Chapter 251 - Western Xia's Main Forces
Inside the Xingqing Mansion's Imperial Palace, Xia Chongzong was fast asleep!
In Li Qianshun's embrace stood an exceptionally beautiful woman who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old. Her hair was black and long, and her eyelashes were exceptionally beautiful as well. Only, at this very moment, although Li Qianshun was already asleep, she wasn't! Her eyes were actually filled with tears as she lightly cried!
She was none other than Ren Dejing's daughter, Ren Yuqin! Right now, she was the imperial concubine of the Western Xia Dynasty. If her history hadn't changed, she would have become the Empress Dowager of the Western Xia Dynasty! But now that history had changed so much, her future could no longer be known!
She already knew the news of Hongzhou city being conquered, his father Ren Dejing was the official in charge of Hongzhou, and the odds were against him! Her heart was filled with grief, but if the Sovereign King wanted to pull her along for fun, she could only accompany the Sovereign King! Two hours ago, Li Qianshun had just fallen asleep, but she was currently grieving over her own father!
"How is father? I hope he is safe and sound! " Ren Yuqin secretly thought.
At that moment, a report came in from outside the palace!
Ren Yuqin gently frowned as she replied. Following which, a eunuch who was in his fifties walked into the chamber!
Ren Yuqin did not hide her beautiful body. In her heart, these eunuchs were neither male nor female, there was no need to hide in front of them!
"Your Majesty, you've just fallen asleep. What's the matter?" Ren Yuqin said.
"Imperial Concubine, something's wrong!" With the invasion of the Song Army, they had already defeated the people of Xingqing Mansion! Therefore, this servant risked her life to see His Majesty! I beg the Empress to wake His Majesty up! " The eunuch knelt on the ground and said.
"What did you say?" Song Army has already defeated the people under the Xingqing Mansion? " Ren Yuqin said in disbelief.
"Yes!" Now, they have surrounded Xingqing Mansion! " The eunuch said anxiously.
"How is this possible?" Ren Yuqin said in a daze.
"Empress, please wake His Majesty!" The eunuch said.
Ren Yuqin knew that the matter was critical, so she anxiously pushed Xia Chongzong! However, Xia Chongzong was too tired from last night and slept too deeply, he could not even wake up now! Ren Yuqin was panicking in her heart, but she immediately pulled away the embroidered cloth, and after a while, she was finally "woken up from the cold"!
"What happened?" Xia Chongzong felt dizzy, he was unable to understand the situation in the palace clearly, so he yawned and said.
"Your majesty, something is not right! The Song Army has surrounded the Xingqing Mansion!" The eunuch knelt down once again and said.
"What did you say?" An extremely shocked expression also appeared on Xia Chongzong's face!
Originally, he exhausted too much energy on Ren Yuqin yesterday and his mind was in a muddle, but after hearing this news, he immediately woke up!
"Your majesty, countless Song Army are right below Xingqing Mansion City!" The eunuch said.
"That's impossible! Fast! "Take out my clothes, I want to go out and take a look!" Xia Chongzong said loudly.
Immediately, the eunuch and Ren Yuqin hurried to help Xia Chongzong put on his clothes!
Xia Chongzong brought a group of eunuchs and guards and hurriedly ran towards the walls of the Xingqing Mansion.
The sky was already gradually getting brighter. Xia Chongzong had arrived at the top of the city wall, and the Acropolis King, Prime Minister Wei Minganhui and the others had already received the news, and rushed over to the top of the city wall! When they saw the scene below, everyone was stunned!
After a while, Xia Chongzong's face changed greatly, and his body shivered! He found it hard to believe that the Song Dynasty's army had suddenly appeared! Previously, they had received news that the Song Dynasty's army was in the Hongzhou and Yan Zhou region. Why would they suddenly appear here?
"Your Majesty?" Seeing Xia Chongzong's pale face, the Wei Wang Li Renli at the side anxiously supported Xia Chongzong's body.
"How many Chinese are there down there?" Xia Chongzong said.
"At least a hundred thousand!" Li Renli said.
Hearing this number, Xia Chongzong's face turned even paler! He could even feel the blackness in front of his eyes. His heart was filled with extreme fear! He was the "Monarch" in the history of Western Xia. However, the reason he obtained this title was mainly because of his brilliant political skills! When the true female rose up, he decisively chose to rely on the real female, and obtained a large amount of land from the Liao Country! In addition, he carried out the Han Dynasty, bringing the Western Xia culture and economy to their peak! But when it came to military matters, he had no experience at all! In the face of over a hundred thousand men, he couldn't be calm at all!
He was not the only one who was trembling. At this moment, countless people on top of the city wall were trembling!
Originally, Xingqing Mansion had an army of three hundred thousand, Li Chage had brought away two hundred and fifty thousand, but there were still fifty thousand people here! However, in order to deal with the Song Army at the east side, Li Chage had brought away all the elites of the army, and the remaining fifty thousand people were all old and weak! No one knew if they could defend Xingqing Mansion!
"Your Majesty, we should send someone to inform General Cha Ge at once and ask him to lead the troops back!" Prime Minister Wei Minganhui was still relatively calm and immediately said.
"That's right!" Guardian King Li Renli also nodded.
"Send men to climb down from the city walls immediately! Use your fastest speed to catch up to Brother Cha, and make sure that he comes back as soon as possible! " Xia Chongzong took a deep breath and said.
"Your Majesty, there are still hundreds of thousands of citizens in Xingqing Mansion. We should mobilize them immediately! This was especially true of the men. All of them had to come out to join in the defense of the city! There were countless weapons in the warehouse, as well as defensive equipment. All of these had to be taken out and given to the citizens! Also, Your Majesty, you should take out gold and silver from the treasury and distribute it to the soldiers to boost their morale! This way, we will definitely be able to protect Xingqing Mansion! " Wei Minganhui said again.
"Yes!" I will do everything according to what my beloved one says! " Xia Chongzong said.
He knew that the Prime Minister Wei Minganhui was extremely talented! In these few years, the power of the Western Xia Nation had grown stronger and stronger, one of the main reasons being the existence of Wei Minganhui! In the past, he would always listen to whatever Wei Minganhui said. Today, he himself was restless and did not have any ideas in his heart, so naturally he would follow what Wei Minganhui said!
With Xia Chongzong's orders, countless of people began to carry out his orders! Wei Minganhui looked down at the densely packed Song Army, and furrowed his brows! He also did not know why the situation would turn out like this! Just ten days ago, Li Chage had led his army to the east, and now the army of Song Dynasty had actually appeared at the bottom of the Western Xia Capital!
"May the heavens bless the Western Xia!" At this moment, many people in Xingqing Mansion had this thought!
And at this very moment, Li Chage had just led two hundred fifty thousand Western Summer Army to White Pond City!
He waited here for another two days. After that, troops from Shunzhou, Jingzhou, Lingzhou, and Huaizhou came here one after another.
Now that Li Chage's army had reached 320,000, he led his army and continued to advance towards the Yanzhou City!
Along the way, Li Chage constantly encountered defeated soldiers and generals from all over Yan Zhou, Hongzhou, and Fu Zhou. Li Chage continuously questioned and analyzed these defeated soldiers and soldiers. In the end, he came to the conclusion that the Han people who invaded Western Xia numbered roughly one hundred and fifty thousand! After obtaining this conclusion, he immediately felt relieved! The main force of Western Summer that he commanded was more than twice that of the Song Army. It was enough to annihilate all the Song Army! Originally, he had planned to take things step by step. In his opinion, the Song Army must definitely retreat, and that was the time to chase after and kill the Song Army! But after coming to this conclusion, he had already decided to fight the Song Army head on and eliminate all of them!
When Wan Yanzonggan found out that the Song Army only had a hundred thousand people, he also relaxed! To be honest, Wan Yanzonggan was a little worried that Western Xia's power would be harmed! By that time, all three sides of the plan to attack the Guan Shan would have completely failed! Valkyrie and King Kang's army were both to the east. It would be extremely difficult to break through from the east!
When it was the tenth day of the third month, the main force of Western Xia arrived near the Yanzhou City!
Here, Li Chage had a closer look at the traces Song Army had left behind back then.
Immediately, three hundred twenty thousand western Xia army s surrounded Yanzhou City!
Only, Li Chage did not immediately attack, he first ordered for the soldiers to rest!
He waited until the eleventh of the third month before launching his first attack!
When he came this time, not only did he lead three hundred thousand Western Xia army, there were also countless provisions and supplies, and also countless siege equipment!
From the early morning when the sun had just risen until the sun had set in the west, he had finally withdrawn his army with the sound of gold!
As the night gradually fell, Li Chage and Wan Yanzonggan stayed in the army camp.
Li Chage's face was extremely ugly, but Wan Yanzonggan was confused, and said: "General Li, what's wrong? Aren't you in a good mood? "
Li Chage hesitated for a moment, then said: "The invading Song Army is extremely powerful!"
Wan Yanzonggan said: "Strong? "How do you know?"
When Valkyrie had just started fighting, Wan Yanzonggan had gone out to war with Wan Yanaguda, and after that, he had been dealing with logistics and politics. His battle vision was not even comparable to Li Chage's!
Li Chage stayed silent for a long while, and said: "I saw the shadow of your true female army from their bodies!"