"The sage said that rebellions are spreading in Xixia and the Mongolian army is attacking our allies. The Song Dynasty is a country of etiquette and cannot sit idly by.
Today, General Liu Qi is specially ordered to send 100,000 troops from Yan'an to Xiping Prefecture to put down the rebellion! "
An imperial edict spread throughout the world. At the same time, Liu Qi and Yue Fei also received secret orders. One of them pretended to attack, the other attacked, one left Yan'an, and the other entered Hedong.
Neither of them hesitated at all. The Yue Family Army was mobilized again, and Pharmacist Guo also had his chance again. Wang Yan went out of Daming Mansion, and Wu Lin inspected Guanzhong.
Zhao Kai took the credentials prepared by the Ministry of Rites and followed Yue Fei as counselor and military envoy.
After Yue Fei and Zhang Xian successfully reunited in Bingzhou and replenished enough food and supplies, they continued to the land of Xiazhou.
"There are many prefectures in Xixia, but in the final analysis, they are just three regions." On the march, Zhao Kai, who was well-informed and knowledgeable, explained the layout of Xixia to the generals on the map.
"Xixia can actually be divided into three parts: the land of Henan, the land of Hexi, and the four states outside Hebei.
Among them, Henan is where we are going now. There are nine states and counties in total: Lingzhou, Hongzhou, Youzhou, Yinzhou, Xiazhou, Shizhou, Yanzhou, Nanweizhou, and Huizhou.
Hexi consists of the same nine states and counties: Xingzhou, Dingzhou, Huaizhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou and Shazhou.
Beyond the river are the lands of Xining Prefecture, Lezhou Prefecture, Kuo Prefecture and Jishi Prefecture.
Most of Xixia's population is concentrated in the south, which is the place bordering our Song Dynasty's Bingzhou Yongzhou, while their north is connected to the Mobei Grassland, which is not considered desolate, but it is their deep land. It is also the place where they raise horses.
The rivers in this divided area are branches of the Yellow River. To be honest, if it weren't for the frequent eruptions of the Yellow River in recent years and the increasing wind and sand, Xixia's strength would have to go up a few times.
This Xixia was founded by the Dangxiang people of the Qiang branch. It was capable of hunting, had horses, and mines. If it had food, it would be really difficult to deal with it.
This is truly a blessing in the world. "
As Zhao Kai spoke, he directly divided the Xixia land on the map, and also showed several places that needed to be understood.
Among them are the real army, the place where soldiers and horses are stationed, and the central place of Xixia. No matter how empty these places are, they still have enough power.
And this time, although Li Qianshun seemed to have sent out all his elite troops, he still left a lot of soldiers and horses on the border of the Song Dynasty just in case.
"Dong Xian just sent news that the war in Yan'an has begun. General Liu Qi personally led the troops to attack Xiping Mansion and raised the flag to quell the rebellion of Xixia. However, he broke into three camps in one day, stormed Xiping Mansion, and took away the main force left behind by Xixia. It's all been adjusted.
The soldiers of the Tabai Army contacted the spies of the Imperial City Division, and news came from inside that the Xixia generals thought that His Majesty was going to build a plank road in secret to attack Chencang, and that General Liu Qi was just feigning an attack.
Who knew he would really dare to attack like this? Xiping Mansion was accidentally opened by General Liu Qi, and even Xiangqing's army was dispatched after losing consecutive battles.
Dong first asked us if we needed to march urgently? "
After hearing the news, the corners of Yue Fei's mouth slowly twitched.
"It is true that Xixia has no famous generals now. Their battle report was just sent out before. They made repeated mistakes against the Mongolian tribe. That's it. Now when they are facing me, the Song Dynasty, they actually think that the Song Dynasty is the one they were ten years ago." Do you look weak?"
Yue Fei's sneer was worthy of these guys.
Nearly ten years have passed, and the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty have already changed from top to bottom. These soldiers came out of bloody battles with the Jin people.
To put it bluntly, it is difficult for them to use hoes to cultivate the land now.
But now if they were to kill people with a simple knife, it would be a real pleasure.
After the failure of Xixia's alliance with Tubo to attack the Song Dynasty in the Battle of Huanqing, they have not been able to fight against the Song Dynasty again in recent years.
I thought that the Song Army today was the same as it was a few years ago, and even if there were some changes, it wouldn't matter.
This time, it was because of this slight that they finally suffered a big loss.
"March urgently and enter Xiazhou territory at all costs before tonight. We are going to stay and camp in Xiahou City!"
With a roar, the soldiers of the Yue family immediately started running quickly, speeding up towards Xiazhou. At this time, the Xixia army in Xiazhou had just gathered some troops to support Pingxi Mansion...
Dong Xian, who was in charge of the scout commander of the Yuejia Army and the Tabai Army, really couldn't understand what these guys were doing and could only sneer at them constantly.
Yue Fei's army was about to arrive, and Dong Xian had already entered Xiazhou territory first. The first thing he faced was the five battalions stationed on the border, with tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in them.
At the same time, there are also many slaves captured by the capture army over the years.
The Capturing Army is not only the elite of Xixia, but the most important thing is that they are called the Capturing Army because they also have a unique method.
Capturing enemy soldiers alive as slaves, their ability to capture and train them is second to none.
But now looking at these five camps and the tens of thousands of captured soldiers patrolling back and forth, Dong Xian remained expressionless in the dark.
"How are the brothers patrolling around?"
"There are no ambush on all sides."
"If that's the case... that's good..." Dong Xian actually had a smile on his face, "In that case, before the general arrives, we will clear the way for the general to enter Xixia."
After Dong Xian finished speaking, he immediately sent orders to all directions, and three thousand Tabai troops quickly gathered here. Then under the blue sky and white sun, Dong Xian launched a "sneak attack" on the five major battalions.
Xuan Jia had a black face, and Dong Xian took the lead with a sharp blade in hand. The Xixia soldiers and horses in the camp easily spotted Dong Xian who was charging towards them, and immediately prepared their bows and crossbows for defense.
But the rain of arrows was blocked by Dong Xian. The sporadic arrows that hit Dong Xian's armor only exploded with a little spark. Not everyone was the Poxi soldier holding the cyclone cannon. The arrows in their hands hit Dong Xian. It’s really not enough to see in front of you first.
When Dong Xian appeared, the distance between them was constantly decreasing, and at the same time, Dong Xian's troops were also attacking quickly.
After two rains of arrows, hundreds of Tabai soldiers fell forever on the offensive road, but more soldiers rushed directly to the front of the camp.
Luzhai and Juma seemed to be standing in front of them sharply, but in front of the Tabai Army who was a scout, this really turned into a joke.
He quickly climbed over various obstacles one by one, and even jumped over those trenches with ease.
In an instant, Dong Xian took the lead and rushed into the camp, killing several captured soldiers with a wave of his sword.
When the two sides were fighting, another unit of the Tabai army that had been hiding for a long time bypassed most of the camp in the chaos and rushed directly to the rear.
They set fire to the tents and released the slaves who had been subdued by the captured soldiers.
"The destruction of Xixia is imminent. No matter you are Jin people or Song people, or whether you were common people or soldiers before, now your opportunity for revenge has come, so what are you waiting for!"
Roaring sounds broke out, and those people who had been enslaved and trained by the captured soldiers started to roar and explode with their last bit of humanity.
More and more slaves ran out, watching the soldiers of the Capture Army swarm forward, although it took more than ten unarmed slaves for one soldier of the Capture Army to be injured.
But as these slaves fought desperately, problems arose in the rear of the captured army.
At the same time, the same was true for several other large camps. More and more slaves were rioting. The three thousand white troops rushed into the enemy's heart and gave them a severe blow.
Dong first beheaded the defenders, captured the main camp, distributed weapons and armor to the slaves, and then attacked from all sides, throwing the five camps into chaos.
In just one and a half hours, the fifth battalion was declared lost, and a large number of defeated troops retreated towards Xiazhou City in the rear. The reinforcements from Xiazhou City encountered on the way could only do nothing.
They immediately lit the beacon fire, but they never expected that they would be repelled by the vanguard without even seeing the opponent's reinforcements.
The casualties were secondary, but the main reason was that their style of play really caused the Qisheng Army to suffer a big loss.
Dong Xian did not stay afterwards. He left some soldiers and horses in the camp to smooth roads and fill trenches, and then left again with all the slaves.
This time he did not enter Xiazhou City, he began to attack everywhere.
Although Xiazhou is just an ordinary state or county, it is a serious frontier, and because of the special geography of Xixia, a large number of people gather in the south.
There are various villages and towns scattered around Xiazhou City, and naturally there are countless people living there.
This time Dong Xian began to harass the people. The military regulations of the Yue Family Army stated that they were not allowed to harass the people or kill civilians indiscriminately. However, Dong Xian only drove away but not massacred, and drove a large number of people away from their homes.
Then forced them to go to Xiazhou City.
As a result, the guard of Xiazhou City did not dare to open the city gate without authorization when he saw the soldiers swarming in. He didn't know if there were any spies that Dong Xian had ambushed inside.
But he didn't dare to drive them away and massacre them. After all, Xixia only had this little information left. If he massacred them again, then things would be really difficult to handle.
Win or lose, they will have no way to survive.
In desperation, they chose to see them off, give these refugees food and grass, and then asked them to continue deeper into the rear, where they could temporarily settle down and hide in the mountains.
But is that enough?
Dong Xian and many slaves who were hiding among these refugees just followed the crowd and left slowly. Looking at the Xiazhou City that was left behind, he did not have any worries. In his opinion, this Xiazhou City was just a place that had been abandoned. It was just a small town that their Yue family army defeated in one attack.
What he wants to do is how to help Yue Fei solve this Xixia within half a year.
"Get ready, give a big gift to Li Qianshun of Xixia, and at the same time find a way to find the remaining spies from the Imperial City. What is going on in Xixia now?"
During the short rest, Dong Xian slowly took the weeds out of his mouth, and then everyone around him left...
After that, chaos really began among the refugee team.
And in this chaos, more and more people are filled with anger, waiting for a trigger to be ignited...
