War?
It had been fifty years since the Great Song last fought a war.
Now that the country is peaceful, I haven't heard of the Liao invasion or the Western Xia invasion.
Sima Guang couldn't sit still any longer. He stood up and said," Your Majesty, weapons are an ominous thing. You can't start a war lightly."”
"Lu Hua Cheng."
"Your subject is here."
"You're the Privy Council Envoy, tell me about the Shaanxi Road battle report.”Zhao Xu looked at Lu Hua Cheng.
Lü Hua Cheng held the battle report in his hand and said in a clear voice,
"Yes! I just received a report from the front 800 miles. Xixia is short of food. Xixia General Li Xianjian led his troops to seize food from Suzhou, Anzhou, and Yongzhou. Wang Shao, Yue Fei, and other generals at the front line have already fought fiercely with the enemy. Our army has killed 3,000 Xixia soldiers. The enemy is frantically increasing their troops. Wang Shao is requesting reinforcements and food.”
After Lu Hua Cheng finished speaking, Prime Minister Sima Guang, Governor Wang Anshi, Minister of War Yu Hui, and Ouyang Xiu were all shocked.
The Xixia Empire had been established for thirty years, and now the seven-year-old Empress Dowager Liang, the mother of Li Bingchang, was in power.
Li Xianjian was Li Bingchang's imperial uncle and the number one general of Xixia.
The number one general had already set off. It seemed that the Western Xia was in dire need of food.
"A few days ago, Xixia sent an envoy to discuss what kind of brotherly kingdom they were going to form. Before the envoy returned, the battle report of the grain snatching came.”
"Your Majesty," Sima Guangxu said,"Wang Shao is good at fighting. I think he can resist Li Xianjian's attack."”
Wang Anshi immediately objected.
"I believe that the Xixia Empire will definitely come in a menacing manner. They definitely won't just leave after snatching some food, but have great ambitions. I suggest sending reinforcements and rations, and even the best Jingsai Army in Hebei Province.”
Wen Yanbo said," No, the troops at Shanhaiguan in Hebei Province are used to resist the Liao Kingdom. They must not be transferred. Otherwise, once the Khitans break through the pass, the capital will be in danger!"”
" Why don't we mobilize the Jiangnan troops to reinforce them…" Yu Hui, the Minister of War, said.
"Minister Yu, Jiangnan is too far away from Xixia. I'm afraid the Xixia people will have already returned by the time we arrive.”
"How can those soldiers in Jiangnan have any combat strength? Minister Yu, you are the Minister of War. Don't you know this?”
……
The ministers were in a heated argument, and Zhao Xu, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was opening the system. The entire northwest was on the system map.
On the long and narrow road to the Western Regions controlled by the Song Dynasty, the three big provinces were all soldiers of the Western Xia.
Among them, the battles in Anzhou, Suzhou, and Yongzhou were the most intense. Anzhou was guarded by Marshal Wang Shao of Shaanxi Province, and Suzhou was guarded by Song General Zheng Shuhai.
The Yongzhou closest to Xixia was guarded by Yue Fei.
Under Wang Shao's command, An Zhou was fighting well, and the city was impregnable.
Suzhou City had already been breached. General Zheng Shuhai abandoned the city and fled. The 50,000 Song troops under him scattered in a hubbub, and the people were brutally killed by the Xixia people.
The one who fought the best was Yue Fei. Yongzhou was facing the main force of the Western Xia. The number one general of the Western Xia, Li Xianjian, personally led 150,000 troops to attack Yongzhou City, which only had 30,000 defenders.
The system's mini-map was very clear, even the golden plate on Yue Fei's armor could be seen clearly.
Yue Fei's eyes were very calm, he definitely wouldn't panic even after being surrounded, commanding the Yue Family Army to build the city walls in an orderly manner.
Li Xianjian was watching Yongzhou from the city. He was deeply shocked by the scene in the city.
Who was this? Which General Song?
He had fought countless battles with the Song army, but he had never seen such a calm general in the Song army.
In his eyes, Wang Shao was the strongest fighter in Great Song, but he was already being held back by his younger brother, Li Xianmin.
He had to take down Yongzhou!
This time, Xixia was not just here to snatch food. Yongzhou's position was too important. If they advanced, they could threaten the Song Dynasty's mainland. If they retreated, they could defend themselves.
However, Yongzhou City had already been attacked for a day and a night. More than a thousand Xixia soldiers had died under the city, but the city walls remained unmoved.
The ladder could not be fixed to the city wall at all. Once it got close to the city wall, it would be cut off by the long spear tied to the big knife.
The Xixia soldiers who were preparing to climb the ladder were either smashed to death by stones or shot through by the Song army's crossbows.
"Who is inside?" Li Xianjian looked at the dead Western Xia soldiers, and cold sweat dripped down uncontrollably.
His subordinate said to him,
"General! There were words written on the flagpole of the city wall. The military documents said that it was Yue. The Song General guarding the city inside must have the surname Yue.”
"Yue? It was unheard of. In the past, the Song army was best at fighting Di Qing and the Yang family generals, but these two families had declined.”
Li Xianjian scratched his head. He couldn't go on like this. They couldn't even touch the city walls and they even suffered heavy casualties.
Especially when he heard that Suzhou had been taken down, and that it was Liang Zhuo, the younger brother of Empress Dowager Liang, he was even more anxious. It seemed that Empress Dowager Liang's power had surpassed their Tuoba family.
"Pass on my orders! Attacking the city with all their might! I don't believe that a mere Yongzhou City can't be taken down. Attack! Attack!" Li Xianjian shouted at the top of his lungs, his face full of anger.
On the city wall, Yue Fei saw the Western Xia soldiers coming from all directions. He calmly said to Zhang Xian beside him,""Follow the plan. Prepare the kerosene and prepare to open the west gate.”
"Understood!" Zhang Xian was Yue Fei's most trusted general, he was also very intelligent in battle and had high martial strength.
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