Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

"Renli, are you joking?" After a while, Xia Chongzong laughed.

"The matter is of great importance, and my brother came to report, how can you be joking?" Li Renli said.

Li Renli's expression was extremely anxious and terrified, and Xia Chongzong couldn't help frowning!

"Nonsense! It's not like we don't know what the current situation in Guanshan is like! Now Guanshan is facing threats from three sides. My Jurchen army of more than 100,000 is in Guanshan, and the Han emperor in the south of the Yangtze River has 600,000 troops in Guanshan." Shan! Under such circumstances, how dare the Emperor Xuanwu of Guan Shan go north? Is he crazy? Does he want to close Shan? " Wanyan Zongqian angrily scolded.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wanyan, what I said is absolutely true!" Li Renli said with beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

"How is this possible?" Xia Chongzong frowned.

"Your Majesty, my brother is in charge of the affairs of the Privy Council! Just in the morning, a group of defeated generals entered the Privy Council. They all came from Hongzhou, Youzhou, and Jianing! I didn't believe it at first, but just Just now, the magistrate and guard of Yanzhou sent people to say that the Song army is marching towards Yanzhou! Now, I am afraid that the Song army has surrounded Yanzhou! At this time, I have to believe it!" Li Renli said .

"How is it possible? This is too ridiculous!" Wanyan Zongqian also frowned at this moment!

But what Li Renli said was so convincing, at this moment Xia Chongzong and Wanyan Zonggan became cautious! But when they think hard, they still find it incredible!

"Where are the defeated soldiers and generals? Where are the messengers sent by Yanzhou City? Let them come to see me immediately!" Xia Chongzong said.

"Your brother, let them come! In fact, they are waiting outside the palace for His Majesty's call!" Li Renli said.

After such a thing happened, Xia Chongzong and Wanyan Zonggan were not in the mood to eat, and everyone returned to their seats in the palace, waiting for the arrival of those rout soldiers, rout generals, and messengers!

After a quarter of an hour, hundreds of people appeared outside the palace! More than a dozen of these hundreds of people are still dressed neatly, and they are messengers from Yanzhou City! The rest of the people are extremely embarrassed, they are the defeated soldiers and defeated generals everywhere!

At that moment, Li Renli first walked in with the messengers from Yanzhou City, and the dozen or so messengers fell to their knees on the ground! The leader was a school lieutenant, and at this moment the school lieutenant said: "Your Majesty, my lords, the Song army is extremely numerous, and they have conquered Hongzhou and Youzhou, so General Ren Duo ordered us to come to Xingqing Mansion to send a message! Your Majesty , although General Ren Duo is confident that he can hold Yanzhou City, but it is difficult to expel all Song troops! Therefore, he asked the court for assistance!"

"Is this true?" Xia Chongzong still couldn't believe it!

At this time, Li Renli had already walked in with a few defeated generals! These generals looked exhausted to the extreme, one of them had a broken arm, and the rest had wounds on their bodies! Their eyes were dull, their lips were chapped, and now they too were on their knees!

Seeing their appearance, Xia Chongzong immediately knew that they had gone through a big battle!

"Song army really invaded?" Xia Chongzong asked anxiously.

"It's absolutely true! The Song army has really invaded!" said a defeated general.

"How many people are there in the Song army? Is it just a small group of enemies? You have no embankments, so you failed?" Wanyan Zongqian said coldly.

"The number of the Song army is extremely large, I'm afraid there are hundreds of thousands!" A defeated general said.

Once the army fails in battle, in order to shirk responsibility, it often exaggerates the number of enemies! The same is true for the defeated general of Xixia at this moment! Of course, sometimes it is difficult to judge the number of enemies on the battlefield! Whether it is an army of more than 100,000 or hundreds of thousands, from a distance, it is a sea of ​​people, densely packed! At first he really thought it was hundreds of thousands, but along the way, he kept thinking, and the impression in his heart became more and more blurred, and now he also faintly feels that hundreds of thousands may be right! Besides, hundreds of thousands of people attacked the city that day, and there may be other Song troops in the distance! So he felt that he was not wrong to say hundreds of thousands!

"Hundreds of thousands? How is it possible?" Wanyan Zongqian couldn't believe it.

"Your Majesty, my lord, it's hundreds of thousands! We can't be wrong!" the defeated general said. '

"Tell me, how many people are there?" Xia Chongzong said, looking at the rest of the defeated generals.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed hundreds of thousands!" the defeated generals said one after another.

At this moment, Xia Chongzong already felt that something was wrong. If hundreds of thousands of people really entered Xixia, the entire eastern part of Xixia would fall! Even Yanzhou City may not be able to stop the hundreds of thousands of Song troops!

Li Renli had already called in the rout soldiers from outside one after another, and Xia Chongzong asked them carefully one by one! Some of those soldiers said it was hundreds of thousands, and some said it was hundreds of thousands! But no matter what, there is no doubt that the Song Army has a huge number of soldiers and horses!

Moreover, Hongzhou City only lasted for an hour, and Youzhou and Jianing also fell after one or two hours. These are enough to witness the large number and strength of the Song Army!

"How is it possible? Under the current situation, how dare the Song army go northward?" Wanyan Zongqian frowned.

"My lord Wanyan, it seems that this is true! The Song army has really entered our Xixia! Now my Xixia is being attacked by hundreds of thousands of Song troops!" Xia Chongzong was fidgeting at this moment!

Wanyan Zongqian nodded, hearing the words of these rout soldiers, rout generals, and messengers with his own ears, and seeing the discomfited appearance of these rout soldiers and rout generals, he had to admit that the Song army had indeed entered Xixia! Xixia is currently under threat!

"Come on, let Brother Cha come here immediately!" Xia Chongzong shouted loudly!

Not long after, a Xixia general entered the Yinchuan Palace! This Xixia general is not very tall, but his body looks unusually thick. He has three long beards and his face is flushed! He is Brother Li Cha, a famous general in the history of Xixia. Because his face is somewhat similar to Guan Erye, he is called "Little Guan Yu" by Xixia people! He is a son of the royal family, he joined the Xixia army when he was more than ten years old, he started from the lowest soldier, and became the commander of Xixia! In the early years, he participated in the war between Xixia and the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty! Later, Jurchen invaded Xixia, and he also led an army to fight against Jurchen, but he was far from Jurchen's opponent! But even so, he is still the first person in the current Xixia army, the main commander of Xixia!

"The final general will see His Majesty!" Brother Li Cha knelt down and said.

"Brother Cha, you immediately lead the army to Yanzhou City!" Xia Chongzong said.

"Ah!" Brother Li Cha was taken aback, and said, "Why is this?"

He has just arrived, and he still doesn't know about the major events happening in the East!

"The Song people invaded massively! Now we must resist the Song army!" Xia Chongzong said.

"Song people invaded aggressively? How is this possible?" Brother Li Cha couldn't believe it, and stayed there!

"Renli, tell him!" Xia Chongzong said.

At that moment, Li Renli stepped forward and told Brother Richard about the Song army's invasion! Brother Li Cha couldn't believe it, and now Li Renli asked those defeated soldiers, generals, and messengers to describe the situation in the east to Brother Li Cha! Brother Li Cha asked carefully, his complexion became worse and worse! His battlefield experience is extremely rich, and he can naturally judge that what these people said is basically correct! The only doubt is the number of the Song army, but even according to the smallest estimate, it is more than 150,000! It is very likely that as these soldiers said, it has reached hundreds of thousands!

"How is it possible? There is a Jurchen army in Guanshan, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops of Emperor Jianyan. How dare the little emperor of Hanzhong go north? They don't want to go to Shanxi?" doubt!

"Brother Cha, now is not the time to think about these! You must immediately command the army to advance eastward and resist the Song army! If not, I am afraid that Xiazhou and Yinzhou will be occupied by the Song army! At that time, half of the country will not be in our hands." In your hand!" Xia Chongzong said.

"Your Majesty, the last general will raise his army and march eastward! There are now a total of 300,000 troops around Xingqing Mansion, and I will lead 250,000 men to the east! In addition, Xiping Mansion, Huaizhou, Jingzhou There are also garrisons in various places, the general asks His Majesty to order the garrisons in these places to go east at the same time! The ministers will join them in the area of ​​Baichi City, so that the number of troops can exceed 300,000! It is enough to resist the Song army!" Brother Li Cha road.

"Okay! I'll let the Privy Council make an order!" Xia Chongzong nodded!

"Your Majesty, I would like to go out with General Chage!" At this moment, Wanyan Zonggan stood up and said.

"The battlefield is extremely dangerous, what is Master Wanyan doing there?" Xia Chongzong asked in disbelief.

"The movements of the Han people are really weird! I really can't believe that the Han people dare to go north and enter Xixia at this time, so I'm going to the east to have a look! If I can catch the Han prisoners, I should ask, how did they rely on How can we contain our Jurchen army!" Wanyan Zong said dryly.

"Your Majesty Wanyan, you mean that they used tricks to restrain your country's army?" Brother Li Cha said.

"Naturally! Moreover, they not only restrained my Jurchen army, but also the army of Emperor Jianyan in the south of the Yangtze River! If not, they would not dare to go north at all!" Wanyan Zonggan is the son of Wanyan Aguda, the father of the tiger. Wugouzi, in a short period of time, he has already analyzed the stakes!

"It must be like this!" Brother Li Cha nodded!

At the moment Brother Li Cha and Wanyan Zongqian came out of the palace, Brother Li Cha immediately ordered the army to assemble!

However, the quality of the Xixia army was too average. From noon to dusk, the army was assembled! It was already dark, Brother Li Cha hesitated for a long time, and decided to send troops tomorrow morning!

"General Chage, the military situation is urgent, there should be no delay at this time, the troops should be marched immediately!" Wanyan Zong said dryly.

"It's already dark! At this time, even if I order the soldiers to enter, the soldiers will not agree!" Brother Richard said.

A mocking smile appeared on Wanyan Zongqian's face. In his opinion, the difference between the Western Xia army and the Jurchen army was too great! If it was the Jurchen army, they would definitely march east without hesitation at this time! Of course, the current Jurchen army is not as good as it was ten years ago, but even so, they are still stronger than the Xixia army!

"With an army of 300,000, I don't know if we can defeat the Song army!" After a while, Wanyan Zongqian said again.

"I will definitely be able to defeat the Song Army! Back then, I fought against the Western Army in Guanshan, and the Western Army was nothing more than that. It was somewhat different from our Xixia Army. The Han people only relied on the strength of the city! Now that the little Han Emperor is enthroned, the Western Army A plummet, let alone our opponent! Moreover, according to my estimation, the Song army will definitely not stay in our Xixia territory for a long time! Although they used tricks to restrain the army of your country and the army of the south of the Yangtze River, the tricks and tricks cannot last long after all. They must always defend against the army of your country and the army of the south of the Yangtze River to attack Guanshan! Therefore, we only need to step by step and not engage in a decisive battle with them. After a long time, they will definitely retreat! At that time, we followed them and hunted them down , will definitely wipe out the invading enemy!" Brother Li Cha said.

After Brother Li Cha finished speaking, Wanyan Zongqian froze there. After a while, he nodded and said, "That's right! General Li is indeed a veteran general, Zonggan admires him!"

Wanyan Zongqian has been in the court of the Kingdom of Jin all these years, and he has participated in very few wars! Although his strategic vision is good, he is still not as good as Brother Li Cha in pure tactics! After hearing Brother Li Cha's words, he has more confidence in Brother Li Cha!

In the early morning of the second day, Brother Li Cha and Wanyan Zongqian led an army of 250,000 Xixia troops towards the east! This 250,000 army is a mixture of infantry and cavalry, with half of the infantry and half of the cavalry! In addition to the army, there is also a long line of transporting food and supplies behind! The marching speed of the army is extremely slow, coupled with the difficult roads in ancient times, and the unusually cold weather, it will take at least half a month to rush from here to Yanzhou!

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At this moment in Xi'an Prefecture, Qinfeng Road, Northern Shaanxi, Zhao Zhe, the coach of Jingyuan Road, is in the government office!

The headquarters of the Jingyuan Army is being established here, and countless staff members are also here now!

Information from all over the world is continuously sent here, especially the information from Xixia is delivered immediately!

The information that the Northern Shaanxi Imperial Army and the Huanqing Army went north to conquer Hongzhou, Youzhou, and Jianing has been sent over, and the information that they are about to attack Yanzhou has also been sent over! Of course, the communication conditions in this era are extremely backward. When the information was sent, Zhao Zhe knew that the Northern Shaanxi Forbidden Army and the Huanqing Army must have conquered Yanzhou!

At this moment, more than ten commanders of the Jingyuan Army have come here!

Holding the information, Zhao Zhe swept his gaze over the dozen or so army commanders below, and said, "The Imperial Army of Northern Shaanxi and the Huanqing Army have conquered several cities in Xixia! The capital of Xixia must have received the news, and now the main force of Xixia should have returned from Xingxia. Let’s go to Qing Mansion! Let’s set off immediately, to Xingqing Mansion!”

Excited expressions appeared on the faces of the army commanders below! At the end of last year, they had already received an order from the General Staff Headquarters, ready to go north and enter Xixia at any time! At the beginning of this year, they received an order from Zhao Chen, ordering them to be ready at all times. Once they got news of the Imperial Army in northern Shaanxi, it was time for them to enter Xixia! They have been waiting for Zhao Zhe's order, and now the order is finally issued!

"Within a quarter of an hour, the 100,000 troops will go northward with all their strength! Don't carry any luggage, go up lightly! Arrive at Xingqing Mansion in Xixia within the shortest possible time at all costs!" Zhao Zhe said.

"The last general is waiting to take orders!" More than a dozen army commanders stood up one after another and said.

"Remember, this battle is related to the fate of the country, and we must not slack off! If this battle is won, there will be no border troubles in the north of the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty will no longer have to worry about Xixia going south! If this battle is lost, I am afraid that the entire Guanshan will be lost! Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu are also in jeopardy, and the real country was destroyed at that time! So, please, don’t fail!” Zhao Zhe also stood up at this moment, bent down, and bowed to these army commanders.

"Don't worry, Commander, even if all of our Jingyuan army is dead, we must guarantee victory in this battle!" said an army commander below.

"Your Majesty has entered Xixia now! Your Majesty is watching us from a distance, we will never fail!" Another general said.

"Very good! Gather the troops immediately and set off!" Zhao Zhe said.

The Jingyuan Army originally had 50,000 people, but later another 100,000 young people joined the Jingyuan Army. Now the total strength of the Jingyuan Army is 150,000! It’s just that apart from Xixia, there is Tubo in the west. Of course, Tubo in this era is no longer the Tubo Empire of the Tang Dynasty! After hundreds of years, the Tubo Empire has already disintegrated, and now Tubo has become countless tribes! The relationship between the Song Dynasty and the Tubo ministries has always been very good, but even so, the Jingyuan Army must leave enough soldiers and horses to defend the Tubo ministries, and they can only use 100,000 troops!

From the moment the military order was issued, in just a quarter of an hour, a hundred thousand troops moved one after another! They didn't carry any luggage, each of them only carried ten days' worth of dry food, and they headed towards Xixia! In contrast, the Western Xia army took a full afternoon to complete the team, and then rested all night before setting off. The difference in military quality between the two armies is evident! Of course, the Jingyuan army has been preparing for the battle of Xixia. Although the Xixia army is also preparing to go south to Guanshan, it is not so urgent!