Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

The 100,000 army includes 80,000 infantry, and another 20,000 cavalry!

They set off on February 15th, without a break for two days and two nights, they came to Sha Niu Ling, the border between Song Dynasty and Xixia!

The road here is extremely difficult. At present, 20,000 cavalry bypassed the side, while 80,000 infantry boarded the Killing Niu Ridge and crossed the mountain from the Killing Niu Ridge!

This road is almost never taken by anyone! For a hundred years, when Xixia invaded the Song Dynasty, it never took this path! Da Song counterattacked Xixia, and never hit here at all! Moreover, the two countries have been fighting all year round, and the number of people living on the border is very small, and those people will not pass through this road! This road is unusually hidden!

Zhao Zhe's cousin, Zhao Wu, is now the commander of the First Army of the Jingyuan Army, and he is at the forefront!

Gradually, the road is getting narrower and narrower! Ahead is a cliff, and anyone who is not careful will fall off the cliff!

General Zhao raised his hand, and the army behind stopped!

"Bring the rope!" Zhao Wu said loudly.

When the next soldier brought the rope over, Zhao Wu took it, and he walked along the cliff alone! He is also a child of a family of soldiers and generals. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his martial arts skills are superb! But this road is too narrow and difficult, even he has the possibility of falling down!

He moved forward cautiously, the cold wind was blowing, but his body was covered in cold sweat! It took half an hour before he came to the other side two miles away! He tied the rope here, and then ordered the soldiers behind to walk over with the rope!

However, even this is still extremely dangerous! The main reason is that the wind is too strong! Although many soldiers were holding on to the rope, their bodies were still blown by the strong wind, and they fell from above!

The soldiers kept moving forward, but screams were often heard!

Looking at such a scene, Zhao Wu's eyes were full of tears! In fact, their 80,000 infantry can also go around from the side, but it will take too long, at least five days of delay! The military situation is urgent, the General Staff Headquarters and the Military Headquarters have ordered to rush to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia, at all costs and in the shortest possible time! Under such circumstances, they can only go this way!

It was getting darker and darker, and it was not until midnight that all 80,000 infantrymen came from the opposite side! A total of 1,220 people fell off the cliff, and they must not survive! After knowing the news, many soldiers burst into tears!

It was already dark, and the 80,000 infantry continued on their way! At this time, the road in the mountains is even more difficult!

Zhao Wu still walked in the front alone, followed by more than a dozen generals with high martial arts skills! They explore the way ahead, and the soldiers follow behind them! In today's world, only the Song Army will have such a scene! If it is in the Xixia army, Jurchen army, and King Kang's army, ordinary soldiers must be allowed to explore the way, and the generals will never be allowed to explore the way!

At dawn the next day, 80,000 infantry soldiers finally came out from Killing Niu Ridge!

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After that, 80,000 infantry entered a desert!

Of course, at this moment, the desert is full of snow, a piece of white!

They moved forward lightly, rarely resting along the way! Usually, they rest for an hour and a half or two hours every night. During the rest time, they take the time to eat! The so-called "rice" is some pancakes and fried noodles brought from Xi'an Prefecture. If you are thirsty, you can eat Baixue!

By February 20th, 80,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry gathered in the desert! At this moment, the 20,000 cavalrymen are also extremely embarrassed, and they have obviously been on their way! Now not only the soldiers, but even the horses are extremely tired!

Late that night, they found a leeward place to rest together!

While nibbling dry rations, Zhao Wu walked to Zhao Zhe's side and said, "Brother, many people in the army have suffered from typhoid fever! Especially some seriously ill patients, they can barely travel now!"

Zhao Zhe frowned and said, "Leave those critically ill patients in the desert! Let's move on!"

Zhao Wu was taken aback, and after a while, he asked, "Do you want to leave some people to look after them?"

Zhao Zhe hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth sharply, and said, "They just got typhoid fever, not a serious illness! No need to keep someone to take care of them!"

Zhao Wu stayed there, and said angrily: "Brother, this time our light army is going forward, we have nothing but dry food, not even medicinal herbs! Those seriously ill patients, they are left in this vast desert without medicinal herbs. , without anyone to take care of them, they will definitely die! Are you trying to kill them all?"

Zhao Zhe gritted his teeth and said, "How many critically ill patients are there? Is there more than one hundred?"

Zhao Wudao: "There are about one hundred and fifty people!"

Zhao Zhe said: "Leave ten people to take care of them! Let them go on their way, if possible, they can leave the desert! This is all I can do now!"

Zhao Wu argued: "Ten people are really too few! Those who stayed behind not only took care of them, but also took them out of the desert! I think there should be at least a row of 100 people to take care of them! There are too many people in this vast desert. If you don’t have one, you won’t be able to go out at all! It’s better not to keep ten people than to keep them!”

Zhao Zhe said: "No more! You should understand how important this battle is. Even if there is only one more person, our hope of victory will be greatly increased! For the victory of the war, for the revival of the Great Song Dynasty, and for the sake of the nation In the future, some sacrifices are necessary! Those who stay have little hope of surviving! But I don’t want to do this either! I just have to do it! You are the commander, the general, you have to consider It’s not just the lives of more than a hundred soldiers, you have to consider the victory of the war!”

He scolded Zhao Wu sharply, and Zhao Wu stood there dumbfounded! He closed his eyes tightly, and after a long time, he sighed and nodded!

In the middle of the night, they stayed here for an hour and a half, and then they left all the seriously ill soldiers here, and another ten soldiers took care of these seriously ill soldiers. In addition to these, they also left enough dry food for the seriously ill soldiers ! If it is possible, they can get out of the desert, but the possibility is too low!

The 100,000 troops continued on their way until February 29th of the lunar calendar, when the 100,000 troops came out of the desert!

By this time, the dry food carried by the army was almost exhausted!

Afterwards, they hurried on almost hungry, and on the second day of March, they arrived at Bronze Pass!

This Bronze Pass is an important pass to the south of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Western Xia Dynasty, and it will be a smooth road after passing here!

In the middle of the night, the Jingyuan army launched a general attack here!

The terrain here is extremely dangerous, with mountain walls on both sides, and you can only pass through the pass! There are a total of more than 2,000 garrisons at Bronze Pass, but there are no embankments for these 2,000 garrisons!

Half an hour later, the Bronze Pass was knocked down!

One hundred thousand troops entered the Bronze Pass!

Here, at least they found some food and grass, whether it was soldiers or war horses, they could get some supplies!

After that, the 100,000 troops only rested here for an hour, and continued to march north!

In the middle of the night on the fourth day of March, the 100,000 Jingyuan Army came to the city of Shunzhou!

This is the big city in the south of Xingqing Mansion, less than a hundred miles away from Xingqing Mansion! But, this is almost the acropolis of Xingqing Mansion! There are many troops stationed here, and there are also countless supplies of food and grass! However, some time ago, the main force of Xixia moved eastward, and most of the garrison here followed the main force of Xixia to the east! Now there are only 20,000 garrisons here!

Zhao Zhe thought that he came quickly, so there should be no preparation here! However, in the battle of Bronze Pass the day before yesterday, the guard of Bronze Pass sent someone to notify Shunzhou City when the war just broke out! Therefore, Shunzhou City was well defended. In the middle of the night, when the Jingyuan Army just appeared, countless garrisons had already arrived on the city wall!

At present, the Jingyuan army had no choice but to launch a strong attack, and the 80,000 infantrymen risked their lives to attack the city! The 20,000 cavalry also got off their horses at this moment and participated in the siege!

The war goes on from midnight to dawn!

At dawn, Shunzhou City was finally breached!

The original army of Shiwanjing entered Shunzhou Chengzhong, and this time they finally got enough food and supplies! At present, Zhao Zhe ordered the army to rest here for two hours, hurry up to rest, eat, and replenish physical strength! After that, he left 2,000 people to guard Shunzhou City, while he led the rest to Xingqing Mansion!

On March 6th, when the sky was getting dark, an army of 100,000 troops arrived at Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia, and surrounded Xingqing Mansion!