Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Cai Jing had no choice but to say to Dazai Zheng Juzhong, a stubborn person like Zheng Juzhong, "Shangyi has been decided, how can I be discouraged!"

Cai Jing is using the emperor to suppress people!Zheng Juzhong got up, and said to Cai Jing: "To make millions of people feel ashamed, to make it fair and honest! What will happen to the unknown date?"

After Cai Jing was questioned by Zheng Juzhong, he couldn't get angry, and he felt helpless.

Since Wang Anshi's political reform, the party struggles have been fierce. Regardless of the new party or the old party, they all need the support of the emperor. As a result, the emperor's power has become greater and gradually unchecked.Cai Jing claims to have power in the government and the public, but Song Huizong didn't want to let go of his position. If he has no money to use, he thinks of using Cai Jing, who is good at economics.

Song Huizong can decide the current political affairs with one word, and Cai Jing can only search for money to meet the emperor's needs.And in the future, people will not say that the emperor is not holy, but most of them will only say that treacherous ministers have misled the country. If they are in their position, they will blame the emperor. This prime minister is not easy to be!

In view of the fact that there were people who opposed the strategy of uniting the Jin Dynasty and defeating the Liao Dynasty, Song Huizong asked the Western Army, the largest legion in the Song Dynasty, to offer advice and suggestions to the military experienced Taiwei Tong Guan in order to calm down the differences.

The heir of Zhao Liang who offered the strategy of uniting the Jin Dynasty against the Liao Dynasty was originally brought back from the Liao Kingdom by Tong Guan. Song Huizong asked Tong Guan for advice, and this tendency is already very clear.

Tong Guan has been in charge of the Western Army for many years. Over the years, he has adopted a step-by-step fortress advancement strategy against Xixia, and has achieved some results. It cannot be said that he does not know soldiers.After he took the order, he gave Song Huizong the Ping Yan policy, which probably meant that for the Song Dynasty, the cloud was the root, and Yanji was the branch and leaf.If you want to take Yanyun, divide your troops to harass Yan, and then take Yunzhong with heavy troops.After capturing Yunzhong, Yanji is also in his palm.

From a military point of view, Tong Guan's Ping Yan policy is not unreasonable. Yunzhong is a land of horse herding, and it is condescending compared to Yan Ji in the plain.If the Great Song Dynasty can really seize the land in the clouds, it will be more effective with less effort if it takes Yanji.

After receiving the policy of Ping Yan from Tong Guan, Song Huizong was overjoyed, and the court made a policy of uniting Jin and defeating Liao.As a result of the court discussion, Cai Jing and others were in charge of sending envoys to negotiate with the Kingdom of Jin across the sea and sign a covenant, while Taiwei Tong Guan was ordered to make military preparations for the expedition against Liao.

Taiwei Tong Guan is the most trusted minister of Song Huizong. In order to help Song Huizong complete the great achievement of conquering Liao and taking Yan, Tong Guan immediately rushed to Lanzhou without stopping.This is where Tong Guan's Chinese army is located. Tong Guan wants to solve the troubles of the Xixia Kingdom in one go, and then send his army northward to Hedong to seek Yunzhong of the Liao Kingdom.

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In Huangzhou, the northwestern frontier of the Song Dynasty, the warm wind in the Zhugu Gorge hit in March, and the river water had already thawed.In the canyon, the Haomen River winds and flows down, and the sound of the waves is endless.The cliffs on both sides of the canyon stand tall, pines, cypresses and birches cover the sky and the sun; birds chirp in the forest, deer and deer disappear;

However, a burst of footsteps shattered the tranquility of Zhugu Gorge. In the mist, a group of Song soldiers wearing fanyang caps and infantry armor walked out of the canyon in full armor and walked along the left bank of the Haomen River. And down.

This Song army was exactly the [-] army commanded by Liu Fa, the famous general of the Western Army.This time, Liu Fajun set out from Gugulong City to go to Tong'an City on Liuling, and then attacked from there, together with Tongguan's main force from Lanzhou, pinched Zhuo Luo and the Southern Army Division in Xixia, and then went north to attack the core of Xixia Lingzhou.

In June last year, in order to resist Tong Guan's fortress tactics, Emperor Chongzong Li Ganshun of the Western Xia Dynasty also built the cattle cutting city at the boundary between Xia and Song in Liuling, and stationed heavy troops to defend Zhuoluo and the Southern Army Division in the south.After Tong Guan got the intelligence, he ordered the defense envoy of Kuozhou, He Guan, the "magic arrow", to send troops from Fugong City Xingye to break through the city of cutting cows and renamed it Tong'an City.Now that Liu Fajun is rushing to Tong'an City in the starry night, he is preparing to attack Xia's army by surprise.

Veteran Liu Fa, with his helmet on, rode his horse and led the black Chinese army forward in a hurry. He frowned slightly, thinking about his own thoughts.Liu Faxin has doubts about this joint attack.

After Tong Guan rushed back to Lanzhou, he immediately planned an attack plan against Xixia, and ordered Xihe Jinglue Liu Fa to lead his troops to attack Xixia.

Liu Fa believes that although the Xixia army has been severely injured by the Song army in the past few years, its vitality has not been damaged, and the number of victories is small if it hastily sent troops, so he is unwilling to take the risk of entering the army.

Tong Guan was eager to end the war in Xixia and mobilized his troops to Hedong, but at this time he could not announce the imperial court's policy of Pingyan to the public.So Tong Guan could only force Liu Fa, and said to him: "When you were in the capital, you personally took orders from the king, and you said you would succeed. Why is it difficult now?"

Tong Guan's words made Liu Fa speechless.Because when Liu Fa met Song Huizong in the Bianliang Dynasty in Tokyo, he really boasted about going to Haikou, saying that he would win against Xixia, so he was promoted to a noble and given important tasks.Now you can't say big things and get the official position, and then support yourself and protect yourself, afraid of the enemy, right?

Seeing that he would be charged with "deceiving the emperor" if he did not send troops, Liu Fa had no choice but to lead [-] troops to the front line of Tong'an City.

"Father, look at the Six Ridges! Our army can reach Tong'an City by climbing this mountain!" Liu Fa's son, Liu Zhengyan, pointed to the snow-capped peak on the left hand side where the fog cleared and was exposed to his father. .

Because the weather was still cold, although the river had thawed, the peaks of Liuling did not clear away until noon, revealing their true colors in the sun.

Liu Fa identified the mountain peak, and said to Liu Zhengyan: "Send the order, the whole army leaves the Haomen River and marches towards Liuling on the left, and enter Tong'an City before sunset!"

Liu Fajun's front army, with bright armor and a lot of swords and guns, has two banners in the army waving in the wind, with "Qianjun Yang" written on one side and "Xiong General" written on the other.

The former army was in command, and the general Yang Weizhong rode majesticly on the horse, looking at the elite soldiers behind him, looking forward to his own glory.

Yang Weizhong is a fierce general of the Western Army. He has fought against Xixia on the northwest border for decades, and has made many military exploits. During the Zhezong Dynasty of Song Dynasty, in order to commend Yang Weizhong's achievements, the officials specially gave him the banner of "Xiong General" to show his favor .

After receiving the order from Liu Fa of the Chinese army, Yang Weizhong immediately led the front army to march towards the mountains on the left.At this time, a lieutenant general beside him said to him: "Why is Old General Liu Fah so concerned? Why don't you just bury pots and cook food by the river, so that the soldiers will not be too late to climb the mountain after they are full."

Yang Weizhong replied after hearing the words: "Soldiers are expensive and fast. General Liu Fa must have wanted to catch the Xixia army by surprise! Wang Jin, after climbing the mountain in front, let the soldiers rest on the spot and eat some dry food."

Chapter 434 Wang Jin's Burst Formation

The lieutenant next to Yang Weizhong is none other than "Jiuzhilong" Shi Jin's failed master, Wang Jin, the former instructor of the 80 Imperial Army in Tokyo.Since Wang Jin left Shi Jin's home, he joined the old strategist of Luyan'an Prefecture, Shanxi, in the army of Gongzhong Shidao, and fought hard against Xixia for many years. The victory and defeat were unpredictable, and he was transferred to and fro. under the command of

Because of Wang Jin's high martial arts skills and bravery in battle, he was deeply loved by Liu Fa. For this march, Wang Jin was incorporated into Yang Weizhong's front army and made him the vanguard.

"The whole army marches forward! Climb the mountain in front!" Wang Jin hurriedly rushed to the front of the team.Under the sunshine, the mist around the foot of the mountain gradually dissipated, revealing a faint dense forest.

Suddenly, bursts of piercing sound came from the mist ahead, and black arrows fell on Wang Jin's forward troops like a shower.

"Enemy attack! Defend! Defend! Form a defensive formation!" Wang Jinwu held a spear in his hand, and after dialing out the rain of arrows, he commanded his subordinates to form an formation on the spot, erected shield defenses, and rushed towards Yang Weizhong on horseback. .

Without Wang Jin's report, Yang Weizhong's troops not far behind him were also ambushed and attacked, and many soldiers were shot and injured by a rain of arrows.

"Tanma is sure to wipe out the whole army. Now that the enemy's situation is unknown, gather the former army to defend, and the fog will soon dissipate!" Yang Weizhong remained calm in the face of danger, and directed several lieutenants around him to act separately.After Wang Jin got the order, he also led his forward troops to retreat slowly, and assembled with Yang Weizhong's former army brigade.

Liu Fa, a veteran in the central army, soon learned that the front army had encountered the enemy and that the Xixia army was blocking the way. He immediately commanded Zhu Dingguo of the left army, Liu Zhongwu of the right army, and Jiao Anjie of the rear army to maintain the battle formation, followed by his central army. Advance together to meet Yang Weizhong's former army.

"Damn it! That's not a forest! It's the Xixia army!" In the phalanx of the front army, Yang Weizhong, Wang Jin and others looked at the Xixia army densely lined up in front of them at the foot of the mountain after the fog cleared.In front of the formation of the Western Xia army, there was a row of corpses lying, which were a horse-hunting team of [-] people sent by Yang Weizhong.Now it seems that the team of scouts must have been ambushed by the Xixia army in the forest, and the entire army was wiped out.

"Report to General, the enemy encountered ahead is the Bubazi army led by Brother Li Cha, the king of Xixia Jin. The enemy's army strength is about [-]. General Yang asked for instructions, should we launch an attack?" Yang Weizhong, the former army, sent someone to ask Liu Fa for orders. .

The most elite Xixia infantry is composed of "mountain tribe" Ding Nan, called "Bubazi".These infantrymen went up and down the hillside, and went in and out of the streams. They were the best able to surpass heights and distances, and walked lightly and easily.When Xixia fought against the Song Dynasty, when encountering the enemy in the deep and dangerous places of the valley, they mostly used the infantry army to stab and conceal the attack.Bubazi endured hardships and endured battles, especially the one composed of the Hengshan Dangxiang Qiang called "Shan Yu" is the most famous.

Now standing in front of Liu Fajun is the elite infantry "Bubazijun" led by Li Chage, the younger brother of Emperor Chongzong Li Ganshun of Xixia Xia, and King Li Cha of Jin Dynasty.

Because most of the tug-of-war between Song and Xia took place in the mountains in the northwest, the Western Army of the Song Dynasty was also a force mainly composed of infantry fighting in the mountains.Similarly, the main force of the Xixia Army is also the infantry.The elite infantry units of the two countries have been at war with each other for many years and have long been familiar with the combat effectiveness of their opponents.

When Liu Fa learned that it was King Li Cha of Jin who was leading an army of more than [-] foot soldiers to line up at the foot of the mountain, facing him, he couldn't help pointing at the Xixia army in front of him with his whip, and smiled contemptuously at the left and right generals: "Brother Cha, you don't know how to fight! He didn't stand guard on the mountain, but brought his infantry down to the valley plain at the foot of the mountain to fight with our army. Didn't he use the short to attack the long, and cast himself to death? Long defeated Cha Ge and Xiao Er, but let him escape by chance. Today, you all work hard, and I will capture that Cha Ge and Xiao Er alive!"

Facing the situation set up by Xi Xia's general, Brother Li Cha, Liu Fa really believed that his opponent would not use troops and that he had a certain chance of winning.At this time, the place where the two armies met was a small plain by the river, which was enough for the two armies to fight in formation.At this time, the Xixia army was all infantry, but it was unwise to abandon the dense forests on the mountain and come to the plain to form an array. In Liu Fa's opinion, it was unwise.You know, Liu Fa's command is a mixed infantry and cavalry force, fighting on the plains, which clearly has an advantage.

Not long ago, Liu Fajun defeated Brother Li Cha's main force at the Ancient Bone Dragon and beheaded thousands of levels.So after being intercepted suddenly by Brother Li Cha's army, Liu Fa and his generals thought it was just Brother Li Cha's dying struggle.

Although the generals were eager to fight, the veteran Liu Fa ordered Yang Weizhong's former army to launch the first wave of tentative attacks after deploying his team.

"Keep in line! Forward! Forward!" With the sound of war drums, Yang Weizhong, Wang Jin and others will lead the former army to approach the Xixia army aggressively.

In the Xixia Army, the chief general, Brother Li Cha, saw that the Song Army had launched an attack, and immediately sent an order to organize his infantry army into three formations, with newly trained crossbow troops in the middle to resist the Song Army's former army. .Brother Li Cha stared resolutely at the Song army formation in the distance. The big "Liu" character on the Chinese army flag gritted his teeth and said to the generals around him: "When Liu Fa broke down my Renduoquan City, he slaughtered more than 3000 people in our army. Today, all the heroes Bless me, brother Cha, I will destroy Liu Fajun and avenge all tribes!"

"Fire arrows!"

"Fire arrows!"

The two armies approached, and after entering the firing range, they issued orders almost at the same time, and launched salvo attacks with bows and crossbows at each other.

"The Xixia people are also equipped with strong crossbow troops! Wang Jin, you lead [-] heavy armored soldiers to launch an assault and smash into the first army formation of the Xixia army!" Yang Weizhong discovered that the Xixia army also has crossbowmen troops, and the range is not as good as his own strong crossbowmen. After the mission, he made a decisive decision and ordered Wang Jin to lead the assault.

Covered by the infantry holding shields and approaching the formation of the Xixia army, Wang Jin, who was wearing heavy armor and holding a spear, let out a roar and led five hundred heavily armored infantry out of the formation. The first ranks.

"Kill!" Wang Jin ran away several Xixia soldiers like a fierce tiger, entered the Xixia army formation, took a gun in his hand, and immediately pierced the chest of a Xixia general.Behind him, the heavy armored infantry swarmed in through the gap he smashed through, dividing the horizontal formation of the Xixia Army into two and separating them.

"Assault!" Yang Weizhong saw that Wang Jin had successfully disrupted the formation of the Xixia Army, and immediately led the entire front army to rush forward, fighting with the first army of the Xixia Army.

"Father, our army has broken through the first line of defense of the Xixia Army, and General Yang's former army has won!" Liu Zhengyan excitedly said to Liu Fa.

After the two armies fought fiercely for half an hour, Yang Weizhong's front army finally defeated the first army formation of the Xixia Army, and Wang Jinzhen beheaded the general of the Xixia Army who presided over the first formation, and together with Yang Weizhong defeated the front army of the Xixia Army.The defeated remnants of the first formation of the Xixia Army's front army are retreating hastily.

With a smile on his face, Liu Fa immediately sent an order, and the cavalry of the left army Zhu Dingguo launched a pursuit of the defeated Xixia army.