Chapter 179: Kill them all
The Flame Army, which appeared on the stage for the first time, was destined to become famous, before this group of guys went to the battlefield, everyone had no bottom in their hearts, not to mention that they were all in charge, and even Lin Chong, the head of the sect, didn't know what the situation was.
Lin Chong only taught guns and sticks, and the basic arrangement of troops. The others, basically, all teams train their own soldiers, especially the Flame Army, which is simply a mystery, because no one is optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the Flame Army. Otherwise, such an important position would not have fallen to Niu Gao, a newcomer.
When Niu Gao, who was the first to charge at the front, fired the first shot, and an iron harrier fell off his horse, the soldiers of the Flame Army cheered, this group of guys was like a group of hungry wolves, and they shot at the iron harrier from a distance, but many of them were too far away, and it was difficult to cause damage to the iron harrier after hitting. Despite this, there are constantly iron harriers falling off their horses.
The scene was so spectacular, there had never been an iron harrier that could be shot off his horse by an arrow, and today's one who was shot by Yue Fei was an exception. Today, the situation of falling off the horse after hearing only a bang is unique, and the shock to everyone is enormous, even the brave and good iron harrier has a sense of retreat, and the fighting spirit is suddenly gone.
Just when the Flame Army started the battle, the Wind Shadow Army rushed out under the leadership of Dong Xian, and this light cavalry, which was as fast as the wind and had no shadow, was mainly to fight the periphery to prevent the Western Xia cavalry from escaping.
The Decay Destroyer Army is really devastating, this group of guys under the leadership of Zhang Xian is like a tiger descending the mountain and rushing towards the Western Xia cavalry, the three-pointed two-edged knife in Zhang Xian's hand flies up and down, and there will be a Western Xia soldier every time the knife goes down, this guy doesn't talk much, the Destruction Army behind is in this state, and he is quick and accurate, and he can't wait to tear the Xixia soldiers to pieces.
The last to appear, destined to be the finale of the wild wolf army, this group of guys under the leadership of Dutong Tang Huai rushed out like a group of wild wolves, in the eyes of this group of guys, as if the Western Xia cavalry was not a cavalry, but a group of lambs to be slaughtered, they roared and rushed over.
The Western Xia cavalry, destined to suffer a nightmare, encountered the Jin State Iron Cavalry the day before yesterday, nearly 90,000 were slaughtered, and now they have encountered an opponent who is difficult to oppose. Facing the impact of three different styles of cavalry of the Destruction Army, the Wild Wolf Army, and the Wind Shadow Army, the Western Xia cavalry was invincible.
Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Before setting out on the expedition, Lin Chong, Yue Fei and others had been studying the Western Xia cavalry for a long time, but the Western Xia cavalry did not know anything about this multi-arm combination of enemies.
Zhang Xian, this young man who was destined to become famous, led the devastating army to frantically attack the Western Xia cavalry with the momentum of destroying the withering and decaying, he took the lead, and the three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand was exerted to the extreme this time. Perhaps, in one-on-one combat, Zhang Xian is not Yang Zaixing, the opponent of Gao Pet, but in terms of ruthlessness, this guy is even better.
The Western Xia cavalry has always been hanging and beating the Song army, and today it was the first time to be hanged, and the Western Xia cavalry was extremely uncomfortable, and the formation was quickly dispersed.
In the duel of cavalry, once the formation is dispersed, then the next thing is individual combat, which is courage, perseverance, and the quality of individual combat. Obviously, these three Western Xia cavalry were all at a disadvantage, and the smaller the battle, the more they were at a disadvantage, and there were signs of collapse in less than half an hour.
The first to collapse was the iron harrier that the Tangut people relied on to be proud of, and this heavy armored cavalry that had allowed the Tangut people to hang the Great Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years finally couldn't hold on. In the face of the more powerful Benlei Army, the Iron Harrier was still able to barely support, but under the crushing of the Flame Army, it completely collapsed, and it could no longer hold on, and began to retreat.
If you want to run, it's not that easy. The most powerful thing about the Iron Harrier is to attack, when it charges into battle, it is like a torrent of steel to bring a huge impact to the enemy, but the speed is slow, once it retreats, it is destined to not be able to shake off the opponent.
The Ben Lei Army was in hot pursuit, and the Flame Army was originally distributed on both sides of the Iron Harrier, whether the Iron Harrier attacked or retreated, it was easy for them to cover up in the back, although the gunpowder gun could only shoot three rounds at a time, but the first time it was thrown on the battlefield, it had already brought great lethality and deterrence.
The Western Xia cavalry didn't know how to dodge the gunpowder gun, and one by one they became live targets, and a large number of iron harriers gathered together, and they were shot stupidly. When attacking, he also knew how to disperse the Pyro with a charge, but once he retreated, he was destined to become a target for shooting, and the death rate skyrocketed.
Seeing that the Iron Harrier had become a live target, the Flame Army lost the fun of hunting, and under the leadership of Niu Gao, the Flame Army gave up the pursuit of the last few hundred Iron Harriers and handed over this glorious task to the Benlei Army.
At this time, the Flame Army turned out to be a character that everyone hated, and they actually came to grab credit and began to hunt the Western Xia cavalry. The Western Xia cavalry, which was already showing signs of collapse, completely collapsed, and no longer insisted on running in all directions.
The collapse of the Iron Harrier made Wei Ming Hailiang dumbfounded, this guy knew that the nightmare was coming, and he no longer insisted, and began to flee with the defeat of his own soldiers to protect Li Qianshun.
Lin Chong was waiting for this opportunity, how could he allow Li Qianshun to slip away? He took the lead in the charge, and his own soldiers followed closely behind, and soon encountered Wei Ming Hailiang, and the two sides fought fiercely.
Foot battle Wu Song, immediately Lin Chong.
Lin Chong can be said to be second only to the existence of the Jade Qilin Lu Junyi in the horse war, once killed, the combat effectiveness of this leopard head is extremely strong, and it will cut Wei Ming Hailiang off the horse in less than ten rounds.
I have to say that in the end, when protecting the emperor Li Qianshun, the Western Xia soldiers still burst out with unprecedented combat effectiveness, helplessly, they met the leopard head Lin Chong, and the gap in strength doomed this group of soldiers to be strangled in the end.
Li Qianshun gave up and fled, he knew that his younger brother Li Chage, the king of Jin, had not been able to escape in the face of the pursuit of the Song army, and he was weak and sick, how could he escape?
Capturing Li Qianshun was only a basic task for Lin Chong, and the next step was to strangle the Western Xia cavalry.
Li Qianshun said helplessly: "Since you have captured me, then you can give up strangulation, and I can make them surrender." β
"No need, today is a strangulation order, except for you, all of them will be killed, and no one will be left." Lin Chong didn't know when he learned the Theory of Punishment, this guy said coldly: "All this is due to the Empress of your country, Yelu Nanxian. She was conquered by our family Lord Liu, and she is destined not to let you return to China, and soon the crown prince Li Renai will ascend the throne, and the Empress Dowager Yelu Nanxian will come to the court. β
Shameful, humiliated to this level, Li Qianshun, the emperor's nest, had long known that he was cuckolded, but he didn't expect this cuckold to be worn so thoroughly, it turned out that the enemy slept with his wife, and murdered his husband.
Mourning is greater than heart death, Li Qianshun at this time is already heart dead, what Xixia throne, what queen Yelu Nanxian, what cavalry was slaughtered has nothing to do with him.
The Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun was arrested, and the Western Xia cavalry were leaderless, scurrying around like headless flies, but in terms of speed, how could they compare to the Wind Shadow Army, no matter where they rushed, there would be a figure of the Wind Shadow Army.
Counterattack, it can't be beaten, it can't escape, and the current Western Xia cavalry is facing a catastrophe.
With the last Iron Harrier being killed, the Western Xia cavalry no longer had the ability to resist, and could only wait for the final verdict of fate to be killed one by one.
The Iron Harrier, which has been crisscrossing the northwest for more than 100 years, has officially withdrawn from the stage of history.
When the news reached Xingqing Mansion, Queen Yelu Nanxian was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night, and fell asleep in a daze, as if Liu Zhenglong was letting herself sing about conquest again.
When the news reached Bianliang, Tokyo, it caused an uproar, which Liu Zhenglong did not expect.
The Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun was captured and was on his way to the capital, but the news had already been passed to the capital, and the Privy Council and the Political Affairs Hall knew about it and reported it to the emperor respectively, but the conclusions of the Eastern and Western Courts were completely different.
Because the privy envoy Tong Guan suppressed bandits in Jiangnan, Gao Chen and Pan Jing were now in charge of the Privy Council's childhood, unless it was a major matter, there was generally no need to inform Tong Guan.
When Gao Chen and Pan Jing knew the news, their first feeling was not surprise, but fear, and they were almost scared to death. What exactly does Liu Zhenglong want to do, you must know that Li Qianshun personally led an army of 100,000, which also brought an iron harrier, if you want to capture the emperor, you must completely annihilate this 100,000 army, this is not a war that can be used as a strategy, nor is it a siege and plunder, but an encounter battle, with the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army, it cannot be done without 3.5 million, unless there is an army with outrageous combat effectiveness. But in any case, all this is no longer in the control of the Privy Council, and it is not in the field of vision of the officials, which is definitely a rebellion.
In ancient times, no matter how powerful the powerful forces were, it was forbidden to raise private soldiers, and if dozens of people were basically acquiesced, but once hundreds or thousands, they must be beheaded all over the house. Now that 100,000 Western Xia cavalry can be annihilated, what a huge scale is needed, it is definitely the rhythm of rebellion, how can the officials tolerate it. Not to mention the protΓ©gΓ© of the Son of Heaven, even the crown prince will be executed.
Gao Chen said to Pan Jing: "It is not necessarily a good thing that the young people are too powerful, it is easy to fall when they ascend to the heights, if this matter is not handled well, it will cause an uproar, and the four major families will be implicated." β
"Senior brother, don't be too nervous, he's not a brainless person, let's talk about it after I ask, anyway, when reporting to the official family, first modify the wording, just mention the capture of the Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun alive, and the rest, the four major families need to discuss together before they can decide." Pan Jing didn't like Liu Zhenglong very much, but after all, this was his own family's Chenglong fast son-in-law, and his most precious daughter Pan Jin was given to him as a concubine, how could he not take this matter seriously?
Gao Chen also felt that he couldn't be too hasty, otherwise it would be easy to be caught by the civilian clique, he nodded and said, "I'll report back to the official family in person." β
Compared with the caution of the Privy Council, the political hall was afraid that it would not cause chaos in the world, and these guys began to buckle the hat of rebellion on Liu Zhenglong's head. This time, what puzzled everyone was that Taishi Cai Jing didn't know whether he was okay with this matter, and he prevaricated when he was unwell and recuperated at home. As for Liang Shicheng, he was more straightforward, bluntly saying that he and Liu Zhenglong were friends and should be avoided.
In any case, the storm began to blow this time, and newspapers began to publish signed articles, implying that Liu Zhenglong intended to rebel in an obscure way.
Longdeok Hall.
After reading Gao Chen's report, the official said, "Gao Qingjia, do you want to know the report of the Political Affairs Hall. β
"Minister, don't dare." How cunning Gao Chen is, once he reads the report of the Political Affairs Hall, it will be difficult to help Liu Zhenglong defend himself, and it is better to pretend to be confused in this case.
The official family knew that Gao Chen was an old slippery head, and he said with a smile: "The minister of the political hall accused Liu Zhenglong of raising private soldiers and trying to rebel, I don't know what Gao Qing's family thinks?" β
"Your Majesty, from ancient times to the present, several conditions need to be met for rebellion, the first minister is strong and the lord is weak, and the power of the subordinates is strong enough to overthrow the dynasty, but the monarch is powerless and cannot control the situation. After years of planning, rebellion is a heinous crime, and without years of planning, it is difficult to find followers, and it is difficult to succeed. The third country is in the midst of drastic changes, the situation in the DPRK is turbulent, and the heroes take advantage of the situation. Chen thought that Liu Zhenglong didn't have these three points, so how could he be stupid enough to rebel? β
Gao Chen glanced at the face of the official family and found that Emperor Daojun was not angry at all, so he continued: "The ministers are strong and the lords are weak, this does not exist, Your Majesty has been in the world for many years, the government is harmonious, the country is strong and the people are rich, and he controls the court situation." And Liu Zhenglong is just a small Zhengliupin, His Majesty can wipe it out with a word, and there is no strong minister and weak master. , not to mention the multi-year planning, Liu Zhenglong has only been an official for three years, and he has only been in the Western Army for less than a year, where will there be followers. As for the third point, the Great Song Dynasty is unprecedentedly powerful, how can anyone be stupid enough to kill themselves. Therefore, the minister thought that Liu Zhenglong would not rebel. β
"Then how did the captured Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun be? You must know that he led 100,000 cavalry to the battle, how much of the Great Song Forbidden Army was able to capture the Western Xia Emperor under the protection of 100,000 Western Xia cavalry? β
"This, this, I don't know." Gao Chen really couldn't explain this problem.
"Forget it, I won't embarrass you." The official family had long known that Gao Chen couldn't answer, so he said with a smile: "My protΓ©gΓ©, I know best. Rumors will be flying all over the sky in the next few days, so you can find a way to deal with it. β
Gao Chen was also confused about the noncommittal of the official family, and he was embarrassed to ask, so he could only leave the palace with a hard head, but there was one thing he understood, the official family did not believe that Liu Zhenglong would rebel, and if anyone made a fuss about this matter, he would definitely be suppressed by the officials.
After Pan Jing and Pan Xu discussed it, they directly called Liu Zhenglong to the house and wanted to ask what was going on.
Liu Zhenglong didn't mind at all, and after the two fathers-in-law got angry, he said unhurriedly: "The official family knows about this matter, so don't worry about the two fathers-in-law, if there is no such thing, how can the meritorious group have the opportunity to suppress the civil official group?" Don't worry, whoever jumps the happier he is, the worse he will fall in the end. It's better to get rid of one of the ministers in the political hall, otherwise it won't be a disappointment to my plan. β
"What the hell is going on, if you can't say it clearly, you won't go back today, so you won't have to harm the girl." Pan Jingqi was dizzy, and he regretted it after speaking, the matter of his daughter and son-in-law sleeping was not something that his father-in-law could interfere with.
Sickness, how can there be an old man like Pan Jing, what is called a scourge for girls, is it not reasonable for a son-in-law and daughter to sleep? Liu Zhenglong slandered for a while, but what should be explained still needs to be explained.
Liu Zhenglong sorted out his thoughts and said: "The plan of capturing Li Chage, the king of Western Xia and Jin, and Li Qianshun, the emperor of Western Xia, was reported to the emperor last year. The two are the same, in the last war, I used a lot of money to win over the Milli Department, and finally after capturing the Jin King Richard brother, I exchanged millions for 100,000 war horses, half of these war horses were given to the Zhejia army, and in addition, other Northwest military gates were generally distributed according to the size of the merit, and the plan was allowed by the officials. As for the capture of Li Qianshun this time, he was not captured from 100,000 Western Xia cavalry, but only 10,000 Western Xia cavalry, and there were no iron harriers in it. β
"There are only 10,000 Western Xia cavalry, what about the other 90,000? Where did the Iron Harrier go? "Pan Jing is the third-in-command in the Privy Council, not so easy to fool, he got the news that Li Qianshun personally led an army of 100,000, why is there only 10,000 left now, and how can the iron harrier that has been crisscrossing the battlefield for more than 100 years disappear out of thin air, you must know that the royal driver will be 100% escorted by the iron harrier.
Liu Zhenglong said with a smile: "Wanyan Lou Room and Wanyan Hanlu of the Jin Kingdom led 60,000 cavalry to annihilate the 90,000 cavalry of Western Xia, and by the way, the Iron Harrier was also destroyed. β
"What 60,000 destroyed 90,000?"
"Yes, it's true." Liu Zhenglong didn't lie about this, he said unhurriedly: "A hundred thousand Jin troops defeated the Liao army of 700,000, and 60,000 destroyed the 90,000 of Western Xia is nothing. β
"What about the Iron Harrier?" Da Song has been bullied by the Iron Harrier for more than a hundred years, and he has long talked about the tiger's color change, and Pan Jing does not believe that the Iron Harrier is vulnerable.
"Encountering an even more powerful Iron Float Map, it is doomed that the Iron Harrier will be wiped out." It is necessary for Liu Zhenglong to explain to everyone the strength of the Jin Guo Iron Cavalry, so he told all the information about the Jin Guo Iron Cavalry that he knew, and finally said: "The Jin people are not more than 10,000, and they are invincible." 10,000 Jin Guo Iron Cavalry can chase more than 100,000 Great Song Jin Army, more than 100,000 Jin National Iron Cavalry will crush a million Jin Army, this kind of strength is not understandable by Song Dynasty officials, in just a few years, the Liao State with millions of soldiers will fall, how is the Song Army against the Liao Army?
Pan Jing, who was stunned, was silent for a long time and said, "Then how about the Western Army against the Jin Army?" β
"The 50,000 Western Army may be able to defeat the 10,000 Jin State cavalry, of course, the premise is to command properly, otherwise it is still very mysterious. Now the Great Song Dynasty claims to have a million forbidden troops, but in fact, less than 600,000 can really be thrown into the battlefield, and there are still 300,000 Western troops among them. The forbidden army has been paid empty for more than 100 years, and I am afraid you know much more than me how many troops there are and what their combat effectiveness is. β
Weng and his son-in-law were silent, and no one knew what to say in this conversation.
"If you lead the Western Army, can you defeat the Jin Iron Cavalry?" When he said this, Pan Jing was a little unconfident, after all, Liu Zhenglong was not reborn in vain, how could he turn the world around by himself.
"Can't?"
Liu Zhenglong replied categorically, he is still self-aware, although he is from modern times, has read military books, and studied Han Xin, Di Qing, and Qi Jiguang, but how can ancient wars be on paper. Moreover, when there is a huge disparity in military strength, how can one person turn the tide?
After seeing the disappointed expressions on the faces of the two old men, Liu Zhenglong said: "I really can't lead the Western Army to defeat the Jin State Iron Cavalry, but give me ten years, I will definitely be able to go straight to the Huanglong Mansion and destroy the Jin Kingdom." β
Although the two are a bit contradictory, Pan Xu firmly believes that Liu Zhenglong will definitely not let go of the gun, so he said: "If you have anything, just say it, even if you rebel, the Pan family will follow, since you said that you can destroy the Jin Kingdom in ten years, then you must have a plan, no matter what your plan is, the Pan family will bear the brunt of it, and will definitely be your most powerful backing." β
"Yes, the family doesn't talk to each other, now that the Pan family has been tied to your chariot, there is no possibility of getting off, where to go, it all depends on how you operate."
Faced with the statements of the two old fathers-in-law, Liu Zhenglong knew that there was no need to go around in circles, the Pan family was inseparable from himself, and he said very seriously: "The Pan family and the Liu family are destined to be a family, but the Cao family is different, which is why I am not in a hurry to marry the daughter of the Cao family, and the old man Cao does not ask." For the Cao family, I am just a chess piece, if I succeed in the top, the Cao family will not hesitate to take refuge in it, if I break the halberd and sink into the sand, they will definitely kill them all. The original rupture of the four major families has already doomed the consequences in the future, and the current reconciliation is just driven by interests, in order to deal with the civilian clique. There are a lot of things that I don't want to say directly, because I am afraid that it will eventually lead to internal turmoil. Father-in-law, we are one family, the Cao family is not, the Gao family is not, and the Shi family is even more not. Then remember, if they turn back at a critical moment, I will definitely uproot them without mercy. β
Pan Xu, Pan Jing didn't expect that Liu Zhenglong would have the courage to play with the Cao family, the Gao family, and the Shi family, and he had the idea of uprooting the three families, of course, he would have such strength.
Pan Xu said: "The Gao family can still be united, I will pay attention to the connection of this piece, try not to make too many enemies, as for the Cao family and the Shi family, it is now to use, after you are full-fledged, whether to cut it or keep it, that is your business, at least not yet." β
"I see, try to win it over, I'm just talking about the backhand. If he hadn't made such preparations, he wouldn't have dared to let the Pan family break with the Cao family, let alone accept the Cao family again. Speaking of this, Liu Zhenglong paused for a moment and then continued: "Give the two fathers-in-law an explanation, it was the Long Xiang Army that strangled 10,000 Western Xia cavalry, and it was also the Long Xiang Army who strangled the Iron Harrier. The Dragon Xiang Army, which I built with a lot of money, is destined to be the nemesis of the Jin Army. That's why I have always emphasized that the Pan family should work firearms, and to defeat the Jin Guotie Cavalry, the most important weapon of mass destruction is destined to be firearms. 166 Reading Network