On the ancient mountain road on the border of the Song and Xia Dynasty, a winding procession like a snake rushes forward, there are wheelbarrows, Taiping cars, mule carts and other various carts, those carts are either loaded with grain, or in some old and weak women and children, and more people are walking on foot, among which there are ragged homeless people, well-dressed large families, or in simple clothes and armor, all kinds of people are crowded together and marching slowly. Hua Rong and his generals shouted loudly and ordered several teams of light horsemen to run back and forth to protect the people, and from time to time in the crowd, people looked north in fear, for fear that the wolf-like soldiers of the Xia Kingdom would come again and slaughter them, the Song people.

Hua Rong led the army to force back the Xia army soldiers and horses who were about to slaughter the village, when these Song people realized that they had finally picked up a life, those who had just lost their relatives and friends began to cry, and some people were hoarse in the fleeing team, trying to find their lost family members, and many people who were seriously injured when the Xia army burned and looted in the walled city fell on the Taiping car and groaned in pain, and from a distance, you can see this team is a scene of mourning all over the field.

And the cavalry of the Song army led by Hua Rong rode horses to guard the front and back of the team, some of them roughly bandaged their wounds, and still held their tired bodies and looked around vigilantly, they didn't know when the Xia army brigade would come, and the enemy's strength would be several times more than their own. Most of them also escorted these people with a certain heart of death to escape from the pursuit of the Xia army.

"General Flower! There's movement ahead! Suddenly, a member of the horse army galloped in to warn him, and Hua Rong immediately turned his head to look. I saw a black dot appear on the northwest horizon, and the black dot quickly grew larger, and gradually people could see that another line of chariots was traveling this way.

There was another commotion among the fleeing people, some of whom were panicked and frightened, many women and children clinging to their crying children, and the carriages and horses were soon in chaos. But when Hua Rong, who was tightly tied to the iron bow, probably looked at the banner of the team and the armor of the soldiers in the team, he let out a long breath and said loudly: "Teach the people not to panic!" It was Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin who went to pick up the soldiers and horses of other military villages! ”

In a moment, the brothers Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin galloped quickly, rushed to Hua Rong's side, and said on the horse: "General Hua, how many people should be rescued from the tile kiln village?" ”

Hua Rong returned the salute to the Zhai brothers, and said: "The Xia thief is fierce, I led the army to rescue the end is still a little late, more than 2,000 people were killed in the village, and there are countless wounded, but more than 3,000 people were saved, and the Xia thief was not taught to slaughter the village." ”

Zhai Xing replied when he heard this: "Coupled with the fact that yesterday Li commanded the envoys to take over the soldiers and civilians of those two villages, now more than 20,000 people have been rescued from moving inward, but it is just ...... The people escorted by our few people, and the people who carried the backpacks were countless, and they traveled more than 20 miles a day, and the chasing soldiers of the Xia thief army were only afraid that they would arrive soon, only with our people's hands...... I'm afraid that I won't be able to resist the enemy. ”

Hua Rong hesitated slightly, and said loudly: "Now I can't take care of it much, since I am the people of the Great Song Dynasty, the other military divisions have not moved, but we can't ignore it!" My brother thinks about the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians on the border, and now our people just want to be able to escort the people to the city as soon as possible, and save these tens of thousands of lives, which is better than being Luo Tiandajiao. ”

Zhai Jin also nodded immediately when he heard this, and said: "What General Hua said is very true, but if the Xia thieves really catch up, the people are not fast, if they blindly run away, if the enemy attacks the people from the flank, I am afraid that the whole team will be scattered by the Xia thieves, and then they can only be slaughtered." Xiao Jieshuai ordered us to act cheaply, if the Xia army is in a hurry, catch up with the people who have moved inward, intercept and chase along the way, and the safety of the people is at stake, and when it is really impossible to go south, then go to the east, lead the people Xiao Jieshuai to transfer the walled city, and settle them there......

However, there are still more than 30 miles to the east, and if the summer thieves are killed at this time, unless these people are left behind, we will not be able to get rid of the pursuers at all, and even if the enemy army is heavy, we will only divide a group of soldiers and horses to fight to take time. ”

Hua Rong also knew that in the case of being outnumbered by the enemy, he had to divide some light cavalry to resist the enemy's thousands of troops, which was tantamount to asking for his own death, but in order for these helpless people to escape smoothly, the hot-blooded men in the army should also risk their lives to stop the enemy's pursuers. It's just that if the Xia army really catches up with these two teams of fleeing people, knowing that it is a life of nine deaths, who should Hua Rong, Zhai Xing, and Zhai Jin be to carry out such a dangerous task now?

Hua Rong and the Zhai brothers rode forward, while discussing the sentry guard before sending these people to the eastern walled city safely, but at this time, Hua Rong and the others heard a light horse exclamation warning, Hua Rong immediately looked to the north, and saw that on the horizon of the Polar Eye Wilderness, there seemed to be a black line slowly squirming, and there was a roar and thunder faintly, and the black line on the horizon became denser and denser, and the long and loud horn sounded. The black line was moving faster and faster.

Hua Rong, Zhai Xing, Zhai Jin and the Song army under their department listened to the faint roar, and many of the war horses under their crotches also began to kick up uneasily, and the ground under their feet began to tremble slightly.

Hua Rong's face changed suddenly, Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin couldn't help but scold in unison, along with the Song army soldiers behind them, their faces were shocked, because they could already roughly see the huge cavalry force of the Qing Xia army's army finally catching up with their team at this time!

"Kill !!" The cavalry general of the vanguard of the Xia army roared, slashed down the scimitar in his hand, and immediately turned his horse's head and rode straight to the flank of the cavalry formation.

"Kill !!" Thousands of Western Xia soldiers responded violently, and immediately drove the fierce horses under their crotches to gallop up, thousands of iron hooves stirred up dust in the sky, and the cavalry in the first few rows clenched their spears and raised their sabers, while more Xia army knights took out their horned bows and drew arrows, preparing to use their usual nomadic hunting skills to kill the unarmed Song people in front of them as prey!

A large group of cavalry chased and killed the people walking on foot, which was tantamount to a group of hungry wolves rushing into the flock of sheep to feast, not to mention that the chasing soldiers this time were different from the troops stationed under Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division, most of them were also the elite of the Xia army cavalry, and they could be called the good knights of the tiger and wolf soldiers. When he heard that the Song army was rescuing the soldiers and civilians in the surrounding military villages, counties and towns under the rule of the Song State, he immediately made a decision and ordered the vanguard cavalry to go ahead and go to chase and kill the migration team of the Song army.

And the Xia general who commanded these cavalry was originally a ruthless and fierce character, and he also knew that and chased these vulnerable refugees, and fought with some weak Song troops, which was undoubtedly a beautiful difference, and he could kill a lot, and he could also leave some Song people young and strong and women as slaves, so when the Xia army found out that there were two teams in front of him escorting nearly 10,000 Song refugees, the Xia army general who led the team showed ecstasy, and he couldn't wait to order his subordinates to charge, Not only must we kill all the Song troops who are at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, but we can't let a single Song people escape!

The Song people saw that the Xia people had been killed, and they all seemed to be crazy and rushed to the east, inevitably fleeing, many Taiping carts used to carry food and clothing were discarded aside, and the crying and howling of the chaotic crowd was endless, because of the overcrowding, some old and weak and children were knocked to the ground and their children and parents were scattered, they wailed heartbreakingly and called for their relatives, many Song cavalry rode their horses and ran, hoarse and exhausted to make the frightened people not panic, But for a while, it couldn't control the momentum of the crowd's collapse.

Seeing the dust rising from the sky, and the huge enemy army was about to be killed, Zhai Jin grinned instead, he waved his knife, and said to Hua Rong and Zhai Xing on the side: "Straight lady thief, what are you really afraid of!" But since you can't dodge, you can sacrifice your life to accompany you, and teach Lao Tzu to kill happily! General Hua, brother, these nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians will be handed over to you! ”