Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 812: Breaking Through the Helan Mountain Pass
The Western Xia army can be divided into cavalry, infantry, artillery, crossbowmen, etc. according to their equipment, skills and combat methods.

According to the main functions of soldiers, they can be divided into:
These are cannon fodder and meat shield soldiers, mainly Han people and prisoners.

The capture army was responsible for cleaning the battlefield and guarding the prisoners, and was mainly composed of the old, weak, sick and disabled Xixia people.

There are a total of twelve local military district combat troops in the Hexi Corridor and Hetao Plain.

The fourth part is the capital garrison.

This is an elite force independent of the twelve military divisions in the two wings and directly under the jurisdiction of the Western Xia Emperor.

This army is divided into the Hukong Army, Datong Army, Weidi Army, Xuanwei Army and Mingsha Army.

Each army has 5,000 men, for a total of 25,000 men.

These 25,000 soldiers and horses were the emperor's soldiers and horses that Ren Dejing had been unable to control despite his many years of control over Western Xia.

These five armies were all composed of Dangxiang Qiang people, and the officers were all Dangxiang Qiang nobles. Their treatment was the highest among all the armies, with two stone of rice per person per month.

However, among these five armies, only the Tiger Control Army and the Datong Army, totaling 10,000 people, take turns to be responsible for the security of the imperial city.

And only one part of it, 5,000 people, was on duty in Xingqing City every night.

Of the five thousand men, only fifteen hundred were on duty at the imperial palace.

What Ren Dejing needs to do is:
Step one: launch a surprise attack on the palace, break through the defense line of this 1,500-strong elite force, and quickly capture or kill Li Renxiao.

Step 2: The second step is carried out simultaneously with the first step to quickly defeat, eliminate or control the 3,500 emperor's guards who are on duty in the capital.

The third step is to control the capital and prevent the Weidi Army, Xuanwei Army and Mingsha Army stationed near the capital from attacking the capital.

The fourth step was to mobilize the troops of the Right Wing Chaoshun Army, the Left Wing Shenyong Army, the Xiangju Army, and the Jianing Army controlled by the Ren family to encircle and annihilate the Weidi Army, Xuanwei Army, and Mingsha Army loyal to the Western Xia Emperor.

Inside the palace, there was Empress Dowager Ren who was the accomplice.

There are only two empress dowagers in the Western Xia Imperial Palace now, one is the former queen Ren, and the other is Li Renxiao’s biological mother, Concubine Cao Xianfei.

Li Renxiao's biological mother entered the palace much earlier than Ren, and her son became emperor.

Despite this, among the two Empress Dowagers, Ren was the most respected.

Because Li Renxiao's biological mother was originally just a concubine, while Ren was the empress who was officially canonized by the previous emperor with a golden book and jade seal.

Therefore, the power over palace affairs has always been in the hands of the Ren family.

Of course, the fact that the Ren family’s in-laws were too powerful was also a major reason.

In this way, with Ren as an insider in the palace, although the Xixia palace was built quite solidly and the surprise attack troops could not possibly have various siege equipment, it was still very likely that they would defeat the 1,500 emperor's guards in the palace and quickly capture the palace.

As for the entire Xingqing City...

The prefect of Xingqing Prefecture was Ren Dejing’s younger brother Ren Degong, and his other younger brother Ren Decong was the Grand Marshal of the Palace.

With these two people here, the chances of defeating the 3,500 emperor's guards who patrol the imperial city at night are very high.

As long as these two points are resolved, the other steps will be much easier.

As the news of the peace talks spread, the tense atmosphere throughout Western Xia eased.

Li Renxiao fully agreed to the peace treaty between Prime Minister Ren Dejing and Song Dynasty envoy Yang Yuan. After affixing the imperial seal to it, he handed it over to the Prime Minister's Office, and then had Ren Dejing affix his seal to it, and sent someone to deliver it quickly to Shatuo City.

The person sent was Tuoba Heiyi, who had been responsible for the communication between the two parties.

As soon as Tuoba Heiyi arrived in Shatuo City, he was detained by Yang Yuan.

"You... have no sincerity in peace talks at all?"

"That's right!"

"why?"

Tuoba Heiyi was so excited that his eyes turned red.

However, his hands were tightly twisted behind his back by two soldiers from the central army, and he could not move at all.

"Because, if I can conquer Xixia, why should I let it become an independent country?"

"Why do you want to... allow that old villain to surrender and offer your land?"

Tuoba Heiyi suddenly understood and his eyes were red with anger.

"Why are you so excited? It's as if Xixia is yours."

Yang Yuan smiled faintly: "The emperor is not anxious, but the eunuch is."

Yang Yuan waved his hand: "Take him away and lock him up."

Tuoba Heiyi had three thousand cavalrymen under his command, who were originally from the local military commander.

In the battle of Lingdu Mountain, the troops of the six major military divisions of Western Xia were thrown into disarray, and Tuoba Heiyi's troops fled to the Hetao Plain.

Three thousand cavalrymen can play a considerable role on the battlefield.

Moreover, Yang Yuan knew very well that he was a staunch "royalist", so this time he would naturally be taken down directly to prevent him from getting in the way.

Those 3,000 cavalrymen were leaderless, so the role they could play was very limited.

After detaining Tuoba Heiyi who came to deliver the letter from the country, Marshal Yang Yuan took his beautiful concubine to go "hunting".

Because Ermeyisa, Qingtang and A'man have already come from Tianshui.

Han Jianjun has become accustomed to the fact that Yang Yuan has women around him.

He just pretended not to see it.

Western Xia is about to surrender and accept the Song Dynasty as its suzerain state.

For such a remarkable achievement, Yang Yuan deserved the primary credit, and he, as the military supervisor, was second.

You don't have to do anything to achieve such a great achievement. What else is there to worry about?
Military Supervisor Han came to his senses.

However, that night, Military Supervisor Han panicked.

Because Sichuan Xuanfu Envoy Yang Yuan ran away.

The only ones who returned to Shatuo City were Ermeyisa, Qingtang and A'man, three beautiful girls. Yang Yuan, Yang Shou and eight hundred crazy soldiers were nowhere to be found.

Han Jingbei couldn't torture Yang Yuan's woman, so he had to call all the main generals stationed in Shatuo and interrogate them all night. Until dawn, Xiao Qingtang felt that her master had run far enough and could not be caught up, so she took out Yang Yuan's letter from her arms.

The warm letter still carried the body fragrance of the beautiful girl, but the generals did not have any romantic thoughts.

They hurriedly unfolded the letter, only to find out that Yang Yuan had crossed the Yellow River at night and sneaked into Western Xia.

Yang Yuan learned his lesson from the last time when he just wanted to pick up his gun and go into battle to kill a few enemies himself, but was almost killed by Yang Wanli's remonstrance, so he decided to "execute first and report later".

And it was at this time that his real plan was officially announced to all the generals.

Peace talks are unnecessary.

Xixia, take it!

Ren Dejing, the prime minister of Western Xia, was originally a minister of Song Dynasty. He was forced to submit to Western Xia and never forgot his homeland.

Now Ren Dejing intends to cooperate with him from inside and outside to plot against Xixia, so Yang Yuan first enters Xixia and plans big things with Ren Dejing, the prime minister of Xixia.

Yang Yuan formulated the time, route, and tasks for Shi Han, Guo Di, Gao Gan, Murong Qianyu and other generals to officially cross the river and enter the Hetao Plain, as well as the support personnel from Western Xia.

He ordered all departments to obey his orders and those who disobeyed would be executed.

When he read this, Ah Man took out the "Shang Fang Zhan Ma Sword" and looked at the generals majestically.

After hearing Yang Yuan's plan, all the generals were stunned.

If Ren Dejing is willing to surrender and offer his land, that would certainly be a good thing.

They also have a share of the credit for expanding the territory, so who can't get the title of marquis?
But, does Yang Yuan trust Ren Dejing so much?

What if that old thief suddenly had evil intentions towards him? He only brought 800 people with him, which was not enough to protect himself.

But now that things have come to this, they have no choice but to do as they are told.

Ever since the news of the peace talks spread, the Song army has also become slack.

Now the generals from various units have rushed back to their camps to discipline their soldiers, rectify military discipline, and be ready to cross the river and break through the Helan Mountain Pass at any time.

This Helan is the truly famous Helan Mountain.

……

After Yang Yuan and his men crossed the Yellow River, they were met by Ren Dejing's men and changed into Xixia robes and decorations.

When he arrived in Xingqing City and entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, the moon was already high in the sky.

When he saw Ren Dejing, he frowned and said unhappily: "You didn't have to come in person. It's too risky."

"Although I am confident, I am not afraid of ten thousand, but I am afraid of one. If you and I fall into Li Renxiao's hands, there will be no chance of survival."

"It's been a while since I took on a case with Sister Yan. This is a rare opportunity."

"Tsk! You must be very happy to have the honor of living in this era. Your family is almost full of concubines."

"Sister Yan was born in the wrong family. Otherwise, I'm afraid that Wu Zetian and Princess Shanyin would not have as many admirers as you.

Maybe God couldn't bear to see you like this, so he made you reincarnate as a man!"

"Oh, God is really unfair. Why can you still be a man, but I am not a woman?"

"Because he calls himself God, not Godmother, boy help boy."

“It seems to make sense.”

Ren Dejing said this with gritted teeth, but he was in a very happy mood.

The soul of a mature woman is trapped in the body of an old man.

And she also has to try hard to pretend to be an old man. Who in her family can understand that kind of pain?

But only in front of Yang Yuan, when there was no one else around, did she feel like herself again.

"You only brought 800 people with you?"

Ren Dejing looked coldly at the dozens of imitations standing in the yard, and said with a curled lip, "I need your eight hundred men? What effect can it have?"

"Sister Yan, don't underestimate them. First of all, out of the eight hundred people I brought with me, one hundred and sixty of them are from the Tongzhou Society."

"Same boat meeting?"

"A secret spy organization directly under my personal jurisdiction."

"learn."

"The remaining six hundred or so people were all carefully selected by me from the Crazy Demon Army to join the Tongzhou Society.

Their loyalty and abilities are absolutely reliable."

"uh-huh."

"Also..., each of them carried eight grenades."

"Good!"

The smile on Ren Dejing's face finally became completely joyful.

"In this way, our chances of success will be even greater."

Yang Yuan said: "I'll leave it to you to arrange the people. When will you start?"

Ren Dejing looked up at the moon in the sky and said slowly, "Tomorrow, at this time."

Ren Dejing suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Yang Yuan viciously.

Yang Yuan raised his eyebrows in surprise: "What?"

Ren Dejing said: "I have a daughter, she is very beautiful, she is also the Queen Mother of Xixia. She is of course not my biological child, but you are absolutely not allowed to touch her, I am disgusted!"

After hearing this, Yang Yuan felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

The person who said it seems like that or something, but... it seems... it seems... okay.

Yang Yuan raised three fingers: "I swear!"

(End of this chapter)