Chapter 253: Wudaotan
When Mingjin's voice sounded, the Western Xia army receded like a tide!
Almost all the Western Xia soldiers showed surprised expressions on their faces, they had just started the siege for less than an hour, and now they had retreated again! No one knows what's going on!
Wanyan Zonggan was in the Western Xia army, and at this moment, he had hurried to Brother Licha's side and said, "General Li, what happened?" Why did you give the order to withdraw your troops? ”
Then, Wanyan Zonggan saw Li Renli beside Brother Richard, and a surprised expression appeared on his face again.
"Lord Wanyan, the Song people sent troops from Qinfeng Road, and now they have come to the city of Xingqing Mansion! There are only 50,000 old and weak soldiers in Xingqing Mansion, and Your Majesty is in danger, so I must lead the army back to Xingqing Mansion! Richard said.
"What!" Wanyan Zonggan was taken aback, and an unbelievable expression appeared on his face!
"This time, the Song people used a lot of troops! They were divided into two routes, and they took the lead in conquering Hongzhou, Youzhou, and Yanzhou all the way, attracting the main force of our Western Xia! The other way is to attack Xingqing Mansion directly! The Song people are so deep in their schemes! Now we must immediately go to Xingqing Mansion and rescue Your Majesty! I am afraid that the Song army of Qin Fenglu is the main force, and their purpose is to break through Xingqing Mansion and let my Western Xia perish! Li Renli next to him said.
"Not bad!" Brother Richard also understood this truth at this moment, he nodded and said.
"That's how it was! It turned out to be so! Wan Yan Zong muttered to himself!
Soon, the order to return to the division was conveyed, and there was an uproar in the Western Xia army! No one thought that Yanzhou and Hongzhou would be occupied by the Song army, and Brother Richard would order to return to the division! But not long after, the news that Xingqing Mansion was surrounded by the Song army came, and the Western Xia army was full of exclamations! The families of many people in the Western Xia army are in Xingqing Mansion, and now that Xingqing Mansion is surrounded, they can imagine how anxious they are!
It has been an hour since the order was delivered, but the army still hasn't been assembled, and Li Renli said anxiously: "General, why haven't you cleaned it up yet?" ”
Brother Richard said: "We have an army of 320,000, countless grains and grasses, and countless siege equipment!" You can't leave these things here, can you? ”
Li Renli was furious and said, "General, what a critical situation now!" Xingqing Mansion is in danger! You and my relatives are all in Xingqing Mansion, and Your Majesty is also in Xingqing Mansion! At this time, we can only move forward lightly, give up all the grain and grass, give up all the siege equipment, and rush to Xingqing Mansion immediately, this is the most important thing! Do you understand? ”
Brother Richard was stunned for a moment, nodded for a long time, and said, "What you said is good!" That's it! ”
Another half an hour passed, and the Western Xia army finally began to move slowly!
The 320,000 Western Xia army is heading towards the west! Countless grains, grasses, baggage, and siege equipment were left in place, and no one cared about cleaning them up at this moment!
The Western Xia soldiers, each of whom also carried ten days' rations, marched forward!
And at the same time as the Western Xia army set out, the gate of Yanzhou City opened, and nearly 100,000 troops came out of Yanzhou City and closely followed behind the Western Xia army!
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"General Chago, the situation in Xingqing Mansion is so dangerous, you should let the cavalry go first!" After walking for an hour, Wanyan Zonggan came to Brother Richard's side and said.
"I heard that there are more than 100,000 Song troops attacking Xingqing Mansion! Moreover, this is what we have seen, maybe there will be other Song troops coming later! Our cavalry is only more than 100,000 points, so we must be exhausted from trekking all the way to Xingqing Mansion! We are not superior in numbers, and we must not be the opponent of the Song army! Therefore, now we have to lead more than 300,000 troops to advance at the same time, and when we reach Xingqing Mansion, the army will be together, and we will be able to defeat the Song army! Xingqing Mansion is unusually strong, there are 50,000 soldiers in it, there are countless people, and it should be able to hold out for a while! Richard said.
"This ......" Yan Zonggan thought for a moment and nodded.
Now both Brother Richard and Wanyan Zonggan are very anxious in their hearts, Brother Richard is worried about his country, his own king, and his relatives, while Wanyan Zonggan is worried about his allies! He didn't expect that the Song army would use so many troops to go north! It seems that the Song army is completely ignoring the situation in Guanshan, and wants to destroy Western Xia first at all costs! The Song army's strategy is indeed not trivial, they directly attack the capital of Western Xia, if the capital is broken and the emperor of Western Xia is captured alive, at that time Western Xia really doesn't know what to do!
"General, Lord Wanyan, the Song army of Yanzhou City is following us!" Li Renli rode his horse to catch up at this moment and said.
"Let me think about what to do with them!" Brother Richard gritted his teeth and said.
It's just that after thinking about it for a long time, he still can't come up with an idea! He has already obtained that the number of Song troops chasing after him is close to 100,000! If you want to destroy the 100,000 Song army, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time! Moreover, the price paid by yourself is also very great! In this way, it will be even more difficult to rescue Xingqing Mansion!
The sky is getting dark, and the Western Xia army is still rushing forward!
"When we arrived at Wudaotan, the terrain there was complicated, and we were very clear about the terrain there! When we get there, we'll fight to the death with the Song army! Destroy these 100,000 Song troops first! "At this moment, Brother Richard finally has an idea!
"Wudaotan? Yes, the terrain there is unusually complicated! There is good for ambushes! Once we get there, we will definitely be able to wipe out 100,000 Song troops! The Song people, they are so despicable, they dare to bully us like this, it is ridiculous! They thought that their plan was clever enough to wipe us out, but they didn't know that we were going to let them all fall into death, and let them all die in our Western Xia! Li Renli said with a sneer on his face.
It's getting darker and darker, and I can't see the road ahead!
Richard ordered the army to be stationed and rested here!
However, the Western Xia army had rested for less than half an hour, and suddenly there was a shout of killing from the front!
There was a cavalry of the Song army in front of them, and these cavalry of the Song army took advantage of the dark night to launch an attack on the Western Xia army!
Brother Richard hurriedly ordered the Western Xia cavalry to mount their horses and expel these Song cavalry!
However, at this time, Brother Richard got the news that countless Song Army infantry behind him were rushing towards here!
"Quick! Get up immediately and guard against the Song army! Brother Richard was anxious, and he immediately ordered the soldiers to get up to guard against the attack of the Song army!
By the time the Western Xia army was unified, the Song army was already less than ten miles away from them!
"General, let's deal with the Song army after we get to Wudaotan!" Li Renli said.
"I understand!" Brother Richard gritted his teeth and nodded!
Song Jun is behind him, and it is impossible to rest now! At that moment, Richard ordered the army to continue to advance!
The Western Xia army hurried overnight, and the soldiers were exhausted to the extreme!
For the rest of the night, Song Jun was behind them! The cavalry of the Song and Song armies were also looming, constantly harassing and invading them!
The next day, the Song army still followed them!
The Western Xia army had no choice but to continue on its way!
By the evening of the second day, Richard could not stand it any longer, and he sent an army of 20,000 to prepare a "surprise attack" on the Song army!
However, as soon as the 20,000-strong army rushed in front of the Song army, it began to rout almost as soon as it made contact!
It was only at this time that Brother Richard really saw the strength of the Song army's combat effectiveness! When the city was attacked in the day, he had already felt that the combat effectiveness of the Song army was extraordinary! Now that the plains are fighting, he knows how big the gap between the Western Xia army and the Song army is!
According to his judgment, even if all the 300,000 Western Xia troops stopped fighting with the 100,000 Song army, I am afraid that they would lose both!
He was blown away by this fact!
At that moment, Brother Richard no longer had the determination to stop fighting, he was ready to wait until he reached Wudaotan to fight with the Song army according to his previous ideas!
Five days and five nights have passed, and the 100,000 Song troops are still closely following them!
For five days and five nights, no one in the Western Xia army could rest, and no one in the Song army behind them could rest!
Brother Richard couldn't believe that the Song army behind him had such stamina!
"General! The soldiers can't walk anymore! Li Renli came to Brother Richard's side and said.
"Let them go further! In two days at most, we will be able to reach Wudaotan! Richard said.
He was also unusually tired, and his voice was a little hoarse at the moment.
On March 22, more than 300,000 Western Xia troops entered the Gobi!
The snow has already melted, and there is even a hint of greenery in the Gobi! It seems that it won't be long before the grass grows and spring comes!
The Western Xia army was exhausted, and they walked hard in the Gobi Desert!
Behind them, the 100,000 Song army was also exhausted, and they were also on the road with difficulty at the moment!
In the afternoon, it became overcast, and at dusk it began to rain lightly!
A light rain in early spring, unusually cold!
Countless Western Xia soldiers were trembling!
"Hold on one more day! In just one day, we will be able to come to Wudaotan! When you get there, it's the end of the Song army! Richard rode through the army, constantly commanding loudly.
I heard that it was only one day before those Western Xia soldiers showed joyful expressions! They can't hold on anymore! But if it's only for one day, they can force themselves to persevere!
Countless Western Xia soldiers felt that their hands and feet no longer belonged to them! It's like they're dragging huge rocks on their way!
They were supposed to carry a ten-day ration just because they were so tired that many even threw it down just to lose some weight and just to keep moving around!
As long as they get out of the Gobi Desert, they will be able to come to Lingzhou, and when they get there, they will have rations!
So, it's okay to be hungry for a few days for a while! As long as they can lighten their loads, they would rather go hungry for a few days!
Many Western Xia soldiers even threw down their armor!
At night, they were still on their way!
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and almost everyone is already wet!
The temperature is getting colder!
In the middle of the night, the rain suddenly turned to snow!
The Western Xia soldiers were even more unbearable!
In the early morning of March 23, they were still on their way!
On this day, the snow is getting heavier and the wind is blowing harder and stronger!
The wind is howling and the snow is falling all over the sky!
The sky was getting dark, and Brother Richard's face showed a hint of excitement: "There is Wudaotan in front!" ”
Many Western Xia soldiers also had smiles on their faces, they all knew that Wudaotan was coming!
"Faster! Faster! In two hours, we will be able to pass! Richard said excitedly.
At this moment, whether it is Brother Richard, Li Renli or Wanyan Zonggan, they are all slightly relieved, this journey is really too hard! Not to mention the soldiers, even none of them have experienced such a hard journey! Song Jun has been following behind them, and Song Jun's will is more tenacious than they imagined! The Western Xia army was forced to rush forward, but the Song army took the initiative to pursue! These two are fundamentally different!
The snow was so great that some of the soldiers could no longer walk, they lay on the ground and could not get up! However, most of the Western Xia soldiers were still struggling to make their way!
The time has come, and they have finally come to Wudaotan!
"Quick! Get in! Set up defenses here! After that, destroy the 100,000 Song army! Richard said.
More than 300,000 Xixia people have entered the Wudao Beach!
They set up defenses inside, waiting for the arrival of the 100,000 army behind! All the Western Xia soldiers breathed a sigh of relief!
Brother Richard only had time to nibble on the cake at this moment, he got off his horse, and now the war horse was so tired that he could barely walk!
He took a deep breath and looked around, and at this moment, his face suddenly changed!
To the north, there was a sudden dense fire!
I don't know how many, I can't see the edge at a glance!
A few days ago, he got the news that the Song army attacked Tiemen Pass, and there were about 50,000 people, but the 50,000 Song troops who were supposed to appear at Tiemen Pass actually appeared in Wudaotan at this moment!
"How so?" Brother Richard was taken aback!
"General, look to the west!" At this time, Li Renli hurriedly ran to Brother Richard's side and said.
Brother Richard looked to the west, and at this time he realized that there were countless fires in the west!
The 100,000 Jingyuan army that was supposed to be in Xingqing Mansion had already come to Wudaotan at this moment, waiting here for a long time for the main force of Western Xia! They set off lightly from Qinfeng Road, not to attack Xingqing Mansion at all! They didn't have any siege equipment in their hands, so how could they attack the capital of Western Xia? Historically, Genghis Khan was unable to defeat the fortified cities in the northwest for several months, how could they defeat them with their bare hands? Their target has always been this main force of more than 300,000 people in Western Xia! After they got the grain and grass in Shunzhou City, they only stayed under Xingqing Mansion for two days, and then they came to Wudaotan, where they waited for the arrival of the main force of Western Xia!
As for the attack on Tiemen Pass, it was the 50,000 Huanqing army led by Liu Qi, and the 50,000 Huanqing army had already come here! They are waiting for work at ease, and they are also waiting for the arrival of the main force of Western Xia!
Coupled with the 100,000 forbidden troops of Northern Shaanxi who were constantly pursuing behind, they finally surrounded the main force of Western Xia here!