Chapter 60 Chapter Eleven Breaking Song Five Roads

The five-way army sent by the Northern Song Dynasty was led by eunuchs or relatives, plus a cowhide general. It seemed that none of them could be good at fighting. However, after all, the five-way army added up to 360,000 , menacing.How will Xixia deal with such a large army? In the beginning, Xixia deployed defenses everywhere, you came in a few ways, and I blocked you a few times. You came with 360,000 people, and all the people of our Xia Kingdom were soldiers. The army capable of fighting was said to be 500,000, and they divided up to resist.However, the Song army came prepared, Xia Guo was caught off guard, failed again and again, and lost many fortresses.Under such circumstances, the Empress Dowager Liang convened an imperial military meeting to discuss how to fight this battle.

When the imperial military conference was held, volume 486 of "History of the Song Dynasty" recorded: "The Empress Dowager Liang asked the court for policy, and all the generals who are young should invite to fight." The young generals all demanded a decisive battle with the Song army. What is there to be afraid of?The spear came to block, the water came to cover him, and he was beaten to let them know how powerful our party warriors are.However, "an old general said alone: ​​"There is no need to reject them, but to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, let them go deep, gather powerful soldiers in Ling and Xia, and send light cavalry to copy their luck. The soldiers have no food, and they can be trapped without fighting." Empress Liang From it".A veteran told Empress Dowager Liang that in the era of Taizu, Taizong, and Jingzong, our magic weapon was guerrilla warfare, the reason why we repeatedly defeated the Song army. Don't fight him. Rod to rod, we don't do this kind of thing.Let him in, lure the enemy to go deep, close the door and beat the dog, we will fortify the wall and clear the country, hoard heavy troops, and prepare for a counterattack.When hoarding heavy troops, light cavalry went out everywhere, cutting off his food roads, and the army had no food, and it would collapse without fighting.When Liang Hou heard it, it really was a good idea, and adopted the veteran's strategy.

State Prime Minister Liang Yibu gave an order to the commanding army of the Twelve Supervising Army Divisions. Once the soldiers of the Song Dynasty come, fight if you can, run if you can't fight, and surrender if you can't run. You are not required to swear to live and die with the battlefield, and you don't care about a city or a place. In terms of gains and losses, maintaining vitality is the most important thing.Even if you surrender to the Song army, the court will not hold you accountable. When the army counterattacks, you will be fine.After the Twelve Superintendents received the order, they simply opened the door to welcome the king, and the Song Army progressed very smoothly.Especially on the way of Grand Duke Li, as soon as he entered the Xia territory, the guards of the Xia Kingdom surrendered, and captured more than 10,000 prisoners along the way.The army of the Song Dynasty was still 20 miles away from the city of Xia. The guard brought more than a thousand soldiers and knelt on the ground to greet them. They were so annoyed by kneeling, why didn't the Song army come?After a while, Song Jun finally came, shouting for Xia Jun to surrender, and saw that the four doors were wide open, and they were already there to welcome you.But I'm sorry, you are here, we have no food here, since we have surrendered to Master Wang, I and the more than a thousand brothers under my command, you have to take care of the food, right?Eunuch Li said no problem, you obeyed the fate, surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and served as our guide. It’s nothing to take care of the food, come on, whatever is delicious in the army, just eat it!I can't make you drink soup when I eat meat.These soldiers acted as guides for the Song army, and they led the Song army blindly, wandering around in the desert for a day, oops, sorry, I misremembered, it should go north, yes, let's turn back.There is a shortage of water and food in the desert, how can the supplies brought by the army withstand such a toss, Grand Duke Li was dragged down without fighting on his way.Of the more than 70,000 soldiers, the more than 30,000 who fled were not beaten by the Xixia army, but were killed by the desert, lack of water, and lack of food, and were killed by these soldiers.The soldiers are kind enough to lead you the way, who would have thought that you would be so delicate?Who would have thought that you would flee?Every time the Song Dynasty fought with Xixia, it was like this. It went very smoothly at the beginning. It was because they lured the enemy deep. As soon as they entered the Xia territory, they dug a hole.Since Li Yuanhao's time, after several major battles, the Song army has committed this problem, and they can't change it. They rob the city when they see it, lead a camel when they see it, and ride a horse when they see it.Grandpa Li's journey went smoothly at first, but was dragged down later.

On the way of Zhonger, 90,000 troops invaded the Xia territory, and the first battle was Mizhi.The commander-in-chief of Mizhi's Xia army was also a member of Liang Hou's family. He led an army of 80,000 to fight, and returned in a big defeat. He didn't know whether he was defeated or not.After General Zhong entered Mizhi, he besieged the next prefecture.The guards of the prefectures and counties saw that the 80,000 troops did not stop the Song army, but I, a thousand soldiers, how could I do anything, and surrendered even after opening the city gate.The general is very proud. Although there are many troops on the way of General Zhong, the emperor's will is that the soldiers and horses on this way must be dispatched by Wang Zhongzheng, the grandpa.After winning the battle, General Zhong sent a letter to the court, asking if I could march alone this way, play by ear, and don't be dispatched by the prince.Emperor Shenzong was on the rise at that time, and General Zhong recovered so many counties and counties. Well, since you are willing to go all the way independently, I will play it, so you can act alone, and you don't need to listen to Wang Zhongzheng.

Originally, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty were divided into five groups, which was a big taboo. It was equivalent to opening their fists and stretching out five fingers to beat people.Song Jun is a big fist, and Xixia is a small fist. If fist bumps, Xixia may be over.The problem is that as soon as Song Jun stretched out his five fingers, Xixia clenched his fists and smashed them one by one, so there was no problem.If Song Jun had a commander-in-chief, he could dispatch and cooperate in between, and now no one listens to anyone else.After General Zhong received the imperial edict, his confidence greatly increased and he regained Yinzhou.Yinzhou was one of the five states inherited by Dangxiang back then. The territory occupied by Dangxiang since Tuoba Sigong's time was actually recovered.The good news was sent to the court, and the emperor was crazy with joy.

Wang Zhongzheng Wang Dagong moved slowly along the way, and the generals under Wang Dagong couldn't hold back.You see, they have recovered so many states and counties. We have been walking slowly on the edge of the desert and lost a lot of soldiers and horses. Of our more than 60,000 people, there may be 50,000 left.So far, we have only obtained more than 30 heads, what should we use to ask the court for a reward?If you don't enter the army again, all the credit will be taken away by others.Grandpa Wang heard the same thing, he turned out to be my subordinate, although he doesn't listen to my order now, but he is a general after all, he can fight, he has made great achievements, I feel unhappy, but I can still do it. Tolerate.Eunuch Li is the same as me, we are both servants of the emperor, and he has made such great contributions.If I don't act anymore, how can I ask for a reward?So Grand Duke Wang ordered to rush into Youzhou.Youzhou is also the land of the five states where Dangxiang lived for generations. Song Jun rushed in and saw that there were only more than five hundred men, women, old and children in the city. They killed them all and dedicated their heads to the court. Now we have five hundred and thirty heads.Song Jun conquered Youzhou, and news of success came frequently.

Seeing that Eunuch Wang, Eunuch Li, and General Zhong have all made meritorious service, Relative Gao became anxious.I am the younger brother of the Empress Dowager, and the emperor's uncle. I have nearly 90,000 troops under my command this time. So far, I have not made any achievements. How can I face my nephew when I go back?Gao Zunyu ordered to hurry up and march.When the soldiers arrived at a fortress in Xixia, the Xixia defender Kaesong surrendered.The guard's surname is Wei, and he is obviously from the royal family, and the royal family has surrendered.Uncle Gao Guo was very proud, and ordered the army to continue marching, conquering everything along the way, and winning every battle.

Gao Zunyu didn't know the art of war, but his status was too high, no one dared to persuade him, so he didn't see all the states and counties he captured along the way, and he didn't kill or capture a Xia soldier. Basically, they were all empty cities one by one, and there were no Get a grain. When these generals reported victory to the imperial court, one said that they had seized all the one million shi grains hidden in the Xixia Palace Yuzhuang, the other said that I had seized 300,000 shi, and the other said that they had seized hundreds of thousands of shi. It is also reported that more than 10,000 stones have been seized.When the imperial court saw that the army could get food from the enemy, it was great, and there was no need to send food.How could the imperial court have thought that these generals were all lying, so where could they find a million shi of grain?When the Xia people left, they moved all the grain.There is really a million stones of grain, how can we march with it?The further the army went, the more they fell into the predicament of no water and no food.