Chapter 134: Entering Shiwa Village
Looking at the scouts around him, playing the best riding and archery, he is not the opponent of the other party. The detective, who was also involved in kite flying, also felt a little bitter in his heart.
I really can't figure out when such a powerful young man will appear in the army here. If this kind of person who is enough to pose a mortal threat to them is not eradicated as soon as possible and let it grow, it will really be a nightmare existence for Western Xia.
With this idea, the scout finally decided to leave first. Otherwise, if you keep going around in circles, you'll end up with them all here. The only way to do this is to spread the news of Tuoba Yu's capture to Western Xia as soon as possible.
He believed that the Tuoba family would definitely not be able to do it when they heard the news. It is very possible to send a thousand-strong team or more into the Song Dynasty in advance.
What's more, that one was stationed on the banks of the Yellow River. The cavalry unit responsible for receiving them, the leading general was Tuoba Yu's second uncle. A team of 100 people can't grind the other party's kind of sending a team of 1,000 people.
The thousand-man team is not good, the scout officer believes in the Tuoba family, and in order to rescue Tuoba Yu, he is afraid that the 10,000-person team may be sent out. At that time, no matter how powerful this cavalry general of the border army is, he will not be able to compete with thousands of troops!
With this intention in mind, he soon let out a loud whistle while riding. Hearing this whistle, the Western Xia cavalry, who were originally fighting with Zhao Xiaoxi and others, fled away from the battlefield at the speed of sound.
Watching these people leave, Zhao Xiaoxi's face was not angry, but showed a smile. After reining in those war horses that have no owner. With these war horses, they embarked on the road to a small fortress not far away.
I don't understand why Zhao Xiaoxi didn't go back to Lanzhou City directly at this time. On the contrary, a group of people who came to such a border and a small fortress to do something. I didn't dare to ask anything. They all rode horses to keep up with Zhao Xiaoxi's back.
From yesterday's initial engagement, to the current killings of these usually arrogant ones, the Western Xia scout cavalry fled in embarrassment. Whether it is a veteran of the pro-guard team or a new recruit like Zhi Zhigang, they are all very excited.
From last night to now, the number of Western Xia scouts who have died in their hands. There are more than 100 people. But they, except for the loss of a war horse ridden by the guards, no one was injured at all.
If this kind of record is spread to those border cavalry battalions, I am afraid that it will also cause a lot of uproar. But all this is now clearly manifested in front of them. This also means that if you follow this general, you won't have to worry about making meritorious contributions!
Looking at the Xixia scout who was hanging far behind them, Zhao Xiaoxi pretended not to see it. Continue to your destination. It wasn't until they arrived that they were approached by a regimental training army stationed here.
After arriving here, Zhao Xiaoxi quickly met the commander of the regimental training army here, and also learned about the inside of this fortress. In addition to the 500 regimental training troops stationed, nearly 1,000 ordinary people who lived here to take refuge also lived.
Compared with the deserted fields in other border areas, these important passes, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, are places where many people feel safe. Most of the surrounding fields are also planted by people.
As long as there is nothing going on. These people will run to the outside of the fortress to work and get injured. Until I heard the signal of a reminder from the posthumous poster of the fort. They immediately packed up their things and came back.
In this way, it will also reduce the occurrence of tragedies of being captured or shot by wandering Western Xia cavalry. But inevitably, this kind of frightened bird-like life also puts the people living here in a very worried life.
Now suddenly a squad of cavalry is seen arriving. There were many hideous human heads tied to the horses. Many people living in the fortress also acted as admiring eyes when they looked at Zhao Xiaoxi and his party.
Over the years, at this time, they didn't dare to go too far out of the fortress at will. I am afraid that if I encounter these murderous Western Xia scout cavalry, I will end up in a tragic field. It's a little safer here, though. But it could only withstand the attacks of small groups of cavalry.
If they were not really reluctant to leave, and when they went to a city too far away, they would not know how to survive. The people who live here are afraid that they have already dragged their families and left.
As for this regimental training army of about 500 people, most of them are composed of men from ordinary people living here. The older ones are almost fifty years old, and the younger ones are only fifteen or sixteen years old.
Such a regiment training army is okay when it encounters a small cavalry team. If you encounter a little large cavalry force, I am afraid that it will be difficult to hold out for a long time, and it is possible that the opponent will break through the gate and kill the general.
It's just that Cho Hyo-seok knows that a man who dares to survive in such a place. Either they have a reason to be reluctant to leave, or they know they can't go there. As long as they have knives and arrows in their hands, they will feel safe.
Sometimes, most of these regimental training troops are used to protect the homeland, and they play a greater role than ordinary van troops. In this regard, Zhao Xiaoxi naturally knows it. And there is a reason why I chose to live here to rest.
In order to cope with this protracted operation, a lot of war materials were also transported in the fortresses guarding the border passes during this time. The rest included grain and grass, as well as weapons and bows and arrows, which were kept by the border soldiers stationed here to supervise them.
In normal times, these regiments will not be allowed to be used for military training, and when they encounter unexpected situations. This kind of emergency reserve can make the village hold on for a while longer under the greatest circumstances. Buy time for reinforcements to arrive!
Therefore, Zhao Xiaoxi, who arrived here, quickly took over the defense of the entire Shiwa Village. I also met the border army stationed here, as well as the commander of the regimental training army in Shiwa Village. As for the grain officer who was supposed to be arranged here, no one dared to serve as a grain officer for a long time.
To put it bluntly, in such a poor border area, it is impossible to receive taxes as a grain official in a fortress. On the contrary, with the grain Cao Guan, it may attract the people to cry poverty to them and ask the court for grain and grass relief.
In this way, many fortresses on the border also formed a situation where there was no need to pay taxes to the imperial court. Don't think about the situation of the imperial court's relief, even if these so-called supervised border troops are actually not reused, they will be assigned to this kind of fortress.
If there is no one in peacetime, these border troops who are responsible for supervision will train the army with the regiment guarding here. Everyone basically didn't distinguish each other, and there was no oversight. In a word, if you can't pee on a border army on a pit, you can't do the work of supervision at all.
Now with the arrival of Zhao Xiaoxi, an officer who showed the waist card of the forbidden army, the border army officers stationed in the village and the commander of the regimental training army here pretended to be in charge of each other. But all of this didn't have much effect on Zhao Xiaoxi.
The first thing I said when I entered the fortified village and saw the two officers was: "From now on, you all have to prepare for a big battle." Because, the captive we captured was the son of the leader of the Tuoba tribe of Western Xia. ”
Having been on the border for many years, they knew very well what the status of this captive meant. But without waiting for the border army officer to say anything, the commander surnamed Shi Mingying said directly: "General, since this prisoner is so important, why don't you send it to Lanzhou City immediately?" Brought him here instead? ”
Oh, yes! A captive with such a cattle background should not be taken to Lanzhou City to receive merit and reward. What else do you do with sending this kind of person to this kind of fortress? If the Tuoba people of Western Xia knew about it, they would not be swallowed alive.
For Quartz's questioning in a bad tone, Zhao Da, who was standing next to him, was ready to reprimand the other party. Only Zhao Xiaoxi understands that this quartz is afraid that he has brought a bane into Shiwa Village.
Soon said with a smile: "The reason why I didn't send him to Lanzhou City, but sent him to this stone tile village is very simple, that is, to use this captive to transfer the big fish of the Tuoba family."
This time, I was ordered to come to Qinfeng Road to solve the current problem of border trouble. I believe that there is no need for this general to say, Commander Shi should know that the Xixia people are all dogs. Not only will it know that it is afraid!
Ben will know what Commander Shi is worried about, and please rest assured about this. If you really can't keep the stone tile village, you will live and die with you. What we have to do now is to sort out the defense of the fortress and welcome the arrival of the Tuoba cavalry.
In addition, he took the general's warrant and handed over all the things that were sent to the warehouse a few days ago to the regimental training army and equip them. With those equipment, Ben would have believed that as long as it was not for tens of thousands of Fanbang cavalry, he would not want to break through Shiwa Village. ”
As soon as he heard this, he was stunned by Quartz, and said with a surprised face: "General, aren't those things used in the border army war?" Now that we have used it, won't the court blame? ”
In response to this, Zhao Xiaoxi looked at the border army garrison officer, and said with some amusement: "It seems that you, the supervisor, have not fulfilled your responsibilities." You told Commander Shi all the things that were brought in? ”
As soon as these words came out, the garrison officer of the border army hurriedly pleaded guilty: "The last general is guilty!" Please, general! ”
Seeing that Quartz was going to open his mouth to save the situation, Zhao Xiaoxi waved his hand and said, "Okay, the general didn't say that he would punish you." Get up! Now, according to the order of the general, open the official treasury and send the weapons and equipment down.
At the same time, tell the people in the fortress to repair the wall together. Each family has a healthy person, who works for a day and distributes a pound of food. In addition, each regimental training soldier was given three catties of food first, so that everyone could have a full meal.
Secondly, Commander Shi, you can inform the villagers and his subordinates. As long as the war starts, the bereavement reward will be doubled after the end. This can also be regarded as a general, a little expression of the military and civilians of Shiwazhai. ”
It is clear that in this kind of year, food is the real thing. The materials transported from Lanzhou before, in fact, quartz and others were very greedy. It is known that this is the reserve used here for the transit of the army.
Everyone knows that if these things are moved, once the imperial army arrives, they will not be able to hand over the things, and they are afraid that they will also be charged with embezzling grain and grass. But now, this young general who holds the waist card of the forbidden army and calls himself a general.
This order was given as soon as it came, which undoubtedly made Quartz and others very excited. As for considering that this general will not be fake, what does it matter to him so much in Quartz's opinion? If you don't grasp this kind of good thing, that's really stupid! (To be continued......)