When Zhao Xiaoxi walked into Qinghua City very calmly under the adoring eyes of the cavalry guards and the ironclad infantry. The Qinghua county order, who was already holding the Qinghua City civil register and the official seal, took the officials of the whole city to kneel to welcome the arrival of Zhao Xiaoxi.

In the face of the surrender beggar of the county order, Zhao Xiaoxi didn't pay much attention to it, and directly asked Zhao Da beside him to accept the surrender. This method is undoubtedly an insult to these officers and soldiers of the Li Dynasty. But in this case, they do not have the right to choose.

Zhao Xiaoxi, who rode into the city, looked at the awe-inspiring eyes of the people of Qinghua City, and quickly said: "Zhao Da, tell this Qinghua City county commander that he will open the city gate and surrender, so that he will not be at the risk of being killed."

Just if you want to survive, you must also cooperate with us to enter the city. Let him post a notice to the people, telling the people of the city that there must be no action against the officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty. Those who dare to challenge the Great Song Dynasty will be killed! ”

Zhao Da quickly said: "Obey!" ”

At the beginning of Zhao Xiaoxi, the logistics officer who accompanied the army began to count the points and seal the treasury of Qinghua City. These are all his trophies, so naturally they should be checked carefully. At this time, the infantry began to raid the property of these officials.

There have long been secret agents from the cloth pavilion to investigate the situation of those big families and officials in the city. Officers and soldiers entering the city only need to check the materials according to the names of the people. Some businessmen who had a good relationship with the Great Song Dynasty were lucky to escape.

At the same time, many businessmen gathered in Qiongzhou also began to take boats. As the closest partners with Cho Hyo-seok, they will become the most staunch supporters and beneficiaries of this war.

They all charter New South City transport ships. With the silver tickets issued by the New South City Silver Village, it should be very cheap to buy those loot from Li Chaojingfeng. Even if it's a captive. Pull to Qiongzhou and Xinnancheng, that is also a lot of income.

Nowadays, with Zhao Xiaoxi's subsidiary, each workshop has entered the formalization. The large demand for products has also promoted the demand for labor. Hiring this kind of captive coolie is naturally cheaper than hiring ordinary people.

In addition, the resources of the occupying Power. It's the same thing these merchants want to snap up. In these years, they are accustomed to taking the lead in everything, so they naturally want to rush there as soon as possible. Catch the fruits of victory in the first battle of this good start.

Cho Hyo-seok ordered the whole army to rest for the night in Thanh Hoa City. Tomorrow we will continue to attack the county seat next to it, and completely use Thanh Hoa City as the base point to conquer the ruling area of the Li Dynasty. Truncated into two segments. so that they can split and attack.

And at this moment, as night fell, the Friendship Pass bordering Yongzhou, the fortress guarded by the defenders of the Li Dynasty. But suddenly a group of masked men in black came. Looking at the fortress guarded by the officers and soldiers of the Li Dynasty in front, these black-clothed men all exuded murderous aura on their faces.

As they arrived at the bottom of the walls, the men in black were familiar with them, and they threw their triangular claws behind the walls. After trying to pull it a bit, there was really no problem. The man in black quickly climbed to the top of the wall.

When the men in black came up to the wall one after another, many people in black came from behind. Pull out a handmade crossbow. Under the gesture of the leader in black, he slowly killed the Li Dynasty soldiers who were defending the city.

As the men in black began to prepare, they aimed their crossbows at the defenders of the Li Dynasty who were standing in the firelight, completely unaware of the danger. With a gesture from the leader, the crossbows fired deadly bolts at almost the same time.

As the bolts pierced their throats, the men in black carried them like tanuki and dragged them into the darkness. After everything was ready, the men in black divided into two ways and began to walk under the city gate.

After they cleaned up, the Li Dynasty soldiers who were on duty at the fortress tonight. Outside many of the barracks that had already rested, they also appeared. And at this time, the weapons in their hands have all turned into bamboo tubes.

Poking through the windows where the soldiers were resting, the men in black began to blow inside. Waiting until puffs of smoke filled the room where the soldiers were resting, the man in black, who had been outside for a while, walked in with a short knife.

At this moment, all the people who were resting inside had fallen asleep. And what the man in black has to do is to send them one by one into a sleep that they can never wake up again. Everything was done, and the man in black who was full of blood quickly walked out of the barracks.

After a careful inspection, I saw that there was no living person in this city pass guarded by the officers and soldiers of the Li Dynasty. The leader in black said: "Send a signal to inform the Qiongzhou Army and the Yongzhou Army to clear the customs overnight!" ”

From these simple words, you can hear that they are all Zhao Xiaoxi's subordinates. And their role this time is to clear the two forces that attack from the land, and clear such easily defended and difficult fortresses.

During the day, the two armies had already arrived not far from the Friendship Pass, and the officers and men had already rested during the day. At this moment, they sat quietly in a hidden valley, waiting for the orders of their commander.

When he waited in the night sky, a brilliant firework suddenly bloomed, and Zhao Wu, who was the commander of this road, immediately smiled and said, "It seems that the martial guards have already succeeded." General Wu, we can go! ”

This time the attack was by land, Zhao Wu was the main commander, and Wu Ding was the deputy commander. And the total strength of their two armies reached 12,000 men. Among them were some of the baggage troops that accompanied them.

Hearing that Wu Wei, who won the pass, was also very surprised. Although he knew that in today's Friendship Pass, the Li Dynasty did not have many troops stationed. But everyone knows that the terrain of the Friendship Pass is steep, and the city pass built on the mountain is even easier to defend and difficult to attack.

But in less than one night, the friendship pass was taken. Those black-clothed people who look more like martial arts people, are they really strong to this extent?

In any case, winning the friendship pass means that the door for them to enter the Li Dynasty is opened. The next thing they had to do was to advance to Langsan City behind the Friendship Pass before Li Chao could react.

Originally, it was also the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. It was only later, after the Li Dynasty paid tribute, I don't know how important the Friendship Pass was to the Great Song Emperor. resolutely gave Langshan to Li Chao. And what the Li Dynasty paid was just some tribute.

With Wu Ding's order, the whole army began to move. Sitting in the valley, the soldiers, already full of energy, began to light torches. Turning into a dozen fire dragons, he began to advance towards the friendship pass. Seeing their arrival, the men in black quickly left.

Looking at the entire fortress barracks, there is no longer a single living mouth. The old army of Wuding also felt deeply shocked. Such an elusive man in black is undoubtedly a nightmare for the officers and soldiers guarding the city.

But fortunately, these men in black are all in the same group as them. After leaving 500 soldiers and guarding the Friendship Pass, Zhao Wu and Wu Ding continued to order, and the whole army marched rapidly overnight. It must arrive outside Lang Son before dawn and encircle it.

These newer infantrymen, who have endured numerous night marches, are also very skilled at night marching. In addition, they don't have to worry about any ambushes along the way, and the march is much easier.

And the man in black, who set off before them, has to do it as an outpost for them. It wasn't until Zhao Wu's army arrived outside Lang Son that he began to rest in a valley in preparation for the siege after dawn.

Overnight, the Friendship Pass was lost, and Lang Son City was besieged. In this case, I am afraid that the monarchs and ministers of the Li Dynasty have not thought about it. But what they didn't know was that with the success of the two armies, Dali also began to send troops to attack.

Over the years, he has also experienced many frictions with Dali. Unbeknownst to them, this time they had no more reinforcements. The reason is very simple, their national capitals are always under the front of the Great Song Dynasty.

Just like the Li Dynasty in that year, he raided the border passes of the Great Song Dynasty. This time, Zhao Xiaoxi also used the principle of the speed of soldiers. As soon as the war letter was issued, the army quickly waved its army and knocked on the pass, so that Li Chao had no time to react.

At this time, Shenglong City, the capital of the Li Dynasty, was still in the process of singing and dancing. For them, today's war book of the king of Qiongzhou in the Great Song Dynasty only made them feel a little surprised, knowing that the Li Dynasty was going to war again.

But they never thought that the Great Song Dynasty would launch a war against them at this time. After all, in their opinion, the Great Song Dynasty did not attach importance to military affairs in the southwest at all. Without the support of the imperial court, how effective is it for a prince to start a war?

However, Zhao Xiaoxi, when arranging the war, has always strengthened the control of intelligence work. Any Li Dynasty official who discovered that the Great Song Dynasty was showing signs of war would always die unexpectedly without realizing it.

On the contrary, the information about the chaos and erosion of bandits in the southwest of the Great Song Dynasty was constantly sent to the Emperor of the Li Dynasty and the military department. If you can't even get your own territory, why talk about starting a war? But I never knew that this was a trick!

Until late at night, under the gate of the national capital, a fast horse came, stood under the city gate and shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, Qinghua 800 miles to expedite the battle report!" The Great Song Water Army has launched a sneak attack! The fall of Thanh Hoa is imminent! ”

Because the post soldiers were sent to the national capital to report the news from the beginning of the dock war. So much so that he didn't know that Thanh Hoa City had fallen at this moment. Even by the time the Li Dynasty reacted, they had lost contact with the cities south of Thanh Hoa.

The defenders standing at the city gate heard the post soldiers downstairs shouting these words, and thought they were talking nonsense. Standing upstairs and asking twice, it took him to confirm his information, and immediately opened the city gate and let him enter the city.

Seeing the already tired and collapsed post guard, the city defender also asked: "Brother, what you just said is true, the Great Song Dynasty sent troops to attack Qinghua City today?" ”

The post guard nodded and said, "My lord, it's true, I'm afraid that the Qinghua Naval Army has already been killed." The navy of the Great Song Dynasty came with many warships, all of which filled the outside of Qinghua Port. The military situation is urgent, please hurry up and report it! This is an expedited war report! ”

When the defenders heard this, they were equally frightened. Immediately let people rush to the royal family with this post man. Tell the defenders guarding the imperial city that Thanh Hoa has an urgent war report that needs to be sent to the emperor immediately for review.

The soldiers who originally guarded the imperial city felt that there was something that had to wake up the emperor who had the possibility of resting overnight? It wasn't until they learned that Qinghua City was in danger that they realized that the Great Song Dynasty had really sent troops to attack the Li Dynasty! (To be continued......)