Although Tong Guan forced Liu Fa to lead the army to attack the village at night, he was still very worried in his heart, Liu Fa was the only general in the Song army to conquer the village, if even Liu Fa failed this time, then it would be dangerous for them to attack the village, you know, the village is several times more difficult and dangerous than the reward and the village, and there were 30,000 casualties in the attack on the village, so how much price will it cost to attack the village?

But Tong Guan had no choice, the seed master Dao won a series of battles on the Eastern Front, and the good news was suppressed by him, and it was not reported to the imperial court, but the paper could not contain the fire, and the news of the great victory on the Eastern Front would reach Bianjing sooner or later.

But he couldn't break through the cutting village for a long time, so how could he explain to the officials?

Tong Guan paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands in his hands, his heart was anxious, and he almost didn't sleep all night.......

Stepping on the village to build by the mountain, the terrain is very dangerous, it held the Song army to the north of the only way, the only way to take the heavy road from the cottage to walk, from the cottage can easily block this road, once the Song army to the north, even if the army over the mountains and mountains to the north successful, but without logistical support, the Song army can only be the fate of the whole army annihilated.

Treading the village is a vicious battle that the Song army can not avoid, a watch, Liu Fa led five thousand troops quietly approached the village, five years ago he also successfully captured the village through a night battle, he has long found that there is a weakness in the village, that is, there is no dangerous place along the way to set up the beacon, even if the beacon is built, it is easy to be attacked by the enemy, so the consequence is that often the Song army kills in front of the eyes, and the Western Xia defenders will find out.

If they attack during the day, the defenders in the wall will find them more than ten miles away, but if they attack the city at night, they will kill the enemy by surprise.

As long as you can kill in front of the cottage, even if you pay the price of hundreds of dead and wounded, you can finally break through the gate of the cottage.

Five thousand soldiers, led by Liu Fa, bypassed a beacon along a path, the only one built halfway up the mountain, but unfortunately it still could not play the role of monitoring the enemy army.

Bypassing a hill, the beacon was no longer visible, and then going around from behind the hill, the beacon just now was already ten miles away, and they might be able to see them during the day, but at night they had exceeded the beacon sight distance.

In the past two watches, Liu Fa led 5,000 Song troops to arrive in a forest three miles away from Ta Cut Village, which covers an area of about 100 acres and is the best place to hide.

Liu Fa led his army to hide in the woods, and immediately sent two highly skilled spies to find out the news of the enemy army.

But not long after the two soldiers ran out of the woods, two screams were heard in the distance, which were particularly clear in the quiet night, Liu Fa was taken aback and blurted out: "Not good! There was an ambush. ”

He hurriedly ordered, "Immediately go back the way you came!" ”

But it was already late, there was a sudden fire outside, the army surrounded them from all directions, and rockets continued to fly through the air, shooting into the woods, and the fire oil and sulfur buried in the woods in advance were ignited, and the fire was extremely fast, only to hear in an instant to swallow a third of the woods, the Song army shouted in panic.

Liu Fa is experienced, and in the midst of danger, he still did not panic, and shouted: "Break through to the north!" ”

The south is their way of coming, and the north is Ta Cut Village, and it stands to reason that they should break through from the south, but Liu Fa did the opposite, breaking through from the direction of Ta Cut Village, and he bet that the Western Xia army did not have many troops in the north.

Liu Fa shouted, urging the horse to run north, dozens of personal soldiers around him closely guarded him, although Liu Fa is a famous general, he is a civil official, he does not know martial arts, he can only rely on more than 100 strong martial arts personal soldiers to guard, he only has a sword in his hand.

Liu Fa's judgment was not wrong, the north was indeed the weak link with the least enemy troops, but unfortunately, this time the Western Xia army used 40,000 troops to ambush the Song army, even if it was relatively weak in the north, there were 7,000 Western Xia soldiers to surround it.

What Tong Guan never imagined was that this time the Western Xia invested 200,000 troops on the Western Front for defense, and the commander was none other than the Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun.

At this time, the general of the Song army ambushed in the village of Ta Cut, is Li Qianshun's brother Li Chage, the king of Jin, he is very good at ambushes and sneak attacks, five years ago it was he who led 10,000 iron harriers, that is, the most elite cavalry in Western Xia to attack the Song army camp at night, Liu Fa was defeated, this time he repeated his old tricks again, laid a net before stepping on the village, and so the Song army threw himself into the net, Liu Fa once again fell into his trap.

"Your Highness! The Song army was about to break through from the south. ”

A Western Xia spy discovered the Song army's attempt and hurriedly reported to Brother Richard, who said coldly: "There are only 5,000 troops, where can you break through?" Pass my orders, shoot them with bows and crossbows, and kill them all, and not one will be left behind! ”

Cao Jing, a Han general, persuaded him: "I heard that the eastern front is unfavorable, so it is better to leave some soldiers in case of trouble." ”

Brother Richard nodded, "If the order goes on again, those who surrender will be spared death!" ”

At this time, Liu Fa led thousands of soldiers to run out of the woods less than a hundred steps, and countless crossbowmen suddenly appeared in front, like a human wall, the sound of bangzi sounded, the Western Xia army fired arrows together, dense arrows shot at the Song army that broke through like a storm, a piece of Song army soldiers fell like cutting wheat, and Liu Fa, the main general who rushed in front of the first soldier, was shot like a hedgehog, he screamed, died on the spot, and a generation of famous generals fell.

The Song army was shot dead more than 1,000 people, suffered heavy casualties, failed to break through, had to retreat, more than 2,000 people were suppressed in a ditch more than ten zhang wide, less than a mile long, at this time, the Western Xia soldiers shouted, "Those who surrender can avoid death, otherwise they will be killed!" ”

More than 20,000 people surrounded them, and under the threat of death, more than 2,000 Song soldiers in a desperate situation had to put down their weapons and raise their hands to surrender, and the 5,000 army was completely annihilated.

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Before dawn, Tong Guan, who was napping on a chair, was awakened by a rush of footsteps, and a personal soldier reported urgently outside the tent: "Captain, there is an urgent battle situation!" ”

Tong Guan stood up all of a sudden, and hurriedly said, "Come in quickly!" ”

The curtain was lifted, and two soldiers covered in blood rushed in, knelt down and cried: "Liu Gong has been ambushed and has been completely annihilated!" ”

"Ahh

Tong Guan's eyes darkened, and he suddenly sat down weakly, and asked half-loudly, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"The Tangut people already knew in advance that our army was going north, and lay down heavy troops near Ta Cut Village, and when we entered the ambush circle, the enemy attacked with fire, and there were heavy casualties when breaking through, Liu Gong ..... Liu Gong was also unfortunately martyred. ”

Tong Guan was stunned, Liu Fa was actually dead, this.... How can this be explained to the Son of Heaven?

After a moment of thought, he asked again, "Then how did you get out?" ”

The two soldiers lowered their heads for a while and said, "We were captured by the Western Xia army, and they wanted to find someone to deliver the letter, so they let us back." ”

"Bastard!"

Tong Guan was furious, pulled out his sword and stabbed one of them to death with a sword, and then pressed the sword against the throat of the other, shouting angrily: "What kind of letter to send, say it quickly!" ”

The soldier trembled with fright and stammered, "They.... They want to... I want to exchange Liu Gong's corpse for .... Change Li Liangfu's corpse! ”

"You go to die!"

Tong Guan stabbed the soldier to death with a sword, and at this time, several personal soldiers rushed into the tent, and when they saw the blood all over the ground, their faces changed with fright, and they didn't know what happened?

Tong Guantie waved his hand with a blue face and said, "Drag them out!" ”

Several pro-soldiers hurriedly dragged the corpse out, and fetched water to wash the ground, Tong Guan stood in front of the map with his hands, squinting at the Ta Cutting Village on the map, didn't Liu Fa die well? I was still worried that I couldn't explain to the Son of Heaven why I couldn't take it for a long time, so let Liu Fa bear this responsibility!

The death and injury of 5,000 people was just a drizzle for Tong Guan, and he would not take it to heart, but the Tangut people reminded him that Li Liangfu's head was very valuable, and he must immediately send it to Beijing to report the good news to the Son of Heaven.

At present, Li Liangfu's head is in the hands of Tong Guan, Tong Guan is the commander-in-chief of this attack on Western Xia, and the cultivation of the master is also controlled by him, the military regulations are strict, and the cultivation of the master can not pass Tong Guan without authorization to report the battle to the Son of Heaven, he must report to Tong Guan, and report to the Son of Heaven after Tong Guan's summary, as early as a few days ago, the seed master Dao wrote a battle report, and sent it to Tong Guan here together with Li Liangfu's head, but Tong Guan was jealous of Zhong Shidao's meritorious service, and he has been detained and not reported.

Now that Liu Fa was dead, Tong Guan felt that he could not explain to him, and he had to take out the Dao of the Seed Master to report to the Son of Heaven to cover up his own failure.

Tong Guan quickly wrote a good news of the victory, and asked people to take out the ice box containing Li Liangfu's head, find a team of messengers, and make them rush to the capital to report the victory.

But Tong Guan had to face the reality, after sending off the soldiers who reported victory, Tong Guan ordered the army to go north and attack Ta Che Zhai at all costs.