Without water, the human survival limit is three days.
But three days is too short for this battle. The battle before three days has not even been decided yet.
Ge Huaimin closed his formation because he failed to pursue, while Dangxiang was a spear and Song Jin was a strong shield. The shield's defensive power was so strong that Dangxiang's people could not break this hard bone for a while.
The battle continued until the next day. Even though Li Yuanhao had an iron kite in his hand, he could not attack the Song army. The troops retreated to Xiangjia Gorge. Ge Huaimin camped on the spot and did not dare to enter Dingchuan Village. Dingchuan Village is now a dead city. Once the water source was reached, it became a street pavilion and horse pavilion.
Just as they were setting up camp, chaos broke out again. At dusk, a strong wind rose, flying sand and rocks, and the color of the sky and the earth changed. The Song army thought that Li Yuanhao was coming, and trampled each other into chaos. Ge Huaimin, the most important general in the army, was almost trampled to death by his own people. Before they could fight, the Song army suffered another heavy defeat. Hundreds of people.
General Zhao Xun advocated the unexpected transfer of troops to the Huaide Army. The Huaide Army was located in the northeast of Dingchuan Village and was closer to Xixia. Li Yuanhao was beaten to death but he didn't expect that the Song Army would dare to attack under his nose after suffering a loss in front of the formation. run.
What's more important is that Huaide's army has no shortage of grain, grass and baggage, so it won't be a problem to hold on for three to five months. If we don't continue to lose troops, we will have to wait until Xia Song leads his troops to encircle the siege, and then the siege of Dingchuan can be truly solved.
Still going north! Ge Huaimin was almost trampled to death today and almost lost his three souls and seven souls. The god has not come back yet. Hearing Zhao Xun's suggestion, he felt even more uneasy. This suggestion is too bold. If you risk slipping away from Li Yuanhao's eyes again and finally secure Dazhai, if you move again, Li Yuanhao may bite you again!
The rest of the troops will only care about saving their lives. When they see Ge Huaimin's expression, they know that the leader is also afraid of death. If everyone is afraid of death, then don't take any more risks!
All the generals refused to follow Zhao Xun's suggestions!
What Ge Huaimin wants now is to stay up until dawn and return home safely! Don't go anywhere, just return to Zhenrong Army along the same route. There were fortified cities and elite troops of the Song Dynasty there, but even if Li Yuanhao had the courage, he would not dare to suppress the army.
Zhao Xun sighed. The general was incompetent and the three armies were affected. Ge Huaimin was greedy for merit and afraid of death. There was no need to fight this battle. Clean your neck and prepare to die for the country.
In the early morning of the third day, Ge Huaimin asked Xu Sichun, the governor of Watting Village, to surround Liu He, the governor of Qingzhai, as his left and right wings, and formed a formation to prepare for a retreat. Using Wating Village as a bait, he directly withdrew the Zhenrong Army.
When the Song army withdrew to Wating Village, Ge Huaimin discovered that Li Yuanhao had not retreated when the strong wind rose last night, but had made a large circle and sneaked to Wating Village. He had already surrounded the village like an iron barrel, and even a bird could not escape. Can't fly out.
What's even more frightening is that the return route to Zhenrong has also been cut off by the Western bandits. Li Yuanhao has been waiting for him on the way back for a long time. Li Yuanhao has been fully aware of Ge Huaimin's ideas. After a little while, Li Yuanhao sneered.
He can't attack the walled city, but he can't attack this army? After cutting off Song's retreat, they had no intention of fighting. As long as they maintained a stalemate for a few days, the battle would be won!
Li Yuanhao looked at Ge Huaimin, who had grown up in the honey pot of Wenwen Village. It didn't take three days to lose the battle, one day was enough.
History has long been destined, and it will be the same as what children will learn in textbooks a thousand years later. In this battle, the Song army was defeated as expected. More than 9,400 soldiers were killed in front of the battle. From Ge Huaimin onwards, the generals Zhao Xun, Liu He, Xu Sichun and other sixteen generals were all stained with blood on the battlefield and could never return to Guyuan City.
After the Song Dynasty suffered two major defeats at Sanchuankou and Haoshuichuan, it also suffered a major defeat at Dingchuanzhai. The difference was that the first two or two times were when the opponent came to the door of the house and was deceived into going out to eat. Unfortunately, this time someone else has already come to your home, smashed everything you use to live in your home, and even beat up your baby. .
The disgrace was all thrown to grandma's house. .
Li Yuanhao killed Ge Huaimin and took away the Song army's baggage, grain, grass and weapons. It was like a down-and-out family who had tasted the sweetness and suddenly robbed the rich man's rice warehouse. The teeth reach towards the sheepfold again.
He divided several groups of troops to besiege Dingchuan Village, Wating Village and several surrounding villages. Ge Huaimin's defeat was just around the corner. The Song army no longer had the courage to fight in the field, and all the forts defended themselves for safety.
These forts were all within the territory of the Song Dynasty. I never thought that Li Yuanhao would actually come to them. Many water sources and facilities were not ready yet. Wating Village was surrounded for two days and the water source was cut off. There was no commander in the forts, so Li Yuanhao was quickly sent to the forts. Break through.
Li Yuanhao broke into several strongholds for more than 600 miles across the Song Dynasty, burning, killing and looting. The people were devastated. Wherever he went, there was no grass. He would also set fire to everything that could not be taken away. The news of the shock in the northwest Arrive in Bianjing.
Li Yuanhao traveled six hundred miles in the northwest and returned to Dingchuan Village. To his surprise, this humble village that had not yet been fully completed turned out to be the only village still standing in the northwest!
Liang Chuan witnessed with his own eyes the tragic scene of more than 20,000 people being surrounded in a circle and beaten, then packed up and fled. He had no way to witness Ge Huaimin being completely annihilated by Li Yuanhao, but seeing the momentum and tactics of the two armies, he couldn't escape the third defeat in the Song-Xia battle.
It was because of this battle that Xixia had the capital to negotiate with the Song Dynasty. The Liao Kingdom was a big old country with soldiers, money and territory. It was normal to negotiate for peace. Xixia was able to be on an equal footing with the Song Dynasty, and they fought with fists. from.
Yang Qi led a group of people to work hard for water for three days in order to survive.
The destruction of several other forts such as Wating Village was due to the absence of the general. More importantly, the water source in the city was cut off. Many soldiers died of hunger and thirst. The wounded did not have clean water for debridement and treatment. Countless people died due to wound infection. .
They realized that it was already two days later when the party members would besiege the city, and it was already too late to dig another well to get water.
Liang Chuan's suggestion saved the lives of Quan Dingchuan Village. Yang Qi knew that Liang Chuan was not an ordinary person. When he was in Bianjing, even Ding Wei valued Liang Chuan very much. He temporarily promoted Liang Chuan to be his deputy and followed him around.
When you have someone to help you come up with ideas at critical times, you feel much less stressed.
The people in Dingchuan Village started digging like crazy from the first day, digging several feet underground.
If you don’t dig, you will die of thirst!
Looking at the people in the city who died of hunger and thirst, and the wounded who died of injuries that could not be debrided, people in the city died one after another. Everyone's desire to survive was strong. Yang Qi mobilized everyone. The soldiers were responsible for guarding the city and shooting arrows at the party members below the city.
Some people in the city were responsible for cleaning up the dead brothers and their bodies. They could not allow the water to be dug until it was contaminated by the rotting corpses. The corpses would bring plague, which was more deadly than swords and arrows.
On the contrary, it was the servants who survived the most.
The servants usually do the most painful and tiring work, and starvation and thirst are common. In such extreme conditions, the endurance they usually exert has become their most valuable asset.
Water and rice and food in the city are all distributed per head. They use less food than ordinary soldiers, so they can naturally last longer.
Li Yuanhao lost two generals at Dingchuan Village. He hated Dingchuan Village so much that he surrounded Dingchuan Village with three layers inside and three layers outside. He fired bows and arrows into the city one after another as if they were free. There are only a few people standing there all the time.
The party members did not have ladders to attack the city, nor did they break down the gates and rush the chariots. Otherwise, the troops in the Sichuan Village would not be able to withstand it for a quarter of an hour.
"Listen, people in the city, open the city gate and I'll give you a good time. It's not pleasant to die of thirst!"
Yang Qi didn't dare to answer. Liang Chuan suddenly thought of a plan and whispered in Yang Qi's ear. Yang Qi hesitated upon hearing this: "Is this okay?"
Liang Chuan could only say: "A dead horse is treated as a living horse."
Liang Chuan hated Li Yuanhao deeply because of the death of the old beggar. He stood at the top of the city and raised his voice and said loudly: "Don't you want to set up Chuan Village? If you have the ability, you can break in yourself. There are so many in the water city that I don't care about them." !”
After speaking, Liang Chuan took out his water bag, pulled out the soft plug and poured it into his stomach. This was not enough. He raised the water in the water bag above his head, and the water splashed down, washing his face heartily. !
What Liang Chuan did was so inspiring that a burst of cheers and cheers erupted from the city wall!
Li Yuanhao was furious. It was rare to find such a hero in this small city. He pointed at Liang Chuan and said, "Do you dare, an unknown person, to report your name?"
Liang Chuan was full of energy, and a wave of pride spread out from the top of the city. He shouted loudly: "Why don't you dare? Li Yuanhao, please remember this for me. I can't change my name even if I don't want to, and so does Grandpa Liang Chuan!"
Li Yuanhao was furious: "Humph, you little rat, it will never be you who leaves your name in history! It's me. I want to establish immortal merits, and you ants will only become my stepping stones!"
"You, a traitor and a traitor, do you deserve to be mentioned for your meritorious service? Historians will only remember you as unfaithful and unfilial. Taking advantage of the Song Dynasty, you turned around and bit your parents. What you left in the history books is also an infamy. What's so glorious about it?" "
Liang Chuan's righteous words won the cheers of everyone in the city. Although there was no way to get rid of this bad breath, through Liang Chuan's verbal battle, he was able to regain the situation!
A soldier pretended that water was coming out of the city and shouted in the city: "Water is coming out!"
A voice shouted, followed by other voices: "The water is out!"
The soldiers gathered together the clean water they had been allocated, packed it in buckets, and carried it to the top of the city.
Liang Chuan picked up the bucket and poured water on his body.
I just washed my face, and now I’m soaked all over my body!
The other people also followed suit and picked up buckets one after another to pour water on themselves. The water seemed to be free of charge. On the surface, the soldiers did not feel distressed. In fact, everyone was worried. If the city If the thieves outside are not fooled, I don’t know how many more brothers will be killed by wasting so much water. .
When Li Yuanhao saw the soldiers wasting water so much, he mistakenly thought that water had been pumped out of the city. He was so angry that he whipped his horse whip. He also received a spies to report that Fan Zhongyan had led his army to rescue Sichuan Village. Shaanxi Province gathered 200,000 troops to prepare for Ge Huaimin's defeat. He came to contain him, looked at Dingchuan Village from a distance, cursed a few words in Xixia dialect, and did not dare to stay too long under Dingchuan Village. He led the troops to turn their horses and head towards Tiandu Mountain to break off their feathers and return.
Looking at the smoke and dust going north, a burst of cheers broke out on the top of the city, and the soldiers in the city burst into tears. They survived, they really survived. Looking at the leaving cavalry, they were really saved this time. .
