Chapter 424: Arrow of the Son of Heaven
It doesn't matter if the emperor wants to shoot arrows in person, it doesn't matter if he doesn't have to die, the most important thing is to let all the soldiers know that the emperor is personally fighting and personally participating in the battle.
Therefore, Li Jilong told the soldiers defending the city over and over again along the city wall, and the emperor will personally fight later, and when the emperor sends out the first arrow, you will then fire arrows in unison to give the Liao army a dismount.
The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty learned that the emperor was so wise and martial, and he had to fight in person, and their morale was much higher.
After arranging everything, Li Jilong returned to Zhao Heng (shēn) and said, "Your Majesty, you can send arrows, you only need to press this handle, and the big arrows (shè) will go out." ”
Originally, the (chuáng) crossbow had to be struck with a hammer to be released, but after Li Jilong's transformation, a lever was added, which could be triggered with a light press.
Zhao Heng nodded, glanced at the city, and saw that in the Liao ** camp in the distance, there was a team of people in brocade clothes and tall horses standing in the middle, so he said: "Those should be the generals of the Liao army, how can they be allowed to do so." ”
Li Jilong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, although the power of the (chuáng) crossbow is great, it is not good for the head, this is all up to luck." ”
Zhao Heng was slightly disappointed, stretched out his hand and pressed the lever, and in an instant, the mechanism was activated, and the big arrow flew out, tearing the air, making a sharp call, and rushing straight towards the Liao army camp.
The eyes of Zhao Heng and the others followed the big arrow closely, trying to see the power of the (chuáng) crossbow as much as possible.
Coincidentally, the big arrow happened to rush into the knight in brocade clothes, and for a while people turned on their backs and shouted.
Zhao Heng couldn't help but wave his fist and screamed excitedly.
Seeing this, Li Jilong immediately ordered: "Rush down to the city for me to kill." ”
With an order, the Song army rushed out of the camp, relying on the baggage vehicles placed on the periphery, and started (shè) arrows, killing many soldiers (shè) on the front line of the Liao army, and the Liao army could only retreat like a tide.
Li Jilong took advantage of the situation to pursue, and crossed the baggage car and gave chase.
The Liao army seemed to be much worse than imagined, and there was no decent resistance, so they threw down the corpses all over the ground and retreated back for more than 20 miles before they began to organize a counteroffensive.
Li Jilong saw that the goal had been achieved, that there was still the emperor in the city, and that it was not appropriate to be too far away from the city, so he took it when he saw it, withdrew to the city of Lanzhou to clean up the battlefield, and redeployed the city defense.
At this moment, Zhao Heng had already withdrawn to the northern city, after all, there was danger in the southern city, and a large number of troops had to be assigned to guard the emperor's safety.
Zhao Heng was still in the excitement of the arrow just now, and he talked endlessly, and his ministers flattered, praising the emperor for his blessing and blessing, and he had heaven's help, even if he sent an arrow casually, he could also (shè) the main generals of the Liao army.
Zhao Heng rubbed his hands and said, "I don't know who this arrow will kill, how can I have a first-class member or something." ”
As he was talking, Li Jilong hurried over, knelt on the ground, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and he didn't even speak.
In everyone's minds, General Li has always been a figure whose face has not changed since Mount Tai collapsed, when have you seen him lose his temper like this, is there something wrong?
Zhao Heng's face also changed, "Uncle, something happened." ”
"Great joy, Emperor, a spy just came to report that Xiao Tzurin, the generalissimo of the Liao Army, died, and it was the arrow that died from the emperor (shè), the emperor Tianwei Hao (dàng), God bless the Great Song Dynasty."
Zhao Hengteng stood up suddenly, and his voice trembled excitedly: "Uncle, is the news accurate?" ”
Kou Zhun and other ministers were also stunned, they never dreamed that with a casual arrow, they could kill the commander of the enemy army, was it really providence.
Li Jilong said: "Your Majesty, it's true, Wechen has sent several groups of people to investigate, and just now the Liao army was in chaos, and there was no counterattack organized after retreating twenty miles, obviously something big happened internally." ”
"Good, great." Zhao Heng said excitedly: "I am the true dragon son of heaven, I have the help of heaven, this time I will be able to completely annihilate the Liao army and recover the clouds, hahaha." ”
The ministers knelt down together and shouted long live.
The Song army was in extreme excitement from top to bottom, high in life, and full of combat power.
At this time, the Liao army's big tent was sad and solemn.
Xiao Tart Rin really died, no coincidentally, he was hit by Zhao Heng's arrow (shè), and the huge crossbow arrow passed through his head, (shè) beyond recognition.
He died so aggrieved that he didn't blink an eye. Throughout his life, he was decisive in killing, extremely brave, once captured the invincible Yang of the Great Song Dynasty, almost captured Zhao Guangyi alive, and won a complete victory in the Eastern Expedition to Goryeo, and now he is about to fight Kaifeng in the Great Song Dynasty.
However, at this very moment, he died in vain, he did not think of himself, not even the person who killed him, could it be really providence.
According to historical records, Empress Dowager Xiao caressed the corpse and cried bitterly, and did not go to court for five days. The golden fighter plane that captured the Yellow River in one fell swoop wasted another five days.
When the previous two gods of war, Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xian, died, Empress Dowager Xiao just sighed, why was Xiao Tzu Rin so sad when he died in battle, was it because of the same surname Xiao?
Actually, no, Empress Dowager Xiao was crying not Xiao Tzurin, but herself. Although the Liao army was indomitable and victorious, the bad news never stopped. First of all, Yang Yanzhao had already gone west out of Yanmen and went directly to their hometown of Shangjing, and now he has not only cut off their grain routes, but also controlled their clansmen. Secondly, the 200,000 Song troops in Dingzhou have followed, and once the war begins, it is bound to attack the Liao army in front and back. Again, I have been looking forward to crossing the Yellow River in one fell swoop and going directly to Kaifeng, but after Zhao Heng drove the expedition in person, the morale of the Song army was high, and it seemed that it would not be able to cross the river for a while.
Xiao Yanyan was already on the verge of collapse, and at this moment, the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, Xiao Tzu Rin, died again, completely crushing this woman who should have been fragile.
The commander was killed, the queen mother collapsed, and the entire Liao ** battalion was in an extremely sluggish state.
At this moment, the Song camp was in extreme excitement, the emperor personally recruited, and personally killed the enemy's main general, raising the morale of the whole army to the highest point. Emperor Zhao Heng was even more high-spirited, and seemed to have become addicted to war, and at this moment he was personally deploying for battle.
"Xiao Tzu Rin has just died, the Liao army is still in chaos, we should strike first and annihilate the Khitan in one fell swoop, where is Wang Chao in Dingzhou?" Zhao Heng asked.
Li Jilong replied: "It has reached the back of the Liao army, but there is a Liao army in the middle, and it is not convenient to pass the order." ”
Zhao Heng groaned: "Is the cannon that Ling Kun got still there?" ”
"Yes, but it doesn't have any power."
"It's okay, just sound it, find a way to send an order to Wang Chao, with the sound of artillery as an order, we will attack back and forth, and strive to inflict heavy losses on the Liao army."
Li Jilong and other generals immediately took the order and went to deploy the big battle. Seeing that Zhao Heng was finally no longer afraid of running away, Kou Zhun and the others finally put their minds at ease.
The monarchs of the two countries drove the conquest in person, and the great war was in the Ming (rì). However, everyone can see that the situation in Liao is not good, the battle situation is extremely unfavorable, and the battle of Ming (rì) is destined to be a fiasco.
Who is the true dragon emperor, it is already clear from here. The Khitan seems to be just a barbarian tribe after all.