Xu Xi thought that the Xia army would attack Yongle City after crossing the Yongding River, so Xu Xi made sufficient preparations, and prepared a large number of thunder stones and gold juice on the city wall, but things were greatly unexpected by Xu Xi, the Xia army did not attack, and stopped on the bank of the Yongding River, while guarding Yongle City while building a camp by the river, Xu Xi, who was standing at the head of Yongle City, was in a hurry when he saw this scene, even if Xu Xi didn't know about the army, when he saw this scene, he also knew that he was going to cut off his water source.
Xu Xi anxiously said to the generals: "The Xia army is going to cut off the water source of our army, generals, how dare you lead the troops out of the city to fight with the Xia army, and drive the Xia army to the other side of the Yongding River." ” "The last general is willing to lead the army."
"Okay."
Xu Xi sent the shoulders of the generals and said; "Tell me how many soldiers and horses you need" The general looked at the Xia army by the Yongding River and said, "The last general only needs 30,000 troops. ” "Ben Shuai will give you 50,000 yuan, if you can defeat the Xia army, Ben Shuai will personally nominate you to the imperial court to be the Kou Jiang army."
"Thank you, General."
The general said happily. 50,000 Song troops under the leadership of this brave and invincible nameless general opened Yongle City, and as soon as they left the city, they launched an attack on the Xia army, 50,000 troops are not a small number, and at this time the Xia army on the bank of the Yongding River crossed the river with only more than 20,000 people, and the pressure on the 50,000 well-equipped Song army is not small.
Li Yanzong said to Li De and Li Ke, who were following him: "The two highnesses, the old minister led 10,000 troops to block the attack of the Song army in the front, so that the two highnesses each led 5,000 cavalry to attack the Song army from the two wings. ” "Please rest assured, the general, we will definitely complete the military order."
Li De and Li Ke took the military order.
After Li De and Li Ke received the military order, they each led 5,000 cavalry to the Song army's two wings and launched an attack, while Li Yanzong launched an attack on the Song army from the front, facing the attack of the Xia army, the Song army did not passively defend but actively attacked this time, and the two armies were inseparable for a while, which made Xu Xi, who was standing on the top of the city watching, very excited, and wanted to immediately send additional troops to defeat the Xia army in one fell swoop.
But the good times did not last long, the battlefield situation soon reversed, with the increase in the number of casualties, the Song army's defense line gradually collapsed, and there was no shortage of timid people in the Song army, I don't know who was the first to take the lead in running backwards, in an instant the entire Song army was defeated, and the defense line collapsed in an instant, of course, the Xia army would not let go of this opportunity, and began to chase and kill the Song army, and the Song army began to run desperately into Yongle City, watching the Xia army approach the city gate little by little.
Xu Xi panicked and issued a military order: "Quick, close the city gate, close the city gate." ” When the cavalry of the Xia army chased to the foot of Yongle City, the city gate had already been closed, and the thunder stone rolling wood and gold juice immediately fell, except for a few lucky Song soldiers who ran back to the city, the rest of the tens of thousands of Song soldiers became prisoners of the Xia army, with the closure of the city gate, these Song soldiers also understood that they had been given up by the marshal in the city, and it was meaningless to desperately try, and the Song army defending the city watched their former comrades raise their hands and surrender to the enemy, which was a heavy blow to them.
For the surrendered Song army, Li Yanzong ordered the collection of its weapons and armor, and all the prisoners were rushed to the Yongding River to build a bridge and camp for the Xia army, nearly three days have passed, with these more than 30,000 prisoners of war The bridge and camp of the Xia army have been built, and the Xia army has begun to cross the river to arrive.
Moreover, in order to lure the Song army in the city, Li Yanzong did not abuse the captured Song army, but gave them good treatment; Although three days is not a long time, the Song army in the city is already dying, although there are several wells in Yongle City, but the water produced is not enough for more than 300,000 people to drink together "Listen to the Song army in the city, as long as you are willing to go out of the city and surrender, we will definitely give good treatment, there is water outside the city, as long as you see the city, you will be able to live, stay in the city can only be thirsty to death" The war has come to this point is not just a collision of iron and blood, the Xia army has begun to carry out psychological warfare against the Song army, for the ordinary Song soldiers in the city, staying in the city is only the way to be thirsty to death, and there may be hope to live if they surrender to the Xia army out of the city.
When night fell, a small group of Song troops sneaked out of the city, with the first one there will be a second, the third, and when dawn, the gates of the main city of Yongle City have been opened, a team of Song troops began to surrender to the Xia army outside the city, Xu Xi was defeated and the defeat was miserable, for the Song army who surrendered out of the city, Xu Xi was powerless to stop, the grief and anger Xu Xi hanged himself directly on the beam of the hall in his marshal's mansion, when the Song army took over Yongle City, Li Yanzong found the eight big characters written by Xu Xi on the handsome case of the Great Marshal's Mansion, who had the intention to kill the thief and was unable to return to heaven.
Xu Xi is a patriotic person, but he is not a qualified commander, he has lofty ideals and ambitions, but he has no ability to implement him, in short, Xu Xi is a tragic hero.
The battle of Yongle City ended, ending with the complete victory of the Xia army, the battle of both sides lost not many soldiers and horses, the Xia army only lost a few thousand people, and the Song army only lost more than 20,000 people, the Xia army got a large number of grain and grass, armor, weapons and siege equipment in Yongle City; With the fall of Yongle City, the Xia army finally completely opened the road from Guanzhong to Xingqing Mansion, and the materials captured by the Xia army from Guanzhong began to flow to Xingqing Mansion in a steady stream, replenishing the blood of the Great Xia Empire, which had dried up blood.
Although the war between the Xia and Song dynasties is basically over, but the small war is not over, mainly in the two directions of Taiyuan and Hanzhong, in addition, the surrender of the Song army also brought problems to Li Liangzuo, the captured hundreds of thousands of troops have more than two million people to deal with it, it is impossible to kill them all, and putting them back is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain, if it is just like this, the grain and grass consumed every day are an astronomical amount; In addition, although the Xia army had nominally occupied the Yongxing Military Road and the Qinfeng Road, except for the troops stationed in Guanzhong and some strategic places, the Xia army had no time to take over the rest of the places, and everything was still the same as in the Great Song Dynasty.
The reason is that because of the lack of strength of the Xia army, although Li Liangzuo achieved an unprecedented victory in the battle of the Song Dynasty, the losses were not very large, and the total losses on various battlefields were about 50,000, but now Li Liangzuo can't afford to lose 50,000 people in a row; The main force of the Xia army has fallen to the level when Li Liangzuo had just ascended the throne, and there are only 350,000 troops, which basically includes all the adult males of the Great Xia Kingdom.
But compared with that year, the territory of the Great Xia Kingdom has expanded more than ten times, and these soldiers and horses are no longer even enough to defend such a vast territory, Li Liangzuo's greatest wish now is to end the war, and to collect enough benefits from the Great Song Dynasty to make up for the Great Xia Kingdom, the Battle of the Western Expedition and the Battle of the Xia and Song Dynasties, these two major battles, the Great Xia Empire has been completely injured, and now the Great Xia is basically left with some orphans and widows.
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