Chapter Fifty-Six: Expedition to Western Xia
Time, like the wheel of a chariot, flies in front of you, a year has passed unconsciously, since the death of the beggars in the past year, no one has ever troubled the Queen Mother's aid station.
Today is the second day of February, the day when the dragon raises its head, and Da Song, the war dragon who has been sleeping for a long time, has also opened his greedy and bloodthirsty eyes, and will embark on her road to conquer the world
Looking at all the soldiers in front of me, I said to them in a loud voice: "Soldiers of the Empire, I am going to lead you to the battlefield today, in our west, the country called Western Xia, he was originally our compatriot, but they have betrayed us, and for nearly a hundred years, they have been harassing our border walls, constantly plundering our wealth, defiling our sisters, and constantly slaughtering our people, today, I want to lead you to take revenge on Western Xia, Wash away all the humiliation and suffering we have had for a hundred years."
"Revenge ......", "Kill all the Western Xia people......" "Kill them all ......"
"Listen to the warriors of the empire, I have already changed the rules of war, after the war, you can plunder as you want, and forty percent of the wealth obtained from looting is your own, but most of the people in Western Xia are our Han Chinese, as long as they do not attack us, they are not allowed to slaughter and plunder them at will, but their soldiers are all Qiang, kill them all"
"Kill" "kill" "kill" ......
"Sacrifice the Flag, Go to the Expedition"
In this westward expedition, the capital battalion sent a total of 100,000 troops, and I transferred a total of 50,000 troops from Jingnan Road, Jingbei North Road, Hedong Road, and Yongxing Military Road, and I appointed myself as the head of the march, and appointed Lu Junyi, the jade unicorn, as the deputy head of the march, and appointed the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi, and Zhang Qing without feather arrows to command 20,000 troops as the vanguard, appointed Shi Wengong as the head of the rear army, appointed the big sword Guan Sheng, the golden gunner Xu Ning, the double whip Hu Yanzhuo, the sick lieutenant Chi Sun Li as the general, appointed Chu Luli as the marching chief Shi, Wu Yong as the main book, Tiehu, Yue Fei as the army, a total of 150,000 troops, Expedition to Western Xia. Lin Chong should lead the Hua Wolf troops to enter the Western Xia border before January
Because the infantry, artillery, logistics and baggage were boarded at the Kaifeng wharf and went up the Yellow River, the marching speed of the army was very fast, and the army arrived at Yan'an Mansion in only five days, and then the cavalry army turned, and the front of the army pointed directly at the city of Hongzhou in Western Xia
"Your Majesty, Lin Chong is here" I was standing in front of the Xixia sand table provided by the CIA, listening to Lu Junyi and Yue Fei's military plan with the generals in the army, when Wu Song came in and said to me
"Xuan"
"Minister, Lin Chong knocks to see the emperor" At this time, Lin Chong was completely dressed as a special operation, with a dome of iron helmet to protect his ears, his face was smeared with a series of plaster, dark green military uniform, lined with fine steel chain mail, covered with a sleeveless leather armor, a smock full of small pockets sewn on the leather armor, a short knife was inserted horizontally on the belt at the back waist, an arrow bag and a short-handled narrow blade single knife were carried on his back, a folded steel longbow, folded and inserted into the groove of a special quiver, and a dagger and gold sore medicine were contained in the bag on his left leg. The bag on his right leg was equipped with a folded hand crossbow and crossbow arrows, a pair of fast boots with live buckles on his feet, and a matte piece of equipment made Lin Chong's whole person attract everyone's attention like a black hole, but it was so hazy that people could see it vaguely
"Lin Chong, where are your people now, how are you preparing?" I asked
Lin Chong walked to the sand table and looked at it for a while, stretched out his hand and said: "Your Majesty, two hundred of the five hundred wolf soldiers led by the minister are resting in the dense forest between Longzhou and Hongzhou, and the other hundred people have been scattered and infiltrated into Longzhou, Hongzhou and Yanzhou City, thinking that they should be internal, and besides, the minister has sent three teams to infiltrate Xiazhou in makeup, and the other two teams have also infiltrated Yinzhou and the Divine Warrior Division in Western Xia respectively."
"Very good, now we are only fifty miles from Hongzhou City, and we will be able to arrive before dark tomorrow, in order to prevent the Tangut people from launching a surprise attack on our army's unstable foothold, after you go back, immediately inform the Huawolf soldiers in Hongzhou City, and as soon as our army arrives tomorrow, we will set fire everywhere in the city to attract the Xixia army."
"Wechen obeys."
"Where is Guan Sheng?"
"The end will be."
"Tomorrow, before our army arrives at Hongzhou City, you and Dong Ping will lead 10,000 cavalry to set up an ambush on the road between Hongzhou and Longzhou, and bring the Western Xia reinforcements to this place, and you will intercept and kill their reinforcements and take Longzhou City by chance."
"The Last Will Do Duty"
"Our army must take the three border fortresses of Hongzhou, Yanzhou, Longzhou and Western Xia within three days, thinking that it is fundamental."
"Obey Your Orders"
Following
The army advanced rapidly, and when it reached the city of Hongzhou an hour before the sun set, I looked at the already closed gates and the soldiers waiting at the top of the city, and I knew that the Western Xia must have already learned of my arrival
"Order, the army will enter the city tonight to rest, and the artillery will be ordered to move forward"
At this time, in Hongzhou City, there were suddenly fires in many places, looking at the billowing smoke, I knew that the Hua Wolf soldiers lurking in Hongzhou City had succeeded, and we could calmly arrange the military formation outside the city
"Where is Zhang Qing?"
"The last general," Zhang Qing immediately replied with his fists clenched. In ancient times, there were military regulations that during the war, whether it was a soldier or a general, it was inconvenient to put on a helmet and armor, so there was no need to perform a full salute
"Then you come forward and call for battle."
"The last will obey."
"Where is Yang Zhi?"
"The end will be."
"After a while, when the artillery breaks through its gates, you will immediately lead your army to kill it, and all those who dare to resist will be killed on the spot."
"Obey orders!"