Chapter 569: Bringing the army back to China

On the 10th day of the ninth month, after meeting with Ma Kuan for two days, Wang Shu finally made a decision to withdraw from the army

He went south this time to attack Jintuyan, but Xu Wei was already under the city when the Xia army entered Yan'an. Niu Wen ~ Net [--] Free Text Update! At this time, if the Xia army attacked the Jin army again, it would be to offend the Song and Jin countries, and it was not their wish to attack the Song army, so they hesitated. Ma Kuo's envoy gave Xia Jun a step, Wang Shu weighed it again and again, yes, let you go and fight, we still don't have this troubled water.

Ma Kuo was released on the 10th day of the first lunar month, and Wang Shu asked him to convey to Xu Wei that our retreat was for the sake of the two Xu Xuanfu Divisions of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and I hope you will not forget this section. Ma Kuo agreed, but did not leave immediately, he had to see Xia Jun leave with his own eyes to be relieved.

11. The summer troops of each battalion pulled out the military village, packed up their bags, and began to retreat north. Only then did Ma Zichong let go of his heart and prepared to leave for the army.

"Recruit the minister." At the door of the tent, the soldiers in charge of guarding saluted Li Shifu, who was walking quickly. This time, the Xia army sent troops, and the Xia lord Li Renxiao awarded Wang Shu the two as the main and deputy envoys of Shaanxi, and awarded Li Shifu to Yan'an to recruit envoys to serve as vanguards.

Li Shifu nodded, lifted the curtain and entered, and saw that Ma Kuo had already packed his bags and was about to go out, so he said, "Shifu was ordered to come and see him off." ”

Ma Kuo smiled and said, "There is labor." But when I thought about the other party's intention to return to China, I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Now that the Xia army is willing to retreat, this will be beneficial to the current situation and even the relationship between Song and Xia. But if at this time, Li Shifu returns from Xia, it will obviously cast a shadow on the relationship between Song and Xia.

After thinking about it again and again, he asked: "Li Zhaofu, the army has withdrawn this summer, what are your plans?" ”

Li Shifu did not hide his urgency, and said loudly: "Since I led my troops back to the country, I served under Xu Xuanfu, recovered the whole of Shaanxi, and took revenge with snow."

Ma Kuo's face was embarrassed, he knew that Li Shifu was indeed not easy, but he had to take the overall situation into account. But because people are seeking to return to their homeland, their families are killed, and they have come to this day with all kinds of difficulties, how can you say that you are letting people return to Western Xia now?

At the moment, he was silent, and ordered his entourage to bring his suits, go out of the tent and lead the horses, and prepare to set off. Li Shifu has been with him all the time, sent outside the camp gate. Before getting on the horse, Ma Zichong finally made up his mind and persuaded: "The public has a heart of loyalty and righteousness, and Ma can understand the return of thoughts." It's just that the current situation is like this, if you turn your back on the summer, I am afraid that the overall situation will be harmed, and I hope to endure the humiliation and dirt, and then deal with it later, how about it? ”

When Li Shifu heard this, he couldn't help but think that although I am a member of the party, our family from the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, and then to the current dynasty, all of them have been the inspection envoys of the nine Suwei clans, and the hereditary rank of Lu for 200 years, and the great favor of the country, where is my hometown? Which is my homeland? In order to return, I was killed and defected to the party's own family with 26 horses, and I went through a lot of hardships to have today's opportunity

Now, Xu Xuan raised the army of tigers and wolves to recover Shaanxi, it is when I am loyal to the country and revenge the blood sea, how is it possible that you still let me go back to Western Xia

After all, you Ma Kuo is just a messenger, I can't tell you that I will see Hu Shuai in the future, and I will have my own conclusion

At the moment, Li Shifu was full of resentment and inconvenience, so he only hugged his fists and saluted, and said in a deep voice: "Senator Ma has a good way, and Shifu will not be far away." After speaking, he turned around and left.

Seeing this situation, Ma Kuo sighed in his heart, I am afraid that the other party will not listen to my advice and will take action soon. Let's go quickly, don't let people think that I am colluding with Li Shifu, pull him to turn against the water so far, and without hesitation, he led his entourage to beat the horse and gallop away

Besides, this Li Shifu returned to the tent, and his heart was uneasy. Thinking that if you return to Western Xia from Ma Kuo's words, there will be no chance of returning, and how can you get revenge? When will I repay the favor of the country? So he made up his mind and summoned Cui Gao into the account.

Cui Gao was originally a Han Chinese, and when he was in turmoil in the summer realm for a long time from the blue-faced Yaksha, Li Shifu quelled the rebellion, Cui Gao obeyed his bravery, followed his subordinates and listened to it, and Shifu treated him very well.

That Cui Gao entered the tent, hugged his fists and said: "What are the instructions to appease the prime minister?" ”

Li Shifu did not hide it, and said bluntly: "Now that Xu Xuanfu in Shaanxi Province has exhausted his army to recover his homeland, it is the time for me to serve and I want to lead my troops back to China, are you willing to accompany you?" ”

When Cui Gao heard this, he was silent for a while, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Since Xianggong has not forgotten his homeland and returned with loyalty, the last general is a Han Chinese, why don't you go?" ”

"So it's best to go to Xu Xuanfu's command and ask for the rank of Lu for you," Li Shifu promised.

Cui Gao thanked him, and then listened to the minister's words: "Go here, only take the old department of the Pingqingmian Yaksha, and the rest will not be taken, you go to make arrangements." Cui Gao took the order and left.

At that moment, he also packed his bags, remained silent, and retreated north with the main force of the Xia army. The party and the army came here to seize Yanyan, and the soldiers thought that they would enter the Song realm and plunder it as before, and the whole was full of money. I don't know that as soon as I entered Yan'an, but after staying for a long time and getting nothing, I rolled up the flag and returned. So the top and bottom were boring, drooping their heads and returning home.

On the second day, he had left Yan'an and traveled to Baiyu Pass. Li Shifu took the initiative to let the main force pass first, and Wang Shu did not suspect that he had him, and led the army across the mountain pass into the summer realm.

When Li Shifu fled to Western Xia, he stopped 26 cavalry cronies, and later quelled the rebellion of the "Qingmian Yaksha" and captured his subordinates. The bandit had a pro-army, men in iron armor, riding good horses on meandering rivers, and the soldiers were good at spears and machetes, and were good at bows and crossbows. Xia Jun made several expeditions, but they all failed, and even the "Iron Harrier" also suffered a big loss in his hands. Li Renxiao, the lord of Xia, warned Li Shifu before he sent troops, saying that "this thief is not easy to take lightly, and there is no one in the country who has a system", which shows the strength of his combat power.

This time, the Xia army went south, and the army under the command of Li Shifu, in addition to the troops allocated by the Xia lord, he also took this elite cavalry. The number of people is not large, only more than 1,200 riders. Cui Gao and others had already been ordered by General Li Shifu to order the officers of the army commanders at all levels to secretly prepare to surrender to the Song Dynasty with Li Zhaofu. These people were originally "traitors" who rebelled against Western Xia, but after being defeated by Li Shifu, they followed him again, and naturally there was no obstacle to defecting to the Song Dynasty, just waiting for the military order.

"Recruit the prime minister, the army has crossed the mountain pass, we can do something." Cui Gao hit his horse to Li Shifu and whispered.

Li Shifu put his hand on the pergola and looked out, and saw that the main force of the Xia army was gradually disappearing in Bai Yushan, so he resolutely ordered: "Go", turned the horse's head, and slapped the horse with a knife and galloped

The more than a thousand thugs let out a sharp howl and followed after him. For a time, the dust rose and the horse's hooves went south

The abnormal behavior of the troops behind the palace was quickly noticed by Xia Jun and quickly reported to Wang Shu. Wang Shu and Yi Yan were both shocked, and the former judged that Shi Fu would be furious for Song Yi to go, and he would raise 3,000 elite "Iron Harriers" and catch up with Wang Shu

However, it was said that Li Shifu was like an arrow, and more than a thousand iron horsemen galloped wildly, rolling up smoke and dust, and rolling south. Thinking that he would return to his homeland in the near future, and seeing Xu Wei, the leader of the Western Army, and serving under his command, attacking gold to take revenge, Li Shifu couldn't help but be fascinated

It's just that the more than 1,200 soldiers behind him didn't think so much, Li Zhaofu defeated us, let's naturally follow him now, whoever gives food and silver in the future, we will work for whomever we want, it's as simple as that

After running for a while, he had gone dozens of miles, and when Li Shifu was excited, the soldiers behind him shouted: "Chasing soldiers come to chase soldiers"

Li Shifu was startled, looked back, and saw that the smoke and dust had not fallen, a cavalry galloped forward, he knew that this must be Wang Shu up the "iron harrier" to chase, but not afraid, looked around, only to see the bend of the post road ahead, the terrain is elevated, there is a tendency to overlook, so he ordered all the troops to be distributed on the slope, he himself held a double knife, and the horizontal knife immediately waited.

After a while, the iron hooves shook, and the pursuers arrived. Seeing that Li Shifu was waiting according to the favorable terrain, he did not dare to attack rashly, and after stopping the troops, he waited and watched for the time being.

"Wang Shumi, Li Shifu is condescending, has the tendency to swoop, and is eager to try" is an expert, and he can see the clues at a glance.

Wang Shu's face was dark, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "Don't move, I'll ride alone to meet him." "I don't want this official, but I have such courage.

"Privy Secret, Li Shifu is against the water and votes for Song, you have to be careful of harm." Shift the way of the block.

Wang Shu shook his head: "Li Shifu is a member of the party, and Daxia is kind to him, how can he harm him?" So he did not listen to the persuasion, and rode alone.

At the bottom of the slope, Cui Gao next to Li Shifu took an iron crossbow and wanted to shoot, but he stopped him.

Wang Shu faced the cavalry lined up on the slope, his face did not change, and he called loudly: "Shifu, you are poor to vote, my lord has mercy on you, first allocated troops to you for meritorious service, and now borrows troops to let you take revenge, how can you turn your face without grace and turn your back on Nantou?" How can you behave like this with the word loyalty? ”

After Li Shifu heard this, he didn't move his face, and replied loudly: "In the past year, I came to vote with a deep hatred of blood and a sea of blood, and the Xia lord was benevolent and took in the country, how dare Shifu forget it?" ”

"If you don't forget the old kindness, why do you turn against the water?" Wang Shu shouted.

"I have a word, and the privy counsel listens. The Xia lord has the grace of taking me in, but I have already reported it by leading my troops to quell the chaos. My family has been deeply favored by the country for generations, and in the world of life, when loyalty is the foundation of life, how can I not think of retribution? Now that the Western Army raised troops to return to Shaanxi, it was when I was ashamed to repay the country, and I wanted to say goodbye to the privy minister, but I was afraid of complications, so I did not ask the privy minister to report back to King Xia, saying that Li Shifu would go."

After hearing this, Wang Shu knew that his heart to return to the country was as strong as iron and stone, and it was difficult to shake it, so he said: "Everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't be forced, you are originally a Song minister, and if you want to return to Song, I won't stop you but you need to leave soldiers and horses."

When Li Shifu saw him say this, he didn't answer, and asked in a loud voice: "Listen to the army, you and others who wish to return to the summer, but I will never put a dark arrow behind my back when I gallop downhill."

None of the more than 1,000 soldiers answered, and Li Shifu asked three times, but no one was willing to go. Only then did Li Shifu say: "Can the privy council see clearly? ”

Wang Shu was speechless, let him go, he was unwilling; Let's fight with him, Li Shifu is good at using soldiers and is used to the battlefield, and the cavalry under his command is a fierce man who is not afraid of death, but how can this be a good life?

After thinking about it, I don't feel annoyed that I am so old this time? Which one is a dilemma

At this time, he came over and said in a deep voice: "Wang Shumi, Hugh and his nonsense are based on the geographical advantage, and I will also fight with him, how can I let him return to the Song Dynasty?" ”

Wang Shu shook his head: "Li Shifu is not easy to be with him, it's just that, let him go." ”

"This ......" was stunned.

"Xu Wei tried his best to repair the relationship with our dynasty, Li Shifu's matter, when the war is over, he will naturally give us an explanation" Wang Gou said, that is, he shouted on the slope, "Shifu is good for himself"

Shifting his eyes to the slope, he had no choice but to return north with Wang Shu. Li Shifu waited for him to finish before leading the army south. In less than half a day, after Pingrong, the more Zhao Anyi, no one dared to stop the Jin army guards. When he reached the northeast of Yan'an Fucheng, he encountered more than 100 Jin army rangers, Li Shifu swung his double sword and galloped to attack it, but the Jin army could not stop it and fled in defeat.

September 13, Yanchang County.

Ma Kuang returned from the envoy, Gu Yan said that the Xia army had retreated, the general was overjoyed, and the Western army finally had no scruples. Xu Wei sent people to Ganquan to order the Jingyuan army, agreed to attack Yan'an on September 15 and reported that there was Li Shifu, Xu Wei heard what happened to him, and he couldn't help but feel sorry and moved, but the war was imminent, so he didn't take it to heart.

During this period, benefiting from the smooth passage of roads in Danzhou, not only the military rations were delivered, but also the heavy equipment was delivered. In this way, the Jin army's plan to delay the Song army's offensive with the help of the camp post may be in vain.

On this day, all the troops were actively preparing, and Xu Wei, who was in Yanchang City, was not idle, he was working out detailed tactics with the generals.

"Don't care about anything else, all kinds of artillery carts push up and bombard him with a burst of bombardment, no matter how strong his camp is, how can it be able to resist stone bullets? After the artillery attack, the infantry pressed up, the bow and crossbow extended behind, and broke through his camp in one fell swoop" Zhang Xian was quite a bit of a dancing posture. These days, the soldiers are choking enough. was originally angry like a tiger, where did he kill a party member, and he stirred up a scene in vain

"What do you do with stone bullets? The Jin army was strong, and with its back to the city, it was difficult for stone bullets to break its morale quickly. Mo Ruo used earth-shaking thunder to bombard him for only one hour, and the enemy camp was in chaos," Yang Yan refuted.

When Zhang Xian heard this, he smiled and said: "It's easy for the big handsome to say, a sky-shaking thunder is worth more than a hundred stone bullets, and if you bang for an hour, how much does it cost to smash it out?" ”

"It doesn't cost money to fight, there is such a good thing? If you bombard with stone bullets, it will be protracted, and the enemy will counterattack again, and it will only increase casualties, so it is better to use earth-shaking thunder to be refreshing."

"The newly built 'Weiyuan Cannon' no longer needs many soldiers to pull the tip, and the range is longer, the bomb load is larger, the Jin army may be difficult to counter such a camp like the Jin army, just bombard him for half a day, either retreat into the city, or come out to face the battle, there are only two ways to go"

Weiyuan cannon, is a new type of stone throwing machine of the Western Army, because it is produced in the Weiyuan Village under the jurisdiction of the Shaanxi Capital Institute in Gongzhou.

"If you pull out the camp outside the city, you have to face the siege of the city, so it's better to decide, or use fire bombs. It is very unlikely that the Jin army will retreat into the city, after all, there are so many troops, once they enter the city, they will almost completely fall into passivity, and Han Chang should not do anything. Wu Jue said, looked at Xu Wei after speaking, and saw that Xuanfu had no objection.