At the beginning of the fifth year of Shaosheng, the Tangut people finally couldn't sit still. After a year of recuperation, they once again had the idea of regaining control of the Shimen area.

So in February, the Western Xia unified army, named A, and the supervising army's sister Le Dukui went deep into the Song Dynasty in the name of grazing.

At this time, Zhe Keshi was still in the stage of making meritorious contributions, and when he encountered the Tangut people conducting military operations, he was naturally overjoyed. Early in the morning, he spotted that the Xia army was stationed in Tiandu Mountain, and chose to send troops to attack in the middle of the night.

His troops were divided into two routes, one was the infantry led by the deputy general Yang Weizhong, who went straight to the enemy camp, and the other was the cavalry led by Zhi Keshi.

In the middle of the night, it was time to sleep, under the attack of the two sides, Xia Jun was confused and did not react, and even when someone just opened his eyes, a Song soldier appeared in front of him and said to him: "You are awake, you are captured!" ”

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This night raid was a complete victory, and without making much movement, 3,000 Xia troops were captured.

At the same time, more importantly, Zhe Keshi occupied Tiandu Mountain.

Tiandu Mountain has always been known as a place of singing and music by the Western Xia people, and Li Yuanhao even built a palace in this place. Moreover, this place is located at the junction of the Xihe River and Qinfeng Road, and Tiandu Mountain is of great strategic significance to the Song army.

Zhang Kai established Pingxia City and Lingping Village, the purpose of which was for Tiandu Mountain. He wants to fight steadily and gradually encroach on Tiandu Mountain, but surprises always come that people can't guard against.

After getting the news of Zhe Keshi, Zhang Qi immediately ordered people to bring the building materials to the foot of Tiandu Mountain to build Tiandu Mountain.

Tang Ning's Zhenjiang Army is tasked with escorting.

After receiving the situation that Tiandu Mountain was occupied, Wei Ming Ah Bury and Mei Le Du Kui were angry and shocked. The two wanted to steal a chicken and take the army of Tiandu Mountain to the territory of the Song Dynasty to loot, but they didn't think that there was a guy in the Song army who didn't play cards according to the routine.

Tiandu Mountain is not only a place for singing and fun, but also a natural barrier against the Song army. Once this place is lost, it will be very easy for the Song people's Qinfeng Road, Xihe Road, and Jingyuan Road to join forces.

After losing the advantage of having more people and fewer people, the Tangut people really didn't necessarily beat the Song people.

So as soon as the two of them combined, they hurriedly turned around and killed Tiandu Mountain.

This time the two of them did not bring many soldiers and horses, compared to the exaggerated number of 500,000 last time, this time they only brought 80,000 people.

Originally, the two of them wanted to fight the autumn wind, and by the way, the two of them had only recently figured out a way to deal with gunpowder, so they came here to give it a try.

But now it seems that the autumn wind can't be beaten.

After making up their minds, the two of them immediately turned around and headed towards Tiandu Mountain.

But I don't want to, this behavior is falling into the calculation of compromise.

If Tang Ning hadn't come before, Zhi Keshi led his subordinates to command him to hold on to Tiandu Mountain.

But Tang Ning came with more than 10,000 soldiers of the Zhenjiang Army, and it was very different.

Zhe Keshi asked Tang Ning to ambush on the way to Tiandu Mountain, in his words, Tiandu Mountain was too important for the Tangut people.

The two men, Mei Le Du and Wei Ming Ah Bury, will surely rush back as quickly as possible, and then rest for another day, and then start attacking the next day.

Therefore, Zhi Keshi wanted to take advantage of the exhaustion of the Xia army to ambush them on the side of the road and catch them off guard.

Tang Ning felt that Zhi Keshi must be more powerful than himself, so he nodded in agreement.

Zhi Keshi led the officers and soldiers of the Zhenjiang Army to the ambush site, and then waited for the Xia Army to come.

Twenty miles north of Tiandu Mountain, there is a valley with a trail that is a shortcut to Tiandu Mountain. Walking this road, you can reach Tiandu Mountain in half a day.

And if you don't go, it will take a day and a half to get around.

Generally speaking, a Western Xia general is a fool, and he will not lead a large army to such a place that is extremely easy to ambush.

But unfortunately they need to be in a hurry, and the Xia army is jogging along the way. Sister Le Du Kui could only gamble, and the Song army, who gambled to take Tiandu Mountain, was not so bold to run to ambush them twenty miles away.

The scouts cast their nets, and before they could return, the Xia army had already reached the entrance of the canyon.

At this time, the sky is getting dark, and if you don't hurry to Tiandu Mountain, the news of the loss of Tiandu Mountain may reach Liang Hou's ears. At that time, he was not only facing the sin of dismissing the official and losing the title, but he couldn't afford it.

With a bite of teeth and a horizontal heart, Mei Le Du and Wei Ming Ah Bury combined, and without waiting for the scout to come back, they walked straight into the canyon.

At the same time, they ordered the troops to pass quickly, without delay, and even if they wanted to rest, they had to cross this canyon and rest again.

The Xia army stepped up, and deep in the dense forests on the left and right sides of the valley, more than a dozen ownerless Western Xia war horses fell into the hands of the Song army.

Lying on the back of the hillside, only half of his eyes were exposed, he watched as the running Xia army arrived in front of him, then lit a powder bag and threw it down.

There was a loud bang, like a signal.

Suddenly, the Tangut people shot locust-like arrows from all directions.

However, they were lucky, the Zhenjiang Army and the Zhe Keshi Division, there was not much gunpowder left. So the explosion of gunpowder was only sporadic and not as dense as before.

"There is an ambush! There is an ambush! "Wei Ming's voice is hoarse and yelling, my sister wants to strangle this bastard, isn't this nonsense? Hundreds of people have died.

However, the sister who had experienced the previous gunpowder offensive was very reckless

It was quickly discovered that something was wrong, and the Song army did not use explosive weapons as often as before.

So a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, did Song Jun not have many of that kind of weapons in his hands?

The more he thought about it, the more likely it became, so he asked the herald to convey his order, and all the soldiers began to attack on both sides, and the Song army had no thunderbolts.

What the Western Xia soldiers were most afraid of was the thunder used by the Song army, otherwise they would not take the Song army in the field at all.

As soon as they heard the general say that the Song army had no thunder, the morale of the army suddenly came. Although they were a little tired from the journey for several hours, they screamed and slaughtered into the dense forest on both sides of the path.

Although the Song army didn't have much gunpowder, there were still such things as incendiary bombs.

When the Xia army began to charge, Song Jun threw out the incendiary bomb in his hand.

In Shaanxi in February, there were no shoots spitting out new green. At this time, the weather is still a little cold. The mountains are full of dry branches and dry firewood, and when they encounter fire, they burn instantly.

It didn't take long for the valley to turn into a sea of fire. Tang Ning waited at the exit far from the place of battle with some soldiers, and he couldn't help but sweat when he saw the black smoke billowing up from the valley.

Zhi Keshi didn't expect the fire to spread so quickly, and a strange wind blew and burned the fire in his direction.

Seeing that this battle could not be fought, Zhi Keshi hurriedly ordered a retreat. So the Song army fled in embarrassment by beating gongs and drums all the way, and Mei Le Du and Wei Ming Ah Wu refused to sit still.

With the soldiers rushed out in the direction of the less fire.

The Song army and the Xia army were caught in the sea of fire, and their screams could be heard clearly even from a long distance. The wind blew the black smoke in the direction where Tang Ning was, and the smell of burning made Tang Ning's heart uneasy.

Looking at this fire, it is inevitable that the Song army will also be affected, and now we can only hope that the casualties will be as small as possible, and this forest will not be burned by this fire.

After waiting for about a stick of incense, Zhi Keshi and the soldiers who had gone to the ambush before ran out of the valley in disgrace.

"They won't come, they ran in the other direction." After Zhi Keshi saw Tang Ning, he said in a loud voice: "Let's go quickly, the wind direction is very strange today, and it is blowing towards us." ”

Tang Ningxin said that the black smoke smoked me, didn't it just blow this way?

So the two fled with their subordinates, all the way to Tiandu Mountain.

This fire burned from the dusk of the battle between the two armies until the next morning. The whole valley is as bright as day. Billowing black smoke rises from it, obscuring the clouds and the moon.

This scene, even if you are twenty miles away in Tiandu Mountain, can be seen clearly......

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