Two days later, early in the morning, Zhao Xu had just gotten up and was preparing to work, when a fast horse came straight to the camp of the Song army from the south; There are five small red flags planted on the people who came, which means that there are 100,000 urgent war reports, and many people are a little strange about the news from the south, where is the rear hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, it is an absolutely safe place.
"Report, report, report Your Majesty's Xiuzhou 100,000 is urgent, suddenly a large number of pirates landed from Xiuzhou, there are tens of thousands of people, and the whole territory of Xiuzhou has fallen, please Your Majesty send reinforcements quickly."
The man knelt on the ground and said.
"This is impossible, where did the pirates have the courage to dare to compete with my Great Song Dynasty."
Zhao Xu said angrily; "Someone dragged this man who lied about the military out and cut him down."
"Your Majesty, everything you say is true, please see your Majesty, Your Majesty spare your life, Your Majesty" "Ah" The person who came was hacked to death outside the tent, holding a hundred thousand anxious pieces of music Zhao Xu frowned tightly, and the chapter was stamped with the big seal of Xiuzhou Zhizhou, this matter can't be wrong; And the reason why Zhao Xu cut off the person who delivered the letter was actually to stabilize the morale of the army; Many of the soldiers in Zhao Xu's forbidden army came from the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas, and now they have been attacked by pirates, can these soldiers not worry about their families, so the army is in turmoil, and all the victories and all the costs paid by the Song army before will be in vain.
"Where did the pirates come from, such strong pirates," Zhao Xu muttered.
At this moment, Zhao Xu remembered the piece sent by Li Bao two days ago, Zhao Xu looked for it on the dragon case in a panic, and after finding it again, Zhao Xu sat on the dragon chair and looked at it again, while looking at Zhao Xu and whispered again: "It seems that Xia Jun is really Xia Jun, but how did tens of thousands of Xia Jun cross the sea to reach Jiangnan, is it that God is going to kill my Great Song Dynasty?"
After a long time, Zhao Xu muttered: "Yes, I still have a chance; Jiangnan is my hinterland, and the Xia army's expedition must be underarmed, as long as I can blockade the coast, the lone Xia army will die without a place to bury. ” Thinking of this, Zhao Xu immediately wrote a secret letter to Li Bao, Zhao Xu wrote in the letter: "Aiqing I have heard the news of the loss of Xiuzhou, the person who attacked my Jiangnan must be the Xia army, I will not lead part of the troops and horses to return to Beijing, Aiqing only needs to lead the sailors to recapture Dongsha Island and go south to block the coast, I will order Miao Jiang to lead the Changguo Navy, as long as all the sea areas are blocked, the Xia army will not escape."
Zhao Xu's idea is good, but Zhao Xu doesn't understand the occupation of Jiangnan at all, and now the war situation in the entire Jiangnan has begun to erode, and the entire Suzhou and Hangzhou areas have fallen into chaos, and Li Qing, the king of Yan, also ordered the Xia army to play his own banner, and the military flag of the Xia army and the banner of the king of Yan have been planted in the land of Wuyue.
Huating, Li Qing led 20,000 Xia army iron cavalry has arrived, and Zhou Hai led 50,000 soldiers and horses have already met, after the two armies met, Li Qing took over the army, the Jiangnan River is vertical and horizontal and it is not conducive to cavalry combat, Li Qing has 30,000 iron cavalry under his air but can not play the role of long-distance running, so the Xia army's marching speed has been greatly restricted.
"The rivers in the south of the Yangtze River are not conducive to cavalry combat, what good methods do you have?"
asked Li Qing to everyone.
Zhou Hai said to Li Qing: "Lord Wang, the last general thinks that the cavalry is the main force of our army, and its main purpose is to fight with the Song army's foot soldiers, as for this siege can be handed over to the Japanese soldiers, the most important thing for our army at present is to capture Suzhou, and the last general asks for the order to lead a team of men and horses as the vanguard, paving the way for our army to build bridges and strive to take Suzhou City as soon as possible." ” "Zhou Hai obeys the order, this king will give you 5,000 fine cavalry and 10,000 Japanese soldiers, for the vanguard of my army, it will arrive outside Suzhou in two days, and this king's army will be half a day's distance from you."
"Yes, the last general commands" Two days later, outside the city of Suzhou, 70,000 Xia soldiers came to the city to surround the entire city of Suzhou, although there were only 70,000 troops, but Li Qing ordered to plant the banner is claimed to have 300,000, the people of the Song people in the city of Suzhou are scared of the soul, the people in the south of the Yangtze River have not experienced the war for a hundred years, the perennial long-term stability makes the city defense of the entire Jiangnan very relaxed, even after the Song and Xia wars, the people of the south of the Yangtze River still live a comfortable life, so in the face of the sudden Xia army, Officials and ordinary people in Suzhou simply don't know how to deal with it.
"Zhou Hai, the city wall of Suzhou is not short, this battle will be handed over to you, how are you going to fight" Li Qing asked Zhou Hai.
Zhou Hai immediately reported: "Lord Wang, the last general has sent more than 100 brothers into the city before, and when our army attacks, they will open the south gate to welcome our army like a city." ” "Okay, then the king will wait for your good news, and I will leave it to you here."
Li Qing said with a smile.
"Yes, the last general commanded," Zhou Hai then issued a military order; "Tadahisa Shimazu and Masao Yamashita obey orders; The two of you each led 10,000 Japanese soldiers to attack from the east and west gates, and you will personally lead 10,000 Japanese soldiers and 5,000 elite cavalry to attack from the south gate. ” "Slave generals obey military orders" After Zhou Hai launched an attack, Li Qing ordered: "Come on." ” "Lord, what do you command?"
"Send people to occupy the wharves on both sides of the canal, and all ships will be requisitioned, and those who resist will be killed."
"Yes, let's take someone to do it."
"Kill, kill, kill" accompanied by the sound of shouting and killing, the siege troops led by the Japanese soldiers carried the simple ladder to launch a fierce attack on Suzhou City, the defenders of the Song army in Suzhou City were only more than 100 people, although the Zhuang Ding was urgently mobilized, but in any case it was to resist the fierce offensive of the Xia army, and soon the city defense of the Song army was full of holes.
On the south gate of Suzhou, the Suzhou commander said to the governor of Suzhou: "Lord Liu, the offensive of the Xia army is too fierce, our army can't resist it, what should we do?"
"What else can I do, hurry up and run," Liu Zhizhou said in a panic.
Under the protection of dozens of pro-soldiers, Liu Zhizhou and others walked to the city gate, and just came down and met the inner response sent by Zhou Hai to the city, seeing that Liu Zhizhou was wearing official uniforms and there were so many people to protect, at a glance, this was a big fish, and the Xia army scouts swarmed up and divided five by two, and solved the pro-soldiers who protected Liu Zhizhou, and then immediately seized the city gate and let the Xia army enter the city.
The whole siege battle took an hour to end, the Xia army only paid the price of hundreds of casualties, after entering the city, the Xia army did not commit any crimes, did not get the order, although these Japanese soldiers were greedy, but did not dare to act rashly, the people in the city were driven to the street, kneeling on both sides to welcome Li Qing into the city.
Li Qing, who was wearing a military uniform, entered the Zhizhou Mansion in the city and lived directly in the city surrounded by his own soldiers, and the entire Suzhou City can be said to have basically fallen into the hands of Li Qing intact.
Zhao Ge walked up to Li Qing and said, "Lord Wang, our spies have captured the Zhizhou of Suzhou. ” "This is really a good thing, come in pairs, with him, we will be able to understand everything in Suzhou City, and quickly bring people to this king."
Li Qing said with a smile.
Facing the tall and strong man of the Xia army, Liu Zhizhou was already frightened, and after being brought to Li Qing, Liu Zhizhou knelt on the ground and prayed: "Don't kill me, don't kill me" The second update: