In the early hours of the morning, in a hidden valley in the northwest of Sanchuan Village, a large number of troops slowly crossed the valley mouth to come here, with the general in the middle of the team issued an order, the whole army immediately stopped, began to set up camp and bury the pot to cook, looking at the tired appearance of the soldiers, it is estimated that it was a night of road, but such a large army does not march during the day, but takes advantage of the night to advance, it is really a very strange thing.

In the middle of the army, Zhao Ji sat there quietly motionless, looking at the dark sky outside through the tent door, today's weather is not very good, and he can't see any stars in the sky, but he looks very seriously, and he doesn't know what he is thinking in his head?

"Your Highness, breakfast is ready, you can eat too!" At this moment, Yang Wenguang walked in with two large bowls, and his relatives behind him also carried two large bowls, one bowl had a few steamed buns, and the other bowl was piled with a lot of meat and vegetables, and there were no cooking skills, all of them were thrown into the pot and cooked with salt, as for the taste, it can only be said that it is not dead.

Yang Wenguang said and came to Zhao Ji's face, and then one of the big bowls was placed in front of him, which contained a kind of thick porridge with white and yellow, which looked like porridge, but exuded a sweet taste, Zhao Ji didn't need to look at it to know that this was a porridge made of sweet potato noodles transported from Tuntian in the south.

I saw Zhao Ji take a sip of the sweet potato porridge in front of him, and then picked up a steamed bun and started to eat, after a night's journey, he was indeed hungry, and after staying in the army for so long, he had already become accustomed to life in the army, and being able to eat a hot meal on the way all night was already a very rare enjoyment for him and the sergeants outside.

"General Yang, how many days will it take us to reach Xi'an?" Zhao Ji suddenly asked again at this time.

Yang Wenguang was also sitting in front of him at this time, breaking open a steamed bun and putting vegetables in it. Hearing Zhao Ji's question, he couldn't help but smile and said: "This is the third time His Highness has asked me this question, our current location is in the northwest of Sanchuan Village, not far from Tiandu Mountain, Xi'an Prefecture is in the northwest of Tiandu Mountain, with the current forward speed, it is estimated that we can reach Xi'an Prefecture in three days at most." At that time, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Tangut people to launch a surprise attack, there is a sixty or seventy percent chance of taking Xi'an Prefecture! ”

Xi'an Prefecture is the border town of the Xixia people, it was even the capital of the Xixia people, last year Li Liangzuo sent troops from Xi'an Prefecture to attack the Great Song Dynasty, and the grain and grass needed by the Xixia army were run from Xi'an Prefecture, which shows the importance of this border city.

Zhao Ji also knew that he had asked this question many times, but he was too nervous in his heart, this battle was related to the future national fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty, and he was the commander. If this battle is successful, then not only can he get rid of a strong enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, but also allow him to gain great prestige, and when he takes over the throne in the future, there will be no objections in the court.

Yang Wenguang is old, and he is tired enough after a night of driving, so he sits in front of Zhao Ji and eats steamed buns in a big gulp, and drinks a mouthful of sweet potato porridge from time to time. There was also an expression of enjoyment on his face, and this sweet potato porridge, which became sweeter and sweeter the more he cooked, was very much to his appetite. I heard that the output of this thing is very large, and if it is popularized in the future, it is estimated that there will be no more famine in the Great Song Dynasty.

Yang Wenguang concentrated on eating, although Zhao Ji was still a little nervous in his heart, he was also tired and hungry at this time, so he had to pay attention to the meal in front of him. Although these meals are very coarse, but in a place like the army, it is good to be full, as for the taste, don't be demanding, speaking of which, there are canned food produced by Zhao Yan in the army. However, there were relatively few of them, and they were usually only taken out on important days and distributed to the soldiers.

At that moment, Zhao Ji finished eating in silence, and then Zhao Ji fell on a blanket next to the tent, and soon there was a snoring sound, Yang Wenguang insisted for a while, opened a map and looked at it, and then went outside to give some orders, and then came back and lay down in the blanket next to Zhao Ji, and also fell asleep quickly.

Zhao Ji didn't know how long he slept this night, and when he woke up again, he found that it was already sunset outside, it seemed that he had slept from early morning to now, Yang Wenguang, who should have also slept in the tent, was gone, his blankets and quilts were all there, and he must have gotten up to deal with the affairs of the army, after all, such a huge army, and marching at night, there would naturally be countless affairs waiting for him to deal with.

At that moment, Zhao Ji stood up and moved his hands and feet, and the guards outside heard the movement inside, and immediately brought in water for Zhao Ji to wash, and then quickly sent another meal, although it was afternoon, it was not yet dinner, and Zhao Ji didn't even eat lunch, so I didn't know whether to call this meal lunch or dinner?

After eating, Zhao Ji walked out of the tent to take a look, and found that in addition to the patrolling soldiers in the entire camp, most of the tents were snoring, which is understandable, after all, as a prince, he could still ride on a horse when he was on the road last night, but most of the remaining soldiers could only walk with their feet, and they also had to carry a lot of baggage and weapons, so those soldiers were much more tired than Zhao Ji, and it was normal that they had not woken up at this time.

Zhao Ji slept for a day, at this time he felt a little soreness in his body, and there was no sleepiness, he immediately walked around the barracks, and finally he unconsciously came to the edge of the barracks, through the antlers around the barracks, you can see that the outside is not very tall, but the mountain wall is very steep.

"Huh?" At this moment, Zhao Ji suddenly saw that on the half-slope not far away, there was a team of officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty standing there, as if they were exploring something, and many people were holding binoculars in their hands, which made Zhao Ji even more curious, you must know that even now, telescopes are still only available to middle and senior generals.

At that moment, Zhao Ji walked out of the barracks with the guards, and then walked straight to the officers and soldiers on the other side of the hillside, but when he got closer, he found that those officers and soldiers were all cadets who came with the army, and these cadets were divided into two parts, of which the earliest batch of cadets had entered the army as low-level generals, and in the barracks behind him, I heard that most of the people were doing well, as for the current students, they came after the New Year, they were too young, and they could only form an army independently, and they did not directly participate in this war.

Yang Huaiyu, the leader of the team, also saw Zhao Ji, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Your Highness, why don't you rest for a while?" ”

"Hehe, I'm not that delicate, I've recovered after a whole day's sleep, so I just walked around, I didn't expect to see you here, what, what are you doing here?" Zhao Ji also said with a smile, and at the same time he was very curious about the actions of Yang Huaiyu and others.

"Your Royal Highness, I am leading the students to survey the terrain, and after recording the terrain here, you can mark it more accurately on the sand table when you go back, in addition, this is also the garrison place where the Tangut people invaded the Great Song Dynasty, and there are still fortifications built by the Tangut people in some places, which can also give us a better understanding of the actions of the Tangut army!" Yang Wenguang spoke again at this time.

"I see, no wonder you asked the third brother to move your father and let you take your students to march with the army, so that teaching the art of war on the field is indeed much better than learning by death in a military school." Zhao Ji also showed a sudden expression when he heard this, he originally thought that the military academy would send those students who were about to graduate, but there was no need for these students led by Yang Huaiyu to come at all, but now he finally understood the hard work of Yang Huaiyu and others.

"Your Highness is wise, we do have such a plan, and when His Highness's army fights with the Tanguts, we will follow behind His Highness, make detailed records of each war, and even watch the situation on the battlefield up close, I believe that after experiencing this, these students behind me will grow up quickly, and they will also become the materials of my Great Song Dynasty in the future!" Yang Huaiyu spoke again, but a few hints of longing flashed in his eyes, at this time, because he was also very eager to lead the troops to fight in person, but he now had more important responsibilities, so he could only follow behind Zhao Ji and watch the comrades in front of him fight with the enemy.

"Yes, yes, this king also believes that you can cultivate a group of great generals for my Great Song Dynasty!" Zhao Ji said a few words of encouragement to Yang Huaiyu when he said this, and then looked at the busy military academy students opposite, and even he saw a few familiar faces among them, after all, most of these students were born in the aristocracy, but when Zhao Ji looked at those familiar young people, he found that their temperament had changed dramatically, which made him a little afraid to recognize each other for a while.

Zhao Ji didn't bother the busy cadets, and after watching for a while, he said goodbye to Yang Huaiyu and left, but he didn't go back to the barracks immediately, but climbed to a relatively high mountain with his guards, and looked at the far north, which was the direction of Xi'an Prefecture, and it was also the target of his surprise attack with the army.

This time the army led by Zhao Ji is only 50,000 people, these are of course not all the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, in fact, behind them, there are nearly 150,000 troops ready to go, for this battle to destroy the summer, the Great Song Dynasty has been preparing for several years, and the number of mobilized troops has reached an astonishing 200,000, these are already the vast majority of the combat power of the Western Army, it can be said that if they fail, the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty is likely to face a situation where there are no soldiers to defend.

However, Zhao Ji is full of confidence in this war, because their army is equipped with a large number of new weapons, such as a staggering 2,000 ballistae alone, if these ballistas concentrate on attacking the city wall, Zhao Ji believes that even the Tokyo City of the Great Song Dynasty will be breached, coupled with the use of other firearms, it can be said that the army of the Great Song Dynasty has been armed to the teeth, even if it is the cavalry that the Western Xia people are proud of, they can only perish in the artillery fire! (To be continued......)