Two days later, Zhao Xu had just gotten up early in the morning and was about to work. A fast horse came straight from the south to the Song army's camp. The person who came was wearing five small red flags, which meant an urgent and urgent battle report. Many people were a little surprised at the news coming from the south. It was not the hinterland of the rear of the Song Dynasty, and it was an absolutely safe place.

"Report, report, report... Report to Your Majesty Xiuzhou is in a hurry. Suddenly, a large number of pirates landed in Xiuzhou, with tens of thousands of people. At present, the entire territory of Xiuzhou is falling. Please send troops to reinforce quickly." The visitor said on his knees on the ground.

"This is impossible. Where did the pirates dare to compete with me in the Song Dynasty?" Zhao Xu Longyan said furiously. "The person who came dragged this person who lied about military affairs and chopped me up."

"Your Majesty, every word that is said to me is true. Please be careful and please spare your life! Your Majesty..."

"Ah..." The man was cut off to death outside the tent, holding a hundred thousand urgent memorial, Zhao Xu frowned tightly, and the memorial was stamped with the seal of the governor of Xiuzhou. This matter was impossible to be wrong. The reason why Zhao Xu cut off the sender was actually to stabilize the morale of the army. Many of the soldiers in Zhao Xu's imperial army came from Suzhou and Hangzhou, and now they were attacked by pirates. How could these soldiers not worry about their families? Such a great morale of the army was in chaos, all the victory and all the costs they had paid before the Song army would be wasted.

"Pirates? Where did such a strong pirate come from?" Zhao Xu murmured.

At this moment, Zhao Xu remembered the memorial sent by Li Bao two days ago. Zhao Xu panicked and searched on the dragon case. After finding it, Zhao Xu sat on the dragon throne and read it again. While watching Zhao Xu, he muttered in a low voice: "It seems that Xia army... It seems that it is really Xia army, but how tens of thousands of Xia army crossed the sea to reach Jiangnan? Is it because God is going to destroy our Song Dynasty?"

After a long time, Zhao Xu muttered: "Yes, I still have a chance; Jiangnan is my hinterland, and the Xia army will definitely lack troops during the expedition. As long as I can block the coast, the Xia army that goes deeper alone will die without a place to die."

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu immediately wrote a secret letter to Li Bao. In the letter, Zhao Xu wrote: "I have heard the news of the fall of Xiuzhou. The Xia army will undoubtedly attack my Jiangnan. I will lead some troops back to the capital soon. I only need to lead the navy soldiers to regain Dongsha Island and block the coast. I will order Miaojiang to lead the Changguo Navy to cooperate with him. As long as all the sea areas are blocked, the Xia army will not escape..."

Zhao Xu's idea was good, but Zhao Xu didn't understand the occupation of Jiangnan at all. Now the entire Jiangnan battle situation has begun to decay, and the entire Suzhou-Hangzhou area has fallen into chaos. King Yan Li Qing of Yan also ordered the Xia army to raise his own banner. The Xia army's military flag and the Yan king's banner have been planted on the land of Wu and Yue.

Huating, Li Qing led 20,000 Xia army cavalry and had arrived, and had already joined forces with the 50,000 troops led by Zhou Hai. After the two armies met, Li Qing took over the army. The rivers in Jiangnan were crisscrossing and were not conducive to cavalry combat. Li Qing had only 30,000 iron cavalry but could not play the role of long-distance raids. Therefore, the Xia army's marching speed was greatly restricted.

"The rivers in the south of the Yangtze River are crisscrossing, which is not conducive to cavalry warfare. What are your good ways?" Li Qing asked everyone.

Zhou Hai said to Li Qing: "Prince, the general thought that cavalry was the main force of our army, and its main purpose was to fight field battles with the infantry of the Song army. As for this siege battle, it can be handed over to the Japanese soldiers. At present, the most important thing for our army is to capture Suzhou. The general asked to lead a team of troops as the vanguard to build bridges and roads for our army to strive to capture Suzhou as soon as possible."

"Zhou Hai obeys the order. I will give you five thousand elite cavalry and ten thousand Japanese soldiers. As the vanguard of our army, we will arrive outside Suzhou City in an extremely small way within two days. My army is half a day away from you..."

"Yes, the last general takes the order..."

Two days later, outside Suzhou City, 70,000 Xia troops were at the city and surrounded the entire Suzhou City. Although there were only 70,000 troops, Li Qing ordered the full flag to be filled with flags and claimed to be 300,000, which scared the Song people in Suzhou City to the point of being out of control. The people in Jiangnan had not experienced war for a hundred years. The long-term peace and stability in the whole Jiangnan city made the city defense very relaxed. Even after the war between Song Xia, the people in Jiangnan still lived a comfortable life. Therefore, facing the sudden Xia army, the officials and people in Suzhou City did not know how to deal with it.

"Zhou Hai's Suzhou city wall is not short, so I'll leave this battle to you. What are you planning to fight?" Li Qing asked Zhou Hai.

Zhou Hai immediately reported: "Report to the prince, the last general has sent more than a hundred brothers into the city before. When our army attacks, they will open the south gate to welcome our army like a city."

"Okay, then I will wait for your good news, and I will leave it to you here." Li Qing said with a smile.

"Yes, the last general shall take the order..." Zhou Hai then issued a military order; "Shimazu Tadahiro, Yamashita Masao obeys the order; you two lead 10,000 Japanese soldiers to launch an attack from the east and west gates. I personally lead 10,000 Japanese soldiers and 5,000 elite cavalry to attack from the south gate. After our army attacks into the city, we must not burn, kill, loot without authorization, and wait for military orders."

"I will obey the military orders..."

After Zhou Hai launched an attack, Li Qing ordered: "Come."

"Prince, what are your instructions?"

"Send people to occupy the docks on both sides of the canal for me to take over, and all ships will be requisitioned, and those who resist will be killed without mercy."

"Yes, I will take people to do it now."

"Kill, kill, kill..." Accompanied by the shouts of killing, the siege troops led by the Japanese soldiers carried a simple ladder to launch a fierce attack on Suzhou City. The Song army had only more than a hundred defenders in Suzhou City. Although they urgently mobilized the strong men, they resisted the fierce offensive of the Xia army in any case. Soon the Song army's city defense was riddled with holes.

On the south gate of Suzhou, the commander of Suzhou said to the Suzhou magistrate: "Mr. Liu, the Xia army's offensive is too fierce. Our army can't resist it anymore. What should we do?"

"What else can I do? Run away!" Liu Zhizhou said in a panic.

Under the protection of dozens of personal soldiers, Liu Zhizhou and others walked towards the city gate tower. As soon as they came down, they met the inner responder sent by Zhou Hai to the city. Seeing that Liu Zhizhou was wearing official uniforms and protected by so many people, they saw that this was a big fish. The Xia army spies rushed up and went up to solve the personal soldiers who protected Liu Zhizhou, and then immediately seized the city gate and let the Xia army enter the city.

The entire siege ended in an hour. The Xia army only paid the price of hundreds of Japanese soldiers' casualties. After entering the city, the Xia army did not commit any crimes and did not receive orders. Although these Japanese soldiers were jealous, they did not dare to act rashly. The people in the city were driven to the streets and knelt on both sides to welcome Li Qing into the city.

Li Qing, wearing military uniform, entered the prefecture of the city surrounded by his personal soldiers, and the entire Suzhou city fell into Li Qing's hands intact.

Zhao Ge walked to Li Qing and said, "Prince, our spy captured the governor of Suzhou."

"This is really a pair of good things! With him, we can learn everything in Suzhou City. Hurry up and bring people to me." Li Qing said with a smile.

Facing the tall and strong Xia army man, Liu Zhizhou had been scared to death. After being brought to Li Qing, Liu Zhizhou knelt on the ground and begged, "Don't kill me, don't kill me..."

The second update...

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