After Ye Yu's many encouragements, the Song army let out an earth-shattering roar, and one team after another entered Western Xia, indicating that the war between the two places was about to ignite.

Since the establishment of the Song Dynasty, the largest plundering into Western Xia has completely kicked off.

The moon rises, and the desert is vast.

The silver moon is like a hook, and the cold light shines for thousands of miles. The desert is better than the sea, and the quicksand flies all over the sky.

The whistling northwest wind blew, and a grain of sand like ice beans hit Ye Yu's face, but Ye Yu was unaware of it, because this was the path he had chosen from the beginning.

Compared with Xining, Suzhou is more remote.

Therefore, Ye Yu led an army of 60,000 to take advantage of Tibet, and finally arrived in Suzhou after a month of detour.

And the most important thing is that the military deployment of this Suzhou state is tighter than that of other states in Western Xia, and the military strength is also extremely strong.

Due to the geographical area, the Gansu Ping Military Division was set up here by the Western Xia, so 100,000 troops were stationed to stabilize the northwest power.

And it is this pass that is both distant and powerful, Ye Yu is going to insist on coming here, although everyone trusts unconditionally, but the doubts in his heart are getting deeper and deeper.

"How much more grain and grass do you have with you?" Ye Yu stared at Suzhou City in the distance, and then asked softly.

Xin Qiji's face was embarrassed and said: "Since the prince decided not to carry a large amount of baggage in advance, there is only five days of grain and grass in the army now......

"Five days?"

Ye Yu's brows frowned slightly, but it made Xin Qiji panic, so he asked for guilt: "The last general is guilty of dereliction of duty!" ”

"Actually......"

Guo Xiaotian on the side wanted to explain for Xin Qiji, but was immediately interrupted by Ye Yu waving his hand: "Old Guo, I didn't say that I wanted to blame Jiaxuan, why are you so eager to intercede!?" ”

"I ...... I'm in a hurry......"

"In a hurry? At the beginning, I asked Jiaxuan to lead you and others, but you were the first to come out against it, why, now you have become a loyal supporter? ”

Guo Xiaotian scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "At this time and that time, you still have forgotten the old past......

"By the way, Yuechan, is there a battle report from your father?" Ye Yu didn't care, but asked the topic to Wu Yuechan in silver armor.

"With the support of your new firearms, Your Highness, my father has captured Xining Prefecture by Shun, and now he has made a long drive to Xiliang Mansion, but the city of Xiliang Mansion is high and deep, and there are 200,000 troops in Xixia guarding the important place."

"And they have long been prepared for firearms, in order to prevent our military firearms from blowing up the city gates, now all the city gates have been sealed with boulders, so it will be difficult to take Xiliang Mansion for a while......"

After listening to Wu Yuechan's story, Ye Yu nodded and said to himself: "A Yellow River and the Great Wall built in ancient times have become a natural barrier for the Xia Kingdom, and it is indeed not easy to enter the hinterland from Xiliangfu, the pass of the gap in the Great Wall!" ”

In fact, for Wu Ting's 70,000 army, Ye Yu was already very satisfied with such a result in such a short period of time.

After all, Xiliang Mansion is an important pass barrier in Western Xia, and it is difficult to really break through and enter, which is one of the reasons why Ye Yu made a detour to Suzhou.

Moreover, although the grenade is an unrivaled firearm on the battlefield today, it has an irreparable shortcoming after all, that is, for high-distance sieges, the effect will be significantly reduced.

"That's because your father is not proficient in the use of firearms, and this battle will let you learn the knowledge of firearms!"

Ye Yu said, and then sent an order to Xin Qiji: "Pass on the order of the king, divide the military rations of the five military into two meals in the morning and evening, and wait until midnight when the whole army will attack the city!" ”

"Your Highness! This ......"

"So the king is not blaming you, but thinks that this grain is too much, and if it is two meals of grain and grass that cannot be used up, it will all be burned in a fire!"

"But ......"

"There is nothing, if it takes time to even a small Suzhou City, then how can you go to Xingqing Mansion to arrest Li Renyou? It's not far from the Liao Kingdom and the Tibetan tribes, but they are watching us from afar, so what I want is not decent, but unexpected! ”

"Yes!"

……

In the city of Yizhou in Western Liao, 100,000 Liao troops were on the border.

At this time, Xiao Duolubu and his younger brother [Xiao Pugu Shali] were waiting for the information of the spies ahead.

"Report! The Song army was divided into two routes in Minxian County, one was led by Chengdu commander Wu Ting, who had captured Xining Prefecture and was now stranded in Xiliangfu. And the other 60,000 troops led by Zhao Chen, the king of loyalty, including Zhan Yuncai, have now arrived at Suzhou City and camped sixty miles away! ”

"Sixty thousand!?"

Hearing this number, [Xiao Pu Gu Shali]'s face was extremely ugly, especially the corner of his eye that already had knife marks, and he couldn't help twitching at this moment.

If in the past, he would have disdained the 60,000 Song army, and even laughed at it, but now that the front of the 60,000 Song army is marked with the words "Zhanyun Iron Cavalry", it makes him feel very uncomfortable.

"Yes!"

Xiao Duolubu saw that [Xiao Pugu Shali] had a different expression, so he recycled and motioned for the spies to retreat, and then asked, "What, there is some surprise?" Isn't it because of the battle in Chengdu that you are afraid of the battle cloud iron horseman? ”

"Brother said and laughed, how could I take it in my eyes, the defeat of Chengdu City, it was just my carelessness, the most important thing is that the Song Army has amazing firearms, otherwise what kind of battle cloud iron cavalry, in fact, it is nothing more than that!"

[Xiao Pugu Shali], Xiao Duolubu naturally did not comment, but was very pleased: "That's good, no matter what, don't lose the arrogance of my Khitan people!" ”

"Brother thinks the Song army will be able to take Suzhou in a few days?"

Regarding the inquiry of [Xiao Pugu Shali], Xiao Duolubu did not rush to respond, but took a sip of tea, hesitated for a moment before shaking his head and said: "It's hard to say, maybe you can take Suzhou within ten days, maybe you may not be able to ...... in three days."

"Ten days? Three days? Brother, don't you think too highly of Song Jun? ”

[Xiao Pu Gu Shali] immediately stood up, and said with a cold smile: "Suzhou City is high and deep, which is the key to the western gateway of the Xia Kingdom, and there are more than 100,000 troops guarding Suzhou City, not to mention that it is as solid as a mountain!" ”

"Moreover, the siege of the city is not the defense of the city, now whether it is in terms of strength or geographical advantages, it is not advantageous for the Song army, let me ask this for the Song army who is only good at defending the city and will not attack the city, is it not a fantasy to take Suzhou?"

"According to your intentions, this Song army can't take Suzhou?"

"At least it won't be ten days, even if it is more than a month, it may not have the size of the merit, when the Song army is tired and sleepy, the foolish brother thinks that he can swallow this Song army, and the shame of our army in Chengdu that day!"

"What you say is reasonable, then you and I will wait and see......"