The ceremony ended successfully in the silence of the ministers.

On the day of the march, three horns and cannons, golden drums and musical instruments sounded in unison. Sun Xu, the generalissimo of Vaxia, led the three armies of Mabu to leave Chenqiaoyi, and all the way the people and horses were mighty, fluttering with flags, and heading west.

Along the way, I don't know how many heroes and people with lofty ideals have made a special trip to vote. Sun Xu was not afraid of coming, and they all collected it one by one.

In more than one day, they finally arrived at a large fortress on the border of Song and Xia, where many people were already standing at the city gate to greet each other.

Sun Xu had already seen Qiao Feng in the distance, as well as several generals. When he arrived at the city gate, he ordered his sergeants to enter the village first to repair, and he himself dismounted in the original place.

Seeing this, Qiao Feng stepped forward with several civil officials and saluted Sun Xu: "I've seen the marshal!" and then the generals also saluted him one by one. It turned out to be several guards from the department.

Sun Xu exchanged a few words with a few people and said, "The army should stay here for a few days and integrate the team." You wait until you go back to the headquarters to find a man named Ruda for Ben Shuai to call. ”

Several people made a promise, and then said goodbye and left.

Gongsun Sheng and the others followed at this time, and when they saw those people leaving, they said with some indignation: "The Hou Party is really powerful! It's a laugh out of my teeth!"

Sun Xu shook his head and smiled: "Why did Mr. Gongsun say this. It's better to think about how to march in the future. ”

With that, the rest of the people followed Qiao Feng into the camp. Seeing that the grain and grass in the camp were quite complete, the anger in his heart eased a little. Then they arrived at the Chinese military tent, and everyone sat down.

Sun Xu asked people to bring the map, looked at it for a while, and asked, "Do the generals have any proposals?"

Seeing that everyone was thinking, no one answered for a while, and volunteered: "Marshal, the last general thinks that the army should move to the Huaide Army, and then take Weizhou directly, and then go north to Dingshun Prefecture and Jingzhou, Xingqing Keping." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him and nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with him.

Sun Xu looked at Zhu Wu, the Divine Machine Master who joined on the way, and saw that he still looked solemn, as if he had something to say, so he asked, "Mr. Zhu, what do you think?"

Zhu Wu pondered for a moment and said, "Marshal, my subordinates think that they should first take Hongzhou, Dingyanzhou, and then go west. ”

Sun Xu nodded approvingly at him and said, "It's the same as what I thought." ”

Everyone was puzzled and asked why.

Zhu Wu explained: "Although it is a good policy to go to Weizhou, there is Jingyuan Road over there to make Zhang Qi run for many years, and it has already attracted the attention of the Xixia people. If we send troops from there, we will inevitably attract Western Xia soldiers. But if it is from Hongzhou, the Western Xia monarchs and ministers must not know the truth and truth, even if they send troops, they must also guard against Zhang Qi's side. ”

When the general heard this, he suddenly felt reasonable. After all, they are bringing a weak army, and if the Western Xia comes to attack, they may not be able to withstand it. But if you are a surprise soldier and you are unprepared, you may get greater results.

At that moment, Sun Xu ordered to repair here for five days and hone the formation.

In the past five days, Sun Xu sent people to invite many veterans of the border army to guide the military formation, and seconded many generals such as Luda from various towns of the border army.

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Five days later, Sun Xu led his troops and horses to the direction of Hongzhou.

Although Western Xia was located in a remote area, it had already received a message that the Great Song Dynasty was going to send troops. However, according to their judgment, the Song army would follow the previous route out of Weizhou, so they transferred most of their military strength to Weizhou to confront Zhang Qi. However, Sun Xu and the others went to Hongzhou, caught them off guard, and easily took Hongzhou City.

After Sun Xu asked the people to make a list of the people, he asked the prisoners, only to learn that officials such as Burotto, the governor of Hongzhou, had taken advantage of the chaos to escape. However, he didn't care that these people ran back to report, after all, such a big operation could not be kept secret all the time. Even if the Western Xia monarchs and ministers were well prepared, would they be able to stop him?

After cleaning up the mess, Sun Xu led the men and horses towards Yanzhou again.

When the military horses drove directly to the city of Yanzhou, they were divided into several teams and set out, waving flags and drums to fight. The sound of drums shook the sky, alarming the defenders, and the defenders rushed away in panic to report to the defender Han Daoping.

Han Daoping only received news from Hongzhou officials who had fled here yesterday that the Song army had captured Hongzhou and that the next step might be to attack Yanzhou. No, they actually camped under the city at this time, and wanted to come to fight the city.

After listening to the report, Han Daoping immediately ordered the army and horses on the hour and went out of the city to meet the enemy.

Seeing him like this, Broto, the governor of Hongzhou, advised: "This group of Song troops is not an ordinary man, and the general should not underestimate the enemy, but should hold on." You should quickly send people to Xingqing Mansion to ask for help to arrive, and attack inside and outside to win!"

Han Daoping was in a panic at this time, and when he heard him say this, he stomped his foot violently and said angrily: "Song Jun looks down on me, just come to take my city." You have already lost the city and land, and you even underestimate me? It is really hateful! If it weren't for the sake of your colleagues, I would have sent you to Beijing a long time ago!"

When Broto heard this, he bowed his head, not daring to persuade him again.

Han Daoping immediately beat the drums and gathered the generals, and then went out of the city to meet the enemy.

At the opening of the city gate, the drawbridge fell slowly, and two or three thousand soldiers and horses crowded across the drawbridge.

After Han Daoping left the city, he saw the Song army's battle formation, with bright clothes and armor, and there was a faint murderous aura. Busy adjusting his mind, he grabbed a 30-pound heavy wind knife from the soldier's hand, urged the mount to go out of the battle, and shouted: "Shameless Song dog! Why did you violate my boundary?"

Sun Xu sent the vanguard officer Qiao Feng out of the battle, Qiao Feng rode a good horse, held a mixed iron rod, and shouted: "Hehuang Valley is the homeland of the Central Plains! You have been stealing from the barbarians for decades, and you should return it today!"

Han Daoping was furious when he heard this, and without saying a word, he slashed at Qiao Feng with a big knife.

Qiao Feng only lightly raised the iron rod to defend. I only heard a loud sound of "dang", and I saw that Han Daoping took a few steps backwards with people and horses.

Qiao Feng looked at him and sneered: "With such martial arts, you dare to go into battle?" When the person was in the air, he held the mixed iron rod high and smashed it against Han Daoping's head.

That Han Daoping was lightly blocked by Qiao Feng and took a few steps back, knowing that he was not an opponent, when he drove his horse back to his own formation, he didn't want Qiao Feng's iron rod to be in front of him. He didn't have time to think, so he had to raise the wind knife to meet him.

There was another loud "bang", and smoke and dust suddenly rose around the two, making it impossible to see the situation inside.

Sun Xu and the others watched from a distance, and Gongsun Sheng on the side said: "Qiao Xianfeng is really a genius! I didn't expect him to be able to use the palm technique on the stick." The weapon that the marshal created for Qiao Xianfeng is no less than sixty catties, but Qiao Xianfeng is born with divine power, and this blow is more than a thousand pounds, how many ordinary people in the world can stop it?"

When Sun Xu heard this, he said with a smile: "The technique of descending the dragon is not in the way of people. Those who can descend the dragon can descend the dragon with their palms, the dragon with their legs, and the dragon with sticks, knives and guns. ”

As the two spoke, the smoke and dust in the field had dissipated.

I saw Qiao Feng holding an iron rod and standing there intact, while Han Daoping, the general who was the enemy of him, was trapped in the ground with men and horses.

At this time, only his head was exposed to the ground, his face was hideously distorted, and there was no need to think about it, he must have lost his breath.

The main general was dead, and the lieutenant general at the head of the city hurriedly gave the order to sound the gong to collect the troops and put away the drawbridge.

At this time, a Biao army suddenly rushed out from the side of the city, it was the newly entered Luda, and he took a hundred and ten border army veterans to rush over the suspension bridge, and the Xia soldiers could not stop it.

Seeing this, the adjutant general hurriedly called for the door to be closed. But at this time, there were still Xia Bing's comrades still outside the city, how could they be so fierce. It was too late, but it was too soon, and Hu Yanzhuo and others met Luda, and then rushed into the city gate.

The gatekeepers marched forward together, trying to repel the attackers, but Ruda yelled at him, and he picked up his sword and cut down a few. Hu Yanzhuo used a double whip on the side, and several Xia soldiers didn't have time to defend, so they were directly beaten out of their brains.

These Xia soldiers have not been in battle for a long time, where have they seen such a formation. Before the soldiers could step forward, they were so frightened that they ran away with their butts between their legs.

The Song army swarmed in, seized the city gate, and killed the soldiers defending the city. When Sun Xu entered the city, the overall situation had been decided.

At this point, the eastern gateway of Western Xia was easily opened by them.