Chapter 162: Sweet and Sweet

When the more than 40,000 people who had crossed the ferry appeared in front of Balli, the army of Balli had not yet completely withdrawn from the formation facing Longmendu, and he had no idea how these fierce Xia troops had crossed the turbulent Sushui River without boats or pontoons.

Of course, Xia Jun didn't plan to leave time for Bali to think about these questions that he couldn't figure out, and quickly fought with the Liao soldiers.

The greatest advantage of the Liao people is their cavalry, and the fierce name of the Liao soldiers is also based on the strong physique of the Khitan people and the iron cavalry that comes and goes like the wind.

Jiang Shang and He Ji took the green camp and the guard like a powerful pincer, pressing more than 20,000 people in Bali to the bank of the Sushui River.

The two of them thought the same, and with the help of this momentum, they fiercely controlled the Liao people in the small space on the north bank, making their cavalry unable to play, but showing the numerical advantage of their side twice that of the enemy to the fullest.

The camp tent of the Liao army on the north bank of Longmendu is not far from the ferry, so under the attack of the Xia army's big pincers, they can only continue to retreat to the bank of Sushui River.

Moreover, Jiang Yun's Chinese military camp did not follow them across the river, but turned around and came to the north bank of the Longmen Ferry to line up, lined up,

When the Liao people got too close to the shore and had already entered the range of the firecracker,

Jiang Yun's order helped them recall the fear from firearms before Fei Lingdu again!

"Bang bang bang!"

Even if the Liao army under the front and rear attacks is tenacious, there are already some traces that cannot be supported.

Bali knows in his heart that under the encirclement of this absolute numerical superiority, he can only hold on to a force, looking for a weak point to break through in one breath, otherwise once the army is defeated, it will be defeated like a mountain, and all of them will be driven to this Sushui River by the Xia army to feed the fish.

But

It's not that in this desperate situation, every general can shout like Han Xin that there is no way to retreat, why don't you fight with your life, you can be like a god possessed, and instantly burst out with powerful combat power,

This kind of breakthrough battle will always test the morale and will of the besieged, Rao is Bali clenched the sword again, and shouted over and over again to organize the Liao soldiers to take turns to attack the steel tongs given to him by Jiang Shang and He Ji, but it could not offset the blow and fear brought to the Liao army by the fierce Xia army in front and the roaring firearms behind it.

Compared with the Xia army, the Liao people may be more afraid of Jiang Yun's firearms, and after discarding a lot of corpses, no one dares to lean on the shore.

Driven by this mentality, the Liao people were able to withstand the offensive of the Xia army for a while, as if a veteran who had suffered a heavy blow, holding back the last breath of immortal breath in his chest, and pushed Jiang Shang and He Ji into a palm!

However, An Yi's military order to cross the river was soon sent to the Chengdu Right Guard.

Gu Chenxi's crossing of the river was much easier than Jiang Shang's, firstly, this Bali put almost all his attention on the huge encirclement of more than 40,000 people outside, and secondly, with the experience of the Liao soldiers on the rows of black holes and holes in the north bank, they basically crossed the Sushui River without encountering any decent obstacles.

Although the combat effectiveness of Chengdu Right Guard is not very strong, Gu Chenxi is like a set of vigorous Wang Ba punches, completely breaking up the last breath of immortal qi that the old Taoist has just held.

At this time, this old Taoist can be regarded as spitting several liters of blood from his mouth and fainting to the ground.

It was almost the moment when the right guard of Chengdu landed on the north bank and entered the Liao army.

More than 20,000 Liao people were in chaos like a landslide, and countless Liao soldiers threw away their armor and abandoned their armor as if they were broken and scattered, and they simply collapsed, and some Liao soldiers jumped directly into the turbulent Sushui River, and some rushed to the Xia army formation in a panic, and they were inevitably pierced again.

Since the Liao people invaded the border, it has always been the Xia army that scattered and fled in front of the Liao army, and was chased and killed by the Liao cavalry like pigs and dogs.

All the Xia soldiers and soldiers are all iron-clad hot-blooded men, who are not red-eyed and holding tasseled steel knives in their hands, ready to rush up and kill all the aliens in front of them!

But

The Green Battalion and Chengdu Left Guard, the two armies that represent the highest combat effectiveness in Sichuan at present, have indeed performed well, not only defeating the invincible Liao army in one go, but also not chasing the remnants of the Liao army when the Liao army is in chaos.

Of course, all this is thanks to the two generals, Jiang Shang and He Ji.

Needless to say, Jiang Shang was born in the border army and the Jurchens have always been calm and well-governed.

What people didn't expect was that this He Ji was able to coordinate and command more than 20,000 people from Chengdu Zuowei from crossing the river to encircling it, and he had been coordinating and cooperating with Jiang Shang, showing extraordinary control over the army.

On the other hand, the Chengdu right guard under Gu Chenxi's hand who had just crossed the Sushui River was a little different.

Commander Wei couldn't restrain his generals at all, and a swarm of bees like cats and mice was scattered, chasing and killing the Liao people who scattered and fled.

The Sushui River in front of the Longmen Ferry was full of corpses, and the originally turbulent river was blocked and eased a little.

The bubbling blood gathered on the shore into a small trickle into the river, and against the backdrop of the fiery clouds on the horizon, the entire Sushui River showed a breathtaking scarlet, and the corpses in white uniforms floated on it, making people feel extremely strange and terrifying.

Bali, who has been forced to the shore and has no way to retreat, looked at everything in front of him, knew that the general trend had gone, and originally led the army with confidence, thinking that he had received a good errand, who knew that in the end, the 20,000 elite soldiers under his command were buried!

What kind of face will the general of the defeated army have to go back to meet the marshal and the queen mother?

Thinking of this, he pulled out the scimitar at his waist, looked at the sunset in the distance, and slowly crossed his neck, and wanted to kill himself.

Who knew that Gangyi closed his eyes in despair

"Boom!"

The scimitar in his hand was knocked down.

Bali opened his eyes violently, and saw that the four sergeants of the Xia army in front of him were walking towards him step by step with tassels in their hands, and the one who had just knocked down the scimitar in his hand was the one who led him.

This fierce man from the steppe was very angry, and his desire to return to heaven like a warrior could not be tolerated, which was undoubtedly a great insult to him.

Of course, the four sergeants in front of them thought very simply, even if the four of them were divided, they couldn't let this silver ticket of 10,000 taels be broken for themselves, right?

Under the staggered allowance of several times, the four Xia soldiers obviously occupied the upper peak,

"Poof!"

Although Bali is considered to be the largest in the Khitans, but after fighting fiercely for so long, his body has long been tired and out of strength, even if he is unwilling, he can't prevent the four tassel guns in front of him from piercing into his chest.

Seeing that Bali was glaring angrily, but he was already lifeless, the one who was the leader took out a dagger from his waist, stepped forward and cut off the head of this strong man who was more than eight feet long, and put it in a cloth bag that had been prepared long ago.

"I said that I would prove to each other in front of Lord An, two thousand five hundred taels per person, and no one would take much!"

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Except for a small number of men and horses who escaped by taking advantage of the chaos, most of the more than 20,000 people brought by Bali were trapped and died by the Sushui River after paying a very low price for comfort.

With the defeat of the remnants of the Liao people, after the news of the defeat of Sushuichuan came out, not only the Liao people, but even the governor of Lanzhou City, Sun Dezhang, did not believe it at first, and thought that the news was wrong.

Of course, the Tuoba Department under the city of Lanzhou and the Liao people besieging Sucheng will not still be waiting to fight with the Xia army under the city with the power of victory.

He Ji and Gu Chenxi cleaned up the remnants of the army according to An Yi's instructions and returned to Qingcheng from Longmendu, only Jiang Shang took the men and horses to Lanzhou to take a picture of Sun Dezhang.

In fact, as soon as the news of the victory came out, Lanzhou and Sucheng basically had no pressure, and the retreat of the Liao army was only a matter of time, so the main purpose of letting Jiang Shang go to Lanzhou was to send something to Sun Dezhang:

Bali's head!

Of course, Sun Dezhang knew Anyi's intentions, and he dealt with this head a little with a smile, and then hung it high on the city tower of Lanzhou like the Liao people treated Wang Chengguang, the chief soldier of Gansu Town at that time.

Then he wrote a big picture of An Yi and this battle in the recital above.

In fact, this is not just because of how much he prefers An Yi to fight a defensive war into a war of annihilation, but after so long, from Gansu Town to Lanzhou City, the Xia army has always been losing and retreating, although it has an incomparable advantage of the Liao people in terms of numbers and strategic depth,

But

Over time, repeated defeats will make the Xia army lose its self-confidence and fighting spirit a little bit, so that the fear of the Liao army in the hearts of every soldier will be infinitely magnified.

And this kind of emotion is one and the other, so there is a Sushui River bank Bali sworn that he plans to use 15,000 people to block the Xia army's 40,000 army, and the most terrible thing is that the Xia army does not feel that he has much advantage.

If this sense of fear is allowed to spread, I am afraid that when the Liao people mobilize 10,000 troops, the Xia army will need to use 100,000 people to deal with it, so that all the numerical advantages will be exhausted, and the confidence of being able to defeat the Liao army will become smaller and smaller in the hearts of every Xia army general.

At the same time, the corresponding courtiers will also have a pessimistic attitude towards the direction of the war, and this attitude will affect Chongzheng's judgment from the letter of the letter.

This old emperor is obviously not a heroic lord, and this pessimism and fear he carries will greatly affect any decision he makes, and it is very likely that the Xia army, which is already like a frightened bird, will fall into the abyss from which it will never recover.

therefore

The old governor knew in his heart that the Great Xia Dynasty needed a victory too much!

And Sun Dezhang also knew that Chongzheng's desire for this victory not only brought him closer to the day when he would "show off his might" in the temple, but also gave him an excellent reason to gag the mouths of civil officials.

According to his estimates, Chongzheng will definitely praise everyone for the protagonist of this victory, Anyi, so he also copied An Yi when he reported the folds.

Here, there is also a little selfishness of this old governor,

Chongzheng has been the emperor for forty years, and he is already a dying old man like the Great Xia Dynasty, and the matter of establishing a prince will be brought to the court sooner or later, and these sons under his knees may come out of the third child's background, but they are also serious royal blood, so in general, everyone is enough for the throne, so whose head the position of the prince falls on depends on whose ability is great!

If you have no size and no strong support, I am afraid that even if you sit on the dragon chair, you will have to be pulled down.

Needless to say, Sun Dezhang is the uncle of the second prince Gao Cixun, so helping his nephew grow his strength and increase his bargaining chips is also something he always misses.

An Yi, who sat on the feudal official of the imperial court at a young age, and following the victory after the last battle of Chengdu, his name will soon be known to the world, and his future is limitless.

The most important thing is that his relationship with Gao Yingshu determines that there is a royal power like the King of Shu behind him, and because Gao Yingshu is not a prince, they have no competitive capital, so they can only choose to stand in line.

Isn't it providence for such a person who has a lot of energy and has no political stance for the time being, and happens to be under his command? If he doesn't win him over, is he waiting for the other princes to throw olive branches to him? Heaven doesn't allow it!

That's why Sun Dezhang chose to send a copy of the fold over, so that An Yi at least knew that he had helped him, which could be regarded as a gesture of goodwill.

Sure enough, as the King of Shu said, as long as you are involved with the royal family, this royal battle is not something you can avoid if you want to!