Chapter 156: Confrontation with Xixia (IV)

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Duan Yu showed his figure, and several ups and downs fell into the night.

There are three thousand elite soldiers on the high ground.

Duan Yu had no obvious target, so he successfully sneaked into the army, tapped a soldier in armor, pretended to be an enemy soldier, and touched the middle to command the camp.

More than ten people were discussing matters in the military tent. Duan Yu broke in and used the Six-Meridian Divine Sword to quickly kill the more than ten people.

The guards outside heard the sound and entered the visit. Seeing that all the main officers were killed, they couldn't help but panic.

Duan Yu didn't fight with them either. He let out a long roar and informed his subordinates to attack upwards.

He held the torch and lit the Highland camp one by one.

The high ground suddenly became a mess, and the Western Xia soldiers were in the dark. Duan Yu had high martial arts skills and mysterious light skills. He made trouble here and then went to harass others.

When Duan Yu's masters came up, they immediately gained the upper hand. All the officers of the Western Xia soldiers died. Without the leader, they could not form a military formation to fight. If they are enemies with these masters, they will naturally be alive.

Everyone fought for nearly two hours and killed all the Xixia soldiers on the slope.

After receiving the military order, the troops were gathering in the central highlands. Seeing the flames soaring into the sky on the highlands, Chinese soldiers fought with the Xixia soldiers who were coming to rescue.

The troops were disconnected in the darkness. Fortunately, Duan Yu told them to do principle before leaving. The dispersed officers and soldiers looked for the troops nearby and integrated into the troops according to their official positions.

Therefore, it is not defeated even though it is broken.

The soldiers of Xixia were also in chaos at this time. In the dark, there was no idea whether the troops next to them were friends or enemies. After the melee, the troops were also disconnected.

When Wu Hao heard the news, he was worried that he would be in the dark, so he ordered his troops to return to his garrison and decided to stop after dawn.

More than 60,000 elite troops were successfully in the central highland, and the losses were not large. On the contrary, the Western Xia soldiers suffered serious losses.Duan Yu patrols with the generals, arranged for people to take turns to be on duty, and the rest of the troops rest on the spot.

After dawn, Wu Hao saw that Duan Yu's troops had escaped from danger and the terrain had been lost, so he ordered the army to withdraw quickly.

Tang Guoen had divided 80,000 elite troops to cut off the retreat route of the Western Xia army and formed a siege.

Wu Hao ordered his troops to fight hard and got more than ten arrows.

At that time, Duan Yu's troops attacked from the back, and the Tang Guoen's rear army also arrived.

Wu Hao died of severe injuries and excessive blood loss. Before his death, he appointed General Huan Qing as the commander.

Huanqing ordered the troops to form a formation on the spot, and he repeatedly led the way and broke through the enemy's formation.

But China has many soldiers and its formation is unbreakable.

Huanqing knew that the big thing was gone, so he broke through the siege and killed hundreds of Chinese soldiers. Finally, Duan Yu saw it and stepped forward to kill him.

Duan Yu was the first soldier in this battle, covered in blood, replaced horses three times, and killed hundreds of Xixia generals, with more than ten injuries. Fortunately, he had profound martial arts skills and was able to avoid the key points when he was injured. Therefore, although he was injured many times, he was not injured much.

Chinese soldiers were eager to get overwhelmed, but the Western Xia soldiers were defeated. Generals Wu Chengying, Li Yijin and others were killed in battle one after another, with nearly 70,000 soldiers killed and injured.

Among the Western Xia army, Zhu Luguan and his team led more than 10,000 people to retreat in the valley, and shot arrows everywhere to attack the enemy with cover. Just as the end of the day, the Chinese soldiers retreated.

In this battle, the Xixia army lost many generals, and more than 70,000 soldiers were killed or injured. The news came out, and the whole country of Xixia was shocked.

There are very few people who surrender in the Western Xia army, and most of them would rather die than surrender.

Yu Xuyu studied the methods of his military training and realized that the soldiers of the Western Xia all believed in religion, and religious concepts gathered people's hearts, and all soldiers were proud of their deaths in battle. Therefore, although there were few soldiers and horses, they had strong combat power.

After the Battle of Ganzhou, Xixia had only more than 300,000 troops left. Facing China's more than one million troops, Li Ganli felt a panic that he had never experienced before.

He sent an envoy to discuss peace, but was rejected by Yu Xuyu.

The psychology of the generals of the Western Xia began to change, believing that the great damage to the Western Xia energy was caused by Li Ganli's plan to seize the throne.

At that time, most of the disciples and generals of Hangu were stationed in Xingzhou and Lingzhou, while most of the generals of the Yipintang system were stationed in Yanzhou.

Li Qiushui connected with the generals of Yipintang and agreed to prepare to design and lure Li Ganli to Yanzhou. He took advantage of his surprise and killed him.

By June, only five prefectures including Lingzhou, Xingzhou, and Yanzhou remained in Western Xia.

Yu Xuyu's troops besieged Yanzhou, and the Yanzhou garrison was in constant emergency.

The Northern Route Army will reach Xingzhou at this time, and the Southern Route Army will reach Lingzhou directly.

Although Li Ganli had some military strategies, he had no clever plan to make the world come true in this war with huge differences in military strength.

Yu Xuyu issued an edict at this time, ordering the troops to implement the combat plan separately, without waiting for the generals of the Xixia army to surrender, and ordering Hangu disciples who have military positions to show their merits.

The army of all walks of life was ordered to pay attention to three things: First, concentrate superior forces in each war, and make a fist with five fingers, and use the number of people to annihilate the main force of Xixia in one fell swoop.

Second, know your own and your opponent, and win every battle.

Do more intelligence work, timely grasp the movements and combat terrain of the Western Xia army, and be sure of it before the war.

Third, improve the marching speed and combat mobility of the troops, and select elite cavalry and the Western Xia army to fight quickly.

In accordance with Yu Xuyu's edict and strategic deployment, the three armies fought on their own. The generals of Xingzhou and Lingzhou Hangu took the lead in attacking. When Chinese soldiers besieged the city, they led their troops to rebel, opened the city gate, and welcomed the Chinese troops into the city to safeguard the people.

Li Ganlide's personal soldiers fought to the death and fled to Yanzhou.

After Li Ganli arrived in Yanzhou, he decided to take away the generals of the Yipintang team from one fell swoop and send them to two adjacent states.

Seeing the general trend of the general trend, the generals of Yipintang were unable to make any decisions, so they had to go on the road. Later, under the instructions of Li Qiushui, they led the two states to surrender.

Li Ganli only had an isolated city, and there were less than 200,000 soldiers in Yanzhou.

In late October, it was the time for the strong soldiers and horses to be strong. Yu Xuyu ordered all troops to gather in Yanzhou and prepare to annihilate the remnants of Li Ganli's troops in one fell swoop.

In addition to the troops stationed in important towns around Yanzhou, the remaining 600,000 troops gathered at the city of Yanzhou to prepare for a devastating attack on Yanzhou.

In the unfavorable situation of food and grass, Li Ganli had no choice but to lead the crowd to fight to the decisive battle.

This time, unlike several other battles, Yu Xuyu summoned all military advisors to study the perfect strategy, set up ambush near Yanzhou, burned down wooden bridges on the river, and blocked the necessary path for the Xixia army to break through, intending to wipe out the remaining Xixia in one fell swoop.

On October 21, the two armies fought in the south of Yanzhou City. Li Ganli had just set up a military formation, and countless Chinese soldiers suddenly surged out from all sides, attacking fiercely.

Yu Xuyu sent Xiao Lin, Xiao Da and others to lead the main force of the Northern Army to attack the Xixia Central Army, but the Central Army did not move.

Seeing the momentum, Yu Xuyu ordered the main force of the Northern Route Army to turn around and attack the Left Army in the northeast corner.

At the critical moment, a black wind in the southwest suddenly blew, and the Xixia word "Xiqi" lined up in the wind. It was a turmoil and the military formation collapsed. The soldiers all turned around and fled to Yanzhou City.

The commander-in-chief Li Mu was shot in the face and was shot into the military formation.

The left army led the central army, and Li Ganli's personal army began to face a defeat when the left army was defeated.

The Xixia army fled back, and Li Ganli, who was commanding in the formation, was squeezed off the horse by the defeated soldiers and trampled to death. Fortunately, the guards were carried back to the camp and woke up after a long time.

The Xixia army fled back to the city and guarded the city gate. Although the Chinese soldiers failed to achieve success in one blow, the Xixia army no longer had the fighting spirit.

That night, Chinese soldiers raised fires outside the city, shouting that the Western Xia army would surrender.

Li Ganli summoned the generals to discuss for a long time and decided to break out.

Until the early morning, Li Ganli made a secret decision to form a formation and break out to Yinzhou, where the Chinese troops have weak defense, and then guerrillas into the western part of Xixia to wait for an opportunity to restore the country.

Some generals believed that they should march in a roundabout way, but Li Ganli insisted on breaking through directly and heading for Yinzhou because he was worried about being dragged down by the Chinese army.

The Western Xia army was quite brave. Nearly 200,000 troops broke through the siege and ran westward for 200 miles.

However, when he arrived in the Minghuihao area, Li Ganli found that the Chinese army had already cut off his retreat, and rushed over from all sides with a relaxed and waited for work.

After the fierce battle, all the Xixia officers and soldiers were nearly 200,000, and Li Ganli and others died in a fierce battle.

For a moment, blood flowed into a river on the battlefield, the smell of blood was swelling, and the broken limbs and body were terrible.

The entire Xixia area has been settling. Yu Xuyu announced that the Xixia would be merged in China, and appointed Li Ye, the youngest son of Li Feng who escaped by chance, as the King of the West. He established a royal palace in Bianliang and moved his family to live there.

After China won the five countries, in accordance with Yu Xuyu's will, it quickly implemented the new policy nationwide to enrich the people and strengthen the country.The army returned to their original garrisons to recuperate and prepare to go north to unify the Jurchens and Mongolian tribes.