Chapter 168: Lead the whole situation
The harrier was originally a bird of the eagle family, also known as a small bird of prey. Its prey, despite its small size, is lightning fast, and the small animals it targets are often killed by the claws of its eagles.
In order to build an elite cavalry, Li Yuanhao, the founding emperor of Western Xia, used this small bird of prey. Formed a team of iron harriers who selected the best from the best of the cavalry, could win more with less, and did not fall behind in the face of the Liaoguo iron cavalry, and dominated the battlefield.
Although the size of such armies is small, once they appear on the battlefield, the deterrent effect they bring to the enemy is very deadly. Even in the eyes of the infantry of the Song Dynasty, this Iron Harrier Army was an invincible devil cavalry team.
It's just that such an elite cavalry, acting as a confidence when they came, hoping to show the Song Dynasty once again how powerful they were. Before entering the border of the Song Dynasty, it was swept away by the boiling Yellow River.
Looking at the iron harriers struggling on the surface of the river, there was no trace of any iron harriers on the ice at this moment. This stretch of miles of broken ice has made the iron harrier that dominates on land completely a dead harrier.
single-handedly, annihilating this Iron Harrier Army, which concentrated the elite of the Western Xia cavalry. This kind of result, except for Zhao Xiaoxi, I am afraid that no one expected.
In fact, for Cho Hyo-seok, he knows very well that manpower will always be exhausted. Even if he is strong in martial arts, he doesn't want to waste his lives to fight these iron harriers.
can use dozens of gunpowder jars to solve the problem of such a henchman pressing on the head of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Xiaowan is naturally happy to do so. And he believes that with this, as long as the Western Xia does not want to lose the country, there is no second way to choose except to negotiate with them.
Looking at the iron harriers in armor, only a few of them fell into the water, and they were lucky enough to climb to the opposite shore through the ice floes. By those. The comrades who had already been sad to the limit were rescued.
Cho Hyo-seok is aware of today's blow and wants to recover. I'm afraid that without a year or two of effort, it is impossible for them to dare to step into the Song Realm again.
And today's ghost cavalry army will also become the eternal nightmare of this iron harrier, this is the ending that Zhao Xiaoxi chooses to do and wants to see the most.
As long as there is time for him to form this one. In the future, it will be used to conquer the cavalry of the country of Fanbang. In the future, the tragedy that happened to Da Song will definitely not be repeated. And this Western Xia, with this year's lesson, even if they try their courage in a few years.
Compared with a defeat and continuing to fight, it will lead to the disaster of losing the country, as long as Li Qianshun, the lord of the Western Xia country, is not stupid. Cho Hyo-seok believes that he will knock out his teeth and swallow the bitter fruit of this greed.
Now this Western Xia lord of the country. In Zhao Xiaoxi's opinion, he is also a bully who is afraid of the hard, as long as he cleans him up once. Let him know that it hurts, let him know that he will be slapped in the face, and he will naturally be obedient.
Looking at the ice for a few miles, there was no living person in sight. Except for the water of the Yellow River, which still flows, everything seems to be calm again. And as early as in front of a pillar of incense, there was also a terrifying army of Western Xia Iron Harriers.
The few hundred surviving Iron Harriers at the end of the line have lost the courage to avenge their comrades. The first thing that comes to their mind. It is when you see the whole surface of the river and there is no trace of a living person anymore. Get out of this land of nightmares.
Compared with the high spirits when they came, the iron harriers who returned at this moment no longer have the high morale of the past. One by one, as if they had lost their souls, they followed the hundred horsemen who led the way in front of them and galloped towards the Western Xia Imperial City.
As for Li Zheng, the commander of the troops, it was as early as when the explosion sounded. Even men and horses fell into the Yellow River. Looking at this situation, the chances of survival are very small, and no longer waiting for those lost lives can be returned.
In fact, Zhao Xiaoxi, who really wants to enter Western Xia and make trouble, also knows very well that rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry. It's so much cheap nowadays. Zhao Xiaoxi felt that it was almost enough, and there was no need to stimulate others.
It's just that after returning to the camp, Cho Hyo-seok gave the order as soon as possible. Let Bu Yige spread the news of the defeat of the Western Xia Iron Harrier to Ye Fan and Liao.
The purpose of this is very simple, to let those greedy Fanbangs know that the Western Xia has suffered heavy losses in attacking the Song Dynasty. Without this cavalry of their two countries, the elite cavalry of Western Xia, who were also afraid, believed that they would be much bolder.
The second purpose is also to warn that the elite cavalry of the other two countries, the Great Song Dynasty can even clean up the Western Xia Iron Harrier. If they don't want to repeat the fate of the Iron Harrier, then be honest this year.
Although the record this time is not as big as the previous record of encircling and suppressing Helian Tieshu. But Zhao Xiaoxi knew very well that the news that the Iron Harrier was almost completely wiped out believed would greatly boost the morale of the army of the Great Song Dynasty.
Let these Song Dynasty soldiers who heard this cavalry in previous years feel that their legs tremble, and understand the current imperial court. With one, the elite cavalry of this dynasty can make the Western Xia Iron Harrier Army pay such a heavy price.
And Zhao Xiaoxi also believes that after the imperial court learned the news. As long as those civil and military ministers were not stupid, they would understand how to negotiate with the envoys of Western Xia.
Even if you can't let Xixia cut the land, you have to let Xixia make a good blood. Over the years, the Western Xia has plundered a lot of things in the Song Dynasty. This time, Zhao Xiaoxi must, even ask Xixia to get it back.
In order to achieve this purpose, Zhao Xiaoxi also specially wrote a secret fold to Zhao Xu. I talked to the emperor about some of the conditions for this peace talks. He believed that Zhao Xu, who had the heart to boost the morale of the military and civilians, would not easily miss such a good opportunity.
When Zhao Xiaoxi folded the two letters, one bright and one dark, and began to transmit them to Jingshi through their respective channels. After receiving the news that the Iron Harrier was almost wiped out, Zhao Qianshun, the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom, vomited a few mouthfuls of blood on the spot.
No one knew better than him how bad this news was for Western Xia. As for the officials and generals who fought the main battle before, they were also deeply shocked when they learned about the defeat of the Iron Harrier.
A Song Dynasty general who can communicate with the river god!
This is the judgment of the surviving Iron Harrier on this failure. Although many people don't believe it, the facts are in front of them, and the iron harriers who set out for 3,000 have not even returned to 500. This kind of fiasco has never been seen since the Iron Harrier Army was formed.
As the elite of Western Xia to deter the outside world, what will be the consequences of being almost beaten miserably. As long as people who are not stupid know that this time they don't want to seek revenge from the Song Dynasty, they have to worry about whether the Song Dynasty will fall into the ground.
Moreover, the news of the fiasco of the Iron Harrier Army, once known to Tubo and Liao, with the hostile attitude of the cavalry of the two countries towards the Iron Harrier. Presumably, they will not let go of such a good opportunity to beat the water dogs.
Bullying the weak is what the cavalry of Fanbang countries is best at. Li Qianshun, who soon came to his senses, issued the first order that all the troops who had been staying in China to prepare for war.
The Western Xia army, which thought it could have a comfortable year, finally felt the sense of crisis of being surrounded by enemies on all sides this year. The entire Western Xia army and civilians also felt very unbelievable as this bad news spread.
Even the soldiers who were relatively close to the banks of the Yellow River deliberately went to the Yellow River to check the Yellow River break that devoured those iron harriers. The big hole that was several miles wide, and the sound of running water coming from the hole, made everyone have to believe it.
The monarchs and ministers of the imperial court, who had not yet digested the victory of the cavalry army, learned that Zhao Xiaoxi once again used strange means. Without spending a single soldier, when he killed the most elite Iron Harrier Army in Western Xia, he also felt very unbelievable.
It's just that if you don't believe it, the news that the Western Xia border began to send additional troops to garrison soon reached the imperial court from other sources. This kind of move, which was rarely made in the Western Xia in the past, is now made strangely.
Isn't it afraid that the Song Dynasty will take the opportunity to beat the water dogs, is there any other reason to explain?
Compared with the previous time when there would be troops or not, the situation of a few days of arguing was different. Li Qianshun, who seemed to have learned a lesson this time, soon sent an envoy from another place to appear on the border of the Song Dynasty.
After submitting the credentials of the Western Xia for peace, the Western Xia missions were afraid that the frozen Yellow River would break again. After waiting for the imperial court's decree to send troops to greet them, they dared to cross the Yellow River, which they were not afraid of at all at this time in the past.
Zhao Xiaoxi, who learned the news, knew that there would be no more war between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia today. Immediately launched those adventures that plunged the three countries into a war of words and an intensification of conflict.
Several cavalry teams of various countries disguised by the Wuwei Dart Division selected several small tribes to attack and kill in the border areas bordering the three countries. ignited the anger of the border cavalry of the Three Kingdoms, and began to gradually lead to military confrontation across the border.
When the Tibetans and the Liao State learned the news that the Western Xia Iron Harriers were almost wiped out, they also quickly launched a round of cavalry knocks. I hope that at this time, I can get some benefits from Western Xia.
As for the namelessness of the division, the assault cavalry dart division sent by Zhao Xiaoxi had already thought of an excuse for the two countries. Under the pretext of avenging the herdsmen of their own country, the scale of the war between Western Xia and the two countries also increased little by little.
Compared with the Song Dynasty, which should have fallen into the ground at this moment, there was no move. This made Li Qianshun see that the Song Dynasty did not seem to want to push their hopes too much, and it was naturally more concessions during the peace talks.
With less pressure from one side, Western Xia was also able to withdraw troops from the Song-Xia border and reinforce them to other areas bordering the two countries. If the Three Kingdoms formed a siege at this time, then Western Xia would really be even worse.
In fact, when they learned that there was a border conflict between Western Xia and Liao and Tubo, many civil and military ministers of the Song Dynasty felt that they could counterattack Western Xia. No matter what, we must expand the soil and increase the prestige of the Song Dynasty.
But with Zhao Xiaoxi's analysis of the stakes, Zhao Xu chose to negotiate with Xixia. The reason is simple, the Song Dynasty needs to recuperate at this moment. Their real enemy was not Western Xia, but the Liao State, which occupied the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.
Even in Zhao Xiaoxi's secret fold, he also put forward a condition that made Zhao Xu feel very unbelievable. It is to turn the war into jade silk and sell some urgently needed food and weapons to the Western Xia, in exchange for the war horses that the Western Xia does not lack.
This kind of deal, if it was before, Western Xia would definitely not agree? But now, is there a choice for them? (To be continued......)