Chapter 1 The Elite of the Western Army

Less than 800 Liangshan iron horses galloped across the snowfield, whistling to the west, if no one was talking and laughing loudly along the way, Lin Chong also put the burden behind the saddle, half lying down and half leaning on the closed eyes to recuperate, believing in the reins of the horse.

This place is still far from the front line, and the Western Thief Scout will definitely not be able to touch here, and it is unlikely that the Western Army will be ordered to attack the Liangshan Army, after all, the Western Army and the Liangshan Army have no enmity, and it is only the center of the imperial court that wants to destroy the Liangshan Army.

However, before finding out the details of the Liangshan army and the 80,000 Gongwei forbidden army of the imperial court were formed, the imperial court naturally did not dare to take risks against the alliance easily, otherwise it was likely that not only would it not be able to destroy the 30,000 Liangshan iron cavalry, but it would also anger the Liangshan army and surround Bianjing City again.

It was Lin Chong who was not worried about being attacked here, and for the sake of safety, Lin Chong also sent out a hundred sentry scouts along the way to act as eyes and ears, and these sentry agents could also warn them as soon as something happened.

Lin Chong also took advantage of this time, while believing in the reins, closing his eyes and recuperating, while thinking about the strategy of Goryeo's side, as well as the strategy of attacking Western Xia this time, thinking about whether there were still some things that had not been thought through.

Compared with Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi, Li Jing, Su Dingfang, Yue Fei and others, Lin Chong is not the kind of natural commander in the end, so he can only prepare more in peacetime, formulate more battle plans, and contingency strategies, and be prepared.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance in front of him, at least hundreds of horsemen were galloping here, Lin Chong suddenly opened his eyes on horseback, and looked around to see that Yu Chibin and Mei Jiasheng were still there, but Wang Feiyu and Yang Zaixing had long since disappeared.

Lin Chong was not nervous, there was no sentry in front of him to warn with a horn, it was so close to Weizhou City, it was absolutely impossible for the enemy to attack, it must have been Tong Guan's dead eunuch who sent someone out of the city for dozens of miles to meet him.

Sure enough, as soon as Lin Chong thought of this, he saw that in the snowflakes flying, Yang Zaixing, and Wang Feiyu came galloping all the way, and when they saw Lin Chong's banner from a distance, they shouted loudly: "Brother, Tong Shu sent the king to meet us." ”

The king is the king, but Lin Chong's old friend. He is also a native of Kaifeng, and Lin Chong is the same as the Gate Forbidden Army, and later followed Tong Guan to the northwest to make contributions, all the way from a member of the army and ten generals (equivalent to the squad leader of the Liangshan Army, the squad leader of later generations, in charge of ten people) to Tong Guan's ace elite commander of the Jie Army.

When Lin Chong had not been crossed by himself, Wang Yu returned to Bianliang with Tong Guan many times, and heard that Lin Chong, the head of the small sect in the palace marshal's mansion, had good marksmanship, and was the son of Lin Wuzhan, the invincible opponent in Kansai, so he repeatedly came to Lin Chong to compete in martial arts, and the two also had some friendship.

Unexpectedly, Tong Guan actually sent him to greet him, Lin Chong couldn't help but be slightly moved.

Speaking of this Wang Yu, he may not be famous in the Song Dynasty now, and his status is far inferior to Lin Chong now, but Lin Chong knows that in the original history, Tong Guan was ordered to proclaim Hebei and Yanshan, and happened to encounter the Jurchen invasion of the south.

As a result, Tong Guan fled immediately without shame, leaving only the 3,000 Shengjie army led by Wang Yu in Taiyuan, and Wang Yu only relied on these 3,000 soldiers and horses to defend Taiyuan for eight months surrounded by tens of thousands of Jurchen West Route troops.

In the end, the imperial reinforcements were delayed, the food in the city was exhausted, and even all the chaff, leaves, ox tendons on bows and crossbows and cowhides on armor in the city were eaten.

Even if the Jurchens finally broke through the city, Wang Yu still did not give up the battle, but led the hungry and tired soldiers to persist in the street fighting, until the last person in the battle, then carried Zhao Guangyi Yurong enshrined in the Taiyuan ancestral temple to break through the city, the Jin soldiers chased with all their might, Wang Yu who was shot dozens of times in the body committed suicide by throwing himself into the Fen River, and after his death, his body was found by Wanyan Zonghan (Sticky Han), and ordered his subordinates to use war horses to trample on the meat to vent their anger.

Such loyalty, righteousness and bravery, how can Lin Chong not be solemn and respectful in his heart?

At the same time, I can't help but feel a lot of emotion - the same Shengjie army, when more than 10,000 Shengjie troops plus thousands of Baiqi soldiers followed the more than 100,000 troops commanded by Tong Guan to attack the Liao State in the north, but they were defeated in shame by more than 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Yelu Dashi and Xiao Hui Libao, with heavy casualties.

However, when Wang Yu alone commanded the 3,000-victory army, he was able to defend the lonely city of Taiyuan for more than 250 days until the whole army was killed.

Sure enough, it's the courage of the generals!

There is a soldier and a nest of bears, not to mention Tong Guan, the generalissimo of the Western Army, it is a pity that these hundred battles of the Western Army are in full swing.

With such emotion, Yang Shirong, who was in charge of leading the team out of the sentry to investigate, had already led a talented and magnificent general to gallop in front of Lin Chong, who was it not Wang Yu?

I haven't seen him for a long time, Wang Yu is still the rough and sharp appearance he saw when he was in Bianliang, Tokyo, maybe he fought against Western Xia in the northwest all the year round, his face is obviously much rougher than Lin Chong, and he looks a few years older, but Lin Chong knows that the two were actually born in the same year.

At this time, the snowfall in the sky gradually stopped, and the two of them clasped their fists on the horse: "The last general Shengjie army commands Wang Yu, and I have seen Lin Jiedu!" The last general was ordered by Xuan Shuai Jun to come to greet Lin Jiedu, can Lin Jiedu go all the way? ”

"It's good all the way, and there is Lao Xuanshuai to remember."

Lin Chong returned the salute and said with a smile: "General Wang, don't come unharmed!" You and I parted from Bianliang that day, it's been almost two years, right? I don't want to meet again today, but it's on the horse, in the snow. This is not a place to speak, but when we get to the accommodation, we must have a few more drinks to express our feelings of separation. ”

Wang Yu looked at Lin Chong, who was talking and laughing in front of him, and he didn't feel like he was in a different world, as if he didn't know each other.

I think that the Lin Chong I knew at the beginning was not like this, Lin Chong at that time was just the most ordinary one among the dozens of small sect leaders in the palace marshal's mansion, and his personality was extremely introverted and silent, and he was depressed.

And Lin Chong in front of him is full of red light, full of energy, even if it has just snowed heavily, he can't hide his full face of radiant and sharp spirit, and Lin Chong, who always sighed before, is completely two people.

If it was just a change in temperament, what made Wang Yu feel even more incredible was the cause that Lin Chong had made for more than a year, miraculously created an invincible Liangshan army, and even broke through Bianliang in Tokyo and defeated 100,000 Liao troops.

I can't believe it!

However, Wang Yu couldn't believe it, especially when he saw the 30,000 Liangshan cavalry who had rushed to Weizhou a few days ago, even though they were already a little tired after a long march, the military discipline was still meticulous, the army was still strictly organized and killed, and the temperament of the strong army was about to come out.

In Wang Yu's opinion, it is not surprising that such an army has achieved many brilliant achievements. What made him wonder, how did Lin Chong create and train such an army?

Not to mention the huge doubts in Wang Yu's heart, but said that after the ceremony, the two walked side by side all the way, and after a few words of greeting to relieve each other's strangeness, Lin Chong directly asked about the military situation in Western Xia.

"Zhengchen (Wang Yu's character), tell me, what is the current battle situation?"