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Chapter 256 Encircled Xingqing

() The Tubo dynasty in history was once very powerful, but later it gradually declined due to continuous internal storm.

In the early Northern Song Dynasty, the Tubo noble Jiao Silu was once rewarded by Zhao Kuangyin, and he worked very hard in his previous military use of Western Xia.

But that era has long passed after all. Now there are many tribes of all sizes in Tubo, and the most powerful force among them is the descendant of Jiaosila.

Strictly speaking, this descendant who inherited the power of the Jiaosila tribe was not a direct descendant of Jiaosila, but was the one who came to power by killing Jiaosila's grandson. He was Aligu.

Although Aligu is a yin strategist, he knows how to win people's hearts. Through the use of kindness and power, he gradually settled in his current position. At the same time, this guy is also good at changing his mind.

When Song Qing asked the Living Buddha to come forward and asked Aligu to send troops to attack Xixia, Aligu kept thinking about how to get the greatest benefit from this matter.

At first he didn't expect that the Liangshan troops would be so brave, otherwise he wouldn't just shout and stop working hard. But when he saw the Liangshan army breaking into Xixia, he realized that it was time to get benefits. So he immediately ordered the troops to follow up and snatch a piece of meat from Liangshan's mouth, otherwise wouldn't it be in vain?

Is the meat in Liangshan's mouth so easy to seize? They have never been the only ones who have snatched others. How could anyone ever be missed?

While Hua Rong was leading his army to drive away the defenders of Xiliang Prefecture, Aligu's men suddenly occupied Xiliang Prefecture, which had become an empty city. He also claimed that this was the price of Liangshan asking them to send troops.

Hua Rong is not exposed or exposed in normal times because the light of others is so dazzling that people cannot notice him. But if you think he is easy to bully, then you are very wrong.

Tubo sent 50,000 troops to help the battle this time, and it was not a problem to guard a city, but it depends on who was sieging the city.

Hua Rong asked the Tubo people to leave within three days, otherwise he would attack the city. His Western Route Army also had 80,000 people, which seemed to be evenly matched, but he did not take these Tubo people seriously at all. He used these three days to quickly transfer the twenty artillery guns that followed behind.

As Hua Rong thought, the Tubo people had no intention of giving up the city, and even mocked the Liangshan soldiers for their efforts but did not get any benefits.

Hua Rong saw it and hated her. After the artillery arrived, she rushed towards the Tubo camp without saying a word, and then rushed the army to cover it.

Under the infection of Song Qing, the heroes of Liangshan were all in the same mind, that is, since the place occupied by Liangshan is the territory of Liangshan. If you dare to occupy our Liangshan territory, you must resolutely eliminate it. Do you care whether you are a friendly army?

This bombing and killing made the Tubo army stupid. Is the Liangshan army crazy? You must know that you are fighting against the powerful Xixia. If you treat friendly forces like this, aren’t you afraid that friendly forces will bite you?

After the Tubo army was shot out of Xiliang Prefecture by Hua Rong with a round of shells, they immediately sent people to negotiate with Hua Rong.

Hua Rong's answer is very simple, "The place where Liangshan people walk is the land of Liangshan people. Those who dare to offend Liangshan land will be killed."

The Tubo general had no choice but to report to Aligu while withdrawing his troops back to the border between Tubo and Xixia. After seeing the firearms in Liangshan, he no longer dared to provoke Liangshan's troops easily.

Hua Rong made a move and left 10,000 troops to guard Xiliang Prefecture. At the same time, he asked them to re-strengthen the city walls so that the Tubo people would not return. Then he led the rest of the troops to Xingqing Prefecture and participated in the battle there.

At this time, Yue Fei and Yang Yizhong had arrived at the city of Xingqing Prefecture.

The number of troops gathered by Li Renai was about 150,000. Although the troops were weak, they had a strong city to rely on, which was enough to offset the shortage of the number of people.

The west wind is flying, and the battle flag is flying.

The yin clouds of war permeate this ancient land. Since its establishment, Xingqing Prefecture has never been attacked by enemy troops. This is a shame in Li Renai's opinion, but for ordinary people, it is more panic.

The war is about to break out.

Yue Fei rode on the horse and looked at the majestic Xingqing Prefecture City in the distance, and felt mixed feelings. Leading a large army to gallop outside the border and sweep away the alien race was his dream when he was a boy, and it finally came true today.

Yue Fei was no longer simply grateful to Song Qing who gave him this opportunity. Through the series of policies to benefit the people and strengthen the country implemented by Song Qing, he felt sincere respect for Song Qing. This is the ruler that the people in the Central Plains need the most.

Before entering the Western Xia, Song Qing had already discussed with him the strategy after taking down Xingqing Prefecture. For such a country dominated by the Dangxiang Tuoba people, they should use iron-blooded means to make them surrender, and at the same time, they should adopt a series of people-friendly policies to win the support of other nations except Tuoba.

It is not difficult to take down Xingqing Mansion, but Yue Fei doesn't want to destroy it too much, otherwise he could open the city gate with a single shell.

In addition, if you only use this method to attack the city, it will be easy to engage in street battles with the powerful Xixia soldiers, but this is not what Yue Fei is willing to see.

The best way is to destroy the vitality of Xixia as much as possible outside the city. But now the weather is about to enter October, and it is about to be cold. Once the war is delayed, it will inevitably cause immeasurable losses to the army, so the war must be ended as soon as possible.

Yue Fei is quite supportive of Hua Rong's approach. Soldiers should have such a strong skill. Those who dare to offend our land are just one word, killing them. There is no room for negotiation.

Yue Fei had already written a memorial to Song Qing about this matter, and he believed that Song Qing would also support them.

Yue Fei has also studied the structure of the Western Xia army. To put it bluntly, he felt that the real threat was the zhongyang guards of the Western Xia and the heavily armored cavalry.

Yue Fei also made corresponding countermeasures for these things.

Just before the war began, Li Qianjing, who was as anxious as a stray dog, came up again. No matter how stupid he was, he had already realized that he had been fooled by Song Qing.

It’s a pity that he could only dare not speak out about this kind of thing, because he also fantasized about using Liangshan people to finally sit on the throne of the Emperor of Xixia.

Besides, his daughter had been sent to the Liang Palace, so he could only say that she was the King of Liang's father-in-law? Relying on this identity, after Li Qianjing arrived at the Liangshan camp, he began to stop treating himself as an outsider and came to Yue Fei directly to ask Yue Fei to send troops to destroy Li Ren'ai as soon as possible.

Yue Fei looked down on such a person from the bottom of his heart, and Song Qing had already explained that Li Qianjing's destination could only go to Luoyang to retire. As for the others, he would not even think about it.

If Li Qianjing is doing so miserably now, he was full of 300,000 troops when he was at Xingqing City. He had long disappeared. There were only a poor 18,000 people left by his side, and he was not even qualified to assist the Liangshan army.

Yue Fei sat behind the handmaster's case and looked at Li Ganjing coldly, and after he finished speaking, he said, "Qiansui invited you to visit Luoyang. You don't need to be careful about the matter here. Go down and prepare for it, and leave now!"

Li Ganjing couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "You are so brave. Do you know what my relationship with King Liang? If you offend me, will your prince let you go? Tell you, I won't go there. You should send troops to eliminate that boy Li Renai, otherwise I will send someone to King Liang to sue you."

A man was so stupid that Yue Fei was no longer in the mood to talk nonsense to him, so he directly ordered someone to take him out and told the guards that he would not allow this person to enter his commander's tent.

In desperation, Li Ganjing came to Yan Qing with shamelessness. At this time, Yan Qing already knew about Li Ganjing's daughter's current situation in Luoyang. He could only express sympathy for Li Xin'er's experience, who made her have such a top-notch father?

Yan Qing was also clear about the destination that Song Qing arranged for Li Ganjing, so after Li Ganjing found him, he hinted that he should not have any more delusions and would rather go to Luoyang to be his rich man!

This is why Yan Qing is kind enough. If it were Cao Zheng, he would have killed him directly.

Only then did Li Ganjing fully understand that Song Qing was going to destroy Xixia! If Xixia was destroyed, what should he do? Is it really going to Luoyang for retirement as they said? No, never.

Li Ganjing, who was angry and embarrassed, made another trick. He actually went to the officers in charge of artillery in the camp as his father-in-law of Liang, and tried to take away a batch of artillery.

Firearms have always been the highest-controlled military capital in the Liangshan Army. No one can think of it without the consent of the commander.

After Yue Fei received the news, he immediately ordered someone to take down Li Ganjing. If it weren't for the fact that he had such a little passion with Song Qing, Yue Fei would have chopped off his head.

At this point, Yue Fei simply did not stop and directly adapted Li Ganjing's army and dispersed it into the logistics troops of Liangshan.

However, it is said that Li Ganjing sneaked out of the camp that night, and there has been no news since then. No one knows whether he or she is dead or alive.

After three ris rest, Yue Fei beat the drum and raised the tent, mobilizing his troops to launch the first round of offensive against the Xixia troops.

At first, Li Renai was very afraid that Yue Fei would use the cannon directly when he came up. After all, no one could come up with a way to restrain such extremely powerful firearms.

Seeing that Yue Fei sent his troops out, he was not showing weakness at the moment, and immediately mobilized the fierce Capturing Army to face the enemy.

This is just a tentative contact, and no one will use all their strength.

On the Liangshan side, 5,000 infantry led by Li Kui were used as the central army, and Yan Qing led 10,000 cavalry guards to the side. The army walked slowly towards the Western Xia army on the war drums.

The composition of the Western Xia infantry is a bit strange. Most of the soldiers are composed of slaves and prisoners. If these people win the battle after the war, they will be pardoned. Therefore, once these people go to the battlefield, they are all desperate people and their combat power cannot be underestimated.

Nowadays, the soldiers of Liangshan are all soldiers of war, and have experienced countless life and deaths. In addition, they are strictly built by Yue Fei's military discipline, and can be called an iron army.

It is said that a brave man wins when he meets a narrow road. What will happen if two such armies meet together? It can only be seen who is more fierce and who is more lasting.
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