Prior to this, almost the entire army of the Northern Song Dynasty, except for 5,000 cavalry, was gathered in the western part of Xingqing Mansion, ready to fight at any time, after all, Lingzhou was too important.

If it is under the premise of normal, even if Western Xia is at a critical juncture, Yuan Hao will come with a large army as soon as possible, and even pour the strength of the country.

The three wars of Dingguo, basically like this, the Northern Song Dynasty took a little advantage, but did not expect that the Western Xia was desperate, and in the end, the cavalry and infantry were different, resulting in the final result, the Northern Song Dynasty was completely defeated.

In the era of cold weapons, it was almost impossible to block an area, and even blocking the city and chasing it all the way was often in vain, let alone in an open field.

Han Qi had done everything he could, but Han Qi knew very well that even if he did more things, it would be impossible to block all the personnel.

Han Qi has great ambitions, took Lingzhou, is less than 150 miles away from Xingqing Mansion, this is the range of cavalry attack, even if it is infantry, steady and steady, 7 days can be reached, Han Qi, who does not know the situation ahead, chose to wait, block the surroundings, and prevent anyone from leaving the news.

It is certain that someone will leave, and Yuan Hao's reaction will also be shown within 10 days, as long as he does not come from the country, this combined force can fight with him, especially under the support of a city wall like Xiping Mansion, it can play the role of a longbow perfectly.

In fact, the blockade of the Northern Song Dynasty was not very strict, in fact, there were still many Western Xia people who escaped from Xiping Mansion, and even left Lingzhou and arrived near Xingqing Mansion.

In the end, these people did not arrive at Xingqing Mansion because the Liao State had already besieged the city.

The Northern Song Dynasty was not good at field warfare, but the Liao State was good at it, with an army of 100,000 surrounded by a flood, and in each area, there were a large number of scouts and horses constantly scouting to prevent anyone from slipping through.

was able to escape to Xingqing Mansion, not a secret agent, or a talented person, and some people took risks to rush into battle, but without exception, all of them were killed.

The big tent of the Chinese army, Liao Xingzong has already set up camp, in the huge camp, the civil and military officials are in front of the battle, Liao Xingzong is inquiring about the situation in Xingqing Mansion.

Even if Xiao Hui suffered a lot of losses, but this time, he was still a pioneer, after arriving at Xingqing Mansion, he felt bad, the defense of Xingqing Mansion was above his expectations, and it seemed that the defense was quite tight.

Xiao Hui is not good at attacking cities, but this hedgehog-like city guarded still gives him a headache, so he can only surround it first and wait for the opportunity.

However, after Liao Xingzong arrived, he began to urge the siege, Yuan Hao's strategy made Liao Xingzong feel very humiliated, he had never felt so angry, and said unceremoniously that Yuan Hao was equivalent to playing him again.

Liao Xingzong is not a stupid person, at that time, almost the entire court of Liao thought that Yuan Hao wanted to surrender, but he didn't expect that with the help of this kamikaze, Yuan Hao actually launched an attack, if it wasn't for Xiao Hui's early vigilance, he resisted Yuan Hao's main force, plus Zhou Wenxiu, who didn't know the news yet, what would be the final result, Liao Xingzong shuddered.

Yuan Hao must be taught a lesson, then the captured Xingqing Mansion is necessary, and even if Yuan Hao is caught, he will die, whether he can take Xixia or not, and whether he captures Yuan Hao or not, there is no inevitable connection.

Liao Xingzong was relatively stubborn, and before he arrived at Xingqing Mansion, he issued one order after another, asking Xiao Hui to prepare and capture Xingqing Mansion as quickly as possible.

But his orders were not carried out, which made him hold back a wave of anger, and he was about to blame Xiao Hui, but he got Xiao Hui's report, especially after arriving at Xingqing Mansion, he was also stunned when he saw such strict protection.

Liao Xingzong was not stubborn enough to storm a well-defended city, and the Liao army did not have large-scale military movements and military operations after the alliance of the Yuanyuan, but the former attack on the Song Dynasty let them know that the well-defended city was terrible, not to mention, and Xiao Huizai's introduction.

Liao is a nomadic start, salvo and archery, in Liao, it is not a problem at all, after a little preparation, a tentative attack, 30,000 archers, crazy attack, the final result, but it made Xiao Hui's face sink.

More than 30,000 archers and more than 300,000 arrows only slightly damaged the Western Xia, complete fortifications, and a very systematic anti-arrow system, so that countless arrows could not hit the target at all, which was a difficult bone to gnaw.

The battlefield is scorched, Yuan Hao sits firmly in Xingqing Mansion, although it is surrounded by regiments, but as the location of the royal city, not only has a large population, but also the supply in all aspects is quite sufficient, he can defend it for at least more than a year, but Liao Guoxing, even if he has an oasis and some help, even now, under the premise that even the grain route is smooth, can he attack for a long time?

If, if there are no variables, this is the case, in fact, after besieging the city for 1 month, after more than a dozen tentative attacks, not only did not achieve the slightest result, but after the loss of troops and generals, Liao Xingzong has already retreated, it seems that Yuan Hao is besieged, but in fact, it is impossible to capture it at all, in the long run, for the grain and grass, for the consumption of various logistics, for the Liao State, it is a heavy pressure, in this case, how to capture it.

The failure of the successive attacks made the atmosphere of the Liao army begin to be strange, and some pessimistic thoughts spread among the Liao army, especially after the arrival of a new batch of logistics materials, which could only allow the Liao army to live for 10 days.

10 days, what can be done, but the next batch of supplies will take 20 days to arrive, and the 10-day gap will be how to replenish.

At this juncture, Zhou Wenxiu came back, after he left the city that contacted with the Northern Song Dynasty, he did not return directly, although from the vicinity of Lingzhou to Xingqing Mansion, when the cavalry ran with all their might, it only took a day or two, but such a loophole is very big.

Although Zhou Wenxiu didn't know how powerful the fortress was, he also knew that it was not difficult for the Northern Song Dynasty to take Lingzhou, but it would take a certain amount of time to strengthen the defense of Lingzhou and achieve the goal of defending Lingzhou.

He delayed as much time as he could, and by the way, he crossed Xingqing Mansion to the west of Xingqing Mansion and swept away a series of tribes.

Yuan Hao shrank, but only some tribes in the north and around Xingqing Mansion, and millions of people in the entire Western Xia could not all be concentrated in Xingqing Mansion, and Xingqing Mansion could not accommodate so many people.

It took almost a month, swept through more than a dozen tribes, obtained about 1,000 horses, and a large number of livestock, and arrived at the camp of the Liao State under the drive of the captives and them.

The mighty cattle and the smoke and dust that covered the sky and the sun frightened Liao Xingzong, and he thought it was the army of King Qin of Western Xia.

Fortunately, Zhou Wenxiu sent personnel in advance to contact the Liao army, and Liao Xingzong knew that it was Zhou Wenxiu, who had made great contributions before, to return.

For Zhou Wenxiu, Liao Xingzong was deeply impressed, and in the previous two wars, he made very key contributions, and it cannot be said that without him, Liao would not have been able to win.

It's just that with Zhou Wenxiu, Liao has reduced a lot of losses, and has gained a higher harvest than expected.

This time, Zhou Wenxiu's return not only brought back 1,000 cavalry, but also brought a large number of livestock, almost 8,000 large livestock, they were enough to support the entire Liao army for more than half a month.

In particular, Zhou Wenxiu brought back information that there are a large number of tribes in the west, and there are even large tribes with nearly 10,000 people and about 50,000 livestock.

For 1,000 heavy cavalry, such a tribe can't gnaw at all, and if it's not careful, it will break its teeth, but for the Liao army, it's just fat.

Trapped by the problem of grain and grass, the Liao army was in a dilemma, and suddenly solved the biggest problem.

Food, is the key, under the fortified city, several tentative attacks, all hit the head of the blood, after the loss of 8,000 troops, the Liao army found that if you want to capture this Xingqing Mansion, maybe 100,000 Liao troops fill in, not necessarily enough.

The only way is to defend it for a long time, 100,000 troops, the daily consumption is an astronomical amount, not to mention the city of hundreds of thousands of people, as long as his supply is cut off, when the consumption is finished, it will naturally be able to take down.

However, now, under the premise of poor logistics, the problem of logistics is the problem of Liao.

I was a little unwilling to withdraw the army like this, but if I didn't retreat, when the grain and grass ran out, the 100,000 army would become a fish on the chopping block.

Zhou Wenxiu's return not only brought a large number of livestock, but also brought a solution.

The Liao army, which was trapped in Xingqing Mansion, began to divide its troops, mobilized almost 8,000 elite cavalry, and with the help of 10,000 auxiliaries, began to attack the western side of Western Xia.

In just half a month, 36 tribes were attacked in a row, of which more than 12 were large tribes with tens of thousands of people.

More than 300,000 head of livestock were harvested, most of which were large animals such as cattle and horses, and there were also small animals, either eaten directly or abandoned.

However, such an attack still swept away a large number of tribes in the Western Xia, from Xingqing Mansion to the west, the Liao army swept almost 600 miles, and the footsteps were all over the core area of the Western Xia, and the harvest was huge, and finally a steady stream of cattle arrived in Xingqing Mansion.

According to the calculation of 300 catties of meat from a cow, a cow is enough to support one person to eat for one year, so to speak, as long as these animals live, two or three years, there is no need to worry about grain and grass.

Xixia is originally full of grasslands, pickled, plus temporary stocking, at least a year is no problem, and the Liao army is relieved to besiege, waiting for the moment when Xingqing Mansion is out of grain.