Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

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

They set off on February 15th and had no rest for two days and two nights. They came to Shaniuling at the border of Song Dynasty and Xixia!

The road here is extremely difficult. At the moment, 20,000 cavalrymen circumvented from the side, while 80,000 infantrymen climbed the Shaniuling and passed over the Shaniuling!

Almost no one has walked this path before! For a hundred years, when Xixia invaded the Song Dynasty, he would never take this path! Da Song fought back against Xixia, and never hit here at all! Moreover, the two countries have been fighting all the year round, and the number of people living on the border is extremely 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! There is a cliff ahead, and if you are not careful, people will fall off the cliff!

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

"Bring the rope!" Zhao Wu said loudly.

When a soldier brought the rope over, Zhao Wu took the rope, and he walked along the cliff alone! He is also a child of a family of soldiers and generals. But this road is too narrow and too difficult, even he has the possibility of falling off!

He moved forward cautiously, the cold wind was blowing, but there was a cold sweat on his body! It took a full 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 still too much wind! Although many soldiers were holding on to the rope, they were still blown by the strong wind, and the whole person fell from above!

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

Zhao Wu looked at such a scene with tears in his eyes! In fact, their 80,000 infantry can also go around from the side, but in that case, the time taken is too long, and it will take at least five days to delay! The military situation is urgent, and the orders of the General Staff Headquarters and the Military Headquarters are to rush to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia, in the shortest time at all costs! Under such circumstances, they can only take this path!

It was getting darker and darker, until midnight, all 80,000 infantrymen came from the opposite side! A total of one thousand two hundred and twenty people fell off the cliff, and they must not survive! After knowing this news, many soldiers burst into tears!

The sky is already dark, and 80,000 infantrymen continue to move forward! At this time, the road in the mountains is even more difficult!

Zhao Wu is still at the forefront alone, behind him are a dozen martial arts and powerful generals! They were exploring the way ahead, and the soldiers followed behind them! Today, only the Song Army will have such a scene! If it were the Xixia army, Jurchen army, and King Kang's army, it would definitely allow ordinary soldiers to explore the way, and never let the generals explore the way!

At dawn the next day, 80,000 infantrymen finally came out of Sha Niuling!

After that, 80,000 infantrymen entered a desert!

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

They moved forward lightly and rarely rested along the way! They usually take a rest for an hour and a half or two hours every night. During the rest time, they hurry to eat! The so-called "rice" is some cakes and fried noodles carried from Xi'an. If you are thirsty, you will eat the snow!

By February 20th, 80,000 infantrymen and 20,000 cavalrymen joined in the desert! At this moment, the 20,000 cavalrymen are also in an extremely embarrassed situation, and they are obviously on their way all the time! Now not only the soldiers, but even the horses are extremely tired!

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

Zhao Wu ate the dry food while walking to Zhao Zhe's side and said: "Brother, many people in the army have typhoid fever! Especially some severely ill patients, now it is almost impossible to hurry!"

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 moment, he said, "Would you like to leave some people to look after them?"

Zhao Zhe hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth abruptly, and said, "They just got typhoid fever, not a serious illness! No one needs to be taken care of!"

Zhao Wu stayed there and said angrily: "Big Brother, this time the light army is going forward. We have nothing but dry food, not even herbs! Those severely ill patients, they stay in this vast desert without herbs. , There is no one to take care of it, no one will die! Are you trying to kill them all?"

Zhao Zhe gritted his teeth and said, "How many are severely ill? Are there more than 100 people?"

Zhao Wu said: "There are probably more than one hundred and fifty people!"

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

Zhao Wu argued: "Ten people are really too few! Those who stay behind not only take care of them, but also take them out of the desert! I think at least one row of a hundred people must be left to look after them! This vast desert is too crowded. You can’t go out if you don’t! It's better to keep ten people as well as no one!"

Zhao Zhe said: "No more! You should understand how important this war 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 great Song Zhongxing, for the nation's sake. In the future, some sacrifices are indispensable! Those who stay have little hope of surviving! But I don’t want to do this! I just have to do this! You are a military commander, a general, and you have to think about it. 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 sternly, and Zhao Wu stood there blankly! He closed his eyes tightly, and after a long time, he sighed and nodded!

Later that night, they stayed here for an hour and a half. After that, they left all the critically ill soldiers here. There were also ten soldiers taking care of these critically ill soldiers. In addition to these, they also left enough dry food for the critically ill soldiers. ! If possible, they can get out of the desert, but the possibility is too low!

The army of one hundred thousand continued to rush like this, until February 29 of the lunar calendar, the army of one hundred thousand came out of the desert!

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

After that, they drove almost hungry, and on the second day of March, they arrived at the Bronze Pass!

This bronze pass is an important pass to the south of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia. After passing here, it is a smooth journey!

Late that night, the Jingyuan Army launched a general attack here!

The terrain here is extremely dangerous, and there are mountain walls on both sides, and only the pass can be passed! There are more than two thousand garrisons at Bronze Pass, but there are no dikes for the two thousand garrisons!

Half an hour later, Bronze Pass was beaten down!

A hundred thousand army entered the bronze pass!

Here, they have found some food and grass, whether they are soldiers or war horses, they can get some supplies!

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

Late at night on the fourth day of March, the 100,000 Jingyuan Army came to Shunzhou City!

This is the big city to the south of Xingqing Mansion, less than a hundred miles away from Xingqing Mansion! However, this is almost the acropolis of Xingqing Mansion! There are a lot of troops stationed here, and there are countless grains and grasses! However, some time ago, the main force of Xixia moved eastward, and most of the garrisons here also followed the main force of Xixia to go east! There are only 20,000 garrisons here now!

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

At the moment, the Jingyuan Army had to launch a strong offensive, and the 80,000 infantrymen sacrificed their lives to attack the city! The 20,000 cavalrymen also got off their horses to participate in the siege!

The war goes from midnight to dawn!

At the dawn of the day, Shunzhou City was finally breached!

The 100,000 Jingyuan Army entered the Shunzhou Chengzhong, this time they finally got enough food and grass! At the moment, Zhao Zhe ordered the army to rest here for two hours, hurry up to rest, eat, and replenish stamina! After that, he left two thousand people to guard Shunzhou City, while he led the others to Xingqing Mansion!

On March 6th, when the sky was dark, a hundred thousand army came to Xingqing Mansion in the capital of Xixia and surrounded Xingqing Mansion in groups!