Chapter 24 Keep up the good work
Mrs. Zheng's face was full of admiration, as if she was reminiscing about the believers who had seen the gods, and her face was full of reverence.
"One top twenty?" Wu Ji's mouth opened wide when he heard this, and he was very surprised. He knew that the Tang Dynasty army was very capable of fighting, with strong combat power, tenacity, well-equipped, strict discipline, well-trained, advanced tactics, and flexible tactics, which created a prosperous Tang Dynasty, but he did not expect that one Tang army could withstand twenty Hu soldiers.
"It's true!" Mrs. Zheng still had a leisurely yearning look on her face: "Not only the army of the previous dynasty, but also the army of the Han Dynasty." There are a few genius strokes that are the best illustration. Huo Yunbing attacked the Hexi Corridor twice, with a total strength of no more than 30,000 troops, and the 240,000 Xiongnu troops entrenched in the Hexi Corridor were defeated, but Huo Qubing was defeated, captured the golden people who sacrificed to the heavens, forced the two to surrender, and cut off the right arm of the Xiongnu. ”
The attack on the Hexi Corridor was the first time Huo Qubing led the troops, and since then, Huo Qubing has become a dazzling star. The first time he sent troops, he only brought 10,000 people, and the Xiongnu army in the Hexi Corridor did not distinguish between east and west, north and south. The second time, he led 20,000 Han troops, all the way to the west, to the vicinity of the Tianshan Mountains, after this battle, the Xiongnu all retreated to Mobei, and there were no Xiongnu in the south.
"Look at Wei Qing again, he led 30,000 cavalry, and he dared to run a long distance and take the land of Hetao. At that time, there were no less than 200,000 Xiongnu troops entrenched in the Hetao, and he was defeated by giving him 30,000 cavalry and recovering the Hetao in one fell swoop. Mrs. Zheng wrenched her fingers and counted them one by one.
Wei Qing's long-distance attack on the Hetao was a classic of the Chinese cavalry, and it caught the Xiongnu off guard. The Xiongnu could not have imagined that Wei Qing would come from thousands of miles away and have to lose the land of the Hetao.
"The previous dynasty was even more powerful, Li Jing only brought 3,000 people to dare to rush to Jieli's lair and attack Yinshan at night. Pei Xingjian's Battle of Montenegro used 100,000 Tang troops to break through hundreds of thousands of Later Turks, and the Later Turks were bloody. Su Dingfang was in the Luhe River, he only had a little more than 10,000 troops, but he besieged more than 100,000 large armies of the Western Turks, and the Western Turks were preparing a celebration banquet, thinking that they would win this battle. But he didn't expect that after the first battle, the Western Turks were defeated and tens of thousands of beheadings were beheaded by the Tang army. "Mrs. Zheng is worthy of being a scholar, knowledgeable, one by one, one by one, which makes people's blood boil, and they can't wait to go to the battlefield immediately.
"Our ancestors were so powerful?" Wu Ji was surprised, his eyes widened. Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi, and Li Jing are well-known, but Wu Ji doesn't know much about their deeds, and at first glance, he has to be surprised.
Just when Wu Ji was surprised, he only heard Zheng Tai say in a loud voice: "In the world of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the army of Huaxia, one top twenty, there is no problem." Therefore, it is often only necessary to use a small number of troops to achieve undesirable results. It's a pity that when it comes to the Great Song Dynasty, the twenty Great Song Dynasty armies may not be able to top a Liao dog. ”
The words were heartbroken, sighed, and looked regretful.
Strong men are majestic, fruitful, after all, the times are far away, and people's sense of closeness is a little less. However, the Tang Dynasty has only been destroyed for two hundred years, and many grand events have been passed down in the Tang Dynasty, which makes people yearn for it. However, only 200 years have passed, and Huaxia has changed from one top 20 to 20 top one, who can not be sad?
Huangfu Song and Qi Dabao let out a long sigh, shook their heads, and were so sad that they couldn't even speak.
In modern times, it takes 40 Chinese soldiers to top one foreign soldier, and the gap is even greater and more distressing. (These figures are based on historians' calculations.) "Fortunately, with the Converts, we have renewed hope! Mrs. Zheng sighed, very excited, and said in a very high tone: "The three firsts I said, the last first is the most important." With the Conversion Army, the Great Song Dynasty could build more troops in this way, and at that time, what would the Liao State count for? What was Western Xia? ”
Indeed, as he said, among the three firsts, the last first is the heaviest. Since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, there has never been an army in China that can fight like this, and the combat strength of the Guixin army is stronger than that of the Tang army, pointing out the direction for the weakened Song Dynasty.
Not to mention, in this battle, the Guixin Army wiped out the most elite leather room army of the 1,000 Liao Kingdom, which has proved the strength of the Guixin Army with its war record. As long as it is timed and tempered, the Converts Army will surely become a rare elite. At that time, if these elites are dispersed, as officers, they will be trained into many elite Song troops. Not to mention too much, it is not a problem to change to 200,000 and train an army of 50,000.
With an elite army of 50,000 converts, there will be more elites, and the hope is very great.
The Song Dynasty was weak and kept pressing and beating the Liao State, not that the Song Dynasty emperor didn't want to change, but he didn't know how to change. Song Shenzong was the emperor of the Song Dynasty who turned this change into practical action, although he ultimately failed. Since the implementation of the new law, Song Shenzong has personally grasped the reform of the army, but it has achieved little success, and the emergence of the Conversion Army is exactly what Song Shenzong needs most urgently.
With the hope of the Converting Army, it was of great significance to the Song Dynasty.
"Wu is in command, and Liaogou is here." Wu Jian galloped over, and reported very excitedly: "It's just ahead, and it's coming soon." ”
"Good!" Wu Ji applauded loudly, stood up violently, and with an order, the Converts stopped talking and prepared to fight.
"Rumble!" The three thousand Liao troops escorted the New Year's coins forward, making a rumbling sound, which was very powerful.
Xi Ruo rode on a tall horse, looked at the Liao army that had returned with a full load, and couldn't help but feel in a good mood, and secretly smiled: "The southerners are rampant and don't take me seriously, but the southerners are not obediently handing over the New Year's coins." Hmph, this revenge, I remember, I will definitely take revenge. ”
As an envoy of the Liao State, he suffered such a big loss in Xiongzhou, it is difficult to say it, so he can only keep it in his heart, not to mention Xi Ruo's suffocating energy.
"Humph! What does it taste like? Xi Ruo's nose sucked, and a smell of blood penetrated into his nostrils, making him almost nauseous: "The smell of blood, where does the smell of blood come from?" ”
Not only did he smell the strong smell of blood, but the Liao army also smelled it, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know why.
"Could it be that something has happened to our reinforcements? No way! There is a leather room army, even if it is attacked, it will not be the warriors of Da Liao who will suffer. Xi Ruo couldn't help but change his mind, and he had twelve points of confidence in the leather room army. The leather room army is the most elite army in Liao, and it is synonymous with invincibility in the minds of the Liao people.
"Speed up the march." Xi Ruo ordered loudly, and the Liao army sped up and rushed to the north.
"Your Excellency, there are a large number of unknown people found in front of you, no less than two thousand." A scout arrived and shouted a loud report.
"Who is so bold? dared to stop the pace of the Daliao warriors. Xi Ruoda was surprised, and then contemptuous: "It doesn't matter who you are, blocking the pace of the Daliao warriors is to kill yourself." ”
With his eyes wide open, he looked ahead, only to see that there was a black pressure in front of him, and a thick and indestructible formation appeared in the field of vision: "This is an army, is it the army of the Southern Dynasty?" ”
He immediately denied his opinion: "Impossible! How dare the army of the Southern Dynasties enter the realm of Da Liao, isn't that self-defeating? "There are too few things about the Song army entering the Liao realm, and he can count them on his fingers, and it is very difficult for him to believe that it is the Song army that has entered the Liao realm.
"If it's not Song Jun, who will it be?" Xi Ruo couldn't figure it out: "It doesn't matter who he is, just kill him." ”
The idea was certain, commanded the Liao army, lined up in battle formation, and rushed towards the converted army.
Looking at the galloping Liao army, Wu Ji's eyes narrowed, and he said loudly: "Shicai, we are mainly defensive, this time, we will attack against attack to see if our attack is incomparable!" Kill! ”
With a wave of the slashing knife in his right hand, a beautiful sword light flashed, like thunder and lightning, and it was extraordinary.
"Kill!"
The Converts Army let out an earth-shattering cry, and the entire army, under the leadership of Wu Ji, rushed towards the 3,000 Liao army. The military formation does not move, and when it moves, it is like a thunderbolt, the sound is extraordinary, and the ground shakes the mountains, as if Mount Tai is moving.
"Phew!"
Xi Ruo knew the goods, saw it in his eyes, was shocked in his heart, and was shocked: "This is the army, definitely the army!" Could it be the army of the Southern Dynasties? It's impossible, when did the Southern Dynasty have such an army? ”
The momentum of the Converts Army is definitely something that can only be possessed by an elite army, not a rabble. He was very familiar with the situation of the Song Dynasty, but he didn't know which Song army had such overwhelming power, and he was confused all of a sudden.
"Leave him alone, kill him first, and then come back to inquire." Xi Ruo's thoughts turned quickly, and in the blink of an eye, he made a decision and commanded the Liao army to rush forward.
The 3,000 Liao army charged, the ground shook and the mountains shook, splashing large patches of smoke and dust, and the earth was flying, so it was not terrifying.
"Broken crossbow, release!" Wu Ji ordered loudly.
"Woohoo!" The sound of breaking the sky rang out, and thousands of crossbow arrows appeared in the air and rushed towards the Liao army.
This is an attack against an attack, both armies are charging, this speed is faster, Wu Ji estimated that when the two armies were about three hundred and fifty paces apart, he ordered to release crossbow arrows. He calculated very well, when the crossbow bolt fell, it just covered the Liao army, and the screams continued, and the Liao army did not know how many arrows fell from the horse, and there were many casualties.
The three crossbowmen took turns to release arrows, and the crossbow arrows had no gaps, and they shot one after another, like a torrential downpour, covering the Liao army mercilessly. In the Liao army, there were more and more casualties.
"What kind of play is this? The army of the Southern Dynasties did not have such a ferocious way of fighting! There was a long gap between the arrows released by the army of the Southern Dynasties, and after a wave of arrows, it took a long time to shoot the next one. In the process of such an attack, at most one or two arrows will be released, and it will be a confrontation. Why don't they stop? Xi Ruo was stunned, listening to the screams that kept coming from his ears, looking at the Liao army who kept falling from his horse, his eyes were round, and he didn't know why.
This is not to blame Xi Ruo, when Murwei was attacked by the Converts Army, he was as surprised and unbelievable as him. In fact, the Song army's previous fighting style was too wasteful of fighters, but the current fighting style of the Guixin Army is not a waste of fighters at all. Not only did they not waste fighters, but they also seized all fighters to attack, which was really fierce.
(To be continued)