The news of the complete loss of the Hangu Pass defense line was soon known to the whole world under the deliberate dissemination of Yipintang, and the entire Central Plains fell into turmoil, and now the remnants of the Song army in the area centered on Luoyang, Xijing, plus the soldiers and horses guarding Luoyang, were only 100,000 troops, and it was almost impossible to fully reach the attack of the Xia army.
In the marching camp of Bianliang Seed Master Road, during this time, Seed Master Road recruited soldiers while training soldiers, and there were already 80,000 new troops in their hands, of course, the combat effectiveness of these armies could not be compared with the elite Northern Army and Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was even more far from the Xia Army.
"Report, report, report the commander, something is wrong;" An adjutant ran in to report; "According to the report of the defeated army, Hangu Pass has been lost, and it is said that the eldest prince has been killed, and the whereabouts of the second prince are unknown."
Seed Master Dao's body was shocked when he heard this, and at this time, Seed Master Dao's first reaction was not to think about where his son was, but to think about how to defend Luoyang, as for Hangu Pass, since it had been lost, it was meaningless to think about it; Seed Master Dao asked the lieutenant general, "When is this news?"
” "This is news from two days ago."
Said the adjutant general.
The mind of the Seed Master Dao was running rapidly, and then the Seed Master Dao ordered: "Order the 80,000 troops in the camp to immediately assemble and station in Xingyang and Bishui Pass Tiger Pass; The three thousand iron horsemen in the camp followed Ben Shuai west to Luoyang, hoping that time was still in time. ” "Yes, the last general will order" The adjutant general immediately went down to make arrangements after receiving the military order.
It is more than 400 miles from Bianliang in Tokyo to Luoyang in Xijing, and it will take at least four days to reach it according to the speed of the cavalry of the Song army, not to mention that it has been two days now; And from Hangu Pass to Luoyang this way is less than 300 miles, according to the speed of the Xia cavalry can be reached in two days, although this road may encounter the Song army's resistance, but six days is basically enough for the Xia army.
There is no time to ink the seed master road, on the day of receiving the news, he immediately led the army to the west, at the same time Li Huer led more than 100,000 troops to conquer the city, due to the lack of commander Song army rout can not organize the defense at all, the Xia army marched east as if into no man's land, the Xia army went all the way to the east to capture the stone trench town, the dry trench town, the local tyrant town Bingfeng pointed directly to the pond, the pond is the first large-scale city that the Xia army entered, and it is also the first barrier west of Luoyang.
The defeated Chongxi from the first line of Hangu Pass is gathering and joining the army in Mianchi at this time, and now the defenders of Mianchi have more than 30,000 people, but these are all defeated soldiers who have long been frightened by the Xia army, and they have no ability to block the attack of the Xia army, and on the other hand, the army under the command of Li Hu'er is becoming more and more brave and brave Outside the city of Michi, Li Hu'er rushed to the city first, and issued a military order with a horse lance: "The whole army is ready to attack." ” "General, our army has been running for more than 100 miles in a row, and the brothers have not rested for a moment, so let's let the brothers rest for a while," the adjutant general said to Li Hu'er.
Li Hu'er said instead: "No, this is the best fighter at this time, and the general is going to take advantage of the chaos of the current war to knock out the last bit of spirit of the Song army; The walls of Michi are not very high, tell the brothers to attack immediately and kill" In the city of Michi, in the camp of the Song army, an officer ran to the big tent of the Chinese army and reported to Chongxiyu: "General Yu, the big thing is not good, the Xia army is coming." ” Chong Xi said with a solemn face: "The Song army came so quickly, the herald ordered the army to go to the city to fight immediately, the general has already ordered the 50,000 defenders of Luoyang to come to reinforcements, and our army only needs to hold on for two days to send reinforcements." ” As soon as Chongxi's words fell, another officer ran in and hurriedly said, "The general is not good, the Xia army has already entered the city." ” "Impossible, how could Ximen be lost so quickly, our defenders," Chongxi asked, grabbing the officer's collar.
"As soon as the Xia army launched an attack, the soldiers defending the city threw down their weapons and scattered, and the lowly people couldn't stop it at all, the general should go quickly, and it would be too late if he didn't leave."
The officer reminded Chongxi.
Chongxi said very stubbornly: "Ben will not leave, Ben will fight to the death with the Xia army." ” When the officer saw the appearance of Chongxi, he immediately ordered: "What are you still doing in a daze, don't hurry up to protect the general and leave." ” Under the protection of the generals, Chongxi fled from the pond in a hurry, the Xia army occupied the pond without much effort, Li Hu'er marched eastward and claimed to have 600,000 troops, the Song city where the Xia army passed surrendered one after another, the Xia army approached the east along the north bank of the valley, basically did not encounter any resistance along the way, the Xia army occupied Yanxi Town and Xin'an City, the Xia army explored the horse and found a large number of traces of the Song army thirty miles east of Xin'an.
The news of the loss of Hangu Pass and the great eastward march of the Xia army soon spread to the Daimyo's Mansion, after hearing the news, Zhao Wang Zhao was very calm, and very rational, the long-term war has greatly tempered Zhao Chen's character, Hangu Pass was lost, Zhao Yan has realized that Xijing Luoyang is probably not guaranteed.
So Zhao Yan said to Zhao Qun: "Send someone to send an order to the master to burn Luoyang City and then retreat east to Xingyang and Bishui Pass to build an offensive to prevent the Xia army from attacking. ” "Yes, the last general commands" Unlike Zhao Xu, Emperor Zhao Xu, who was far away in Jianghuai, was furious when he heard the news, and Zhao Xu immediately sent someone to give an order to the seed master: "Chongqing, Luoyang is my great Song Xijing, and the city is high and deep, and the soldiers are good and the food is sufficient, Aiqing must stick to Luoyang no matter what, and wait for my follow-up reinforcements to arrive."
"Your Majesty" Two immediate superiors, two different commands; In fact, the choice had been made long before the arrival of the military order, but through these two orders, we can see a problem, that is, fission is taking place within the Great Song Dynasty, although due to the external pressure of the Great Xia Empire, the Great Song Dynasty has the same hatred, but there are already signs of division within the Song Dynasty, Zhao Wang Zhao has formed his own line in the north, although he has been defeated repeatedly, he can still fight against the imperial court.
The Xia army marched eastward into the world and was shaken, but what was even more shocked was still behind in the city of Michi, the Xia army that continued to fight could finally rest for a day, and Li Huer had just issued a military order for the whole army to rest; But a spy came to Li Hu'er's side and said, "Report, report, report to the general, a large number of Song troops have been found thirty miles east of Dongcheng. ” As soon as Li Hu'er heard this, he asked the spies: "How many people are there in the Song army, and who are leading the army?"
"General, the Song army has about 50,000 soldiers and horses, waving the seed flag."
The spy said.
"Seed word flag," Li Hu'er considered; "Could it be that the reinforcements of the Seed Master Dao have arrived, it shouldn't be, but who else is out of the Seed Master Dao, by the way, there is him."
At this moment, another spy came in and reported: "General Song's army began to turn around and evacuate eastward. ” "If you want to run, it's not so easy, so you ordered the army to assemble immediately and go out of the city to pursue the Song army."
Li Hu'er issued a military order.
"General, the brothers have just rested, don't you wait, the Song army can't run anyway."
The adjutant general said to Li Hu'er.
"Carry out the order and go out of the city to pursue the Song army."
Li Hu'er roared angrily.
"Yes, follow military orders" The second is offered, Tianyu continues to ask for support and recommendation: