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Chapter 1267 Experience
Chapter 1267 Experience
However, the barrenness of Jingshan was insufficient to provide supplies for the Dangxiang army of more than 200,000, so the troops were divided into three routes.
Li Bingchang divided one group of troops into two groups, one led by his younger brother, Ledubu, to attack Tiandu Mountain, and the other group was led by Weiming Amai.
Weiming Amai marched along the Huanling Avenue and rested for several days at the Puluo River. In the past, when Li Jiqian besieged Lingzhou many times, he ambushed the Song army's food and fodder transported to Lingzhou here many times.
In the past, during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, it was planned to build Bole City here to connect Huanzhou, Qingyuanjun and Lingzhou.
But it was abandoned because it cost too much.
Lingzhou was lost during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong. Now the Song army will have to spend ten times more effort to recapture it.
Now Huanqing Road and Xi'an Prefecture have received warnings from the Dangxiang army, but they don't know what their intention is.
Li Bingchang finally led the army from Weijing Mountain, which was a familiar place that the Dangxiang had been operating for a long time. He thought that the Song army would not detect his movements, but he didn't know that his every move was under surveillance by the Song army.
The Song army's advance into Xiaoguan was like a thorn in Li Bingchang's heart, but he didn't really care about it. Pingxia City was the thorn in his heart.
As long as the Song army continues to build the city of Pingxia, they can try to build the city of Xiaoguan many times and get close to Lingzhou.
Therefore, Xiao Guan was just making a feint. As long as he could capture Pingxia City, all the castles built by the Song Army to the north of Pingxia City would collapse on their own.
So Li Bingchang sent out a group of troops to surround Xiaoguan.
He personally led the army south.
Liang Yibu also followed the army south.
He was very conceited and indeed had talent. If the Song army had taken Liangzhou a month later, he was sure that they would be defeated and returned under the city of Liangzhou.
Unfortunately, the Song army had too many soldiers, money and food, which led to his failure.
Otherwise, he would be able to turn the tide.
Liang Yibu rode his horse in the army. He had walked this road many times.
In the past, he followed Liang Yimei of Jingyuan Road and walked through this passage many times, which was different from the Dangxiang army who came to rob with bags on their backs.
Liang Yibu saw a lot, and he saw the key points.
Although he was deprived of his military power, he still had freedom. He traveled south along Huluchuan River, observing the cultivated fields in the river valley.
In the past, these foreign people used slash-and-burn farming, and they would scatter the grain by the river, and then carry bags to harvest the grain the next year.
That’s how we harvest once a year.
He calculated that if he planted one pound of seeds, he could get five pounds of harvest, which would be a good year. Therefore, the local people often went hungry, and every time the Dangxiang people gathered to go south, these local people would voluntarily follow them to rob.
But this time when he arrived at the river, he found that the situation was completely different. The foreigners here actually began to know how to farm.
The crops here were planted on ridges, with the ridges high and the furrows low, and there was a distance between the ridges.
This scene might be commonplace within the Song Dynasty, but it was extraordinary in Liang Yibu's eyes. This was the Song people's practice of encroaching on others' wealth.
After farming in this way in the second year, the ridges can be flattened into furrows, and the furrows can be turned into ridges, thus maintaining the fertility of the soil.
But why didn’t the aboriginals use this method before? Because the ridge method requires plowing the fields, and plowing the fields requires oxen, and most importantly, a plow.
Liang Yibu carefully examined the land and confirmed that the soil had been plowed.
Only an iron plow could plow deeply, dig trenches, and push the soil into ridges.
The iron smelting skills of the foreign people were very crude. Only the Han people could provide the plow.
He ordered his soldiers to check nearby villages, and indeed they found plows and oxen. He also checked the harnesses on the oxen, knowing that if these harnesses were not tied properly, they could easily strangle the oxen and horses.
These Han people taught their farming techniques to the local people.
No wonder when the Dangxiang army arrived this time, all the nearby tribes ran away and went to the mountains.
Without even anyone to guide or inquire, the Dangxiang people were completely clueless about the military intelligence and deployment of the Song army nearby.
Liang Yibu went through several villages and all the people disappeared.
He also visited several villages and towns of the foreign tribes. What was strange was that these places, which were once dirty and messy, were now unusually clean.
The Song people naturally taught them how to accumulate fertilizer, allowing them to collect manure and use it for irrigation.
By doing this, the Han people were killing two birds with one stone: they could purchase food from the foreigners and win over their hearts at the same time.
Now the Dangxiang soldiers are like a group of blind men, and the Song army can know their movements at any time.
It is true that before, the Dangxiang could always use the geographical advantage to defeat the Han people, but now the advantage has completely turned to the Han people.
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The Dangxiang troops arrived very quickly.
The nearby fire towers have already lit up the warning smoke.
Why is it better than in the Qiang village?
A new soldier named Zhang Awu walked up to the top of the city wall holding a bundle of arrows. He put down the arrows and immediately saw the Tangut troops coming at him like waves from the sea.
Zhang Awu took a look and screamed, dropping the arrow to the ground.
The old soldier at the side glanced at Zhang Awu and cursed, "You are blind!"
Zhang Awu covered his crotch and felt something cold all over his pants.
Zhang Ah-Wu's face flushed red. The old soldier smiled and said, "Look at your character. I was like this when I first went into battle."
Zhang Awu sat down trembling and asked, "Grandpa, why aren't you afraid?"
The old soldier snorted, "I am afraid, of course I am afraid, but I have seen a lot."
Zhang Ah-Wu shuddered and said, "I heard last night that the Western bandits have a million this time!"
The old soldier said with disdain: "A million! When we attacked Lanzhou, we claimed to have 800,000 troops. But, we don't have a million, but we do have 200,000 or 300,000."
"But we only have five commanders and two thousand troops in our village." Zhang Awu said with his head down.
The old soldier pointed at the Tangut troops that were like a mountain and a sea below the city and said, "So what?"
"I tell you, I was also scared this time, but then I understood."
"Grandpa, can you please talk to me? I'll give you all the wine!"
The other party took out a wine gourd, uncorked it and handed it to him. The old soldier took it and drank a mouthful. He returned it and said, "I won't take advantage of you, a young man. Let me tell you something."
"I saw them under the city of Dashun. Although these Tangut soldiers and horses seem numerous, they are scattered. There are not many elite soldiers in a 200,000-300,000-li area, and they have to be kept to suppress other tribes, so they are not easily dispatched."
"Although we Song soldiers are few in number, we are well-equipped. Look at the eight-ox crossbows on the top of the city wall, as well as the crossbow cannons and the divine arm bow. How can we compare with those barbarians who are covered with only a piece of cloth and a few pieces of rotten iron?"
Zhang Awu nodded repeatedly in agreement.
The old soldier said, "There is one more thing. We are defending the city! We are high up and have the advantage of terrain."
"I tell you, this is what the Tangut army is like. It looks very powerful. Especially in the first few days, the attack was very fierce and it was difficult to defend."
"But the more we fought, the more powerless we became. The troops were scattered, and everyone's hearts were no longer united. This is why we became a pile of loose sand."
"We just had to survive the first few days. Later on, they became weaker and weaker. They were short of food and grass, so they definitely couldn't surround our small village and attack us, so they must have left."
"Look at this group of people. Although they are very powerful, they are probably not coming for our village. They are just trying to scare us and then leave if they see that we don't surrender."
"Are you serious?" Zhang Awu asked.
The old soldier said, "How can I lie to you after drinking your wine? You see, we have fought many battles with Tangut in recent years. Their offensive was very fierce in the first few days, but it became worse and worse later. The more we fight, the less motivated we become. This is just like the principle of life. Once our spirit is scattered, we can't accomplish anything."
"On the contrary, we have fought more in recent years. The more we defend, the more we win. We are more confident. We know that if we defend to a certain point, we will definitely win. If not, we will grit our teeth and hold on. We will get through it a few more times. The Tanguts didn't hold on in recent years and dispersed after a long time. We all know how to fight. Look at those old soldiers in the city. Which one is afraid? They have all experienced so many years of fighting with the Western bandits."
"We know exactly what they are up to, and it's only you rookies who are scared."