Listening to Wei Ming Zhongxin's cry, Li Qianshun didn't say a word and didn't dare to say anything. He only felt a chill on his back.
After a long time, Li Qingluan spoke, his voice hoarse, "How did Liangzhou City fall?"
After crying profusely, Weiming Zhongxin seemed to have discharged all his grief with his tears, leaving only numbness, desolation and endless sorrow in his heart.
His eyes were dull and he replied absently: "Early the next morning, the Song army began to set up their formation again. This time, they pushed the twenty high carts pushed out of hell to the west gate. Everyone in the city went crazy. The Liangzhou Army commander Cao Mian and others who were guarding the west gate opened the gate and led their troops out of the city to ask for surrender."
"Is this a surrender?" Li Qianshun asked in disbelief.
"Your Majesty, you have been suffering in that fire for a day and a night. The last person who survived just wants to live again. Moreover, the south gate was burned into ruins and the city gate was burned without a trace. Before the Song army surrendered at the west gate, From there it's an easy drive into town..."
After a pause, Weiming Zhongxin continued: "The city was in chaos. Those who surrendered and those who fled for their lives were all looking after their own affairs. The ministers fled out of the east gate with two thousand remaining cavalry, but were attacked by the Song Army's cavalry. They chased and killed them all the way. The subordinates tried their best to cover and took a long detour before the humble minister finally escaped and rushed to Xingqing Mansion day and night..."
After saying this, Weiming Zhongxin slumped down in the hall.
Reporting to His Majesty was the only motivation for him to persevere until now. Now that he had finished reporting to His Majesty, all his energy and energy suddenly disappeared, as if he had been burned out in the fire in Liangzhou City.
Li Qingluan called the guards and dragged Wei Ming Zhongxin away, leaving only a shell of his body. There was silence in the palace.
Li Qianshun could not get over the bad news for a long time. Liangzhou City fell, the connection between Xingqing Mansion and Gansu Military Division and Heishui Military Division was cut off, and Xia Kingdom lost an arm.
An unprecedented crisis!
Li Qingluan looked at the emperor's younger brother and wanted to speak to persuade, but didn't know what to say. Because she knew that there would be more bad news to follow. Liu Fa and others taught by Zhao Shisan would never give up easily. They would Taking advantage of the situation to expand the victory, he ruthlessly tore off a piece of flesh from Xia Guo's body.
Sure enough, not long after, military reports came.
"The Qilian Mountain Division of the Dingxi Army and the Zhuque Qijingsu First Division marched four hundred miles from Liangzhou City to attack the Shatuo Army. The Shatuo Army was caught off guard and the entire army was defeated. Only more than 500 people fled back to Shunzhou. The Song Army advanced Capture Yingli City."
The Shatuo Army was the Shatuo people who were incorporated into the territory of the Xia Kingdom. They were organized into an army with about 7,000 tents and were stationed near Yingli City.
Today's Shatuo people have long been without Li Keyong. Li Cunmao and his son fought in the north and south, and were strong when their martial virtues were abundant. It was expected that they would be defeated.
The key is that Yingli City is occupied by the Song Army, which will be very troublesome.
Between Xingqing Prefecture and Liangzhou is a vast Gobi Desert. There are water sources and small oasis in the middle. It is okay to walk with a camel caravan of dozens or hundreds of people. Walking with an army of thousands of people is looking for death.
Even if you can find water sources and small oasis without getting lost, the water there cannot supply so many people.
Therefore, they can only go south along the north bank of the Yellow River and turn west at Yingli City. Now that the Song Army has occupied Yingli City, it is equivalent to blocking the north bank of the Yellow River, the key pass between Xingqing Prefecture and Liangzhou City.
Li Qianshun and Li Qingluan suddenly thought of a question and broke into cold sweat.
The two said in unison, "Nishishusu Gunji is in danger!"
Li Qianshun stood up and was about to call the guards loudly.
"Your Majesty, it's too late! The current Song Army is not the former Song Army. As long as the previous Song Army did not belong to the same army, even if they were separated by a valley, they would not support each other and cooperate. The information I learned in Song Dynasty, Zhao Shisan has always focused on the cooperation between the Song Army and the Song Army. After the restructuring of the Western Army, they have also been eliminating this shortcoming."
"And the Jingyuan Army Governor Yao Lin and the Deputy Governor Wang Zhen are not idle people. After the Dingxi Army started taking action, they also gathered troops and horses on Jingyuan Road and kept their eyes peeled. They would not let go of such a great opportunity. of."
After listening to Li Qingluan's words, Li Qianshun hesitantly sat back on his seat. There was still a bit of hope and luck on his face. He hoped that the Song army would still be as chaotic as before, with chaotic command and individual affairs.
But Li Qianshun knew that this was impossible! If the Song army remained the same as before, they would not even be able to get close to Liangzhou City, let alone capture Liangzhou City.
"Report! Urgent report from Weizhou!" A minister from the Privy Council ran into the hall with a copy of the military newspaper and was sweating profusely.
Li Qianshun felt cold. What he didn't want to happen happened anyway.
After hesitating for a while, Li Qianshun finally gritted his teeth and said.
"read!"
"... Yao Lin, the governor of the Jingyuan Army, led the main force northward along the Hulu River, broke through several villages, and then attacked the Xishou Army to the west after taking advantage of the river danger. The deputy governor Wang Zhen led his troops out of Huizhou, went north along the Yellow River, and headed towards Attack from the east. The Jingsu Division of the Song Army's Zhuque Tribe in Yingli City crossed the Yellow River and went south to attack from the north."
"The Song army encircled on three sides, formed a camp step by step, and finally fought with the main force of our Xishou Army Division at Weijing Mountain. After a fierce battle for a day and night, the Xishou Army Commander Li Mao, the deputy commander Wei Mingda Li, and the supervisory envoy... After more than ten generals were killed in the battle, the commander Li Dai led more than 2,000 remaining troops across the Hulu River and fled eastward to Weizhou..."
Li Qianshun felt that the sky was about to fall, Liangzhou was lost, and the Gansu Military Division and the Heishui Military Division were like kites with broken strings, losing contact with the Xingqing Mansion.
Now there is no more Nishi Sushi Gunshi.
The Xishou Army faced great pressure from the powerful Pingxia Army of the Song Dynasty.
Since last year, it has been a key area harassed by the Song Army. Patrol posts were killed, grain roads were robbed... It has almost become a base for actual combat training of the Song Army's cavalry troops.
Li Qianshun didn't add too many troops and horses to it. He just asked all the ministries to defend the area, just like the Song army on the opposite side in previous years. Therefore, the military strength of Xishou Army has always been relatively weak.
This time the Song Army attacked from three sides. In addition, there was the Yellow River to the north, the Hulu River to the west, and the Hulu River to the east. There were high mountains and ridges to the south, so there was very little room for maneuver. The Song Army used its superior strength to squeeze from three sides, and Xishou Army had no chance at all. The power to fight back,
Now it seems that defeat is foreseeable. But before, no one could believe that the Song army was so bold.
What the Xia Kingdom did not expect was that the Song Army actually captured Liangzhou City in a short period of time, and the Xia Army had no time to react. They could only watch helplessly as the Song Army freed up its hands and seized the momentum of a great victory.
Li Qianshun's heart felt like it was being twisted with a knife, because he thought of the four prefectures west of Gansu, Su, Gua, and Shahe from Xishou Army.
The Xia Kingdom's control over these four states was relatively weak to begin with. The real masters there were the leaders of the local aristocratic families, the Uighurs, and the Tubo tribes.
For example, Cao Yan, the commander of Liangzhou who took the lead in the surrender just mentioned, is a descendant of Cao Yijin, who was the governor of the Guiyi Army. He is not only a wealthy family in Liangzhou, but also has great influence in the Longyou prefectures.
These people have always submitted to the military might of the Xia State, but have always maintained close contact with the Song State.
The goods brought by the caravans from the Western Regions can be sold to the Song Dynasty for huge profits. Faced with this huge benefit, the forces in the Hexi states will not give up. The unified army and military supervisors who guard the states on behalf of the Xingqing Prefecture will also
Turn a blind eye and close an eye.
Now that the Song Kingdom is rising, Xia Kingdom has been defeated continuously, and now it has occupied Liangzhou, these people will definitely have their thoughts. If the Xia Kingdom does not take the initiative to regain Liangzhou and other lost lands in two or three years, there is no guarantee that the Hexi states will not change.
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But how can it be so easy to attack Liangzhou?
The advantage of the Song Army's good defense was even more vivid. Yinzhou is located in the hinterland of Xia Kingdom's Henan Province. The Xia Army mobilized 150,000 elite troops and attacked for nearly two months, but it stood still.
Liangzhou City is larger and stronger. After repair and reinforcement, it will play a greater role in the hands of the Song Army and will be more difficult for the Xia Army to capture.
But the most terrifying thing is the Song Army’s Suzaku Banner Cavalry.
This time they attacked the Shatuo Army and took Yingli City directly. Then they crossed the river south and attacked the Xishou Army. The Suzaku Banner Cavalry played an important role.
It can be seen that the Song Army's use of cavalry even surpassed that of the Xia State, and was almost comparable to that of the Khitan and Northern Liao Dynasties.
At that time, the main force of the Xia Kingdom will be used to attack Liangzhou City. Once they are stopped at the city, the division's veterans are exhausted, and the tens of thousands of Suzaku Banner cavalry are like tens of thousands of evil wolves, wandering around the Xia army.
As long as a little weakness is exposed, they will swarm up and tear Xia Jun into pieces.
His thoughts were racing, and in the end, Li Qianshun couldn't help crying.
"I'm sorry for my father, and I'm sorry for all my ancestors! My ancestors in the Great Xia Dynasty grew up in the five states of Henan. They overcame thorns and thorns, and the road was blue and blue, so that we could have the mountains and rivers with twelve military divisions on the left and right. But in my hands, in just two years,
, I lost Zhuo Luo, Zuo Xiang Shen Yong, Xi Shou Army Division and Liangzhou City...I am so ashamed!"
Li Qingluan looked at his younger brother who was full of tears. He was silent for a long time, and finally said: "I am going to Nanjing of Northern Liao Dynasty. No matter what, I must ask for a daughter of the Liao clan to come back for your majesty. With her in Xia
The Song Kingdom is a little worried. The Xia Kingdom needs to take a breather."
Li Qianshun raised his head, with tears still on his face, "So... thank you for your hard work, Sister."
