Yang Zhi saw that the reinforcements of the Western Xia were not available, Wang Yu came with the recruited 5,000 people and Li Qi, and the number of his army increased by more than 10,000 people, and he sat in Dingbian Town, and ordered Yang Yizhong and Li Qi to break Baichi County, transported 50,000 catties of white salt, and swept away all the cattle, sheep, horses, grain and other materials of the two salt ponds, whether it was salt workers or residents, including the tribes that were searched nearby, they also moved to Huanqing Road and Qinfeng Road at the same time.

For a time, the road was full of livestock and convoys, heading southward; Yang Zhi reined in his war horse and watched the flow of people, feeling indescribably awkward; in this era, countries attacked each other, and the relocation of the people was a normal means, in order to weaken the economic foundation of the opponent, and in the era of cold weapons and agriculture and animal husbandry, it was manpower that was fighting. It doesn't matter if you lose, as long as there are people, you can continue to fight.

But for Yang Zhi who crossed over, after all, he was not used to it, especially when he personally ordered it this time, he had a sense of guilt; Yang Zhi's serious face made Wang Gang and Cai Qing around him wonder if they couldn't find the north, this time the victory was a record result, plus the materials obtained, Yang Zhi still had something to worry about.

Wu Jue came over all the way and saluted Yang Zhishi: "Yang Shuai, we found more than 6,000 soldiers and civilians captured by the Great Song Dynasty in Baichi County, more than 4,000 were forced labor as prisoners, and 2,000 women and children were captured from the Huanqing Army and other places, and were placed as slaves in Western Xia. Last time, the Mubo tribe plundered some of the salt workers, and the hard labor was all transferred from all over the vicinity, including those who had been building forts in Hengshan. ”

Yang Zhi pondered for a moment and said: "Bring all of them back to Longzhou, integrate them into the Tuntian army, don't mix with the Tangut people on the road, lest there be accidents, you can retreat with the wounded, and if you are unwell, try to provide livestock or vehicles." ”

Wu Jue understood as soon as he heard it, nodded and said, "Yang Shuai, don't worry, I will greet the people below and inform Liu Ziyu to respond there." ”

Liu Ziyu took 7,000 Tuntian troops to the front line this time as a transport force, seeing Yang Zhi nodding, Wu Jue rode away; Yang Zhi immediately ordered Quduan and Niu Gao on Jingyuan Road to withdraw all the materials from Xining Prefecture to Xi'an Prefecture, Yang Zhi wrote a letter to Quduan, analyzing that the Western Xia army must have some action behind, explaining that the ultimate purpose of this battle is to keep Weizhou and Xi'an Prefecture, and not to vainly want to hold on to the isolated city in Xining Prefecture under the situation of being attacked on all sides.

After waiting for eight days, Lingzhou sent 50,000 troops to help, and the 30,000 Western Xia cavalry from You, Xia, and Sui Prefectures were finally dispatched, and Yang Zhicai unhurriedly ordered to abandon Dingbian Town again and withdraw its troops; after the arrival of the Lingzhou army, the Western Xia Army recovered the Dingbian Army and Xining Prefecture successively, but the losses were already immeasurable.

This time, the losses of the Western Xia army were as high as 70,000, and the Xi'an Prefecture, Weizhou, Wuyuan County, Dingbian Army and other places lost more than 40,000 residents and salt workers, and more than 100,000 cattle, sheep, horses, and camels. With a population of 1.2 million, the country lost more than 100,000 people in less than two months, and even if it only lost two states, it could not afford to lose.

A large number of troops are still needed to garrison Hengshan, and the tea mountains bordering the Great Song Dynasty on the east side of Hengshan produce both salt and iron, and Jialu Mountain is rich in iron ore, and this may become the target of the Dingbei Army's attack; Niuwo Wenzhong made a very clear report that he had lost the Hengshan Qiang army, including the infantry army, and that the less than 20,000 infantry troops on Hengshan had no fighting spirit, and it was impossible to kill Hengshan at all, so they could only barely defend the village.

Brother Richard, who led the Lingzhou army to come, was so angry that he trembled, this was something that had never happened before in Western Xia, the Hengshan defense line was completely in his hands, but Yang Zhi took advantage of this gap in the Dingbian army to kill Wuyuan County twice in a row; the problem is that Yang Zhi's purpose is population and materials, but such losses are the most unaffordable in Western Xia, Brother Richard asked: "The Dingbei Army is already at the end of the strong crossbow, we have 100,000 strong troops in Wuyuan County and the Baotai Army, do you want to kill into Huanqing Road, see if you can recover some losses?"

No one in the audience answered, Ren Dejing was very embarrassed, as a loser, if he didn't even have the idea of making meritorious contributions, Ren Dejing didn't have to mix up in the future; Ren Dejing gritted his teeth and said: "Xia Guan is willing to take back Weizhou and other places as a precursor." ”

Brother Richard shook his head and said: "If it is to attack Weizhou and Xi'an, then there is no need, Yang Zhi's purpose is to consume our army, now the grain and grass in Wuyuan County is tight, and with the ice and snow, it is not surprising that Chongbin and Quduan can defend for a month or two, when Yang Zhi's army rests, no matter whether our army's attack is successful or not, Yang Zhi will definitely repeat the old trick." That kind of play requires Lingzhou to add another 50,000 to 100,000 people to come, and the domestic finances can't stand it, I mean directly into Huanqing Road to rob, how much can be robbed. ”

Brother Richard's meaning was so straightforward that Ren Dejing and the others looked at each other; a battle report was suddenly sent outside the door, Liu Qi and Zhao Huaien of Xihe Road raided Niucheng, Brother Richard sighed, knowing that Liu Qi's purpose was Tiandu Mountain; he mobilized 70,000 troops to Wuyuan County twice, and the troops on the side of Tiandu Mountain were very tight, and there were only 20,000 troops on the defense line that stretched for thousands of miles, so Liu Qi would have the confidence to send troops alone, and there was no lack of intention to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

But Brother Richard can't bet that if Liu Qi, Zhao Huaien and Yang Zhi are the same, the purpose is to destroy, and even if the tribes scattered in any area are defeated, many of the Tibetan tribes may surrender to the Great Song Dynasty again. Brother Richard thought for a while and said: "The materials of Wuyuan County can no longer supply Hengshan, the army of Hengshan has been changed to the command of Suizhou, and the troops of Suizhou and other places have returned to their original places, Ren Dejing, I will leave you 20,000 people, there is only one purpose, to restore the salt industry in Wuyuan County." ”

Fan Zhixu couldn't cry or laugh when he received the battle report in Gyeongju, but he didn't expect that in just a few days, Yang Zhi had already won a big victory again, but if he gave up Xining Prefecture and the Dingbian Army, he would definitely be criticized by others again. Lu Fayuan, the deputy envoy of Shaanxi pacification, said with a smile on his face: "Lord Fan, Yang Zhi is really cunning, he actually blocked the news and did not inform us until Dingbian Town was conquered, which is really ......."

Lu Fayuan naturally knew that the Dingbei Army did not want Fan Zhixu to draw any battles, and had no intention of sticking to the Dingbian Army and Xining Prefecture; Fan Zhixu smiled tolerantly: "Young people just don't know how to be considerate of people, but Lord Lu, you know, there will be troubles in the back, but fortunately, the recovery of Weizhou is satisfactory; Yang Zhi marched like this, if the army retreated because of the supply of grain and grass, you and I would not be able to pay the difference." ”

Lu Fayuan knew in his heart, Yang Zhi and Ye Mengde, the old fox, must have guessed that the guys in Runzhou would roast the Dingbei Army on the fire, and then they would go to the book to ask for food; judging from the results of this battle, Yang Zhi must have been planning for a while, and the Dingbei Army was originally going to fight, but now it is different, Yang Zhi has obtained an additional 150,000 people for three months of food. However, Lu Fayuan had been on the frontier for a long time, and he was also happy that Yang Zhi could win, so he pretended not to know anything.