Gongzhou is also called Longxi, here is the west gate of Guanzhong, is the only way to enter Guanzhong from the west across the Longxi Mountains, Longxi actually belongs to a Guancheng, but belongs to the Inner Pass in the territory of the Great Song Empire, so Longxi City including Longxi defenders never thought that there would be an army to be able to arrive here, so as a remote area of the city, Longxi City is in disrepair, and the defenders are very weak.
From the northwest direction, an iron cavalry hurriedly went south, this is the 30,000 vanguard army led by Li Yue, the 30,000 army has not been delayed along the way, the city encountered along the way can be around, even if it can't be around, it is in a short period of time, it was taken by the Xia army, its highest efficiency is to connect the three cities and twelve villages in one day, and the Song army is basically looking at the wind and surrendering.
"General Feng Frame, you lead the army to follow up from behind, Ben Hou led five thousand iron cavalry to pretend to be the Song army first, and strive to take Longxi Pass within half an hour, this is the last pass we have entered the pass, we must fight a good battle."
Li Yue rode on a war horse and said to Feng Frame.
"The last general understands, and I will obey the orders of the marquis."
Feng Frame took the military order.
After receiving the military order with Feng Frame, Li Yue led 5,000 cavalry wearing red clothes and red armor to go first, and this Song army was equipped with standard Song army equipment, which was enough to confuse the truth, the battle of Longxi went very smoothly, when Li Yue led 5,000 fake Song troops to the west gate of Longxi City, only a few Song soldiers with spears stood guard at the gate, the city gate was wide open, and people went in and out one after another, Li Yue entered Longxi City smoothly without any battle, and directly took over the city defense.
Longxi City is basically surrendered without a fight, it only took two quarters of an hour to take this city Li Yue, did not encounter any resistance at all, when Feng Frame led the army into the city, Longxi City was already fluttering the banner of the Xia army, in fact, this is just the beginning, because most of the Song army was transferred to the front line, in the hinterland of the Song army, the rear of the troops is very short, and some cities do not even have defenders, only to catch fast to maintain order in the city.
Taking Longxi is equivalent to the gateway of Guanzhong to the Xia army completely opened, Li Yue did not stay too much in Longxi City, after Feng Frame led the army to arrive, leaving hundreds of troops to garrison Longxi, Li Yue and Feng Frame continued to lead the army forward, the vanguard army's marching route is also very simple is to go east along the south bank of Weishui, this Longxi to the east of this road is full of Song army camps, these camps were originally prepared by the Song army to guard against the Tubo people, but now these Song army guarding the village is slack, lack of training has no combat power.
Along the way, Li Yue led the vanguard army to capture the Du'er Gorge Village, Guangwuling Fort, Ningyuan, Yongning, Fuqiang City, Sunset Town, Sanyang Village, the defenders of these places are more or less different, ranging from dozens to hundreds, basically when the Xia army arrives and surrenders, even if it is resistant, it is quickly wiped out, Li Yue spent two days racing more than 300 miles all the way to attack the city, the army has never rested from Longxi directly to Qinzhou City.
Qinzhou is the core area of the Great Song Dynasty in the upper reaches of Weishui, is the farthest road in the west, which is equivalent to the current provincial Qinfeng Road where the governance is located, because Qinfeng Road belongs to the frontier area, so the Great Song Dynasty court set up a position of capital manager here, responsible for managing the military and political affairs of the road, this is a full feudal official, but now the capital of Qinfeng Road is not in Qinzhou but on the front line of Yanzhou, in order to better fight against Xia, at the beginning of the war, Song Shenzong appointed Zhang Dunli as the governor of Qinfeng Road.
Today's Qinzhou only has Zhizhou, but no matter who Qinzhou says, it is also a big city, Li Yue did not dare to hold it up, but this time Li Yue miscalculated, the defenders of the entire Qinzhou are only a thousand people, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, when Li Yue led 30,000 Xia soldiers to the city, the Song army did not think about how to resist, but directly turned around and ran, even Li Yue did not expect that the defenders in the Great Song Dynasty had been eroded to such an extent.
"It was ordered that after the army entered the city, it was not allowed to disturb the people, and immediately posted a notice to stabilize the people's hearts."
Li Yue finished issuing the military order and went straight to the state capital; The Song soldiers were already very tired after a long march and battle, and Li Yue decided to rest in the city for one night and continue the march tomorrow.
The people of Qinzhou saw tens of thousands of Xia troops entering the city, and their first reaction was to close their homes, whether it was the Xia army or the Song army, they were basically the same in their eyes, and they were better to the Song army After all, they were their own army, but they had a fear of the Xia army from their hearts, because they often heard that the Xia army was a devil with blue faces and fangs, and they didn't even blink their eyes when they killed people; In the eyes of the local people, the army is a saboteur, a group of bandits, and even the Song army in the Great Song Dynasty is also corrupt in military discipline, and they dare not do things such as killing people and setting fires, but eating white food and extorting have never stopped.
Therefore, the military discipline of the Song army is not very good among the people, but after the Xia army entered the city today, there was no crime, and all the troops entered the barracks, but the entire Qinzhou city was blocked, and no one was allowed to go out of the city without Li Yue's special instructions, and when they saw that the Xia army did not break into their homes to burn and loot, the hearts of the people of Qinzhou finally settled down, and some bold people began to look around at the door of their homes, and walked out of their homes one after another; In addition to the soldiers of the Xia Army patrolling the city, the entire Qinzhou City was as usual, which also won the reputation of the people for the Xia Army.
Li Yue led the army to rest in the city for a night, and the next morning when the sky was just dawning, the 200,000 troops led by Li Yue came from the rear, and Li Yue hurriedly opened the city to greet him; The first thing Li Liangzuo said when he saw Li Yue asked, "Why did the army stay here?"
” Li Yue immediately knelt on one knee on the ground and pleaded: "Please ask my father to punish the crime, the son led the vanguard army to march more than 700 miles in four days, and attacked the city and the village along the way, the brothers were already tired, so the son ordered the army to rest for one night; Erchen led the troops to continue the attack. ” "Okay."
Li Liangzuo said: "Yue'er, my father knows that you are hard, but the military situation is urgent and cannot be delayed, I want to capture the entire Guanzhong before the Song army can react, and capture the Song Emperor Zhao Ji; Ordering the whole army to pass through the city, and without making any stops, all of them tied themselves to my horses, and ate on my horses when I was hungry, drank on my horses when I was thirsty, and slept on my horses when I was tired.
Expedition. ” Li Liangzuo gave an order, 200,000 Xia soldiers continued to embark on the journey, under the leadership of Li Liangzuo, the 200,000 army once again created a miracle, the next one over Qinzhou is Fengxiang Mansion, and when you arrive here, you will begin to enter the core area of the Guanzhong region, and you will enter the Yongxing Military Road after crossing Fengxiang Mansion, and at the same time you will enter the territory of Jingzhao Mansion, from Qinzhou to Jingzhao Mansion there are more than 800 miles away, according to the marching speed of the Xia Army, it will take at least four days to arrive, And what's more, along the way, the Song army still needs to attack the city.
Now the Xia army has penetrated nearly thousands of miles into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, but Song Shenzong still has not received any news, the reason is that the speed of the Xia army's march has exceeded the speed of the Great Song Post Station to deliver news.
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