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Lumage led his army to travel 80 miles, and killed the retreat of the Xia army in the Golden Valley from the edge of the Red Bull Desert./First/

Yelu Mage immediately commanded the main force of the army to dispatch troops outside the pass and ordered Yelu Deguang to lead 10,000 horse troops to kill the Golden Valley.

The Xia army in the Golden Valley was surrounded. This army defended the dangerous situation and stubbornly blocked. The Mao army commanded the fifth, sixth, seventh army and the Yisheng army to attack for three consecutive days without any attack.

Dong Xiaohou hurried to the front line.

"How are the casualties?" Dong Xiaohou looked at the dangerous terrain and the sturdy fortress in front of him, frowned.

"More than 2,000 people were lost." Mao Jun shook his head, helpless, "The Dangxiang people have a lot of troops and their morale is very high. If they continue to fight like this, it will be very unfavorable for us." Then he frowned slightly and whispered, "If Yelu Ma Ge attacked more fiercely, it may help us make a breakthrough from the front."

"Yelu Ma Ge told you to attack more fiercely so that he could break through from behind the Golden Valley." Dong Xiaohou turned his head and looked at Mao Jun and asked, "Which direction do you think it is better to break through?"

Mao Jun cursed secretly. The Khitans were determined to preserve their strength and could not attack fiercely. Brother Yelu Ma, since you don’t want to take down the Golden Valley earlier, what should I worry about? You are behind the Golden Valley, and the large group of troops need food and grass. I think you can hold on for a few days. "Okay, send someone to tell Brother Yelu Ma, I will attack from the front and let him break through from the rear."

Dong Xiaohou smiled slightly and patted Mao Jun on the shoulder, "Ship Mao, take down the Golden Valley as soon as possible, don't waste too much time."

Mao Jun agreed. He invited a group of military commanders to discuss solutions together. While the discussion was being discussed, the messenger urgently reported to Dong Xiaochou, and the Navy found a Western Xia army southwest of Yanchi. Dong Xiaochou was shocked and hurriedly returned to the commander's camp.

Dong Xiaochou just left. The Mao army asked the military commanders to go back separately. Stop the attack and see how the battle situation in Lou Bobei direction develops. If the Xia army tries to cut off the food route of the Hu Lie Army, the army will rush to the Lou Bobei battlefield to fight. The military commanders bid farewell and leave. Chu Xiaoyao stayed. He advised the Mao army to capture the Golden Valley as soon as possible, so as not to encounter an accident in the Keyi Gate.

"The general commander is too soft. This will cause trouble for the tiger." Mao Jun couldn't listen at all. "The Khitans are just evil wolves. They should not be ruthless in their treatment. Either they kill them or rush into the deep mountains and forests. They must not stay by their side. Look at what Yelu Ma Ge looks like now? He really thinks he has half a Daibei?"

"Ship Mao..." Chu Xiaoyao looked at Mao Jun in surprise. He didn't know why he said such words. This is not his familiar old senior. "I can't say this, especially now..."

"I'm just telling you." Mao Jun sighed. "In this battle, we must make plans to return without success. So at any time, the first priority is to ensure the safety of the army."

Chu Xiaoyao nodded. "But I think it will be of great benefit to us and also a shock to the Xixia people.

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"What are you good at?" Mao Jun asked.

"Roland plans to burn the Golden Valley." Chu Xiaoyao said, "It is early autumn, the climate is dry and the mountains and forests are flammable. If you use fire attack, it will definitely work."

“What is the wind direction?”

"The wind direction is appropriate." Chu Xiaoyao said, "If you agree, we must first tell Yelu Ma Ge and ask him to withdraw the army to a safe area."

Mao Jun thought about it and asked Chu Xiaoyao to call Luo Lan for a specific discussion, "Wait a few more days to see how Lou Bobei is doing, and in addition, it can also make the Khitans consume a little more."

Chu Xiaoyao wanted to persuade him again, but Mao Jun glared at him and signaled him to close his mouth and stop talking.

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The southeast edge of the sky desert, Alxa.

Renduobaoguo stopped in Alaxan with 50,000 troops to capture the life. He could no longer stay in Xingqing Prefecture. His patience was limited. If he continued to stay, he might have to have a conflict with the emperor and the prime minister, which made the situation in Xingqing Prefecture even more tense, so he volunteered to go to the front line to lead the army to fight. Of course the emperor was willing, and Prime Minister Liang Qishen was even more eager. This old guy was in the way and he was annoyed.

Renduobaoguo stagnated, while the Tiger Lieutenant Army forced the Keyimen. Xingqingfu was anxious and ordered Renduobaoguo to launch an attack. Renduobaoguo received the imperial edict and threw it aside and ignored it. Deputy Chief Li Dingchuan was worried that the battle situation on the northern front would become worse and worse, so he hurriedly persuaded him.

"What can 50,000 people do?" asked Renduo Baoguo, "Can you capture Lou Bobei? Even if you capture it, can you defend it?"

In terms of force alone, 50,000 people did not achieve the attack purpose, and they might be surrounded by the enemy and eaten in one bite. Li Dingchuan sighed, not knowing what to say. From the entire battle situation, Renduo's strategy of protecting the country was obviously correct. At present, the Song Dynasty did not launch an attack on the southern front. The Xia army should indeed use this short time to gather the main force to surround the enemy on the northern foot of the Helan Mountains. However, Xingqing Prefecture was very stubborn that this was the Song Dynasty's strategy to lure the enemy, which was to use the local attacks of the Tiger and Lie Army to attract the main force of the Xia army to go north, so it was unwilling to adopt Renduo's strategy to protect the country.

"What should the governor plan to do?" Li Dingchuan asked, "How do you reply to Xingqing Mansion?"

"It's very simple. Since we have no advantage in terms of military strength, we have to use our terrain advantages to block the enemy and delay the time." Rendo Baoguo said, "The strength of Hu Lie Mansion is limited. The more troops attack, the longer the attack time, and the greater the consumption. Daibei cannot afford it. After a few months, Hu Lie Army cannot support it and can only retreat."

Li Dingchuan shook his head, "If Xingqing Prefecture's judgment is correct, the Song army will launch an attack later, and our army will fight on both sides, and they will inevitably retreat step by step. Once the two armies meet, the Tiger and Lieutenant Army will be able to obtain food and grass support from the Song army. At that time, the situation in Helan Mountain will be extremely critical."

"I know this." Indo Boguo said with a blank expression, "this 50,000 troops

Lou Bobei must have gone but never returned. My personal life is nothing to make 50,000 soldiers die in vain. Considering the current situation, our best way is to cut off the food supply route of the Hu Lie Army and force Li Hu to withdraw his troops as soon as possible."

"But how do you cut off the enemy's food route if you leave your army in Alaxan?"

"Change the whole into pieces." Rendo Baoguo said, "Five hundred people are in a team, set off immediately, hide in the Gobi desert, and attack the tiger's military ration road at any time."

Li Dingchuan smiled bitterly, "Xingqing Mansion will not agree."

"How can Xingqing Prefecture know if you don't say it?" Renduobaoguo smiled and said, "We are guarding the empty camp here to attract Lou Bobei's enemy troops, so that they cannot send troops to escort food and grass. In this way, the Tiger and Lieutenant Army will not be able to hold on in less than a month."

"This is too dangerous." Li Dingchuan tried his best to dissuade him. "The enemy's food supply roads have been repeatedly robbed, and they must have suspected that this is an empty camp. If they send an army to attack Alxa, all your strategies will be exposed."

"So what if it is exposed?" Renduobaoguo smiled and said, "The enemy's food route is more than a thousand miles long. Our 50,000 troops are distributed among them. Attack day and night, can the Tiger Lie Army still obtain food and weapons? What else can they do besides retreating? Even if the Song army is unstoppable, it will not have time to meet with the Tiger Lie Army."

Li Dingchuan's dissuasion was ineffective, so he had to let Renduo Baoguo break the army into pieces and attack the enemy's food route with all his might.

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Bowstring Desert, Star Spring, late at night.

Yue Fei kicked the headless corpse in front of him and looked around. The battle was basically over. The tiger guards were as fast as lightning and killed the enemy as fast as possible. Many people had begun to wipe the blood from their weapons and were preparing to clean the battlefield.

Commander Wu Yuantai ran over, "Jiang Zheng, all the enemies were killed, and none of them escaped."

"Sure?"

"Confirm." Wu Yuantai said, "Before the attack, we deployed twenty stakes around, and they killed all the escaped enemy soldiers."

Yue Fei looked up at the hazy crescent moon in the night sky and whispered: "I urgently inform the three battalions behind. Xingxingquan is safe, so I ask them to lead the camel team to move forward quickly."

Wu Yuantai bowed and accepted the order and immediately sent a messenger.

"Buried the dead body." Yue Fei put his sword back into his sheath and said to the several entourages behind him, "The teams then assembled and immediately followed me to Shunhua.

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Wu Yuantai happened to come over and heard Yue Fei's order and hurriedly said, "Can you take a break? We haven't closed our eyes for two days and two nights after crossing the river, and our people are exhausted."

"No." Yue Fei said, "If you are too tired, just sleep on the camel and you must not stop."

"We may encounter the patrol and racist of Xixia people when we leave the desert." Wu Yuantai whispered, "With our current physical strength, the loss is probably huge."

"There are more than 200 miles to Hue Du, but the general commander has arrived at the west bank of the ferry and is feinting an attack to attract the enemy's attention. We must arrive as soon as possible, otherwise the Tiger Guard may suffer major losses." Yue Fei said sternly, "If we fight to Hue Du a moment ago, we can save the lives of many brothers, do you know?"

Wu Yuantai did not hesitate anymore and turned around and gathered the team.

Yue Fei looked up at the sky again and prayed secretly, hoping that everything would go smoothly.

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Hue Du.

Li Hu led the four commanders of the Tiger Guards mixed in the vast grain-shooting army convoy and slowly arrived at the bank of the Yellow River.

Hong Yun, the commander of the Grain Shooting Army, hurriedly met. Li Hu greeted him and then walked up to the river embankment. Under the river embankment, teams of grain shooting soldiers and civilians were making rafts with Huntuo.

"The rafts made now are made of thirteen, four in front and back, five in the middle, and wooden rafts are laid on the top, which can transport four to five people at a time." Hong Yun stood beside Li Hu and introduced to him, "After the ferry on the other side is taken down, we will make a large raft to transport supplies."

"How big is the extra-large skin?" Li Hu asked.

"We plan to make a leather raft with six hundred huts," said Hong Yun, "we can transport ten to fifteen war horses at a time."

Li Hu nodded and looked up at the other side. The distance between the river was too wide and he couldn't see the situation on the other side clearly.

"When will we attack?" Hong Yun asked in a low voice.

"We won't attack." Li Hu said, "Yue Fei will soon be able to occupy the ferry crossing on the other side, and then we can cross the river." Then he pointed to the busy crowd under the river bank and said with a smile, "So, you can let them make a huge raft now."

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Notes:

Huntuo: Before the Tang Dynasty, this tool was called "Leather Cannon". In the Song Dynasty, the skin was slaughtered by cattle and sheep, and the complete skin of the internal organs was hollowed out, and it was no longer stitched, so it was renamed "Huntuo".

To do "full" removal, peeling means peeling. People initially used single sacks or slacks to escape. Later, in order to ensure safety and increase load, several slacks were put together, put on wooden rafts, and tied them with small ropes to form a whole, that is, the current "slack". It is the main transportation tool in the upper reaches of the Yellow River.
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