In June, the Song Dynasty mobilized its troops and carried out the largest military action since the Taizong Dynasty! It concentrated all the main forces of the Song Dynasty's Western Army and advanced to the Western Xia in five routes!

The first route was led by Xihe, led by the eunuch Li Xian, the chief eunuch of Qin Feng Army, with nearly 10,000 infantry and cavalry, and joined Dong Wen's ten thousand Tubo army to attack Lanzhou and Lingzhou. If Lingzhou was captured by friendly forces, it would become Liangzhou.

The Fuyan Army was led by Zhong Yan, the second generation of the Zhong family army. The Fuyan Army had a total of 9 generals and 54,000 generals and 7 generals of the imperial army in the capital, totaling 9,000. They went out of Shaanxi to attack Mizhi and then attack Xiazhou. The ultimate goal was to besiege Huaizhou with the Hedong Army.

The East Army of the Luhe River was led by the eunuch Wang Zhongzheng, with 60,000 infantry and cavalry, 60,000 civilians, 000 horses, and 000 donkeys. Another 50,000 civilians were reserved. First take Huaizhou, then cross the Yellow River, and enter the hinterland of Xixia.

The fourth round of the Qing army was led by Gao Zunyu, with a total of 87,000 soldiers and 95,000 civilians. They were the main force of attacking and first took the Qingyuan army. The target was Lingzhou, the former important town of the Song Dynasty, and the current Xixia accompanying capital Xiping Prefecture.

The 5th Jingyuan Army, led by Liu Changzuo, was composed of 5,106 infantry and 5,000 horses. In conjunction with the Huanqing Army, it captured Lingzhou.

To sum up, listing numbers one by one, and a little calculation makes people dilate the pupils and their whole body feel numb. The five armies have a total of 50,000 people and 00,000 people, and the total is about 560,000!

Think about how Yongxi's Northern Expedition was like? There were only about 00,000 people. It is no exaggeration to say: This is the largest military operation in the history of the Song Dynasty, and it is also an unprecedented attack. The only one! The bargaining chips that Song Shenzong pressed up were not only the number of troops, but also the wealth generated since Wang Anshi's reform!

Song Shenzong himself was also worried about making these decisions. He found the people from the Privy Council and asked what you think? The military was silent. After a long time, Sun Gu, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, slowly said 8 words: "It is easy to raise an army, but it is difficult to solve the disaster."

Song Shenzong was very annoyed, as if he was convincing Sun Gu, and more like he was convincing himself, "If I don't take the civil strife, the Liao Kingdom will take the enemy. Do we have to sit and watch the Liao Kingdom become bigger?"

The military was silent again. What Song Shenzong said was right. With Yelu Hongji's greed for extorting land from the Song Dynasty for no reason, what is the nearly split Xixia? After a while, they asked the last question, "Your Majesty, who is the commander of the Western Expedition this time?"

"Li Xian" is the answer given by Song Shenzong. Hearing these two words, the military representative felt dizzy, and many words were stuck in his throat. I didn't know which one was better for a while...

Because there is no need to say that this problem is common sense. No one has ever made such a mistake since ancient times. Li Xian was a military eunuch. He was a deputy during the Battle of Wang Shaoxihe. This is qualifications. It is not a secret that the eunuchs of the Song Dynasty are different from the Tang Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty. There are some of them who can be called real men!

For example, Qin Han of the Zhenzong Dynasty. "History of the Song Dynasty" "Han is gentle, gentle, humble, and honest, and takes on others with integrity." Qin Han was brave and fought back and forth, and was killed by 49. When he suppressed the rebellion in Chengdu, he was strayed into five battles and five victories, conquered Yizhou, but gave his military achievements to his subordinates. Qin Han was tenacious and was on the front line during the Battle of Chanyuan, which determined the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty. He did not disarm for more than 70 days until the Liao Kingdom retreated! When he died of illness, the imperial guards buried him with the courtesy of his father and brother. This eunuch was a qualified soldier!

But even if Qin Han was resurrected at this time, he could not be the commander of the Western Expedition at this time. The Privy Council said it well: This Western Expedition was to pacify the Western Xia, and this was a plan to destroy the country! No eunuch took on this level of war!

The answer given by Emperor Shenzong of Song was that there was more than one eunuch, but a eunuch, plus a relative of the foreigner!

Another eunuch was Wang Zhongzheng, the chief general of the Hedong Army, and he was also controlled by him. The foreign relative was Gao Zunyu, the chief general of the Huanqing Army, who was the number one yannei of the Song Dynasty today. He was Gao Qiong's grandson, Gao Jixuan's son, and the uncle of Empress Dowager Gao's "Miss Yao and Shun"! How could such a big background be at the disadvantage of King Zhongzheng? So Liu Changzuo of the Jingyuan Army was commanded by him!

Among the five armies, there was only Zhong Yan. Liu Changzuo was the leader of the battle, but he didn't even have independent military power!

At this moment, I believe everyone remembered his personal name - Wang Shao and Guo Kui! In terms of empiricism and ability, this person is a famous general of the Shenzong Dynasty. He is much better than the above five people. Why didn’t he even mention it? This is fate that makes people beat people. It is not only their tragedy, but also the misfortune of the Song Dynasty!

Guo Kui is destined to be useless. Even if he did everything perfectly during the southern expedition, he would kill Jiaozhi without leaving any other. At that time, he was very good at the master, and not killing him was grace. At this time, he was in advance with a small crime. To be honest, it was the ideal ending...

As for Wang Shao, he was dead, and died on June 4th, on the eve of the war. He used his military merits to serve the country and recover Xihe, but in his biographies, it was like "Shao's words were not very active in the evening, and it was quite crazy. Since he had a cervical disease, he could see the five internal organs, and he also killed many people" (most of his friends were from Chu in the south, so he was not upright. In his later years, he was confused and like a mental illness, and the disease was "arm", his body was ulcerated and even his internal organs could be seen. Why is this?

Is it because he killed too many people...) Is there any fairness in this world? But this is not the fault of Emperor Shenzong of Song. When the "History of Song" was completed, he had been dead for many years. Not to mention a mere Wang Shao, even if he was the emperor, he was tampered with his life. At this time, we only need to know that Emperor Shenzong of Song was a very serious and cautious person, and every decision he made had his own intention, even if he sent eunuchs and relatives to be the head coach. The facts behind will tell us: What is the result of everything!

Back to the present, no matter who opposes, the emperor's will must not be violated! The personnel, troops, attack routes, and the commander will be decided by him, and even the date of the troops sent...

In August, the Foni Kingdom, which had not paid tribute for more than 900 years since the Eastern Han Dynasty, came to the Song Dynasty to pay tribute. With this momentum of dominating all nations, Song Shenzong officially launched the five battles to attack Xia!

On the 7th, the Western Xia army invaded Linzhou Fort, and Emperor Shenzong of Song issued an order: Dong Jin led the Tubo army to attack him.

On the 8th, Junyan's army Zong Yan launched the first, rushed out of the base of Suide City, defeated a Xixia army, and beheaded more than a thousand. The door was auspicious, but the emperor urgently stopped: Zhong Aiqing, your old problem has been violated again! The other four routes are not ready yet, why do you fight out first? Song Shenzong unfolded a huge map of Western Xia, a larger and more refined and layered strategy than Yongxi's Northern Expedition. Putting aside a series of names of people and deconstructing them in the most intuitive way, it can be seen that the five armies lined up on the border of the Western Xia. From left to right are Li Xian, Liu Changzuo, Gao Zunyu, Zhong Yan, and Wang Zhongzheng. The outermost periphery are two eunuchs, and the focus of the attack in Lingzhou is left to the strongest combat power of the central government, Liu Changzuo and Gao Zunyu. The two generals who swept the five states of Yinxia have a contributing effect...

Then why should we force the Zhong family army, which is full of fighting spirit, be kept forcibly? This involves strategic focus. The main attack is in the center, but it is launched on the side, and we must attract all the main forces of Xixia! Under this strategic idea, the Xihe Corps headquarters of Li Xian on the far left should be launched as soon as possible. Li Xian left Xizhou, bypassed Lanzhou, and advanced to the Xishi New City...

During the march, every Song soldier knew that they would soon meet the Xixia people. Because Wang Shao's Xihe opened the border, the Tubo people had been defeated, and they also firmly suppressed the Dangxiang people on the border. The huge threat made Xixia always alert, and both Song and Xia knew that sooner or later a battle would inevitably occur!

Japan, the two armies were connected, and nearly 10,000 Song troops faced more than 10,000 Western Xia cavalry. Li Xian’s mission was to achieve an overwhelming victory. Only in this way can the strategic goal be achieved!

Of course, Li Xian was absolutely sure. Because he led the Xihe Corps, the most elite Western Army in the Song Dynasty! And now the Xihe Corps has increased its ability again, no longer just being brave and fierce, fighting bloody battles. The Xihe Corps has set up a strange formation in the wilderness. I believe that the Xixia people on the opposite side don’t know the origin of this formation at all, and perhaps even who the founder is!

Tang general Li Jing, six snowflake formations... These words are an immortal legend in themselves. They attacked thousands of cavalry thousands of miles to capture the Turkic Khan alive!

Li Xian, the eunuch of the Song Dynasty, did not embarrass the Tang Dynasty's predecessors. He won a great victory, then took advantage of the victory and pursued it. On the 6th, he went to Nuzhe Valley and made a fortune here. This is a military warehouse in Xixia, filled with military rations and weapons. The Song army was afraid of in wars that it was short of food. Getting this foreign wealth was more beneficial than killing tens of thousands of enemy troops.

On September, Tubo Zanpu Dongwu paid tribute and reported that he had led 10,000 Tubo troops to join forces with Li Xian, ready to attack the Xia Kingdom at any time!

After the great victory, Li Xian was empty and the Xixia army ran away. He could have completely swayed into the hinterland of Xixia. But he stopped, seized Lanzhou City nearby, and built it into his own commander's mansion. Time passed day by day, and soon a large number of enemy troops arrived quickly and stationed in eight or nine dangerous areas outside Lanzhou City, forming an encirclement... Eighty or nine enemy troops, each with tens of thousands of people, Li Xian perfectly met Song Shenzong's pre-war requirements and firmly attracted the Xixia army to him!

The conditions are ripe! Including Li Xian's Xihe Army, the five Song troops finally launched the five-way attack on Xia, which was unprecedentedly powerful!

On the same day, King Zhongzheng went to the battle from Linzhou and put on the slogan "My minister Zhongzheng personally fought against the emperor." Gao Zunyu went to the battle from Qingzhou, and Zhong Yan went to the battle from Suide City! On the same day, Emperor Shenzong issued an order: Welcome the leaders of the Xia Lord and the Weiming tribes (before Li Yuanhao became emperor, he changed his surname to Weiming, and the Weiming tribes were the Western Xia royal family) to abandon the secret and turn to the light!

The first to be outstanding and the biggest one was the Zhong Family Army. The army of Fuyan Army, a total of 9,000 people, was the strongest of the five Song army. Zhong Yan went north along Wuding He and besieged Mizhi City on the 4th according to the original plan. There is an old saying in the northwest that is widely circulated, "Mizhi's wife, Suide's Han" is the most distinctive male and female combination in the northwest. Now nearly 100,000 Suide men are here to attack Mizhi City. What is the effect? ​​Unfortunately, it is not so. Zhong Yan has been attacking the sky continuously, and Mizhi City does not move at all, and the wives inside are not looking at what they look like.

But the reinforcements of Xixia arrived! The 80,000 army of Liang Yongneng, a popular foreign relative in Xixia. At this time, Zhong Yan was in the enemy territory, with a backing against the city, and the Song army with more than 90,000 infantry and cavalry, and he could not find any advantage at all. The most terrible thing was that the Fuyan army was not the Xihe army. The last decisive battle in the field of the corps was in Sanchuankou 41 years ago. At that time, the total strength of the two sides (150,000 Liu Ping fought against Li Yuanhao) did not reach nearly 00,000 at this time. Suddenly, the largest field battle in the history of the Song and Xia war kicked off!

It was September 7th that day, and before dawn, Liang Yongneng quietly approached Mizhi City. He was very confident that he would surprise Song Jun.

80,000 cavalry attacked in the early morning, with familiarity with the terrain, and the defenders in Mizhi City. The various factors combined, the fate of the Song army can be determined. It is not a problem of failure, but a road to escape. 8,000 cavalry, this is a large net covering a hundred miles and unrestrained. It is born to be the nemesis of the Song army, which is mainly infantry!

As we moved forward, the sky became brighter, and another surprise made Liang Yongneng doubled his excitement. Heavy fog! On this day, heavy fog fell from the sky, reaching the point where there was no flag on the opposite side. Great! Perfect blitzkrieg weather!

In the heavy fog, the Western Xia cavalry approached Wuding River, and then went forward a valley, and after passing the valley, it was Mizhi City... After that, the Western Xia cavalry would spread out like a flood, squeezing the Song army under Mizhi City into a bunch of meat pies. Unfortunately, in the heavy fog, they suddenly encountered an ambush!

The fierce battle was instantly fierce, and the valley was boiling! The Xixia people changed from sneak attacks to a challenge. This made them very upset. This only means that the positions that the Song army entered before them and even accurately grasped their actions in advance. The war was passive, but don’t be nervous. The 80,000 cavalry corps had no possibility of avoiding the war, and the horse army of such a large scale was self-disturbing and seeking death!

Liang Yongneng ordered his full attack and rushed over at all costs! He believed in his strength and was confident that he would defeat the Song army! The battle situation verified this point. Although it was very difficult, the Song army could no longer withstand it. The front line was loose and finally the Xixia cavalry broke into the hinterland.

This process took more than an hour, and later Liang Yongneng knew that the enemy he was facing during this period was called Qu Zhen. His mood improved. Such strong resistance meant that the Song army also did its best. With all their strength, there was no other tricks? As long as we continue to break through, victory is in front of us!
Chapter completed!