At this time, Ge Huaimin reacted.

Dingchuan Village can't go, there are already 25,000 soldiers, and after their own recruitment, there are more than 30,000 soldiers and thousands of war horses. The implementation of the village is Zheng Lang's joint insurance policy, Dingchuan Village is the surrounding village, I don't know how many people poured in. With so many people eating and drinking, how many supplies do you get in a day?

Once you retreat to Dingchuan, you will wait for death.

But to open up the road to Zhenrongzhai, he asked Liu He to increase his troops and forcibly break through Xiangjiaxia. This gorge is not the river gorge of the Three Gorges, but the canyon passage between the two mountains, just between Dingchuan Village and Lotus Fort, it is a very small pass, and the terrain is not as dangerous as Shimen Gorge.

However, it is this small narrow road, Guan Jian is tied to the net worth of tens of thousands of soldiers.

A total of 5,000 soldiers, all of whom were strong fighting soldiers, rushed to Xiangjiaxia again, trying to open the way to Zhenrong Village.

In fact, this is very dangerous, the reason why all 70,000 people in Dingchuan Village were wiped out is due to various reasons, and Ge Huaimin is mainly responsible. There was also a sudden incident in which Liu He's 5,000 soldiers mutinied, resulting in the annihilation of the entire army. But on the other hand, if it were not for Ge Huaimin's wrong decision, which drove all the soldiers to the edge of the precipice of death, the five thousand soldiers would not have mutinied.

Now we don't know what the future holds, but we just feel that it will be dangerous if it continues like this.

As a highly prestigious general, Xiang Jin also made an agitation, and thousands of Fan soldiers rushed to Xiangjiaxia.

At first, the Song army fought very bravely, and followed Zheng Lang's advice and was equipped with scimitars, which were more suitable for cavalry to slash and kill on horses.

The Western Xia soldiers guarding the mouth of Xiangjia Gorge were killed by the Song army and retreated.

But it was only for a while, the flag behind the gorge danced, and with the flag, more and more Tangut people did not know where to gush out.

After more than two hours of fierce fighting, Liu He saw that his subordinate soldiers were getting fewer and fewer, but he couldn't kill them even half a step, and said gloomily: "Withdraw." ”

I was still wondering in my heart, how Zhang Qi led 3,000 people to defeat more than 30,000 horsemen in Western Xia.

didn't figure it out, and fled back with the defeated army. There is a benefit, most of them are cavalry, if they want to escape, it is not easy for the Tanguts to chase after them, although they are defeated, they bring back more than 3,000 people. The others fell together at the mouth of Xiangjia Gorge and lost more than a thousand horses.

Ge Huaimin's face was gloomy, and he turned his head to look at Wang Ji, only then did he think of this brave general and said, "Wang Ji, you will lead another 5,000 people over to open this passage." ”

Wang Ji was stunned, looked at the depressed soldiers, and knew that morale was very important, and he couldn't let Ge Huaimin spoil it anymore, so he said: "General Ge, retreat to Dingchuan." ”

It was a good persuasion, but if he didn't listen, he had to take out Zheng Lang's warrant and forcibly seize power. It's not a joke, at this time, more than 30,000 soldiers, whose surnames are on the line, and if Ge Huaimin continues to mess around, it is possible that more than 30,000 people will be lost by the Tangut people before they reach Dingchuan. Then the whole campaign will slide to the brink of danger.

Ge Huaimin was silent.

In the end, he had no choice but to give an order, and the four-way army met with Dingchuan.

Seeing that the Song Dynasty retreated to Dingchuan Village, the Western Xia people did not chase after them, but slowly forced each other behind. The Western Xia army heading to Zhaofubao slid again in a semicircle, turning from Zhaofubao to the west and winding around to the west of Dingchuan Village. If you follow the marching route, you can see that this force has slipped in two irregular hook-shaped circles. But it was these two irregular circles that made Ge Huaimin deceived and entered Yuan Hao's encirclement as he wished.

The battle spread from Xiangjiaxia to Dingchuan Village.

There are two small rivers in Dingchuan Village, one is the Nikou River, which contains large nitrate, salty taste, and cannot be drunk. It runs east-west and does not turn northeast until it is far away. The other river is smaller, but it is completely different from the Nikou River, it comes from the mountain spring upstream, the river water is very sweet, along the northwest direction of Dingchuan Village, will enter the Nikou River, and it is also the main source of drinking water in Dingchuan. Because it comes along the cliff and makes a very loud sound of water, the locals have given it a name, called Xiangshuigou.

Two small rivers encircle Dingchuan Village like two dragons playing with pearls, and there are some low and undulating mountains around, but these mountains are not tall. A little to the southeast, about two miles away, is where the ancient Great Wall is located. Dingchuan Village is built along the mountain to the west of Xiangshui Ditch, under normal circumstances, it is also easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However it seems.

In this normal environment, there is a big loophole hidden.

Ge Huaimin didn't have the eyesight to see it, and the only thing he was worried about was food, not anything else.

The Western Xia army followed unhurriedly, and the other army had some hard work, drew a circle, and outflanked it from the west. The two armies met, and Dingchuan Village was besieged. Yuan Hao is bound to win, destroying the Banqiao leading to the outside world in Dingchuan Village and cutting off its way back. Then twenty-four pontoon bridges were built. If you want to cross, please come from the pontoon bridge to my arms, so that you can break through the siege.

But not fatal yet.

After Yuan Hao unhurriedly built the pontoon bridge, he sent people to the upstream of Xiangshuigou. It's okay to say it's a river, it's okay to say it's a ditch. In short, it's small. It's easier to cut a small ditch like this. Stopping it all at once is not a big deal, as for the overflowing river, this is too easy, is it only Dingchuan Village is a low place? Xiangshuigou has always been low-lying. It doesn't matter where it spreads, as long as it doesn't spread to Dingchuan Village.

If you have water to drink, remove the nitrate in the Nikou River by chemical reaction, even so, it may not be edible.

This time Ge Huaimin was really dumbfounded, his eyes widened, and he suddenly said, "Drag Wang Ji out and behead him." ”

Wang Ji was puzzled and asked, "Why do you want to kill the last general?" ”

"He asked me to retreat to Dingchuan Village."

Zhao Xun was dizzy, he used to march and fight behind Zheng Lang's old breed Di Qing, and it felt like a flowing operation, sometimes Zhao Xun doubted that he didn't need to think, as long as he carried it out. How can there be such a manager?

Mistake 1: Wating Village should not be constantly decisive, and hesitation is the biggest taboo in the art of war.

Mistake 2: Divide the soldiers into four ways.

Mistake 3: Improper use of Fan soldiers to attack, there are not many Fan soldiers in the entire Jingyuan Road, and the most are still the Song army, which is left to make a final decision on the outcome of the battle. Or an absolute victory, only to be killed with soldiers. For example, Zheng Lang used the Jurchens many times, the most classic is the battle of Niche Valley City, which has been grinding for three days before the Lanzhou Fanzi soldiers came out from the south, and the victory was decided by one blow.

Mistake 4 should not shirk responsibility, at that time there were enemy armies on all sides, Liu He's 5,000 soldiers returned in defeat, demoralized, retreated to Dingchuan Village and there was still a village to defend, and the whole army would be wiped out if they stayed in the field. And as a subordinate, it's just the right to suggest, and it's the boss's business whether to listen or not. Could it be that Sun Quan beheaded Zhang Zhao because of Zhang Zhao's peace?

Mistake 5 Ge Huaimin was inexplicable throughout the military operation, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Mistake 6......

Zhao Xun thought of the dozen major mistakes made by Ge Huaimin in this battle in the blink of an eye.

looked at Wang Ji, squeezed a look, and said, "Guo Lun, the owner of Dingchuan Village, asked to see General Ge in the village. ”

"Let him come out and see him."

At that time, General Ge had not forgotten to put up a fight.

Zhao Xun smiled bitterly and said: "It's not appropriate to come out and see it, because there is something related to victory or defeat in it, General Ge needs to visit it in person, and the generals had better go into the village to have a look." ”

Ge Huaimin asked suspiciously, "Did he really say that?" ”

"Yes."

"Let's go."

"General Ge, can you release General Wang, wait until you go to Dingchuan Village, and it's not too late to come back and do the punishment." Zhao Xun said again. In fact, he and Wang Ji took out the warrant, they could be released, and Ge Huaimin's military power was snatched away, but there was no need for that, after all, it would be against the system to pass it out, and it was only a backhand that would be left when it was absolutely necessary.

"Put him in the village."

The group entered the village.

Dingchuan Village has been expanded this year, not only Dingchuan Village, but also other villages have been expanded, in order to accommodate the people. At this time, there were many people in the village, all looking panicked. The Song Dynasty was kind and used a stockade to contain them. But the Tangut people came with too many enemies, and saw with their own eyes that the Xiangshui ditch gradually dried up and lost drinking water, what would be the consequences? It's not just Ge Huaimin who knows. Many people looked at them with hatred, believing that it was this Song army that brought all this.

This is the portrayal of the real people in the Northwest. When the Song Dynasty was strong, it fell to the Song Dynasty, and when the Tangut people were strong, they fell to the Tangut, and it is difficult to say that they had any concept of family and country. This situation will not change unless a few decades later, when Zheng Lang's sinicization is successful, and all the people will regard themselves as Song people. Eliminate prejudice between the Chinese and the Chinese? The Tibetan people thought, how clever the Han people are, look at those strong men, who reclaimed and harvested without war, and retreated to the rear in the first war, and made a fortune, and there was no danger to their lives. The head melon seeds are enough. But how many Han people can afford them? The Tibetan people longed for the Han people's ability and wisdom to accumulate wealth, but despised their cowardice. The Han Chinese thought that the Tibetan people were rude and ignorant. Coupled with the difference in living habits, how to integrate together. This project is no less than the implementation of Wang Anshi's green seedling method...... Ge Huaimin also didn't consider their feelings, and when he saw Guo Lun, he asked angrily: "What's the matter?" ”

"It's the people inside who want to see you."

"Who's inside, let him come out."

"General Ge, you don't have this qualification," Guo Lun said. Ge Huaimin's almost ridiculous command in this battle means that he is also finished, and there is no need to respect it anymore.

"Who is it?"

"Let's go in," Zhao Xun and Guo Lun grabbed Ge Huaimin's elbow left and right, and forcibly went in.

Ge Huaimin was just about to get angry, but suddenly his mouth opened wide, and he said in surprise: "Han Defense Envoy, Zheng Xianggong, why are you here?" ”

"It's not that we're here, it's that Xingzhi was ready to wait for you here a year ago." Han Qi said sarcastically. It turned out that he was skeptical, although there was a gap left in Dingchuan Village, how could Ge Huaimin lead the army here, he didn't believe it. But it turned out that Ge Huaimin not only got in, but also squeezed out many soldiers from the surrounding villages, joined together, and drilled into this Jedi.

Ge Huaimin didn't understand, and asked puzzledly: "What was a year ago?" ”

Zheng Lang secretly tugged at Han Qi's sleeve and signaled him not to speak, can he speak clearly? He made a gesture for Ge Huaimin to sit down. Q: "The water source has been cut off, what are you going to do?" ”

"I, I...... You can only rush out. ”

"The enemy's army of more than 100,000 people, we plus the soldiers and horses of Dingchuan Village, including some of the people who can be organized, will not exceed 35,000 people, Xiangjiaxia has recently been defeated, and morale is low, how can we break through the enemy's encirclement?"

“……”

"Even if you break through, I ask you, where to break through?"

"Zhenrong Army."

"If you want to break through to the Zhenrong army, you must first cross the Great Wall trench, which was originally set up by our army to resist the invasion of Western Xia. Now it is owned by the Tanguts. The troops are not as large as the other side, the geographical advantage is taken away by the other side, and the morale is not as high as the other side, how can you break through and succeed? Besides, can Yuan Hao let you break through to Zhenrong Village safely. Although he is not a famous general, his command talent will not be weaker than yours, otherwise you would not be forced to this Jedi by him. It's not forced, it's you who got in headlong on your own. You can't command talent, how to fight your way out of the encirclement? ”

"It was Wang Ji's suggestion."

"Wang Ji suggested? Why didn't you listen to Wang Ji's advice earlier? Without Wang Ji's advice, you would have let the Western Xia people eat it up in the east, and not only you, but even your son would have died here. At this time, the army didn't know life and death, and actually killed the brave generals of the three armies, you really have the ability. ”

“……”

"General Ge, you have always said that I did not give you military power and excluded you. Now it gives you the power to fight, and the main army is handed over to you. The troops that can be mobilized in the entire Jingyuan Road are only 50,000, including the troops of the blind soldiers and the Han defense envoys, which are less than 60,000. But your men have more than 33,000 troops. But what results did you deliver? ”

“……”

"Take out the talisman."

"You don't have the right."

"Don't force me, the entire Jingyuan Road, even the hundreds of thousands of troops on Huanqing and Qinfeng Road, and the lives of nearly a million people from Jingyuan Road to Chang'an City, may all be in danger because of your mistakes. At this time, not only can I dismiss you from your military power, but I will also behead you, and Your Majesty will not punish me. It's better to take the initiative to hand over the military power, or you can also use the connections in the capital to retain an official position. ”

The more Zheng Lang spoke, the colder his voice became.

He really did the killing, this is not the time to be soft. Because of Ge Huaimin, this army also stuffed some cronies and generals inside, and if Ge Huaimin was not relieved of his military power, he would not be able to completely take over the command. If Ge Huaimin refuses to accept it, he will be executed for military crimes, and it will be a hundred.

Just like Di Qing killed Yang Wenguang's nephew Yang Jin in front of Kunlun Pass, whether it is unjust or not, if you don't kill it, you can't stand up for power, you can't snatch the military power from Yu Jing, a kid, and you can't get the victory of Kunlun Pass.

Liu He came over and persuaded: "Zheng Xianggong, General Ge is also kind enough to come to save the siege of Shuzhai. ”

"General Liu, why was Yu Xiangjiaxia defeated? Come on, pull Liu He down, flog him fifty, and take off the talisman. ”

Two guards came over, dragged Liu He down, and beat him 50 times. Zheng Lang listened to Liu He's ghost crying wolf howl outside, and said to Ge Huaimin: "I don't want to kill anyone. ”

Faced with Zheng Lang's coercion, Ge Huaimin chose to give in. The most terrible thing is that Han Qi is standing on the side as a witness, and he can't be cunning even if he returns to the capital in the future. He didn't know that if Zheng Lang hadn't suddenly appeared here, not only tens of thousands of Song soldiers, but even his father and son would have died here. Zheng Lang imprisoned Ge Huaimin, not only relieved of military power, but also asked about the crime, whether the court would punish him or not, he mainly did not let him interfere in any military affairs, and after doing all this, he ordered all three armies to enter the village.

More than 30,000 soldiers squeezed into the stockade, and even if Dingchuan Han was expanded, it was stuffed like canned sardines. However, the banner on the head of the city has not changed, and there is still a big Ge character hanging on it.

Then he ordered that the people of the village should not leak the news that Zheng Lang and Han Qi had come to this village.

Hearing that Zheng Lang and Han Qi were here, all the soldiers were surprised, and the people were also surprised, some of them had entered Dingchuan Village for several days, and they had never heard or seen Zheng Lang. It's impossible to let them know. It seems like a piece of good news, but it doesn't solve the problem at hand, water.

……

There has been a great change in Dingchuan Village, and Li Yuanhao doesn't know. Seeing Song Jun being squeezed into Dingchuan Village, I was overjoyed. This is the biggest flaw in the walled city around the Zhenrong army. Not only is the water source easy to be cut off, including the soil, because the soil contains more saline-alkali, which is actually nitrate, at this time, people do not understand, all of them are classified into the ranks of saline-alkali, and the well water dug out is bitter and undrinkable. To this end, he implemented a well-thought-out plan.

At this time, his appetite was not great, and he just wanted to wipe out all the more than 30,000 soldiers and horses. Then you will get a greater victory than Haoshuichuan and Sanchuankou, and you will have the capital to sit down and negotiate with the Song people.

The army slowly besieged Dingchuan Village.

There is no attack for the time being, and there is no need for him to attack, there is a lack of drinking water in the village, and the Song army will come out to break through by itself. For this reason, a careful arrangement was made.

Just as he was mobilizing his army, Wu Hao's secret letter arrived.

People are not as good as heaven, and where this battle is going is far from being mastered by that one person. For example, Wu Hao's strategy.

Yuan Hao read the letter and called several important ministers to discuss.

Although Fengzhou City is said to be a state city, it is actually the same as Zhenrong Village and Cage Pole City, it is a walled fort, a slightly larger village, it is not uncommon to break through, but as the first Song Dynasty state city that Western Xia broke through, the symbolic significance is very great.

But Weizhou is different, it is the second largest city in the upper reaches of the Jingwei River Basin, with greater symbolic significance, and there are a large number of people, materials and wealth in the city. Looking at Wu Hao's letter, everyone was a little moved.

Looking outside the tent, Zhang Yuan said: "This battle can't be dragged on for too long, Jingyuan Road has insufficient troops, Qin Feng Road still has a little troops, and Huanqing Road has a lot of troops, and the three of them have joined forces last time." The Song army of Dingchuan Village must be eaten, then the Jingyuan Road troops are empty......"

"Are you in favor of dividing the troops?"

"Your Majesty, the minister didn't mean that, and he was in favor of dividing the troops. Even if the three-way army gathers, it can't get together 100,000 people, but our troops still have the advantage. But the minister thought that he would press first and then fight. ”

"What's the first to press and then to hit?"

Ge Huaimin evacuated the troops of the surrounding villages, and the Song army was insufficient in each village. It's not as good as ......."

"Lotus Castle, Horse Breeding City."

"Your Majesty is wise, go down to one of the cities first, open the road to Wating Village, and the army will press Wating Village......"

"I see." Yuan Hao's eyes showed joy. Zhang Yuan said it half clearly, but Yuan Hao had already understood his idea. Break one of the two forts first, and shock the Song army. Otherwise, if a village has not been broken until now, the people of the Song Dynasty will not be afraid. As long as a village and a fort are broken, the Song Dynasty will be worried. As soon as the army pressed in front of the empty Wating Village, Weizhou would inevitably divide troops to support the Wating Village. The main army is trapped in Dingchuan Village, and how many troops can be divided. But to get to Weizhou, you don't have to go through Wating Village. The stockade was located on the banks of the Wating River, and the river valley was wide, and it could not be stuck on the road. Calmly bypass the side, and the army can go straight to the city of Weizhou. If you come to stop it, you will be fighting in the field. If you don't stop it, then the soldiers will come to the city of Weizhou. You can siege the city, you can surround the point and send reinforcements.

As for the tens of thousands of Song troops in Dingchuan Village, Yuan Hao had long regarded them as dead people.

Divided a point, divided 30,000 troops with some siege equipment and went straight to Lotus Fort (between Dingchuan Village and Zhenrong Village).

As Zhang Yuan expected, because of Ge Huaimin's transfer, there were only 500 Song troops in Lotus Fort, and there were nearly 1,000 people. Seeing that the Tangut people were besieging the city, the people in the city were armed and began to resist. In the end, there were few people, and in the evening, the Lotus Fort was breached. Less than 200 people opened the east gate and fled to Zhenrong Village, and more than 300 soldiers all died heroically. Nearly 1,000 civilians were also slaughtered. Di Qing sent troops to rescue, but it was too late, there were only more than 1,000 soldiers, and after a fight, they had to retreat to Zhenrong Village.

The 30,000 Western Xia army continued southward and went straight to Wating Village. There are only more than 70 miles from Watingzhai to Weizhou City.

When the news came out, the entire Jingyuan Road felt shocked.

Yin Zhu didn't know the whereabouts of Zheng Lang and Han Qi, and was forced to have no choice, so he once again dispatched 500 Song troops and went straight to Wating Village to defend the north gate of Weizhou. He just came, I don't know if this is divided, what will happen to the safety of Weizhou City itself?

Brightly and secretly, the situation on Jingyuan Road is all deteriorating violently......