping thousands of troops along the way, they broke through the fortified city, broke through several defense lines, directly penetrated most of the Dabai Gao Kingdom, and reached Lingzhou.

If it hadn't been for the help of the Nanman relative, Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Youzhou, and Shizhou might not be owned by Dabai Gaoguo now.

The entire northern foothills of Hengshan Mountain will also fall into the hands of the Southern Barbarians.

In this way, it is clear that the Gao Kingdom is not far away!
The envoy said: "Weizhou Military Supervision Department has tried its best to raise food and grass."

"Furthermore, the Prince Consort is backed by Jintang, Baibao and other strongholds. He can advance and retreat freely. What's there to worry about?"

The Song and Xia countries have always been in tit-for-tat confrontation in the area where Huanqing Road is located.

The border between the two countries is densely packed with fortifications, making it difficult for either side to break through the other side's defenses.

Although the Xixia fortification area with Jintang, Baibao, and Houqiao villages as its core is not as good as the Dashun City and Huai'an Town fortification areas of the Song Dynasty.

But as long as the troops are sufficient, it is enough to cause the attacking Song army to suffer huge losses.

Pulling Jue Weiming looked at the other party: "But I'm worried that Shizhou Xiangyou Supervisor and Military Division is no match for the Nanman!"

"Can the Prime Minister guarantee that Shizhou Xiangyou Supervisor Military Division can withstand the Nanman Yan Road offensive?"

The man in charge of Yanyan Road is Liu Changzuo, a rare warrior of the Southern Barbarians!

The soldiers and horses he brought were even more brave soldiers brought by the Southern Barbarian general Zhong'e.

No one dares to stroke the tiger's beard.

Therefore, according to Liang Yibu's deployment, other parties took the initiative to attack the Song Dynasty.

There are only two places, and all you have to do is defend them.

One is the Zuoxiang Shenyong Military Supervision Department, and the other is Shizhou Xiangyou Supervision Military Department.

Therefore, Liang Yibu personally came forward and invited two senior generals to take charge of the Shenyong Military Supervision Department and Shizhou Xiangyou Military Supervision Department respectively.

The person who took charge of the left wing was the famous general Su Lao and Weiming Liangming who guarded the Weifu Supervision and Military Division in Heishan.

Just by looking at the name, you can tell that this is the clan king of the Wei Ming family.

And he is a clan king who is very close to Wu Zu!

His ancestor was Li Jiyuan, Taizu’s younger brother!

He is the same generation as Yizong (Li Liangzuo). He has been guarding the Weifu Supervisory Army Division in Heishan for thirty years. He is experienced and steady in his military use.

He is also Liang's staunch ally within the Weiming family.

Weiming Liangming was a powerful figure in the Weiming family who firmly opposed the restructuring and sinicization of Yizong.

Therefore, as soon as Liang came to power, he received the support of Weiming Liangming.

He has a close relationship with the old Prime Minister. Before his death, the old Prime Minister married his daughter and his son, and also asked the current Prime Minister Liang Yibu to marry the daughter of Wei Liangming.

Therefore, Liang Yibu asked Wei Mingliangming, who was already sixty years old, to lead his troops to the left wing to take charge of the Shenyong Supervisory Army Division.

But the famous general invited by Shizhou was Liang Yixing, who was transferred from Guazhou.

This is Liang Yimai's cousin, who was arranged by Liang Yimai to stay in Guazhou and became famous by killing Uighurs. His value is not comparable to that of Wei Mingliangming.

Lajue Weiming was really worried now that his flank would be broken through by the Song Army.

If this is the case, the Song army on the Yanyan Road can directly take the Wuding River and outflank his retreat.

By that time, he will have a home and cannot return.

Can Liu Changzuo do it?
The answer is obvious - as long as he can penetrate Shizhou, this kind of thing will be easy for him.

For Lajue Weiming, defeat is not terrible.

What's scary is that all the three thousand elite troops he brought here are lost here.

Those who pull Jue may be expelled.

The people from his hometown in Ganzhou will definitely tear him into pieces!

The envoy raised his head and looked directly at him, with anger hidden in his eyes: "Does your consort not believe in the strength of my Liang family?"

Liang Yixing is the uncle of the Prime Minister and a veteran of the Liang family.

Asking Jue Weiming to question Liang Yixing is tantamount to questioning the Liang family.

And this messenger happened to be named Liang.

Pulling Jue Weiming lowered his head: "I don't dare!"

"But, the old supervisor is facing a famous southern barbarian general after all!"

After Zhong'e died and Li Xian was transferred back to Bianjing, among the Nanman generals, the one who feared Dabai Gao the most was Liu Changzuo.

Yao Si and Wang Wenyu will be ranked behind him.

More than ten days ago, Yanjue Weiming was not worried about Shizhou at all.

But in the past half month, he had suffered a bloody blow to his head in the fortification area of ​​Dashun City.

It gave him self-doubt.

A little-known civil servant in the Southern Barbarians could beat him to the point of depression.

Liu Changzuo of Yanyan Road is a famous marshal who has been famous for a long time!
A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

Drag Jue Wei Ming is really scared.

He was afraid that his retreat would be cut off by the Song army on Fuyan Road.

Just as the messenger was about to speak, rapid footsteps suddenly came from outside.

A general walked in in a hurry. When he saw Tuo Juewei's name, he knelt down and said, "Supervisor, urgent report from Houqiao Village..."

"I saw fire dozens of miles outside the stronghold, soaring into the sky. Our army's supplies may be attacked by the southern barbarians!"

Tujue Weiming immediately stood up and looked at the person coming: "What did you say?"

The grain and grass baggage from Weizhou need to be transported hundreds of miles before they can be delivered to Houqiao Village.

Although the road is flat along the way, the mountain road is narrow and only one car can pass at a time.

Therefore, Weizhou's grain and grass transportation team needs a place to repair.

This place was chosen in a river valley forty miles north of Houqiao Village.

It should be safe and sound here too.

What's going on now?

Could it be that the Nanman had wings and could fly?
Tujue Weiming didn't have time to think too much. He stood up immediately and didn't care to say anything more to the envoy sent by Liang Yibu.

He must go to Houqiao Village immediately!
Because once Weizhou's grain and grass transportation roads are blocked.

Then, his army will face the risk of running out of food!
No matter what, he must eliminate this threat!

Otherwise, with such a threat behind him, even if he wanted to withdraw his troops, he might not be able to do so.

……

Fires shot into the sky, and throughout the valley, the accumulated grain and grass, various armors, and vehicles were burning.

Zhe Keshi looked at the food, tents and vehicles burning in the fire.

There are at least thousands of stones of grain and grass piled here, all of which are now burned in the fire.

By the time dawn comes, even if the Western thieves come to rescue them, they may not be able to save even a tenth of the food left.

"What a pity..." Zhe Keshi looked at the food and grass, shook his head, and then turned back to look at the young men kneeling on the ground, shivering.

When his cavalry launched a night attack, these Western thieves were young and strong and could not organize any resistance. They also did not expect that a Song Army cavalry would appear in front of them.

So as soon as his army rushed forward, it directly tore apart the few defenses.

Most of the remaining young men were still asleep. When they opened their eyes, they saw the Song Army cavalry, fully armed, rushing into the valley camp, and they all knelt down to ask for surrender.

"General, what should we do with these prisoners?" Zhe Keshi's soldier asked.

In the past, when the Song Dynasty officers and soldiers encountered such a thing, of course they chose to cut off their heads and go back to seek rewards.

After Zhe Keshi hesitated for a while, he sighed and said, "God is kind to you!"

"Let's let them live!"

Killing prisoners is unlucky and is not the virtue of a military minister!
Now the imperial court is firmly opposed to killing prisoners!
For this reason, the officials did not hesitate to raise the reward for the prisoners alive to that of beheading!
As for killing prisoners, one or two, it's okay if no one notices.

There is absolutely no way to hide the killing of hundreds or even thousands of prisoners.

Once someone exposes him, the Zhe family's reputation will be damaged!

So, no need!

What's more, he led his army to burn down the food and supplies of the Western Bandit Army, which was already a miraculous feat. It was enough for him to transfer to an official position, so there was no need to add any unnecessary extravagance.

So Zhe Keshi just ordered people to cut off the heads of the corpses on the battlefield, hung the heads on the back of the saddle, and disappeared into the dark night with his people.

After dawn the next day, the Xixia soldiers and horses who came out of Houqiao Village carefully searched and advanced and arrived here.

They only saw the grain that had been burned to cokes in the valley camp, and more than a thousand young men who were tied up and left in place.

Everyone was silent.

At noon, Drago Jueweiming and his people also arrived here.

Pulling Juewei's name, he suddenly became furious.

He carefully examined the traces at the scene and found the marks left by countless horse hooves charging.

"Southern barbarian cavalry, at least a thousand!"

"How did they get here?"

The three villages of Baibao, Jintang and Houqiao are like iron barrels, airtight.

Unless the Southern Barbarian cavalry could fly, it would be impossible for them to pass through this line of defense.

Therefore, there was only one possibility - they took a detour through the narrow road in the carriage.

What are Weizhou's soldiers and horses doing?
Why didn't you even know that such a large group of Southern Barbarian cavalry was lurking in?

Is it necessary to wait for the Southern Barbarian cavalry to emerge from behind Houqiao Village, or even touch the Wuding River, before the Weizhou soldiers and horses wake up from a dream? !

……

Mizhi Village.

The most advanced fortress on Fuyan Road.

It is also the spoil of the Five-Road Expedition to Xia and the Yanyan Road.

This village goes deep into the hinterland of Shizhou's defense line, like a sharp knife thrust into the vulnerable throat of Xithief.

At this time, the setting sun at dusk illuminated the walls of Mizhi Village.

The West Thieves' Fort in the distance was already filled with smoke.

The Song army on Yanyan Road has completely broken through the frontal enemy's defense.

The gap has been opened, and Liu Changzuo's troops surge forward like a tide.

One after another, stone forts and wooden villages were invaded by the Song army.

Gun smoke was everywhere, and the sounds of killing and wailing resounded throughout the world.

These elite soldiers from the Yanyan Road brought out by Zhong Er have experienced the test of the Five-Road Expedition to Xia and the Battle of Yongle City. Some of the veterans even experienced the era when Zhong Shiheng built Qingjian City.

Each one is an expert at fighting the old war.

They are natural executioners and ruthless killing machines.

Liu Changzuo stood on a hill, watching from a distance that the Western bandits had broken through the defense line.

"Immediately send someone to inform Xianggong Lu of Hedong and Xianggong Zhang of Huanqing Road!"

"Our army has defeated the enemy in Shizhou and will go straight to Wuding River!"

"In addition, immediately send someone 800 miles away to report the victory to the official!"

(End of this chapter)