1113.The Battle to Quell the Rebellion (I)
Immediately afterwards, in the garrison barracks of Fengxiang, Lintao and Lizhou West Road, countless torches appeared.
The generals of all armies had already asked the soldiers to be on standby, and at this moment, it was all the soldiers who shouted out from the barracks.
The commander of the thousand calls the centurion, the centurion calls the ten, and the captain of the ten calls the brethren in the tent.
The soldiers did not remove their armor, but grabbed their swords and ran out of the tent. In this way, the assembly was quickly completed.
The main generals of the defenders of Fengxiang and Lintao just shouted a few words in front of the army, saying that they wanted to destroy the empress, set up a new monarch, and let the Western Xia return to the rule of the man. Then he took the soldiers out of the camp.
In fact, the non-commissioned officers in the army did not understand what the situation was.
They are not far enough to be exposed to that level of things.
They just followed out of the camp in a daze.
The generals told them to fight whomever they wanted. This seems to be a very common thing in this day and age.
Because the soldiers are all under the orders of the generals in the army.
Li Zhengqin also led the defenders of Lizhou West Road out of the camp, but before he set off, he did not say that he wanted to kill the empress. Just let all the soldiers rush with him to kill.
Kill whom, didn't say.
It seems that there is no need to say it to the soldiers under his command.
The generals can just know it.
And when the defenders of Fengxiang, Lintao and Lizhou West Road fought out of the camp, the military camp under Qu Rujian and Helian Cheng did not see much movement, but there was some commotion.
This commotion was only caused by the sudden unrest of the rest of the barracks.
The sergeants and soldiers didn't even know what was going on. It is only known that the generals told him to be prepared against anyone attacking the camp.
It's anyone.
In the night, seeing that there was not much movement in the camp of the Western Xia Forbidden Army and the Qi Tian Army, the generals of Fengxiang and Lintao couldn't help but secretly rejoice.
They led their armies to the two camps of the Western Xia Forbidden Army.
Among them, there was a military camp ruled by Qu Rujian, which was a few miles next to the military camp of the Qi Tian Army.
The other barracks, which were farther away, were all soldiers of Helian City.
The night was dark and murderous.
Defenders such as Fengxiang and Lintao probably haven't been on the battlefield much, but after all, they have been trained and don't seem to be a rabble.
In just a short time, the main general of Lintao Road was not far from the forbidden army camp under Qu Rujian.
The braziers in the barracks that were standing on the stands could still be seen clearly.
And not far to the east of them, Li Zhengqin was also leading his soldiers to the Qitian army camp with a curved sword. Torches are like long snakes, lighting up the night.
"Kill!"
When he was only a few dozen meters away from the eastern camp of the forbidden army, the main general of Lintao Road, who was galloping his horse, couldn't help but shout: "Destroy the empress and establish a new monarch!" ”
"Fire!"
And almost at the same time, there were also loud cheers at the gate of the forbidden army barracks.
Countless torches suddenly appeared.
In the firelight, there were densely packed artillery carts.
The roar was like a sword.
He's sitting here himself. It can even be said that I have been waiting here for a long time.
As his roar fell, swarthy thunderbolts were thrown out by the artillery cart.
Clusters of fire appeared on the ground.
This made the defenders of Lintao Road scream again and again, and people turned on their backs.
The generals of Lintao Road all showed shocked and uneasy expressions. Even the Lord will be the same.
They had just been killed, and they were bombarded like this, and it was obvious that the forbidden army had expected them to attack the camp. That is, their plans were exposed.
If these generals only think that the forbidden army is assembled in a hurry, then they will be no different from fools.
Their mutiny happened suddenly, and it was impossible for the forbidden army to respond so quickly. It could only be that it was deployed earlier.
At this moment, the Lord of Lintao Road was afraid that he was a little retreating in his heart.
But it is impossible to return.
He had nowhere to retreat.
Now that they have mutinied, if they don't destroy Qu Rujian and the soldiers under the command of Helian City, they will face the encirclement and suppression of the entire Western Xia. There is no hope of survival.
To the new Song Toucheng?
This is also impossible.
Most of the soldiers in the Western Xia were ordinary people in the Western Xia, and they could fight against the forbidden army, but they may not necessarily be willing to travel thousands of miles to the New Song Dynasty to serve as soldiers.
"Rush! Rush in! ”
As a result, the Fengxiang Road Lord had no choice but to lead the crowd to continue to rush forward and kill.
Either you die or I die. Such a thing as a mutiny could not be forgiven by the Empress of Western Xia.
Moreover, he never regarded himself as a general of Western Xia. He was fighting for the New Song Dynasty and Duan Qilin.
However, when his roar had just ended, there was another change at the gate of the forbidden army barracks.
More than a dozen ballistas were pushed to the camp gate.
Arrows roared out.
These arm-thick arrows could penetrate even a horse, let alone a soldier.
The defenders of Lintao Road were caught off guard.
Their frightened horsemen fell one after another on the road leading to the camp gate, or were blown to a blur of flesh in the explosion.
Although more than 20,000 people spread all over the mountains, their morale was suppressed by the Western Xia Forbidden Army at this moment.
Qu Rujian waited for work in the barracks.
The artillery trucks in the battalion just kept throwing thunderbolts outward.
This almost broke the situation of the defenders of Lintao Road. The soldiers in front continued to rush towards the barracks, but the soldiers behind were caused by the thunder and did not move forward.
And the main general of Lintao Road obviously has no way to reverse this situation at this time.
These defenders of Lintao Road are far from being afraid of death, and if they want to rush forward under dense artillery fire, it may be difficult to see any effect if they shout through their voices.
Only by destroying the artillery carts in the barracks first, so that the soldiers behind can rush over.
So he led his soldiers and just continued to charge the barracks.
They are all horsemen.
The ballista and other equipment in the army were still lagging behind at this time.
"Ballista retreat!"
"Broken horses, archers ready!"
In the barracks, Qu Rujian and other Western Xia generals shouted like this.
Of course, more than ten crossbow carts could not stop these cavalry on the Lintao Road.
The Broken Horse Army is a branch of the Western Xia Army that specializes in cavalry. Composed of a combination of shield soldiers and hook and sickle soldiers.
The shield soldier rejects the horse, and the hook and sickle soldier hooks the horse's legs.
The hooked scythe they wield is like a scythe tied to a bamboo pole, like the weapon of the Western Grim Reaper. It works wonders for cutting a horse's leg.
Within a distance of more than 100 meters from the gate of the barracks and the side, there were shield soldiers and hook and sickle soldiers who led the order to go forward.
Artillery trucks are still firing.
Then, in the blink of an eye, the cavalry on the Lintao Road collided violently with them.
A shield soldier was struck by a war horse and stumbled backwards.
There were also war horses that were hooked and sickled and their hooves were broken, and after the soldiers fell off their horses, they were immediately stabbed to death by random guns.
In addition to plagues and natural disasters, life on the battlefield is probably the least precious.
In just a short period of time, I don't know how many people died on the banks of the Jialing River.
They may be fathers, brothers, or sons. But when he went out with the army, there was no possibility of returning.
Only the soul can return to its homeland.
And at this time when the fierce fighting took place along the barracks, Li Zhengqin also suddenly led the soldiers to turn around and kill this side.
He shouted loudly: "The Lintao army has committed treason!" All the soldiers will calm the chaos with this general! ”
He led his army straight to the back of the Lintao army and was blocked by the artillery carts.
The torches fluttered.
In the barracks, Qu Rujian saw this scene and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Fortunately, Jia Fenghua really fell to the empress.
Otherwise, it is really difficult to predict the outcome of this fight. And now, they're on the safe side.
There are more than 10,000 forbidden troops under his command, and then there are Li Zhengqin's 20,000 defenders on the west road of Lizhou. In the case of waiting for work, it should not be difficult to defeat the Lintao army.
He didn't plan to let Qi Tianjun interfere in the war here.
This was something he had already discussed with Helian City.
Because Helian City's side will inevitably face the attack of the rebels, Qu Rujian must share the pressure for him.
Seeing that Li Zhengqin led the crowd to quickly kill those Lintao troops, Qu Rujian immediately ordered: "Let the Qi Tianjun rise into the air and go to aid the Forbidden Army's Zuo Battalion!" ”
"Yes!"
A herald received the order and galloped towards the east gate of the barracks.
And the lord of Lintao Road was already colorless after noticing that Li Zhengqin led the crowd to kill his rear army.
He seemed to suddenly understand why Helian Cheng and Qu Rujian had to wait for the Lizhou West Route Army to arrive.
They didn't want to attack Tongchuan Mansion at all, the real target was their own people.
It's a shame that he was also looking forward to the arrival of the Lizhou West Route Army before, and it was really stupid to try to destroy the two armies of Qu Rujian and Helian Cheng with an absolute advantage.
At present, with Li Zhengqin's help, Helian Cheng and Qu Rujian are equivalent to more than 50,000 soldiers. This kind of strength can already be equal to the Lintao Army and the Fengxiang Army.
What's even more deadly is that now the Monkey King is regrouping.
It will be difficult for this Lintao Road Lord to imagine what kind of scene it will be if he waits for the Qi Heavenly Army to rise into the air.
They don't have the weapons to deal with hot air balloons.
Moreover, there are not even hot air balloons in the army.
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