Chapter 3: Escape in a hurry

Just as Wu Ji led his army into the realm of Xixia and was preparing to launch a thunderous offensive against Xixia, a drama of escape and pursuit was being staged in Shaanxi Province.

It was not someone else who escaped, but the Western Xia army led by Li Zongbao and Liang Xi. Of course, the Western soldiers were chasing them.

"Quick, hurry, hurry! Chase me! Even if you run off your legs, you have to crawl for me!" Zhong Yan rode on a horse, raised his throat and shouted: "I will never let a Xixia dog go!"

"I will never let a Xixia dog go!" Although the Zong family army was very tired, everyone looked tired and sweated profusely, their spirits were very strong and they roared. The roar was like thunder, shaking the mountains and rivers.

"We are the Western soldiers! I am the omnipotent Western soldiers! We defeated the Western Xia dog and threw away our armor and fled in panic. Even if we don't eat or drink, don't rest or sleep, we will also catch up with the Western Xia dog! Because we are the Western soldiers!" Zhong Yan shook his fist, waved his arms, and roared like a mountain.

"We are Western soldiers!" The Zhong family army burst into a roar like a tsunami.

The term Western soldiers was once the pride of countless Shanzhou troops! During the weak days of the Song Dynasty and the weak years of martial arts in the Song Dynasty, it was the Western soldiers who stood out and became a strange flower in the Song Dynasty, rushing to the forefront, resisting the attack of Xixia, and ensuring the safety of Shaanxi!

At this moment, Zhong Yan used the Western soldiers to inspire the Zhong family army, which was tantamount to talking about them, and they were very proud.

"We are Western soldiers, we must not be shamed!" Zhong Yan continued to yell: "Damn Xixia dog! Damn Li Zongbao! Damn Liang Xi! They dare to slaughter! They dare to turn the five cities of Dingding into ruins! If this hatred is not avenged, it will be a man! If this hatred is not avenged, it will be a Western soldiers!"

"Avenge! Revenge!" The Zhong family army burst into a shocking roar, and a flame of hatred shot out in their eyes.

Although the Western soldiers fought with the Xixia people for decades, with more defeats and fewer victory, and did not gain much advantage. However, it was the first time for such a shame as Anding Five Cities. When the news came out, the Zhong family army was angry and asked for battle, vowing to kill the Xixia people, capture Li Zongbao alive, and capture Liang Xi alive, and use their heads to pay tribute to Anding Army, Liu Changzuo, and the heroes of Anding Five Cities!

The tragedy of Anding Five Cities angered the Western Army. After Zang Yan summoned the generals to discuss, he led the Zong family army to set off. Under his leadership, tens of thousands of Zong family army rushed towards Ding'an like tigers.

Just as the Zhong family army was dispatched, Yao Gu led the Yao family army to rush to Anding.

When they arrived, Li Xian's army also arrived.

Zhong Yan, Yao Gu and Li Xian gathered together, discussed and reached an agreement that the Xixia people could not be allowed to retreat. Although the Xixia people entered Shanzhou this time, although it was a great success, it was the first time in decades, but with Wu Ji and his friends defeating Yelu Hongji and Yan Yun's recovery, Li Zongbao and others were about to achieve great success, it was useless, and their victory was meaningless.

Just hold the Xixia army down and prevent the Xixia army from retreating to Xixia, then Xixia will be extremely empty. Wu Ji and the others will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to enter the Xixia territory from Yanyun, launch a fierce offensive, and launch a devastating attack on Xixia.

Zhong Yan, Yao Gu, and Li Xian were all famous generals, so of course they would not let the Xixia people retreat. The three of them made a brief assignment and encircled Anding from three directions, and they wanted to surround the Xixia army in Anding, and then gathered and annihilated it.

If their plan is realized, the Xixia people would not think that they would be wiped out if they would go back. Even if the Xixia people could fight, even if the Iron Harrier was good at fighting, they would have to fail when they encountered so many Western soldiers.

Fortunately, as soon as Li Zongbao and Liang Xi received the news of Yelu Hongji's great defeat, they immediately understood that their victory had lost its meaning and the Song Dynasty would attack Xixia. They immediately assembled the Xixia army and led the Xixia army to quickly evacuate Anding and prepare to return to Xixia.

At that time, the Xixia army was in the craze after the great victory. Li Zongbao and Liang Xi ordered the withdrawal of troops, but their subordinates refused to execute it because they had such a big victory for decades and did not take the opportunity to expand the results and gain enough benefits. For the poor and crazy Xixia people, it was a pig.

It is really difficult to get the greedy Xixia people to withdraw their troops!

In desperation, Li Zongbao and Liang Xi issued a death order. If they did not retreat, they would immediately rectify the Dharma! In this way, the Western Xia army was extremely reluctant to evacuate An Ding.

The Xixia people had just withdrawn from Anding, and the three Western soldiers arrived. If they were slower for a day and a half, they would not be able to leave. Only then did the Xixia people realize that they were powerful, so they had to give up their greed and began to retreat.

Li Zongbao and Liang Xi were even more grateful. If they were slower, they would definitely end up being wiped out.

As soon as Zhong Yan, Yao Gu and Li Xian received the news of Anding's loss, they led a large army to come. Unfortunately, the roads in Shanzhou were really inconvenient and were not conducive to the advance of the army. They could not be fast even if they wanted to, so they had such consequences.

Next, an escape and pursuit were staged.

For the Western soldiers, the destruction of Anding Army and the transformation of Ding'an city into ruins was a great shame. This hatred must be avenged! This hatred must be snowed! Without saying a word, the three Western soldiers immediately embarked on the road of pursuit and chased the Western Xia army from different roads.

The total number of Western soldiers in the three routes was no less than 200,000, scattered on different roads, advancing in unison. If you look from the sky, you will see long dragons rolling northward in the mountains and ridges of Shanzhou, rushing straight to the Western Xia army.

The Xixia people retreated much slower than the Xishang, for no other reason, but because they robbed too much wealth and were reluctant to throw it away, which dragged down the speed of the march.

You should know that Xixia is a poor mountain valley. The people of Xixia have been growing up in poor mountains and rivers since childhood, and even eating has become a problem. People who are poor and crazy have never seen so much wealth in their lives, let alone own it. It is impossible for them to give up and throw it away. They would rather lose their lives than bring the wealth back.

It was not that Li Zongbao and Liang Xi did not see this danger, but that they could not stop it. They once ordered to throw away their wealth and retreat with all their strength. However, no one enforced this order, even their confidants did not enforce it, which made the two of them unable to do so, and they wanted to marche and beheaded.

However, it was fine if they did not practice military law, but their army law immediately aroused public anger. The generals and soldiers of Xixia were angry and said ruthlessly that if they were not allowed to take away their property, they would not go to the battlefield even if they died.

The public was angry and unforeseen. Although Li Zongbao and Liang Xi were extremely reluctant, they had to make concessions and allow the soldiers to bring their belongings. Only then did the Western Xia army retreat happily.

The Xixia army was happy and dreaming. When they returned to Xixia to be a local rich man and bought some beautiful women, they were happy. However, their dreams quickly woke up and the Western soldiers soon came after them.

The first person to catch up with the people of Xixia was Zhong Shidao. This future army spirit of the Song Dynasty had military talents beyond ordinary people. The army of Zhong led by him was very morale. He marched like a flat ground in the dangerous mountains and rivers of Shaanxi Province, and his movements were extremely fast, and he soon caught up with the people of Xixia.

The Xixia army did too many bad things and deserved to be retribution. When Zhong Shidao's army chased him, the Xixia army was camping, burying the pot and making rice, without any precaution. Zhong Shidao led the Zhong family army to attack and rushed into the Xixia army camp. With one blow, the three or four thousand Xixia army was wiped out, and no one escaped.

Mr. Zhong said a very interesting sentence, "The people of Xixia are hateful, they are still a little cute, they are just hospitality, and they prepare a war meal for us!"

Therefore, the war meal that the Xixia people had just prepared became the food in the belly of the Zhong family army. The Zhong family army had enough food and drink, and under the leadership of Zhong Shidao, they went to pursue the Xixia army.

The Xixia army obtained a large amount of money and property, and the military discipline was dispersed and the military order could not be implemented. This gave Zhong Shidao a chance. He caught up with the Xixia army three times in a day and killed seven or eight thousand Xixia troops.

Just as Zhong Shidao was pursuing the Western Xia army, the brothers Yao Youzhong and Yao Pingzhong also caught up with the Western Xia people, started a massacre, killing thousands of Western Xia army.

At the same time, Tong Guan also caught up with the Western Xia Army. Although Tong Guan was a eunuch, he was extremely brave and had excellent martial arts skills. Although his military skills were not as profound as that of Zhong Shidao, he was also outstanding. Under his leadership, Li Xianjun rushed bravely and killed the corpses of the Western Xia people everywhere.

After being attacked by the Western soldiers many times, the people of Xixia were frightened and found that something was wrong and were in a panic. The army that had strict military discipline and abnormal purging disappeared.

Li Zongbao and Liang Xi seized the opportunity and ordered to throw away the wealth. This time, the Xixia army did not get angry, but implemented it. After losing the wealth, the Xixia army's actions suddenly and quickly became quick, and they used their ability to climb mountains and wading waters that they had learned since childhood to the extreme, and started a race with the Western soldiers in the mountains and ridges.

At this time, the Western Xia army was not injured, but nearly 200,000 Western soldiers were chasing them behind, which made them frightened. Moreover, the morale of the Western Xia army had been relieved and its morale had begun to decline. How dare you turn back and fight with the Western soldiers? You can only escape.

"We must never let Xixia dog escape into Hengshan!"

Although Zhong Yan, Yao Gu and Li Xian did not gather again, they made the same decision at the same time and must not allow the Western Xia army to retreat into Hengshan.

The terrain of Shanzhou is complex and dangerous, but it is worse than Hengshan. Hengshan stretches for hundreds of miles, making it more difficult to walk there and makes it more inconvenient to the army to move. If the Western Xia army fled into Hengshan, the Western soldiers would lose the opportunity to chase. You must know that Hengshan has always been in the hands of Xixia, and entering Hengshan is equivalent to being invincible.

So, under the strict orders of Zhong Yan, Yao Gu and Li Xian, 200,000 Western soldiers did not sleep and chased them back and fought hard. When they were sleepy, they would marching and dozing, chasing them regardless of their fatigue.

The Western soldiers pursued them very fiercely and quickly. The Western soldiers were mainly used to deal with the Western Xia army. They mainly fought in Shanzhou and were not inferior to the Xixia people at all for climbing mountains and ridges. They walked very quickly among the mountains and ridges, and were not inferior to the Xixia people at all.

Fortunately, the people of Xixia grew up in poor mountains and rivers since childhood, and have developed the ability to climb mountains and wading waters since childhood. In order to survive, they brought this ability to the extreme, which led to the above scene.
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