In the first battle on the east bank of the Yellow River, the Song army defeated the Western Xia army, beheading nearly 20,000 people and capturing more than 4,000 people. When Gao Shandu led the defeated army and fled back to the Xiangqing army, the Xiangqing army had already been captured by the Song army. Gao Shan was helpless, so he had to lead the remnants of the defeated army to continue to flee south, and he fled until Wuzhong could stop his footing. Counting the men, there are less than 50,000 of the 80,000 army left.

In fact, when the Song army was fighting fiercely with the reinforcements led by Gao Shandu, the defenders in Lingwu City also heard the movement. It's just that Yang Yan sent Gao Zhen to lead 30,000 horses to attack the city and contain the defenders in the city. The defender did not dare to send troops to attack easily, and joined forces with reinforcements to break through the encirclement of the Song army. But in the afternoon, the movement outside gradually subsided, but the Song army still besieged Lingwu. The defenders of the city knew that the situation was not good.

On the second day, the defenders in Lingwu City also knew that the reinforcements were defeated by the Song army, and suddenly the army was in turmoil, and the reason why the defenders were able to hold the city all the time was because they knew that the reinforcements of the Xiangqing army would come to the rescue of themselves, and now they learned that the reinforcements were defeated, and Lingwu was a lonely city. The soldiers in the city had no intention of holding on any longer. After the Song army defeated the Western Xia reinforcements, they continued to storm Lingwu. The defenders still had the heart to defend the city, and they fled from the west gate after a little resistance.

Therefore, the Song army easily attacked the city wall, opened the city gate, less than noon, the Song army entered the Lingwu City in an all-round way, nearly half of the defenders fled, most of the rest surrendered, a small part of the battle died, the main general Wuzang Anhuan also died in the city. In the afternoon, the Song army fully occupied Lingwu City.

The Xiangqing army and Lingwu were lost one after another, which also completely collapsed the Yellow River defense line in Western Xia. It was pointless to defend other places, so the Western Xia defenders in Xia, Wuzhong, Jingzhou, Yongzhou, Huaizhou and other places were also preparing to abandon the city, cross the Yellow River, and flee back to Xingqingfu.

Because the Mongol army was preparing to attack the Western Xia army's river-crossing men and horses on the west bank of the Yellow River, Yang Yan did not press these Western Xia troops too hard, but only took the opportunity to order Gao Zhen to immediately lead 50,000 horses and horses to the north along the Yellow River to collect the Hetao area.

The Yellow River basin is in the shape of a huge "several" on the land of the Central Plains, and the Hetao area is located at the top of the "several" character, forming a huge plain surrounded by the water of the Yellow River on three sides. Everywhere there is a scene of green trees, flowers, fruits, and wheat waves rolling, just like a beautiful scene in the south of the Yangtze River. It is not only conducive to farmland cultivation, but also conducive to horse breeding and grazing. Therefore, since ancient times, it has also left the saying that "the Yellow River is harmful, and it is only profitable".

With the Hetao area, there is also a large area of natural high-quality pasture, which can breed a large number of horses, so the Hetao area is also the place that the Great Song Dynasty has always dreamed of. The purpose of attacking Western Xia was to seize the Hetao region for the time being. And now that the Western Xia army has been beaten by the Song army and is preparing to flee westward, the garrison in the Hetao area is empty, which is a great opportunity to take over the Hetao area. When he learned that the Jin State would send troops to Western Xia in the near future, he wanted to occupy the Hetao area as soon as possible before the arrival of the Jin army.

While the Song army was busy collecting the Hetao area, the Western Xia troops in various places also prepared boats to cross the river and return to the west. At this time, on the west bank of the Yellow River, Temujin also divided the Mongol army into several routes, led by Mu Huali, Borshu, Chilaowen, and Borhu, respectively, and attacked when the Western Xia army crossed the Yellow River.

The Western Xia army that crossed the Yellow River near Wuzhong was led by Gao Shandu, including the defeated army of the Battle of Jiongwu and the defenders of Wu Zhong, totaling more than 65,000 people, which was the largest number of Western Xia troops who crossed the river and fled westward. Naturally, it also became the target of the Mongol army's key attacks.

Therefore, Temujin, together with his subordinates of the "Four Dogs", Stranding, Kublai, Subutai, Jebe, Sanzi Muchi, Chagatai, and Ogedei, as well as the Zha Ba'er Huozhi, Yelu Ahai, Yelu Bald Brothers and others, personally led 20,000 Mongol troops to set up an ambush on the bank of the Yellow River near Wuzhong.

At this time, the Western Xia army crossed more than 50,000 people, and the number was far above the Mongolian army, but the current Western Xia army had just been defeated by the Song army, and the morale was extremely low, and after crossing the river, the men and horses were not lined up, and the entire bank of the Yellow River was in chaos. In the face of the surprise attack of the Mongol army, they could only meet it in a hurry.

The Mongol army divided into several ways to kill, and was met with a storm of bows and arrows, which shot down a large part of the Western Xia army and completely destroyed the original little fighting spirit of the Western Xia army. They threw down their weapons and fled in all directions on the banks of the Yellow River, completely chaotic. The Mongol army galloped in the Western Xia army array, rushing back and forth, shooting arrows from afar, slashing with guns and bayonets at close range, and slashing at random to kill the Western Xia army that had no intention of resisting at all.

Unlike the Song army, the Mongol army was now undermanned and had captured a large number of civilians, so there was no need to take prisoners. Therefore, even if some Western Xia soldiers chose to surrender, they would still be mercilessly killed by the Mongol army. There were also many Western Xia troops who were forced by the Mongol army to flee to the edge of the Yellow River, with no way to escape, and were shot dead by the Mongol army in the Yellow River.

In this battle, the Western Xia army was almost completely wiped out, and the banks of the Yellow River were covered with corpses and blood. There are countless floating corpses in the Yellow River, and the river water is almost stained red with blood. Gao Shandu, the chief general of the Western Xia Army, and Dong Mingzhao, the general of the Western Xia Army, also died in the melee, only Ye Ligang with more than a thousand remnants of the army, luckily fought out of the siege, escaped Xing's life, and fled back to Xingqing Mansion.

The more than 10,000 Western Xia troops who had not yet crossed the river on the east bank of the Yellow River did not dare to cross the Yellow River again, and in a desperate situation, a small part took off their clothes and armor, put down their swords and guns and dispersed, and most of them chose to surrender to the Song army.

Of course, it was not only in Wuzhong, almost every Western Xia army that crossed the river was attacked by the Mongol army, and the losses of men and horses were extremely heavy.

At this time, Yang Yan took the Xiangqing army as a base and commanded the Song army, while continuously collecting the cities and counties abandoned by the Western Xia army on the east bank of the Yellow River, and containing the remnants of the soldiers left by the Western Xia army on the east bank of the Yellow River. Then he ordered people to build a bridge over the Yellow River near the Xiangqing army, and prepared to lead the army to cross the river, join the Mongol army, and attack Xingqing Fu.

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The Yellow River defense line in Western Xia completely collapsed. A total of 170,000 troops, and less than 50,000 fled back to Xingqingfu. Coach Takayama died on the battlefield, and only two generals remained, Enakin and Notoshi.

But now seeing that the Song army was about to cross the Yellow River, join forces with the Mongol army, and take Xingqing Mansion directly, such a result made Li Renxiao, the monarch of Western Xia, faint on the spot. After some emergency rescue by the ministers, he slowly woke up, and gathered the ministers of civil and military affairs in front of the sickbed of the Heart Cultivation Hall to discuss the next countermeasures.

Although the Mongol army also hit the city of Xingqingfu before, the Mongol army was not good at attacking the city, so as long as the Western Xia army was closed and did not fight, the Mongol army could only linger outside the city and could not enter the city. Therefore, the Western Xia monarchs were not too nervous.

The Song army can be different from the Mongolian army, in terms of siege ability, it is still above the Jin army, although Qingxingfu is a strong city, but the Song-Mongolian coalition army has a total of more than 200,000, and the defenders in Xingqingfu are only 60,000 or 70,000, and most of them are remnants of the defeated generals, and the reinforcements of the Jin State do not know that they are still there. At this point, even if Jingzong Li Yuanhao is pulled out of the tomb again, I am afraid that there is no power to return to heaven, and what can a cadre of courtiers in Western Xia do, so in the face of the emperor's inquiry, they all bowed their heads and were silent. For a while, the entire Heart Cultivation Hall was silent and quiet.

Li Renxiao is minister of civil and military affairs is helpless, he can't help but be angry and anxious, and struggled on the bed: "You are all members of the imperial court, and you have never lost a cent of your fortune on weekdays, the country has been raising soldiers for more than 100 years, and now the country is in danger, it is the time for you to be loyal and repay, why don't you have any ideas?" ”

Hearing what the monarch said, the ministers also felt that their faces were a little unbearable, and they all blushed and bowed their heads and remained silent.

After a long while, the privy envoy did not hide Huaizhong before he came out and said: "Your Majesty, now that the Song army is coming to the city, Xingqing Mansion is probably in danger, and in the opinion of Yichen, Xingqing Mansion can not live for a long time, so it is better to retreat to the Gansu Military Division, temporarily relieve the Song Army from the limelight, and preserve its strength to wait for Zhongxing." And along the way, you can also fortify the wall and clear the wilderness to block the Song army. After the Song army retreated, make plans. ”

Before Li Renxiao could speak, Jiao Jingyan said: "If Lord Zang's words are not bad, it is difficult for us to flee to Gansu, and the Song army will not chase after us?" Moreover, the Gansu Military Division is located in a remote area, the land is poor and sparsely populated, and it is not a prosperous place. What's more, is there anything comparable to Xingqing Mansion in my strong city in Western Xia? If I abandon the fortified city and retreat into a remote wasteland, then my great white high country will surely perish. Therefore, according to the minister's opinion, he still stuck to the Xingqing Mansion, fought with the Song army back to the city, and then ordered someone to ask for help from the Jin State, just wait for the Jin State army to arrive, the Song army will naturally retreat, and the Song army will retreat, then the Mongolian Tartars will be lonely and difficult to sing, and they will retreat, and I will only hope to restore the country in the Great White Gao Kingdom. ”

Li Renxiao frowned, of course he didn't want to flee to Gansu to avoid the Song army, but he stayed in Xingqing Mansion and didn't know if he could hold out until the Jin army arrived. And I don't know when the Jin army will arrive, now it's November, the weather is getting colder, and it's not a good time to send troops, so it's very likely that the Jin army will wait until next spring to send troops to Western Xia, but will he be able to hold out until that time?

At this time, Liu Pingzhong, the secretary of the household department, came out and said: "Your Majesty, now that the Southern Song Dynasty army is pressing, we are invincible, and the reinforcements of the Jin State are far away from quenching the thirst of the near. ”

Li Renxiao frowned, gasped a few more times, and then said: "If the Yellow River defense line is still there, maybe it can negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty, but now that the Song Dynasty and the Mongolian alliance have crossed the Yellow River and are approaching the city, how can they negotiate peace with our country again?" ”

Liu Pingzhong said: "Your Majesty, so far, I can only try." In Yichen's view, the Song Dynasty has always coveted the land of China's Hetao, and the Mongolian Tatars have a lot of good property, so they might as well have more Mongolian Tatar property and then cede all the land east of the Yellow River to the Song Dynasty. and begged to be a vassal to the Song Dynasty in exchange for their retreat, which was the best policy. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Renyou, the king of Yue, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, now the Southern Song Dynasty and Mongolia are bent on destroying my Great White High Kingdom, and the move to negotiate peace is absolutely impossible. What's more, the land of the Hetao is still the foundation of my Great White High Kingdom, how can I give up easily. Once it was ceded to the Southern Song Dynasty, it was just to drink water to quench my thirst and hug Jin to fight the fire, but it was just to let my Dabai Gaoguo survive for a while. Now there are still tens of thousands of male soldiers in Xingqing Mansion, and the grain and grass are enough to support more than a year. Therefore, please not hesitate and make up your mind as soon as possible. ”

When Li Renxiao heard this, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought, of course he knew that the so-called peace negotiation was just a nice way to say, which was actually to surrender to the Song army. Moreover, if the Hetao area was ceded to the Song Dynasty, even if it could be exchanged for the Song Dynasty's retreat, but from then on, the Western Xia would not only be completely isolated from the Jin State, but also completely lose the ability to compete with the Song Dynasty, and could only be at the mercy of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, if there is a glimmer of opportunity, he will never want to do it in his heart. But now I don't know when Jin Guo will be able to send reinforcements, what if I can't hold on to the reinforcements? Then it is better to cede the Hetao area to the Song Dynasty, or to flee to Gansu, and it is a while to linger, maybe delay a little longer, and usher in a turnaround? Therefore, at this time, Li Renxiao thought about it repeatedly in his heart, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

At this time, the palace of raising the heart was chaotic, because there were several ministers to express their opinions, so the other civil and military ministers also expressed their opinions, some advocated sticking to Xingqing Mansion, some advocated fleeing, and some advocated peace. Each insists on one another, and does not give in to each other. Not long ago, it was a silent hall, but now it is as lively as the Rai market.

Li Renxiao only felt a burst of irritability in his heart, and was about to open his mouth to let the ministers calm down, when he heard a person suddenly stumbling in from outside the hall, although it was November weather, he only ran sweaty and panting. But some people can see clearly that this person is the left privy envoy who sent the Jin State to rescue Lang Jinzhong.

I saw him run into the Heart Nourishing Palace, rushed to Li Renxiao's sickbed, knelt on the ground, and said breathlessly: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, good news, the Kingdom of Jin is ...... Aid was sent to the aid of the scriptures. The pioneers have been ...... Arrived in the Silver State. ”