Hearing the loud drums on the opposite side, and seeing his own soldiers on the battlefield retreating one after another, Wei Ming Jizhong, who has always had strict military discipline, could not bear to use military law to deal with the defeated army that fled back from defeat. In fact, even if the whole army was defeated together, it was impossible to pursue it at all.

The general trend has gone, and the Western Xia has really been peaceful for too long, not only can not even defeat the defeated Southern Song Dynasty in the past, but also completely unable to keep up with the pace of today's war, until now with the Song army, I know how many war weapons the Song Dynasty has produced, and even the "Iron Harrier" that galloped across the past and was invincible was defeated. This time he ventured to attack the Southern Song Dynasty, which seemed to be a great mistake. And this mistake will ......

Wei Ming Jizhong was thinking about it, at this time, Wei Mu Yanping and Wu Zang An Huan ran back to the formation with more than a dozen horses with crooked armor and panting, Wei Mu Yanping said: "Ling Gong, our army has been defeated, while it is still too late, retreat quickly." ”

Wei Ming Jizhong smiled bitterly and said, "You withdraw your troops, go west along the Yellow River from here, cross the Yellow River to Huangzhou, and return to China!" Although General Gao must have withdrawn his troops now, the Song army will definitely not notice there, and it should still be safe to walk from there, but it will be farther away. Now that the Southern Song Dynasty army is pressing the border, after you return to Xingqing Mansion, everyone must fight against the Song army and keep Xingqing Mansion together. Let's go! Leave me alone. ”

Wei Muyanping was stunned for a moment, Wei Ming Jizhong's words seemed to have confessed his last words, and he said: "Ling Gong, what about you?" Aren't you leaving? ”

Wei Ming Jizhong smiled miserably, and said: "At the beginning, Your Majesty handed over these 120,000 troops to me to cross the Yellow River, but now I have made it look like this, even if Your Majesty does not blame me, how can I have the face to go back to meet Your Majesty?" Let's go, it's too late if you don't go. After going back, tell Your Majesty that you must not fight hard with the Southern Song Dynasty in the future, and go to the Jin Kingdom for help! ”

Wuzang Anhuan's blood surged, and he said loudly: "Ling Gong, you ...... I also stayed and fought with Song Jun. ”

Wei Muyanping also said: "Yes, I fought with Song Jun." ”

Wei Ming Jizhong suddenly turned his face and said sharply: "Shut up, now that the Song army is pressing the border, we are all dying here, so what should Your Majesty do?" What to do with the Great White High Country? Is it so difficult that you all want the Great White High Kingdom to die like this? I thought I was old, and I didn't have a few days to live, but you are still young, and the Great White Gaoguo still depends on you to support it, how can you die fighting here, and if you want to die, you will die in Xingqing Mansion. ”

Wei Mu Yanping and Wuzang Anhuan glanced at each other, knowing that Wei Mingji was loyal and determined, and it was impossible to redeem it. Both dismounted, kowtowed to Wei Ming Jizhong, then got on the horse and shouted, "Follow me." "Take a part of the soldiers and kill them in the west.

Fortunately, the Song army on the south bank of the Yellow River was dominated by infantry troops, and although it had the advantage, the speed of the attack was not fast, and it advanced to the front of the Yellow River embankment at this time. The soldiers of the Western Xia army were guarding the embankment, and it was difficult to attack it for a while. This also freed up a gap for Wei Muyanping and Wuzang An Huan, and took advantage of this opportunity to finally break out of the siege of the Song army.

In fact, the casualties of the Western Xia army at this time were not large, and there were more than 40,000 people, more than the actual number of the Song army, if the river embankment could be held at this time, it would be able to continue to hold on to the Song army for a period of time, and there may not be no chance to turn defeat into victory, at least it could buy time to withdraw calmly, but at this time the whole army lost the courage to fight, and even the main general Wei Ming Jizhong was also disheartened, and only wanted to die on the battlefield. Therefore, Wei Mu Yanping and Wuzang Anhuan ran away, and the other Western Xia troops were even more unwilling to fight and fled for their lives.

At this time, Dong Mingzhao and Wu Yi Da Ge on both wings also retreated to the embankment, and when they saw that Wei Mu Yanping and Wu Zang An Huan had run away, they did not dare to continue to entangle with the Song army, so they pulled out their horses and fled westward. The Song army took advantage of the situation to kill the embankment and immediately dispersed the formation of the Western Xia army.

Yang Changpeng and Cao Xun also rode their horses onto the embankment of the Yellow River, and at this time, the Western Xia army was divided into more than a dozen small divisions by the Song army, fighting separately, trying to seize the road and escape.

On the other side, the Western Xia army was also surrounded by the Song army, retreated to the edge of the Yellow River, and the Western Xia soldiers who knew the water all jumped into the water to escape, but most of them could not water, so they could only squeeze to the shore, and the three pontoon bridges were crowded, pressing the bridge deck almost as flat as the water surface, and people were constantly squeezed into the water, struggling desperately. However, it is not safe to be in the water, because the Song army is on both sides of the Yellow River, shooting arrows in the water, and the Yellow River is also full of floating corpses, and the river water near the shore is stained red with blood.

Yang Changpeng immediately ordered Cao Xun to lead the cavalry to pursue the Western Xia army, and ordered Zhou Hongming to lead a part of the men and horses to control the pontoon bridge, so as to take Yang Yan on the opposite bank to cross the river, and the other Song troops to sweep away the remnants of the Western Xia army's resistance on the battlefield.

The cavalry of the Western Xia army ran fast because of their war horses, and most of them escaped from the encirclement of the Song army, while the infantry army did not escape much, and they were all surrounded by the Song army. Now the battlefield is completely controlled by the Song army, and the sporadic resistance of the Western Xia army is gradually annihilated by the Song army. At this time, both ends of the pontoon bridge were occupied by the Western Xia army, and the Song army could not kill the Western Xia army for a while, so it could only besiege the Western Xia army.

Fortunately, the Song army did not rush to kill everything, and after trapping the Western Xia army, someone immediately shouted: "Put down your arms and surrender to avoid death." "The Western Xia army saw that there was no hope of breaking through and that continuing to resist was only a dead end, so they had to lay down their arms and raise their hands to surrender. The Song army also made way for a road that could only be walked by one person, stripped the surrendered Western Xia soldiers from their armor, tied their hands behind their backs, and then temporarily guarded them on the banks of the Yellow River.

At this time, only Wei Ming Jizhong still led more than 2,000 people, guarding a position on the bank of the Yellow River, although surrounded by the Song army, but still insisted on not surrendering. In fact, the soldiers of this Western Xia army had no intention of resisting any longer, but there was Wei Ming Jizhong here, he was known as a prestige in the Western Xia army, and if he did not order surrender, other soldiers did not dare to surrender easily.

Zhou Hongming led more than 3,000 Song troops to surround them and did not attack for the time being. Zhou Hongming came to the front of the formation and said sharply: "Listen to the Western Xia army, you have no way out, only to lay down your arms and surrender, you can avoid death, if not, don't blame us for being ruthless." ”

In the fierce battle of Fang Cai, Wei Ming Jizhong also went into battle in person, and even the war horse was killed in battle, and he killed several Song soldiers with his own hands, but he was also injured in many places, and his blood-stained robes were even knocked off. After hearing Zhou Hongming's words, Wei Ming Jizhong suddenly said: "General Song, I am the envoy of the Dabai Gaoguo Baojing Army, Zhuo Luohe Southern Army Division Commander Wei Ming Jizhong, can you please your lord to come and surrender immediately after I see him." ”

Zhou Hongming listened, he was a little surprised, he didn't expect that there was a big fish hidden in this pile of remnants, and he actually caught the chief general of the Western Xia Army here, although he was a little surprised by his request, but now it has nothing to do with the overall situation, so he said: "Okay, I can inform you, as for whether our boss sees you or not, then I don't know, but you'd better stay honest and don't use any crooked brains." Otherwise, we're welcome. As he spoke, he turned around and squeezed out of the encirclement and went to find Yang Yan.

Wei Ming Jizhong smiled slightly, found a big stone and sat down, and said to the Xixia army beside him: "Put down your weapons, you don't need them now." ”

A soldier said: "Ling Gong, surrender is death, let's fight with the Song army." ”

Immediately, someone Fu He said, "Yes, we fought with Song Jun." ”

Wei Ming Jizhong shook his head and said, "Don't die in vain, you can save your life after surrendering." When the war is over, the court may still redeem you, and it may not be time to go home. So remember, no matter what happens later, don't resist. ”

He said it well, in the great battle two years ago, the Western Xia soldiers who were captured by the Song army were later redeemed by the Western Xia money, so when he said this, the soldiers all remembered their relatives at home, and thought that after surrendering, maybe there would be a chance to go back alive, and they had nothing to say, so they threw down their weapons and waited for the Song army to surrender.

Wei Ming Jizhong actually had a dead heart, but he just wanted to see the chief general of the Song army, because he now also figured out that the victory of the Song army was not because the elephant army defeated the "Iron Harrier", but at the beginning, the victory of the Song army was determined by the Song army from the Xisai Baotai military division to break through the defense line of Western Xia, he just wanted to see who the Song general who could formulate such a bold tactic?

Not long after, the encirclement of the Song army separated, and a young man carried a long knife and calmly walked into the encirclement of the Song army, taking off his helmet and holding it in his hand. He came to the Western Xia army alone and said: "I am the envoy of the Chongning Army of the Great Song Dynasty, and Yang Yan, the envoy of the Lizhou West Road and Lintao Road, that is, the commander of the Song army." Which one is a famous general? ”

As soon as he heard that the person was called Yang Yan, Wei Ming Jizhong couldn't help but be a little moved, he had heard a lot of Yang Yan's deeds in the past few years, and heard that this person was born in Jiangmen, and was the most outstanding general in the Southern Song Dynasty after Yue Fei, it can be said that he pulled the Southern Song Dynasty back from the brink of death two years ago, and the Western Xia army was also defeated in his hands at that time. What Wei Ming Jizhong never expected was that this person was still so young, and he looked like he was only twenty-five or sixteen years old. It seems that he is really old.

Thinking of this, Wei Ming Jizhong stood up tremblingly and said, "The old man is it." ”

Yang Yan looked at him and said with a smile: "The old general's beard is white, and he is still loyal to the country, which is indeed admirable." But now I don't need to say it, the old general also knows that only surrender may still have a glimmer of life. ”

Wei Ming Jizhong looked at Yang Yan, couldn't help but sigh a long time, and said: "The old man is old, this world is the world of your young people, I will make them surrender, I only ask General Yang not to embarrass them." ”

Yang Yan nodded, he saw his death intent in the eyes of Wei Ming Jizhong, and said: "Don't worry, old general, as long as they are honest and obedient, we will never embarrass them, and when this battle is over, we will notify Western Xia to redeem them." ”

Wei Ming Jizhong also nodded, turned to the soldiers, and said, "You all go and surrender." ”

The soldiers came out one by one and honestly accepted the binding of the Song soldiers. After all surrendered, Yang Yan bowed to Wei Ming Jizhong and said, "The old general can rest assured." ”

Wei Ming Jizhong let out a long roar, drew his sword, and committed suicide.