Chapter 67 Bloody Battle in Lanzhou 1
"The war is over, the soldiers are working hard. Lu Junyi passed on my order. The soldiers are resting for three days. All Han people in Xingqing City shall not harm their lives and property safety." What I mean is that I will not care about Qiang, Uighurs, Tibetans and Khitans except the Han people. You can do it.
"Yes, your Majesty."
Most of the people living in Xingqing City are Qiang people, a small number of Tibetans, Uighurs and Khitans. Han people account for about a quarter of the population, and most of them live in Fangshi and farming areas of Dongcheng, Xingqing. The signs in the market can easily distinguish whether this is a store opened by the Han people.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the entire Xingqing City has been in a mess for three days, because only the Han people are left in the entire Xingqing City.
"Your Majesty, now all foreigners in the city except the Han people have been driven outside the city, and the towns they occupied before also imprisoned a large number of Qiang, Tibetans, Uighurs, Khitans, and a large number of Xixia soldiers. How can we deal with them? We can't let them go." Chu Luli came to the Xixia Palace where I temporarily lived and said to me and said to me.
While I put down the memorial sent by the fast horses in the capital, I said to Chu Luli: "How many prisoners are there?"
"So far, a total of 110,000 soldiers from Xixia have been captured. There are still 47,000 defenders in Dingzhou City. They have captured 400,000 civilians of all races except Han people. The ones killed in the last operation cannot be counted."
"I ordered Shi Wengong's rear army to arrange for people to escort all these prisoners to Yan'an Prefecture, and then asked Yan'an Prefect Zhong Shidao to arrange for people to take the prisoners to Bianliang, and sent an order to the Ministry of Works to arrange for these prisoners to build bridges and pave roads. The cement burned by the Ministry of Works last time was burning lime, and the cement burned accidentally was used to pave roads and bridges. First, lay a cement road from Yan'an Prefecture in Bianliang. The road must be wide, so it will be convenient for marching in the future. For trade and people's travel, the road width should be set to be twelve meters wide. Alas, with these
People, the corvee service of the people in our dynasty can be gradually eliminated, and these prisoners can only be given a full meal. As for the women captured, let the soldiers marry them home if they don’t have wives and don’t dislike foreign women. Tell the generals of the army to take care of their soldiers and not allow the soldiers to insult them.” Since the Ordnance Department has successfully made a standard ruler, the length measurement units in the entire Song Dynasty have begun to reorganize the length measurement on a large scale
"Yes, I follow the order." Chu Luli bowed and retreated.
"Emperor, General Lu asks for a meeting." At this time, Wu Song came in and reported again.
"Come in."
"Long live my emperor, Lu Junyi."
"I'm calm, is there anything wrong?"
"Your Majesty, I am here to ask for the next battle plan."
"There is news coming back from Guan Sheng."
"Report to the emperor, General Guan followed and chased Emperor Xia Li Qianshun all the way, and the Western Xia army stopped General Guan from pursuing as if he was desperate. Until the end, General Guan could only watch Li Qianshun flee into Lanzhou City. Moreover, the soldiers guarding the city in Lanzhou, even their different people, all fought desperately with our army. General Guan's attack was blocked. However, there was a good news from Dingzhou, and the news said that the Dingzhou garrison could not bear the hunger and the beating and scolding of the prefect and the generals, killed the prefect and the generals of Dingzhou, opened the city gate and surrendered, and a total of 45,000 surrendered troops."
"The command Hu Yanzhuo to command 10,000 troops and stay in Anqing, and the rest of the troops were divided into two groups. Lu Aiqing, you lead Xu Ning, Sun Li, and Dong Ping, and command 50,000 troops and head westward to Xiliang, Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Guazhou. I will lead Guan Sheng, Yang Zhi, and Zhang Qing from south to west to recover the Longyou area that our dynasty lost to that year, and set out tomorrow morning."
"I obey the order."
The next morning
I personally led 50,000 troops to Zhuoluo and the Southern Army Office, and ordered Yang Zhi to divide 15,000 troops to attack Jingsai Army Office. Although Jingsai Army Office had 40,000 defenders, it was empty, and only the elderly and children who could not escape were left. Yang Zhi left behind a thousand soldiers to garrison, so he returned to Zhuoluo and the Southern Army Office to join me.
Zhuo Luo and the Southern Army Command's 30,000 were killed or injured in less than a day under the attack of my powerful artillery. The guard general led the remaining troops to abandon the city and left.
When I arrived in Lanzhou, the city of Lanzhou was covered with Xixia soldiers and people guarding the city. According to information, there are 80,000 defenders in Lanzhou now, and there is enough food and supplies. I did not naively send people to come forward and ask them to open the city to surrender. Since Emperor Xia Li Ganshun was already determined to fight, boring calls will only become the laughter of others to me
When I was more than two miles away from Lanzhou City, I directly ordered the messenger, "Prepare artillery, put solid bullets on each target wall, fill it with self-firing, mountain formation heavy infantry, spearmen, and crossbowmen to prepare to prevent the enemy cavalry from charging towards me."
Then I continued to order the opponent's general: "Guan Sheng, where is Zhang Qing?"
"The last one will be there."
"I ordered you and the two of you to lead the cavalry to suppress the two wings and wait for my orders to prepare for the charge."
"The last one will be ordered."
"Yang Zhi, where is my ten thousand vanguard army?"
"Long live your reply, they are behind you."
"Long live", "Long live", "Long live", "Long live" ...
I turned my head and listened to their roaring and roaring, and said to them: "The warriors of the empire, the emperor of Xixia is right in front of me. They were once subjects of my Great Song Empire, but they betrayed us and massacred a large number of our innocent people. Today, here, I will rely on you to rush into Lanzhou City and cut off the head of the Emperor of Xixia. The warriors of the empire, tell me loudly, are you afraid?"
"Not afraid", "Not afraid" "Not afraid"
"Then how should we deal with these enemies who have betrayed us and brought us deep shame!"
"Kill", "Kill" and "Kill"
Chapter completed!