The army did not take any detours through the Gobi Desert, and after Chao Yong's division last winter, he asked Ningxia Road to explore the road to Shangjing Road. Taking advantage of the fact that it was difficult for the tribes in the north of the desert to survive the winter snow, the seed master directly recruited a few small tribes of Zhubu (Kereh Department), and only paid a few small grasslands on Ningxia Road, and recruited thousands of young and middle-aged Kereh people.

There is no old and weak, every snow disaster in Mobei will take away a large number of old and weak, and the only people who can survive are men who can protect the tribe and women who can reproduce for the tribe. Men who can't hold scimitars and women who can't reproduce will consciously return to the embrace of immortality, of course, if they don't realize it, the tribesmen will not hesitate to end the lives of these useless clansmen with scimitars that fight for pastures in the summer.

This time, the army selected dozens of Kereh guides, and the people of the tribe stayed on Ningxia Road as hostages, and if they took the wrong way or the army had no news, what awaited them was the disaster of extermination.

With the Kereh people who are familiar with the Gobi Desert leading the way, the army can easily find oases, cold springs, and hot springs in the Gobi Desert.

After passing through the desolate Gobi Desert, there is an endless grassland.

Mobei is colder than Ningxia Road, and the grassland has not returned to green in May. As far as the eye can see, there are sparse yellow weeds everywhere, and occasionally a hint of green can be seen.

The animals of the steppe also increased, such as black-tailed yellow sheep, foxes, wild mules, rabbits, argali, wild goats, wild camels, lynxes, and badgers. Especially after all the tribes of Zhubu moved north to the city, flocks of yellow sheep were leisurely grazing on dry grass everywhere, until they saw the boundless cavalry and fled in panic.

The decisive battle between the two armies took place in the vast grassland, and the entire cavalry lineup lined up for miles.

The army set up a formation, and Chao Yong came to the front with his own soldiers, followed by Sun An, Shi Bao, Fang Jie, Yue Fei, and Yang Zaixing.

Seeing the prince dragon flag moving forward, the Liang soldiers all tightly pulled the horse chopping knife in their hands, ready to pounce on the Liao soldiers and horses on the opposite side.

The Liang cavalry, whether it is a regular army or a vassal army, is all ironclad. Chopping knife.

After the formation of the Liang cavalry, Chao Yong personally selected the horse chopping knife as the cavalry weapon.

It is not a horse chopping knife used by the infantry of the Song army, but a weapon tailored for cavalry, with a long handle and a thick back, which can easily cut people into two sections with horsepower, and those with great strength can even cut iron armor into two sections.

Of course, the cost of building such a cavalry is also very large, if it were not for Chao Yong's invention of the silver mirror, the imperial court would not be able to build such a cavalry.

The Liao cavalry was basically equipped with iron armor, but the weapons were mainly spears. The barbarians of the various tribes on both sides are mainly in leather armor, and their weapons are mostly scimitars. Some of the barbarians of small tribes did not even have leather armor, but only wore thick sheepskins on their bodies for protection.

Although the Daliang war horse traveled more than a thousand miles, it was not weaker than the war horse on the opposite side. The war horses of Daliang were fed with beans and hay in winter, and each war horse consumed more money and food than the salary of a regular army. It can be said that it is carefully raised, and it will not lose too much fat. However, the Liao tribes rarely grow beans, and can only be fed with hay, and if the hay is not prepared, they will starve, and all the horses will lose weight very seriously in a winter. A lot of horses are skinny. One wonders if it will be overwhelmed by the barbarians on the horse.

Yelu Yanxi also came to the battlefield in person and hid behind to watch the battle, but he listened to the persuasion of Yelu Dashi and others, and did not lift his big sword. But seeing that the prince of Daliang was not only in the battle array. And the dragon flag kept moving forward, and he also felt insulted, and said to the royal tent soldiers on the side: "Put up my flag." ”

The commander of the guard department hurriedly said: "Put up the emperor's banner, and the Han people will know that the emperor is here." If they rush here, I am afraid that it will cause another commotion in the army. ”

Yelu Yanxi glared at the commander of the guards. Said: "They all said that they could defeat the Han cavalry, do you think the Han cavalry can rush to me?" ”

Although the commander of the guard division was a person close to Yelu Yanxi, he didn't dare to be an enemy of everyone, so he hurriedly said: "The Han cavalry should not be the opponent of our Daliao Iron Cavalry. ”

"Then what are you afraid of, raise all the flags for me. When the soldiers saw me in battle, they should move forward bravely. ”

After Yelu Yanxi fled to Xijing, he became more suspicious and suspicious, seeing that no one felt that he might betray him.

The commander of the guard division naturally knew Yelu Yanxi's character, and when he saw Yelu Yanxi angry, he didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly asked people to raise all kinds of emperor's flags.

Chao Yong had just arrived in front of the formation, and he saw a banner suddenly raised behind the Liao army, and he vaguely remembered that Yelu Yanxi was the same pile of flags when he was in Hebei that day.

A Liao soldier turned around by chance and saw the emperor's banners appear behind, and couldn't help but exclaim: "The emperor has personally conquered." ”

The Liao generals turned back one after another, but it was completely different from what Yelu Yanxi had imagined, and the Liao generals saw Yelu Yanxi erecting his banner again, and they were almost so angry that they scolded.

Before the expedition, it was not easy to persuade Yelu Yanxi to keep a low profile, quietly hiding behind to watch the battle, escorted by the royal tent, and everyone was not worried about his safety. But now the flag is clearly erected, that is, to give the Han people a goal to charge, if the Han people rush to the emperor's banner, they can only lead the troops back to rescue.

If you don't want to be defeated and retreat, then you can only stop the Daliang cavalry, and the best way is undoubtedly to capture the Daliang prince in front of the Han formation.

"Kill."

Chao Yong was also afraid that Yelu Yanxi would suddenly put down the flag and escape, so he waved the eight-sided purple gold hammer in his hand, shouted, and then beat his horse and rushed straight to the Liao army camp.

"Kill"

"Kill"

"Kill"

At the sound of an order, 50,000 Liang cavalry rushed forward with shouts.

The earth-shattering sound of killing frightened the vultures hovering in the air waiting for a full meal.

Xiao Trili saw the soldiers and horses of Daliang charging towards him, and he was not to be outdone, and immediately asked the heralds around him to blow the horn.

"Woo woo"

The sound of the majestic horn spread throughout the four fields, and the Liaoguo iron cavalry in the center collided forward, and the barbarians on both wings were stunned for a moment, but they also reacted, howling and killing forward.

A hundred thousand cavalry hedged, and the earth shook.

Soon, the two armies collided together, and the barbarian, who was good at archery, only shot an arrow, and hurriedly picked up his scimitar.

The Liang cavalry did not shoot at the barbarians, but relied on the excellent iron armor on their bodies to carry a wave of arrows, and then began to harvest their lives with their swords.

Barbarians without iron armor are the most vulnerable, as long as they can't block the slashing sword. Let the horse chopping knife is basically cut in two, the lower body is still on the horse, and the upper body has fallen off the horse.

Using a scimitar to block a three-foot-long chopping knife is not something that everyone can do, and only a few tribal warriors can use a scimitar to block a chopping horse chopping knife.

However, the ferocious barbarians did not run away, but dodged and swayed on horseback, occasionally fighting back with their scimitars.

Chao Yong took the lead, and smashed the Liao people who came up one by one with a double hammer in his hand.

The five fierce generals on both sides, Sun An, Shi Bao, Fang Jie, Yue Fei, and Yang Zaixing, were also unstoppable, and the five hundred personal soldiers were like a sharp awl under the leadership of six people. Straight into the camp of the Liao army.

Xiao Telie also stared at Chao Yong's dragon banner, and when he saw Chao Yong breaking through the front army, he shouted: "Whoever kills the prince of Liang will be rewarded with a thousand gold." ”

Although the reward was tempting, I saw the soldiers who were blocking Chao Yong's road being beaten one by one, spurting blood and flying back. Not many people dared to rush forward.

Xiao Triol saw that no one could stop Chao Yong, so the tiger roared, and rushed forward with his own soldiers.

The two horses intersected, and the steel spear in Xiao Trili's hand stabbed Chao Yong in the chest.

No matter what armor Chao Yong wore, Xiao Triley was confident that he would be stabbed in the heart with one shot.

"Bell"

With a loud bang, Chao Yong smashed a hammer on Xiao Telie's steel gun.

Xiao Telie only felt a strong force coming from the steel gun, and his body swung to the side with the steel gun.

Next to Shi Bao saw an opportunity. The wind splitting knife in his hand swung violently, and even the person with the armor cut Xiao Trili into two sections.

Sun An's giant sword, Fang Jie's Fang Tian painting halberd, Yue Fei, and Yang Zaixing's steel spears are also not a unified general.

Yelu Yanxi originally thought that the Liao Iron Cavalry would defeat the Han cavalry, and no matter how bad it was, they would fight together, but he didn't expect that Chao Yong's Dragon Banner was constantly advancing.

In the blink of an eye, it broke through the Chinese army. Xiao Telie's general flag is also gone, Chao Yong's dragon flag is still approaching, and it seems that Xiao Telie has died.

No one in the cavalry behind could stop the five hundred personal soldiers led by Chao Yong, and soon Chao Yong killed through the Liao array.

Yelu Yanxi was originally lucky. I hope that the cavalry behind can entangle Chao Yong, and see that Chao Yong has rushed out. I didn't dare to stay any longer, so I turned my horse and fled.

"Those who catch Yelu Yanxi will be rewarded with a thousand gold and made an earl."

When Chao Yong saw that Yelu Yanxi was about to escape, he immediately shouted and promised a heavy reward.

When Sun An and the others heard this, they no longer held the position, and chased forward after the horses.

However, their war horses are not as fast as Chao Yong's night jade lions, and although they fight desperately, they still follow Chao Yong.

However, the personal soldiers behind Chao Yong were not as good as the horses of Chao Yong and Sun An and others, and they were distanced.

The soldiers of the Liao State who were still fighting with the Daliang cavalry in front saw that the Daliang Dragon Banner was chasing after their own emperor, and they did not dare to fight, so they turned their horses' heads and came back to save the driver, so that the Daliang soldiers were slashed again.

Chao Yong's six men were fast, and soon approached Yelu Yanxi's royal tent army.

The royal tent soldiers behind heard the sound of horses' hooves approaching, and turned around to release arrows.

The Imperial Tent was a brave warrior selected by Yelu Yanxi from the Khitan tribe, and while fleeing, he shot arrows, and the arrows were shot at Chao Yong and others.

Not to be outdone, Chao Yong's six people took out their strong bows and fought back.

The soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were mainly archers, and archery skills were indispensable in the assessment of military generals, so Sun An and others were also very skilled in archery, but they could not be compared with marksmen like Hua Rong and Liu Qi.

While Chao Yong shot off his horse one by one, he also found that there was a marksman among the six.

Yue Fei can shoot a strong bow of three hundred Song catties, and he can shoot with both his left and right hands, dodging the bows and arrows shot by the Liao soldiers on the one hand, and constantly opening the bow and shooting arrows.

For every arrow that comes out, an army of the royal tent will fall from his horse.

Yelu Yanxi listened to the screams of the pro-army behind him, turned his head to see Chao Yong's six people chasing closer and closer, and hurriedly said to the commander of the guards: "You take someone to stop them." ”

Although he knew that he was invincible, the commander of the guard division did not hesitate, and ordered a team of pro-troops to protect the emperor, and he took the rest of the people to turn the horse's head, and rushed to kill Chao Yong and the six people in a small circle.

Chao Yong's iron arrows have all been shot, but he also chased behind the royal tent army, and when he saw the royal tent army coming back, he immediately danced the eight-edged purple gold hammer to meet him.

Yue Fei and the five of them also hung up their bows and came up with weapons.

Chao Yong was afraid that Yelu Yanxi had fled, so the eight-edged purple gold hammer in his right hand was thrown out violently, directly smashing the commander of the guard division and vomiting blood and flying back, knocking the two cavalrymen behind him off their horses before falling to the ground.

The right-hand hammer worked, and the left-hand hammer was not left. Looking at a war horse, he smashed it.

Immediately, the knight was about to hit the horse to dodge, and the purple gold hammer had already slammed into the horse's chest.

The man who was immediately smashed on his horse rose to his feet and fell backwards, crushing the knight to the ground.

Seeing Chao Yong's majesty, the royal tent army unconsciously reined in his horse.

Although the Imperial Tent Army reined in their horses, Yue Fei and the five of them did not dare to rush over directly, otherwise the Imperial Tent Army would release arrows in their backs, and they would have to turn back to deal with them.

The five people killed in the royal tent army were like entering a no-man's land.

Just a face. and scattered the royal tent army of Yelu Yanxi.

Although the royal tent army is all elite, they have fled thousands of miles with Yelu Yanxi, and they have long lost their sharpness, and as soon as the commander of the guard department dies, no one wants to be sent to death. was rushed by five people again, and they all turned their horses and fled.

Throwing the eight-sided purple gold hammer, the jade lion ran faster, and in a blink of an eye, he chased after Yelu Yanxi and his party.

The rest of the royal tent army also knew that they couldn't shoot Chao Yong, and they turned their targets to the jade lion of the night.

Chao Yong drew his sword and fired dozens of arrows, and the jade lion rushed into the ranks of the royal tent. Chao Yong's sword is a Western Xia sword selected after the destruction of the Western Xia, sharpening iron like clay. Although the Xixia sword dance does not have the momentum of the eight-sided purple gold hammer, its lethality is not weak at all.

Where the sword passed, the royal tent army wearing iron armor turned into two sections.

Yelu Yanxi was a BMW under his crotch, but he didn't dare to run alone in the chaotic Mongolian plateau. Therefore, the speed of the horse has been pressed. But when he saw that the soldiers holding the flag behind him were all cut down, he didn't think much about it, so he grabbed his horse and fled forward.

Chao Yong saw Yelu Yanxi suddenly rush out. A sword cut off a royal tent soldier from his horse and pinched the blade. Looking at Yelu Yanxi's mount, he threw it.

Yelu Yanxi was running wildly on the back of the horse, and suddenly saw a blue light coming out of the belly of the war horse under his crotch, and then a stream of blood rushed out of the horse's belly, and he hurriedly looked down to check the injury of the war horse.

The horse didn't even let out a neigh, but fell to the ground with a bang and slid forward.

"Ahh

Yelu Yanxi was pressed under the horse with one leg, and slid with the war horse, the leg bone seemed to be broken, and he screamed in pain.

The war horse finally stopped, Chao Yong had already hit the horse, Yelu Yanxi twisted his face, and pleaded with Chao Yong on the horse: "Save me quickly." ”

Chao Yong jumped off his horse and tore away the dead horse.

Yelu Yanxi's armor is very fine, and his legs are covered with iron armor, and he doesn't seem to be doing anything, and his bones should not be injured, but he screams a little more miserably.

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "When you arrive in Bianjing, you can also live happily for the rest of your life, what is there to escape." ”

Yelu Yanxi heard that Chao Yong didn't kill him, and he couldn't care about the pain, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Thank you for the prince's kindness." ”

Yue Fei and the five people also rushed up, and they were a little regretful to see Yelu Yanxi being captured alive by Chao Yong, but their war horses couldn't outrun the night jade lion, and no one could stop Chao Yong, so it was difficult for them to grab Chao Yong in front of them.

Chao Yong asked the five people to look at Yelu Yanxi, and they didn't find their swords when they walked forward a hundred zhang, so they turned the horses back and washed and checked for a while, only to find that the swords had been submerged in the land.

Fortunately, after flying dozens of feet in the air, the strength had been exhausted, and the stab was not deep, Chao Yong dug out the sword with the scabbard, and then got on the horse and came back.

Chao Yong's own soldiers also caught up, their war horses were not as good as the six, galloping all the way, and the war horses under their crotches were foaming at the mouth.

Several groups of Liao soldiers and horses who came to rob Yelu Yanxi in front of them were all killed and retreated by Sun An's five people.

Chao Yong sat on the horse, watched Sun An and the five people lead the troops to kill the Liao soldiers in the radius, and smiled at Yelu Yanxi, who was sitting on the horse in pain: "I heard that you love hunting, do you think they are like hunting?" ”

Hearing that Chao Yong regarded the Khitan soldiers as prey, Yelu Yanxi's face couldn't help but turn red, and he said embarrassedly: "There are many elite soldiers under the prince's command, and it is my mantis arm that is used as a car." ”

The five of them put the scythe of the god of death, surrounded Chao Yong, constantly turning in circles to harvest the approaching Liao soldiers, and the soldiers who were loyal to Yelu Yanxi were killed one after another.

Yelu Dashi came back with his troops to rescue him, and he was ramming a hundred soldiers led by Yang Zaixing, and saw that Yang Zaixing shot the general of the Liao State and did not stab him off his horse, and no one could get close to the central Liang prince and Yelu Yanxi, and he did not dare to stay, so he fled west with his soldiers and horses.

The Liao soldiers saw Yelu Dashi fleeing, and they followed behind and fled westward.

The barbarians scattered in a hurry.

The army pursued and killed more than 20 miles in the endless grassland, and when they arrived at the city of Fangzhou, Chao Yong stopped the soldiers and horses.

The defenders of Fangzhou saw that the army was defeated and did not defend the city, so they fled north with their soldiers and horses.

There were some Khitans in the city, some Han people who moved to farm, and more women and children from the Kereh tribe who had taken refuge nearby.

I don't know if it's because of the lack of water on the plateau, or because of traditional problems, the barbarians of all tribes basically don't bathe, and the whole city is stinky.

The women and children of all tribes are standing in the streets, few people run around, and the various tribes have been fighting each other for many years, even if they are defeated, they are nothing more than a change of tribe, if the original tribe men can't get it back, they will reproduce for the new tribe.

The entire tribe on the grassland is constantly robbing women, and for women on the grassland, it is not difficult to accept a man, and many women have been robbed all their lives.

(Temujin's biological mother was snatched by his father, and Temujin's wife was snatched away by the beggars.) ）

However, Daliang did not have the custom of robbing marriage, and when he saw the dark people on both sides of the street, Daliang soldiers were about to vomit out of their overnight meals.

Yang Zaixing, who was just twenty years old, couldn't help but ask, "Do they never wash their faces?" ”

Yue Fei, who is a year older than Yang Zaixing, said with a smile: "I heard the Kereh people who led the way say that water is a pure god, and they can't wash their hands or faces in the river. ”

The two are of the same age, and their martial arts are generally strong, and after being recruited together, they soon became friends.

(To be continued)