Iron Harrier, this cavalry corps that the Song army called a nightmare finally appeared in front of the Song army again, and the 3,000 Iron Harriers were opposite the 30,000 Song army, but the fate of being strangled would still not change.

After the last fiasco in the battle of Shuofang, the Jin King Richard fled in a hurry, this time the fiasco, the Western Xia Kingdom was in an uproar, which brought a lot of pressure to the Western Xia Chongzong Li Qianshun, and fought against the Song army year after year, whether it was victory or defeat, they were working hard and losing money, and they did not get the slightest benefit, and the domestic resentment had long been boiling, but it was Richard Brother who won consecutive battles, covering up the domestic contradictions, and the contradictions of this defeat intensified again.

The royal faction headed by Li Renli, the king of Shu, and the emperor faction led by Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, have long been dissatisfied with the Jin king Richard, this time the defeat, the two factions almost at the same time, to remove Richard brother's military power, which makes Chongzong Li Qianshun very difficult, he wants to sit on the throne can not do without the presiding over his younger brother Richard, but Shu King Li Renli holds the financial power of Western Xia, has the support of most of the royal family, and has a huge influence, and behind the Pu king Li Renzhong is the queen Yelu Nanxian, you must know that this is the princess of Liao, behind it is the powerful Liao State, Not to be underestimated.

Yelu Nanxian was originally a proud woman, she didn't want to marry Xixia at all, her favorite man was Xiao Gan, the two of them can be said to be childhood sweethearts, and the two have no guesses. Originally, the best young talent in Liao, Xiao Gan, the prince of the Xi family, married Yelu Nanxian, the princess of Liao, it was a match made in heaven, and even Yelu Yanxi, the emperor of Liao Tianzuo, thought so, but Li Qianshun, Chongzong of Western Xia, went to Liao to propose marriage in order to consolidate the imperial power, and wanted to marry the first beauty of Liao.

In order to win over the Western Xia, Liao Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi finally married his most precious daughter Yelu Nanxian to Li Qianshun, Chongzong of the Western Xia.

For a long time, there have been two different voices within the Western Xia, the first is the Sinicization faction of the imperial family headed by Li Renli, the king of Shu, this group of people holds a lot of wealth in the Western Xia, worships Han culture, wears Hanfu, advocates peaceful coexistence with the Song Dynasty, opens a field, increases trade, so as to obtain more benefits, to live a more luxurious life. The second type is the hardliners led by Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, who hope to achieve the goal of plundering wealth through the military, invading the Great Song Dynasty and plundering the population and wealth.

As Yelu Nanxian entered Western Xia strongly, he soon won the support of the Pu Dynasty, and the original hardliners changed into the pro-Liao emperor faction. As a result of the dispute between the two factions, Li Qianshun, Chongzong of Western Xia, and Li Chage, the king of Jin, became centrists, and they wanted to mediate the contradictions between the two factions and reduce internal friction.

The defeat in the battle of Shuofang shook the government and the opposition, and the two major factions fought fiercely again in order to control the army, but the first thing the two sides had to do was to pull the king of Jin Richard off the horse first, otherwise the fight would be meaningless.

In the inner hall, Li Qianshun, the emperor of Western Xia, had a very ugly face, he wanted to be angry, but he couldn't find a suitable reason at this moment, so he could only sulk alone, and Li Renli, the king of Shu, and Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, were happy to see such a scene, so that the pressure on Li Chage, the king of Jin, was even greater.

Brother Richard, the king of Jin, knew that Queen Yelu Nanxian had put pressure on His Majesty, and he couldn't pretend to be confused in this situation, so he stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, Shuo Fang's defeat is due to the incompetence of his ministers, please punish Your Majesty." ”

"Punishment, King Chitose of Jin, you said it too lightly, more than 50,000 warriors died tragically, and a sentence of asking Your Majesty to punish is over?" It was Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, who spoke, this guy has always been at odds with Brother Richard, the king of Jin, this is mainly due to political differences, and today it involves military power, of course, it will tear his face, he said in a weird manner: "Now the leaders of the major tribes are waiting and watching, unwilling to pay taxes, and unwilling to send young and strong people to fight, if you don't give them an explanation, I'm afraid that the trouble will be even greater in the future." ”

Li Renli, the king of Shu, was not willing to let go of this opportunity to fall into the well, he said with a smile: "In recent years, since Tong Guan, the cardinal minister of the Song Kingdom, has been taking step by step as a battalion and building a military village, compressing our living space little by little, and the field has been closed for many years, and the people's grievances have long been boiling, if it can't be reversed, I'm afraid it will be very sad this winter." ”

Brother Richard, the king of Jin, was almost crooked, and when he won many battles against the Song army, he didn't see these two princes say a good word, but this time the army was defeated, and he seemed to have become the target of the crowd all of a sudden, and the two princes jumped out in unison.

After glaring at Li Renli, the king of Shu, Brother Richard fiercely, said angrily: "In the battle of Shuofang, this king was indeed defeated, but what was lost on the battlefield, this king will definitely get it back on the battlefield, and the battle of Rouwolf Mountain will definitely defeat the Song army, so that the Song army can see the majesty of the Western Xia Iron Cavalry." ”

Rou Wolf Mountain is the throat fortress of the Western Xia leading to the Jingyuan Road, which has been under the control of the Western Xia before, but later under the command of Tong Guan, the Jingyuan Road passed through the slightly envoy Qu Duan led the army to capture the Rou Wolf Mountain, which can be said to have opened the door to enter the Western Xia, and this place has become the focus of contention between the two sides.

Chongzong Li Qianshun saw that the two princes were still going to refute, so he waved his hand and said: "That's it, take Rouwolf Mountain within a month of time, enter Jingyuan Road, and take the plundering of more than 100,000 slaves as the boundary, if it can't be realized, then blame the king of Jin." ”

Seeing that it was unrealistic to take advantage of Shuofang's defeat this time to pull Richard off the horse, King Shu and King Pu didn't say anything in the end, but the two began to plan other things again, as if the battle of Rouwolf Mountain had nothing to do with the two princes.

In the inner hall, only Chongzong Li Qianshun and Jin King Li Chage remained, both of them knew that the battle of Rouwolf Mountain was of great significance, and this was also the best time to counterattack, even if there was no Shu King Li Renli and Pu King Li Renzhong to make trouble, Western Xia also needed this victory to appease the leaders of the eight tribes.

"Are you sure you'll win?" Chongzong Li Qianshun's obvious lack of confidence, and the recent successive defeats in the battle situation made him doubt the ability of the Jin King Li Chage to command the army, and now he attaches great importance to the battle of Rouwolf Mountain, which is only allowed to win but not lose.

"The younger brother will definitely go all out to win."

Chongzong Li Qianshun was very dissatisfied with the answer of King Li Chage of Jin, and he said lightly: "Bring three thousand iron harriers, block the mouths of King Shu and King Pu with victory, and don't let the queen make trouble again." ”

Li Qianshun is a typical wife who is strict, and everything was fine for the newlywed Yan'er in the first month or two of marriage, but later, he didn't even have the courage to see the queen, so he avoided Yelu Nanxian as much as possible.

"The younger brother will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust."

When King Richard of Jin left, Li Qianshun, Chongzong of Western Xia, breathed a sigh of relief, but he knew that if Richard was defeated again, then the queen Yelu Nanxian would definitely be in trouble.

I don't know why, Chongzong Li Qianshun has always been afraid of the queen Yelu Nanxian, maybe he is afraid of the other party's identity as the princess of Liao, maybe he is dwarfed in front of beautiful women, maybe he can't conquer this mountain, in a word, he just doesn't have the courage to face the queen.

Iron Harrier is the heavy cavalry of Western Xia, and his record against the Song Army is a complete victory, undefeated, and with Iron Harrier in the battle, Richard has a 100% certainty about the battle of Rouwolf Mountain.

Isn't this the battle of 3,000 iron harriers against 30,000 Song troops, this battle has no way to record in the history books, because it is miserable for the Song army.

The Jin King Richard was full of confidence in the Iron Harrier, and this heavily armored cavalry, armed to the teeth, was like a black cloud, which could swallow the opposite Song army at any time.

In this battle, Brother Richard prepared for a long time, using false information to attract the Song army to this place, the terrain here is from high to low, especially suitable for the impact of iron harriers, when he saw the wind, King Richard of Jin did not hesitate to order troops.

Under the command of the main general Qu Ze, the 30,000 Song troops lined up, with 5,000 crossbowmen in front, followed by 10,000 pikemen, 10,000 sword and axe men, 2,000 cavalry guarding the two wings, and finally Qu Ze led 2,000 elite soldiers to suppress the formation. This method of operation is the most common in the 100-year combat history of the Song army, and it cannot be said that there were any major mistakes in arranging troops. But the problem appeared in the terrain, the west was high and the east land, after the speed of the iron harrier rushed up, it was like a torrent of steel, and it quickly broke down the defense line of the Song army.

Dense crossbow arrows are overwhelmingly shot towards the iron harrier, unfortunately, after shooting, the light fluttering crossbow arrows are bounced off by the thick iron armor of the iron harrier, and the lethality is almost zero, which is directly related to the wind speed and wind direction, when the crossbow arrows are in the air, they begin to float due to the influence of the strong wind, in this case, they cannot delay the attack of the iron harrier at all.

The horse's hooves stepped on the yellow earth, and the dust splashed up covered the entire earth, and it could be said that the ground shook the mountains, whether it was the Song army facing in front of them, or the Song army that was pressing the formation, they were full of fear in their hearts, and the entire array could be torn apart at any time.

The speed of the iron harrier's impact is very fast, before the crossbowmen have time to retreat, they have already rushed over, the impact of the steel torrent, all of a sudden the Song army's large array tore a big gap, the iron harrier in front of it continued to rush to kill, everywhere it went, the Song army collapsed, the scene was simply miserable.

This army can be regarded as a battle-hardened formation, but in the face of the iron harriers armed to the teeth, it still looks vulnerable, especially after the formation was broken, the Song army was in a mess, the attack could not be pressed, and the defense was not in a formation and was chaotic. You must know that infantry vs. cavalry, once there is no formation, then a one-sided massacre will follow.

The Iron Harrier can be said to be a heavy armored cavalry created by the manpower, material and financial resources of the entire Western Xia, and from the moment it appeared on the battlefield, it was destined to slaughter the enemy. When impacting the formation, it is simply devastating and unstoppable.

The Song army resisted desperately, but helplessly, under the almost barbaric impact of the iron harrier, it could only retreat one after another, and the large array was soon crushed, and the Song army began to retreat. This was not a strategic retreat, but a crushing defeat. The suspense has been lost in less than half an hour of the war, no one knows whether the Iron Harrier has sacrificed, or how many have been sacrificed, everyone just knows that the entire battlefield is full of corpses of the Song army, and the corpses of the Iron Harrier are all over the field, and the blood is flowing like a river.

The defeat was like a mountain, Qu Ze, the main general, was the first to flee, followed by the rout of the Song army, where they ran, the iron harrier rushed to kill there. How could the infantry outrun the cavalry? The Song army ran in front, and the iron harrier chased and killed in the back, and this battle was so tragic that later generations were ashamed to record it in the history books, as if this battle had never happened, as if these tens of thousands of Song troops had never existed at all.

The seemingly impregnable Rouwolf Mountain military village retreated into the city with Qu Ze's defeat, and the Iron Harrier was defeated and lost from behind. The head of the main general Qu Ze was also cut off by the iron harrier.

The siege war is directly gone, it is a street battle, to be precise, it is the slaughter of the Song army by the Western Xia army, the Song army that was frightened by the iron harrier could not organize an effective defense at all, this is a military village, there are almost no people, all the Song army, to put it bluntly, after the Western Xia army came in, it was killing without listening, there was blood everywhere, and there were broken arms and stumps everywhere. The entire military village became a hell on earth, blood stained the earth, and the Song army was not defeated, but destroyed.

In less than a day, the Rouwolf Mountain military village was lost, and more terrible things were still to come, the Xixia Iron Cavalry began to kill the Jingyuan Road from the Rouwolf Mountain military village, and conquered more than a dozen large and small cities in a row, plundering countless wealth, and plundering more than 150,000 people. You must know that the total population of the entire Jingyuan Road is only one million, and to put it bluntly, one-seventh of the population has been plundered.

In this battle, Richard killed his self-confidence, killed the majesty of the Xixia cavalry, so that the Xixia army once again became a nightmare of Jingyuan Road, the cavalry went everywhere was burning, killing and looting, the Song army fled in despair, and could not organize an effective defense at all, the situation of the entire Jingyuan Road became more and more severe, but the Jingyuan Road passed through the slight Quduan still could not find a good defense method, so he had to ask Tong Guan for help.

The situation continued to deteriorate, and the Western Xia army began to advance towards Huizhou, once Huizhou was conquered, then the entire Jingyuan Road would be occupied by the Western Xia, and the entire battle on the Western Front would make the whole situation even more severe.

Chazi of the Imperial City Division sent carrier pigeons to Jingzhao Mansion overnight, and then forwarded to Luoyang, Xijing, and then forwarded to Bianliang City.

A few days ago, the situation was very good, and now there is such a big rout, which stimulates the most sensitive nerves of the official family, if even the original Jingyuan Road can not be occupied by the Western Xia army, then what is there to talk about recapturing the sixteen states of Youyun from the hands of the Liao State.

You must know that the territory of the Liao State stretches for thousands of miles, with more than one million armors, weapons, and equipment are not necessarily worse than the Song army, and there are more powerful Liao iron cavalry than the Western Xia cavalry.

Fiasco, there has not been such a big fiasco for a long time, this is not a question of whether Jingyuan Road can resist the attack of the Western Xia cavalry, but a question of how to deal with the Western Front of the Great Song Dynasty. If the display on the Western Front cannot be resolved as soon as possible, then the situation will become more and more severe, and this is the biggest problem facing the officials.