Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

"I didn't expect this Xingqing Mansion to be so difficult to attack!" Zhao Chen said.

"We were able to take down Xingqing Mansion two days ago, but we didn't expect all the women in Xingqing Mansion to come out to defend the city! These women are too tenacious, and stronger than those men! So Xingqing Mansion is now difficult. Conquer!" Li Xianzhong said.

"Your Majesty, the leading woman is called Ren Yuqin, Xixia's imperial concubine! That day, she first came to the wall! With her encouragement, the rest of the Xixia women came to the wall and participated in the defense of the city! "Yu Yunwen said.

These days, they have also captured many Xixia prisoners, and some people have recognized the identity of Ren Yuqin above.

"Oh! This woman is not easy." Zhao Chen nodded.

"Your Majesty, she is Ren Dejing's daughter." Yu Yunwen said again.

"Is there such a thing? She is a Han Chinese woman who actually helped Xixia people defend the city." Zhao Chen snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty, in addition to Ren Yuqin, there is another person in Xixia City, who is the prime minister's name An Hui. This person suggested that all the people in the city participate in the defense together! Before we came, he had set up defenses." Yu Yunwen said.

Zhao Chen nodded.

"Your Majesty, in these days, we have suffered extremely heavy casualties." Qu Duan said.

"How many soldiers died?" Zhao Chen said.

"The dead plus the seriously injured, I'm afraid there are already more than 50,000 people." Qu Duan said.

After hearing this number, whether it was Zhao Chen, Yu Yunwen, or Li Xianzhong, Liu Qi, Zhao Zhe, and others, their faces were very ugly. For Song Jun, this is a huge casualty that has never been seen before.

Zhao Chen stood up and walked out of the barracks, his brows frowned.

Qu Duan, Yu Yunwen and others also followed out.

"If you don't care at all costs, how long will it take to take down Xingqing Mansion!" Zhao Chen said for a long time.

"I'm afraid it will take half a month!" Qu Duan said.

"Half a month? How much will we lose!" Zhao Chen said again.

"Our loss is probably more than 100,000, and it may even exceed 150,000." Qu Duan said.

"So many!" Zhao Chen couldn't believe it.

"Your Majesty, we didn't expect this Xingqing Mansion to be so difficult to attack. We can't afford such a large loss now." Qu Duan said.

Zhao Chen nodded.

Indeed, Song Jun can't afford much loss now. They used tactics to contain the Jurchens and King Kang's army in Hedong and Jiangnan, but the Jurchens and King Kang's army will return sooner or later. At that time, if Zhao Chen's army loses too much, it may not be able to stop the two offensives. In this way, the plan to attack Xixia is meaningless. Although Xixia was destroyed, more than half of the more than 200,000 troops were buried here, and the gain was not worth the loss.

"Your Majesty, we have to think about other strategies." Qu Duan said.

"I am very unwilling in my heart." Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, think twice!" Qu Duan said.

Yu Yunwen, Li Xianzhong, Liu Qi and others did not speak. They also knew that they could no longer continue the fight, and the army could not tolerate too much loss. But they were also unwilling in their hearts, but they suppressed their unwillingness with reason.

"I understand! But even so, we can't let Xixia go! Follow the second set of plans formulated by the General Staff Headquarters!" Zhao Chen thought for a long time, and said very unwillingly.

Qu Wei nodded.

They are still discussing together.

When the sky was still dark the next day, the army began to move!

Qu Duan led 30,000 soldiers of the Imperial Army in northern Shaanxi towards the west, Liu Qi led the 30,000 Huan Qing army towards the north, and Zhao Zhe led the 30,000 Jingyuan army towards the south.

Zhao Chen led the remaining 100,000 troops to the Xingqing Mansion, and the soldiers from the production and construction corps also successively came to Xingqing Mansion and continued to encircle Xingqing Mansion.

Hundreds of miles near the capital of Xixia, here is the richest place in Xixia!

The ancients said that "the Yellow River has a hundred hazards, and only the rich has one thing", and there is a saying that "the Yellow River is rich in Ningxia"!

From the beginning of the Qin Dynasty to the prosperous period of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Han people governed the frontiers and irrigated the frontiers here, turning this place into a "Stop Jiangnan"! After the rise of Xixia, this place was occupied, and most of the millions of party members lived here, so the population here is more, and it has become more prosperous!

At this moment, in a small town with a population of 5,000 people, more than two hundred miles west of Xingqing Mansion, Qu Duan led an army here!

There is no defense in this town, and the number of men in the town is extremely limited! They practiced that all the people are soldiers, and most of the strong men have joined the army. In Wudaotan, the main force of Xixia was wiped out, and many of them came from this small town!

"Let the order go on! Within an hour, all party members will leave here! An hour later, the army will burn the town! If anyone stays, you will be arrogant!" Qu Duan said coldly.

At the moment 30,000 troops rushed into this small town, they conveyed Qu Duan's order, and they expelled the party members here!

Countless party members are crying, they don't want to leave here, but in front of the sword of the army, they can only leave!

There are also some party members hiding in their homes, hoping to escape!

An hour passed, and more than three thousand people came to the outside of the town!

At this moment, fires ignited everywhere in the town!

When the fire ignited, countless people ran out of it, crying and crying.

The number of Xixia people who finally came out reached more than 4,000. Qu Duan gathered these more than 4,000 people together, put away their weapons, and then sent people to drive them to the south!

At this moment on the Yinchuan Plain, things like this happened in all directions in the south, east, north, and west.

Countless villages and towns were breached, and countless party members were expelled and headed south. No one knows what his destiny will be, and he rarely encounters people who resist. After all, a situation like Xingqing Mansion cannot happen anytime and anywhere.

In just ten days, Dingzhou, Huaizhou, Shunzhou and other places were conquered one after another, including all the people in the city were ordered to go south. Countless cities were caught in the fire.

In less than half a month, more than two million party members on the Yinchuan Plain were driven south and left their hometowns.

This is the second set of plans formulated by the General Staff Headquarters. If Xixia cannot be eliminated smoothly or the loss is too great, then all the people on the Yinchuan Plain in Xixia will be expelled to Guanshan, just like the grass-throwing valley of foreigners. All the towns and villages on the plain were destroyed. Destroying the most populous and wealthiest place in Xixia will fundamentally attack Xixia's strength. Xingqing Mansion is extremely strong, but other places cannot be as strong as Xingqing Mansion!

Xixia has a limited population. All Xixia people on the Yinchuan Plain have been deported to Guanshan. Although there are still populations in the north, west, and east of Xixia, there are already less than one million people. It is difficult to recover. The lack of population will cause huge disasters, for example, the shortage of food will be huge. The Yinchuan Plain has become a ruin, the grain fields have been completely destroyed, and there are no people to grow grain. Under such circumstances, Xixia will fall into a huge disaster. Only a lonely city in Yinchuan stays on the Yinchuan Plain, and that doesn't make any sense.

The prestige of the Xixia court will be greatly reduced, and independent party tribes will once again appear in the northern and western parts of Xixia. At that time, Dangxiang was no longer a threat to the Han people.

On April 23rd, Qu Duan and Zhao Zhe came to Lingzhou City together!

This Lingzhou city is the largest city in the northwest second only to Xingqing Mansion. During the Han Dynasty, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty built the city here and has a history of thousands of years. At the time of Anlu Mountain, Tang Suzong ascended the throne in Lingzhou. At that time, it was the largest military town in the Tang Dynasty and the political and military center of the Tang Dynasty during the counter-insurgency period. This is a large city in the northwest, but unfortunately it was stolen by the party members.

Although Qu Duan and Zhao Zhe had 60,000 troops in their hands, they were still worried that they would not be able to take down Lingzhou City.

However, less than an hour after the army surrounded Lingzhou City, Lingzhou guard Li Yuanshan went out of the city and surrendered! This great city of Lingzhou was taken so easily!

"The military's order is to completely destroy the Yinchuan Plain and not leave a village, a commoner, or a grain of food for the Xixia people. It will fundamentally attack the strength of Xixia, so that even if Xixia can continue, it will only be a small country that is not mentioned! Lingzhou City is also on the Yinchuan Plain, and it should be destroyed. It’s just that this is a big city built by our Han people, which has a history of more than a thousand years. It would be a shame if we destroy it." Zhao Zhe stood at Ling. The breeze was blowing on the city wall, he said.

"Yeah, it's a shame! I don't think so. First, expel all the party members here. I will write to your majesty to see how your majesty handles it. In fact, we can arrange a garrison here, or build production and corps. The young people are placed here. After Xixia experienced this battle, even if it would not perish, but its strength would be greatly damaged, it would be difficult for them to lay down Lingzhou City. This Lingzhou City is also a barrier to prevent the remnants of Xixia from continuing to go south. In the future, wait until After Jurchen and King Kang were completely defeated by us, we still had to regain Xixia at that time. Lingzhou City is still our city." Qu Duan said.

"Not bad!" Zhao Zhe nodded.

At the moment Qu Duan wrote to Zhao Chen, and then Qu Duan and Zhao Zhe led the army to expel the party members of Lingzhou City. Then Qu Duan left a thousand guards here, and they continued to lead their troops to various places in the Yinchuan Plain. Not to mention the expulsion of the party members, the destruction of cities, villages and towns in various places, and the destruction of grain fields.