Du Dolayan had no choice but to lead an army of 40,000 to Liyuan Fort,

Liyuan Fort was built relatively late, mainly to cooperate with Dashun City, otherwise Dashun City is too thin in front, but its area is not small, covering an area of almost 250 acres. Maybe later generations say that this is a big thing, and it is not as large as our community. But don't forget, it's just a military fort, it's not small, and the next center of gravity, Dongguzhai has an area of only more than 60 acres.

As for Fort Merry and Slush Castle, they are even smaller.

At the beginning, when Fan Zhongyan built Meini (later renamed Meili), Abuse Mud (later renamed Snow Mud), and Da Bacheng and other small walls, Fan Zhongyan only sent 100 soldiers to defend it. He himself said: If a large number of thieves and horses enter the army, they will be ordered to defend a place near the big walled city, so that the nobles will not fall into vain for the army and the people, and the people's hearts will be at ease.

That is to say, they only play a buffer time role, the enemy comes, these small forts block it, give the people behind them time to escape, and then a hundred or dozens of soldiers immediately retreat to the nearby big fort and fall with it.

But it's not the Rinduo Zero Ding anti-aircraft gun that fights mosquitoes, it's called a lion fighting a rabbit.

So it's this 250 acres that makes Du Dolayan feel a headache. But fortunately, Liyuan Fort is not as disgusting as Dashun City.

In fact1, there are various considerations behind this.

This ice wall tactic, one is Yang Liulang, the other is Dashun City, the Xixia people also learned, the west side of Dashun City built an ice wall, and immediately built an ice wall in the east, you Song soldiers just stay in Dashun City and don't come out. But whether it will succeed or not will be proved by time.

However, in terms of difficulty, the actual difficulty of Dashun City is slightly lower. The water is the river, and the river is the water. Outside the city is a large mass of yellow earth. Break the ice, use water and some yellow mud casually, put it in the plate that has been prepared a long time ago, and after a few hours, take off the plate, and the ice wall will be erected.

But Yang Liulang's practice of watering the wall required the soldiers and civilians to carry the well water to the city and then slowly pour it down. It can't be fast yet, otherwise it won't become ice. And it flowed under the walls of the city and into the moat.

Of course, the forms of the two theaters are not the same, and it is impossible for the Hebei side to learn from Wang Ju's practice of clearing the wilderness with strong walls, and try to ask the Meridian Mountain behind Suicheng. Therefore, the Liao army came, and the people in the suburbs fled to Suicheng together.

So many people will encroach on the space, but what good way can Yang Liulang solve it? However, the people in the suburbs and the people in the city made the labor force more abundant, so Yang Liulang turned the disadvantages into advantages and poured water on the wall into ice.

Obviously this method. It is not advisable in Gyeongju, and many of the forts in Gyeongju themselves have difficulty in drinking water. Then there is plenty of well water to carry water to pour ice?

The stories and calculations behind the scenes are not very clear.

It's just that it looks like Liyuan Fort will be a little easier to deal with than Dashun City.

But is it really easy to deal with?

It was still early, but the number of troops was too large, and the logistical arrangements were so large that the three armies had to camp first, and then send some soldiers to cut down trees, or go to the nearby empty villages, tear down the houses, take out the wooden beams and rafters, and prepare to make siege ladders.

But if these siege ladders are done, they will be able to capture Liyuan Fort?

Just when Du Duo Lazhen racked his brains to attack Liyuan Fort, the Song army in Liyuan Fort was also watching the huge army on the outskirts.

Forty thousand soldiers and horses, almost like a sea of people, wriggled outside the city, and this was only a part of the invading Xia army, and some timid soldiers saw it, and their faces turned pale.

Yao Ji is also watching, there are too many troops, he is not afraid of a large number of troops, this has long been known in his heart, but Liyuan Fort has a large number of troops, which may bring very bad consequences to the whole plan......

Murphy's Law: If you're worried about something happening, it's more likely to happen.

Yao Ji's fear came true.

Du Duo Layan stared at the walls of Liyuan Fort for most of the day, and did not come up with any clue.

Not to mention the siege ladder, if the ladder of the Song Dynasty is moved, it may not be able to capture Liyuan Fort. It was the dozen or so tiger cannons captured from the Song army, the small and medium-sized ones were brought to Anjiang Fort by Brother Ruding, and the others were brought to Rouyuan Village by Liang Yi. If you can't attack it, it means that you will pay a huge sacrifice.

So he called the generals together for counseling.

The first general said: "General Dudo, if you forcibly attack Liyuan Fort, the sacrifice will be heavy, and you may not be able to attack it in a short time." ”

Sacrifice must be considered, time must be considered, don't attack for a month and can't be attacked, can the 300,000 army wait for a month?

"I'm afraid that's the two."

"The last general has a plan, it seems that there are only a few thousand officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty in Liyuan Fort, so there is nothing to be afraid of, it is better for us to divide our troops to attack Huachi Town."

Outside Liyuan Fort is the Wuchuan Ancient Road, which is the fork of the Great Qin Straight Road, so once the Western Xia army arrives at the city of Liyuan Fort, they will involuntarily think of Huachi Town.

The other general said in horror: "Have you forgotten what happened to Ye Yanma after being greeted by the nine corpses?" ”

After the last battle of Dashun City, Ye Weima was refrigerated by Western Xia, but then Ye Weima made great contributions when attacking Funing Village as a partial general.

Maybe now the Xixia people are a little underestimated by Ye Fuma, but Ye Weima's fierceness still makes many people who know him have to admit it.

The nine corpses welcome, the three watches of hell, has become a taboo topic for the Tangut people, and it has failed too badly.

There was silence in the tent, and after a long while, a general said: "That's not necessarily, although Ye Zhima was defeated last time, but this time the Huachi Zhixian is a Han civil official surnamed Ding, and he doesn't understand military affairs at all." ”

The general just now immediately retorted: "But the general stationed in Huachi Town is Liu Yan. ”

How many troops there are in Huachi City, the Western Xia people don't know very well, but what the main general and the magistrate are, this is easy to find. Liu Ru's contribution to the rebellion of Wang Ze in Beizhou is unknown to the people of Western Xia, but they all know the fierceness of Liu Ru's battle in Tieyegou.

"General Yi, this is not good, that is not good, can we withdraw the army back, besides, last time Ye Weima had 20,000 troops in his hands, this time we were 40,000 troops, and the troops under Rouyuan Village are even more. Last time it was the crisp autumn season, and the vegetation was still flourishing, but now it is the first month. Everything withered. It is impossible to hide the army. Why worry? ”

The two quarreled.

One side wants to divide troops into Huachi City, which is the county seat, and there are more materials, grain and grass, and the people in the city have not withdrawn. Even if it can't be attacked, it will attract the troops of Liyuan Fort to go out of the city to rescue, then you can also engage in a field battle with the Song army, and you can give full play to the superiority of Western Xia's troops. As for the danger, because the seasons are different. The person who presides over the military is different, and there will be no danger.

One side does not agree to divide the troops, the troops are divided into many forces, and it is easy to be broken by the Song army, although they are not far from each other, but this area is still dominated by mountainous areas, although it is mostly Liangshan terrain, but it is always a mountain!

Du Dora waved them to stop and said, "In this way, we will rest for the night today." Early tomorrow morning, the scouts will be dispatched. Go to Huachi Town to investigate, by the way, you must also separate scouts and go to Fengchuan Fort to investigate. ”

"Fengchuan Fort?"

"Gyeongju has a limited number of troops, and now there are a lot of Song troops stationed on the front line, how many will be left in the rear, and it is not Gyeongju City, so Fengchuan Fort may be extremely empty now. If you take Fengchuan Fort, not only can you take the materials, grain and grass from Fengchuan Fort, but behind it is Zhiluo County of the Song Dynasty, then there will be a commotion in the entire Huachi County and Zhiluo County......"

Not only the material grain and grass, but also the number of troops, theoretically, the greater the space for maneuver, the more advantageous.

If you have a small number of troops, you can't play like this, but if you have a lot of troops, as long as you are careful, it doesn't matter, and the road conditions are also better, and the Wuchuan Ancient Road leads directly to Fengchuan Fort.

As for the reinforcements in Yanzhou, Du Duo Lazhen has also thought about it, but it may be extremely small.

First of all, how many troops can Yan Yanlu divide? The Song Dynasty's garrison in Shaanxi was extremely large, but this force was scattered in the five routes, and if the Fulin Road was included, it would be the sixth route. Huanqing Road is desperately the same, how many troops have been drawn out of this road?

Besides, the various fronts in Yanzhou really didn't send troops to stay behind for defense? Therefore, if they want to help, the number of troops they can draw is limited, at least in front of the 300,000 Xia army, whether this force can be drawn or not, it is the same.

Secondly, according to the previous practice, the Song Dynasty was not accustomed to the cooperation of all sides at all. Besides, Guo Kui and Han Jiang were secretly tearing up, the Xixia people didn't know, but they knew that Li Fugui tore up with Guo Kui in order to chase the crime.

Finally, from the strategic analysis, if Yanzhou sends reinforcements, it is very unlikely to enter Huachi County, because the role of entering is not very large, how many troops can be sent, one or two thousand people, what is it in front of the 300,000 army? So they really sent reinforcements, and that was Jintang City.

As for the tens of thousands of Baojie troops, all of them were in the real rear, and the Xixia people also knew about it, but they thought they were similar to the previous volunteers, so they didn't consider it at all.

But there are always accidents in wars, so Du Dora sent a large number of scouts first, and then considered what the situation was, and then considered it, but that was to consider the division of troops.

"That's it, everyone rest."

Because Dashun City controls the avenue, the Xia army had to march from the trail, not only to march, but also to bring out a part of the materials and grain and grass, and other baggage, the road is not far, but everyone is very hard, it took a day yesterday to cross Dashun City, and today it was officially divided into Liyuan Fort and Rouyuan Village.

The three armies are tired and have to recuperate.

On the other side, Liang Yizhu also led the army to reach the bottom of Rouyuan Village.

Rouyuan Village is located on the alluvial mound of five ravines, one left and one right two ravines do not need to be considered, that is a "dead" ravine, but the front two ravines and the back ravines are "living ravines", of course, it has also become a road.

The three ravines are in a "Y" shape, and Rouyuan Village is located at the intersection of this Y-shape.

But in general, there are not many tall peaks around, that is, they cannot be used as barriers, and secondly, this mound is too large, and the area occupied by Rouyuan Village is limited, which can give the enemy enough space to attack the city.

But Li Sangou is not afraid.

One of the biggest highlights of this battle is the upcoming defense of Rouyuan Village.

The enemy army was coming, and the scout hurried back to report: "General Zhao, the enemy is coming." ”

"Got it," Mr. Li said.

"But fortunately, the enemy divided half of his forces and went to Liyuan Fort."

This means that the pressure on Rouyuanzhai has also been reduced by half. But Li Sangou was shocked and said, "Are the people of Western Xia crazy? ”

The news also reached the hands of Yan Da and Zhang Qi, and it was not notified by Liu Yan, but by the scouts. But the more we went on, the more tense it became.

Two tragic stories occurred in another time and space, Liang Yi buried and surrounded Luo Wu City, captured the capital Cui Da, most of whom Cui Da was caught as a scout, and was escorted to Luo Wu City, so that Cui Da persuaded him to surrender, Cui Da shouted under Luo Wu City, there are few thieves, the food is exhausted, and he is going to go, so he should hold on. Liang Yibu was furious, and in front of thousands of Song soldiers in Luo Wucheng, he chopped Cui Da into meat sauce.

In the process of attacking Dashun City before, he captured Zhang Ji, a small soldier guarding the beacon tower, and escorted him to Donggu Village, so that Zhang Ji persuaded him to surrender, but Zhang Ji shouted instead, work hard, all the villages are safe, and the thieves retreat, and they can't surrender. So Liang Yi buried Zhang Ji in a rage and killed Zhang Ji again.

Because of the changes brought by Wang Ju, some of the things that may happen overlap with the Song Dynasty are somewhat overlapping, and there are many differences, and there will be more and more differences, so the story of Cui Da did not happen in Luo Wucheng last year, and even the officers and soldiers of Cui Da's battalion may not be stationed in Yanzhou.

Wang Ju can't remember, even if he does, he won't deliberately go to find a soldier named Zhang Ji, and he doesn't know if he is in Gyeongju now.

But these two stories illustrate a problem, with the arrival of the Western Xia army, Zhuzhai was besieged, so I don't know the news from the outside world.

This situation is about to happen in Gyeongju, and even as an individual scout, they can't survive in the wild, there are too many enemies, even if they are scouts, the number will be terrifying, and once they are discovered, they don't want to live.

However, there are still many scouts wandering around, and then sending the news to the main generals to make the right judgment.

Yanda knew this change, which was a bit bad.

Zhang Qi was shocked.

Why did Western Xia send half of its troops to Liyuan Fort, everyone felt bad, this is a big secret...... (To be continued......)