The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

The strategy of entering Lingzhou has been decided, but there is still a difficulty ahead. According to the scouts' reports, the Xia army has deployed heavy troops on the mountain ridge leading to Lingzhou, preparing to block the Song army from Lingzhou.

, the decisive battle came unexpectedly early.

Zhao Tong examined the map in front of him. This mountain ridge called Qingling runs north-south and runs through the middle of Yanchi County. It starts from Da Ma'an Mountain more than ten miles northeast of Hongjingzi in the south, and passes through Lingying Mountain and Qingshan Mountain in the north.

Leijiagouliang, Liuyaotou, Shishanzi

, Yejiahuozi, Nantai, Beitai and other places, it extends northward into the Mu Us Sand Sea, and goes straight north to the south bank of Situ River. The relative height is about 200 meters. Although it is not a big mountain, it is on the map.

Looks quite eye-catching...

"Iron Gate Pass!" Zhao Tao looked at a pass on the Great Wall on the map. This is the only way to Lingzhou Road. If you go around north, it will not only take a lot of time, but also pass through

In the Maosuli Sand Sea, they also have to pass through the Hanhai Sea to the south, which will be a severe test for their logistical supplies.

"Your Majesty, the scouts have already conducted reconnaissance. Except for Tiemen Pass, the roads in other mountain passes are narrow and difficult to pass, and the terrain is complex. It is easy to be ambushed if you pass through rashly. However, the terrain of Tiemen Pass is dangerous. There are two dangerous mountains facing each other outside the pass.

There is only a narrow road leading to Tiemenguan, and the two mountains beside the road are cliffs.

The wall cannot be climbed, and the enemy relies on danger to defend. As long as we control the dangerous pass twice, we will not be able to pass it. If we attack along the way, they can attack at will from a condescending position. Our artillery cannot be deployed, and there are many blind spots for continuous fire and machine gun shooting. It is difficult to use it.

Power!" Jiang Fei reported the detected situation to the prince.

"Which part of Xia's army is guarding the army? Who is the guarding general?" Zhao Tong asked.

"Your Majesty, look at the handsome flag that was presented to King Weiming Anhui of the Western Xia Dynasty. Most of the soldiers wore iron armor, with tall war horses, bright armor, and well-equipped weapons. They should be elites transferred from Xingzhou and Xiliang, but the general flag is...

"It's Xiao Heda, the number of people is not clear yet!" Jiang Fei reported back.

"The coach is Wei Ming Anhui. This guy is good at writing, reciting poems and painting. He helped Li Qianshun to establish an education and favor Confucianism and was crowned king. However, he did not dare to compliment him when he marched and fought. Xiao Heda is brave, resourceful and cautious. Last time

I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with after suffering our losses!" Zhao Tong rubbed his chin out of habit.

"Jiang Fei, send more scouts to understand the terrain around Tiemenguan and find out the enemy's troop deployment!" Zhao Tong ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll do it right away!" Jiang Fei saluted and went out.

"It's already Haishi, why don't you have a rest, Your Majesty?" Although this is called a city, it is just a larger fortress, and the city lord's mansion has now become the Prince's camp. But what kind of good houses can there be in this place, with several rows of rammed bricks?

The earthen house was surrounded by a circle to form the mansion. Zhe Meiluan, who lived in the same courtyard, saw that the lights in the prince's room were still on and asked Zhao Xin in a soft voice.

"This happens all the time. Your Majesty has encountered a problem again. I'm afraid he will have to stay up all night!" Zhao Xin said with a smile.

"Alas!" Zhe Meiluan sighed. Although she followed the prince out of anger, she has always followed the guards and has never been on the battlefield. "The prince is really working hard. You don't want to persuade him?"

"It's useless to persuade him. Didn't you see that Mr. Xi has gone to bed? He can't even persuade him, let alone others!" Zhao Xin smiled helplessly. He looked at Zhe Meiluan and suddenly said, "Miss Zhe, you want to go to bed?"

Why don't you go and try? The prince might listen to you!"

"Listen to me?!" Zhe Meiluan said in surprise, but quickly shook her head, "The prince is not willing to talk to me now, how can he listen to my advice?"

"Miss Zhe, you are wrong. If the prince hated you, he would have tried to get rid of you a long time ago. Why would he still let you stay in the Guards and live in the same yard with him? The prince cares about you. What he hates is just

What your father and brother did, it will be fine after a few days when the anger subsides!" Zhao Xin said, "I will prepare some supper for the prince, you can send it to him in a while, and persuade him to rest early!"

"Okay, but will the prince listen?" Zhe Meiluan thought for a moment and gritted his teeth.

"I will definitely do it. The prince has always been thinking about you since we left the capital. The prince will listen to your words!" Zhao Xin said with a smile, but his heart was extremely bitter.

"Chief Guard Zhao, don't be blind..." Zhe Meiluan, although he was bold, still blushed when he heard Zhao Xin's words and said shyly.

"Okay, send it over quickly. You'll know after you try it!" Zhao Xin quickly picked up a food box from the house and handed it to Zhe Meiluan. He must have been prepared for it.

Zhao Xin watched Zhe Meiluan enter the prince's house, and stayed in the yard without leaving. He stared blankly at the prince's house, and waited until Zhe Meiluan left. Looking at her happy look, he knew that the matter was... the house

The candle was quickly extinguished, but there were two more lines of tears on his face...

...

In the early morning, a team of more than 20 people was marching in the mountains outside Tiemen Pass. They belonged to the scout battalion of the Zhongyong Army. Last night, they used the darkness to sneak into a high ground outside Tiemen Pass. It was condescending and could clearly see

Seeing the situation inside the pass, they completed their mission and wanted to evacuate as soon as possible before the morning fog cleared. After a while, the Xia army soldiers who were cutting woodcutter would go up the mountain.

The scout team quickly walked into a valley and pulled out the war horses from the woods. However, when they had just mounted the horses, there was suddenly the sound of arrow feathers breaking through the air. In an instant, they were overwhelmed by countless arrows and had no time to make any move.

Any reaction was shot into a hedgehog, including those they sat down

No one could escape from the war horses. After a moment of silence, a group of Xia troops came down from the mountain, chopped off the heads of the scouts and quickly evacuated. Their heads soon appeared on the road outside Iron Gate Pass, and there

There are already more than ten human heads piled up with blood that has not yet solidified...

The Song army's scouts were frequently ambushed, all of which were the work of Xiao Heda. Although he was seriously injured and defeated Xiazhou, the Xia army failed in its eastern expedition and Brother Cha disappeared. After more than ten years of suppression, Xixia has no one left.

General in charge of the army, and Xiao Heda once followed

Brother Cha was conquering east and west, and he was a fierce general. Li Qianshun knew about Wei Ming Anhui, so he did not hold Xiao Heda responsible for his failure. Instead, he comforted him and allowed him to take over the post of deputy commander of the Xia Army.

As King Xian's deputy, he resisted the Song army's attack.

Xiao Heda had fought many times with the Zhongyong Army and knew that they were not only good at urban warfare, but also good at field battles. Although the Xia Army was also good at cavalry combat, they were no match for the Zhongyong Army's new tactics and sharp firearms. If they crossed the Qingling Mountains,

It was the vast Hetao Plain, where the Xia army was even more difficult to resist, so they advocated relying on danger to hold on. After subduing Weiming Anhui, he led his elite troops and hurried to Tiemenguan to fortify.

In response to the situation of the Song Army, Xiao Heda formulated a battle plan. He did not engage in a head-on confrontation with the Song Army in the field, but only relied on danger to defend. He used the Western Xia Army's traditional guerrilla, ambush, and sneak attack tactics to tire out the Song Army and prevent them from advancing towards the Song Army.

Lingzhou advanced. He knew that Zhao

Zhao Tao's marching army was cautious in fighting and paid attention to the collection of intelligence. They intercepted and killed the Song army's scouts who went deep into the hinterland, disrupting the Song army's intelligence collection and making Zhao Tao unclear about the Xia army's details and slowing down their march. They took the opportunity to buy time.

Strengthen the defense of Iron Gate Pass.

Almost at the same time, Zhao Tong received a report that the vanguard of the expedition had suffered heavy losses. The Zhongyong Army was shocked by the news. Looking at the bloody heads, everyone could not come to their senses. Since Zhongyong

This kind of thing has never happened before when an army went into battle and their heads were beheaded by the enemy. The loss of so many elites in the first battle made Zhao Tong even more heartbroken.

"It seems that there are still people in Xixia. Xiao Heda must be killed!" Zhao Tong looked up at Changtian and said silently, but things developed according to Xiao Heda's expectation. Zhao Tong could not figure out the details of Xia Jun, and even more

Xia Jun's next strategic intention was not allowed. In order to avoid losses, they could only slow down the pace of the attack and send more scouts to survey the surrounding situation for a complete plan. The Western Expeditionary Army was in this cautious state.

, slowly moving towards Tiemenguan.

Xiao Heda won the first battle and did not dare to be careless. He ordered the Xia army to strengthen the city defense, raised the city wall one foot high, and prepared a large number of defense equipment. After the Song army arrived, they launched several tentative attacks, but they were all defeated

Repelled, the Song army was blocked outside the Iron Gate for a while.

The Song army was unable to capture the city, so they set up camp outside Iron Gate Pass and set up many tents in the valley in front of the city. The camps were very close to each other. The soldiers came in and out, busy cutting down trees and making preparations for the siege.

Equipment, Xiao Heda estimated that the Song Army was adjusting its deployment again, and a new round of strong attacks was coming soon. There were two ways in front of him. Should he passively wait for the Song Army to attack, or should he strike first and be the first to attack?

What about the main force that defeated them?

King Xian, who was staying in the Iron Gate Pass, was more anxious than Xiao Heda. This time he was ordered to take on the important task of protecting Lingzhou. He began to listen to the fact that the Song Army had annihilated Cha Ge's 100,000 Eastern Expedition Army. He had already lost his mind and listened.

Xiao Heda's suggestion, but after several battles, the Song army made no achievements, so he began to doubt what he had heard in the past. After all, seeing is believing but hearing is false!

"Xiao Tongjun, if we stay in the city and defend it, it seems to be the most secure, but if we stay in the city every day, we are too passive!" Weiming Anhui watched several battles, and the Xia army was completely victorious, so he

His mind became more alert, and Xiao Heda was invited to have a talk with him.

"Your Majesty, the Song army has sharp weapons and is good at field battles. Its combat power is not inferior to our army. Even the King of Jin's iron kites are no match. If we go out to the city to fight, I'm afraid we won't be able to take advantage and our troops will be weakened. It's better to defend the city!"

Although Xiao Heda's self-confidence was inflated, he had not yet lost his calmness and replied heartily.

"Xiao Tongjun, I understand your concerns, but we have lost ground one after another, and the Song army has already reached the city. Now we have received great favor from the emperor and commanded the entire army, but we have made no achievements. If this continues, we don't know when it will end. I am afraid we have failed the emperor.

Holy grace will also dampen the morale of the soldiers!" Weiming Anhui said, "Since the Song Army is good at field battles, we can do this..."

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