Chapter 30: The Pure Liu Fa
The western thief defenders of Xingqing Mansion have never dealt with the Liangshan army, nor have they heard of the Liangshan army's more than 3,000 cavalry defeating the 100,000 Liao army, and the record of conquering Bianjing City in one day, so naturally they will not be intimidated by the words of the Liangshan army and have other thoughts.
Even these words were very ridiculous to Li Qianshun and the generals of the Western Thieves.
The reason is very simple, the Western army has accepted their surrender, but the Liangshan army still has to rush to extermination, which has aroused the hatred of the defenders in the city, everyone's anger was ignited, and the morale has reached an unprecedented high again.
On the other hand, Li Qianshun, Li Renzhong, Li Renli and others also made the current situation of the Great Xia Kingdom very clear to the officers and men of the whole army.
At this point, the destruction of the Great Xia is already certain, but there is still a glimmer of hope for survival in death, that is, to take advantage of the opportunity of the Song people's infighting to become the loyal dog of the Zhao and Song courts, and help the Song Dynasty fight the Liangshan rebels, maybe there is still a chance for the restoration of the country.
In the past, everyone couldn't see a little hope, and in despair and frustration, they abandoned their armor and fled in embarrassment.
And now there is the hope of surviving in death, and the party members have always been in the morning, the people are brave, and naturally the barbaric blood in the bones of all the party soldiers has been stimulated, and the screaming is just to fight to the death with Liangshan Song Pig, and who will give birth to two hearts and think about attacking their comrades-in-arms?
Such an idea, not only the western thieves in the city think like this, but also the western army generals outside the city, everyone is a little unable to understand Lin Chong's approach - does Lin Chong really think that just a few shouts can break the fighting spirit of the western thieves in the city and let them kill each other?
However, after all, the Liangshan army conquered the outer city wall of Bianjing in less than an hour, and the record of the main force of the "200,000 main force" of the Western Thieves was completely annihilated by only 20,000 cavalry, and it has always been a battle that must be won and conquered, and it never fought an unprepared battle.
Throughout the afternoon and evening, almost everyone in the western army besieging the city was guessing what method the Liangshan army would use to break through Xingqing Mansion and capture Li Qianshun alive the next day.
So much so that many people didn't pay attention to the fact that Liang Shanjun seemed to have fewer people when he came back this time.
Of course, it's not that no one noticed, but I didn't think much about it, after all, Liang Shanjun even cut off Brother Richard's head, and he couldn't have no battle damage on his side, and it was normal for 20,000 people to go and come back a little more than 10,000.
"Could it be a gunpowder weapon, in addition, I really can't think of how the Liangshan army can capture such a big city as Xingqing Mansion with only more than 20,000 people (10,000 cavalry left before the city of Xingqing Mansion)."
"It's just that even if Liang Shanjun asked us to borrow a catapult, we could use the catapult to launch a new thunderbolt to capture the city wall of Xingqing Mansion like we did in Bianjing, but what about the next street battle? Do you also use gunpowder? ”
"I also think so, otherwise how could the Liangshan Army wipe out the main force of 200,000 Western thieves with 20,000 soldiers and horses?"
"If this is the case, I am afraid that in the future battlefield, the use of gunpowder weapons will play a crucial role, and even directly determine the victory or defeat......"
"What do you want to do so much, and wait until tomorrow to see how the Liangshan army breaks the enemy, it's ......"
"That's right, it's just that if the Liangshan army is really so strong, to put it bluntly, if the imperial court orders our western army and the Liangshan army to be right one day, how should we ......?"
A group of middle and lower-level generals in the Western Army gathered together to discuss in a low voice, and naturally there was no result in the discussion, and the high-level of the Western Army also had different thoughts, Liu Yanqing had already been bought by Tong Guan, so naturally he had to hold Tong Guan's thick thigh at all times.
However, other generals of the Western Army, such as Jingyuan Army's strategic envoy Seed Master Dao (the old Seed Sect is slightly Xianggong), Qin Fengjun is slightly Envoy Seed Master Zhong (small Seed Xianggong, the two are actually brothers, not the father-son relationship written in "Water Margin"), Huanqing Army Envoy Yao Gu, Xihe Envoy Liu Fa and others have more or less other thoughts.
For example, the two brothers of the Seed Master Dao and the Seed Master, as the generals of the Shaanxi Domain, who are close to the Shaanxi Domain, are actually very disgusted and even reject the Liangshan Army, but the three generations of the Seed Family Army have guarded the border for the country, so the old Manchurian Guanxi, the two brothers of the Seed Master Dao also had to think more about the generals under their command.
In the face of such drastic changes as the imminent fall of the Western Xia and the sudden rise of the Liangshan army, the attitude of the brothers of the seed family is still to wait for the price to sell, hoping that the imperial court can rely more on them, the generals of the Western army.
Not to mention anything else, at least the original imperial court's annual military investment of tens of millions of yuan (although only half of the goose plucking feathers) in Shaanxi is no longer reduced, and it will be a permanent example; It is better to be less vigilant, divided, and constrained, so that they can devote more attention to the battlefield.
If this is the case, the two brothers are still willing to work wholeheartedly for the imperial court, even if they fight to the death with Liang Shanjun.
And Yao Gu, Yao Pingzhong, and Yao Youzhong, who are also Kansai generals, think more.
Because the Yao family and the seed family are both Kansai generals, but the Yao family has always been pressed by the seed family, all the generals of the four roads in Shaanxi have always been the first to look forward to the army and horses of the seed family, and it is because Yao Gu's father and son are not only waiting for the price to sell, but also want to replace the seed family and win greater fame and wealth.
Therefore, things that consume the strength of ordinary white must not be done!
As an emerging general of the Western Army, Liu Fa climbed up step by step from a junior officer by himself, unlike the Seed Master Dao, Yao Gu, and Zhejia Army, which were deeply rooted in Kansai and the relationship network was intertwined.
Therefore, since Tong Guan was in charge of the Western Army, Liu Fa has become the best target of "bullying", not only is the treatment relatively the worst, but also always sends Liu Fa to fight the vanguard whenever there is a hard fight and dangerous things.
But it's no wonder that Tong Guan would do this, after all, Liu Yanqing's army discipline is notoriously loose, whether it is marching or fighting, it is procrastinating, Liu Yanqing himself is even more timid as a mouse, how can this kind of army fight a tough battle?
And the generations of generals like Seed Master Dao, Zhejiajun, and Yao Gu, Tong Guan is a little uncontrollable.
For example, the seed master always likes to advise him and teach him how to fight, but Tong Guan's hateful teeth itch but there is nothing he can do for the time being.
Also on this night, Liu Fa found his confidant Huan Yi and talked about the anxiety in his heart.
"Mr. Huan, now that the destruction of the Western Xia is imminent, the Liangshan Army has sprung up, and its combat power is unmatched, once it turns its face in the future, the imperial court orders our Xihe Army to attack the Liangshan Army, and I am really a little worried."
It turned out that Huan Yi originally followed Tong Guan at the beginning, but Tong Guan already had a confidant Zhao Liangsi by his side, and later the two had a conflict.
Zhao Liangsi fought with Huan Yiming endlessly, and repeatedly squeezed out and framed Huan Yi, so Huan Yi also left Tong Guan's side and was "assigned" to Liu Fa's army to be Liu Fa's strategist.
At this time, Huan Yi couldn't help but ask with a smile: "Xianggong believes in Liang Shanjun?" What if the Liangshan army enters the city tomorrow and fights in the streets, and Lin Jiedu dies in the city? ”
Liu Fa groaned slightly, shook his head and said: "No, although I don't know what the Liangshan Army relies on, but since the rise of the Liangshan Army, it has always been invincible, how can it have fought an unprepared battle?" ”
Huan Yi was overjoyed in his heart, thought about it for a while, and said: "In this way, it makes people's heads big!" It's just that once that day comes, Xianggong has to think more about himself, and more about the people in the world. ”
Liu Fa thought about it, Huan Yi's biggest worry was the Jurchens, and said, "You mean the threat of the Jurchens?" However, the imperial court did not reach an agreement with Liang Shanjun, who accepted the imperial court's recruitment, and the two sides temporarily cooperated and put aside the contradictions and coexisted peacefully; After recovering Yanyun and eliminating the Jurchen barbarians, look at this qi number, and see whose destiny is in it? ”