A day later, the scout came and brought huge bad news. The Xixia army adopted the strategy of luring the enemy into depth to deceive the Haoshuichuan defenders. Now the 50,000 Xixia army is occupying Haoshuichuan and is replenishing supplies. It seems that they are going to attack Weizhou City.

Tong Guan was so surprised that he didn't say anything for a long time. The Northwest Army of the Song Dynasty mobilized more than 200,000 yuan in the end, Xixia captured the city. If this was not done well, Long Yan would be furious and his position would be lost.

"Immediately order the Yan'an Prefecture to plant a general, throw 30,000 troops to reinforce Weizhou and fight against the Western Xia army of Haoshuichuan." Tong Guan immediately issued an order. Weizhou, like Yan'an Prefecture, is an important city. Once occupied by Xixia, the problem is very serious, so the most urgent task is to protect Weizhou.

Immediately after Tong Guan summoned all the generals to hold a military meeting, the conference room became a vegetable market, and there were constant quarrels. Some said: "The journey from here to Weizhou is long, and the weather is cold and the marching is not good. It is better to go out and advance along Yonglechuan, capture Xiazhou, and then go straight to Xiping Prefecture."

Another general said: "It's funny to say that Xiping Prefecture is an important city in Xixia. Even if it is internally empty, we can't escape as long as we attack Xiping Prefecture and join forces to encircle the Xixia army."

Tong Guan's army had many aides, and Mr. Xi said: "In the current situation, it is impossible for us to retreat. The 50,000 Xixia army on the opposite side will follow once we retreat. In addition, once we retreat, the public opinion in the court is not good for the general, so we can only rush and eat the 50,000 Xixia army in front of us."

Tong Guan thought deeply, slapped the table and cursed: "Damn, there are no strong soldiers in the Song Dynasty. We will set sail tomorrow and attack with all our strength."

The major policy was determined and the attack was the Xixia camp twenty miles away. The Xixia commander Li Yuanming, Xixia general Li Yuanliang and Tong Guan were old opponents, 50,000 to 50,000, Tong Guan was not afraid of them playing tricks, they were too familiar with each other.

In the Dongping Prefecture Army, Wu Song summoned all the generals to hold a meeting. There were three more people today. Who were here? Shi Jin, Chen Da, and Yang Chun brought supplies and five hundred cavalry from the Tongda Carriage Store branch of Yan'an Prefecture.

Wu Song said the situation of the battle, and Chao Gai said, "I want to say that although Xixia took over the Good Shuichuan, it was a dream to attack Weizhou. The Weizhou garrison was more than two taels, and the nearby rural population exceeded 400,000. As long as the guard general was not a pig, he would definitely move the people outside the city to the city, strengthen the walls and clear the fields. How long does the Xixia army in the cold weather take? It would take no time to capture it. After all, the Northwest Army is not a candid. Negotiation is their purpose. When the troops arrived at the city, they began to say that the court asked for money. There were not many other people in the court, but there were many cowards. Our court has always been to prefer outsiders to give them slaves. The emperor was soft-hearted and probably would give money."

Wu Song touched and found that this was true. It was difficult for Xixia to fight the Northern Song Dynasty. It was true that the troops were at the city to get benefits.

Zhu Wu said: "It's too far, it's too far. We don't care about the affairs of the court. We're trying to get benefits and train our army this time. We're going to the northwest all the way. We have few Western Xia troops north of Xiazhou, but there are mainly Western Xia ranches. We don't have detailed information. However, according to the caravan's information, there are at least 500,000 horses and 200,000 to 300,000 camels. Wouldn't it be great if we fight and get a few tens of thousands of camels or horses?"

Cheng Zhi said: "We should agree to the action alone, but horses are a problem, with more than two thousand horses in the gap, and Captain Liu's red-clothed cannon must be hidden."

Wu Song looked at the map and said, "There are insufficient horses to replenish slowly. Infantry will ride horses. Although they cannot become cavalry, there is still no problem riding horses. I will go to ask for battle now, and I will go to attack Xiazhou to disrupt the enemy's deployment."

Wu Song took dozens of personal soldiers including Luo Ping to find Tong Guan. Tong Guan was reluctant to let Wu Song go. Although he knew that this trip would definitely disrupt the Xixia army's defense, it was also very dangerous and it was very likely to be difficult to escape unscathed. Tong Guan advised Wu Song not to go. Wu Song was righteous. As the imperial official, how could he not share the worries of the court. Finally, Tong Guan said: "Since the general has decided that I will not say much. If this battle is won, I will definitely ask for me for the Wu Song brothers."

Before dawn the next day, the entire Dongping Prefecture Army set out. The wind was cold and the flags were flying. Liu Tang had already hidden the heavy artillery and only brought tiger squat cannons, so the march was very fast. By dawn, the Dongping Prefecture Army had bypassed more than twenty miles of the main force in the western Xia of Yongle Sichuan.

The light cavalry scout in charge of Li Yuanliang came to report at dawn: "The general's enemy's team of more than 5,000 people heading towards Xiazhou, has been bypassing our camp for more than 20 miles."

Li Yuanliang said angrily: "What is the scout doing? I'm here to report now. Call the captain in the morning and I'm going to kill him."

The scout said: "The three scout teams were wiped out. The enemy is very cunning and ambush our scout team."

"Okay, let's explore again." Li Yuanliang was going to find the general to ask for orders, and he wanted to lead troops to intercept him.

At this moment, the horn in the army rang out rapidly, and the Western Xia army was in large numbers.

It turned out that Tong Guan led the 50,000 main force to reach ten miles away, and it seemed that he was going to fight.

When Li Yuanliang arrived at the central army, the commander Li Yuanming sat upright. Li Yuanliang told the story of the Dongping Prefecture Army going around.

Li Yuanming said: "Okay, I will send five thousand light cavalry to chase you. Your iron kite is not allowed to move. Tong Guan is anxious and wants to come to the scene."

Li Yuanliang said: "Wu Song is so cunning. I'm afraid that others are not opponents, so I'd better go there."

The general was a little unhappy and said, "I'm worried too much. It's just the third-line troops of the Song Dynasty. It's normal for a few fierce men in the army, but it's definitely not the opponent of my elite soldiers in the Xixia."

The northwest region is vast and sparsely populated. The Yonglechuan battlefield is actually very far away from Xiazhou. Looking at the progress on the map, it is actually 500 miles away. The guide who was looking for by the Intelligence Department played an important role and was very familiar with the geography.

The team was moving fast, and the horses behind us soon appeared pursuers. The plan to prevent the pursuit was long ago, which was ambush. The terrain of Xixia was mountainous, so it was too easy to find a mountain road suitable for ambush. The terrain between two mountains and one ditch was Wu Song led Wu Zhuang and Liu Tang and two thousand people prepared on the ridge.

The combat plan is to first carry out a round of artillery bombardment. Since it is very dangerous to grab horses, the artillery must save ammunition. The artillery will be fired for one round, and then the Wu Zhuang battalion will shoot crossbow arrows, and the crossbow arrows will be powerful. Then the cavalry that ambushed not far away, and the infantry will attack, clear the battlefield, and grab enough horses.

Just after the ambush, the enemy soldiers arrived. In order to lure the enemy into the depths, Shi Jin led 500 people as bait. The 5,000 Western Xia cavalry were as fierce as bloody wolf. Shi Jin and others ran in a very embarrassed manner.

(End of this chapter)

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