Chapter 242 Northern Expedition
The order was conveyed immediately, and all the soldiers of the Third Army of the Shaanxi Imperial Army immediately stopped training. They began to pack up their weapons, food, clothes, etc. In less than half an hour, all the soldiers had finished packing! They were carrying backpacks and arranged in pairs!
Then, the entire Third Army drove towards Yan'an Prefecture in the east!
This place is hundreds of miles away from Yan'an Prefecture. The soldiers have been training for a day, but at this moment, the military order was issued, and no one was slacking off or behind. Everyone was strode forward!
The winter night in northern Shaanxi was extremely cold! However, the soldiers were sweating all over the place, but they didn't feel the cold!
Along the way, I could only hear footsteps, and no sound of talking! The military discipline of the imperial guards in northern Shaanxi is extremely strict, and whispers are not allowed during the march!
It was getting darker and they were still striding forward! It was not until midnight that they came to a leeward place where they would take a break!
"Why did the military headquarters ask us to gather urgently? Go to Yan'an Prefecture?" At this time, the soldiers began to speak!
"Is it the northern expedition to Xixia? Since last winter, the military headquarters has sent orders to make us always prepare for northwards! This time, the military headquarters suddenly asked us to go to Yan'an Prefecture, probably to assemble a large army and go north with all our might!" said a soldier next to him.
"Is this true?" the soldier who was speaking before said excitedly.
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be true!" said the soldier behind.
At this moment, the soldiers in the army were talking about this matter, and all the soldiers were very excited! They longed for war, they were looking forward to war, they waited for a long time, and finally waited for the war!
"Don't even talk! Take the time to rest! What's going on? Even if I'm not sure now! The military headquarters just ordered us to arrive at Yan'an Prefecture tomorrow morning! When we arrive at Yan'an Prefecture, we will know what's going on!" Mo Biao was patrolling the army and heard the soldiers discussing, he shouted.
The soldiers seized the time to rest. They ate dry and hard cakes, and they sent snow into their mouths to quench their thirst!
After half an hour, the Third Army continued to set off! Ten thousand people still stride towards Yan'an Prefecture in the east!
Along the way, they became more and more tired, and their speed gradually slowed down, but no one stopped!
The sky gradually became brighter, and a big city appeared in the distance! Seeing this big city, all the soldiers cheered!
The front is Yan'an Prefecture!
The soldiers of the Third Army accelerated their speed and ran towards them! A quarter of an hour later, they finally arrived at the city of Yan'an Prefecture! There were already dense soldiers standing here, and countless teams gathered here! Mo Biao immediately led the Third Army to stand in the army, and all the soldiers stood there quietly, no one dared to make noise!
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On the wall of Yan'an Prefecture, Li Xianzhong, dressed in military uniform, was standing above and looking at the army below!
Li Yanxian stood next to him!
These two people, one is Yue Fei, the commander of the Song Dynasty after Han Shizhong, who controlled the world's troops and defeated the famous generals of the Jin soldiers many times! The other is the famous leader of the rebel army in history! This time, Li Xianzhong was the commander, and Li Yanxian is now his deputy!
"The current army is far better than the original rebel army!" Li Xianzhong looked at the scene below and smiled.
"Not bad! The combat power of the northern Shaanxi imperial guards is more than ten times that of the previous one! The northern Shaanxi imperial guards only need 10,000 people to defeat all the thirty-six rebels!" Li Yanxian sighed.
At this moment, Li Yanxian had to admit that the book "Infantry Practice" had the ability of unpredictable ghosts and gods. In less than two years, the army had undergone earth-shaking changes, and the army's combat power had improved by leaps and bounds! The current army is the real army, and it is even far beyond the Western Army in the late Northern Song Dynasty!
The Guanshan area has been in constant war for a hundred years. This is the base camp of the Western Army. Li Yanxian had also seen the style of the Western Army at the beginning! However, the Western Army that year was also much different from the Shaanxi-North Shaanxi Imperial Army in front of him!
"The Western Army was able to compete with the Western Xia army back then. Now our Shaanxi imperial guards are far better than the Western Army back then, and we will definitely be able to defeat the Western Xia!" Li Yanxian said.
"Not bad! Moreover, this time we are dispatched not only to our northern Shaanxi imperial guards, but also to the west of 100,000 Jingyuan troops. They will enter Xixia from Qinfeng Road and attack the main force of Xixia with us! In addition, the 50,000 Huanqing Army will follow us and enter Xixia to assist us in the battle! The total force of Xixia exceeds 400,000, and the force we mobilize is 250,000! However, our plan is extraordinary. I have read the Northern Expedition plan sent from the General Staff Headquarters. As long as this plan can be implemented, the main force of Xixia will inevitably be wiped out! Even if Xixia does not destroy its country, it will not be able to move south within 20 years!" Li Xianzhong said.
"Master, our people are already here!" Li Yanxian said.
"Very good! Let's go down!" said Li Xianzhong.
At that moment, Li Xianzhong, Li Yanxian and others came down from the city wall and came to the middle of the army! Seeing the arrival of the commander of the Shaanxi Imperial Army, the surroundings became quieter. Apart from the sound of the wind, there was no other sound!
"Dear brothers, I received your majesty's decree yesterday! Your majesty ordered the entire army of 100,000 imperial guards in northern Shaanxi to attack Xixia directly!" Li Xianzhong said.
He has a profound internal strength and his voice spread from afar!
After hearing this sound, the soldiers below were immediately boiling! Although they had guessed that they might enter Xixia before, they did not confirm that they were extremely excited when they heard the coach say this in their own ears!
"Come on, push that person up!" Li Xianzhong shouted loudly.
After hearing this, several soldiers next to him rushed to Li Xianzhong with a man! I saw that this man was thick, with a curly beard on his face, wearing wealth and a Xixia dress on his head!
The man was escorted to the ground and faced the 100,000 troops below!
The 100,000 troops below all looked at the Xixia man in surprise, wondering who this Xixia man was!
"This person is Li Qianming, the King of Jin of Xixia! Six days ago, this person went to see Your Majesty as an envoy of Xixia!" said Li Xianzhong.
After Li Xianzhong said that, the soldiers below all showed a look of surprise on their faces! Since this person was an envoy of Xixia, why did he treat him like this? You must know that the ancients emphasized that "two countries go to war and do not kill the envoys"! The other party was an envoy of Xixia. Even if the Song Dynasty wanted to use force against Xixia, they would not humiliate their envoys!
"You know what the first thing he said after seeing His Majesty?" Li Xianzhong said.
The soldiers below shook their heads.
A very indignant expression appeared on Li Xianzhong's face and said, "He actually asked His Majesty to kneel down and receive the order!"
"What!" Suddenly, the 100,000 soldiers below were shocked, and after a moment, there was a burst of curses! No one expected that the envoys of Xixia would be so rampant that they were so incredible! The envoys of Xixia actually dared to let the Han emperor kneel down to accept their will! Over the years, the army has promoted extreme military and national ideas and extremely hated foreign tribes in the army. At this moment, the soldiers' emotions are almost exploded!
"Do you know what is written in the letter of the Western Xia Emperor?" Li Xianzhong said again.
"I don't know!" The soldiers below shook their heads!
"The emperor of Xixia actually...he insulted His Majesty so much! He asked His Majesty to call him grandpa! He asked His Majesty to offer the queen and send it to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia!" Li Xianzhong said gritted his teeth.
"What!" The 100,000 soldiers below were stunned again, and then cursed one by one!
In Guanshan, Hanzhong, and various places, individual worship is being promoted! Zhao Chen has long been promoted to become a saint and a god. And the emperor of Xixia insults the leader in the hearts of soldiers so much, how can these soldiers agree?
"What do you think we should do now?" Li Xianzhong asked loudly.
"Fight! Fight! Fight..." There were such voices everywhere, shocking the earth! All the soldiers were filled with righteous indignation, and they wished they could rush to Xixia now and exterminate Xixia!
"Not bad! Fight! Only by fighting, only by destroying Xixia can we wash away the shame they brought to the Song Dynasty to His Majesty! Now, set off immediately, destroy Xixia, capture the Xixia Emperor alive, and let him kneel in front of His Majesty to forgive his crimes!" Li Xianzhong said loudly.
The soldiers below nodded excitedly, and under the order of Li Xianzhong, a hundred thousand troops headed towards the north!
"Are you crazy?" Li Qianming, the King of the Western Xia and Jin Dynasties, asked in disbelief.
"Crazy?" Li Xianzhong looked at him and said in shock.
"Your little emperor only has half of his territory and his strength is only half of his previous strength! Now you are facing the oppression of Emperor Jianyan and the Great Jin Kingdom, how dare you fight against us Xixia? Aren't you crazy?" Li Qianming said.
"The barbarian who is watching the sky in a well! What! You dare to insult the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. You should have been executed by Lingchi! But because of your pretense of being a Xixia envoy, you have spared your life! Now, you still dare to speak coldly and cholera, and your army will be in a state of chaos! Humph, Your Majesty can forgive you, but I, Li Xianzhong, cannot forgive you!" Li Xianzhong sneered.
"What are you going to do?" Li Qianming felt something was wrong and asked loudly. Li Xianzhong had already kicked Li Qianming at him, and only Li Qianming screamed, his mouth full of blood and his mouth full of teeth were knocked down!
Li Xianzhong stepped on Li Qianming again, and Li Qianming screamed again. He felt that his internal organs were almost shattered! He moaned and could never get up again!
"Cut off his ears! Take him to Xixia! Wait until the capital of Xixia Xingqing Prefecture and send him back to the Xixia Emperor!" Li Xianzhong said coldly.
Chapter completed!