In the first year of Chonghe (1118), the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the weather was extremely cold on this day, but everyone in Pingliang City was very hot. December is also called the twelfth lunar month, and on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, you need to drink a bowl of Laba porridge.

Xia Bolong ordered people to cook Laba porridge early and then distributed it to everyone a bowl. After drinking it, it was time to set off to Xiweiping.

I don’t know what method Han Shizhong used, nor do I know what his status in the Western Army was. In short, he lived up to his high expectations and completed the task assigned to him by Xia Bolong, successfully convinced many officers of the three armies of Deshun, Zhenrong and Huaide, and those officers expressed their willingness to obey Xia Bolong’s orders.

After drinking Laba porridge in the morning, Xia Bolong left behind Chai Jin, Wang Ying, Hu Sanniang and others from the Liangshan Army to take charge of Sun Guang, Xue Hao and Cui Ming secretly. He himself launched a large army stationed in Pingliang in the name of the governor of the Pingliang Army.

Song Jiang brought the Liangshan Army's five tiger generals, eight cavalry, and leaders of the large and small cavalry army. A total of five hundred people secretly left Pingliang last night, brought dry food and water for several days, and secretly sailed to the border of Songxia. The Liangshan Army was temporarily led by Lu Junyi and Wu Yong, and was also ordered to go to Xiweiping together.

Tens of thousands of troops set out in a row, stepped on the snowy snowy field, and forced the deep snowy road out of avenue. The snow melted and mixed with the loess, forming mud, making the road very muddy and making it very difficult to walk.

Xia Bolong, Zhao Gou and Zhang Jun walked in the front of the team, each riding a war horse and heading towards Xi Weiping, and chatting while walking, which was so uncomfortable.

Xia Bolong looked back from time to time and looked at the endless team, with swords and guns, bows and crossbows, and clear flags. He had seen this spectacular scene once before, but this time gave him a different feeling, because the troops he brought this time were all his subordinates, and he was no longer controlled by others.

Turning his head, Xia Bolong saw Zhao Gou's face full of joy, and asked, "Your Highness, why are you so excited?"

Zhao Gou was wearing a very ordinary costume of a general of the Song army, wearing a helmet, and a steel knife tied around his waist, looking majestic. When he heard Xia Bolong ask him, he replied, "Of course I'm excited. I've never fought a war. This time I'm going to fight. I wish I could kill a few more people from Xixia and make a contribution. Wouldn't it be nice?"

Xia Bolong shook his head and said, "You are shouting and beating and killing at a young age. Are you not afraid?"

"Fear? What are you afraid of? Is there anything you need to be afraid of? Isn't it just killing someone?" Zhao Gou said.

"Isn't it just killing someone?" This was extremely harsh in Xia Bolong's ears, and his face also showed some displeasure.

Although Zhao Gou was small, he was brave. Last time he was drunk in the palace, he accidentally killed an old eunuch. After waking up the next day, although he knew that he was the one who killed him, he did not feel any fear. It seemed that everything was normal.

"Your Highness, I know you have killed people, but I have never seen what the Xixia people look like. If the Xixia people are not strong, how can they stand on the northwest and fight against me in the Song Dynasty for so many years? The Xixia people are no more eunuchs in the palace. As far as I know, they are all warriors of the Party Xiang warriors who have experienced many battles. Your Highness must not be careless!" Xia Bolong said earnestly, fearing that Zhao Gou would underestimate the strength of the Xixia people and suffer losses.

Zhao Gou said: "The people of Xixia are the same as those of us Song people? They all have one nose and two eyes. The only difference is that their men are wearing earrings and braids. Apart from that, I can't tell the difference between the people of Xixia and our Song people."

"You...have you met the people of Xixia?" Xia Bolong asked.

Zhao Gou said: "I have seen it, of course I have seen it. I have not only met people from Xixia, but also people from Liao, and people from Dali, master. I have seen so many people."

Hearing Zhao Gou say this, Xia Bolong thought slowly in his heart: "By the way, Zhao Gou is the prince. Every year, envoys from other countries come to the Song Dynasty. What Zhao Gou said must be envoys from various countries."

"Master, this is the first time I have followed Master to fight. I didn't expect that there were so many troops for the first time. It's really exciting. {First Novel}" Zhang Jun said.

Zhao Gou said: "What's there? There are less than 100,000 people. There are the most troops in the imperial guards. The most I have seen is 500,000 people. That kind of scene is everywhere. Looking around, it is full of darkness. You can't tell who is who!"

When Xia Bolong heard Zhao Gou say this, he just smiled softly, feeling that he was still a little childish, and seemed to be showing off something in his words.

The army continued to advance and finally arrived at Xiweiping in the evening.

Xiweiping was just a small place and could not accommodate so many people for a while. In desperation, Xia Bolong ordered the army to be stationed near Xiweiping.

After nightfall, Xia Bolong raised a large tent in Xiweiping, and ordered all troops to concentrate their guards and above to concentrate in the tent to wait for arrangements.

For a moment, fifty or sixty people came, filling the tent.

Xia Bolong sat in the center of the big tent, with the head of Zhong Shidao sitting on the left, and Zhao Gou sitting on the right. All the generals and officials of all sizes stood in the big tent and stood on both sides.

Xia Bolong glanced at the people in the tent, then laughed and said, "Everyone, I'll call you here today. There are important things to order. Please cooperate actively!"

"As for the Lord's orders!" everyone answered in unison.

Xia Bolong pointed to Zhao Gou sitting on the right and said to everyone: "Everyone, among you, some of you who have worked with me before and some have met for the first time. However, it doesn't matter. We are all a family and we are all doing our business for Your Highness, and we will have a bright future in the future!"

"See Your Highness!" Everyone bowed and said.

Zhao Gou said "hmm", pretending to be very mature, waved his hand, and said, "Forgive! My father sent me here for training. Don't treat me as your highness, just treat me as an ordinary soldier. Everything here is still managed by Lord Xia!"

Everyone looked at each other and bowed to Xia Bolong together, "See the Jiedushi!"

Xia Bolong said: "You don't have to be too polite brothers. As far as I know, since the Emperor established the position of Jiedushi of Pingliang Army, I seem to be the first Jiedushi to take office. The places where the Pingliang Army were governed were not united enough. Now that I have come by the emperor's order, I will unite everyone. This place is close to the border of Xixia, and I will often be harassed by the Xixia army. For this reason, I will summon you here today to fight against the Xixia army. I have heard for a long time that the Western Army is the most powerful army in the Song Dynasty, and the most powerful army in the Western Army is in Pingliang. I would like to ask, are you afraid when facing the Xixia people?"

"Don't be afraid!" Han Shizhong answered first.

Zhang Jun then said, "I'm afraid of a bird. Isn't the Xixia people just one nose and two eyes?"

Ma Lei said: "Although Dangxiang people are strong, our Song Jianer is not easy to mess with!"

When the others heard this, they all started shouting, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!"

Xia Bolong laughed and said, "Since that's the case, that's good. I know that my athletes in the Song Dynasty will never lose to the Dangxiang people with very few populations. I believe you all know that the reason why the army gathered here this time was to fight against the Xixia people. However, the Xixia people are far away in the Xixia territory hundreds of miles away. We are here. Maybe everyone will not understand it, so I will explain this matter clearly. In fact, the reason why I ordered the army to be stationed here is because of a clever plan. General Zhong, this plan was thought out by you, so please tell all the brothers."

Mr. Zhong stood up from the seat and slapped twice.

Two soldiers lifted a shelf from one side of the military tent, with a map nailed to it. Zhong Shidao walked to the front of the map, pointed to the map and said, "I received a secret report a few months ago that the Xixia people secretly mobilized their troops and gathered in the border area. They could take the opportunity to go south at any time and rob us of the Song Dynasty. So, I came up with this strategy to lure the enemy deep into the building of Xiweiping City as bait, so that the Xixia people could attack.

As we all know, although Xiweiping is small, it is a throat position. Controlling Xiweiping is equivalent to attacking Pingliang, or even a large area of ​​land south of Pingliang. Once the Xixia people learned that we were building a city here, they would definitely not want us to build the city, so they would also send troops to attack. The last time the Jiedushi had already transferred the three armies back to Pingliang, in order to lure the enemy deeper. As long as the Xixia people were confused, our battle would be easy to fight."

"Old Master, please tell me for a long time. How should we fight this battle? Xi Weiping is so narrow that it is difficult to even lay ambushing, let alone dealing with the Xixia people? You must understand that once the Xixia people attack, they will send cavalry. Could it be that we will fight for a protracted battle with Xi Weiping and the Xixia people? Although the strategic location here is critical, there is no danger to defend. I am afraid that it will be much more difficult to deal with the Xixia cavalry." A man with a beard bowed and said.

Xia Bolong looked at the bearded man, and saw that he was wearing Du Yuhou's clothes, and asked, "What's your name?"

The bearded man replied: "Chen Da, the lower official, met the Jiedushi!"

"Chen Da, what you said is right, but don't worry, the old general Zhong has not finished speaking yet. Please be patient. This battle is related to the fate of our entire Pingliang army and to our future. If you win, rewards are naturally indispensable. If you lose, I think everyone doesn't need me to say anything more. You should know the result after the defeat than me." Xia Bolong said loudly.

Everyone stopped talking, and Chen Da also retreated to the class.

Zhong Shidao continued: "The purpose of luring the enemy deep into the goal is to set up an ambush and ambush the people of Xixia. As Du Yuhou said, Xiweiping is small and not enough to ambush soldiers, and there is no danger to defend. Therefore, I set up the ambush site on Hulu River, which is sixty miles north of Xiweiping!"

"Hulu River? There are rocks everywhere, but it is a place to be ambushed. However, in this winter, the vicinity of Hulu River is covered with ice and snow, and even the river water has formed a thick layer of ice. In addition, our military uniforms are too conspicuous, and we are lying there. Wouldn't we be waiting for the Xixia people to attack?" Chen Da said suspiciously.

After hearing this, Xia Bolong didn't say anything, because he saw that Chen Da listened very carefully and his understanding of the terrain was better than him, so he didn't speak and just listened with his ears.

Zhong Shidao laughed and said, "You are right. However, you have ignored a place where there is a mountain less than ten miles on the north bank of the Hulu River. Although the mountain is not high, the valley inside is very suitable for hiding soldiers. It is not a problem to accommodate 10,000 or 20,000 people. Of course, 10,000 or 20,000 ambush is absolutely not enough. Other ambush can be ambushed farther away. There is also a mountain twenty miles from the south bank of the Hulu River. The mountain is relatively tall and can be ambushed 30,000 to 50,000 soldiers. As long as the Xixia people attacked Xiweiping and the soldiers ambushed in the Hulu River, they can carry out sneak attacks and sneak attacks at the tail of the Xixia army, making them mess up. At the same time, the soldiers on the north bank beat drums and shouted to make the momentum. In this way, the Xixia people will have no desire to fight, and we can also encircle them, and the Xixia people will be defeated."

"A clever plan! The old general is really a clever plan!" Han Shizhong praised with a thumbs up.

Seeing that everyone was looking at each other and began to discuss, Xia Bolong shouted loudly: "Everyone is quiet. Have you heard clearly what the old general Zhong said just now?"

"I heard it clearly. This plan is indeed good. But what if the people of Xixia are not deceived?" Chen Da asked.

Seeing that among the many people, except for Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and Ma Lei who knew in advance, Xia Bolong did not say much to Chen Da. He also looked at Du Yuhou named Chen Da. When he heard Chen Da ask again, he laughed and said, "Don't worry, I have sent a light cavalry to rush towards the border of Songxia. The purpose is to lure the enemy deeper. No matter what method is used, I will ask the Xixia people to bring the army to come!"

Han Shizhong shouted: "Brothers, we have been here for three years. Every time the Xixia people come, we are ordered to retreat without fighting with the Xixia people, which leads to a large number of people being killed. Later, the land with a prosperous population has become a land of no one. Isn't there enough such things? This time, the Jiedushi and the Old General Zhong worked together to overcome all difficulties, in order to dispel the arrogance of the Xixia people and prevent the Xixia people from invading the border in the future. If you are afraid of death, you can stay. Even if I am the only one of us, Han Wu, fight to the death and show our power!"

Xia Bolong gave a wink at Zhang Jun who was standing in the crowd. Zhang Jun knew it and shouted, "Brothers, I would rather be a hero who died in battle than a cowardly bear. Even if everyone doesn't believe in the Jiedu, they should always believe in the old generation, right? The old generation, the young generation, fought countless wars in his life, but he has suffered several defeats? He is even more thorough in the Xixia people. Moreover, our army will win this time, and promotion and wealth are indispensable. If we don't go side by side, what are we waiting for?"

Lu Junyi immediately stood up and bowed and said, "Mr. Jiedu, my Liangshan Army really wants to compete with the people of Xixia. All the brothers in the army will obey the command of Jiedu!"

Ma Lei also bowed and said, "Ma Lei is willing to wait for the command of the Lord!"

The other seven commanders of the army who followed Xia Bolong to encircle Liangshan, said at the same time: "We are willing to obey the command of the Jiedushi and fight to the death with the people of Xixia!"

When the rest of the people saw it, they also expressed their willingness to obey Xia Bolong's command.

After a while, everyone in the tent said in unison: "We are willing to obey the command of the Jiedushi, fight to the death with the people of Xixia, and show our power!"

Seeing this scene, Xia Bolong said, "Since everyone is united, we will kill the enemy and make contributions together! In addition, although I am the governor of the Pingliang Army, I am not very good at fighting. General Zhong is highly respected and has experienced many battles. I would like to ask General Zhong to serve as the commander-in-chief of this battle, command all the military and horses in the Pingliang Army's Jiedu, and fight with the people of Xixia!"

After hearing this, Master Zhong took the initiative and immediately bowed and said, "I will not refuse because of the Jiedushi's respect for me so much. I will definitely do my best to defeat the people of Xixia!"

Most of the people standing in the tent were the original Western Army. They were half giving Han Shizhong a face, and the other half came for Zhao Gou. They thought that following a prince was much better than following a commander in the wing, and they didn't know much about Xia Bolong and dared not believe it. At this time, they were very impressed by hearing that Xia Bolong was so generous that he asked Zhong Shidao to be the commander-in-chief, which was equivalent to letting Zhong Shidao be fully responsible for the matter.

Zhong Shidao is a veteran in the Western Army. He has been in the northwest border for many years and has fought many big and small battles. His reputation and prestige are naturally higher than Xia Bolong, the newly appointed governor of Pingliang Army. Xia Bolong also saw this. Except for the troops he brought from the capital and he was united with him, the other Western Army dared not easily believe it.

Seeing the crowd's affection, Xia Bolong said loudly: "General Zhong, please give an order!"

When Master Zhong saw Zhao Gou sitting aside, he bowed respectfully to Zhao Gou and said, "Your Highness!"

Zhao Gou said: "The old general doesn't have to worry too much. Since Lord Xia has asked you to be fully responsible for this matter, the old general should not be afraid of wolves in front of others and tigers in the back. Please give an order!"

"Please give orders from the old general!" Everyone in the tent said in unison.

Zhong Shidao was the governor of Weizhou and the governor of Jingyuan Road. He had been in three years. In three years, he had never encountered such a scene of unity. Although he had fought in three years, he was commanding his own subordinates, but he had never commanded the three armies of Deshun, Zhenrong and Huaide. At this time, he was already very excited when he saw the entire army under the jurisdiction of the Pingliang Army gathered together.

"This is the first time in my history that I have commanded the army, and there are nearly 100,000 people. I am very grateful to Xia Jiedu for giving me such an opportunity, and also thanking all the young students for giving me such an opportunity..." As Mr. Zhong said, his voice became infarct, and his eyes were filled with tears.

Xia Bolong walked to Zhong Shidao and whispered: "Elder General, don't lose your composure!"

After hearing this, Master Zhong quickly turned around, wiped tears with his sleeve, calmed his expression, twisted his body again, and said loudly: "Three armies obey orders!"

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