readx;??? Chapter 42: Recovering Xiazhou (2)

"Back to Your Majesty, this Central Plains is all for survival, the grasslands of Xiazhou are becoming more and more barren, and Suzhou, China, is lush with vegetation and has been coveted by the elders of the clan for a long time, so there is this war." Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Leaning slightly, the Yulin army shouted in unison: "Those who descend will not die." Those who refuse will be killed". Shouting loudly several times, Ouyang Xuan looked at the military formation opposite, and the soldiers were obviously a little depressed. As the drums of war sounded, the two formations charged almost simultaneously, and the same cavalry faced each other, naturally in a different way than infantry combined with cavalry. The party army was only 100,000 people, and Ouyang Xuan also only sent two armies to meet the battle.

When the distance between the soldiers and horses of the two sides was still three arrows away, Ouyang Xuan noticed that the party army had changed, the distance between the columns had increased significantly, the soldiers in the back row had more ropes in their hands, and the two of them pulled a rope and followed behind the attacking cavalry, followed by soldiers holding sabers. Ouyang Xuan, who was watching the enemy's formation in the rear, urgently ordered to change the rhythm of the war drums, from a rapid three tones and one beat, to two tones and one beat, which is a kind of cavalry signal, each army has its own drum rhythm routine, and the role of war drums on the battlefield is not only to boost morale, but also to convey battle orders. Three sounds and one beat is the normal rhythm of the Yulin Army's attack, with five people cooperating, and three adjacent columns are in a group of each other; Two sounds and one beat is a double column cooperation, and the other column is responsible for obstacle clearance; Four sounds and one beat, it is a joint operation of four columns, and if there is a pause in the middle, there are other tactics. Hearing the rhythm of the drums, the cavalry of the Yulin Army quickly changed their formation, widened the distance between the columns, and the original middle column quickly withdrew the saber, took the saber from the victory hook and leaned over the horse's head, the blade stretched out in front of the horse's head, the blade was upward, the column changed from a single column to a double column, and the two wings were handed over to the combat cavalry. The Yulin Army had already begun to fire crossbow arrows when they were in the land of ordinary bows and crossbows, and the raindrops of crossbow arrows instantly flew towards the party army from different angles. With the rain of crossbow arrows, the Yulin army galloped and quickly rushed into the enemy formation, and the wrecker team cleared the ropes under the cover of the column on both sides. The soldiers on the forward line of the Yulin Army are all the best of the best who have undergone rigorous training, and the probability of escaping from them is very small.

Cavalry combat is a round system at high speed, the intersection of the enemy and me is just a battle, that is, the wrong horse, and the next opponent to fight, which has a process of recruitment, the cavalry next to it needs to make up for the gap in time, so the cavalry of the Yulin Army is a short and a long to cooperate with each other, at the end of a round, the cavalry in front will flash out a channel for the cavalry behind to fill the gap of recruitment, and then return to the original route to make up for the vacancy of the rider who came up just now. Therefore, the Yulin Army is a group of three columns, which is also founded by Ouyang Xuan based on years of practical experience in cold weapon warfare, and after the practice of the three batches of Yulin Army, it has been improved to form a perfect offensive and defensive system. Where has the party army experienced such a well-trained cavalry, it is about to collapse at the first touch, the soldiers and horses in front are still rushing to kill, and the ones behind have begun to turn their horses and flee, even the party army that has already received the enemy has thrown down their weapons and surrendered on horseback after seeing the tragic situation of the forward line.

Ouyang Xuan has absolute confidence in the third batch of Yulin Army, they are all soldiers who have been trained by themselves for more than 100 years, and they are all at a high starting point at the time of selection, and they are all good players in ten thousand. Ouyang Xuan has made a comparison, this batch of Yulin Army is much stronger than the previous two batches, and it has already surpassed the first two batches for the sake of being a prime minister, and there are more scientific madmen than the first two batches. In order to ensure the quality, Ouyang Xuan set up a talent bureau in the secret affairs department, which is responsible for finding children with potential in all aspects in the Central Plains and Huaxia, if they are directly adopted by orphans, if they have families, they will be brought under his command through recruitment and bribery, and then sent to the Kezhou base for cultivation after further observation and judgment. The number of people every year is only 1,000, especially in the war-torn Central Plains.

Ouyang Xuan has absolute confidence in the third batch of Yulin Army, they are all soldiers who have been trained by himself for more than 100 years, and they are at a high starting point at the time of selection, and they are all good players in a million. Ouyang Xuan has made a comparison, this batch of Yulin Army is much stronger than the previous two batches, and it has already surpassed the first two batches for the sake of being a prime minister, and there are more scientific madmen than the first two batches. In order to ensure the quality, Ouyang Xuan set up a talent bureau in the secret affairs department, which is responsible for finding children with potential in all aspects in the Central Plains and Huaxia, if they are directly adopted by orphans, if they have families, they will be brought under his command through recruitment and bribery, and then sent to the Kezhou base for cultivation after further observation and judgment. The number of people every year is only 1,000, especially in the war-torn Central Plains.

The whole battle ended in only two hours, with more than 80,000 of the 100,000 Dang troops surrendering, thousands fleeing, and no more than 5,000 killed. Ouyang Xuan did not embarrass these prisoners of war, but notified the Xiazhou Military Region to send troops to receive prisoners of war. Ouyang Xuan continued to march eastward, dividing the army into five routes and marching towards Xiagu City, where the Western Xia royal court was located. Ouyang Xuan followed the First Army this time and went straight to Xiagu City, along the way Ouyang Xuan carried out a political and economic offensive, distributing grain to poor herdsmen, distributing livestock, and repairing rivers. Soldiers and horses from all walks of life are almost doing the same thing, as long as they don't raise troops to resist, then selfless assistance. The speed of the march was very slow, and Ouyang Xuan's first army had not yet left Youxia County for three months, almost dredging the river, distributing grain and grass, encircling and suppressing sand bandits, killing the nobles and bullies in the mouths of the party and the people, abolishing the slavery system, rescuing slaves, and treating the sick. The country has not been broken, the people have fallen, this is the goal that Ouyang Xuan wants to achieve. Every time they took a step towards the capital, the people of Western Xia had more expectations. On the way of the marching of soldiers and horses, some took the initiative to lead the way, some took the initiative to be translators, and some took the initiative to ask to join the crusade against the king of Western Xia.

From the time he left the customs in May, the journey of five hundred miles had been half a year, and all the soldiers and horses came to Xia Gu City under the wind and snow, and Ouyang Xuan was not in a hurry to attack, so he chose to garrison. On the banks of the Yellow River, the elite of the party has been severely damaged, and along the way, there have been several successive party troops, and now there are only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the entire Xiagu City, which could have been taken down in one fell swoop.

The winters here are too cold, much colder than when the country was founded, which is extremely cold compared to later generations. This is also the second Xiaohan period recorded in Chinese history, the first time was when Ouyang Xuan moved the capital, in the late Three Kingdoms. With the development of science and technology, the cold is no longer an obstacle to the development of China, under the leadership of Ouyang Yan, ice and snow sports in China are in full swing like football, and various novel events emerge in endlessly. Because of the perfection of the space-time gate, it will not be as cold as before, resulting in frost heave and failure of the space-time gate building, and the appearance of an island, now even if the building collapses, the space-time gate is still there, coupled with the development of science and technology, the cold has become a kind of fun. That's why Ouyang Xuan had the idea of recovering Mengzhou, Xiazhou, Huazhou, Liaozhou, and Songnen Plain. The only thing missing now is an excuse to send troops, and the harassment of the border by party members may become an opportunity, and Ouyang Xuan will take advantage of this to send troops to Xiazhou.

The current Xia Gu City has moved fifty miles south from the original ruins, including the original South Lake in the city, and the soldiers including all the Yulin Army have their own ideas about how to take Xia Gu City. Ouyang Xuan was the last one to reach Xia Gu City, and on the third day of arrival, the goose feather snow was falling, and it was getting heavier and heavier. In addition to reinforcing the camp tents, the Yulin Army braved the severe cold in the camp, dug many ditches in the permafrost, and cleared the snow at any time. The party army at the head of the city of Xia Gu was also doing the same thing, piling snow on the city wall, constantly watering it, and under the action of the severe cold, the city wall was raised with ice and snow.

When the distance between the soldiers and horses of the two sides was still three arrows away, Ouyang Xuan noticed that the party army had changed, the distance between the columns was significantly widened, and the soldiers in the back row had more ropes in their hands, and the two of them pulled a rope and followed behind the attacking cavalry, followed by the soldiers holding sabers. Ouyang Xuan, who was watching the enemy's formation in the rear, urgently ordered to change the rhythm of the war drums, from a rapid three tones and one beat, to two tones and one beat, which is a kind of cavalry signal, each army has its own drum rhythm routine, and the role of war drums on the battlefield is not only to boost morale, but also to convey battle orders. Three sounds and one beat is the normal rhythm of the Yulin Army's attack, with five people cooperating, and three adjacent columns are in a group of each other; Two sounds and one beat is a double column cooperation, and the other column is responsible for obstacle clearance; Four sounds and one beat, it is a joint operation of four columns, and if there is a pause in the middle, there are other tactics. Hearing the rhythm of the drums, the cavalry of the Yulin Army quickly changed their formation, widened the distance between the columns, and the original middle column quickly withdrew the saber, took the saber from the victory hook and leaned over the horse's head, the blade stretched out in front of the horse's head, the blade was upward, the column changed from a single column to a double column, and the two wings were handed over to the combat cavalry. The Yulin Army had already begun to fire crossbow arrows when they were in the land of ordinary bows and crossbows, and the raindrops of crossbow arrows instantly flew towards the party army from different angles. With the rain of crossbow arrows, the Yulin army galloped and quickly rushed into the enemy formation, and the wrecker team cleared the ropes under the cover of the column on both sides. The soldiers on the forward line of the Yulin Army are all the best of the best who have undergone rigorous training, and the probability of escaping from them is very small.

The cold high pressure from the North Sea and the warm low pressure from the southeast have been in conflict for half a month, and the heavy snow has hardly stopped. In addition to the vigilance and garrison, the rest of the soldiers built a ski slope with the help of a hill outside the city, and every day in their spare time, they would ski on it for a while, and as the snow fell, the slope became higher and higher. Gradually higher than the camp, the Yulin soldiers would play on the snow slopes for a while every day as a routine. The party troops in the city gradually relaxed their vigilance, and looked curiously at the Huaxia army playing on the hills in the distance. "Why are they so happy! And we're going to have to endure the cold here? Soldier A said.

"They are warriors sent by the heavens to save us, and we don't see that there are still our people playing with them. I heard from the tribesmen that the Holy Emperor of China brought a lot of grain, cattle and sheep, as well as warm yurts, which were distributed to slaves and the poor. Soldier B returns.

"I don't want to fight anymore, I want to go home. My grandmother brought a message that my brother surrendered with his tribesmen in the battle by the river, was pardoned by the Holy Emperor, sent money and food home, and is now the head of the tribe." Soldier C said.

"Exactly, why don't we slide down here and surrender?" Soldier B said. The rest of the people looked at the high slopes in the distance and nodded silently.

The local wife of the Gangqiu Branch has a star sealing technique, "Thank you for your kindness, the slave family has thanked the people of Western Xia on behalf of the Holy Emperor!" After saying that, Ying Ying bowed down, and Ouyang Xuan hurriedly helped her up. They were all my subjects, but they took a detour in confusion, this was my capital, and it was cold and deserted. When the weather is warm, I will rebuild this place."

At night, nearly 100 people quietly slipped down the city on skateboards from the city, and struggled to move towards the brightly lit Yulin Army camp in the snow more than one person. When he saw that there was still a mile to go to the camp, more than a dozen Yulin soldiers emerged from the snow next to him, and the leading soldier hurriedly shouted in stiff Chinese: "We are here to surrender, we want to go home."

"Your Majesty is wise, haha, come with me, look at your hard work, there is no way to go, you have to walk on the snow." After speaking, a second lieutenant stepped forward and picked up a piece of snow that was raised for the future, and under the light of the headlamp, it was clearly a passage buried under the snow. The second lieutenant ordered them to be taken back to the camp from the snow trail and handed over to the party men who had already been there to receive the surrendered troops.

In the following days, more and more soldiers fled from the city, and whenever a Western Xia officer tried to stop the deserters, there would always be a crossbow arrow shot accurately at the head, and gradually the Western Xia generals ignored this and let the soldiers desert. The heavy snow finally stopped after more than 20 days, and the sun shone on the snow unusually dazzling. Li Qianshun, the young king of Western Xia, who was standing at the head of the city, turned around and asked, "How many soldiers are there in the city?" ”。 A general replied: "Your Majesty, there are less than 10,000 people, all of them are from the Helian tribe in the city." "Go and say to the queen mother, surrender, there are too many evils, and the sky will not let her go." "Your Majesty, may I think again?" , the general replied with a deep salute.

"If you don't want to surrender, I won't force it. Crossing the desert to the north, he searched for the Mongolian Kereh tribe and found a place of refuge. I'm afraid there is no room for it here", and jumped off the city, and below was the hard ice outside the city gate.

Ouyang Xuan really saw this scene through the telescope, and had an inexplicable good impression of this young emperor, originally wanted to hand over Xiazhou to him to take care of, but he never thought of jumping off the city to commit suicide, and it was the only place where there was no snow, "Send someone to collect the corpse of the king of Western Xia, and collect it", "No! ", replied to the messenger guard beside him.

The most local science and technology technology ball Kesun Ku was the most lonely and slightly leaning, and the Yulin army shouted in unison: "Those who descend will not die." Those who refuse will be killed". Shouting loudly several times, Ouyang Xuan looked at the military formation opposite, and the soldiers were obviously a little depressed. As the drums of war sounded, the two formations charged almost simultaneously, and the same cavalry faced each other, naturally in a different way than infantry combined with cavalry. The party army was only 100,000 people, and Ouyang Xuan also only sent two armies to meet the battle.

With the suicide of the Western Xia Emperor, the entire Xiagu City was boiling for a day, and on the second day, Li Qianshun's empress Liao Cheng'an, Princess Yelu Nanxian, led the civil and military officials out of the southern city gate, knelt in front of the gate and asked to surrender.

Ouyang Xuan only brought ten guards and the current governor of the Yulin Army, Ou Xinming, the commander of the First Army, Shang Yi, the commander of the Second Army, Song Chen, the commander of the Third Army, Cai Xin, the commander of the Fourth Army, and the commander of the Fifth Army, Ling Huxun, went to the south gate to accept the surrender, looking at the surrender book, Ouyang Xuan nodded, helped Yelu Nanxian, and said: "I promise you, as long as the Liao State does not do anything that hurts the heavens and reason, I will definitely send troops to help." Sooner or later, the Jurchens will let their people be wiped out, and as for the other tribes who are unwilling to surrender, I will allow them to choose to stay after the beginning of spring."

"Thank Your Majesty the Holy Emperor for your kindness, the slave family has thanked the people of Western Xia on behalf of you!" After speaking, Ying Ying bowed, and Ouyang Xuan hurriedly helped her up. "They were all my subjects, but they took a detour in confusion, this was my capital, and it was deserted in the bitter cold. When the weather is warm, I will rebuild this place."

After Ouyang Xuan pacified the Western Xia officials, he ordered the Duke to transport the surplus grain to the city and distribute it to the people. At the same time, Western Xia officials and those who committed the most heinous crimes were screened, and a series of new policies were implemented. At the same time, Ouyang Yan was notified to send officials and troops to take over Xiazhou. In May 1108, when the spring flowers were blooming, Chinese grain, grass, officials, cattle and sheep were continuously transported from the west bank of the Yellow River to Xiazhou. In accordance with the requirements of the interim governor of Xiazhou, Gong Liangde, non-skilled workers preferred party members, and generous wages made party members rush to them, and their enthusiasm was extremely high. For a time, the whole Xiazhou became a large construction site, on the basis of the original, combined with the architectural style of the party members, the town was rebuilt, and the county was demarcated. In the summer of this year, Li Qianshun's eldest son was born in Xia Valley, and Ouyang Xuan personally gave him the name: Li Renai, Ouyang Xuan once again funded the establishment of a complete educational institution in Xiazhou, teaching Chinese according to the principle of voluntariness and teaching Dangxiang language at the same time. After these years, Ouyang Xuan also rethought his ethnic policy, in Huaxia Ouyang Xuan used high-pressure policies to make many ethnic groups die out, so that the primitive tribes in the mountains and jungles went out of their homes to receive Chinese education, and some ethnic groups were resolutely opposed, and finally gradually died out. There are no primitive tribes in China now, especially Dongtian Island (now Papua New Guinea Island), where there are many tribes, and Ouyang Xuan once took the overall migration of some too primitive tribes to South America and African rainforest areas, because these tribes are obviously at a low level of intelligence. In addition to the Hutu, Serb, Indian, Wusun and the dying Australian indigenous brown people, other ethnic minorities have long since disappeared, and now these minorities are also at risk of extinction, especially the Indian and Wusun peoples, and there are only a few villages and towns left that still retain their original customs and languages.

Ouyang Xuan returned to Kyoto in 1110, and after consulting with Ouyang Yan and the cabinet, he drafted a "Nationality Bill", which was issued by the Senate for national discussion, and then finalized by the Senate and implemented after approval by the House of Representatives.

Ouyang Xuan nodded and ordered: "Order all the armies, with a shout: "Those who surrender will not die." "No!".

After dealing with these things, Ouyang Xuan did not return to Kezhou, but handed over the Kezhou base and Yulin Army to Wang Dai, Feng Lang, Bai Ting, Hu Min and others, and only brought the old white wolf and Fenghuang to disappear in Huaxia again, for Ouyang Xuan's approach Ouyang Yan and the whole country are very understanding, and their behavior will naturally be much more restrained, because they believe that the long sword hangs over Huaxia all the time.