Midsummer of the second year of Hongwu.
Outside Shangyikou City at the junction of Jingsai Military Division in Weizhou of the Great White Kingdom and Huaizhou and Xi'an Prefecture of the Great Song Dynasty.
This season is the wettest and warmest time in the northwest. The Huluchuan area where Shangyikou City is located is on the edge of the Lingwu area of "Fortress Jiangnan". It has a humid climate and a pleasant environment. It is by no means a barren land filled with yellow sand in people's imagination. Standing in Shangyikou City and looking south, the hills on both sides are lush and lush. A road follows the winding Huruchuan River, passes by the east city of Shanyikou City, and extends southward, leading to Tiandu Mountain and Wuyan Canyon, which were once the singing and entertainment places of Xixia.
Standing at the Qianyingcheng gate of the east city of the tall and sturdy gate, the old Xixia clan veteran Weiming Abao, whose beard and hair were all white, once again looked at the canyon and mountains to the south... The canyon is the rich The oil-soaked Wuyan Gorge is the Tiandu Mountain where his ancestors spent their summers retreating, stationing troops, and singing and having fun!
Now Wuyan Gorge has become the pastoral home of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, and Tiandu Mountain has become the Anxi Prefecture of the Song Dynasty. What is left to Weiming Abao's generation of Xixia veterans are only memories and regrets.
In the past, Wei Ming A Bao, one of the three members of the Dabai Gao Kingdom's clan who was named after Wei Ming A Wu and Wei Ming A, now has the greatest wish to return to what was once the summer resort of the Dabai Gao Kingdom's royal family. Tiandu Mountain where the army assembles.
It's a pity that his wish always fell short... Last summer, Grandpa A Bao, who took the post of Chief Supervisor of Weizhou Jingsai Army, almost thought that he would be able to return to the army soon. Tiandu is mountainous.
After he took office, he sent a detailed investigation to find out clearly - the Huaide Army of the Song Dynasty and the defenses in Anxi Prefecture were empty, and the strong ones were transferred to the Luoyang Emperor Zhao Kai to fight with the Jurchens to death!
As one of the few veterans left in Xixia who had fought with the Queen Mother Guoliang (not the Queen Mother Xiaoliang), Abao felt his blood boiling. For this reason, he personally went to Xingqing Mansion to meet Jin Wang Chage and made a suggestion to him - to mobilize the entire country's troops to fight against the Song Army in Shaanxi!
The current opportunity is the best since the founding of Dabai Gaoguo... So don't hesitate, don't speculate, spend as much money as you have! Take a big gamble, and if you win, you will be the Lord of Guanzhong!
If you lose...you will be worthy of your ancestors!
But after all, Jin Wang Chage and Wuzu Qianshun were not the two empress dowagers of Liang. They gave up when the trouble came!
Especially after I heard that Wanyan Zonghan's 100,000 gold soldiers were washed away by the flood, they completely shrunk... The army that had been assembled in Weizhou actually dispersed like this, and everyone went back to their homes.
This is really discouraging!
However, what makes Abao a little gratified is that in the spring of this year, the two brothers Qian Shun and Cha Ge finally made up their minds to fight against the Song Dynasty... They would send troops after the autumn harvest, and send troops to attack Lanzhou Hefu, Lin, Fengzhou, and Jinning Army.
When Abao heard the news, he missed the Queen Mother Xiaoliang who was forced to death by Qian Shun and the Khitan people.
Although Queen Mother Xiaoliang is a bit crazy, she really dares to bet her life!
If you want to bet your life, bet big!
What about Lanzhou? Which three states are Fu, Lin and Feng?
You should fight against Tiandu Mountain and Xiaoguan!
After capturing Tiandu Mountain and Xiaoguan, we will head straight towards Fengxiang Mansion with our heads covered. If we succeed, Guanzhong will most likely be captured.
If not...it will be worthy of our ancestors!
So since spring, Grandpa A Bao has been annoying Ganshun and Brother Cha, writing letters one after another, urging these two cowards to fight for their lives!
I don’t know if Wei Ming Brother Cha was annoyed by him. A few days ago, someone suddenly sent a decree to Weizhou, asking him to quickly lead his troops to Shangyiaokou to set up defenses...because Brother Cha got the news. , the official family of the Song Dynasty suddenly arrived in Shaanxi!
It's said to be a "lucky patrol", but who knows if he will suddenly have a seizure and send troops to attack Dabai Gaoguo?
Weiming Abao originally didn't believe this judgment. How could the officials of the Song Dynasty launch a war against the Kingdom of Dabai and Gao at this time?
Unless he's out of his mind!
But when Abao reluctantly led thousands of people to the entrance, he realized that Cha Ge's judgment was somewhat accurate.
Something was very wrong with the Song Dynasty!
The border has been completely sealed, and all the Fubing Manor in Wuyan Gorge are on alert. The Song people's cavalry detectives frequently cross the border for reconnaissance. There is even more incredible news. The spies sent by Weizhou Jingsai Military Division risk their lives. Back to the official family of the Song Dynasty, it is very likely that they have arrived at Tiandu Mountain!
How can this be?
Why did the emperor of the Song Dynasty come to Tiandu Mountain?
What time is it now? It's already late May and almost June...Does he want to defeat Dabai Gaoguo before autumn comes, and then return to the Eastern Front to deal with Dajin?
Did he think Dabai Gaoguo was made of tofu?
It seems that this Song Dynasty official is a brave and foolhardy person. He must have had good luck in defeating Nianhan twice before...but this time, he will definitely be defeated by Dabai Gaoguo.
Because Dabai Gaoguo and Song State had been fighting a tug-of-war fortress for nearly a hundred years, and both sides were good at building forts and defending cities... How could the territory of Dabai Gaoguo be so easy to fight?
For example, Shuangyikou City, which Weiming Abao personally guards, is very difficult to defeat!
This fortress was built under the supervision of Brother Wei Mingcha after Empress Dowager Xiaoliang committed suicide by taking poison. The location selection is very clever, just blocking the exit of Wuyan Gorge. To the south of Shangyiankou is the narrow Wuyan Gorge, but to the north the terrain is much wider.
In order to seal the exit of Wuyan Gorge, there was more than one city in Shangyikou City - the cities on the tug-of-war in the Northwest Song and Xia Dynasties were usually not an isolated one, but a group!
Take Shangyikou City as an example. There are two main cities, divided into east and west cities. They are built with rammed earth and stuck on both sides of Huluchuan River. They are connected by pontoon bridges and strangle the main road.
To the south of the main city and on both sides of the main city, there are two front camps and two mountain strongholds... They are all earth and wood fortresses, with rammed earth as the foundation and chopped wood as walls. There are also various decorations on the walls. armor and cannons behind the wall. There are two trenches outside the walls of two of the front camps. The inner trenches can also be used to mobilize troops, and there are secret passages connected to the interior of the earthen fortress.
Not to mention the main city of Shangyikou, even the two front camps are not easy to break!
Early this morning, Weiming Abao got news that a group of people was coming from Wuyan Gorge. So he immediately led his soldiers into the two front camps at Shangyigou. Now he is standing on a watchtower in the right camp, looking at the approaching team from a distance...
"Dad, the enemy's strength doesn't look like many. It seems like there are only ten or twenty thousand people."
"Yeah, let's go out of the stronghold and kill him for a while!"
"Supervisor, the two gentlemen are right. Let's kill for a while to dampen the spirit of the Song people!"
Weiming Abao's two sons, as well as the general at Shangyikou, saw that there were not many Song troops approaching at this time, and they were all a little eager to try.
The veteran Weiming Abao glanced at the three eager young people from the corner of his eyes, nodded gently and said: "It is good for young people to have courage... but we must not forget the word caution! The Song Dynasty people did this on purpose To show weakness, they want to lure us out of the city to fight. They must have ambushed their troops in Wuyan Gorge. If we want to go out, we will be fooled."
The old man is quite cautious!
And his caution is justified. The terrain of Wuyan Gorge is like this...the army cannot be moved away, and the exit is blocked by the castle of Dabai Gaoguo. The Song army cannot move away even if they want to attack the city. , it can only be chewed through the narrow front.
So they must want to lure the enemy out of the city... As long as they can trick the Dabai Gao Kingdom's army into Wuyan Gorge, it will not be difficult to deal with them. But how could veteran Weiming Abao be fooled?
"Let's stand still," Grandpa A Bao said with a smile. "Guard the city gate and sharpen their spirit first. When the veterans of their division are tired, it will not be difficult to take it again."
Several young generals were convinced - the old ones are still hotter!
"Dad," after a while, Weiming Renzhong, the son of Weiming Abao, spoke again, "The Song people don't seem to be planning to camp anymore, they seem to be attacking the city directly!"
The old man laughed loudly: "They ambushed troops in Wuyan Gorge... These are all to lure the enemy, so of course they won't set up camp!"
The old man is so clever!
The Song people's conspiracy can be seen through at a glance.
At this time, more than 10,000 Song troops had already deployed a rectangular hollow square in the open space in front of the front camp outside the east city of Shangyikou - this is so strange! What are you doing with the siege troops in such a formation?
The north side of this hollow square formation is about 250 steps away from the camp in front of Shangyukou, and is already beyond the range of the cannon and the divine arm bow. Moreover, they did not put up an offensive posture, but placed large spears and spears facing Shangyikou City, as if they were preparing to hold on.
"Dad, what do they mean?"
"Hmph," Mr. Abao snorted, "Then why do you still need to ask? There must be a scam!"
In fact, the old man doesn't know what Song Jun wants to do?
To defend...what are they doing at the entrance to the transfer?
To attack...where is the cannon? Where are the siege towers? Where is the carriage? Where is the ladder? There is nothing, what city are you attacking?
"Dad, it seems that a large group of cars has arrived! On the car is... a pot?"
The old man was stunned, "What did you say?"
"It's a pot! One, two, three...ten, there are ten pots in total, and they are copper pots!"
"Look, the Song people seem to be moving the cauldron down from the car."
"This pot is quite heavy! I don't know what to cook with it?"
"There seems to be a little lady, the one dressed in white...she has a nice figure!"
"Dad, what do you think the Song people want to do?"
One of Weiming Abao's sons was still a curious baby and started asking questions again. The old man thought to himself: From the looks of it, the Song people must be here for a picnic... Why not bring so many pots? Do you want to have a good meal first and then go home? I don’t know what they are eating today?
"They, they must be trying to trick us!" Of course the old man couldn't say that the enemy was here for a picnic, so he insisted that there was a treacherous plot. "Song people have always been cunning. There must be a trick. If you pass on the order, you must be careful to guard and not expose it. No flaw at all!"
