Chapter 155: The Great War of the Song and Tang Dynasties (I)
Song Jingang heard what Zhao Kuangyin said in his ear, and suddenly laughed miserably: "When you killed the lord back then, I guessed that one day you would kill me, so I desperately cultivated power in the army so that you could have some scruples, but I didn't expect that this actually strengthened your idea of killing me." ”
With that, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, leaned back, and fell straight down.
Zhao Kuangyin clapped his hands, and two pro-soldiers quickly flashed in outside the tent.
Zhao Kuangyin glanced at Song Jingang in disgust, waved his hand and said, "Drag this person down for me and throw him in the mass grave to feed the dogs." ”
"Yes!"
The two personal soldiers arranged by Zhao Kuangyin outside are Zhao Kuangyin's loyal henchmen, although they know the identity of Song Jingang, they still take the order without any hesitation.
Seeing Song Jingang's body being carried away, Zhao Pu cautiously reminded Zhao Kuangyin: "Lord, Song Jingang has a very high prestige in the family army, and there are many henchmen who are diehard, and now that he has died in no apparent terms, these people are afraid that they will make trouble!" ”
Zhao Kuangyin sneered: "This matter has been prepared for a long time. Today, I will let you and Song Jingang clear Guangyi's henchmen in the army, and that Song Jingang has killed a lot of people. There is a captain named Lin Yu in Lone Memory, and he has a younger brother Lin Cheng who works in the room. dragged him out as a scapegoat, saying that he was avenging his brother and poisoning Song Jingang. ”
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The two pro-soldiers carried Song Jingang's corpse, took advantage of the night to leave the Song army camp, came to the mass grave and randomly found a place to throw Song Jingang's body down, and then clapped their hands and went in the direction of the camp.
After a long time, Song Jingang, who had been motionless, suddenly turned over, looked at both sides vigilantly, and spat hatefully, "Fortunately, I was prepared and didn't really drink that glass of wine, otherwise I would definitely die today." ”
After a pause, Song Jingang glanced at the Song army camp again, his eyes showed unforgettable hatred, and cursed: "Zhao Kuangyin, you ungrateful dog thief wait for me, one day I will definitely trample you under my feet to avenge today's revenge!" ”
With that, he turned his head and disappeared into the night.
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Zhao Kuangyin used thunderous means to purge all the dissidents in the general, and immediately ordered the third watch to cook, and the fifth watch to set off, and the three armies went to the Tang Army camp to call for battle.
Li Ke used the battle to win successes, so naturally he would not avoid the door, and he also went out of the camp to meet the Song army.
The 50,000 Tang troops, with high morale, shouted slogans and left the camp, lined up in a plain not far in front of the camp.
The chief general of the Tang Army, Li Ke, who led the army on the right and the king of Wuyuan County, rode on a tall horse and looked into the distance with a golden armor and a red robe, and saw that the banner of the king of Phnom Penh had been erected in the Song army, and immediately sneered.
"I heard that this Zhao Kuangyin has been recuperating in Taiyuan in recent days, and it seems that he is also being forced to be anxious now, so he rushed to take charge of the army despite his illness."
Li Siyuan, the righteous son who was beside Li Keyong, frowned when he heard this, and cautiously reminded: "Father, my son heard that this Zhao Kuangyin Yunwen Yunwu is well versed in the art of war. The first few times we were able to defeat the Song army was also thanks to his younger brother Zhao Guangyi's incompetence in command, but the Song army's strength was still far superior to mine, and now there is Zhao Kuangyin himself in command, and the son thinks that his father should be cautious in using his troops, and don't fall for Zhao Kuangyin's plan! ”
"What the eldest brother said is extremely true!"
Li Keyong's own son, Li Cunmiao, also echoed: "Father, that Zhao Kuangyin used to capture Taiyuan City, which is high and deep in the city, with tens of thousands of bandits under Liu Wuzhou, this person must not be taken lightly!" ”
Li Keyong's face sank, and he said unhappily: "The loss of Taiyuan is because the King of Qi paralyzed the enemy, which gave Zhao Kuangyin a chance to take advantage of it." Now the Song army has lost three battles in a row, losing countless soldiers and losing countless generals, and its morale is low. Even if Zhao Kuangyin commanded well, he could not recover the decline. What do you two have to worry about? ”
Li Siyuan arched his hand and said: "Father, now that the main force of our army is exhausted, there are only a few thousand old and weak in the camp, if Zhao Kuangyin divides his troops to sneak attack, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”
Li Ke laughed and pointed with a horsewhip and said: "I'm too worried, you see that the main force of the Song army is in front, where did Zhao Kuangyin come from to sneak attack our army's camp?" ”
Li Siyuan sighed helplessly, and said: "But father, most of the grain and grass of the 50,000 army are in the camp, this is not sloppy, and the son suggested that the father should still leave more soldiers and horses to guard the camp." ”
Li Keyong waved his hand and said: "No need, now the Song army still has eighty or ninety thousand soldiers and horses, if I send tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to defend the camp, the soldiers and horses fighting head-on will be a little stretched." At present, Zhao Kuangyin rushed to command the three armies despite his illness, which shows that the current Song army has been forced into a predicament by us, as long as this battle is won, the destruction of the Song State is just around the corner, and our army should go all out! ”
"What my father-in-law said is true!"
Li Cunxin, the righteous son on the side, said with a smile on his face: "My father-in-law is brave and good at fighting, and he has won battles all the way, and he is invincible. That Zhao Kuangyin did not meet his father-in-law in the past, so he could be dominant in Bingzhou. The child believes that with his father-in-law in commanding the whole army, his father-in-law will be able to return victorious in less than half a day! ”
Listening to Li Cunxin's flattering words, Li Ke smiled proudly, and immediately ordered in a loud voice: "Li Siyuan listens to the order!" ”
Seeing that Li Ke had made up his mind, Li Siyuan could only sigh secretly, and arched his hand and said, "The child is here!" ”
Li Ke pointed with his horsewhip and said in a deep voice: "I order you to lead a thousand elite cavalry under your command to immediately go out of the battle and assault the Song army from the front." ”
"The child obeys!"
Li Siyuan immediately took the order and left, and in a roaring horn, he led the 10,000 elite iron cavalry under his command to break out like a tide, and 10,000 horses galloped, and the momentum shook the world and killed in the direction of the Song army's military formation.
"Crossbowmen step forward, bow and arrow suppress, shoot!"
Zhao Kuangyin, who was under the banner of the Song Army, saw the Tang cavalry coming out of the battle, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, waved the command flag in his hand, and gave an order in a deep voice.
Whoosh!!
The whistling sound of sharp arrows suddenly rose, and tens of thousands of sharp arrows rose into the air, densely crossing the sky like dark clouds covering the sun, and then poured down, falling in the middle of the Tang cavalry like a storm.
Puff puff puff!!
Arrows rained down, and countless Tang cavalry were pierced by sharp arrows, screaming and turning over and falling off their horses, even if they were not killed on the spot, they would soon be trampled to death by the cavalry rushing up from behind.
"Raise your shield to resist the rain of arrows from the Song army!"
Li Siyuan swung his lance and knocked down several sharp arrows that were shot at him, quickly took out a round shield from the back of his horse and put it in front of him, and continued to gallop forward.
The cavalry of the Tang Army also took out round shields from behind to block the rain of arrows, although there were still people who were unfortunately shot off their horses by sharp arrows, but this casualty was insignificant for tens of thousands of cavalry.
Zhao Kuangyin saw that the suppression of the arrow rain had lost its effect, so he immediately waved the flag and ordered: "Pass the order Jing Si, and order him to immediately lead the cavalry of his headquarters to meet the cavalry of the Tang Army head-on." ”