However, Nie Erjin did not flee across the Yellow River, but on a hillside, killed Wuer Siqi and other Western Xia generals, controlled the entire army, and chose the route of following the Yellow River, crossing the desert, bypassing Xiazhou and returning to the Jin Kingdom, he came out with 20,000 people, and then returned with 20,000 people, even if half of the Western Xia army could be explained.

This news made Xingzhou panicked, and even Yue Fei and others couldn't believe it, no wonder Yang Zhi always said that there are only interests between countries, and the so-called morality is just a fig leaf. Jin Ren is the suzerainty of Western Xia, and he talks about the survival of Western Xia all day long, but when it comes to the critical moment, he still depends on his own plans.

Yang Zhi was not particularly excited when he heard the news, but he was curious about why Nie Erjin did this, Nie Erjin was an old man who followed Wanyan Agu to fight the army, at the beginning he was a chief, with the occupation of the northeast by Wanyan, Nie Erjian's contribution became greater and greater, and finally it was the envoy of the Tiande Army, who was the right-hand man of Jin Wushu. To say that such a person has no overall view, Yang Zhi said that he would not believe anything, a person who is so shrewd in Jin Wushu is not a fool, and he must pay attention to the selection of people.

Nie Erjin's behavior seemed to tell everyone that the Jin State had abandoned the Western Xia, if it was just to escape for his life, Nie Erjin did not need to kill a group of Western Xia generals such as Wu'er Siqi, and left the corpse to Qu Duan, who was pursuing; But Jin Guo will not do this for no reason, and give up a dog that follows him to the Great Song and grinning, unless Jin Guo has greater intentions.

What Yang Zhi thought of was that the Song and Jin wars, the local war in Western Xia was irretrievable, and the Jin State put on such a posture, hoping that the Dingbei Army would go all out to attack Western Xia, in this way, once the Jin army made a move, whether it was Yunzhong or Henan, it would give the Great Song enough pressure, and the army of Shaanxi was trapped in Hexi, and the discerning people knew that Yang Zhi would recover one city after another, and it would be impossible to end the battle without a year and a half.

Cai Qing ran in and interrupted Yang Zhi's train of thought, Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, and the ministers in the camp were already on the way to Zhifusi, Yang Zhi was stunned, and then came to his senses, Zhao Kai's attitude has changed, I am afraid that he no longer wants to be limited to the original tentative plan, but to take Xingzhou.

Yue Fei wiped out 90,000 Western Xia troops in Helan Si and Lingzhou this time, so that the Western Xia almost lost the strength of the decisive battle, and in just a few days, Wu Er Siqi and Ren Dejing's old troops surrendered as many as 5,000 people. There is no way for these surrendered Western Xia troops, one of the two bigwigs behind him was killed by the Jin people, and the other was captured alive by the Dingbei Army

The current Xixia is like a ripe apple, which is about to fall automatically, and whoever reaches out to catch it can taste the delicious taste of the apple. Knowing that Yang Zhi ordered Yue Fei to move to Xining Prefecture, and even to rotate 20,000 troops, Zhao Kai immediately stepped forward to stop this matter in person, but fortunately, Zhao Kai was still in Qinzhou and could rush to the Zhifu Division as quickly as possible.

Knowing that Zhao Kai was here in person, Yang Zhi took officials of all sizes to greet him at the gate, Zhao Kai entered the meeting hall with a spring breeze on his face and sat down, and said with a smile: "Can you not withdraw the army for the time being, Yue Fei, Yang Yizhong, and Qu Duan have reached this point, at least let them occupy a piece of territory to make contributions." ”

Liu Tao, who came along, also said: "Yang Shuai, the opportunity is rare, if you can capture Xingzhou in one go, even if Hexi talks about it later, it is acceptable." ”

Yang Zhi smiled and said: "Lord Liu, Yue Fei's army is already at the end of its strength, isn't it good to end the war with such a big victory as it is now? As long as we attack Xingzhou, we can't turn a blind eye to Hexi, but I think that if we can't fight the battle to destroy the country, it is more important to take Helan Mountain first than to conquer the isolated city of Xingzhou." ”

"This?" Liu Tao understood that for Yang Zhi, taking Helan Mountain, the city of Western Xia was almost in the bag, and he could fight as he wanted, but for the Dingbei Army, Xingzhou was of more great significance, but it was related to the entire strategy and layout, and Liu Tao could only let Zhao Kai dissuade Yang Zhi.

Zhao Kai came to Shaanxi today to set up the Fu Division, didn't he just want Yang Zhi to go according to his own ideas? As for the thoughts of the people below, Zhao Kai didn't care at all, but Zhao Kai couldn't ignore Yang Zhi's ideas. Zhao Kai asked: "Do you plan to choose Shazhou and other places to cut off Li Renxiao's way to flee west?"

Yang Zhi thought for a while and said: "No, but after capturing Helan Mountain, Xingzhou has become a must-defend place in Western Xia, and in the case of insufficient troops, even Brother Richard can only draw troops from Shazhou, Ganzhou and other places, and it will be easier for us to conquer these places." And once Xixia loses this year's harvest in Hexi, Xingzhou will gather more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians, and in one winter, it will become a source of water. ”

Wang seemed to hear something: "Could it be that the army has already been dispatched?"

Yang Zhi nodded and said: "Wang De has already been dispatched, Yue Fei ordered Yang Yi to take the army as the guide, and has captured the five walled forts in the northeast of Helan Mountain, and is planning to jointly attack Helan Mountain Xixia Dazhai." Once Helan Mountain is occupied, we can force the men and horses of the military supervisors on the West Road of Xixia to defend a few cities, Liu Qi can turn defense into attack, and we can compete with Xixia for the grain of the autumn harvest. ”

It turns out that this is the case, Zhao Kai and others understood what Yang Zhi meant, food has always been a big trouble in Yang Zhi's heart, Yang Zhi already has food in Youzhou and other places, if he can take the grain in Hexi, he can continue to fight in a few months, even if he can't win, he can drag the already powerless Western Xia into a desperate situation. This is a more secure way to play than a direct attack on Xingzhou.

Yang Zhi could only let Yue Fei's troops force Xingzhou, and ordered Liu Qi and Yang Yizhong to send troops to attack the Hexi states separately. Helan Mountain is in hand, the main force of Western Xia has reinforced Xingzhou, and there are not many Western Xia troops left behind, basically there is no ability to fight back, the only variable is Dingyan Mansion, and there are tens of thousands of main forces of Western Xia.

Cao Zimu is worried about the direction of the Dingyan army, and reinforcing Xingzhou is a death, but if he has to carry it hard with Yang Yizhong, Cao Zimu is also a little lacking in confidence. Yang Yizhong is Yang Zhi's most trusted general, that kind of trust even exceeds Yue Fei, Yang Yizhong's army is basically cavalry, and its strength is on par with the Dingyan army.

Cao Zimu is now a little afraid of wolves and tigers, lest he be careless and bury the last bit of vitality in Western Xia.