Between the flashes of the sword and the shadow of the sword, I saw the camera turn sharply, a Song Army lightly armed knife infantry holding a two-handed Pu knife, a two-handed Pu knife in his hand, dancing like a windmill, skirt armor flying, this Song soldier with his body as the central axis, constantly slashing the Pu knife in his hand to a Seljuk soldier opposite, and the Seljuk soldier is not a soft persimmon, he is holding two scimitars, and the Song army is constantly going back and forth, the Song army in the hands of the two-handed Pu knife every slash, with the power of thunder like a tiger's roar, The trees on both sides of the road and the walls of the farmhouse will have deep knife marks with each of his slashes, and this Seljuk soldier, the two scimitars in his hands are like two butterflies that are constantly flying, and he never dares to take the blades cut by the Song army, even so, every time the blades collide, there will be sparks, between the two of you, you come and go, in the blink of an eye, there are dozens of backs, the blades are curled, the dust is flying, and the clothes in the armor of the two are all soaked with sweat and blood, if it is usual, maybe the two will shake hands and make peace, sit down, Scalding a pot of wine, being a pair of confidants in martial arts, but one of the laws of war is that kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, the two of them didn't care about wiping the sweat off their faces, like two hunting leopards, rushed to each other at a very fast speed, just when the two were about to face each other, the Song soldier suddenly fell down, and the hem was connected to a sweeping leg, and then, the cloak shook, and suddenly the surrounding dust was filled, and the Song army ignored the Seljuk soldier's slashing in the air like a sand swallow, and his legs slipped sideways, With a slash on the back, the two of them passed by like a bolt of lightning. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was just a momentary staggering, time seemed to freeze here, as if a century had passed, and after hearing a crisp sound of metal shattering, the Seljuk soldier fell to the ground and died of exhaustion, and the living Song soldier did not have time to wipe the sweat from the continuous fighting on his head, and continued to gallop towards the gate of the inner city.

His eyes moved to the west again, on the east bank of the Amu Darya River, the dead corpses everywhere stained the quietly flowing river red, showing everything that had just happened here, Zhao Xu, who was standing on the bank of the river, held a telescope and looked at the city of Emu in the distance, as if the corpses of the Seljuk soldiers lying behind him were a group of slaughtered chickens and ducks. At this time, Zhao Xu was waiting for news from the scouts, the river was hundreds of meters wide, although the flow speed was very slow, but there was no boat, and if he forcibly crossed the river from here, even if there were more soldiers, he would undoubtedly become a live target for the Seljuk archers on Emu City.

Zhao Qi saw his father standing alone on the river bank quietly looking ahead, he gently walked to Zhao Xu's side and said to his father: "Father, instead of waiting here, why don't we use artillery to shell Amu City, which is only more than 300 meters away from the head of Emu City, and our cavalry artillery can easily attack Emu City, in this way, while we suppress the enemy, we can also send soldiers to forcibly cross the river and capture Amu City." ”

"You're right about your son." Zhao Xu put down the binoculars in his hand and looked at his eldest son and said: "In this way, we can indeed occupy Amu City, but the price we need to pay is a little higher, the wind wolf once sent back the news that the water level of the Amu Darya River is now the lowest, but it is also close to three meters deep, our soldiers need to brave the enemy's dense arrow rain to swim in arms, but there is indeed a water gate in front of here, our ladder cannot be erected, even if we use artillery to blow up the water gate of Amu City, But will the soldiers we go in survive to live? So the father is waiting for the news of the ghost scout, after all, the speed of the wind wolf is not as fast as the speed of the ghost. ”

"What do you mean, Father?" Although Zhao Qi is proficient in the art of war, after all, this is his first time in actual combat, so he is inevitably a little ignorant.

And Zhao Xu sincerely taught this son who was going to take over his throne in the future, and said to him: "Son, when Xu Liang taught you a lesson back then, he once told you that the width and depth of any river are constantly changing from beginning to end, because of the terrain, environment, vegetation coverage area and other reasons, the alluvial width, depth, and flow speed of this river are different, so the Amu Darya River, which stretches for thousands of miles, must be constantly changing, and the land to which the Seljuk Kingdom belongs, Most of the terrain is extremely flat, and where we are now in a temperate desert climate, the land is relatively loose, and the vegetation is scarce, so it is determined that there must be river shoals with high river beds in the vicinity, and that our artillery will be here with artillery support, and the cavalry will advance quickly, and the city of Amu will be taken in a few days. ”

Sure enough, just as Zhao Xu said, the ghost cavalry Pegasus came to report that sixty miles downstream of the Amu Darya River, he found a river shoal, the water depth was less than one meter, but on the other side of the river there were thousands of Seljuk soldiers stationed. After Zhao Xu got the news, he didn't make any stops, leaving half of the artillery and 20,000 iron cavalry, and personally led the remaining more than 40,000 troops to march quickly to the shoals sixty miles away.

Although the march speed of the Song army was very fast, it was impossible to launch a surprise attack on the thousands of Seljuk soldiers guarding the river bank, because the shaking of the earth generated by the galloping of more than 40,000 war horses made the Seljuk soldiers on the other side of the shoal ready for battle early, but the army led by Zhao Xu was originally the most elite army in the entire Song Empire, and Zhao Xu, as the emperor, was personally in command, so the Seljuk soldiers on the other side were both in terms of weapons and equipment and army morale. None of them were opponents of the Song Empire's army on the other side, and after only a few rounds of artillery bombardment, tens of thousands of iron horsemen sent a fierce charge to the other side of the river, and in just one hour, thousands of Seljuk soldiers guarding the river bank were all wiped out.

The rumbling cannon sound blew into the city of Emu with the Seljuk wind, and the lord of Emu City, Bazalihai, who was outnumbered by major generals, announced to all the people that he was determined to live and die with the city of the same name as the river, and then he hurriedly channeled the people and sent the army to send all the citizens who could run out of the city, and when all the people took out of the city with only some clothes they carried, Bazalihai decisively put down the broken dragon gate at the city gate, and then poured all the four city gates to death with molten iron. Among all the people who fled, none of them knew what the real intention of this Bazalihai was, but it was Zhao Xu, the so-called aggressor, who saw clearly the false compassionate heart of Bazalihai.

"Father, this Bazalihai has poured the city gate with molten iron, in this way, no matter how our cavalry artillery shells, it is impossible to blow up this whole piece of steel, unless it is shelled with field heavy artillery, but the current field heavy artillery may have just arrived in Ulesh City, and it will take a long time to transport it here." Zhao Qi said to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu sat on the horse and said to his son with a smile: "It's okay, we can't use field heavy artillery in this battle, and we can bypass this city and march towards Mulu." ”

Zhao Qi was very confused by his father's answer, so he opened his mouth and asked, "What?" Father, you said we won't fight this city? What kind of tactics did this Bazalihai use, so that your father and emperor willingly gave up the siege and led the army around the city? ”

"Hahaha, this Bazalihai used this called cowardly warfare, he poured all the four gates of this city with molten iron, it seemed that he wanted to live and die with the city, but his main idea was to surround himself in this iron-like city, and he sent all the people in the city away, not to protect the people, but to reduce the consumption of grain in the city, with the ten thousand people he guarded the city, the grain and grass hoarded in the city were enough for him to maintain for a long time, Qi'er, Ordered the army to leave 10,000 light cavalry and 50 cavalry cannons and 100 mortars to defend the north gate of Amu City, build camps, collect ships, and wait for the rear army to arrive, and at the same time wait for the field heavy artillery to come, and then come to see how this Bazalihai still stays in this king's eight shells and is his shrunken turtle. ”

"The retainers obeyed."

"Order the whole army to rest in place and wait for the army on the east coast to come and fight with us."

Therefore, there was such a funny scene on the battlefield of Amu City, although the Song army still looked like a strict battle for Emu City, but it had no intention of attacking at all, and coincidentally, the defenders of Emu City also looked the same, although they stood guard on the city wall, but they were not nervous at all, and the two armies were completely a pastoral scene of chickens and dogs hearing each other, but not getting along with each other.

In the dragon tent where Zhao Xu is located in the camp of the Song army, Zhao Xu and his generals are drinking tea, eating roasted whole sheep, roasted whole cattle and roasted camels, while arranging the next battle plan for their generals. The reason is very simple, because Zhao Xu comes from later generations, he knows very well the truth of drinking and making mistakes, so Zhao Xu clearly added in the military order that the soldiers drank alcohol and hung for two days during training, the general drank alcohol during training, and the military stick was sixty, the soldiers drank alcohol during the war, and the general drank during the war, dismissed and investigated, and punished for the crime of dereliction of duty, so Zhao Xu, as the emperor, was clearly demanding himself in accordance with the military order, so in addition to Zhao Xu, from the general to the soldiers, they also strictly implemented this military order.

"Emu City, let's let it be here for the time being, we can't enter it for the time being, the same, they don't want to come out, even if they come out, they will directly become our live target, I decided to stay in this military camp with 10,000 iron horsemen, one is to collect ships, and prepare for the rainy season in two months, when the water level of the Amu Darya River rises sharply, the river widens, and the water is turbulent, if there are no ships, I'm afraid our follow-up troops will be difficult to follow, and second, it is used to monitor Amu City, Amu City is a military stronghold, and it will not be occupied for the time beingThat doesn't mean we don't need to watch it. Finally, the whole army will rest for a day, bypass Emu City, and march directly to Mulu City, preferably to capture Morrissey alive, so that we can end this war as soon as possible and return to our hometown to reunite with our families. (To be continued.) )