After resting in Zaoyang for two days, a full day later than Li De's original plan, the variables in this day are too great, Li De couldn't accept it for a while, but at this time Li De couldn't take care of it so much, and the pursuers of the Song army were about to catch up.
Besides, after Wu Jie's defection to the Xia Army, Wu Jie's came directly to Wang Kai's camp, Wang Kai naturally welcomed Wu Jie's arrival, in Wang Kai's view, Wu Jie's is a rare cadre, and the future is immeasurable, if Wu Jie's ability to stay, he will be able to share a large part of the pressure for Wang Kai, but whether Wu Jie's ability to stay is another matter.
"General Wu, what do you think of the next battle against Xia," Wang Kai asked Wu Jie.
Wu Jie thought for a while and said to Wang Kai: "General, the last general thinks that although the Xia army has an advantage now, but also my Great Song Dynasty also has its own advantages, in terms of the national strength of both sides, my Great Song Dynasty is more suitable for fighting a protracted war, and it is completely possible to exchange space for time, and in addition, in the rear of the Xia army, you can organize the righteous army to continue to resist the Xia and attack the rear grain road of the Xia army; With the extension of the time of the campaign, the advantages of our army will slowly appear, after several battlefield battles, our surviving veterans will naturally become elite, and we will exhaust the national strength of the Xia country step by step."
"General Wu's idea is good, but if he loses repeatedly, I'm afraid he won't be able to explain it in the imperial court," Wang Kai sighed.
"Deputy marshal, we can't blindly defend the Xia army, but also have a proper attack to concentrate superior forces to attack the weak underbelly of the Xia army."
Wu Jie said to Wang Kai; "At present, there are two main weaknesses that the Xia army has exposed, the first is the southern front, due to the eastward advance of the Xia army's Yizhou army, it has caused the emptiness of the army in Hanzhong, we can seize this favorable time to carry out a counteroffensive against the Great Xia Kingdom, from the east of Xiangyang and the south of the Sichuan and Shu regions to Hanzhong counterattack, as long as our army can take Hanzhong, it is equivalent to inserting a sharp blade into the belly of the Xia army; As far as the last general knows, there are not many troops in the Guanzhong area of the Xia army at all, and most of the troops have been allocated to the northern front and the Zheshui defense line where the deputy marshal is located, so as long as we can capture Hanzhong, we can force troops from other fronts to return to reinforcements, so that the pressure on other fronts will be greatly reduced The second is the Xia army led by Li De, the 50,000 army led by Li De is the most elite soldiers and horses of the Yizhou Legion, if we can eat this army of soldiers and horses, it will break the myth of the invincibility of the Xia Army, and the Yizhou Army will also be greatly injured because of this, and at the same time exterminate the 50,000 Xia Army, we will be able to capture or kill the Yongwang Li De, which will undoubtedly greatly improve the Tianwei of my Great Song Dynasty."
As Wu Jie said, if Hanzhong is lost, it is definitely not good news for the Xia army, Hanzhong is sandwiched between Sichuan and Guanzhong, the strategic location is very important, once Hanzhong returns to the hands of the Song army, the imperial capital of the Great Xia Empire will be threatened by the Song army within the range of the Song army's attack; If Li De's lone army is annihilated, it will be a fatal blow to both the Xia army and the Xia Emperor.
Besides, Yongwang Li De, soon led the army to leave Zaoyang, after leaving Zaoyang, Li De's goal is to leave the Nanyang Basin, staying here sooner or later is a death, only leaving here Li De's army has a way to live, if you want to break out of the Nanyang Basin, the Xia army has two roads to go one to the north and one to the south, after a competition of ideas, Li De decided to go north; For Li De, the chances of surviving the north will be greater.
Although the north is the core area of the Song army's large army, it is also attacked by the Xia army, and the appearance of Li De's army in the north can attract a large part of the Song army's troops, and at the same time, it can also attack the rear grain routes of the Song army; After making a decision, Li De led an army of 50,000 to the north to take Fangcheng at the fastest speed, which was the only way for the Xia army to go north, and the pursuing soldiers of the Song army were about to arrive in Fangcheng at this time.
Inside the camp of the summer army in Fangcheng.
Li De asked the generals under his command: "Where have the pursuers of the Song State arrived now?"
"Lord Yu has arrived in Luoqu Town, and according to the marching speed of the Song army, he can arrive in Fangcheng tomorrow evening."
"Order, tomorrow morning, the army will set off to cross the Fangcheng Pass as quickly as possible and go north, and get rid of the Song army's pursuers in the shortest possible time."
"Yes, my lord; What about Fang Cheng?"
"Do it according to the old rules, take everything that can be taken away, and burn everything that can't be taken away; Bury the stolen gold, silver and jewelry, mark them, and one day we will come back. ” "Yes, my lord, I will do it in the end; After the prince crossed the Fangcheng Pass, let's go that way."
"We have gone deep behind enemy lines, and the most important thing now is not to let the Song army guess our tracks, so we cannot have a clear goal; After crossing the mountain pass, take Yexian first, and then turn east to take Yuncheng, as for the future, it depends on the situation" In the early morning of the next day, Li De led an army of 50,000 to leave Fangcheng, and when he left, the entire Fangcheng was on fire, and all the people in Fangcheng were driven out of the city.
The army of 50,000 crossed the Fangcheng Pass very smoothly, Ye County is located in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, due to the large population in the Central Plains, Ye County is also a city that does not want to be large, but the city defense of Ye County is almost none, due to the disrepair of many of the city walls of Ye County are dilapidated, and there are no defenders in the city, only dozens of servants, the whole Ye County is an undefended city, there are actually many such situations in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.
Originally, these counties had garrisons, but as time went by, the strength of the Song army to defend the city began to decrease, and the officials at home ate empty salaries, so the number of troops was even less, and slowly the garrisons in these cities were gone.
For the arrival of the Xia army, the Song people in Ye County did not have much reaction, at first they hid at home, and later came out after finding out that the Xia army had a hard break, and Li De did not do very well in Ye County, that is, he killed some landlords and bullies who were rich and unkind, and did not move a penny to the common people, and even opened a warehouse to release grain; Li De did this not because of his kindness, but for the sake of planning for the future, Li De hoped to use the strict military discipline of the Xia army to win the support of the Song people.
In the Ziwei Palace, the imperial capital of Great Xia.
Xiaofuzi told Li Liangzuo the news of the loss of Xiangyang; Li Liangzuo was shocked and immediately said: "The loss of Xiangyang means that the 50,000 troops under the command of De'er have fallen into the heavy encirclement of the Song army, inform Yipintang to cooperate with De'er, now none of us can help him, all this depends on himself." ” "Lord Wang, the 100,000 soldiers transferred from Anbei have arrived at the Lantian camp, you see" "Let them hurry up and train, and I will be of great use when the time comes" Thanks to the five recommendations of the lock 2333 without a key, and the four recommendations of the book friend 160507092636054, Tianyu is grateful, I just came back to work today and was busy, and two more: