The reinforcements of the Great Song Dynasty continued to gather, because of the extremely fast speed of the carriage and the cement road, Fan Zhongyan, the governor in charge of road administration, was very busy, and he wanted to transport the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty to Hongzhou, Yanzhou as soon as possible.

For the first time, the transportation of the Great Song Dynasty suffered such a big test, and the number of horse-drawn carriages was far from enough, so they could only requisition donkey carts and mule carts, and the local state governments also actively cooperated, and found all the vehicles that could be found, and the county transported soldiers to the state capital, and the state capital to the northwest.

Because this is the first time this has happened, the Highway Administration has accumulated a lot of experience, and at least next time they will not have a chaotic situation.

Zhao Zhen listened to Fan Zhongyan's performance while checking the map, fortunately, although it was an emergency, Fan Zhongyan did a good job, and the state capitals around the country also actively cooperated, and did not waste much time, all the soldiers will have special officials to dispatch once they arrive in the northwest state capital.

What surprised Zhao Zhen the most was that the officials of the Road Administration Yuan were afraid that the speed on the road would be different, so they let the donkey cart and mule cart go first, and the carriage would be one or two days in the evening, so that they could arrive together.

The former establishment of these veterans is still there, and who belongs to what army and what battalion can be found out quickly, and there are special street signs responsible for guiding them to where they should go, and there is no chaos in the land of the two states.

This is already the best situation, even Zhao Zhen has nothing to blame, and the weapons and ordnance needed by the soldiers have also arrived in the northwest early, as long as the formed army collects them, they can ensure that they have something to use, which is quite a remarkable and efficient service.

In addition to Fan Zhongyan, the road envoy, there is also Bao Zheng, the three envoys who are the prime ministers, this is a feat of the two of them joining forces, the road administration and the three divisions working together, the difficulty is great, the process is cumbersome, far beyond the Western Expedition to Western Xia.

"Is there a problem with the use of it in the army?"

Zhao Zhen's words made Bao Zheng quickly go out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the third division has already made preparations, and when the troops are deployed, they have already sent the required amount to the northwest overnight, and it will be dispatched by Xia Zhu, the supervising army, and there will be no mistakes." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded slightly, there shouldn't be any problems with Xia Zhu's presence, turned to Fan Zhongyan and said, "The soldiers can arrive on time, are there any accidents along the way?" ”

"Returning to the official's house, the county government and the state government have a good way to cooperate with the road administration, although the number of carriages is insufficient, there are other vehicles available, and more than 280,000 people have been gathered, and the number will reach 300,000 in the near future."

Fan Zhongyan's answer satisfied Zhao Zhen, this is already very good, but it took ten days to complete what would have taken one or two months to complete, which is no less difficult than a war!

The most important thing is that Zhao Zhen wants to wave his troops westward as soon as possible to promote peace, the so-called peace and surrender is not said by mouth but by real swords and guns, it is made by the accumulation of flesh and blood, if you want the Xixia people to surrender, you must hurt him, beat him, and make him change color when he hears the war.

Only in this way can the party members surrender, and only in this way can they honestly integrate into China.

For the current Xixia begging peace, Zhao Zhen does not believe it at all, he has nearly 500,000 troops in his hands, there is such a powerful force, he did not hide Pang to send people to beg for peace, Zhao Zhen will never agree, so he will put forward harsh conditions, if he can agree to move inward, there will be ghosts inside!

From beginning to end, all Zhao Zhen had to do was to force the Tangut people and the Great Song Dynasty to fight a decisive battle, and the elimination of the main force of the Western Xia has always been Di Qing's top priority.

But Western Xia has always hidden its strength, from the beginning of Li Yuanhao to the present, he has not hidden the false Pang, and he has not fought head-on with the Great Song Dynasty.

Obviously, they all know that letting the Great Song Dynasty alone go deep and continuously consume the Great Song Dynasty is the most critical method of victory, so many years the Western Xia people have used this trick, and tried it repeatedly, the Liao Dynasty is planting a big heel in this way.

But the current Great Song Dynasty is completely different, it seems to be as fast as thunder, but don't forget, as the Central Plains Han Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty is best at steady and steady, and every time it wins a city, it will be transformed as quickly as possible, armed to the teeth, not to mention, there is a steady stream of grain and grass.

The Great Song Dynasty's preparation for this western expedition can be described as sufficient and abnormal, because the Great Song Dynasty adopted the method of using war to feed the war, and the land in the south of the Western Xia has basically become the granary of the Great Song Dynasty, because the people of the Central Plains came to cultivate, these lands were not actually abandoned, but to the surprise of the Western Xia people, these lands became the food supply stations of the Great Army.

Zhao Zhen had already prepared the opportunity for a protracted war, and wanted Da Song to make the mistakes of the year again? Don't you know that a person can't fall twice in the same pit?

The Great Song Dynasty had plenty of grain and grass and strong cities, and ironically these cities were snatched from the Western Xia people, and became stronger in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty.

The reinforcements of the Great Song Dynasty quietly entered the city in the middle of the night to take over the important tasks of the city defense, and their role was to defend the city, and let the original Southern Route Army and the Eastern Route Army transfer.

For the Great Song Dynasty, these two armies were the backbone of the campaign, and the role of the reinforcements was to replace them to guard the city and give the army a stable rear in case the party members cut off their rear routes.

This is the step by step advancement, this is the steady and steady progress, the Great Song Dynasty fully exerted his numerical advantage, the army of 300,000 people, plus 300,000 reinforcements, the base of 600,000 people has far exceeded the 500,000 people of Western Xia.

Everyone knows that the 500,000 people in Western Xia are just claims, and at most 400,000 people will reach the sky, including tens of thousands of people who will go to the Gansu Military Division to support, as well as the soldiers stationed in the Grain City, the Right Wing Chaoshun Military Division and the Baimaqiang Town Military Division.

The defenders of Xingqing Mansion can have 300,000 people, which is already the most, 300,000 against the 300,000 people of the Great Song Dynasty, the Western Xia does not have an advantage in numbers, and although the Great Song Dynasty does not occupy an advantage, it is stable in the rear, and the advanced equipment and combat power are amazing.

Compared with the Western Xia people, the Song army is better at siege warfare, more good at plain warfare, the Great Song Dynasty has been the back, stepping on the white second army experience into a strong force adapted to the grassland warfare, it can be said that the current Great Song cavalry is not weaker than the party and even the Liao.

The original Great Song Dynasty regarded the cavalry as a treasure and was easily reluctant to use it, but now it is different, the war horses of the Great Song Dynasty are no longer as scarce as before, and the land of horse grazing is no less than thousands of miles.

The cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty experienced countless wars, large and small, recovering Yanyun and conquering Western Xia, wasn't that time a test of their skills? The current Great Song cavalry will not worry at all when facing the Dangxiang and Khitans, and will only fight for victory and defeat with indomitable determination, which is their current mentality.

At the same time, it is also the mentality of all Song soldiers, the Great Song army has changed from the original fear of war and cowardice to the current dare to fight, good at fighting! This is a change in the mentality of the army, and it is also a change in the mentality of the Great Song Dynasty, and now the Great Song is more confident.