Chapter 320 Color
When the Zhao Song officials crossed Hengshan and had not yet reached Youzhou, a battle suddenly broke out between the two most important cities of Western Xia, specifically in the area on the west bank of the Yellow River between Xingqing Prefecture and Lingzhou.
On one side of the battle was the main force of the Song Army's 30,000-strong Imperial Camp, consisting of the front army, central army, and cavalry, assisted by some newly surrendered Dangxiang cavalry.
The chief commander was Yue Fei, the commander-in-chief of the front army of the imperial camp. The main generals included Qu Duan, Wang De, Liu Qi, Li Shifu, Zhang Jing, Qiao Zhongfu, Fu Xuan, Fu Qing, Zhang Zhongyan, Zhang Zhongfu, Zhang Xian and other veteran generals.
Young players like Guo Jin and Yang Zaixing are not worthy of being on the stage.
On the other side was the main force of the Western Xia army, which was composed of the Western Xia Iron Harriers, the Poxi Army, the Central Guard Army, and the Zhuosheng Army, totaling more than 40,000.
Among them, the commander-in-chief was the King of Jin of Western Xia, Weiming Chage, and the military supervisor was Weiming Renli.
In addition, there is the Iron Hawk general Wei Ming Yi'e, whose name is exactly the opposite of the Western Xia general Wei Ming Yi who was executed dozens of years ago. He is a young royal general after Cha Ge came to power; there is also the former Hongzhou defender Wei Ming Yun Ge who temporarily led the remnants of the Central Guards; the Zhuosheng Army general Wei Ming Yu who led his troops to capture many castles of the Dingbian Army during the Jing Kang period; and the old general who had been on diplomatic missions to the Song Dynasty several times, the governor of the Poxi Army Wei Ming Ji.
Under the many royal family members, there are inevitably Wang Xingzhuo of the Wang clan, Ling Jiezheng of the Lingjie clan, Renduo Shitai of the Renduo clan, including Bali Longdeng who persuaded Wei Mingcha Ge to return to Xingqing Prefecture that day, and so on... These people are all hereditary leaders of the great Dangxiang clans, and are also the backbone of the army.
As for Renli's elder brother, Pu Wang Weiming Renzhong, he stayed behind in Lingzhou Prefecture with the Han Prime Minister Wang Shu who escaped. Also staying behind were many Han generals and ministers, including the grandfather of the current Xixia Crown Prince and the father of Concubine Cao, Cao Laolinggong.
At the critical moment, the Dangxiang people still did not trust the Han people.
To be fair, this battle came a little late and was very unfair.
The reason why it is said that he was late is that the decisive battle between the two countries' main forces should have been used to decide the outcome, but at this time, the capital of Western Xia had been lost, three of the four core ruling areas had been lost, and the only area that was still visible, Houtao, was probably about to be gone.
Therefore, this main battle was not so much a decisive battle as it was a battle in which the Xixia people were forced into a desperate situation by the alliances, schemes, raids, betrayals and other strategic activities of the surrounding powers, and had no choice but to use their last huge capital to fight for survival.
This is actually why we say he is unfair.
Originally, the Xixia people should have been able to defend themselves in order to wait for the enemy to tire themselves out, and the Song army should have been unable to bear the risk and took the initiative to attack. Originally, everything should have been fine... However, the reality is that the Song army calmly divided its troops to guard the cities on the other side of the river, and only after the Xixia people were forced to gather under the city of Lingzhou and prepared to risk crossing the river from there, did they calmly gather their troops and wait for the enemy somewhere on the west bank of the Yellow River.
The Yellow River was too wide, and the Song army's cavalry patrolled the river constantly. Although the Western Xia people could obtain various intelligence from the other side of the river, it was all delayed and chaotic, and they could not obtain real-time military intelligence at all.
But even so, even though the Xixia people knew that this battle would be difficult to fight, they still had to come, because the situation was getting worse day by day, and Chago couldn't drag it on... If he really dragged it on, the army would probably gradually disperse.
"The Song army made a big mistake!"
In the early morning, Wei Ming Cha Ge stood at the ferry crossing on the Yellow River and spoke recklessly to the surrounding generals, not caring about the frequent glances of the soldiers on board. "And there are three big mistakes... First, you shouldn't fight with us Tanguts in the wild. Our Iron Harriers are indestructible! Second, you shouldn't abandon the river defense and let our army cross the river. It shows that the commander of the Song army is a waste! Third, you shouldn't have failed to capture Shunzhou until now, and let Zhang Li leave us a base on the other side of the river!"
At this point, without waiting for the other soldiers to respond, Wei Ming Cha Ge drew his sword and swung it vigorously in the air: "In this battle, we swear to kill Yue Fei and Qu Duan, take back Xingqing Prefecture, and then go back to welcome back His Majesty and the Crown Prince, and re-establish the Great Baigao Kingdom!"
Upon hearing this, the surrounding generals drew their swords, raised their blades, and shouted in agreement.
After saying this, Weiming Chago gritted his teeth, put away his sword, dismounted, separated from his black ox flag, and each boarded a sheepskin raft and headed for the other side.
The commander-in-chief personally went up first, and naturally the morale of the surrounding soldiers was boosted... The crossing also became smooth.
However, when Chago boarded the sheepskin raft, the excited expression on his face dimmed visibly - the reason was simple, the Xixia coach himself knew that he had just been talking nonsense!
Not to mention whether this pretentiousness could make those big bosses with ulterior motives change their minds a little, even he himself felt unbearable. In fact, since coming to Lingzhou, he, Weiming Cha Ge, was the person whose confidence declined the fastest among the remaining Xixia group!
The reason for this is not because he is disloyal to Li Ganshun, nor is it that he is unwilling to fight to the death for the Great Bai Gao Kingdom, but because this King Jin of Western Xia, who is usually greedy for money and lustful, and has various conflicts with Wei Ming Renzhong, is indeed the most militarily talented and experienced general among the Western Xia people.
It is said that in history, after Wei Ming Cha Ge took over the Xixia army under the order of his brother, he noticed the corruption and degeneration of the Xixia army very early. After defeating Liu Fa and reaching the peak of his reputation, he still believed that the traditional Xixia tactics of fighting in the mountains with infantry and fighting in the plains with iron harriers were outdated, and he insisted on learning from his defeated generals, the Xixia army.
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