Kai Fu Han

Chapter 595 Estimate Error
April [-]rd, Tongyuan City.

Party members are burning, killing, looting and ravaging the city!

Even the neighbors where civilians lived were not spared by the Party members. They kicked open the doors of every house, rushed into the yard, robbed everything they saw, and killed anyone who dared to resist!

Huanzhou State Government Yamen, Xixia soldiers are driving out all the officials in the state capital, and gather them on the street outside the Yamen.

"General, is it appropriate to let soldiers kill like this? How will we govern in the future?" a young general said to Li Deduan.

In the fifth year of Yuande of Xixia (3820 of Kaiyuan), Emperor Tianzuo of Liao was defeated and fled to Xixia.At the same time, Jin envoys went to Xixia to persuade Li Qianshun to capture Emperor Liao and send him to Jin to protect Xixia from being attacked by Jin.Li Qianshun saw that Liao's destruction was irreversible and agreed to Jin's conditions.From then on, Xixia returned to gold.

When the Jin invaded the Northern Song Dynasty, Xixia followed in its wake and gained thousands of miles of land.

This young general believes that this southern invasion should be the same as the southern invasion 12 years ago. The land occupied by Xixia will be permanently occupied, so the people should not be killed too much.

"Our purpose of going south this time is not to occupy these lands, but to plunder and take all these Han people back to Xixia, so we can do it as efficiently as possible." Li Deduan is a member of the royal family, and he is quite talented among the royal family, so , Emperor Yuande of the Western Xia Dynasty ordered Li Deduan to take charge of the Western Route Army that went south to the puppet Qi Dynasty.

"This is why, these Han people are so weak, why can't we occupy this land." The young general was puzzled.

"Because of the prosperity of the Han League."

Xixia is indeed a force that is highly skilled in the use of "following the trend", and Li Qianshun is very skilled in how to deal with strong/weak enemies.

The Kingdom of Jin suppressed the Kingdom of Zhao, and the Xinghan League suppressed the Kingdom of Jin. This shows that among the Han forces, the Xinghan League is the strongest.

This time, Nan Zhao was agreed to intervene in the war, partly because of the instructions from the Kingdom of Jin, and partly because he could get some benefits.There are no plans to fight to the death with the Xinghan Alliance.

But God is not as good as man. Xixia could never have imagined what a terrifying enemy he had provoked this time.

……

"Boost!!"

On the official road from Qingzhou to Huanzhou, an endless number of cavalrymen were rushing on their way quickly.

At the front are more than a dozen scouting horses, all of whom are very burly warriors. The scouting horses are about two miles away from the large troops behind them. With the keen observation skills of the soldiers, they ruled out possible ambushes in front and prepared for the cavalry behind. Troops clear the way.

There was a super soldier scouting the horse in front, and the cavalry troop was moving very fast, with one man and two horses, maintaining a marching speed of sixty miles per hour.

These cavalry were the three cavalry battalions of the Ninth Brigade, plus some cavalry scouts from the infantry battalions, totaling [-] cavalry, one with two horses.

The four cavalry battalions of the Tenth Brigade greeted the Xixia East Route Army at the northeast corner of Yongxing Army Road.

"Commander Tian, ​​take a rest. The horses won't be able to hold on if they keep running." A cavalry battalion commander followed up and reported.

Tian Yingsun looked at the horses under the soldiers' crotches, and he began to pant heavily. He really could not continue running.

"Order the troops to stop advancing, rest, eat, and feed the horses."

"Yes!"

The troops of more than 600 people and more than 3000 and [-] horses stopped quickly after the order, and the orders were strictly prohibited. They were absolutely elite.

Tian Yingsun dismounted and opened the package on his second horse. He first took out some soybeans and put them in front of the horse. Then he took out a rag and quickly wiped the sweat from the horse's body.

The other soldiers were doing the same thing. After dealing with the needs of the horses, the soldiers took out dry food and water bags to replenish themselves.Tian Yingsun is the deputy brigade commander of the Ninth Brigade, in charge of reconnaissance and cavalry operations.

After Liu Xinqi received the intelligence from Chang'an that day, he first sent a conscription order to Penglai and then immediately mobilized all the cavalry from the two brigades and sent them to the Huanzhou and Suide armies respectively, so that these cavalry could hold back the east and west sides of Xixia. The road army continued its march south.

In addition, the special operations battalion accompanying the army was sent to Xining Prefecture to harass the invading Tibetan militia.

Tian Yingsun was sent to lead the [-] cavalry of the [-]th Brigade.

"Brigadier, the scouts who went to Huanzhou are back."

"bring it here."

The scouts at the front were composed of one person and three horses, all of which were excellent horses. They were fast and had strong endurance, making the scouts move more than half as fast as the large army.

"Report to the brigade commander that Tongyuan City has been breached by the Xixia Army. The time of the breach is noon today."

"Fuck, it's still a step too late." Tian Yingsun cursed secretly. He was already on his way as fast as he could, but the defenders of Tongyuan City didn't even hold on for five days.

"Have you found out clearly? How many people are there in the Xixia Army?"

"The Xixia Army has already entered the city, so there is no way to count it. However, we caught some tongues and initially estimated that the strength of the Xixia West Route Army is between [-] and [-], of which the main force is about [-]% elite." The scout squad leader reported. road.

"Is there any other important information?"

"Have."

"Tell me." Tian Yingsun stopped eating and looked at the scout squad leader, waiting for him to say anything important.

"The Xixia army looted all the way. We bypassed Tongyuan City and looked north. Ansai Village and Wulun Village to the north of Tongyuan City have been looted." The squad leader emphasized: "Not only the finances, but also the people have been looted. , apart from many stinking corpses, there was not even a living dog in the village."

At the end of the speech, the squad leader was already very sad and angry.

Tian Yingsun also looked ugly after hearing this. He remembered that the squad leader had said before that the Xixia Army had entered Tongyuan City. Tongyuan City must be a hellish scene now.

He stood up and took out a map from his deputy's horseback, spread it out and looked at it.

Our side is now located in Heshui Town in the east of Gyeongju, which is still 240 miles away from Huanzhou.

But it is already Shenshi, and before dark, the most I can see is Anhwaseong, Gwafu County, Gyeongju.

According to the previous rapid march speed, it would take at least one day to reach Huanzhou.

"Tongyuan can no longer be saved." Tian Yingsun said.

"Yes, so we no longer need to rush to Tongyuan. The most important thing now is to find out the movements of the Xixia army, and then choose a suitable station to have a decisive battle with this Xixia army." People gathered around One of the staff members echoed.

"The enemy's army is ten times as strong as ours. Let's fight them decisively? The alliance leader just asked us to hold off this Xixia army." Although Tian Yingsun was angry, he was not dizzy. He also understood that he had to fight for his [-] famous soldiers. Responsible.

"We can fight decisively. We have muskets and grenades. Not all of the 2 people in the Xixia Army are the main party members. The gap is not big." the staff officer explained.

"No matter what you say now, it's just speculation. Let's find out clearly before talking." Tian Yingsun seemed very cautious.

(End of this chapter)