Yang Zhi was not interested in the reaction of Western Xia, after Yue Fei defeated Ren Dejing, he had already controlled the communication channel between Hexi and Xingzhou, from the overall situation, the six states of Hexi were the foundation of Western Xia, if they wanted to redeem the defeat, the first thing Western Xia should do was to defeat Yue Fei, but the Jinxia coalition army chose Lingzhou, in fact, put themselves under the wall. No matter from which point of view, the Song people have an innate advantage in the ability to defend the city, with city walls, equipment, and avoiding horse wars, and the veterans under Qu Duan can compete with any elite in the entire era.

Even if Yue Fei didn't go to reinforcements, Yang Zhi believed that Quduan would be able to hold out for a few months, but since Yue Fei was going, Yang Zhi still hoped that Yue Fei could create another miracle in Gyeongju. Li Heng, Xu Wen, Yang Jin and others also understood this truth, and did not rush to ask for battle, Lu Yi now followed Yang Zhi to deal with miscellaneous matters, looked at the route marked by Yang Zhi on the map and asked, "Are you going to attack Hexi?"

"No, it's Helan Mountain. Yang Zhi smiled and said: "The Xixia people are now short of troops, and the states of Hexi will not send troops to the east, the only thing that will make a move is the garrison of Helan Mountain, I plan to give them a little sweetness, let Wang De retreat back, and hope that Helan Si will continue to send the men and horses in the mountains." In the past, the Western Xia had the advantage of military strength and could do whatever they wanted, but now, on the other hand, we can rely on the advantage of having more people to make the other party unable to defend against it, and there is no problem in doing a little superficial work. ”

The more troops come out of Helan Mountain, the fewer people will stay in the cottage, which will be of great benefit to the Dingbei Army to enter Helan Mountain in the future to eliminate the remaining enemies; Lu Yi nodded and said: "The Hexi Corridor is two thousand miles, between the Qilian Mountain and the Longshou Mountain, Helan Mountain is the watershed that separates the Hexi Corridor and the Saibei Grassland, we occupy Helan Mountain, Xingzhou and Dingnanfu are almost completely separated from the six prefectures of Hexi. ”

After Lu Yi finished speaking, Yang Zhi immediately began to arrange: "Yue Fei and Yang Yizhong's total number of cavalry has now exceeded 50,000, plus our newly reorganized Poxi Army's 400 trebuchets on the back of camels and 30 hot air balloons, it should be enough to resist the Jinxia coalition army." Yang Jin, you lead 10,000 horses to rendezvous with Wang De and attack Helan Mountain, I can only give you 2,000 war horses for the time being, and you can get them yourself; Li Heng leads 10,000 men from his headquarters to reinforce Lingzhou, if he arrives first, it will only be used as a suspicious army to contain the other party, and then he will be put into the battlefield after Yue Fei arrives. ”

After Yang Zhi finished speaking, there was a cold scene in the venue for the time being, now that more than 50,000 people had gathered in Weizhou, Yang Zhi was only willing to dispatch 20,000 people, what was he worried about; Xu Wen asked: "Yang Shuai, in this way, even if Yue Fei wins, he will not be able to capture Xingzhou in one fell swoop, and if it is adjusted by Western Xia, it will still pose a threat to our army in the future." ”

Xu Wen is a veteran general on the battlefield and a confidant of Yang Zhi, so he naturally speaks without worries, Yang Zhi said: "Xu Wen is extremely worried, the Western Xia army has become a frightened bird after several blows by our army, what we have to consider is whether the Jin State will continue to reinforce Xingzhou, if the Jin State still has a move in the back, do you think we can take Xingzhou in one fell swoop?"

Li Heng stood up and shook his head and said: "Although Western Xia is weak in terms of strength comparison, the defenders of Xingzhou are all elite divisions, plus more than 100,000 people in Xingzhou, if you wait for work, there is no problem in holding on for a period of time, we can only see if the Jin Kingdom gives us this opportunity." ”

Gao Shitong, who participated in such a meeting for the first time, looked down on Yang Zhi and Li Heng cautiously, obviously he had already occupied an absolute advantage, and he still had a posture of being afraid of wolves and tigers, and he didn't know how Yang Zhi's prestige came about; Zhao Lingyun, the Duke of Qingguo, saw Gao Shijiao's thoughts, and said in a low voice: "Yang Zhi's use of soldiers is all with the idea that tigers, lions, and rabbits must also be used with all his strength. ”

Gao Shiyu is not a rookie, and he will not think that he can be more clever than Yang Zhi, he smiled and nodded after listening to Zhao Lingxuan's words; Yang Zhi's words are basically no one to oppose now, and the previous military operations have strengthened his authority, and the whole plan was formulated in this way, and Yang Zhi sent a fast horse to contact Yue Fei.

On the fourth day of Quduan's insistence, Li Hengyi arrived at the south of Lingzhou and set up camp in Hanqu, 60 miles away from Lingzhou, Nie Erjin sent 10,000 Jinguo cavalry to rush to the village, and returned in the rain of arrows of the Dingbei army; on the sixth day, Yue Fei and Yang Yizhong took 50,000 cavalry to reinforce Lingzhou.

Nie Erjin knew very well that the Jinxia coalition army had fought hard under the city of Lingzhou, and there was no backup, the soldiers had already been exhausted, and now it was unsustainable, and the reinforcements of the Dingbei Army were a crisis, and it was also a turning point; Nie Erjin thought that the three men and horses of the Dingbei Army would cooperate in the battle, and their assembly was a flaw, and the only thing to consider was that at the beginning of the battle, they would have to fight with the Dingbei Army, so that the opponent's balloons and thunderbolts could not play a role.

The speed at which Yue Fei's army arrived outside Lingzhou City slowed down significantly, and Yue Fei just ordered the army to send out a fireworks signal to tell Qu Duan in the city that he had arrived, as for how to fight, Yue Fei didn't even consider joining forces with Qu Duan. The army repaired and went to the battlefield overnight, everyone knew that the decisive battle in Lingzhou had begun, Yue Fei asked his soldiers to defeat the opponent in the shortest possible time, and all the equipment and equipment did not care about the gains and losses.

Yue Fei immediately threw all the men and horses under his tent into the battlefield, and found that the Jinxia coalition army was actually killed from ten sides, Yue Fei couldn't help laughing, he was not Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and Nie Erjin did not exceed three times his own strength, Nie Erjin's intention was nothing more than to use the raid tactics of the Jinguo cavalry to limit the play of the balloon. Yue Fei ordered Niu Gao to open the way, and asked Kuaima to inquire about the situation of Li Heng, who he ordered to come to assist in the battle.

Nie Erjin and Wu'er Siqi soon realized that there had been an unexpected change in the battle situation, Yue Fei retained the rear army and did not participate in the battle, and the large-scale balloons did not fly into the sky, only three balloons floated to Lingzhou City, and the Song army defending the city waved the flag; plus Li Heng's 10,000 men had begun to advance towards Lingzhou, Nie Erjin had to divide 10,000 people, with 20,000 people, to monitor the movements of Lingzhou and Li Heng's army.

After a day of battle of wits and courage between the two sides, the balance of power was finally broken before dusk, and the Jin army, as the main force, was defeated by the trebuchets of 400 camels in Yue Fei's army; just when the Jinxia coalition army had to concentrate its forces, Yue Fei released all the hot air balloons, and the explosion of thunderbolts filled the city of Lingzhou in a blink of an eye.