When Gao Fangping brought his personal guards to the Pule City Capital, the officers and soldiers of the Western Xia disappeared. There was only a stubborn little girl holding a knife and guarding the gate of the capital, not allowing her to enter.

Just as during the Battle of Song and Xia, some county magistrates would rather die than surrender. There were also such people in Xixia.

Therefore, this little girl formed an isolated army, which was the most powerful resistance that Gao Fangping's troops encountered since their advance.

The little girl was about the same age as Liang Hongyu, so Liang Hongyu rode a big yellow dog in a cavalry posture and pulled out his knife and said, "Look at it, I, Xiaoyu, will fight the battle against Pule City."

However, Liang Hongying confiscated the knife, and handed it to Ju Jing to hold it in his arms with a palm on the back of his head.

Then at the door of Pulecheng's official government, the only defender, the little girl from Xixia, looked at Gao Fangping in a fine steel chain mail and walked over.

This time, Gao Fangping was the first to charge, and everyone always gave him a chance to show off. During the battle between Shilong Pass and Hezhong Mansion, the Great Demon King hugged behind very vulgarly, which was too insulting the Emperor's Sword hanging around his waist.

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When Gao Fangping passed by, the little girl from Xixia slashed Gao Fangping on the waist with a knife, but her weapons were of poor quality and the blades were rolled up.

In addition, her knife also bounced and fell to the ground. When she bent down to pick up the knife, Gao Fangping stepped on it with her feet.

The little girl blushed and tried hard to pick up the knife.

Then Gao Fangpingshunmao touched her head and gave her a piece of compressed military ration.

The little girl stopped taking the knife and started eating military rations. She thought it was so delicious.

After eating, Gao Fangping gave her another piece.

The little girl took another bite and said, "Five days ago, I found that our leader of the Xixia defender was drunk and did not wake up for two days. General, are you drinking too?"

Gao Fangping shook his head and said, "I won't drink."

The little girl said, "If you don't drink, you won't be a general."

Gao Fangping said: "You should tell me what happened to your general after he got drunk?"

The little girl ate another mouthful of military ration and said, "I'll bring you news from your Song army to Pulecheng to report, but the day before yesterday, the general woke up and met me. After hearing my news, he gave me a knife and asked me to fight the Song army to a decisive battle. Then he took his people to evacuate here. He heard that he had gone to Yaode City."

Gao Fangping said: "So I declare that you have been defeated and the Pule City you guarded has fallen."

Tick, her tears flowed down.

Gao Fangping said again: "Girl, you have tried your best. You are a respectable little soldier. You have stood on your last post. Don't be stubborn. I officially announced that you are a prisoner of my Song Dynasty People's Liberation Army."

The little girl shook her head snoring, saying that she would not be a prisoner if she died.

"Okay, it's not a prisoner, but you've actually been defeated. As a soldier, you have to admit defeat and abide by the war results. This is OK." As he said that, Gao Fangping gave her another lollipop.

"Okay. I didn't surrender, little girl. I just lost the battle and couldn't defeat the Song army. If the Emperor of Xixia summoned me in the future, I would feel at ease." The little girl took the lollipop as she said this.

After a large group of ruthless people followed, their faces turned green, because this was the result of the offensive and defensive battle in Pulecheng, and it was considered as Pulecheng personally captured by the Great Devil...

Liu Yanqing was also surprised to hear that Gao Fangping personally attacked the tough and captured Pule City. He always felt that Gao Fangping was more vulgar and less brave, which was very unscientific.

But the commander of the Northern Expedition was still like this. Lao Liu was a very political person, so he immediately started his army and began to advance towards Xiazhou. But while Lao Liu was anxious, he was not a person who was very fond of merit. Now, the strategic location of Xiazhou is dominated by the Jianing Military Office and the Xiangyou Military Office. The main forces of the defenders have more than 50,000 troops. Xiazhou's defense is not weak, so this will be a real hard battle.

Not everyone has good luck.

As a commander who is not usually powerful, Liu Yanqing could only smile bitterly at this. The people of Xixia were frightened by Gao Fangping, so the Jianing Military Office, which was originally defending Youzhou, did not dare to block Gao Fangping's troops in the direction of Xiping Prefecture. The so-called persimmons were found to be soft, and the Jianing Military Office went to Xiazhou to intercept Liu Yanqing's troops.

Old Liu was so bitter. Although he was the ruler of Shizhou and won beautifully, he would have no hard bones to put it bluntly. However, the strategic location of Xiazhou is the current two small army guards. Even Tao Jiefu led a army of more than 100,000 four years ago, but he did not easily say anything about Xiazhou. Lao Tao was mainly in line with each other, because as a commander, Tao Jiefu knew better than anyone else the difference between siege and field battle.

Xiazhou has strong defense power, and as the defender of the city, they have tens of thousands of elite main battles to defend, which is not a joke. If you want to force yourself to chew such a bone, even if Liu Yanqing is now 70,000 elite new equipment, the price will be so painful that he is frightened.

Speaking of the offensive and defensive battles in Hezhong Prefecture at that time, Gao Fangping's troops were 20,000 elite troops, and they delayed nearly 300,000 Cha Ge's men for four months.

So as a commander responsible for soldiers, Liu Yanqing really dared not attack Xiazhou so easily. Damn this invasion is not a "defending home". Therefore, the combat losses that the troops can accept in the two situations are completely different.

However, in politics, Gao Fangping, as the commander of the Northern Expedition, made his advance in the northwest so smoothly that his troops had arrived in Pule City as of the date of the report. If Liu Yanqing made a slow progress, Old Liu was really worried that the little shark would be killed with political reasons.

So, this is the problem facing Liu Yanqing's troops. Should we fight against Xiazhou?

Perhaps this was also a problem for Tao Jiefu four years ago.

Now, the scene from more than four years ago has almost reappeared. At that time, Gao Fangping had not made his debut, but was a flower Tai Sui in Bianjing City. At that time, Tao Jiefu's troops surrounded Xiazhou but were unable to be released. And Zhong Shidao was about to face Xiping Prefecture.

Now, Gao Fangping's troops are facing Xiping Prefecture, an important town in Xixia, while Liu Yanqing was blocked in Xiazhou in the east, and he was unable to advance or retreat. The difference is that the then Zhong Shidao Tao Jiefu combination has now changed to two "Gao Fangping and Liu Yanqing combinations" that were not strong enough and too vulgar.

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"See the Grand Marshal!"

In the camp of the Expeditionary Army in the Xiazhou camp of the Yongxing Army, all the generals knelt down to meet Liu Jieshuai!

Yes, Lao Liu has officially established the festival, and the imperial court has received a commendation document. Given that Gao Fangping presided over the correct strategy of the Song and Xia battle, the various departments are brave in fighting and loyal to the Song Dynasty, Gao Fangping is now the Minister of the Secretariat. The court said that Liu Yanqing performed particularly well, so Liu Yanqing was appointed as the governor of Jingzhao and was ranked second-rank.

In the past, this was the title of the highest military officer. Of course, now it has been reformed, and the highest is the title of Taiwei. Lao Liu was promoted to the level of Taiwei. As Lao Liu's wish, as long as the Northern Expedition did not cause any trouble and he would be happy to serve the court, he would probably have the title of Taiwei after the Northern Expedition. At that time, he would return to Beijing in a grand manner and be sent to a certain person in the Third Office to magnificently transform the bureaucrats.

As for the fight, I will leave it to the young man. Old Liu really feels tired.

Of course, all the premise is that this Northern Expedition did not cause any trouble, otherwise Gao Fangping would be punished to death. The Xiazhou problem facing the present is Lao Liu's fault. It is wrong to fight or not. If the battle is too great, it means that the command failure will be defeated and the soldiers of the Song Dynasty will be ruined. If you don't fight, it will be easier for Gao Fangping to delay the fighter's strategy and delay his entry into Xiping Prefecture.

At that time, Zhong Shidao could not bite Tao Jiefu, but now Lao Liu is not Tao Jiefu, and Gao Fangping, who was about to go to Xiping Prefecture, was not Zhong Shidao.

"Why is Old Liu Shuai frowning?" The generals under his command asked one after another.

Liu Yanqing smiled bitterly and said, "Now Xiao Gao Xianggong's army is advancing quickly. He marched so quickly. Now he has arrived in Pule City. This is really a death talisman for us. Now Xiazhou's offensive is complete and the troops are strong. Should we fight or not?"

Liu Guangshi said: "Yes, my father's concerns are reasonable. In theory, military theory, we cannot chew hard, otherwise the casualties will be too great. Originally, we thought we could have a long time to conduct a roundabout tug-of-war. It was because we sent troops from Yinzhou and were very close. But who could have expected that Xiao Gao's quick march would be able to send troops from Hezhong Prefecture in such a short time. Now he has arrived in Pule City. It's so perverted! It's simply putting our Yongxing Army on the fire."

Yes, after the Guangxi affairs were pacified, Gao Fangping was arrested, and Liu Guangshi was transferred from Zong Ze to Yongxing Army Road. With Zong Ze and Gao Fangping recommended, Xiao Liu was also promoted. Now he was appointed as the defensive envoy, and he was the chief general of the Security Army. He served under his father Liu Yanqing.

"Report"

At this time, the military newspaper came again, and the message sent a message said: "Report to the Grand Commander, Xiao Gao Gong has sent troops from Pule City and captured Yaode City. It is less than seven days away from Xiping Prefecture!"

"What! What!"

All the generals, including Lao Liu, smiled bitterly. It is not defense but offense now. They are really afraid of hearing Gao Fangping's good news. The more good news, the more they mean that the Yongxing Army is incompetent.

Liu Guangshi said with a sweating look: "The Great Demon King has always been vulgar, and he really can't rub the sand with his eyes. Since he is about to come to the important city of Xiping Prefecture, then we must fight in Xiazhou with blood. My father, we cannot delay."

Liu Yanqing sighed, really not daring to delay any more, and planned to start deploying the Xiazhou Battle.

However, the messenger said: "There is also a military order issued by Xiao Gao Gong."

It was a military newspaper earlier, but now it was a military order, so everyone, including Lao Liu, stood up and waited.

"The Yongxing Army does not need to rush to fight against Xiazhou in blood." The memorial said, "Your unit has a different situation. It has not carried out any propaganda offensive or preparatory work. If you rashly besiege the city and attack the city, it will cause serious combat losses under the powerful defensive offensive of tens of thousands of elite Xixia soldiers, which will ultimately not benefit the results of the Northern Expedition of our Expedition."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other.
Chapter completed!