282 knots Pingxi
The Xia army, who was completely frightened and exhausted from the war horses, and saw that they could not escape, either voluntarily surrendered for their lives or under the call of a general like Nadu Han.
Those die-hards, ferocious and unruly, and high-ranking officials and wealthy families who are still unwilling to give up resistance even after the general trend of the Xia State and the Dangxiang clan being tied together...... Trying to escape to Helan Mountain with the excellent quality of the war horse and the superb riding skills and force, most of them died in the pursuit, and only a few succeeded in running to the front of the mountain and burrowing into the mountain.
The Xia army had a total of 170,000 elite troops, and more than 90,000 were lost in the first battle, of which the infantry accounted for the absolute majority. Whether they were riding or walking, they were mostly killed by their own people or killed by horseback in the rout of the chaotic army. There were almost no survivors of the wounded.
Because in the galloping trampling of more than 200,000 cavalry, all those who are injured and unable to dodge or fall off their horses will be trampled into flesh by the overwhelming war horses.
This battlefield cruelty was the same for the pirate cavalry.
Don't be left behind. Falling off a horse is equivalent to death. Unless you are as clever and light as sometimes Qian, or as strong as Zhao Yue, you can jump on the horse in time.
It's a pity that even the highly skilled Western Xia generals don't have that ability. Wearing heavy armor, it is impossible to be unlucky to fall off the horse at high speed and get on the horse in time, most of them are directly hit by the stormy group of war horses, and they are drowned in the frenzy of smoke and dust in an instant.
It needs to be said that surrender without killing is not absolute.
At least not in this battle.
General Yan Zhenguo...... When the traitor generals were all resolutely killed in the relentless pursuit, it was useless to surrender in time, and the pirates should not know.
Zhao Yue hates traitors and traitors the most, and he will never tolerate traitors to continue to live, and even be able to change and continue to lead the family to glory and wealth.
It is resolutely intolerable to take refuge in a foreign race as soon as they are dissatisfied with their own nation and to help them turn around and slaughter and plunder their own country and tribe more ferociously and actively than other races. This kind of person, one kills the other; There is a door, kill a door; If there is a family, it will ...... Kill a clan. No mercy.
In Zhao Yue's eyes, no reason was a reason to betray his own clan and help the alien race to invade and harm his own clan in turn.
There are also the harshest warnings and demands in this regard in the popular faith of the pirate empire.
There is something to talk about, what grievances are there, what is unbearable, what is dissatisfied...... You name it, and what is reasonable can always be resolved in a timely manner.
If you dare to betray like this, and dare to ask for more from other races, you should die. Nothing to forgive.
The captives of the Xia army, after collecting weapons and horses, drove to clean up the battlefield, and saw that the prisoners who were not honest in their hearts were also killed, and burned all the corpses and unwanted horse corpses, and then, including the general Nadu Han, Zhao Yue ordered them all to be let go immediately, and gave them some food so that they could cross the Gobi behind Helan Mountain, return to the populated places in the Xia country to find food, and return alive to their respective homes or wherever they wanted.
"Go home, and get ready with your family to leave this barren and bitter cold land and migrate to our rich and precious land overseas."
"What I want to advise is not to think that after the Xia Kingdom is over, I will flee west to the north....... That's a dead end. You all know how the Uighurs hate you, and if you go west, without the powerful Xia army to defend you, you will only die. If you flee to Liao, it is just as the Liao army that is going crazy and desperately robbing everywhere. I can guarantee that none of you will survive this winter. Staying at home honestly and waiting for the result is what a smart person should do. Of course, if you go back and join the army and choose to continue to fight us, that's up to you. Hehe, damn it, don't blame others......"
The Xia army captives left in a daze, far away from the pirates, their minds did not return to normal, their minds were confused, and many of them only thought that they had just experienced a nightmare that was too real......
Zhao Yue watched this group of spirit-like captives disappear into the distance, knowing that this group of elites had been abolished, at least they no longer had the courage to fight against pirates.
This tragic war, which is too powerless and helpless, the scene and strong stimulating feelings are afraid that they will exist in the hearts of the vast majority of Xia Jun for a lifetime, and they will not forget it even when they die, and they will even remember this battle as their last words and grandchildren when they are still terrified and trembling......
Looking at the small identity tags recovered from the necks of the fallen soldiers, they were piled up, I am afraid that there are three or four thousand, Zhao Yue's eyes became heavy again.
Although it was such a big victory, with only such a small number of people killed, the loss should be nothing and could be ignored, but Zhao Yue's feelings were different from those of the soldiers and generals who were immersed in the joy of the big victory.
Life is the most precious. Everyone has only one life.
To be precise, he Zhao Yue's life is only once, but he has lived twice with a different identity. People are still the same people, and life is still the same time.
Zhao Yue didn't believe that people could survive repeatedly, let alone be reborn repeatedly.
Therefore, this world is very backward, very corrupt and ignorant, too barbaric and terrible, and very disgusting, but he still cherishes this life very much, and vows to make up for the regrets of the first half of his life in that world....... Filial piety to parents and elders..... Love and understanding for your girlfriend.......
Moreover, the soldiers of the Northern Army all became families and had children under his strict orders. Thousands of deaths, and so many orphans and widows, life does not have to worry, the detailed and thoughtful treatment that has been formulated by the own system has been taken care of in various ways, but the pain of losing a husband and father is irreparable, especially for young children, who can replace the kind of blood and family love from the bones of the biological father?
And in this battle, it also proved that no matter how bad the soldiers looked on weekdays, how cruel and out of tune, in the bloody battle, no one was afraid of death, everyone fought bravely, and they all went crazy to chase and kill, desperately helping their comrades in danger....... It shows the courage of the imperial soldiers in the new era and the friendship of life and death with their comrades-in-arms....... They are all the most loyal warriors of the empire, and they are the most loyal guards of the interests of the empire....... In the blink of an eye, many of the remaining corpses had even death on their faces, but they were smiling, rather than the horror and despair that they should have before dying...... Because they are superstitious that the prince and marshal they follow are noble gods from the nine heavens, they are proud of it, and they believe that death is just a way to live, and they firmly believe that after their death, they will definitely be able to enter the kingdom of gods with infinite beauty and freedom from the prince and marshal, and they are confident and heroic to follow the prince to fight, fight bravely for the empire and die, and they are also qualified to follow their royal highness the prince back to the beautiful world where they can live forever....... Therefore death is also joyful and glorious......
As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Yue's mood was extremely uncomfortable.
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After the grain was distributed to the prisoners of the Xia army and the pirate army itself, a lot of the horses that were nearly doubled were vacated, which were just used to load the many weapons and equipment of the Xia army, and the wounded, the collected cattle and sheep were handed over to the 30,000 rear troops who did not participate in the war to manage and carry ......
After resting that day, 100,000 cavalry were ordered to replace the Liao horses that could not be rested in a short period of time on a long-distance expedition, and the Xia army horses that were won in this battle were immediately killed on the Xia land.
Zhao Yue did not force his troops to attack many Xiazhou Prefectures at the same time, concentrated 100,000 troops to attack all the way south, and did not plunder along the way, only killed the tribes he met on the way, killed all the nobles and vested interests of large and small and large and small leaders and die-hard people, seized their wealth, and used their cattle and sheep to supplement military food and nutritional needs, and did not harm ordinary herdsmen or agricultural people, telling them that following pirates honestly is the only way to live, and hurry up and prepare to move to overseas holy lands later...... Continue on the road, quickly advance to the first state city encountered in the south, and without further ado, immediately bombard the city with artillery.......
The walls of this state city are extremely tall and sturdy, at least seven stories high and at least a zhang thick....... In other words, the few state capitals and cities in the Xia Kingdom are so tall and majestic.
This is the benefit that the cement created by the Cangzhao family brought to the Xia Kingdom.
Zhao Yue and his hard-working family solved the huge lack of agriculture and animal husbandry in the Song Dynasty, so that the food supply was no longer a shortcoming of the farming people against the nomadic enemy state, and greatly improved the overall economic strength of the Song Dynasty in the craftsman manufacturing industry, commerce, etc., and also did everything possible to indirectly or directly make up for the lack of war horses in the Song army, but it was impossible to change the self-respect and decay of the Western army, nor could it change the inferior and numb mentality of the soldiers of the Western Army, which was becoming increasingly war-weary, so that they could regenerate their ambition and morale...... On the contrary, the Western Xia indirectly benefited from the efforts of the Cangzhao family from the hands of various traitors such as Song and Han officials, merchants, etc., in history, the Xia State had fallen to the survival of the country and was seriously threatened by the Song Dynasty, which was several times stronger than the comprehensive national strength, and had to beg the Liao State for help to support it, but because the Cangzhao family's world-class achievements in the East of Asia were much tougher than in history, not to mention the food structure, only the convenient cement construction of the city greatly improved the ability to prevent the Song army......
In the era of cold weapons, it was too difficult to capture a tall fortified city. The Western Army simply gnawed.
The country's strength has improved, and only Xia Guo has really gained the benefits of establishing a stable country.
At this time, in the face of the pirate army that had flooded the city under the black pressure, the general of the town's guard, Ji Raselle, stood at the head of the city and held the handle of his sword and looked at the outside of the city with a solemn face.
Because the dismissed Jin King Chage's army captives could not march faster than the pirate war horses on two legs, at this time they were still walking to the country on the Hequ Gobi in the south of Helan Mountain, and no defeated soldiers could escape back in time to report the tragedy and defeat of the Northern Battle of Helan Mountain, that is the Gobi Desert, plus it will become a battlefield, and there is no herdsman who can learn about the fiasco and report the country, so that the Xia Kingdom still does not know at all that the army that went north to meet the enemy has been wiped out, and even the King of Jin is dead, so, The native of this place, Sa Sailer, didn't know why the pirates had advanced in front of him so easily, and in his astonishment, he could only worry in his stomach: Could it be that the army of the King of Jin has been defeated or even wiped out?
It doesn't feel possible.
It's too fast.
It's only been a few days since I went north to fight, so I'm afraid I haven't started fighting seriously yet, right?
Moreover, even if they were defeated, the pirates were indeed extremely strong, and they would not be so defeated that they would not even be able to report the news in time if someone could come back. 170,000 elites, which is easy to deal with, let alone kill all the prisoners. Someone should be able to escape...... There are indeed those who have managed to escape, but they are still fleeing back on two legs. There are unlucky ones who can escape the pursuit of pirates and successfully burrow into the mountains, but they escape by force and encounter wild beasts in Helan Mountain, where there are many wild beasts, and make the belly of wild beasts......
In a state of confusion, he prepares for battle, but in an instant he learns a new lesson.
The pirate army didn't shout at all to demonstrate and lure them to surrender, and before the current Rasai Sailor could see what was going on with the pirate army, a roaring thunderbolt suddenly came....... The city was littered with bricks and stones, and the fortified defenses fell apart in an instant...... It didn't matter what his reaction would be to this lesson, he was blown to pieces in the first round of artillery fire, and along with several generals and soldiers around him, he hurried to report to the land of the gods they believed in.
The fortified city was opened in a blink of an eye, and the gates were broken.
Just when the defenders were trembling and at a loss, the pirate's loudspeaker began to broadcast: "Listen, the defenders, immediately go out of the city and surrender with weapons, otherwise the city will be slaughtered"
The Western Xia barbarians were not like the Song officials of the Song army who surrendered obediently and obediently when the Jin army attacked the Song Dynasty when they attacked the Song Dynasty in history, and immediately and honestly obeyed orders. Although there is no backbone of the main general, the unruly wildness of the barbarians is still there, and the pride cultivated by being weak in the past is still being able to resist a big country like the Great Liao and the Great Song Dynasty, and it will not be so easy to succumb.
Pirates don't bother either.
No drop? Don't listen to the greetings?
Wow. And then boom. It depends on whether your bones are really hard or falsely hard, and how hard can they be......
Poison you directly with poison gas bombs to see if you can escape the blow by hiding under the battlements......
As soon as the poisonous gas like the demon mist came up, the stubborn Xia Jun was immediately blinded, frightened and stupid, and the ghost cried wolf...... Luckily, they ran out of the city and surrendered.
Conquering the city in almost an instant, the army rushed into the city to purge the recalcitrant ones, the nobles and officials of the city, and the most important practical talents of the empire, such as craftsmen and doctors...... After stabilizing the occupation, Zhao Yue, including the wounded soldiers, left a total of 10,000 horses to stay behind and take charge of the follow-up, and the remaining 90,000 people immediately concentrated their forces to pounce on the next city that hindered the direct killing of the Western Xia capital...... The cities of the Xia Kingdom, which were almost ignorant of the strength of the pirate army, fell under the fierce attack of artillery fire......
In less than ten days, Zhao Yue led the army to break through the city and rest and hurry, but rushed to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia.
At this time, the city of Tianqingfu was already crowded with all the people and troops that could be used near the capital that had been urgently gathered by Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, and other nobles. There are countless soldiers and civilians defending the city, and at a glance it is densely packed with surging heads, it seems that they are preparing to fight to the end, and if the country is not protected, the jade will be burned.
Zhao Yue came to the city and took a closer look, and after taking a closer look, he was also ready to fight a tough battle.
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately ordered the same artillery bombardment, and to crush the enemy's resistance and determination in the shortest possible time with the most intense artillery fire and poison gas.
The power of the super-era weapons also frightened the soldiers and civilians of the Western Xia capital into collapse in a few blink of an eye, and some even went insane, only screaming madly; Monster..... The Devil ....."
However, all the gates of Tianqing Mansion were blocked in advance, and behind the city gates opened by the shelling, stones, giant trees and sacks of mud and sand were exposed, and even if the city gates were broken, they could not rush in.
Zhao Yue was anxious when he saw this.
He was not afraid that he would not be able to kill, but that he would delay the time, and Li Qianshun would see that the city was not guaranteed, and he would not be able to escape, so he would set fire to the palace and burn the granary.......
The palace was destroyed, Zhao Yue didn't care, it was just a palace relic of a small slave country, and it was a pity that the essence of wealth accumulated by the Xia Kingdom was destroyed in the fire.
Just when Zhao Yue was angry and ordered to step up the opening of the city gate, and adjusted the army to climb the city and attack the city as quickly as possible to prevent the burning, he never expected that Li Qianshun surrendered and the whole country surrendered. Li Qianshun took all the important members of the civil, military and aristocratic families in the capital, opened the city gate and went out of the city to surrender.
"You pirates are trustworthy. Trustworthy is the first in the world. You have a saying, "Those who descend do not kill." The king surrendered. You can no longer harm my royal family, nor can you harm the people of my Xia Kingdom again. I surrendered for the life and death of all the people of Xia Kingdom. I hope you pirates also understand this kind of human compassion and the monarch's love for the people......." Li Qianshun's image is not embarrassed, he still maintains the dignity and demeanor of a king, only his eyes are full of frustration, unwillingness, resentment and despair, but his words are straightforward and eloquent.
The one riding a white horse is not necessarily a Tang monk. What's more, the red horse that Zhao Yue rode at this time was not Tang Seng.
The smart big white horse, Zhao Yue is considerate of its hard work and merits, at this time, he neither packs nor carries people, so it is not easy to accompany the master on the side of the horse.
Zhao Yue was also a little speechless about Li Qianshun's move of immediately going out of the city and surrendering without saying hello and surrendering.
This is more decisive than the surrender of Zhao Ji and his son, and more spineless than Zhao Ji and his son.......
But think about it again.
Li Qianshun didn't want to rest with the country, and if he wanted to live, he had to surrender so neatly, otherwise the pirate artillery and the army would be killed in an instant, then it would be too late, it would be the same whether he surrendered or not, and the pirates would not care whether he wanted to surrender or not. After all, this is not the kind of cold-armed siege method of the Jin army that can grind the time to talk about royal decency and surrender conditions before surrendering. Dare to grind, there is only one end - to be attacked by pirates in the blink of an eye, and slaughtered indiscriminately regardless of whether they are high or low.
Less than fifteen days after the pirates officially invaded the Western Xia Kingdom, the Western Xia Kingdom was effectively destroyed.......