Chapter 17 The third quarter stormed Lingzhou

Li Jiqian dismissed Song Taizong's award and still secretly contended with the Song Dynasty.But Li Jiqian knew that the Dangxiang nation was weak at this time, and had lost a favorable hiding place, so it was already vulnerable.Therefore, the most urgent task is to make yourself stronger quickly.So, where will Li Jiqian, who wants to develop the party project, start? Li Jiqian is thinking hard at this moment, Xiazhou was destroyed by the Song Dynasty, where should I use it as my base?Li Jiqian thought of a good place - Lingzhou, which is Lingwu in Ningxia today.This place is in the Hetao Plain, "the Yellow River has nine bends, but only one is rich", with rich water and grass and rich products.According to historical records, this place "controls Heshuo in the north, Yinqing and Liang in the south, according to the upper reaches of the roads, and controls the key points in the west" ("Xixia Shushi" Volume 7), the location is very important.If any regime occupies this place, it will be of great benefit to the development and growth of this regime.In the Tang Dynasty, Lingwu was still inland. In the Song Dynasty, Kaifeng was the capital, and Lingwu already belonged to the extreme edge of the land. Therefore, the Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers did not pay enough attention to Lingwu.However, after all, Lingzhou was the territory of the Song Dynasty, and it would not work if it was lost without a battle.

In order to strengthen the defense of Lingzhou, Emperor Taizong sent a general to send 400,000 grain and grass to reinforce.Emperor Taizong asked, you must divide the guard soldiers into three teams, and don't start all at once.If Li Jiqian robs food, if he robs the first team, the second and third teams can save him; if he robs the third team, the first and second teams can save him.Set up a long snake array, hit the snake's head, the snake's body and tail can be saved; hit the snake's tail, the snake's head and snake's body can be saved;All the peasants holding grain must be given bows and arrows so that they can defend themselves. In case the party cavalry rushes over, the peasants holding grain can shoot at least two arrows. It's always possible, so and so, and so and so, it must be done.

After the grain cart set off and walked for a short distance, the general felt that it was too much effort. The emperor was too worried, and he didn't understand the actual situation on the front line. The soldiers were divided into three teams. When will they arrive?Time is spent on the road, we have to rush to Lingzhou, take a bath, eat, drink, let's go in one team, there is no need to divide into three teams.So, the whole army formed a team, and set off without issuing bows and arrows to the civilian husbands.Li Jiqian had laid an ambush for a long time, and when he saw the grain carts of the Song Dynasty approaching, the cavalry rushed out.400,000 grains, how many grain trucks do you get?end to end.The place where Li Jiqian was lying in ambush was once again a desperate place to use troops. The cavalry surrounded him from both ends, and there was nowhere to escape.Most of the soldiers of the Song army lost most of them. Those who could run ran away, and those who didn't ran away died.

When the bad news spread to the capital, Emperor Taizong immediately ordered Li Jilong to dispatch troops quickly, and the troops were divided into five groups to besiege Li Jiqian and wipe out the evil rebels.General Li Jilong was away, and the king's order was not accepted. He did not follow the emperor's marching route, and made his own claim and went straight to Li Jiqian's lair.He planned well, encircling Wei to save Zhao, and going straight to Li Jiqian's lair can solve the siege of Lingzhou.Unexpectedly, when the army entered the hinterland of Dangxiang, some of the other roads got lost, and some were delayed. It was supposed to be a five-way coalition, but in the end, only two troops joined together, and the other three did not come.In this way, the Song Dynasty's five-way joint attack on Xixia's strategic plan went bankrupt.In the battle, Li Jilong failed to defeat Li Jiqian. Li Jiqian became even more arrogant when he saw that the Song Dynasty's joint attacks were all helpless.