Chapter 662: The Last Hole Card
A spear tore through the night sky with a dazzling light reflected under the reflection of the firelight, like a sharp arrow from the string to the imperial tent where Zhao Zhen was, Xia Zhu screamed in shock, but the guards on the side watched the spear nailed to the ground tremble violently as if they were familiar with it.
This is not the first spear nailed to the ground, there are many such spears around it, the guards looked at the startled Xia Zhu and shook his head slightly, just like this, he was ready to protect the official family, and among the people present, he Xia Zhu was the most panicked.
Zhao Zhen turned his head to look at Xia Zhu, who was constantly wiping cold sweat, and said helplessly: "I was not hit by the enemy's spear, but I was scared to death by your screams, do you know what it means to do your job?" Today's things you can see clearly, civil officials are only suitable for assisting the king in handling political affairs in the temple, while martial artists are willing to sacrifice their lives to protect their families and defend the country, I believe you should also know the difference between the two, otherwise how can there be a difference between civil and military? ”
What else did Xia Zhu say, Zhao Zhen interrupted him and pointed to the spear that had stopped trembling on the ground and said, "It's like the spear in front of you, you think he will be a threat to me, so why are the guards motionless?" Because they specialize in art, they know that this spear can't pierce me! Your role now is to stand up and not hinder the guards to protect me, and when the war comes, the role of the Wenchen is only that! ”
"Minister...... Obey the order! ”
Zhao Zhen's words have been said so clearly, Xia Zhu has no reason to oppose it at all, and what he did just now is not known to be ridiculous in the eyes of the guards.
Oh, yes! A civilian official like himself can neither kill the enemy nor break the formation on the battlefield, even if he is familiar with military books, what is the use, in the end he is just a Zhao Kuo who talks on paper!
In fact, Xia Zhu agreed with what the official family said, since the official family was in power, the balance of civil and military affairs has explained everything, and it has indeed made the army of the Great Song Dynasty more and more powerful, this is the credit of the official family, and no one can deny it.
The civil officials should really assist the king in handling political affairs, as the official said, instead of interfering too much with the military generals, but Xia Zhu also knew that the general role of the civil servants was to contain the military generals who held military power.
At this time, Zhao Zhen had no time to take care of Xia Zhu at all, he could already see that Yeluzong really had a guard of honor, as long as it was the emperor's royal conquest, he would erect a guard of honor, this was not to increase his prestige, but to let his troops know the emperor's location, or to follow the emperor to fight, or to support the emperor at any time.
Zhao Zhen's guard of honor has been erected high in front of the imperial tent from beginning to end, and Yelu Zongzhen's guard of honor is constantly moving towards Zhao Zhen's place, even if the Great Song Dynasty is on the defensive side, they are not as flexible and mobile as the Tielin Army of the Liao Dynasty, after all, the number of Mo swordsmen led by Peng Qi and Zhao Li is limited, even if it can drag more than a thousand cavalry, it is rare.
Yelu Zongzhen's tactics are very flexible, and he is also very clear about the trade-offs on the battlefield. He directly let more than 1,000 horsemen and Mo Dao hand fight together, and he led the remaining 2,000 people to rush towards Zhao Zhen, the army of the Great Song Dynasty has never been a single type of troops, compared to the pure cavalry of the Tielin Army, the army of the Great Song Dynasty is considered to be comprehensive.
The various arms are coordinated with each other, the long Ke axe is blocked, like a forest to block the cavalry to the imperial tent attack, behind him is the kneeling two rows of crossbow archers, this is the latest crossbow arrow formation of the Great Song Dynasty, kneeling two rows of continuous firing increases the number of crossbow arrows, but also can be replaced before and after, the speed is faster than the traditional three rows of rotation shooting.
In the face of the resistance that appeared again, the corners of Yelu Zongzhen's mouth showed a contemptuous smile, he still had nearly two thousand people in his hands of the Tielin Army, even if he divided the troops again, what did it matter? There is not much power left in the hands of the Great Song Emperor!
This war is not about how many enemies are killed, even if most of their Tielin army is lost? As long as you kill or capture the Great Song Emperor alive, the victory of the entire battle will be in your own hands!
If he can slash the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, he will become the most heroic emperor of Daliao, even Taizu cannot be compared! He will even become the most heroic emperor in history! Throughout the history books, which emperor personally cut off the head of the enemy emperor?!
Thinking of this, Yelu Zongzhen was full of excitement, he had already seen Zhao Zhen's imperial tent, as well as a few personal guards, and nearly eight hundred Khitan warriors behind him, these were his personal guards, and they were also the backbone of the entire Tielin Army.
"Warriors, the time has come to glorify the glory of my Khitan ancestors, follow me to capture the Great Song Emperor alive, shame on the snow, comfort the ancestors, kill!"
"Kill!"
In the face of the Khitan people coming like a tide, Zhao Zhen's heart was still very calm, although there was also nervousness, but it did not affect him much, and he couldn't even catch up with the influence of the frightened Xia Zhu on him.
The Tielin Army continued to approach, and the guards around Zhao Zhen finally began to move, and more than 100 guards who were originally standing straight around Zhao Zhen like statues began to line up, but Xia Zhu began to despair, the Khitan people on the opposite side had seven or eight hundred people, and the guards around them were only one or two hundred.
Of course, this is impossible, even if the Great Song Dynasty guards are brave and fierce, but it is impossible to fight with one sword and ten on the battlefield.
At this time, the carriages around the imperial tent suddenly began to move, these were carriages with iron carriages, which were connected by iron chains to form a moving wall, which soon blocked the way of the Iron Forest Army's charge.
The military horses of the Liao Dynasty inevitably collided with the carriages, falling in pieces, and people turned over on their backs. It also slowed down the speed of the Iron Forest Army, in fact, these carriages are similar to tripping horses and traps, they can't kill or injure many enemy troops, but they can slow down enemy troops.
Yelu Zongzhen grabbed the reins and slowed down, looked at the carriage that had already flipped with the huge impact of the war horse, and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, is this your last hole card?" This kind of carving insect skill can't stop my Da Liao's Tielin Army! ”
Zhao Zhen didn't answer his words, and pulled Xia Zhu into the front of the royal tent in embarrassment, jumped into a deep ravine and yelled at the guards in front: "Raise your shield!" Raise your shield! Deal with the shock! ”
Zhao Zhen's embarrassed appearance of course caused the Liao Dynasty's Tie Lin Army to laugh, in their eyes only cowardly cowards would hide underground, and the cowards on the grassland were the most fond of burrowing moles.
But at this time, Yelu Zongzhen couldn't laugh, he knew Zhao Zhen, an emperor who could take half of Yanyun by surprise would be a coward? This shows that what is about to appear is even afraid of him Zhao Zhen!
Yelu Zongzhen suddenly remembered that the Tielin Army of Daliao had not encountered a single gunpowder bullet or a cannon attack, and subconsciously looked at the carriage that had been overturned, and Yelu Zongzhen quickly hid his body behind the mount......
Rumble...... Prosperous......
An earth-shattering loud bang broke the two sides of Song Liao who were fighting, and almost everyone was stunned by the sudden shock wave.
The Tielin army closest to the carriage was knocked away like paper paste, and the farther ones were pierced by countless pieces of iron that were blown up, and the stumps and broken arms were scattered everywhere, and the entire battlefield was like a terrifying hell on earth......