"Report to Yang Shuai, the Xixia people of the Xishou Baotai Military Division have been dispatched, and it seems that they are coming to the rescue of Xi'an Prefecture." A scout knelt in front of Yang Yan and reported to him the latest news he had discovered.

Yang Yan asked, "When did the men and horses of the Xishou Baotai Military Division dispatch?" Where are we now? And how many people are there? Do you know everything? ”

The scout said: "The villain found the Xixia people and horses from the avenue of Rouwolf Mountain in three days, and headed for Xi'an Prefecture. There were about 10,000 people. The villain's captain immediately sent the villain back to deliver the letter, and he took several other brothers to keep an eye on the movements of the Western Xia army. Therefore, where this troop is now traveling, the villain is not clear. However, I believe that he will send someone back to report soon. ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "Okay, you go down first." ”

In late September 1176, the sixth year of the Great Song Dynasty, the Song army of 200,000 troops, divided into three routes, launched an attack on Western Xia. Yang Changpeng led his men and horses from Gaolan to attack Liangzhou, while Yang Yan and Gao Zhen combined their troops to attack and capture the Xishou Baotai Military Division. Open the way for assistance to Ren Dejing.

Xishou Baotai Military Division is one of the twelve military supervisors established in the Western Xia, and Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division are located on the east and west banks of the Yellow River, which is the gateway to the southern end of the Western Xia, but the north is close to Weijing Mountain, the west is connected to Lingbo Mountain, and there is Rou Wolf Mountain in the south, connecting the Killing Niu Ridge, and the danger of the terrain is far better than that of Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division. It had always belonged to Ren Dejing's sphere of influence, and it had been captured by the Song army two years ago, and it was returned to Western Xia after the Song and Xia negotiations made peace.

Yang Yan and Gao Zhen led the army from Xinhuizhou, all the way along the Zuli River to the north, captured Jingyuan, Shuiquan Fort, Huairong Fort and other places, and basically recovered the entire territory of Huizhou in the former Great Song Dynasty. Then across the Rouwolf Mountain, in the northwest of Quwu Mountain.

However, of course, Yang Yan knew that the terrain of the Xishou Baotai Military Division was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Great Song Dynasty was able to easily capture it two years ago because Ren Dejing deliberately gave in. And now the Western Xia has set up a heavy defense here, and the rash attack will inevitably increase the casualties of the Song army, so Yang Yan sat in Dazhai, confronted the Xishou Baotai Military Division, and ordered Gao Zhen to lead the army to attack Xi'an Prefecture.

Xi'an Prefecture is about 100 miles east of Huizhou, but it is separated from the entire Quwu Mountain from south to north, and only a small area in the south is connected. Originally, it also belonged to the border town of Qinfeng Road in the Great Song Dynasty, and now most of the northern part is occupied by Western Xia, while a small part of the south is controlled by the Jin State, and is now incorporated into the Zhenrong Prefecture of Fengxiang Road in Jingzhao Prefecture.

This move greatly surprised Dong Mingzhao, the guard general of the Xishou Baotai Military Division. Although the Song army sent troops earlier than expected, Xi'an and the Song Dynasty were separated by the natural barrier of Quwu Mountain, and it was impossible for the Song army to attack Xi'an. Therefore, he abandoned the place south of Rouwolf Mountain, deployed all his strength to defend the Xishou Baotai Military Division, and built a large number of strong fortifications, thinking that after the Song army came, he would defend in danger and consume the strength of the Song army.

Unexpectedly, after the Song army crossed the Rouwolf Mountain, it did not launch an attack on the Xishou Baotai Military Division, but turned around and attacked Xi'an Prefecture, at this time there were only thousands of soldiers stationed in Xi'an Prefecture, and they could not hold it with Ben. Once Xi'an Prefecture was captured, the Song army did not need to pass through the Xishou Baotai Military Division, but could cross the Hulu River from the eastern end of the Killing Niuling Ridge and go directly to rescue the Jingsai Military Division. Therefore, the top priority is to immediately send reinforcements to Xi'an Prefecture and try to hold Xi'an Prefecture as much as possible, and at the same time send an emergency to Xingqing Prefecture.

But this is exactly what Yang Yan wanted, luring the men and horses of the Xishou Baotai Military Division out of the fortifications, and implementing the plan of besieging the city to help, that is, eliminating the troops of the Xishou Baotai Military Division, and capturing Xi'an Prefecture. Therefore, he sent people to closely watch the movements of the soldiers and horses of the Xishou Baotai Army, and he must figure out the movement route of the Xixia reinforcements, so as to ambush them halfway.

After the spies went down, Yang Yan immediately ordered the Song army to closely monitor the avenue and path leading to Xi'anzhou, and at the same time, Wei Jiao also released flying eagles to patrol the air, just waiting for the Western Xia army to arrive. But I waited for two days in a row, but I didn't find any Western Xia troops passing by.

Yang Yan couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Xishou Baotai Military Division is more than 130 miles away from Xi'an Prefecture, and the place where the Song army is stationed is less than 60 miles away from Xishou Baotai Military Division, if according to the scout, the reinforcements of Xixia set off with the Jing two days ago, then now it must pass through the Dazhai of the Song Army, but it has not yet appeared, what is the reason for this? Is there a secret road that Song Jun doesn't know? But it is also impossible, because there are flying eagles patrolling the sky, even if there is a secret road, but the movement of 10,000 horses is not small, and it is absolutely impossible to avoid the eyes of the flying eagle. Or would the Western Xia army have other plans?

At this moment, another person came to report, and another scout came back, saying that there was important news to report. When Yang Yan heard this, he hurriedly ordered someone to bring the scout in.

After a while, the guards led in a man, covered in dust and tired, and at first glance he knew that he was hurrying back. However, judging by his face, the scout was still very young, no more than twenty years old. As soon as he entered the tent, he knelt down and said: "Yang Shuai, the Western Xia army will go through the south of Rouwolf Mountain and will go through Tonghui Fort to support Xi'an Prefecture." Please Yang Shuai make arrangements as soon as possible. ”

When Yang Yan heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, and when he walked south of Rouwolf Mountain, he went around to the back of the Song army. And Tonghui Fort is the gateway to the west of Xining Prefecture, the mountain pass of Qu Wu Mountain, although he also thought that the Western Xia army would take other paths, but taking this road was still a little unexpected to him. Immediately asked the scout, "Slowly, how did you find out about the detour of the Western Xia army?" ”

The scout said: "There are a total of five villains to investigate the movements of the Western Xia army, and three days ago, they found a Western Xia army along the Rouwolf Mountain Avenue and headed for Xining Prefecture. But at that time, the villain was a little suspicious, but the matter was very important, and he didn't dare to be sure easily, so he sent back one person to report to Yang Shuai first, and the villain and the other four people still stayed in place to observe. ”

Yang Yan said: "How did you find out that this Western Xia army was inappropriate?" ”

The scout said: "If it is really to aid the army of Xi'an Prefecture, it must be elite men, and they will rush to Xi'an Prefecture as soon as possible." But the villain saw that this army was not solid, the banner was disordered, the morale was scattered, the action was slow, the complexion was tired, and the army that had been defeated before the battle was defeated, if the other party was really to rescue Xi'an Prefecture, how could he send such an army? ”

Yang Yan joined the army back then and had been a scout for more than half a year, so he naturally knew the importance of scouts for a war. Although this scout seems to be young, he is meticulous in observation and precise thinking, and he is an excellent spy, so he looks at this scout carefully, and sees that his eyebrows are clear, his eyes are shining, he is quite vigorous, his body is tall, and he looks like a soldier. Then he asked, "And what did you find later?" ”

The scout said: "The villain has been lurking for another day, and sure enough, he found that another group of men and horses was dispatched from the Xishou Baotai Military Division, and the army was neat and fast, but it did not go east, but turned to the south of Rouwolf Mountain. The villain was not at ease, leaving the two to continue to pay attention to the movements of the Xishou Baotai Military Division, and took another companion to follow the Xixia army, followed for a day, crossed the Rouwolf Mountain, and found that this group of people and horses immediately turned to the east, the villain thought that this group of people and horses was the army that rescued Xi'an Prefecture, so he left one person to continue tracking, and the villain immediately rushed to report to Yang Shuai and asked Yang Shuai to decide. ”

Yang Yan nodded and said to the scout: "Your news is very important, what is your name, how old is this year?" What is the position now? ”

The scout said: "The villain's surname is Meng Minghui, he is eighteen years old this year, and he is now the deputy lieutenant of Jinyi, serving as the captain of ten. ”

At this time, Yang Juyuan on the side smiled and said: "Yang Shuai, I really don't hide it from you, he is the son of Meng Dutong in Xingzhou, this time it was Meng Dutong who sent him to the command of the lowly position, so that he could have more knowledge." ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly and said, "I wish to come like this, Meng Heng, how long have you been in the army?" ”

Meng Heng said: "The villain has been in the army for more than three years. He had been learning the art of war and martial arts with his father since he was a child, and at the age of fifteen, he was stationed in the northern Xinjiang in the Xingzhou Army, and was awarded the title of lieutenant last year. My father said that it would be difficult to become a big weapon without going through the battlefield, so he transferred the villain to Yang Dutong's subordinates, hoping to follow Yang Shuai to enter Western Xia and serve the country. ”

Yang Yan said: "I joined the army at the age of fifteen, but I am two years younger than Ben Shuai, Meng Hui, in your opinion, after the Western Xia army goes around to the south of Rouwolf Mountain, it will take that road to rescue Xi'an Prefecture." ”

Meng Heng said: "In the eyes of the villain, the Western Xia army must be planning to jump over Quwu Mountain, go from Dingrong Fort, and go to rescue Xi'an Prefecture. However, this road has come full circle, and it is mostly mountainous, so it will take at least four or five days to complete, and we should still be chasing after it. ”

Yang Yan looked at the map carefully, there is indeed a mountain road from Quwu Mountain that can lead to Xi'an Prefecture, but it must pass through Dingxu Fort, so for the Song army, this road is unusable, while the Western Xia army does not have this problem, although this road is a little farther, but it is also a good way to avoid the Song army. nodded and said, "Very good, it is indeed commendable to have such observation and judgment at such a young age." Meng Hui, you go down and rest first! Wait a minute, Ben Shuai will be sent. ”

Meng Hui saluted Yang Yan again, and then retreated. Yang Yan smiled at Yang Juyuan and said, "This young man will definitely make great achievements in the future." ”

Then Yang Yan immediately ordered to gather the crowd. After the generals arrived, Yang Yan first told everyone about the movements of the Western Xia army that Meng Heng had heard. When the generals heard this, they were all surprised.

Yang Yan immediately ordered people to rush to Gao Zhen's camp overnight to pass the order, ordering him to capture Xi'an Prefecture tomorrow. Then he ordered Wei Jiao to lead the men and horses of his headquarters to set off immediately, led by Meng Heng, and marched rapidly, and he must chase after the men and horses of Xi'an Prefecture. Then he ordered Yang Juyuan to lead the people of the headquarters and immediately approached the Xishou Baotai Military Division. The rest of the people are also ready to attack at any time.

After the arrangement was completed, all men and horses moved one after another, and the first battle to attack Western Xia was about to begin.

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