Ma Tao is a native of Meizhou, and Su Shi is a fellow countryman, but he does not have Su Shi's good life, not long after he was born, his father died, and he was raised by his mother.

Before the age of 13, he did not wear new clothes and barely had enough to eat.

Like many ordinary children, he learned early to go up to the trees to dig birds' eggs, go down to the river to fish, and if he was lucky, catch a big fish, he could fill his stomach.

In fact, this kind of luck is not a few times a year, if there is anything different about him, it is that his mother often tells him, saying that their Ma family ancestors are nobles and very glorious, but they have declined later.

Ma Tao asked who his ancestor was, but his mother always didn't say.

Later, he occasionally heard Mr. Storyteller talk about Ma Chao and mentioned Ma Yuan, the general of Fubo, and he was good at making claims, saying that he was a descendant of the Ma family, but he was too miserable after the general......

The change in his life occurred when he was fourteen years old.

There was a problem with Yizhou's Jiaozi affairs, and in those months, my mother suddenly aged more than ten years old, and she counted her fingers every day to fill her stomach.

A pair of silver bracelets that my father had left for my mother were also sold, and the family's three adobe houses were sold.

Ma Tao didn't know how he came over.

Later, the Jiaozi turmoil subsided, and many businessmen came out to take the lead in building a silk workshop, and my mother's craftsmanship was good, and after a year, she actually became a steward, responsible for more than a dozen weavers.

The income has also risen, in fact, his mother wants him to study, but Ma Tao has long passed the age of enlightenment.

Later, the military system was rectified, the box army was abolished, and the treatment of the regular soldiers was not bad...... Ma Tao decided to join the army.

He still remembers that on the night he was about to leave home, his mother cried bitterly, and she told Ma Tao that the ancestors of the Ma family were not big and wealthy at all.

Ma Tao's grandfather once followed Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun to revolt, and later absconded everywhere, wandering, his father died early, and someone also turned out old accounts, saying that their family was a thief and wanted to rob their real estate, but it turned out to be a troublemaker, and his father was beaten and died early.

"Son, don't die for the court! The court and our family are enemies! ”

Ma Tao was stunned for a long time, "Mother, what about Wang Xianggong, Zhang Xianggong, and Su Fuzun?" Are they enemies too? ”

The woman was dumbfounded.

"Mother, the child thinks that if he wants to avenge his father, he must serve the court well, in case the child becomes a general one day, he can re-investigate the old case, and my father's grievances can be revealed!"

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Ma Tao was thrown into the army with a heart like a coal, and after rigorous training, they went north and became the main force attacking Western Xia.

The Battle of Niuling was the first time Ma Tao participated in an official battle, and it was also the first time he faced the most brutal killing!

Countless Sichuan troops fought along the hillside, struggling upward.

From the castle above, the Tanguts constantly threw stones and rolling logs.

The soldier was smashed in the head, his leg was broken, the corpse was covered with the mountain road, and Ma Tao vomited, vomiting in a loud voice...... But none of this worked, and the battle continued.

Finally, 200 bed crossbows were transferred, and the crossbow arrows kept shooting towards the castle, and the sound of explosions was endless, and the Western Xia soldiers at the head of the city couldn't even lift their heads.

They charged again, Ma Tao also followed, running wildly, he felt that the esophagus was like a fire, he rushed to the bottom of the city, the other soldiers erected a ladder, Ma Tao almost didn't think about it, he climbed the ladder, and rushed to the top of the city in a few steps.

Only later did Ma Tao know that he was the first to enter the city.

Because of his first achievement, he was promoted to the third class and became a capital leader, which was one step closer to his dream of becoming a general. It's just that in the middle of the battle, he can't think about it anymore.

Hurry up and wave the Mo knife in his hand, this is Ma Tao's favorite weapon, the fierce long knife can easily split the enemy's armor, and only the strong Song army can equip it.

Relying on the Mo knife in his hand, Ma Tao killed three Western Xia soldiers.

The follow-up people and horses flocked to him, Ma Tao felt as if he was being coerced, constantly impacting, constantly killing, and his body was obviously at the limit, but he could always wave the knife in his hand and keep fighting...... It was a very strange feeling, and he didn't know how many people he had killed, and the result was that after the war he lay in bed and rested for three days before he could move.

In these three days, Wang Ningan has rushed from Qinzhou to Kill Niuling.

And with the people and horses, they entered Tongxin Village.

Wang Ningan used this place as a forward command post.

He mobilized 30,000 Sichuan troops, plus the iron cavalry of Liang Dagang and Li Wujian, divided into two roads, and swept away the Western Xia soldiers on the front line of Hengshan. Any defensive line, as long as it is overcome a little, will be followed by a total collapse, and the Yokoyama defense line is no exception.

When the banner of the Song army fluttered in the castles on the hills, the tribes of the original Hengshan fought back, expelled the Western Xia soldiers, and competed to hang the banner of the Great Song Dynasty.

Li Congjian and his brothers went around inciting the people to revolt.

Wang Ning'an took advantage of the situation to raise the banner of tax exemption for three years, this promise was like timely rain, and many people could not bear the heavy taxes for a long time, and when they heard the news, they surrendered almost immediately.

In less than half a month, Wang Ning'an occupied a huge area of 500 miles wide and 100 miles deep.

What makes Fourth Young Master Wang care most is not how many people and horses there are in the city, but the word Jingsai!

You must know that the official name of the Wang Family Iron Cavalry is the Jingsai Army.

The little Xixia, also worthy of being called the Jingsai Military Division, is it trying to find a bad time with us?

Let's see who is the real Jingsai Army!

Wang Ningze concentrated 500 bed crossbows, and bombarded them fiercely day and night.

The bricks on the walls were shattered, and the sand was exposed. The defenders on the city tower were changed three times, and after the firepower was fully prepared, Wang Ningze ordered the Sichuan army to attack the city.

They first organized a blast to blow a hole in the wall, and then the army went inside.

The Sichuan soldiers swarmed into the city and were met by the mountain babazi.

Both sides were red-eyed and immediately slaughtered.

The Sichuan soldiers skillfully use spears to block the opponent's weapons, and they cooperate tacitly, usually three or five people join forces, which is extraordinarily powerful.

But that's the case, the losses of the Sichuan soldiers are actually more than the mountain babas!

The strong soldiers of Western Xia are really extraordinary!

But that's the end of their ferocity.

With the opening of the city gate, more Sichuan soldiers entered, and Wang Ningze's iron cavalry also entered, and after more than half a day of fighting, the Jingsai Military Division completely fell, becoming the first important city taken by the Great Song Dynasty!

This news shook the entire front, and it seemed clear to everyone that the rout of Western Xia was irreversible.

"You can't always let Wang Jiajun specialize in beauty! We can't be left behind either! ”

For three days and nights, the soldiers conquered Longzhou.

After paying the price of 3,000 people, Chong Yu took Hongzhou.

Their two armies were like iron pincers, rushing towards the Jianing Military Division, which was also the most important place to garrison troops in Western Xia on the entire Hengshan line.

In order to protect the safety of the Jianing Military Division, Liang Yihui personally led 50,000 horses to snipe the Song army.

The battle between the two sides was fierce from the start.

The Song army went forward one after another, attacking the city regardless of the cost, and Liang Yibury gathered all the people in the city and resisted frantically, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.

However, as Di Qing led the army to cross Hengshan and break through the Jianing Military Division, it was a matter of time before he broke through.

From the west to the Rouwolf Mountain to the Niuxin Pavilion.

The entire Hengshan line has been broken through.

As the first step in the entire battle plan, it can be said that the victory was completed.

For this line, the Song army fought for a total of several months, and Di Qing and Wang Ningan both put a lot of effort into it, and the breakthrough was smooth, which was more like a matter of course, naturally.

And just for this line, the Great Song Dynasty has lost 60,000 horses, spent tens of millions of military spending, and countless grains and grasses.

It was only after the real fight that Wang Ningan was pleasantly surprised to find that they did not lose money, on the contrary, they were still very profitable.

There were almost 300,000 people in Hengshan, and they also captured nearly 40,000 Western Xia soldiers, and at the same time, south of the Yellow River, a large area of land, or farmland, or pasture, was a very good choice.

As many as 500,000 cattle, sheep and horses were seized.

As long as this land is managed well, at least 3 million sheep can be raised, and within 5 years of wool alone, military expenses can be paid, and all the future will be net profits, and there is such a large piece of land, money cannot buy it.

Wang Ningan has always felt that the people of the Great Song Dynasty are the ones who are the best at cultivating the fields and using the land, and handing over the good land to the Western Xia, or the Khitan, is simply burning the qin and cooking the crane, which is a waste of things!

So it's better to return things to their original owners!

When counting all the results, Wang Ningan also found some problems.

It turned out that all the party tribes on the front line of Hengshan were taken away, and the best war horses and bullocks were taken away one after another three months ago.

There are a lot of people and horses on the entire Hengshan line, but there are only a few thousand people in the mountains with combat effectiveness, and the 100,000 captive army is gone.

The battle was much easier than expected, but it was not good news that the main force of Western Xia was not destroyed.

Wang Ningan felt that he was not a genius of war, so he did not dare to be careless in the face of victory, on the contrary, he had to be 10,000 careful.

He continued to mobilize men and horses, consolidate his territory, and moved the attached tribes to the northwest and other places to settle, and at the same time he scattered men and horses, and discussed with Di Qing the plan for the next march.

Di Qing and Wang Ning'an have the same concerns, Li Liangzuo may have known that Hengshan could not be defended, they chose to concentrate their forces and lure the enemy deeper, at this juncture, they must be cautious!

It's just that Wang Ning'an and Di Qing have ignored it, the Great Song Dynasty has been suppressed for too long, Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan, the lessons of the fiasco are vivid, and it is simply the nightmare of many famous ministers!

Won the war, broke through Hengshan, expanded the land for hundreds of miles, captured tens of thousands of people, captured so many cattle and sheep, and occupied such a large piece of land, as long as it was a blow, maybe Western Xia would be wiped out.

Glad!

In addition to being happy, or happy!

Even Jia Changchao, who had been in the rear, was a little dizzy, and the old guy didn't ask Wang Ning'an and Di Qing, so he made his own opinion, waved his pen, and wrote a sprinkled recital.

Up and down the capital, suddenly fell into a boil, our Uncle Zhao, for the first time, announced the suspension of the dynasty for three days, the whole world celebrated, and he also ran to the Taimiao to report the good news to the ancestors!

This victory is really a bit big for Da Song!