Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

It was already dawn, and Zhao Chen was standing on the wall of Hongzhou City at this moment!

Countless imperial soldiers stood by his side to protect his safety!

The heavy snow is still rolling, and the world is pale!

Zhao Chen looked into the distance, only to see an empty patch of snow in the distance! But he knew that there was a grassland under the white snow!

From here is the historically famous Hetao area! This place used to be the place where the Han people raised horses. When the Song Dynasty was just established, it still belonged to the Han people! It was not until the rise of Xixia that Hetao was occupied by Xixia people! Since then, the Han people have lost the land to raise horses, and the Song Dynasty has no more organized cavalry! The lack of cavalry is also the main reason why the Song Dynasty was not an opponent of the nomads!

And now, the Han people will take over this area one after another again!

At this moment, footsteps came from behind, and Li Xianzhong strode up behind Zhao Chen.

"Your Majesty, the casualties have been counted! This time, our army killed more than 2,300 people and seriously injured more than 1,200 people! The total reached 3,500 people!" Li Xianzhong said.

Zhao Chen stood there and nodded!

At any time, he was very saddened to hear the news of the death and injury of soldiers! But he knows that the war with Xixia is inevitable, and the dead are also indispensable! He can only try to ensure that fewer people die, so that more soldiers can return to their hometowns!

"Your Majesty, through this battle, we can see that our army's combat power is far superior to that of Xixia!" Li Xianzhong said again.

"How much better are we than them?" Zhao Chen asked.

"If it is a single soldier, in terms of physical fitness, one of our soldiers can match the two of them! If it is a battalion, the soldiers of one of our battalions can compete with the soldiers of three of them! If it is an army of 10,000 soldiers , we are enough to resist 50,000 of them! However, this refers to the situation on the plains, where everyone is infantry, our one army can defeat five of them! However, Xixia produces horses, and their cavalry is extremely large! Infantry confrontation Cavalry, with the quality of our army, with the same strength, one army can probably only block one army of their cavalry!" Li Xianzhong said.

"It's already very good!" Zhao Chen nodded.

He was extremely happy in his heart!

It has been five years since Xuanwu, and it has been more than five years since he ascended the throne. Counting it as a year to be in power, Zhao Chen has been in charge of military affairs for more than four years! Over the past four years, the army has changed tremendously! The current Great Song army is far better than the Forbidden Army and Western Army in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and it is also far better than the current Xixia army! The fighting power of the Song army is no longer inferior to the strongest Jurchen army of this era! But the only downside is that this army lacks horses!

Entering Xixia this time, the Forbidden Army in Northern Shaanxi is all infantry! There are more than 20,000 cavalry in the Huanqing Army! As for the Jingyuan Army, there are also more than 20,000 cavalry! This is the war horse obtained from the Jurchen army in Guanshan and the new Khitan army after defeating the Jurchens in Guanshan! Moreover, unlike the Jurchens, many Jurchens have one person, two horses or even three horses, while Zhao Chen's cavalry is only one person and one horse! With one cavalry man and one horse, their ability to continue fighting will be greatly reduced, far inferior to the Jurchen army with one man, two or three horses!

"After defeating Xixia, we will get enough horses! How many horses are there in Hongzhou now?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, there were originally 30,000 Xixia troops in Hongzhou City! These 30,000 Xixia troops were originally Xixia vanguards preparing to enter northern Shaanxi, and they were all cavalry! There are more than 50,000 horses here!" Li Xianzhong said.

"It's great! This is a fortune we got, we must keep an eye on these horses!" Zhao Chen said excitedly.

"Your Majesty, we have captured a prisoner! It turned out to be a Han!" Li Xianzhong said.

"Oh? Bring it up!" Zhao Chen said.

At that moment, Li Xianzhong waved his hand, and several soldiers escorted Ren Dejing, the magistrate of Hongzhou, to come up!

Ren Dejing had been locked up in the middle of the night, and he felt uneasy, not knowing what kind of ending he would face! After dawn, he was escorted out. Along the way, he only saw countless Song soldiers standing beside him! These Song Army soldiers are completely different from the Song Army soldiers in his impression. They stand neatly, their eyes are sharp, and their morale is extremely strong! This is an army he has never seen before. He immediately judged and came to a conclusion in his mind: the soldiers in front of him are far better than the Western Army at the beginning, far better than the current Western Xia army, and even the most elite Jurchen army is no more than that. That's all! He was horrified!

"When will such an army appear in the Song Dynasty? There were rumors that the Song Dynasty army in Hanzhong had defeated the Jurchen army. Could it be true? How is it possible? When did the Han people become so brave?" Countless thoughts passed through his mind.

After an unknown period of time, he was taken to the city wall, and after a while, he was sent up!

After coming to the city wall, he immediately saw a young man standing there! Surrounded by countless soldiers, this young man has a resolute face, pointing the country with the soldiers around him! More importantly, he was wearing a dragon robe! The sword on his waist is exactly the seven-star Longyuan sword worn by brothers Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi back then!

"This...is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty?" Ren Dejing froze there for a moment!

He never dreamed that the emperor of Song Dynasty would come here! Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, except for Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi who once led the imperial conquests, no emperor has dared to go to the battlefield! All the emperors only dare to hide in the palace. They live in wealth and wealth, but they are as cowardly as mice! The two emperors Song Huizong and Song Qinzong in the late Northern Song Dynasty acted extremely ridiculous in front of the Jurchens. Emperor Xuanwu of Hanzhong was their descendant, how could it be so brave? How do you have the guts to go to the battlefield?

After a while, several soldiers pushed Ren Dejing to the ground!

"My humble minister Ren Dejing sees His Majesty!" Ren Dejing hurriedly said.

"Weichen? I just heard that you are a courtier of Xixia, the magistrate of Hongzhou. Why do you say 'Weichen'?" Zhao Chen turned around and said.

Only at this time did Ren Dejing hear Zhao Chen's voice clearly! Zhao Chen's voice is calm and capable, which is quite different from the previous emperors! The previous emperors were all written by Zou Zou, and it takes a long time to think about a sentence! Moreover, the emperor would not speak directly to the captives. After the emperor said it, the eunuch next to him conveyed it, and there seemed to be no eunuch beside Zhao Chen!

"Your Majesty, this humble minister is Ren Dejing, the former general judge of Xi'an Prefecture!" Ren Dejing said.

"Since you are a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, why did you seek refuge in Xixia?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, I'm just trying to break into Xixia's interior! Your Majesty, I have a clear understanding of Xixia's situation over the years! The daughter of this minister has already entered the Xixia Palace, and now she is the imperial concubine. In time, she will become a queen. It's not impossible! Your Majesty, I am willing to tell Your Majesty everything I know! Moreover, after my daughter becomes a queen in the future, I can also secretly transmit news! Your Majesty, what do you think?" Ren Dejing sweated on his forehead, But his thoughts changed sharply, he said.

"Do you know who I hate the most in my life?" Zhao Chen said, looking at the generals around him.

"I don't know!" Li Xianzhong said.

The generals next to him also shook their heads.

"What I hate the most in my life are traitors! Forget the country, forget the nation, have no sense of shame, seek refuge with outsiders, and help outsiders deal with our own people! Foreign enemies are certainly hateful, but traitors are even more hateful! Xixia has repeatedly invaded Guanshan in the past century, and I don’t know how many people have been killed. For the people of Guanshan, under such circumstances, there are still officials from the Song Dynasty who defected to Xixia and enjoyed the glory and wealth in Xixia! What do you think of such people?" Zhao Chen said.

"Kill!" Li Xianzhong said without hesitation.

"Your Majesty! Forgive me, forgive me! I really know countless news about Xixia! And my daughter is indeed the imperial concubine now! With I and I's daughters here, Your Majesty has conquered Hongzhou this time, and I can replace you." Your Majesty is covering it up, and I can write a letter to the Xixia court, saying that the Jurchens invaded Xixia! Your Majesty, you can leave Hongzhou now and return to the Song Dynasty, and you don't have to worry about the arrival of the Xixia army!" Ren Dejing said in shock.

"Leave Hongzhou now and return to the Song Dynasty? Ridiculous, ridiculous! This time I took half of the country's soldiers to enter Xixia, and I will leave after taking down a mere Hongzhou?" Zhao Chen laughed.

The generals next to him also laughed.

"Your Majesty, what do you want?" Ren Dejing said in shock.

"We want Xixia to never become a border problem again!" Zhao Chen said flatly.

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? Don't you know that the Great Song Dynasty has been unable to destroy Xixia for more than a hundred years?" Ren Dejing said in surprise. Now he even forgot the fact that he was about to be killed. I think Zhao Chen is crazy, dare to say such a thing!

"Drag it on! Kill Unforgiven!" Zhao Chen said flatly.

"Your Majesty! Please forgive me!" Ren Dejing begged for mercy again loudly at this time!

A moment later, there was a scream in the distance!

Ren Dejing, the most treacherous official in Xixia in history, died in Hongzhou City like this now! His history has been interrupted since then, and Xixia's history will also undergo unprecedented changes!

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The army rested for a day in Hongzhou City!

On the 20th of the first lunar month, the army continued to march north!

On the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, the army came to Yuzhou City in Xixia, which is probably located in the area of ​​Dongaolezhaoqi, the former banner of Etuoke, Inner Mongolia!

There are 5,000 Xixia garrisons here, and in less than half an hour, Yuzhou fell! All Xixia soldiers in Youzhou surrendered!

On the first day of February, the army conquered the Xixia Jianing Army Division!

There are 10,000 garrisons here, but in front of a total of 150,000 troops from the Northern Shaanxi Forbidden Army and the Huanqing Army, this place is also vulnerable! In addition, this is the place where the Xixia people stored food, grass, and luggage. When it was attacked here, the Song army got countless grain, grass, and luggage, which was enough to cope with the subsequent battles!

After attacking the Jianing Army Division, the army spent another two days recuperating here!

After that, the army went all the way west, and on February 10th, they arrived at Yanzhou City, Western Xia!

This Yanzhou city was originally built in the Tang Dynasty to resist border aggression. Bai Juyi wrote in his poem "City of Yanzhou" that "I have built Yanzhou for more than ten years, and the left lapel felt and fur will not violate the fortress"! In the early years of the Song Dynasty, this was also the border city of the Song Dynasty! It's a pity that after the Xixia party members rose up, this place was occupied by Xixia! Compared with Hongzhou, Yanzhou's status is undoubtedly more important, the defense here is stronger, and the number of troops stationed here is also larger! This is the military hub to the east of Xixia!

At this moment, the news that Hongzhou, Youzhou, Jianing and other places have been conquered has spread to Yanzhou City. The 40,000 garrison troops in Yanzhou City are waiting in full force. It is impossible for the Song Army to capture Yanzhou by surprise!