Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Zhong Shixiong felt a little nervous. Before he could recover, the scout at the door reported

"General Qi, a large number of Su Xia troops were found a hundred miles south. There are about 2 people."

"Twenty thousand? Have you found out who is leading the team?"

"They are all holding a banner with the word "Liu", and their equipment and uniforms seem to be different from the normal Su Xia army. It seems that they are our army, Liu Guangshi's armored army."

"Why are these two people here?"

Zhong Shixiong felt a little uncomfortable. After all, the Western Army he faced was his former army. If Gao Qiu hadn't led the Western Army to attack during that expedition, the strength of the Western Army would have exceeded 30 people today.

Playing against each other with 30, the advantage is obvious.

In fact, this Western Army unit was urgently transferred by Su Xia. Among them, there were 3000 armored troops, two elite combat divisions, and more than [-] people slowly advanced from the Huainan West Road to contain the Song Army. Although they arrived a few days late, But when Liu Guangshi's army arrived at the front line, Su Xia was undoubtedly shocked.

Zongze on the side was a little worried: "My lord, Liu Yanqing's armored army is from the Western Army after all. Whether they can attack with all their strength is a matter of debate."

"The Old Western Army and the Old Western Army are fighting each other. This is not the result I want to see. We have been in a stalemate with the Western Army on the front line for so long. Shi Jin and the others also pretended to be the Xixia Army and exchanged fire with the Western Army. Now they are attacked from both sides. . Both sides are at a disadvantage. Now that Liu Guangshi's [-]-strong army has arrived, he will have to deploy troops for prevention and control. Even if we don't fight, our attack speed will speed up."

Also in front of the formations of the two armies, Zhong Shixiong was already distraught. He organized several Fengyong teams to sneak attack the Su Xia army's artillery team, but they all failed.

But the more terrifying thing is not this. Su Xiajun's military superiority has surpassed his own.

The Zhong Family Army, and even the entire Western Army, were no longer able to fight against the Su Xia Army.

Among the 15 troops under his command, the army commanded by Su Honghui has long been lost.

The plan to completely annihilate Lin Chong's cavalry division in the face of a difficult siege failed, and one of Lin Chong's musketeers rushed into the encirclement, which gave them stronger resistance.

The peripheral operations faced a strong artillery advantage, and with Liu Guangshi's troops of more than 2 men threatening the left wing, everything became precarious.

The huge superiority and roar of the artillery fire had frightened tens of thousands of Western Army soldiers. They saw with their own eyes that their comrades, who were completely naked under the heavy artillery bombardment, had long since lost the courage to fight again.

There was an aura of sadness permeating the Western Army.

Among the officers in the same army, people were even more panic-stricken.

It is war and peace.

He was still worried about this, and couldn't help but think of Cao Cao and Yang Xiu in the Three Kingdoms.

It's a pity to eat tasteless and discard it.

But it's useless now. Defending for a day will only cause greater casualties.

As the commander-in-chief, when he was indecisive, the tent opened outside the door and a black-faced general walked in. It was none other than his brother, Zhong Shilue, the military envoy of the Western Army.

Seeing his brother coming, Zhong Shixiong was surprised and happy, but he couldn't help but asked curiously. He came forward and asked cautiously: "Brother, why are you here? What about the Western Xixia Army? 10 Thousands of people will start a war with us if they hear about it.”

When the words came to this, Shi Lue couldn't help but sigh with infinite emotion, and said helplessly: "Who is the Xixia Army? It's hard to figure out. It should be the Xixia Army disguised as the Su Xia Army that launched the attack just to provoke conflicts between us and Xixia. Now the two armies are facing each other, but it is not about to break out, but half of our troops are contained. I heard that the fighting on the front line was tense, so I came here overnight."

"Brother, it's all my fault for my younger brother's incompetence. The frontal enemy we face now is far stronger than us. Every time their artillery bombards us, we will suffer heavy losses. We have retreated for more than fifty miles in a row. If we continue to retreat, I'm afraid they will They met up with Lin Chong who was surrounded by us."

Zhong Shiluo closed his eyes tightly and spoke for a long time: "Negotiate peace, surrender..."

As if Shixiong didn't understand, he asked again in disbelief: "Brother, what did you say?"

"At this point, there is no other good solution. The two lines of reinforcements from the Soviet and Xiajun armies, led by Zeng Keda and Sun Xin respectively, with a total strength of more than [-] people, will arrive at the front line within three days and join the troops already in front of our formation. The total strength of the Su Xia Army will exceed [-], and my advantage in strength will be gone."

"But,,, we have lost the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers these days in vain, and that is General Su Honghui's life."

Zhong Shilue just shook his head.

.......

In October 1118, outside Daming Mansion, the Western Army led by Zhong Shilue and Zhong Shixiong, the main generals of the Zhong Family Army, formally surrendered to Su Xia.

At the secret agent meeting, Zhong Shixiong spoke first: "When the war is over, you are not allowed to retaliate against me, especially for the siege of Lin Chong's cavalry."

Su Xia nodded naturally, "Everyone has his own master on the battlefield. It's natural for you to live and die."

"The Western Army will still be under the command of my eldest brother and my brothers."

Naturally, Su Xia could not leave the most important military power to their command. Zongze on the side said: "Our lord has already agreed that the commander-in-chief officers of the Western Army can enjoy one level of treatment higher than the original military rank, but the retained officers must It has to go through an assessment, and in addition, in terms of personnel arrangements for the officers of the Western Army, the original 27 are too many, and we must cut them."

"I'm afraid this won't work. Besides marching and fighting, I'm afraid how can they make a living doing anything else."

"They are all garrison troops. They can make a living in Mobei and the grasslands full of cattle and sheep. We can provide them with the original material help, or withdraw the army and return to the people, and distribute relief year by year. The sergeants are naturally willing to do this instead of marching to fight. "

The two sides went back and forth, and with Zeng Keda, Liu Guangshi, and Sun Xin's armies pressing into the border, the secret agent's balance finally tipped towards Su Xia.

This also marked the complete loss of the most elite Western Army in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Su Xia split 27 of the 15 Western Army originally under his command, and transferred more than 12 of the remaining [-] Western Army north to the Yanshan line.

Zeng Keda and Sun Xin led nearly [-] national defense troops to occupy the western border.

The Zhong family army only retained more than [-] people, and announced that they would leave the Song Dynasty and join the Huaxia Kingdom.

The Huaxia Kingdom currently occupies terrain that has surrounded the entire Song Dynasty, forming a complete encirclement situation.

In December 1118, Su Xia adjusted the existing establishment of the Protecting Army. After a year of training and war, Su Xia expanded the standing army of the Protecting Army into thirty combat divisions, as well as independent artillery columns and The musketeer columns were commanded by Ling Zhen and Jin Ming respectively. Each combat division was equipped with a certain number of firearms, and each division had an establishment of more than 1 people.

And it was scheduled to officially launch the war to destroy the Song Dynasty after January 1119!