In today's era of rampant cold weapons, when the two armies are facing each other. In order to improve the morale of their respective troops before the battle, the armies of various countries are more enthusiastic about fighting generals. Therefore, if you want to become a qualified general, the force value naturally cannot be too bad.

If the losing side loses in the fight, it will cause morale to suffer. Once the war does not go well, it is very likely that the whole army will be defeated. Therefore, the morale of the soldiers also determines the victory or defeat of a battle in many cases.

The courage of the soldiers!

If the generals who are the commanders of the army are afraid of things, they dare not challenge the generals of the enemy army. That will greatly reduce his image in the morale of the army, and it is even possible that he cannot be supported by his subordinates.

Of course, this is not absolute, there are some Confucian generals who have been in trouble for the past in formation. In the same way, through one victory after another, the soldiers under his command will believe that their generals, even if they have no force or intelligence, they can defeat the opponent's brave and unscrupulous generals.

So when Zhao Xiaoxi and Helian Tieshu finally started a confrontation between generals and generals. The Western Xia cavalry, who are now at a disadvantage, are also eager to see this great general who can kill the opponent's generals to boost their morale.

The wishes of the Western Xia cavalry were naturally beautiful, but the reality was very cruel. In the confrontation with Helian Tieshu, Zhao Xiaoxi can still clean up those outlaw personal guard cavalry with ease. It's clear who is high and who is low!

By the time Helian Tieshu was around, there was no longer a standing personal guard cavalry, and he faced a real solo fight. Under Zhao Xiaoxi's thunderous gunshot, Helian Tieshu, who had lasted for nearly 100 rounds, had already been pierced through the shoulder blade with a single shot.

After the scream sounded, the scimitar clenched in Helian Tieshu's hand fell weakly to the ground. Looking at this scene, the Western Xia cavalry all had a feeling of disbelief.

Looking at Helian Tieshu, who had lost his ability to fight back when the spear pierced his shoulder blade, Zhao Hyo-seok felt extremely happy. The silver spear in his hand did not pause at all. Pointed the spear against the opponent's throat.

Said coldly: "Helian Tieshu, you are defeated!" Order your men to lay down their arms now, and I may spare your life!" ”

In the face of Zhao Xiaoxi's calm expression, he knew that this failure, even if he went back alive, there would only be one death. If you don't do it, Helian Tieshu will become the scapegoat for this battle. I won't be greedy for any chance of survival.

Laughed miserably: "Haha, you can't help but underestimate the bloody nature of my Western Xia cavalry, I am not your weak Song people." If you want to kill you, hurry up, I want my dignified general to surrender, you die of this heart!

I'm not afraid to tell you that this battle will be won even if you win. I believe that the lord of the kingdom will cross the Yellow River like the iron cavalry of Western Xia, so that you will die without a place to be buried. I'll be waiting for you underground! ”

He refused to give the order to surrender to Helian Tieshu, and also said that he wanted revenge. Cho Hyo-seok thinks. Anything more to say to such a person is a bit of a waste of words.

The silver spear in his hand shook, and the tip of the spear instantly pierced Helian Tieshu's throat. Looking at Helian Tieshu, who seemed to be a little unwilling to die, Zhao Xiaoxi immediately shouted: "Helian Tieshu is dead, do you still have to resist?" ”

With Zhao Xiaoxi's roar of 'Helian Tieshu is dead', the soldiers of the Western Xia cavalry suffered another heavy setback.

Wait until the cavalry of the Song army shouted at the right time to surrender "Put down your arms and avoid death". There were also the Western Xia cavalry who had the courage to continue the fight. There aren't many left.

Tuobaya, who was still breaking through in the front army, also heard Zhao Xiaoxi's roar. He knew Helian Tieshu's strength. I know very well the Song general who led the troops. If you find him, I'm afraid that he will not be spared.

Tuobaya, who didn't want to die here, immediately ordered the cavalry to move closer to him, from a weak point of the Song cavalry. Relying on the desperate battle of the tribal cavalry, a gap was finally broken.

Listening to the tribal cavalry being pierced through the body, he also held the iron spear of the Song Dynasty cavalry. The sound of shouting 'General go away'. Tuoba Ye was also tearful, leading hundreds of tribal cavalry to break through, and quickly whipped the war horse without looking back.

Seeing that someone was protruding from the encirclement, the cavalry of the Song army also divided a part of the cavalry to pursue. So. The encirclement formed by the former army soon appeared with some small-scale loopholes.

Under the leadership of the ghost cavalry Zhao Xiaoxi, he joined the team of the clean-up and heard Zhao Xiaoxi's voice of 'those who descend will not die'. The Tuoba cavalry, who knew that Tuoba Ye had escaped from the encirclement, finally put down the weapons in their hands weakly.

Looking at these Tuoba cavalry with a happy expression on their faces, the cavalry soldiers who had their hands free. was about to continue to send troops to pursue Tuoba Ye and his party, but was stopped by Zhao Xiaoxi.

Ordered all the troops to check the losses, and similarly take in the prisoners and escort them back to Lanzhou City. In this battle, they have completed the predetermined combat objectives. There is no need, for hundreds of cavalry who escaped from the encirclement, and then waste the precious lives of the cavalry soldiers.

By the time the cavalry units began to count the casualties, the heavy cavalry and 5,000 cavalry in charge of blocking the attack paid the price of thousands of killed. Even the ghost cavalry army was killed and wounded hundreds of people.

The only thing to be thankful for was that the rear army's five thousand cavalry suffered relatively few losses. Against those infantry cavalry who did not have a strong resistance, they only paid more than a hundred cavalry casualties.

According to some statistics, the Song army was responsible for nearly 2,000 cavalry killed and wounded in battle, and nearly 5,000 Western Xia cavalry were annihilated. Nearly five or six thousand people were also taken prisoner. The number of war horses, also as many as several thousand, can also be described as a great victory.

Of the nearly 2,000 casualties, nearly 1,000 were among the cavalry, and the rest were casualties among the cavalry of the border army. From this point, it can be seen that the strength of the cavalry has surpassed that of the cavalry of the border army.

Despite the anticipation of such cavalry resistance, heavy casualties were inevitable. But Zhao Xiaoxi still felt a little uncomfortable, the casualties of nearly a thousand cavalry officers and soldiers. It means that nearly 1,000 cavalry attachés in the Great Song Dynasty cavalry will disappear in the future.

Although there was a willingness to temper and beat the cavalry in this battle, but there were so many casualties, Zhao Xiaoxi could not rejoice as much as the other cavalry. Ordered a few cavalry generals who were still intact to clean up the battlefield and escort the prisoners back.

As for Zhao Xiaoxi himself, when the cavalry began to return to Lanzhou with the spoils of war. With his ghost cavalry, he reappeared on the bank of the Yellow River along the escape road of Tuobaya.

After instructing the scouts along the way to strengthen military intelligence collection, Zhao Xiaoxi decided to wait for the next move of Western Xia at the mouth of the Yellow River where Tuoba Ye and others had escaped. This time Helian Tieshu was resolved, and the Lanzhou border no longer had an enemy threat.

What he needs to do now is to see what choice the Tangut people will make after suffering this loss. Whether the GIs enter the country, or choose to swallow this bitter fruit, it will take time to wait.

Of course, he will not forget that he has been reporting the battle report to the Jingshi for more than a month. Judging from the current situation of Buyige sending the set, this year's Song-Liao border also has the same harassment of enemy cavalry as in previous years.

As for Western Xia this year, perhaps it was particularly eager to recover Lanzhou, so they focused on attacking this place. As a result, Zhao Xiaoxi came to a head-on blow and lost nearly 20,000 elite cavalry, and I believe they will also feel distressed for a while.

He personally wrote a battle report of victory, and Zhao Xiaoxi handed it over to the cavalry scouts and asked him to quickly send it to the Zhizhou of Qinfeng Road. With an expedited situation of 800 miles, he reported to the Jingshi Imperial Court. I hope that this big victory will make the officials of the imperial court better this year.

In addition, he also wrote a secret letter and handed it over to the guards around him to deliver it to Beijing in person. handed it over to the emperor Zhao Xu, who must have been very unhappy at this moment.

In addition to talking about the casualties of the cavalry in this battle, it also made predictions about some follow-up events. There are some things, Zhao Xiaoxi is just a messenger now, and his orders can only be conveyed to Qin Fenglu and Yongxing Junlu.

If Western Xia really wants to fight hard this time, then the imperial court must have something to deal with. In addition, he also deliberately arranged two groups of ambushes. He planned to enter Tibet, which bordered Xichun, to make trouble with the Liao State in order to divert the attention of the three kingdoms.

Don't look at the current situation, the three countries seem to like to bully the Great Song Dynasty, but in the border areas of the three countries, at this time, there will also be small-scale conflicts.

The ambush mentioned by Zhao Xiaoxi in the secret fold is to enter the border area of the three kingdoms in disguise. Expand this skirmish as much as possible, so that they are unable to take care of harassing the Song Dynasty and buying time for the Song Dynasty to rise.

When Zhao Xiaoxi folded the two seals and delivered them to Jingshi through different channels. During this time, every day the court heard how many people had been taken captive in the areas bordering Fanbang. Zhao Xu, who had news of how many villages had been killed, was in an extremely bad mood.

Qin Fenglu, who had always wanted to hear some good news, had been in for more than a month until Zhao Xiaoxi led the troops in, but there was no news. This made Zhao Xu also a little worried, whether this cousin would mess things up.

Until the report of the victory, the eight hundred miles of the post man were expedited. Not long after the opening of Bianliang City, the imperial court had not yet ended the early dynasty. The cavalry post man carrying the battle report rushed into the city and shouted 'Lanzhou Victory' all the way, attracting the people of the capital to stop and watch.

When this post man with good news on his back went straight to the foot of the imperial city, he was stopped by the forbidden army guarding the palace gate. Looking at the tiredness on the face of the post guard, as well as the expression of excitement and madness, the forbidden army also knew that this kind of thing could not be delayed.

Soon reported the information, and it was clear that the emperor would be a little yellow gate eunuch who was distressed by the border war during this time. Immediately led the post guard, walked out of the court, and shouted the sharp voice of 'Lanzhou Great Victory'.

Zhao Xu, who was discussing the matter of defending against the enemy, and a group of civil and military officials, heard the voice of this 'Lanzhou victory'. Almost at the same time, he stopped arguing and looked his head out of the palace gate.

Thinking that this great victory should have been sent by that cousin, Zhao Xu had already stepped off the dragon chair and walked out of the palace gate of the court despite the image of the Son of Heaven. Those civil and military ministers naturally followed.

On the steps into the court, I looked at the eunuchs and post guards who kept running in small steps. Everyone's eyes were on the box in his hand, hoping that it would bring them some good news! (To be continued......)