"General Duduo, there may be 6,000 troops in Liyuan Fort." said a deputy general.

In the afternoon, due to Liang Yi's order, Du Du Lae had to launch an attack, but during the attack, he deliberately sent people to watch the troops in Liyuan Fort at a high place. The more than 6,000 people were not only officers and soldiers, but also strong men and horses. Of course, they also had to be considered as military forces, picked up bows and arrows, and Yao Yi distributed some compound bows to them. At least when defending the city, they were even more fierce than the injunction.

If these troops leave the city to fight, they will almost be seeking death.

Although they cannot underestimate their combat effectiveness, it is impossible to fight against seven. However, if they are guarding the city, even this little force will cause Dorae to be very troubled.

The general said again: "It's not easy to attack."

Even if they are not afraid of heavy sacrifices, don’t attack until the end. After the Liyuan Fort’s troops are finished, their troops are also finished.

The tragic battle in the Snow Mud Castle has not been reported, otherwise they will be even more terrified.

"But who dares not listen to Liang Xiangling's suppression?" Du Lae smiled bitterly.

"If this is the case, I have a plan, which is better to divide the general into several armies and attack in turn day and night." Another general said.

If you have to attack hard, this is the only way.

However, even so, sacrifices will be equally heavy.

Just when everyone was worried, the scouts from outside came in to report: "General Du Duo, an army in Yanzhou has just arrived in Huachi Town."

There are not many Song troops, only the third battalion miscellaneous army.

That's it, Guo Kui and Han Jiang discussed for a long time.

Han Jiang acquiesced, but Guo Kui disagreed, believing that Yanzhou itself needs some troops to garrison. There is also the promised division of troops below. The troops cannot be drawn out. Besides, it is not Wang Ju's request. What's Yao Yi? In fact, the two are fighting.

Han Jiang was not very willing, but Guo Kui opposed it, so he agreed. In the face of Guo Kui's criticism, Han Jiang said that there was another force, that is, Gui Niang tribe. The patriarch of Gui Niang tribe is the original Gui Niang Langmeng, because of the merit of seizing Anjiang Fort. He became the head of the Song Dynasty. Although this head of the army was a false position, his subordinates had all divided it into familiar households of the Song Dynasty. Moreover, Gui Niang tribe has a lot of prestige among the surrounding tribes.

If the battle is good, the Great Wall Ridge can be recovered in this battle, which is very beneficial to these tribes and may never be harassed and plundered by the Western Xia in the future. Therefore, if these tribes gather together, they can also gather a considerable force.

Guo Kui was speechless. Although Wangjiazhai moved away, their original roots were in the north of the Security Army. In a sense, Wang Ju still had some prestige among these tribes. The two tangled for a while and drew out three miscellaneous armies.

Why are they miscellaneous soldiers? Because one is a Poche Army and two are strong men drawn from the southwest of Yanzhou. Although the combat effectiveness is hard to say, they are close to each other. Besides, Yao Yi also shows that there is no need for combat effectiveness, as long as they come to the same position.

Therefore, the third battalion soldiers, more than 1,200 men, were not large in strength, but they were full of fanfare and countless flags, as if they were a mighty army. They quickly arrived at Huachi Town from the road that Wang Ju had renovated before.

In this way, the Western Xia scouts must have found out.

It’s just that they came from behind Huachi Town, and the scouts did not find out the specific numbers.

Eyiwangyu exclaimed: "These Song soldiers are not weird about me."

He went to Fengchuan Fort, one was to seize the fort, and the other was to fish. He tempted Huachi Town's troops to rescue, and fortunately he was at the periphery of the wilderness to fight for aid. But according to the current distribution and mobilization of the Song army, if he had really gone to Fengchuan Fort rashly, it would be really dangerous. As long as the Song army in Huachi Town dragged its main force, it would definitely be delayed. Although the main force has a large number of troops, there is still a Song army in Liyuan Fort. So how many troops can be sent, at most ten thousand people.

However, the troops of Huachi Town, the troops of Pingrong Town, and the small amount of troops of Xihuachi Village, plus the reinforcements tonight, had already exceeded 10,000.

Then they will definitely be able to hold back the encircled forces that were divided, and even distribute troops to attack their rear. In addition, more than 10,000 Song troops in Fengchuan Village, it would be a little more unlucky. In the final result, a scene under Anjiang Fort will be staged again last night.

Thinking of this, he felt terrified and laughed: "Fortunately, I ordered the army to stop, General Duduo, you will transfer my army back again."

Duolae smiled reluctantly.

It seems that the false Yiwangyu is reasonable. The overall strength of the Song army is far less than that of the Xia army this time. So at the right time, we will form superior forces, one by one, ten thousand, not too much. As long as we come and talk about ten, there is no need to fight again. The morale of the three armies is low, and they will retreat by themselves, and they will retreat with heavy losses.

But that's true?

Is the Xixia scout really jealous of such a huge force mobilization?

After fighting through these series of battles, it seems that the Song people were not so stupid.

But if this is not the case, the distribution of troops would be very unreasonable. After all, Huachi County was not the real main attack direction of Xixia this time. The main attack direction was Qingzhou.

He thought of this and brought the map.

First, we look at Huachi Town, Pingrong Town, Liyuan Fort and Fengchuan Village. The combined forces of these four places are quite extraordinary, with an estimated 30,000 Song troops.

Could it be that I want to eat my 40,000 troops, just like the battle in Dashun City?

But this is unlikely. After all, the Western Xia army under Rouyuan Village is more powerful, and the two are not too far apart. As long as you don’t go deeper, you will be at Liyuan Fort. Even if the Song army has 50,000 troops, it is not enough to be afraid.

So after thinking about it, he wrote a letter to Liang Yi, and talked about this situation, and said, "I can feint attack Liyuan Fort here and drag so many Song troops to stop them, so the Song army behind Huai'an Town is empty." As long as the Xia army takes down Meili Fort and the three armies meet, they can divide their troops from Rouyuan Village and launch an attack directly on Qingzhou City.

What to do?

If you attack with a strong force, not to mention that you may not be able to capture it. Even if you suffer too much loss, Liang Yima will also cause trouble for you.

The letter soon came to Liang Yi's hand.

Liang Yimeng was also discussing the origin of Liu Changzuo, one of the more than 10,000 soldiers.

Song Ji said: "General, this Song army must be reinforcements from Chang'an."

"So, they knew long ago that we wanted to attack Gyeongju?"

"It may not be possible. If that were the case, it would be impossible for the three sides of the border to push their troops and food, food and supplies to the front line."

You should know that this push has spread countless mountains of gold and silver, and the people on the edge of the three sides have been miserable.

"Then why more than 10,000 Song troops emerged?"

"It may be so. Our Xia army first mobilized the troops in Hexi (referring to the forces in the Hexi Corridor. Because it was far away, it was the earliest to mobilize), and then Dong Wen learned that this person hated our Daxia the most. So he sent someone to notify the Song people, but the Song people were not sure. Therefore, he gathered more than 10,000 Song troops in Chang'an first. If Yanzhou is in danger, he could rush to Yanzhou. If Weizhou is in danger, he could rush to Weizhou. If Qingzhou is in danger, he could rush to Qingzhou. This was a gathered army, so our army was facing Dashun City, and the Song army set out immediately and grabbed Fengchuan Village. But their original target was not Fengchuan Village, but Qingzhou City. It was just because the general sent heavy troops to Liyuan Fort, and Fengchuan Village did not station troops, so he changed the direction halfway and went to Fengchuan Village. In the future, they would definitely divide their troops and go to Qingzhou from Longpan County."

"So. Only more than one thousand reinforcements?"

"It's almost the same. After all, the three armies gather, so the Song army needs food and grass. The combat effectiveness of the Song army is weak, but the military expenditure is very high. Moreover, the Yongxing Army itself does not have much force. If the general is worried, he can send a scout to Qingzhou to inquire."

This explanation seems to be right... Liang Yi agreed and asked again: "So what to do in the direction of Liyuan Castle?"

"General Du Duo must be taken down. If Liyuan Fortress is not taken down, Dashun City cannot be taken down. Only by taking down Dashun City and having a smooth retreat can we truly plan the entire Huanqing area."

There is nothing I can do. If you don’t push Dudola into the fire pit, you will have a hard time.

Liang Yim obeyed and asked Kuima Xiangdu Du La to order that Liyuan Fort must be captured in the shortest time.

Duola was so angry that he wanted to squirt blood. It would be nice to be able to capture Liyuan Fort, and it would be the shortest time! However, the focus of the battlefield is not on Liyuan Fort, but in Rouyuan Village, Huanzhou, and a further place...

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The borders of Song and Xia were intertwined, especially on Huanqing Road.

This area was later Dingbian County, Wuqi County, Huachi County and Huan County. However, the later Huachi County town was not in the current Huachi Town, but in Rouyuan Village.

Among them, most areas of Dingbian County and Wuqi County belong to Xixia, while most of Huachi County and Huan County belong to the Song Dynasty. However, Xixia also controlled some Huachi County and Huan County. The papaya fort built later in the Song Dynasty was on the west side of Fengyangzhuang Village, Zhangsongxiang Township, Dingbian County.

On the west side of Papaya Fort is the Chexiangxia Road, but the establishment of Papaya Fort was not to threaten Chexiangxia Road, nor could it threaten Chexiangxia Road. It was mainly to protect the safety of the rear. There was Whidinburgh and Xigu Fort behind, forming an iron triangle. There was also a plain river here, which the Song Dynasty didn't want, so it was about to be invaded by the Xixia people. If you want not to be invaded by the Xixia people, you had to build a fort to garrison troops.

But in general, the Song Dynasty was mainly guarding, so it was not daring to build any fortresses on Guidechuan Road and Chexiangxia Road... I was afraid that the people of Xixia would be angry!

The so-called Chexiangxia Road is from Yanzhou to Chexiangxia, Xiangbaizhai, Jingbianzhai, Damingbo, Tongsaichuan, and arrives at Huaian Town. According to the geographical location of later generations, it is from Dingbian County to Jipan Township, Baiwanzi Township, Fanxue Township, Zhangrong Township, and then to Yuanchengchuan River Valley, the northeast corner of Huaiqi County, and Qiaochuan, the northwest corner of Huaichi County, and arrives at Huai'an Township, which is now Huai'an Town.

The other two roads are Guidechuan Road, which can reach Lingzhou and Yanzhou, which is more important. However, Xixia came to attack Qingzhou this time, so she did not march from this road.

The other is from the southeast of Yanzhou, through Tiebian City, Wuqi County, and then to Baibao Town, which is Baibao City Road. These are the three main roads that communicate with Huanqing Road and Xixia. The other is Dashuncheng Road, but you have to come down from Jintang City. You can either reach the Baoan Juncheng City from Jintang City, or you can also reach the Baoan Juncheng City from Great Wall Ridge.

The other roads were not what Wang Ju paid attention to. The main one was the car shark road.

Whether in the present or later generations, there are so many rivers, gorges, and bores on this road. Rivers not only refer to rivers, but also to narrow plains. Gorges not only refer to narrow river surfaces, but also to narrow valleys. Bores are lakes.

In fact, in the future, there are some small lakes on this road.

Therefore, this road is relatively flat in most areas.

But the two sides are different, after all, it has passed through Hengshan.

The night is getting darker, and the battle will not stop...

Under the Meli Fort, 20,000 Xia troops fell asleep. There was also a pool in the middle of their camp. Mei Qingmeluo promptly fed back the information to Renduolingding, and Renduolingding passed the news to Wang Zangbu in time.

So Wang Zangqi asked his subordinates to dig a large pond and soaked the wooden shield together in the pool.

Then he ordered the three armies to rest and prepare for tomorrow's siege.

The snow mud castle was so difficult to attack, let alone the slightly repaired Melis Fort.

Fortunately, Liang Yongneng and Liang Yimeng met with each other, and they would divide a group of troops and attack on both sides tomorrow.

But no matter what, the casualties will be very heavy tomorrow in this battle. Whoever makes the siege of the Western Xia army is the shortcoming of it?

Further to Fort Meli is Donggu Village.

As night fell, teams of scouts came back to report that there were still enemy roaming during the day, but in the evening, the enemy roaming went back together. Although the army of Gao Yao and his two men arrived at Dongguzhai, the Dongguzhai was about to become an isolated city, so the Xixia people didn't care much about it.

"A good news." Yao Lin said.

"It's just that the weather is clear." Gao Min sighed at the bright light of the eastern sky. The good weather of the two nights undoubtedly caused trouble for his march.

"Or drag it a little longer."

"You can't delay any more, this road is too difficult to walk."

Yao Lin was speechless. After all, he had been in Qingzhou for a short time and was far less familiar with Gao Min in terms of terrain.

"These are outposts set up by Rendor Lingding." Yao Lin opened the map and pointed to it and said. More than 20 scouts were sacrificed to inquire about this information. Then he said: "But you will create a miracle tonight."

"Ming Gong has the ability to be elusive." Gao Min said with a smile and tears.

"Yeah, it will at least increase morale."

After the two of them said that, Gao Min quietly took his sixth battalion officers and soldiers to leave Donggu Village again and follow the rugged and difficult mountain road to the northwest.

Qi Zhong asked in surprise: "Are we heading towards the carriage?"
To be continued...