XXXVI Quelling the Rebellion (II)

After dividing his troops with Bi Zaiyu, Xin Qiji joined up with 10,000 men transferred from Xiliang Province and temporarily stationed them in a valley in Helan Mountain, southwest of Anxi Province. The news that Bi Zaiyu defeated the main force of Ren's army on the bank of the Yellow River and that Yang Changpeng captured Pingxi Mansion reached Xin Qiji at the fifth watch.

Early the next morning, Xin Qiji spread the news to the whole army, and after the Song army learned about it, the army's heart was greatly boosted, and Xin Qiji immediately ordered the whole army to move out and recapture Anxi Mansion.

At this time, Ren Chunyi led 10,000 horses to garrison in Anxi Mansion. Although Ren Chunyi is a big straw bag, he is also a heel, and he is convinced of what Lin Huanjin and Shi An said, thinking that the loss of Pingxi Mansion is just a temporary small song to dismantle himself, and as soon as Ren Decong and Ren Chunli's army arrives, they can immediately defeat the Song army and recover Pingxi Mansion.

Therefore, when he saw the men and horses of the Song army returning to attack the city, he did not panic at all, and continued to reassure the soldiers, saying that the reinforcements would come back soon, and then the Song army could be defeated by the cooperation of the inside and outside. However, his move temporarily calmed down the morale of the army. If Xin Qiji knew that he was thinking like this now, he would definitely sigh, sometimes ignorance is also a kind of happiness.

Although the Song army had 30,000 horses, and there were no large-scale siege equipment, the only tools used for siege were ordinary ladders. And Anxi Mansion was originally the first fortified city in the original Western Xia, and now there are 10,000 defenders in the city, although there are a few less, but it is not strong enough to hold the city wall, if according to the normal situation, the Song army wants to capture Anxi Mansion, I am afraid it is not an easy thing. Therefore, the generals of the Song army were a little less confident in capturing Anxi Mansion, but Xin Qiji was confident and told the generals that Anxi Mansion could be recovered today. Then he immediately ordered to spread out all the Song troops, divide them from all sides, and begin to attack the city.

Although the generals were still skeptical about Xin Qiji's optimism, they did not dare to disobey the military order, and immediately launched an attack on the city of Anxi Mansion. And Ren Chunyi also personally went to the city to command.

But as soon as the Song army attacked for a while, the defenders at the head of the city suddenly became in chaos, and they saw countless warriors wearing Xuan armor and holding sharp blades to kill the head of the city from one side of the city. Chopping melons and chopping vegetables generally killed the soldiers of Ren's army, all of them were extremely brave, the leader was a tall samurai with an iron hoop on his head, and a nine-foot-long crescent cane in his hand, dancing like the wind, no one in the defenders could block his blow, several defenders were even knocked out by him, and the other samurai under his leadership only killed the defenders to the ground, and immediately became chaotic.

It turned out that when the Song army withdrew from Anxi Mansion, it had already prepared to recapture Anxi Mansion. Lai Wenzheng left Zhao Cao and Suzaku to assist Xin Qiji to defend the city, and Xin Qiji ordered the two of them to lead three hundred elite Song troops, with armor and weapons, lurking in the city, only waiting for the Song army to attack the city, suddenly killed, inside and outside, so as to recover Anxi Mansion in one fell swoop. It is precisely because of such an ambush that Xin Qiji and Bi Zaiyu are fully sure that they will be able to recover Anxi Mansion in a short period of time. Therefore, he dared to boldly take the initiative to abandon Anxi Mansion and lure the enemy to attack.

In fact, the number of Song troops who killed the city at this time was not much, it was about 200 people, but now the defenders were all trying their best to meet the Song army attacking the city outside the city, and they were not prepared for the attack behind them, so they were caught off guard and were killed by the lurking Song army and ran around the city, and the guards on the city wall immediately revealed countless gaps.

The Song army besieging the city took the opportunity to rush to the head of the city like a tide and joined the battle group on the city. Ren's army was originally just a second-rate man in the original Western Xia, and when he saw more and more Song troops stepping on the city wall, he couldn't help but panic, and he dared to fight there, and immediately found a way to escape.

When Ren Chunyi still ran to the end, he still shouted on the city wall to the soldiers to fight hard and repel the Song army. A pro-soldier general came over to persuade him to prepare to escape, but was scolded by Ren Chunyi. However, with him taking the lead, there were still many soldiers in Ren's army who insisted on facing the Song army, and they were not defeated.

But at this time, the city gate of Anxi Mansion had been opened, and it turned out that Suzaku led more than 100 other lurking Song troops to take advantage of Zhao Cao's entanglement of the enemy troops on the city wall, killed the Ren army guarding the city gate, and opened the city gate, and the Song army waiting outside the city immediately took advantage of the situation to rush into the city of Anxi Mansion.

Xin Qiji couldn't help laughing under the city, and said to the generals around him: "Generals, this marshal said that he will definitely be able to recover Anxi Mansion today, it's not a lie." ”

At this time, all the generals were also very impressed, and said: "This is all after a little trickery and clever arrangement, and it was easy to recover Anxi Mansion, and we admire it to the fullest." ”

Xin Qiji smiled again: "This plan was thought up by General Manager Bi, and Ben Shuai didn't dare to take credit for himself, come, let's all go into the city together." ”

After the city gate was breached, although Ren Chunyi still believed that he could win, the other defenders also knew that the general situation was gone, so they also ignored their main generals and fled one after another. When Ren Chunyi came to his senses, there were only a few dead-eyed people left around him.

At this time, although Ren Chunyi had not doubted the will of heaven, he also knew that this battle was hopeless, this was probably the twist and turn that Mr. Lin and Master Shi said, but this twist and turn was too big. After thinking about this, Ren Chunyi also remembered to escape. It's a pity that it's too late now, and the opportunity to escape has already been missed by him, and before he can walk down the city wall, he has been surrounded by the Song army.

Facing the flickering cold light of the sword and gun, Ren Chunyi's will to resist immediately melted like ice and snow under the scorching flames. When Song Bing came up to tie him up, Ren Chunyi was still thinking in his heart, is this also a twist and turn?

Although the Ren rebellion had captured Anxi Mansion at the beginning, it only lasted six days, and not only was Ren's main force defeated by the Song army on the bank of the Yellow River, but even Anxi Mansion and Pingxi Mansion, the two largest cities in the former Western Xia, were successfully occupied by the Song army.

Seeing that Ren's army captured Anxi Mansion at the beginning, many party nobles were also moved, but some of them were still calm, although they planned to support it, but they did not take substantive action, but they also wrote a letter to Ren, expressing their congratulations and support. There are also many people who have begun to gather their warriors, prepare supplies, and plan to raise troops to respond.

However, the three most anxious and at the same time the most opposed to the rule of the Great Song Dynasty also immediately raised their banners to rebel, and rushed to Anxi Mansion with their respective clan warriors, ready to join the Ren army. And no one would have thought that Ren's rebellion was like a firecracker, although it made an earth-shattering loud noise, but it immediately disappeared and became silent.

And the victory of the Song army once again shocked the nobles of the party, and with the current strength of the Song army stationed on Anxi Road, it was enough to quickly quell any rebellion. The wait-and-see secretly rejoiced, fortunately he did not move, and hurriedly wrote a letter to the pacification envoy to express his congratulations and support. Compared with the previous letter, it is just a different title at the head of the row, and the content has not changed from the original. And those who gathered the warriors of the tribe immediately dismissed the team, and the supplies were sent to Anxi Mansion to express their hearts.

Only the three party nobles who rebelled with the scriptures were the most embarrassed, and the team did not wait to reach the city of Anxi Mansion, but they did not expect that the banner of the city would be changed again. It's too late to make amends. But the water that was drained out could not be recovered, and a party nobleman had to ask his subordinates to tie himself up and go into the city of Anxi Mansion to ask the Song army for his guilt. The other two simply ran to the dark with one heart, and learned that Ren Decong and Ren Chunli, the only remaining members of the Ren family, had fled to the provincial city, so they also rushed to join forces with them and continued to resist stubbornly.

In fact, the provincial Weicheng is not a dangerous place, and Ren's fief is not only Pingxi Mansion, but also Jingzhou, Huaizhou, Yanzhou, Youzhou, Xiazhou five, any of which is stronger than the provincial Weicheng, but after Ren Decong and Ren Chunli were defeated, they heard that Pingxi Mansion was captured by the Song army, and they were so frightened that they did not dare to return to any place in Ren's fiefdom, so they had to hide in Provincial Weicheng.

After Xin Qijian recaptured Anxi Mansion, he immediately wrote back to Jiankang Mansion to report to the imperial court about the process of quelling the rebellion. And they were not in a hurry to march to capture the provincial city, because Ren Decong and Ren Chunli couldn't afford to make many waves. Now although the Song army has captured Pingxi Mansion and the rest of the Ren clan has also been captured, the five states are also guarded by Ren's cronies, if they are not subject to the Great Song Dynasty, and then collude with Ren Decong and Ren Chunli to occupy the state city and defend it, it will be a big trouble, so the other five states must be taken as soon as possible.

So Xin Qiji only ordered a partial general, took 5,000 men and horses to the provincial Weicheng, and confronted the remnants of Ren's soldiers, in case they ran away again. Then he ordered Bi Zaiyu and Yang Changpeng to lead 10,000 horses each, and went separately to collect the five states. At the same time, he ordered the Ren family to be escorted back to Anxi Mansion to see the detention and wait for the court's decision on disposal.

However, Xin Qiji's worries are really a bit redundant, and now, who still doesn't know that Ren's general trend has gone, and who still dares to resist the Song army, so Bi Zaiyu and Yang Changpeng's men and horses are everywhere, and the guards have opened the city to surrender. Even a few people who were not open-minded still wanted to defend to the death, but the soldiers under their command were unwilling to accompany them to die in vain, so everyone gathered, killed the guards, and then still surrendered the city. Bi Zaiyu and Yang Changpeng were bloodless along the way, and within a few days, they recovered Jingzhou, Huaizhou, Yanzhou, Youzhou, and Xiazhou.

The recovery of all the five states means that this rebellion will be completely over, so Xin Qiji ordered Yang Changpeng to lead the army back to Yinzhou to garrison, and Bi Zaiyu led 20,000 horses to attack the provincial Weicheng.