I have to say that the climate in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty was indeed colder than that of later generations.

It's not only the end of October, and there is a goose feather snow in Shaanxi, which freezes the pedestrians on the road and shivers, and the world is even more bleak.

In the midst of snowflakes, a group of knights is galloping westward.

This team of knights looked like about seven or eight hundred people, all of whom wore armor and a pure white coat of a uniform system, which was full of indescribable spirit, but the most conspicuous thing in the team was the red tassel on the top of each knight's helmet.

The big red tassels in the snowflakes in the sky are beating like clusters of flames, which is very beautiful. In addition, the knights on the horse were all red and red, and they didn't take the whistling north wind and the snowflakes in the sky seriously, which made it more and more obvious that this team was fierce and elite, and their spirit was flying.

This is exactly the 500 personal guards led by Lin Chong who rushed to Weizhou, Qinfeng Road, Guanxi, and more than 200 special combat members under Wu Song.

These nearly 800 horsemen are all equipped with two or even three horses, and they march 300 miles a day, which can really be said to come and go like the wind.

Throughout the ages, but for the cavalry, it has always been admired for the tactics of fast horse surprise attack, surprise, and active attack, whether it is Wei Qing and Huo Qu in the Western Han Dynasty, who drove straight into Longcheng and Dingxiang, or hurricane thousands of miles, and stepped on the Huns;

Or in the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing's three thousand iron horsemen attacked Dingxiang at night, and destroyed the Eastern Turks in World War I; Su Dingfang's light cavalry of 10,000 lone troops went deep into the blitzkrieg of the Western Turks, forced Ashina Helu to fight a decisive battle with 100,000 cavalry, and defeated it in a battle, and then pursued and killed thousands of miles to completely destroy it.

Even in the real history, the Jurchens destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty and swept Guanshan, all these examples of warfare gave full play to the advantages of cavalry's strong mobility and long-distance drive into and out of surprise, which led to a brilliant victory.

It can be said that in the era of cold weapons, cavalry was the torrent of tanks in later generations, and it was the air raid of aircraft in later generations. The best cavalry tactics are blitzkrieg, and the best cavalry spirit is to attack, attack, and attack!

However, it is a pity that in the Great Song Dynasty, because of the loss of Yanyun and Hetao areas, these two excellent horse breeding lands, coupled with the great Song Dynasty's horse politics is really corrupt, so that the Song Dynasty has been unable to form a large-scale cavalry army for a long time.

In fact, speaking of which, the Song Dynasty was not without excellent cavalry teams, such as Tong Guan's recruitment of elite cavalry victories in the northwest, and the only heavy cavalry in the Western Army, Bai Chen, but unfortunately, these two elite cavalry ran into Tong Guan, the eunuch commander.

First of all, he was proud and underestimated the enemy, thinking that as soon as the army arrived in Liao, the Han people would greet each other with pot pulp, and even started fighting, and ordered not to release an arrow to Liao, resulting in the loss of the initiative that the cavalry should have; Later, the command was improper, and the advance and retreat were lost, resulting in the two cavalry armies being passive everywhere, tied their hands and feet, defeated again and again, and finally demoralized, where is there still a little bit of the temperament that the elite cavalry should have?

Fortunately, when he arrived at Lin Chong, he not only broke Zengtou City in a battle, but also annihilated 3,000 ironclad horses in Huyanzhuo, and then defeated 100,000 Liao troops, plus smuggling through Liao's domestic line, as well as the capture of defeating the Jurchens and Goryeo, until now the excellent war horses of the Liangshan Army have already exceeded 100,000.

This enabled Lin Chong to form a pure cavalry team, reproducing the tactics of the cavalry of the Han and Tang dynasties more than a thousand years ago and hundreds of years ago, going deep behind enemy lines, running long distances, blitzkrieg, and fighting to support the war.

More importantly, since the Liangshan Army became an army, it has not yet suffered a defeat, and it can be said that it will win the battle and conquer it, and it will be invincible, and the morale of every Liangshan Army soldier is naturally very high.

For example, now, even if Lin Chong has less than 800 horsemen around him, even if the cold wind is howling, even if this time they will go deep behind the enemy and face the encirclement of several times or even ten times the enemy army, and even the "allies" behind him may suddenly turn their faces at any time.

This winter's campaign against the western thieves was really dangerous and arduous, but even so, the whole army was still high-spirited and aggressive.

In fact, this is the natural result of a nation regaining its self-confidence in force, and the vigorous bloodiness inherited from the pre-Qin, Han and Tang dynasties in its bones has been re-stimulated.

Of course, there is also the bonus of Lin Chong's invincible commander aura, and with Lin Chong, every cavalry of the Liangshan Army never thought that he would lose!

Even if it was a lonely army going deep into a dangerous place, even if there was an unpredictable enemy in front of him, even if the cold wind was cold and the snowflakes were flying, each soldier was still full of red light, shouting and shouting in response, and laughing and talking loudly as if no one was around.

Among all the people, Yang Zaixing and Wang Feiyu are the most active.

The two of them are not very old, one is fifteen, the other is twenty, it is the most active, the most jumpy, and the most like to show off their age, but when they see Lin Chong and the others, they either feel tired and ride on the horse to close their eyes and recuperate, or when they are hungry, they ride on the horse and eat dry food, or they have enough rest and laugh loudly with each other, brag about it, and say some meat jokes or something.

Only these two people are the most restless, relying on their horses, running from one end of the team to the other, and from one end of the team to this end, and even competing in archery in the snowstorm, there is no time to stop, and they never know that they are tired.

"I said Yang Xiaolang, I am really convinced of your big gun, and after a while, I am afraid that it will not be much worse than the brother of the military master. I can't compare to you compared to the equipment, and we have a chance to compete again? ”

Yang Zaixing's face was full of pride, but he didn't say anything to Wang Feiyu: "Brother Wang, I know that you have great strength, but I don't compare with you, who doesn't know that my brother is one of the three people with the greatest strength in my Liangshan army." It is said that the elder brother competed with the first warrior of the bird and the tartar, and smashed the guy into a mouthful of blood, and he didn't dare to fight again. ”

In fact, Wang Feiyu also finished the competition in Yan Lou's room and made a draw, but Wang Feiyu spit out the blood, but he could continue to fight again; And Wan Yan Lou forced himself to save face and forcibly lowered his blood pressure, but he couldn't fight anymore, and he couldn't even speak.

It's just that in the eyes of the people on the scene, this competition is Wang Feiyu's loss.

Afterwards, Wang Feiyu quickly figured out the reason, and naturally wanted to argue for himself, so he said that Yan Lou was beaten by himself and didn't dare to fight again.

Yang Zaixing's martial arts practitioners naturally understand the truth of this, and they also admire Wang Feiyu's strength.

When Wang Feiyu saw him talk about this, he was immediately unconvinced and said: "That guy is better than relying on riding war horses, so he barely had a tie with me, and he forced a bite in his mouth, and he couldn't speak for a long time!" If you compare your strength on flat ground, my pair of hammers will ensure that he will not be able to vomit blood if he smashes it. ”

As he said this, he saw Yang Zaixing's fascinated look on his face, and immediately said: "Yang Xiaolang, your ability is not below me at all, this time you are going to destroy the Western Thief, you are ready to make the general come out, and the world is famous?" ”

Yang Zaixing was excited when he heard it: "Isn't it exactly?" I suffered from the loss of being young and late in joining the army! When I think of my brothers' previous achievements, especially the defeat of the 100,000 Liao army with only 3,000 cavalry, the five people and five cavalry dare to fight in the cavalry army of 5,000 people, killing three in and three out, I only feel that my blood is boiling, I only hate that the record has not been a few years older, I met the army lord's brother earlier, and joined the Liangshan army, so I can fight side by side with the army lord's brother!

I didn't say it, this time to destroy the Western Thieves, I must be the vanguard, when I encounter the Western Thief Cavalry, if I can't lead the troops to destroy the front and break the formation, and behead a few Western Thief leaders, I will cut my neck in the battle! A man's husband can't be famous in the world, and he has the ability to be a marquis and worship the general, what is the use of making contributions and wanting this life? ”

If you want to say that Wang Feiyu and him, it is really Wang Ba who looks at mung beans and looks at the right eye, as soon as he heard Yang Zaixing say this, Wang Feiyu also became excited, and immediately pulled Yang Zaixing to the outside of the team, and the two of them discussed seriously on the galloping war horse, and the two of them will see the opportunity, double and double horses burst into formation, and before everyone reacted, they captured alive what West Thief's first famous general, Jin Wang Wei, Ming Chage.

In front of my brother at that time, the two of them didn't show their faces much, and when this matter spread to the Great Song Dynasty, the two of them didn't show off much? Everybody's praise and recitation?

Not to mention how the two rammers fought wishful thinking, but said that Lin Chong rode his horse and walked at the front of the cavalry team, looking at the high-spirited and high-spirited appearance of the soldiers under his command, and the smile on his face could not be hidden.

People are such strange animals, when they were at home earlier, when they accompanied Zhang Zhenniang and Hu Sanniang, Lin Chong inevitably sank in the gentle countryside and did not want to come out, just thinking about the quiet years, regardless of his family and country; But at this time, leading such an army to dominate the world and cut down the enemies in front of him one by one, Lin Chong unconsciously became arrogant, and his blood was stretched.

In real history, such a highly developed civilization in the Northern Song Dynasty was completely vulnerable in the face of the barbaric and backward Jurchen iron cavalry, and the shame of Jingkang made the Han nation humiliate itself thousands of years later.

Even the bandit regime of the Western Xia, which had been overwhelmed by the Song Dynasty's efforts throughout the country, could only survive, but because of the Jurchen invasion, it revived, and in turn invaded a large area of land in Guanxi and slaughtered the Han people.

And now because of his own appearance, the Western Xia is about to destroy the country, and the Weiming clan is about to be wiped out; Moreover, with the current strength of the Liangshan army, as long as there is no civil strife, the shame of Jingkang will definitely not be repeated, and it is very likely that the Jurchens will be wiped out if they can't even enter the Great Wall.

This sense of accomplishment in changing history and saving the world is unimaginable to outsiders.

Of course, the reason why the morale of the army is so high and the reason why Lin Chong is so happy, in addition to future expectations, is that the development of the Liangshan army is really good enough.

The so-called transportation of heaven and earth is the same force, at this time the Liangshan Military Group is undoubtedly in a period of rapid rise in its career, as if God is helping, all aspects are developing in a good direction.

Just yesterday, Lin Chong received a good report of 800 miles from Liangshanbo: On the battlefield of Goryeo, Du Bai and Zhu Wu vigorously implemented the tactics of encircling and sending reinforcements, set up an ambush between Xijing, Pyongyang and Kaesong, and successfully surrounded and annihilated the main force of Tuo Junjing's 30,000 cavalry army, and half of the battle was killed, even Tuo Junjing was also killed in the battle, and the rest were all frightened and surrendered on their knees.

Then Du Bai led 10,000 cavalry infantry to the north, surrounded 40,000 Goryeo border troops and Xijing defenders, and sent people to raise the head of Tuo Junjing and his lieutenant general, 40,000 Goryeo infantry troops were suddenly frightened, and the whole army collapsed immediately after the Liangshan army launched an attack, and surrendered 30,000 into a formation.

After this battle, it can be said that the main force of the Goryeo army has been lost, Du Bai immediately surrounded Xijing Pyongyang, and sent a message to Zhu Wu to storm the capital, I believe that after seeing the head of Tuojunjing, it is only a matter of time before the capital is broken.

However, according to the information that the Liangshan army had earlier, Lin Chong had long known that the combat effectiveness of the Goryeo army was not good, and Lin Chong took it for granted that Du Bai and Zhu Wu had achieved these military victories, and he did not feel strange at all.

What really worries Lin Chong is that the people of Goryeo are difficult to follow, but according to the information that Du Yan and Zhu Wu have returned, the situation in this regard is also better than expected.

Although most of the places that have not yet been captured by the Yangsan army, the resistance of the Goryeo people is still quite high, and from time to time there are many Goryeo troops, and even the rich and noble people spontaneously form private armies and run to King Qin, vowing to fight the Song Dynasty bandits to the death.

But first, the combat power of these Goryeo troops is really not worth mentioning, and many times they are completely here to add oil and deliver vegetables.

Second, in the place occupied by the Liangshan army, because of the rescue of countless slaves and maids, and the distribution of food and land to many poor tenants, and promised that no taxes would be collected for three years, and the taxes would be very low after three years.

These people turned over and gained liberation and benefits, and the Liangshan army has always attached importance to propaganda work, so they naturally have an iron heart to stand on the side of the Liangshan army, and they have spontaneously helped the Liangshan army to defend the city, transport supplies, and stand guard and sentry.

With the support of these people, the Yangsan army in Goryeo is not a source of water, a tree without roots, and it will be able to gain a firm foothold and slowly fight with the Goryeo nobles, two classes, and the Goryeo army, presumably it will not be too long to liberate the whole of Goryeo.

However, these are what Lin Chong and others have long expected, what really made Lin Chong and others unexpectedly was that there was a descendant of Gong descendants, Gong Bo's uncle and nephew, who took advantage of the chaos to take refuge in the Liangshan Army. And they trumpeted that Wang's Goryeo lost power and humiliated the country, and it was extremely useless, and they wanted to lead everyone to resist the invasion of foreign people and restore the glory of Goguryeo.

It's just that what this Gong Bo didn't know was that when he learned the news yesterday, Lin Chong was so happy that he was about to laugh.

Because in Lin Chong's opinion, this matter is really a good thing for Liang Shanjun.

The reason is very simple, assuming that there were two forces on the peninsula, the Yangsan Army and the Goryeo Army, then the Yangsan Army must fight against Goryeo wholeheartedly, even if the Goryeo Army is not good at fighting, but it will take a lot of time for the Yangsan Army to completely destroy the Goryeo Army and occupy the entire peninsula.

Now, a Dawei country and heaven sent a loyal army suddenly appeared, and at the same time declared war on the Liangshan army and the Goryeo army.

The Liangshan army can naturally drive the tiger and devour the wolf and reap the benefits of the fisherman.