When Liu Zhongwu led Han Shizhong and four fierce generals to lead 7,000 soldiers and horses to break through the blockade of the Western Xia people and wanted to flank the Western Xia army before and after, he saw the Western Xia soldiers and horses rushing towards him, and a loud noise sounded from time to time behind him.

Although Liu Zhongwu didn't know what made a loud noise, he also knew that it must have been made by the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang, otherwise the soldiers and horses of the Western Xia would not have fled so quickly, so he did not hesitate and blocked it with the army.

"Abandon the weapon and don't kill"

"Abandon the weapon and don't kill"

When the neat shouts came from behind, the Western Xia soldiers and horses who couldn't escape lost their weapons and surrendered, and no one dared to resist the black-clothed soldiers who surrounded them.

When Chao Yong chased to the foot of the Zhenrong army, he reined in his horse, and the army then stopped the momentum of pursuit.

Liu Zhongwu's two sons, who were staying in the city, saw the prince in golden armor arriving in the city, and hurriedly opened the city to greet him.

When the group entered the mansion, when the planter saw the four sons behind Liu Zhongwu, he sighed: "Are they all here?" ”

Liu Zhongwu nodded a little sadly and proudly: "Resisting the Western Xia soldiers and horses, they are not dead in vain." ”

Seed Master Dao explained to Chao Yong: "General Liu has nine sons, all of whom have come to the Zhenrong army, and now there are only four left. ”

"On behalf of the people of the northwest, I thank General Liu for fighting against Western Xia."

Chao Yong stood up when he heard this, and made a long gesture, this kind of person who goes into battle with his family is worthy of respect no matter what.

Liu Zhongwu hurriedly returned the salute and said: "The last general is just doing his duty as a courtier, and he can't afford to be a prince gift." ”

Chao Yong got up and said with a solemn face: "General Liu has made great contributions to the people of the northwest, and I will crown you as Zhenrongbo on behalf of the emperor." ”

The titles of the duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male of the Great Liang are downgraded from generation to generation, there is no fief, and they can receive Yulu from the court every year, and there are some nobles' honor guards that can be used, and the people have to make way when they see it. In short, it is possible to put the aristocratic score, and the people must also show a certain amount of respect, but there is no privilege.

This is also Chao Yong's acquisition, there are too many messy official names in the Northern Song Dynasty, so he is retro.

The old breed has the merit of the northwest, and he has been crowned the northwest duke, and Ren has dedicated the Yongxing army to the Yongxing Marquis.

Liu Zhongwu heard that Chao Yong gave him a knighthood, and hurriedly led the four sons behind him to kneel on the ground, and said, "Thank you for the emperor's grace, and thank the prince for your appreciation." ”

"The beams don't kneel, they all get up."

Chao Yong asked the names of Liu Zhongwu's four sons one by one, and when he asked Liu Qi, he said with a smile: "When did you come back from Tokyo, I also wanted to take you with me to reinforce the northwest, but I found that you were gone." ”

It turned out that Liu Zhongwu had some relationship with Gao Yu, and when Gao Yu came to the northwest to mix military skills, he was under Liu Zhongwu. Therefore, the two had some incense love, and Liu Qi was also made by Gao Yu to go to Tokyo to be the pavilion.

Liu Zhongwu knew that Liang Shan had publicly executed Gao Yu, and he had some dealings with Gao Yu, so he was inevitably a little worried. The two of them just take what they need, Gao Yu needs to have some influence in the army, and Liu Zhongwu needs someone in the court to speak for him. No one is invincible, and if he is convicted because of a single defeat, there will be no generals in the army, so everyone will befriend one or two ministers in the court. Of course, it is one or two, if there are too many friends, I am afraid that if you don't have to be defeated, you will also be convicted, and it is taboo for the border generals to have personal relations with the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Dynasties.

After Chao Yong occupied Tokyo, he didn't know Liu Qi, and after returning from the northwest, the officials found out that Liu Qi was the son of Liu Zhongwu, a general of the Western Army.

When Chao Yong sent someone to invite, he found that Liu Qi was gone.

Liu Qi said embarrassedly: "The last general is worried about the northwest, and after the blockade of Tokyo City is lifted, the last general will come back." ”

After the lockdown was lifted in Tokyo, officials were still allowed to listen to orders in Tokyo, but no one was sent to supervise the officials, so many people ran away. However, officials with a bad reputation in Tokyo were arrested early.

Chao Yong patted Liu Qi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Tiger father has no dogs, strive to surpass your father." ”

Liu Zhongwu saw that the prince did not hold Liu Qi responsible, and the last trace of worry in his heart was gone.

Turning his head, he saw Yang Zhi talking to a man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist next to him, and said with a smile: "Who is this general?" ”

"The last general, Yang Keshi."

Chao Yong smiled: "Yang family general? ”

Yang Zhi nodded and said, "Brother of the last general, the martial arts are still above the last general." ”

"Okay, in the past, it was said that the Yang family would be powerful in the world, and the two of you would reinvigorate the prestige of the Yang family together."

Han Shizhong saw the prince looking over, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "The last general, Han Shizhong." ”

Han Shizhong, a famous anti-gold general, is a figure of the same level as Yue Fei, and Chao Yong naturally will not know it.

When he heard that the burly man in front of him was Han Shizhong, Chao Yong confirmed: "My wife's name is Liang Hongyu? ”

Han Shizhong was puzzled: "The insider Bai Clan." ”

Could it be that he hasn't married Liang Hongyu yet?

Chao Yong said unrelentingly: "You caught Fang La? ”

Han Shizhong nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "That's you, do it well, I'm optimistic about you." ”

Although he did not get the title, but he was praised by the prince, Han Shizhong was also very happy, and hurriedly said that he swore to serve the country.

Wu Song listened to the prince's inexplicable question, and asked, "Could it be that General Han is also the person of the prince's dream?" ”

Chao Yong was ready to continue his foolish plan, and nodded: "The people in Tiangang will definitely be able to make contributions on the battlefield. ”

Although there was gunpowder and thunder, before the advent of guns, cold weapon combat was still the mainstream.

If the god thunder is used too much, the fan people will also get used to it.

If you run into those religious madmen, I'm afraid you will be even more fearless of death. Take the god thunder to attack the army with the Koran in one hand and the sword in the other, and someone will definitely call him an evil god, and then a bunch of madmen will howl to kill the evil god.

At this time, it is still the elite soldiers who are reliable.

The seed master Dao was puzzled: "What Tiangang? ”

Wu Song said with a smile: "The Nine Heavens Xuannu often entrusts dreams to the prince, and the prince has thirty-six Tiangang and seventy-two earth guards to escort him, and the prince will know the names and things of some people in his dreams." ”

Hearing this, the planter said with a smile: "I see. ”

Chao Yong looked at the subtle smile of the seed master, and knew that the seed master didn't believe it, and he didn't say more.

Han Shizhong also felt that it was not credible, but being able to get on the prince's ship would be beneficial to him, and he was not qualified to doubt it. He didn't expect to get rich by relying on the prince's promotion, but with the prince's brilliance, at least no one dared to swallow his military exploits.

He has been in the Western Army for more than ten years, and the lesson he has learned is that you must have a strong superior, so that your credit will not become someone else's. The crown prince is undoubtedly the most powerful Shangguan of Daliang.

Although the Zhenrong army was besieged for more than 20 days, there was no shortage of grain and grass in the city. The planter Dao collected a lot, and the Liang also transported a lot of grain and grass, that is, the soldiers and horses of the Western Xia Dynasty surrounded it for another month, and the city would not run out of grain.

Soon, there were several tables of sumptuous wine and food in the hall.

Chao Yong saw that there was wine, shook his head and said, "Pick up the best food and give it to the soldiers, but you are not allowed to drink." In the afternoon, we will open and spend the night in Sanchuan Village. ”

This battle was only an hour from the battle to the end of the pursuit, and there was still an hour before noon.

Everyone had a full meal, and the results of the battle were reported, more than 15,000 Xixia people were captured, more than 10,000 people were killed, and the shattered bones of the divine thunder explosion could not be counted, but Chao Yong knew that there were not many people in this part, so he threw a hundred divine thunders out.

The Liang soldiers and horses led by Chao Yong suffered almost no casualties, and few Western Xia people dared to resist the tribes of the gods. However, the 7,000 men under Liu Zhongwu's command suffered 3,000 casualties, nearly half.

It is already very good to intercept the Tangut people who were frightened by the gods head-on, and not to destroy the whole army.

The Tanguts did not fight with them, and would not even make a second move, but rushed forward without fear of death, just casually stabbed the person who stood in the way, and then ran forward with their lives, regardless of whether the person on the other side dodged his knife or not, and then slashed him in the back.

Liu Zhongwu's troops killed more Tanguts, but there were also many people who died under the unconscious slashing of the Tanguts, and there were too many Tanguts who fled for their lives.

When the seed master heard that there were 3,000 casualties, he couldn't help but feel a little gloomy, and the Deshun army probably didn't have much left, and after repelling the Western Xia, the Western army was basically gone. There are gunpowder, divine thunder, and god-like princes in the big beams, and there can only be soldiers and horses in the world, and there will be no family army, and it would be good to be able to continue the family generals.

The Zhenrong army needed to be garrisoned, and Liu Zhongwu also knew that he probably had no hope of going on an expedition, so he would have to hand over the matter of dealing with the prisoners to him at that time, and asked, "How to deal with these prisoners?" ”

Chao Yong said: "How did you deal with it before? ”

Liu Zhongwu said: "Generally guarded, after the war, the two countries will exchange prisoners, if the Tangut people do not have our army prisoners, they will come back with the Han people, the Xixia has captured countless Han people for decades, anyway, how many prisoners we catch, there will be Han people in the Tangut to exchange with us." ”

Wu Song frowned and said: "The people are much easier to catch than the captives, as long as the Xixia people capture more people, they don't have to be afraid of being captured." ”

The seed master shook his head and said: "Knowing that we also have to change, the Han people fell into the hands of the Western Xia people, either as slaves or as cannon fodder." In the previous battle against Brother Cha, there was not a single Han Chinese, and they must have all been consumed in Zhenrong City. ”

Liu Zhongwu nodded and said: "A few days ago, the siege of the city was all against Linglang, although we knew that they were Han, but we also had to start, otherwise we would break the city and die as ours." ”

Wu Song scolded: "Helping the Western Xia people to kill our Han people, let me bump into it, and I will not show mercy." ”

The sky-beating eagle Li Ying was puzzled: "The Xixia people are not afraid of their counterattack?" ”

Liu Zhongwu shook his head and said: "Basically, the whole family is usually taken captive, and the family is in Western Xia, and few people rebel." The Han Chinese who were taken captive alone generally worked as coolies in the Western Xia and would not be allowed to get close to the border. ”

Wu Song gritted his teeth and said: "Prince, we will fight to Western Xia in one go, destroy Western Xia, rescue all the Han people, and we don't have to exchange prisoners with them." ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said, "The soldiers are already very tired, and at this time, we may not be able to go deep into Western Xia. ”

Seed Master Dao nodded and said: "There are many deserts in Western Xia, and once you enter, Western Xia will definitely be strong and clear, and it will be difficult to defeat Western Xia without adequate preparation." ”

"Bear with me, everyone, when the army is rested, we will definitely wipe out Western Xia." (To be continued.) )