Chapter 152: Scout, Ghost of the Night (3)
Respect for the opponent is the greatest respect for oneself, the reason why the Jin King Richard is the undefeated god of war in Western Xia is not just as simple as using soldiers like a god, but more importantly, he has always given the most respect to his opponent. In Richard's view, it is difficult to be invincible if you can't fully understand your opponent.
The only defeat was given by Liu Zhenglong, which doomed Brother Richard, the king of Jin, to have to pay attention to Liu Zhenglong. Thousands of scouts were dispatched, and less than fifty came back in the end, and the intelligence brought was that 30,000 sailors of the Great Song Dynasty participated in the war.
30,000 naval troops plus 80,000 infantry, but only 110,000, against 100,000 cavalry is far from enough, under normal circumstances, in an encounter, the cavalry to the infantry is basically 1 to 4, in other words, 100,000 cavalry against 400,000 infantry will not necessarily be at a disadvantage.
If you can kill a thousand scouts, why are there dozens of fish that have slipped through the net? Is it that the intelligence work of the Great Song scouts is not in place, or is it a fluke that these scouts have returned, or a trap. Just to pass on the news that 30,000 sailors have joined the war? King Richard of Jin finally firmly believed that he was the last, otherwise Liu Zhenglong would not be worthy of being his opponent.
Send scouts over again, this time it was the scouts of the Red Feather Battalion who were sent out, and there were not many of them, only more than a hundred, but the quality was much stronger than the previous scouts.
Li Junke, the commander of the Chibane battalion, is the righteous son of Brother Li Cha, the king of Jin, this time he knows the importance of the task, this guy personally went out, and he must find out what big moves the Great Song Dynasty has, and what makes Liu Zhenglong have the confidence to win.
Li Junke is a bold and careful person, he knows that this time is not trivial, so he divided the scouts into ten squads, and acted separately, and each team no longer kept in touch with each other, no matter which group found information, and sent the information back as soon as possible.
Before leaving, Li Junke said to the captains of his ten squads, "The scouts were almost wiped out before, which is enough to show that the Great Song scouts attach great importance to this operation, therefore, we must be extra careful when we go this time, you are not related to each other, act separately, once discovered, solve it by yourself, remember that the whole army is annihilated, and you must also bring the information back." ”
"Understood."
Li Junke did this for only one purpose, why was almost completely wiped out last time, that is, the captured scouts had defected, and now the ten groups are not in contact with each other, even if nine groups disappear, as long as one group succeeds. He himself deceived all the people and quietly set off with the eleventh team, this time the first ten squads were basically under the guise, and the final task was still pressed on the final eleventh squad.
Watching the departure of the scout group, the heart of King Richard of Jin was quiet, no matter what news this group of scouts finally bringed, this battle must defeat Liu Zhenglong, shut up the group of ignorant guys in China, and let them know that the title of the god of war in Western Xia was fought, not blown out.
The infighting between the three kings made Richard a little haggard, and the place he was most familiar with was the battlefield, not the battle in the court. Before, with the support of the imperial brother Li Qianshun, I didn't feel any problems yet. But now once Li Qianshun no longer has strong support, then Brother Li Chadi will not be able to stay in Xingqing Mansion.
Li Renli, King of Shu, and Li Renzhong, King of Pu, have controlled the court for many years, one has the support of the emperor's relatives and wealthy magnates, and the other has the queen Yelu Nanxian, with the support of the Liao State, plus the two have a very good grasp of the court situation, in the process of the battle between the three kings, the two of them stuck Brother Richard to death.
100,000 cavalry set off in a mighty way, this is a coalition army composed of eight tribes, I don't know why, this time the eight tribes don't seem to be in a high mood for fighting, not as enthusiastic as before. Not only did the leaders of the eight major tribes not go on the expedition, but even the prince did not go on the expedition.
However, this expedition is not useless, since at least the contradictions of the eight major tribes have not mentioned any signs of intensification this time, there is no friction between them, of course, this has a lot to do with the leader, the prince did not go out with the army.
Brother Richard can't care so much, no matter whether the tribal leader goes to war or not, he has to defeat the Song army this time, and this battle must be fought by the Great Song Dynasty to beg for mercy.
After the army set off, the tribal leader of the Mili tribe, Mili Qunshan, called his son Mili Junan to his side after the army set off, and asked him to escort his sister Milina to Jingzhao Mansion, and at the same time brought the marching route over, so that the Song army knew the route of the Western Xia army.
Mili Lubei said to his father Mili Qunshan, "Father, if you send your brother over like this, once it is known by the imperial court, I am afraid that there will be big trouble, and if Brother Richard, the king of Jin, knows that we are making trouble behind our backs, he will not let us go." ”
"Child, after this expedition, Brother Richard, the king of Jin, will never come back, even if he knows, what can he do, the queen mother promised to protect our Mili tribe." Mili Qunshan prefers his youngest son, Mili Lubei, and plans to pass on the position of leader to him in the future, of course, he is only in his early forties now, and there is still a long way to go.
"What, the queen mother supports us to do this, this is a betrayal of Western Xia, how could the queen mother do this?" Mililubei was only sixteen years old, and he still couldn't understand many things, and although he was smart, he didn't understand the sinister officialdom.
Mili said to the mountains, "It is time for the dispute between the three kings to end, and Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, promised us that as long as the king of Jin and Li Chage are defeated and killed, then the thousands of miles of grassland west of Rongshan will be assigned to us." And it will not prevent us from seeking revenge against the Xifeng tribe, and will invite the Song army to help in the battle. ”
Seeing that his son Mili Lubei was still very confused, Mili Qunshan said, "Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, with the support of the queen mother Yelu Nanxian, is determined to destroy the king of Jin Brother Richard this time, and this time he has also received the support of Li Renli, the king of Shu, even His Majesty the Emperor can't prevent the fall of Brother Richard." Of course, all this still depends on this battle. If Richard is victorious, there is still a chance of life, and defeat will definitely die. All we have to do is to defeat Richard, and only if he is defeated, then everything will fall into place. ”
"But, but, father, Brother Richard is known as the god of war, how could he be defeated?"
"The strong have their own strong players, and a mountain is higher than a mountain." Mili Qunshan simply told the battle of Shuofang, and finally he said, "Lord Liu of the Great Song Dynasty is destined to be the nemesis of Brother Richard, the king of Jin, and the two are fighting with each other, and they don't give in to each other, and it is really impossible to say who wins, but as long as we help each other secretly, Lord Liu will definitely win." Last time Lord Liu came to the tribe, he discussed this decisive battle with me, and also proposed that we help each other. If I hadn't reached an agreement, how could I send your sister to Jingzhao Mansion? Okay, without further ado, I'll give you a task to complete. You bring a thousand elites, and you want to kill the messengers who come to ask for help along the road, as long as it is a scout and messenger from Brother Richard's side, you will directly kill them, and you will cut off any connection between the army and Xingqing Mansion. ”
Mi Li Lubei admires the Jin King Richard very much, but as the future heir of the Mili Ministry, he has no choice but to put the interests of the tribe first, and can only do this kind of disgraceful thing.
Jin King Richard never dreamed that there would be a fire in the backyard, but he couldn't change the betrayal of the Mili Ministry, as the third largest tribe in Western Xia, the Mili Bu was not just a small move behind the scenes, this time he sent 20,000 troops, and on the battlefield, the most critical moment of the counterattack was the most deadly.
The Mili Peaks are much darker than the elder brother Mili Mountains, and this guy has already calculated all the possibilities before he set out on the expedition, not only to do a good job of fighting back, but also to pit his good friend Li Junke.
The eleventh squad sent by Li Junke was top secret, but it was still discovered by Mi Li Qunfeng, this cunning guy did not have the courage to send someone to intercept and kill, but sent the elite to follow quietly, and then reported the march route to the Song army, and carefully prepared a team of five hundred people, with only one purpose to intercept and kill the eleventh squad.
Zhou Zide thought that he was drunk with Yan Qing, he went back happily, and in order to avoid mistakes, he deliberately arranged for someone to monitor Yan Qing.
Not long after Zhou Zide left, Yan Qing woke up, and after he called Li Biao, he said, "Hurry up and lead people to rescue all those who were imprisoned by Zhou Zide." ”
After Li Biao set off, it didn't take long for Yan Wu to come, and this guy brought back evidence that Pu Xiu was colluding with Zhou Zide with the Tanguts.
Sure enough, it seems that there is no need to pretend, and after Li Biao invited all the twenty heads over, Yan Qing said concisely, "Zhou Zide, Pu Xiu killed Ying Ziqiong in collusion with Western Xia, do you want to make a contribution, or do you want to take refuge in Western Xia as a spy." ”
"I will obey the commands of my lord." These are all over the days of fishing for oil and water in the eagle's beak rock, and no one has thought about the days of wandering the world, and as long as they say that they want to be spies, they will be executed on the spot, and no one has been killed to the point of taking the initiative to send them to death.
"Very well, I'll take credit for you. Now I will organize you into four small groups, and in half an hour I will start moving, and I will kill a thousand by mistake rather than spare one, and this time I will receive a reward according to the head of the person. ”
Yan Qing received the information from Mili Qunfeng, so he wanted to end the matter of Eagle's Beak Rock as soon as possible, he said, "Fang Qingzi is the first group, you are responsible for arresting Zhou Zide and his henchmen, Li Biao, you are the second group, responsible for guarding the city gate, and cutting off your head if you slip through the net." Li Zhongzhi, you are in charge of the third group, search in the city to ensure that no fish slip through the net, and take the fourth group out of the city to destroy the Western Xia scouts who have mixed in. ”
For Yan Qing, the city is full of small things, the city gate is closed, and it is difficult to catch it directly, and the most difficult thing is the scouts who have mixed in from Western Xia, but the only benefit is to know the marching route of this group of people, as long as they squat and guard.
The Western Xia scouts were divided into ten groups, which entered in batches, so when they chose to ambush and block, the difficulty coefficient was not very large, but it was not easy to kill all ten groups, which indicated that they should be divided into ten places to block, and the number of people in each group and the combat effectiveness of each group must beat each other, otherwise it would be easy to make mistakes.
Knowing the marching route, it was not a big problem to block it, at least Yan Qing thought that it was not a big problem, he handed over the task of blocking the first group to Yan Wu, and he was responsible for blocking the second group, and the other eight groups behind had clear candidates. The only group that didn't stop was the eleventh group, which was fought by the elite of the Mili Division.
Yan Wu is a taciturn guy, what he likes to do most is to kill people, for this guy, dry scouts are no more suitable, this time the blocking mission is destined to be a battle of fame.
Seeing a small group of people and horses riding fast forward from a distance, Yan Wu knew that the Xixia scouts were coming, and he lowered his voice and said to his subordinates, "I will start a killing operation in a while, and the action must be fast, and there must be no mistakes." ”
"Understood."
The scouts all make money by completing tasks, especially this time the mission is much heavier than before, of course, the bonus is also heavy, one by one holding the hilt of the knife, waiting for the prey to enter the encirclement.
"Kill."
With Yan Wu's sound of minus, the scouts launched a killing of the Western Xia scouts, soldier to soldier, general to general. Yan Wuyi came up and faced the leader of the Xixia scouts, this is a tall guy, and he is agile, and the two of them are inseparable.
In the face of the sudden ambush, the Western Xia scouts were under much more pressure, and they were in a hurry to deal with it, and they fell into passivity at the beginning, and were surrounded and beaten by the Great Song scouts.
Yan Wu was extremely cunning, this guy was attacking desperately, and said badly, "You group of unlucky ghosts, you have all been betrayed by that guy Li Junke, ten squads were blocked at the same time, none of them want to go back alive, let's surrender obediently." ”
Yan Wu had been in the Western Xia for several years, speaking the Western Xia language, just to defeat the opponent ideologically, this trick was quite effective, the Western Xia scouts were originally suspicious of why they were ambushed, and now they are even more convinced that they were betrayed.
"Don't listen to his nonsense, the general will not betray us."
It doesn't matter whether they will sell or not, the number of Western Xia scouts is gradually decreasing, the casualties are gradually increasing, and without foreign aid, the whole army will be wiped out 100%.
There will be no foreign aid, and ten scout squads are blocked at the same time, how can there be foreign aid?
There is no outside help, which indicates that when the killing begins, the god of destruction will also quietly descend. The first Western Xia scout squad lasted less than a quarter of an hour before it was wiped out.
After cutting off the heads one by one, Yan Wu was not idle, he said to his subordinates, "Let's go, let's go to the second squad to grab people's heads." ”
This time, the task was very simple, in the absence of the Western Xia scouts escaping, to receive the reward according to the harvested heads, although this method was a bit cruel, but it was definitely simple and effective.
Ten Western Xia scout teams were blocked at different times, although the time was different and the location was different, but the ending was the same, one by one the heads were harvested, and no one survived.
Yan Qing looked at the heads, and he said, "Yan Wu, you come and count, we are going to return to Eagle's Beak Rock, where the battle should be over." ”
Although he knew that the eleventh Xixia scout team was blocked, he was not sure if there would be a twelfth, thirteenth, or more, in this case, Yan Qing did not dare to be careless at all, for him, after Liang Lie's fleet passed, the task was completed, and what he could do now was to be tightly armed, and he would definitely not show the slightest rumor.
The sudden dark clouds, lightning and thunder in the broad daylight, followed by strong winds and torrential rain, this is indeed not a good weather, especially in this wild boar forest that has not seen raindrops for many years, which makes people feel indescribably uncomfortable.
"Take shelter from the rain, everyone goes to the wild boar forest to take shelter from the rain." Li Junke commanded his scouts to enter the wild boar forest to take shelter from the rain, which he would not have allowed his subordinates to take shelter from the rain in normal times. However, this mission is almost nine deaths, or nine deaths, and in this case, the soldiers will not suffer as much as possible.
Wild boar forest, is the only forest within a radius of dozens of miles, this is a primeval forest, towering trees cover the sky and the sun, it looks dark in broad daylight, and it makes people feel even more dark and cold in the weather of heavy rain.
The cold weather gives people a very bad feeling, especially the sound of the wind blowing the branches, which makes people feel even more eerie and terrifying, making people shudder and feel creepy.
Lee Jae-gyu looked around and said to Lee Jun-ke, "Father, why do I feel that something is wrong, or let's withdraw!" ”
"Isn't that right, or is it not?" Li Junke didn't care too much, he said with a wry smile, "This time it is destined to be nine deaths, in this case, what is wrong, everyone take a short rest, and act immediately as soon as the rain stops." ”
"It's not nine deaths, it's nine deaths." A gloomy voice came from the depths of the wild boar forest, speaking in Tangut language, but it was obvious that this was a Han man, he was dressed in black, wearing a mask, and holding a long knife in his hand, and countless black-clothed people wearing masks came from all directions behind him.
Facing more than twenty times the enemy, Li Junke knew that he was in big trouble, he pointed at the other party with a long knife and said, "You are the scouts of the Song Dynasty?" ”
"Where's the nonsense, kill." The man in black in the lead ordered the killing, and this time there were not many words, only you lived and died.
It is impossible to retreat with all his body, the only thing to do is to leave hope, Li Junke shouted loudly, "Child, you go first, I will break the last." ”
For Li Junke, his son going out is a success, and others can only throw their lives here.
Li Zaijiu rushed out, and finally rushed out under the protection of everyone, but after rushing out for a long time, he found that the so-called rushing out was just a flower in the mirror, the moon in the water, and it was not rushed out at all, but this group of killers deliberately opened the net.
Why did he deliberately open the net, Li Zaijiu didn't know, the only thing this guy knew was to live.
After the battle, the man in black dispersed, leaving only the Han man who spoke Tangut just now, he was the desperate San Lang Shixiu who had not shown up for a long time, after this guy joined the Longxiang army, he was assigned to the scout camp to perform special tasks.