I'm The Emperor of All-Heavens

Chapter 68

Eight years of Shaoxi, autumn.

Tiemuzhen sent troops south.

In just two months, the Mongolian army conquered all parts of the western regions, broke the secret school, destroyed Baituo mountain villa and destroyed all parts of Tubo.

Then Tiemuzhen marched eastward. Lightning surrounded Lingzhou City, an important town of Xixia, cut off the connection between the East and the west of Xixia, but also seized the southward retreat channel of Xingqing mansion, the capital of Xixia, so that Xixia had no way to retreat.

Xixia shook. The LORD listened to the advice of his ministers, concentrated all the elite of the country in Xingqing Prefecture and Lingzhou, the capital, and fought against Mongolia by relying on the Yellow River and the natural danger of Helan Mountain.

So——

Tiemuzhen had 100000 troops. Shortly after the western expedition, he destroyed the Western Liao Dynasty, and his morale was exhausted.

In Xixia, there were 300000 troops in the country, living in the danger of mountains and rivers. With concerted efforts, the morale was extremely high.

Compare the two sides and start a war in Lingzhou city.

Incidentally, a hundred years ago, the Northern Song Dynasty sent 300000 troops to fight with Xixia in Lingzhou city.

In that war, Xixia had strong walls and clear fields, lured the enemy in depth, exhausted first and then attacked. Unexpectedly, a few won over many, and almost wiped out the main force of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the Xixia leader is full of confidence and wants to reproduce the glory of that year.

However, no one expected that Tiemuzhen would play Xixia with applause with only one move.

The Yellow River is just outside Lingzhou city. It's winter. The Yellow River is freezing. It can walk, but it can't bear the weight of cavalry, and the speed is very slow.

Therefore, the party that takes the initiative to launch the attack is bound to be bad. Mongolia and Xixia confront each other across the Yellow River, and no one is willing to move.

If this stalemate continues, the Mongolian army that goes deep into the enemy's belly will undoubtedly suffer.

Unexpectedly, Tiemuzhen did not solve the army outside the city first, but turned around to deal with Lingzhou in the high city and deep pool, ordered the soldiers to encircle, accumulate firewood and deliberately set fire to the city.

The black smoke was rising. The Xixia general in the distance was shocked and immediately waved troops to help.

Tiemuzhen arranged a large number of archers to shoot the infantry advancing slowly on the ice. At the same time, he intended to let some disabled soldiers into the city.

The garrison general of Lingzhou city sent scouts to signal not to reinforce the troops. They were all shot and killed by the Mongolian army. The generals on the other side also found that they were caught in the plot and ignored it. They wanted to consume all the Mongolian food and grass.

However, Tiemuzhen sent people to Xingqing mansion to spread rumors that there had been Mongolian elaborate works in Lingzhou city for a long time, and the reinforcements outside the city were ill intentioned and would not save their lives.

The Lord of Xixia ordered to keep the city safe anyway. The general refused to obey, but he changed the general temporarily.

Therefore, the defenders in the city did not dare to rush out of the city, and their reinforcements were divided and consumed.

More sinister, the soldiers deliberately put into the city are basically in a state of rout. They have no heavy weapons, supplies and medicine, and the pressure in the city is getting greater and greater.

When there were more than 100000 troops in Lingzhou City, they couldn't afford to consume food and grass at all. Tiemuzhen surrounded and didn't attack, waiting for the other party to eat up all the food and kill himself.

The garrison general had no choice but to break through the siege and fight to death. Unfortunately, Tiemuzhen had already bent his bow and arrow outside the city, waiting for the exhausted Xixia army to throw themselves into the net.

In only half a month, Mongolia captured Lingzhou city and turned Xingqing Prefecture, the capital of Xixia, into an isolated city.

In this battle, nearly half of the 300000 main forces in Xixia were killed, and the casualties of Mongols were less than 5000.

This brilliant victory shocked the world, but tomu also experienced a test of life and death——

False bamboo assassination!

The war was extremely fierce, and thousands of Mongolian warriors fought one after another before they beat back xuzhu.

After that, Tiemuzhen disappeared for three days before returning.

At this time, the Lord of Xixia had asked song for help, bowed to his knees, and was willing to be affiliated only to repel Mongolia.

The ninth year of Shaoxi, spring.

Song sent troops.

Gu Chengyu marched in person, starting with 100000 troops, marched in eight days, entered Xixia and stationed in Helan Mountain.

"Eternal life is on the sky. May you bless me, the warrior of Mongolia and the man of the grassland, and continue to be invincible and invincible!"

In Lingzhou City, Tiemuzhen offered cattle and sheep and offered sacrifices to God with grassland etiquette.

His face was as white as jade, but he didn't hide his rugged and heroic momentum, but his tone was extremely humble, and he attributed his achievements to heaven.

Tiemu really knows that he will face the most severe challenge.

The resilience of Xixia was unexpectedly strong. The fall of Lingzhou city and the rout of 300000 troops did not mean destruction.

When Mongolian soldiers surrounded the capital Xingqing Prefecture, they were greeted by the last roar of Dangxiang people.

die rather than submit!

In fact, this is also a sin. Why did Mongolia destroy Xiliao so quickly?

Two words - butcher!

As long as they don't fall, they will kill the city. Where they pass, they will be like mountains of bones.

Therefore, with a lesson from the past, facing the danger of subjugation and extinction, Xixia still doesn't fight for its old life?

Tiemuzhen swept the western regions, laid down half of the Western Xia Dynasty, and more soldiers surrounded the capital. It took only a few months. It was as fast as lightning, but the next few months were spent attacking the city. There were no fancy hard bridges and horses.

Just like facing Xiangyang in the future, the Mongolian cavalry who are good at plain warfare have suffered heavy casualties and failed to capture Xingqing mansion. They can only surround the city in the hope that the city will run out of ammunition and food and lose without war.

At this critical moment, Gu Cheng's whole army set out.

As soon as the reinforcements of the great song dynasty arrived, let alone blocking the enemy's food routes and reinforcements became difficult, and even the Liupanshan area occupied by Mongolia became precarious.

Therefore, Tiemuzhen must defeat the song army and destroy the last hope of Xixia.

Otherwise, he would have wasted all his previous efforts and had to roll back to the grassland. Xixia was conquered by the Song Dynasty without effort. It was like making wedding clothes for the enemy.

A few days later, Mongolia poured out from the city of Lingzhou, pointing to the Helan Mountain where the song army was located!

No mountain in China is like Helan Mountain, which has been in all kinds of wars in all dynasties.

The war between the Qin people and the Huns lasted for hundreds of years. The first emperor who unified the six countries finally failed to wait until the day when he Lan Mountain was captured.

In the Han Dynasty, the famous general Wei Qing led his army north to fight against the Xiongnu. Only then did he extend the military strength of the Central Plains regime to the Helan Mountain area for the first time.

However, the war did not stop, and looting conflicts, small-scale ambushes and mountain encounters between nomads and the Central Plains regime lasted another 700 years.

Needless to say, in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the ethnic minorities ruling Helan Mountain were Turks, Tubo and Huihe, among which the most brave were Turks.

In the first year of Zhenguan, Jieli Khan led 100000 Turkic cavalry into Weishui. Jingyang, where they stationed troops, was only 70 miles away from Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

In another Dynasty, it was finally turned into a dragon by Qiu, and an empire was born by relying on the mountains.

One hundred and fifty years ago, when Li Yuanhao became emperor, the Qidan cavalry came on an expedition, suffered a disastrous defeat in Helan Mountain, and Xixia officially rose. Only then did it form a tripartite confrontation among the Northern Song Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty and Xixia.

Now, the great Song Dynasty and Mongolia have finally fatally launched a final duel here to complete their eternal cause!

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