In the first year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty and the fifth year of Yongning in Xia, the Song army launched a large-scale attack on the southwest barrier of Xingqing Prefecture, the capital of Xia, Shuofang City. The Xia Dynasty was commanded by King Li Chage of Jin, and raised tens of thousands of troops to resist the enemy. The two sides launched fierce battles in the Tong'ancheng area on the border between the two sides.

Almost overnight, the Xia army launched a surprise army and conquered Hongshan Village, Heishan Fort, Tongyuan Fort, Majun Fort, Heqiao Village, Liancheng Fort, etc. The Song army guarding the village either died or surrendered, or fled back to Liu Fa's army. Among them, the entire Song army in Heqiao Village was killed in battle, and none of them surrendered to the Xia army. This caused a serious threat to the left wing of Liu Fa's army, and the documents were sent to Liu Fa's central army like snowflakes.

"Supervisor Liu Jun, why don't you take a break after going to the tent?" Liu Zhongwu, the commander of the Right Army, said to Liu Fa, the commander of the Xihe Army, with a worried look on his face.

"Brother Ziwen..." Liu Fa, who was covered in blood and had several big bubbles on his lips, shook his head when he heard this, sighed and said, "The Western thief is so pressing, I can't wait for a moment to breathe."

Liu Fa led a large army to Tong'an City after a long journey. Before he could breathe for a while, the Xia army took advantage of the Song army's distance and had not yet stabilized its foothold. Until now, the two sides had fought fiercely for a whole day and night, and each other had a victory or defeat. The Song army gained the upper hand with the brave and good combat Xihe Army and excellent weapons. However, the strong dragon could not defeat the local snake. The Xia army took advantage of its familiarity with the surrounding terrain and was waiting for work to continuously send out surprise troops to harass the Song army. This made Liu Fa and others feel extremely difficult. At this time, the Xia army suddenly conquered more than a dozen fortresses on the left wing of Liu Fa's army.

At this moment, victory or defeat is actually an unknown number!

Liu Fa, who was over 60 years old, was extremely exhausted, but the battle situation was tense and could not allow Liu Fa to rest. Liu Fa had to grit his teeth and persevere.

"Brother Ziwen..." Liu Fa then looked at the map and asked, "It seems that the Western thief came from Heqiao Village and Lian Castle. He came from here to attack our army. In your opinion, is the Western thief indeed like this?"

Liu Fa led his army to fight against the Western Xia for a long time, and of course he was familiar with the combat characteristics of the Xia army, which was to use its cavalry that came and went like the wind, divided the troops and attacked together, cut off the food route, and seized the Song army's retreat, etc. Therefore, the more than 2,000 elite cavalry in Liu Fa's hands were reluctant to use it, waiting for use in critical moments.

"The commander of the Xia army is Brother Li Cha, the King of Xia Jin." Liu Zhongwu said after hearing this for a long time: "Although this boy is young, he is very strategic in his heart, familiar with military tactics, and has many tricks. If you ask the Xia army whether it comes from the west, I really don't know for sure."

The Song army fought with the Xia army for a day and a night, and finally found out that the other party's commander was Li Cha, the King of Xia Jin. This man has always been very good at using troops, but is actually a strong enemy of the Song army.

Liu Fa and others knew that the commander of the army opposite was Li Cha, King of Xia Jin, but they didn't know much about the situation. At this time, how many troops were there in the Xia army attacking from the west, who was led by, whether it was the main force of the Xia army, etc., but they didn't know anything about it.

"Two old generals." Yang Weizhong, the former commander of the army, said: "The Xia army came from the west and could not only attack the back of our army, but also cut off the connection between the army and Tong'an City. The Western thieves were trying to cut off my retreat. In this way, Heqiaozhai, even castles and other places had to be rescued."

"What are the defenders in Tong'an City doing?" Liu Fa nodded and asked.

"They? When they heard that the Western thieves were attacking, they had already been scared and hurried in the city and dared not move. The last general heard that his guardian had the intention of abandoning the city and leaving." Yang Weizhong's breath was abrupt when he heard this.

Answered.

"It's outrageous!" Liu Fa also said furiously: "It's okay if you don't send troops to protect my left wing, but you still want to abandon the city and leave? Just this battle, I must be killing their dog heads."

Although there are not many Song army defenders in Tong'an City, they can send surprise troops to harass the invading Xia army to help Liu Fa's army, but they still want to escape? If the Song army defenders in Tong'an City really abandon the city and leave, wouldn't it expose the back of Liu Fa's army to the Xia army? This will cause Liu Fa's army to be surrounded by the Xia army, and by then, Liu Fa's army will undoubtedly be defeated.

Liu Zhongwu shook his head secretly when he heard this, and remained silent.

The Song army suffered many defeats in the past, which is not unrelated to the current situation. Some people are good at fighting and dare to fight, while others are afraid of death. There have been many incidents of escape in the Song army.

The garrison of Tong'an City was a distant relative of Tong Guan, the commander of the Western Army. Before leaving the army, he swore to make great contributions, but when he was in a critical moment, he wanted to abandon the city and leave.

"Zhai Jin, where is Han Shizhong?" Liu Fa called out loudly after thinking for a long time.

"Young general is here!" The first general in western Beijing, the strong general Zhai Jin, and the recently promoted general Han Shizhong, Han Shizhong, heard Liu Fa's call, and they all came to the tent and responded loudly.

"I ordered you two to lead two thousand iron cavalry to recover Heqiaozhai, Lianchengbao and other places. You and the other two held my order arrows. After arriving in Tong'an City, they would first kill Tong'an's head of the garrison of Tong'an City." Liu Fa ordered loudly.

"The young general obeys the order!" Zhai Jin and Han Shizhong responded loudly.

"Let's go!" Liu Zhongwu was shocked when he heard this. He killed Tong Guan's distant nephew Tong An. How could Tong Guan give up with you Liu Fa? Not only would he not spare Liu Fa lightly, he might also catch a fire in the city gate, which would affect the fish in the pond. It would be fine and would implicate Liu Zhongwu and others. So Liu Zhongwu hurriedly advised: "Tong An has not abandoned the city yet, why did he kill his head?"

Liu Fa nodded and remained silent after hearing this.

Seeing this, the two generals Zhai Jin and Han Shizhong looked at each other, wondering whether they should implement Liu Fa's general order.

"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you go and recover Heqiao Village, even castle and other places? I can't kill Tong An, can't kill you and the other two?" Liu Fa saw Zhai Jin and Han Shizhong stayed in the local area, and couldn't help but say furiously.

"Young general takes the order!" Zhai Jin and Han Shizhong hurriedly bowed and bowed out of the tent, took the Liu Fa's order arrow and summoned the troops.

"Liu Junshen." Liu Zhongwu glanced at Zhai Jin and the back of the two generals Han Shizhong, and asked Liu Fa: "All the main forces are coming out. If the Xia army attacks from other places, how should we deal with it?"

After hearing this, Liu Fa was stunned for a while and sighed: "Mr. Liu is so tight at this time. I just hope that Duke Tong Guo’s army will arrive soon."

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The climate outside the border is extremely harsh and volatile. It was like a long wind and sand just now, but it started raining in a blink of an eye.

At the beginning, only a few sporadic raindrops fell from the sky. In just a moment, raindrops as big as beans fell from the air. Cracks, a layer of white mist splashed on the road. The rain washed the ground, forming puddles of different sizes. The flat and easy-to-go official road suddenly became muddy.

At this moment, more than 30 miles away from Tong'an City, an army under the banner of the Song Dynasty appeared, with the number of troops close to that of the Song Dynasty.

Ten thousand people were rushing over a thousand vehicles of all sizes and big walks on the muddy roads with difficulty.

Among the vehicles are horse carriages, ox carriages, donkey carriages, and even rickshaws. The wheels have deep traces on the muddy roads, and the cars are full of heavy objects.

"Quick, hurry, speed up the marching speed. After passing the small river in front, you will soon arrive in Tong'an City." Song Tongyi Doctor, Longtu Pavilion Bachelor, Qin Fenglu Strategic Pacification Envoy, and the State Affairs of Qinzhou, and the Transportation Envoy Li Sanjian, riding on the back of the extremely divine "Xiaofeng" horse and shouting loudly at the team.

The heavy rain poured down, and the rain flowed down the wide-sided hat, dripping onto the iron armor on Li Sanjian's body, making a crisp sound.

Li Sanjian then looked at the Black Flag Army and the soldiers and soldiers in the village who were advancing in the rain. He was very nervous. The closer he got to Tong'an City and the closer he got to the battlefield, the more he was.

Liu Fa and others were looking forward to the moon-like reinforcements, hoping that the Song army's reinforcements had arrived, but at this time the reinforcements sent by Tong Guan had just set off. The reason was that Tong Guan and others had never expected that Liu Fa's marching was so fast. Unexpectedly, the two armies of the Song and Xia would fight so quickly. As soon as they started fighting, they would have a bloody battle and fierce battle. Therefore, the closest to Liu Fa's army was Li Sanjian's grain transport army, the Song Black Flag Army.

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The soldiers of the Black Flag Army almost recruited foreign people, so they were regarded as foreign troops by Tong Guan and others. The foreign troops were not valued in the Song army. At least in the eyes of Tong Guan and others, they were not regarded as combat troops by Tong Guan and others, but were just used as errands such as grain transport.

Li Sanjian was appointed as the army's transshipment envoy by Tong Guan. In desperation, he had to take this army that he had high hopes to transport food, grass, weapons and other supplies to Tong'an City and escort them to Liu Fa's army.

The hardships along the way cannot be expressed in words. The distance is far away and the road is difficult to pass. Li Sanjian must be careful and not lose.

In addition, the Xia army along the way continued to harass. Although they were mainly small-scale harassing and retreated with one blow, they also made Li Sanjian and others exhausted.

At this time, Li Sanjian was about to arrive in Tong'an City. Instead of relaxing, he became increasingly nervous. He was cautious and walking on thin ice. The reason was self-evident. The closer he got to Tong'an City and the closer he was to the battlefield, the more likely he was to encounter large-scale harassment from the Xia army, and even a large number of Xia army directly attacked the Song army's grain transport team.

Li Sanjian had even smelled a trace of the battlefield, a trace of bloody and cold smell.

"Gong-gong Li, you are exhausted, what can you do?" Cui Huchen, the commander of the Shenji Camp of the Black Flag Army, rode his horse and rushed to Li Sanjian and asked.

After hearing this, Li Sanjian looked at the increasingly gloomy sky, he ordered helplessly: "Order the camps to set up camp on the spot and prepare to prevent the thief army from attacking the camp."

It was safest to transport grain trucks into Tong'an City at this time, but it was dark and it was raining heavily again, thirty miles away, and the Black Flag Army, the village soldiers, and the civilians were already exhausted, so they could not arrive at all.

Even if Li Sanjian and others insisted desperately, it would be extremely dangerous to march in the dark in the pouring rain.

The food, grass and so on are about to be transported. Li Sanjian has already reported this news to Tong'ancheng and Liu Fa's army, but where is the army that the Song army is connected to? Li Sanjian was puzzled and a little nervous.
Chapter completed!