The 100,000-strong army included 80,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry!

They set out on February 15, and did not rest for two days and two nights, and they came to the border of the Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia to kill the cow!

The road here is extremely difficult, at the moment 20,000 cavalry bypassed from the side, and 80,000 infantry climbed the Killing Bull Ridge and climbed the mountain from the Killing Cow Ridge!

It's a path that almost no one has ever traveled! For a hundred years, when the Western Xia invaded the Great Song Dynasty, they would never take this path! The Great Song Dynasty counterattacked Western Xia, and it never hit here at all! Moreover, the two countries have been fighting for many years, and the number of people living on the border is extremely small, and those people will not pass through this road! This road is unusually hidden!

Zhao Zhe's cousin Zhao Wu is now the commander of the First Army of the Jingyuan Army, and he is at the forefront!

Gradually, the road is getting narrower and narrower! There is a cliff ahead, and if you are not careful, you will fall off it!

Zhao Wu raised his hand, and the army behind him stopped!

"Bring the rope!" Zhao Wu said loudly.

When the next soldier sent the rope over, Zhao Wu took the rope, and he walked along the cliff alone! He is also a son of a family of soldiers, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his martial arts are strong! But the path was too narrow and too difficult, and even he had the possibility of falling!

He walked forward cautiously, the cold wind was blowing, but there was a cold sweat on his body! Half an hour had passed before he had come to the other side, two miles away! He tied the rope here, and then ordered the soldiers behind him to come over with the rope!

However, even this is an exceptionally dangerous! The main reason is that the wind is too strong! Although many soldiers were holding on to the ropes, their bodies were still blown by the strong wind, and the whole person fell from above!

The soldiers kept moving forward, but they often heard screams!

Zhao Wu looked at such a scene, his eyes were full of tears! In fact, their 80,000 infantry could also go around from the side, but that would take too long, at least five days! The military situation is urgent, and the orders of the General Staff Headquarters and the Military Department are to rush to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia, in the shortest possible time at all costs! In such a situation, they can only go down this path!

It was getting darker and darker, and it wasn't until midnight that all 80,000 infantry came from the opposite side! In total, 1,220 people fell off the cliffs, and they must not survive! After knowing the news, many soldiers burst into tears!

It was already dark, and the 80,000 infantry continued to hurry! At this time, the road in the mountains is even more difficult!

Zhao Wu was still at the forefront alone, followed by more than a dozen generals with strong martial arts! They searched ahead, and the soldiers followed them! Today, there will only be such a scene among the Song army! If it is among the Western Xia army, the Jurchen army, and the army of King Kang, it will definitely let ordinary soldiers explore the way, and will never let the generals explore the way!

By dawn the next day, 80,000 infantry had finally come out of Niuling Ridge!

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Then 80,000 infantry entered the desert!

Of course, at this moment the desert is full of snow, and it is white!

They marched forward with a light army, and there was little rest along the way! Generally, they rest for an hour and a half or two every night, and during the rest time, they hurry up to eat! The so-called "rice" is some cakes and fried noodles carried from Xi'an Prefecture, if you are thirsty, you will gnaw on the snow!

By the twentieth of February, 80,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry had converged on the desert! At this moment, the 20,000 cavalry are also extremely embarrassed, and they have obviously been on the road! Now not only the soldiers, but even the horses are extremely tired!

Late that night, they found a leeward place to rest together!

Zhao Wu walked to Zhao Zhe's side while nibbling on dry food, and said, "Big brother, there are many people in the army who have typhoid fever!" Especially some seriously ill patients, who are now almost unable to travel! ”

Zhao Zhe frowned and said, "Leave those seriously ill patients in the desert!" Let's move on! ”

Zhao Wu was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he said, "Do you want to leave some people to take care of them?" ”

Zhao Zhe hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth violently, and said, "They just have typhoid fever, not a serious illness!" No need to keep someone to take care of you anymore! ”

Zhao Wu stayed there and said angrily: "Big brother, this time we are moving forward with the light army, and we don't carry anything except dry food, not even medicinal herbs!" Those seriously ill patients, they stay in this vast desert, there are no herbs, no one to take care of, they will definitely die! Are you going to kill them all? ”

Zhao Zhe gritted his teeth and said, "How many seriously ill patients are there?" Is there more than a hundred? ”

Zhao Wudao: "There are about more than one hundred and fifty people!" ”

Zhao Zhe said: "Leave ten people to take care of them!" Let them rush in the back, and if possible, they will be able to leave the desert! That's all I can do now! ”

Zhao Wu argued: "Ten people is too little! Those who stayed behind were not only to take care of them, but also to take them out of the desert! I think at least a platoon of a hundred people should be left to watch over them! In this vast desert, there are too few people to get out at all! It's better to leave ten people than not to keep them! ”

Zhao Zhe said: "It can't be more!" You should understand how important this battle is, even if there is only one more person, our hope of victory can be greater! For the victory of the war, for the sake of the great Song Dynasty, and for the future of the nation, some sacrifices are indispensable! Those who remain, there is little hope that they will survive! However, I don't want to do that either! I just had to! You are a military commander and a general, and you have to think about not only the lives of more than a hundred soldiers, but also the victory of the war! ”

He scolded Zhao Wu sharply, and Zhao Wu stood there dumbfounded! He closed his eyes tightly, and after a long time, he sighed and nodded!

Late that night, they stayed here for an hour and a half, after which they left all the critically ill soldiers here, and there were ten more soldiers to take care of the critically ill soldiers, and in addition to these, they left enough dry food for the critically ill soldiers! If it were possible, they would be able to get out of the desert, but the chances are too low!

The 100,000 army continued to rush until the 29th day of the second lunar month, when the 100,000 army came out of the desert!

By this time, the dry rations carried by the army were almost exhausted!

After that, they hurried almost hungry, and on the second day of the third month, they came to the Bronze Pass!

This bronze pass is an important pass south of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia, and it is a smooth road after passing from here!

Late that night, the Jingyuan Army launched a general attack here!

The terrain here is extremely dangerous, and there are mountain walls on both sides, and you can only cross it by laying a pass! There are more than 2,000 garrisons in Qingtongguan, but the garrisons of more than 2,000 do not have any embankments!

Half an hour later, the bronze pass was knocked down!

An army of 100,000 has entered the Bronze Pass!

Here, they finally found some food and grass, and both soldiers and war horses could get some provisions!

After that, the 100,000 army rested here for only an hour and continued to march north!

In the middle of the night on the fourth day of the first month of March, 100,000 Jingyuan troops came to the city of Shunzhou!

This is a big city in the south of Xingqing Mansion, and it is less than a hundred miles away from Xingqing Mansion! But this is almost the acropolis of Xingqing Mansion! There are a lot of troops stationed here, and there are countless grains and grasses! However, some time ago, the main force of Western Xia went east, and most of the garrisons here also followed the main force of Western Xia to the east! Now there are only 20,000 garrisons here!

Zhao Zhe thought that he would come quickly, and there should be no preparation here! However, in the battle of Bronze Pass the day before yesterday, the guards of Bronze Pass had already sent someone to inform Shunzhou City when the war had just broken out! Therefore, Shunzhou City actually did a good job of defense, and late at night, when the Jingyuan army had just appeared, countless garrisons had already come to the city wall!

At that moment, the Jingyuan army had to launch a strong attack, and 80,000 infantry sacrificed their lives to attack the city! The 20,000 cavalry also got off their horses at this moment and participated in the siege!

The war lasted from late at night until dawn!

At dawn, Shunzhou City was finally breached!

The 100,000 Jingyuan army entered Shunzhou Chengzhong, and this time they finally got enough grain and grass to carry their burden! At that moment, Zhao Zhe ordered the army to rest here for two hours, seize the time to rest, eat, and replenish their strength! After that, he left 2,000 people to guard Shunzhou City, and he led the rest to Xingqing Mansion!

On March 6, when the sky was dark, an army of 100,000 came to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia, and surrounded Xingqing Mansion!