In the morning court the next day, a group of civil and military ministers finally stopped arguing over the matter of establishing a heir apparent!

At this time, Xixia had tens of thousands of troops stationed on the border, and they looked ready to make a move, which frightened the Gonggun princes in the court.

Although the emperor did not want to argue about establishing a heir, he did not want to be invaded by Xixia, so he shouted loudly:

"Don't you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?"

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, the entire court suddenly fell silent. A group of civil servants immediately looked at their noses and hearts, as if they had nothing to do with me at this time!

But the generals are different. They are all ready to take action and have suggestions to lead troops to help the northwest!

Since the Qingli Peace Conference, the Song Dynasty and Xixia have not had a large-scale war for more than ten years.

Now that Xixia suddenly has troops on the border, the generals and nobles are of course very happy, because only when a war breaks out can they have the opportunity to make contributions!

However, as soon as the general opened his mouth, a group of civil servants ignored him at all, obviously not wanting the general to lead the troops in the war.

At this time, the British Duke said: "Lanzhou is the gateway to the Western Regions and an important town on the Silk Road. How could we, the Song Dynasty, give up such a good opportunity!"

When Mr. Wang heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, he understood what Mr. Britain meant, and he immediately said:

"What the British public says makes sense!"

Afterwards, all the princes in the court immediately understood what the British prince meant and immediately started actively making various suggestions.

You said you wanted to fight in this way, and he said you wanted to fight in that way. He also said that what you said was wrong, and you should fight as he said.

Moreover, each of them cited classics and eloquently criticized Fang Qiu. All the wonderful wars in the past history books were listed one by one for reference.

In the eyes of these civil servants, Xixia is as easy to deal with as a chicken or a dog. It seems that as soon as they open their mouth, the enemy will automatically retreat five hundred miles!

However, they can only talk and talk. When it comes to real materials, these military generals are the professionals!

After some intense discussions, it was finally decided that the British government would appoint Shaanxi's military envoy, lead a group of nobles from Bianjing, and lead an army of 80,000 to rush to Jingyuan Road, waiting for an opportunity.

Although some civil servants still didn't realize it, after being reminded by people around them, they immediately understood the meaning and proactively said:

"This matter is related to the safety of the Song Dynasty. The British army should lead the attack!"

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At this time, Xixia was at its peak, with several states including Xia, Yin, Sui, You, Jing, Ling, Hui, Sheng, Gan, Liang, Gua, Sha, and Su, namely northern Ningxia, northern Gansu, northern Shaanxi, and Qinghai

Eastern and parts of Inner Mongolia.

This time, we were apparently going to Jingyuan Road instead of Yulin for support. Naturally, we had another purpose!

More than ten years ago, Xixia defeated Tubo and occupied Hexi and Lanzhou areas. Lanzhou is the gateway to the Western Regions and an important node on the Silk Road.

The Song Dynasty has long been eyeing Lanzhou and other places, and this change in Xixia naturally gave the Song Dynasty an excellent opportunity!

Once this trade route is opened, the entire court or the civil service group will benefit, and the generals will gain military merit.

Then the British Duke came to the camp, beat drums to gather the generals, and announced the military order to rush to Jingyuan Road. Lin Hao was appointed as the cavalry commander and led 3,000 Song Dynasty armored cavalry to set off in advance!

Before departure, Lin Hao arranged two radio stations for the British company to use for communication with the rear!

Later, Lin Hao came to a warehouse where there was a large amount of various baggage prepared. Lin Hao used the space equipment he made and frantically began to ship grain, grass baggage, bow equipment and other materials.

With space equipment, there is no need for civilians to transport baggage, and the cavalry can naturally move easily and easily, and their mobility and flexibility are greatly enhanced!

As Lin Hao came to Zhuangzi in the Duke's Mansion again, Lin Hao's industrial base has improved in the past two years and he has been able to carry out small-scale steel smelting. Therefore, Lin Hao has accumulated a lot of equipment in the past six months!

This time, Lin Hao is going to equip his troops with the best steel swords and armors. As for the equipment he replaced, Lin Hao will also bring it with him, which will be of great use in the future!

When everything was ready, Lin Hao took the cavalry and set off westward!

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Later, after half a month of traveling, the 3,000 cavalry led by Lin Hao arrived at Yongxing Road (Xi'an).

Don't be too slow. Lin Hao once thought that the cavalry could travel two hundred kilometers a day without any problem.

But after he came to this world and actually commanded the cavalry, he realized that the speed of the cavalry was actually very slow.

Even in forced march mode, it only covers 80 kilometers per day, while the normal speed is 35 to 50 kilometers.

This is under good traffic conditions!

After Lin Hao arrived at Yongxing Road, he rested for two days and then continued his journey!

But instead of heading west to Lanzhou, we headed all the way north. After half a month of marching, we successfully arrived at Yan'an Road (Yan'an Prefecture)!

At the same time, the 80,000-strong army from Bianjing, known as the 200,000-strong army, also happened to arrive at Yongxing Road and continued westward to Lanzhou.

At this time, Xixia had received news that the Song Dynasty had sent 200,000 troops this time, but they could not send any troops to fight at this time!

Because since Xia Yizong of Xixia, Li Liangzuo succeeded to the throne, his mother, the Empress Dowager Bu Zang, and Bu Zang, blackmailed Pang to rule.

However, the Empress Dowager Wu Zang was lustful and lustful. Because Li Shougui and Chi Duo had fought for favor many times, Li Shougui killed the Empress Dowager Wu Zang, while Wu Zang blackmailed Pang to kill Li Shougui, so Xixia is now in chaos.

It was approaching August. After two and a half months of long-distance march, the British Duke finally came to Jingyuan Road. After repairing it for several days, he marched to Lanzhou!

At this time, Xixia had recovered from the chaos, and then Pang personally led 40,000 cavalry and 90,000 infantry, claiming to be an army of 250,000, and rushed towards Lanzhou in a mighty manner!

However, just after Wu Zangyu Pang led his troops to leave Xingqing Mansion (Yinchuan), Lin Hao immediately received the telegram, and then led the cavalry to continue northward and kill the empty Jingbian County.

After taking Jingbian, Lin Hao used the Song Dynasty cavalry as the core, immediately gathered the horses, recruited Han people on the spot, and then quickly pulled out a cavalry.

Then he sent people to collect the materials, concentrated them all in Lin Hao's space equipment, killed all the cattle, sheep and livestock, and then threw them into the vacuum space equipment as a reserve of military rations.

At this time, there were still a large number of Han people here, so the recruitment went smoothly. Lin Hao used this model to head west.

Recruit the tribes you encounter that can be recruited, and fight those that cannot be recruited. After fighting, recruit again, and then harvest various materials.

Lin Hao used this extremely vicious method to quickly raise a huge cavalry team.

This method was used because most places in Xixia were still tribal systems at this time, and they did not have any national consciousness or national consciousness.

As long as these tribes are given food and drink, and the spoils of war are distributed to them, they will immediately rely on the strong to plunder the weak. This is the way they have always fought.

Lin Hao moves very fast and does not stay for too long after conquering a place. He also acts secretly, so Xixia has not yet received news of Lin Hao's raid.

After fighting like this all the way, Lin Hao took Yanzhou by surprise and easily. Although there are many troops stationed in Yanzhou, Lin Hao's opponent is there!

At this time, it was less than 200 kilometers away from Xingqingfu, the capital of Xixia.

Hundreds of tribes and villages were raided on the way. Rumors began to spread in Xixia that the Zhou army had invaded the country. Ordinary people began to panic, and Xingqing Mansion also began to impose martial law.

Lin Hao's cavalry team has expanded to 30,000 people. They can't hide if they want to, so Lin Hao simply lets the team rest in Yanzhou for three days before leading the troops to Xingqing Mansion!

And after so long, Xingqing Mansion naturally knew about this strange army led by Lin Hao, but at this time, Xingqing Mansion's troops had already been taken away by Wu Zang and Pang, and there were only four to five thousand people left behind.<

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But even so, the people in Xingqing Mansion are confident in guarding. After all, most of the people Lin Hao brought are cavalry and there are no siege equipment.

Therefore, after recruiting more than ten thousand civilians, they began to defend the city!

However, what they didn't know was that Lin Hao had prepared a big gift for them!

But before that, Lin Hao still sent people to persuade him to surrender, but the young leader of Xingqing Mansion, Li Liangzuo, was stubborn.

Therefore, Lin Hao didn't bother to talk nonsense with them and just started ruthlessly!

"Boom, boom, boom!" Following several huge roars, a large section of the city wall of Xingqing Mansion was blown open!

What Lin Hao used was not black gunpowder, but TNT made by himself. The dosage was small but the effect was extremely powerful!

Then the cavalry led by Lin Hao rushed straight to a collapsed city wall, and behind him were a large number of cavalry rushing straight to Xingqing Mansion.

As for what the cavalry who rushed in would do, Lin Hao didn't know. Anyway, after he gathered the Han people, he didn't care about anything!

Three days later, Lin Hao's entire Xingqing Mansion had calmed down. Then Lin Hao left more than 300 Song Dynasty cavalry and led a thousand miscellaneous cavalry to stay in Xingqing Mansion!

Lin Hao himself, with 2,500 Song Dynasty uniformed cavalry as the core, recruited more than 10,000 cavalry in Xingqing Mansion. Adding in the scattered cavalry gathered before, Lin Hao had nearly 40,000 cavalry!

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Lin Hao then used illusion skills to lure the defenders of the four fortified cities of Lingzhou, Jingzhou, Huaizhou, and Shunzhou to surrender.

And every time he captured a city and accepted their surrender, Lin Hao had to recruit cavalry.

As a result, Lin Hao has more and more cavalry, the bigger the more!

But Lin Hao didn't dare to delay too long. The British army in Lanzhou had no strategic advantage, so Lin Hao directly took 80,000 cavalry and continued southward!

As Lin Hao captured Xingqing Mansion, Xixia was directly divided into two sections.

The Song Dynasty troops in the Hetao Plain, Yulin and other places in the northeast also began to march towards Xiazhou, preparing to regain their lost territory.

As for the Lanzhou and Hexi Corridors in the southwest, the British guide led the strategy!

At this time, the British Duke was leading 80,000 soldiers and horses to confront Wu Zang and Pang in Lanzhou.

When the news of the capture of Xingqing Mansion reached the British public through radio waves, the British public was almost crazy with joy.

His son has made a great contribution this time. As long as the army led by Wu Zangpang is defeated, it will be a battle to destroy the country!

So the British Duke immediately gathered his troops and created a tense atmosphere in Lanzhou in order to prevent Wu Zang and Pang from leaving with his troops.

Ten days later, the three armies of the Song Dynasty encircled and trapped Wu Zangyingpang near Lanzhou, but Lin Hao hurriedly hurried, just in time to catch up with the Lanzhou battle!

At this time, Wu Zangying Pang had already shown his defeat, because Xingqing Mansion had been breached and the news of the death of the country's leader Li Liangzuo had spread throughout the army, so the soldiers had no fighting spirit.
To be continued...