Chapter 122: A Desperate Shot
The army gathered in front of Suirong Fort, the horse army, the infantry army, and the artillery army, the queue was neat, the flag was clear, the drums and horns sounded, and the horses neighed constantly. Yang Hao was dressed in a military uniform, sitting upright on a horse, Li Huating, Yang Yanlang, Tuoba Haofeng, Ai Yihai, Zhang Chongwei, Ke Zhenevil, and tiger generals gathered and surrounded him and Yang Jiye in zhōngyāng.
"From this south, Shengqiang Village, Tongyuan Village, Dangqiang Village, Tongxia Village, Linqiang Fort, Wuning Fort, Tonghui Fort, Dingrong Fort, within one day, Gu Yao will take them all."
Yang Hao's words, listening to the generals were stunned, the Western Xia iron cavalry gathered, in addition to the regular army, the tribal army of the eight clans of the party has also been assembled, is opening through the Xiao Pass one after another, pouring the full strength of the Western Xia State, to deal with Shang Boqian, the generals still have the confidence to win, but Shang Boqian is not a soft persimmon, he has worked hard to run Longyou for many years, deeply rooted here, no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses under his command, it is easy to defeat him, if you want to win, I am afraid that it will take half a year at the earliest, and the king actually boasted of Haikou, to take the four villages and four forts within one rì, It's simply not possible.
On the opposite side is Shang Boqian's men and horses, Shang Boqian's men and horses have been assembled, the army is ready to fight, looking from a distance, people shout horses neighing, strong as a mountain, flags cover rì, Diao - Guangfeng cold, how can it be a persimmon that is easy to pinch?
"Marshal Yang, I will pay you all the army alone, in this battle, I will only watch from the wall, watch the soldiers, and capture the thieves for the lonely!
"Obey!
Yang Jiye hugged his fists to receive the order, he was covered in armor, his armor and shoulder guards were like a tiger swallowing rì, his chest and back armor and leg guards were integrated, he was wearing a horned beast helmet, and his face and cover were covered with a hood and neck guard, revealing only a pair of majestic eyes. Behind him, sitting on a tall horse, were three thousand iron horsemen with neat saddles, swords and shields, and red tasseled spears in their hands.
Under the scorching heat, the three thousand iron horsemen with helmets and armor remained motionless, merging with the solemn atmosphere of the entire military formation, only the countless fluttering flags in the military formation hunted and hunted, making a little sound "poof". Compared with Shang Boqian's soldiers and horses on the opposite side, Yang Hao's formation was a little less noisy, but a little more dignified than the abyss.
Under the banner of Shuai, Yang Jiye began to use a sonorous and powerful voice to dispatch troops, and the generals who called their names praised one after another, turned their horses back to their own formation, and the army began to move slowly, and the military formation, which was originally condensed like a mountain, began to show a soaring murderous aura.
On the opposite side, Shang Boqian sat on a horse, with a big flag behind him, and looked at the formation that slowly unfolded on the opposite side with a solemn face.
"Yang Hao is not good, it coincides with the Song State's northern expedition to Liao, and he has no time to take care of us, in this battle, we must be careful, only to resist the first wave of powerful offensive of the Western Xia army, and we will definitely be able to frustrate its spirit. This is our territory, and as long as the two sides enter a stalemate, we can gradually turn the tide. Even if we can't drive them back to Hexi on our own, the Song side will react after a long time, and as long as the Hengshan side exerts a little pressure, the Western Xia will inevitably fluctuate. At that time, we will not only be able to defeat the Western Xia army and drive them back to Hexi, but we may also be able to recover Xiaoguan in one fell swoop.
"Why should the eldest brother grow up and destroy his prestige. The younger brother fought with the Western Xia army, and the Western Xia army could not be er, so what to mention. The Western Xia army in terms of strength, when it is on par with us, but we occupy the time, place, and people, this battle, we should be concerned about whether we can cut off Yang Jiye's dog head in a battle, wave the army to the north, and drive directly to Hexi. ”
The bald man was triumphant, looking at the Western Xia army opposite, disdainful of the authentic.
Another Tu clan leader, Wang Ni Zhu Jin, said: "Third brother, don't underestimate the enemy, listen to the eldest brother's "win the victory, seek stability first."
The bald man snorted, a little disapproving.
Shang Boqian said: "We naturally won't be afraid of Xixia, but Luo Su and Luo Dan overnight, although they promise to reconcile with me, but these two old foxes have a bit of sincerity, if we can't get out of the hard fight here, whether the two old thieves will be greedy, it is really difficult to prepare, once they intervene behind our backs, it will be a great disadvantage to us." ”
Bald said: "Aren't Wang Rufeng and Zhang Jun still guarding Lanzhou, and the remnants of the defeated monks Boqian at night, why be afraid?" ”
Shang Piqian frowned, looked back and asked, "When will Tong Yu, Di Haijing, and Barcelona arrive?"
A staff member beside him hurriedly said: "My lord, after receiving the general's general, the three adults came to converge at night, and the news received yesterday evening was that the temple was forked in the fort, and the Tong adults have passed the Tiandu Village, maybe within an hour, they can arrive." ”
"Very good!" Shang Bo Qianmian sè slightly: "After a while, the two armies are fighting, and this army suddenly kills out, which can be miraculous, hehe......
"Knock knock knock one by one
"Tom tom one one
The war drums roared, the horn sounded, and the cavalry in black armor raised their spears, holding a shield in their left hand and a flat-ended spear in their right hand, the barrel of the gun was under the ribs, and the sharp tip of the spear pointed directly at the enemy formation.
The shields are all cowhide riding shields painted with the pattern of fierce beasts, and the red tasseled spear is a bamboo as the handle, painted black sè, and the grip is wrapped with fine hemp silk, that is, light and tough, the sharp three-edged spear blade is one and a half feet long, and the blood groove is like a murderous aura.
"Drink!"
Yang Yanlang shouted, the prancing horse lifted the gun, and led the department to rush over, the cavalry seemed to rush up in chaos, but between every three knights, they always maintained a certain distance, taking care of each other, every three horses, is a wedge, and all the wedges, and converged into a huge wedge.
Wedge Charge! As soon as Yang Yanlangfu clashed, there was no temptation, and he didn't disrupt the opponent's formation through flank charges, attacks, and containment, so he wanted to directly chisel through?
How many troops are opposite? Although Shang Boqian's 200,000 troops were not all placed on the frontal battlefield, the troops in front would not be less than 100,000, with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and there was no boundary, let alone a 100,000 army.
Yang Yanlang's contempt angered Bald Tong, and Bald Kui shouted: "Rampant junior, come to fight." After that, he slapped the steel knife on the horse stock, and led the headquarters to rush forward, but Shang Boqian couldn't stop it, so he had to order Wang Nizhu to lead his troops to respond to it and take the Chinese army into battle.
The earth trembled, and the hoofs thundered. For the wilderness in front of you with infinite murderous energy, the sound of clothes and armor colliding with gold and iron, the sound of riding horses and whipping and shouting and killing, the smoke and dust are filled, the heaven and the earth become sè, and under the fierce magnetic impact, people turn over on their backs, and the miserable screams are in the sky. Yang Yanlang took the lead, like the blade of a spear, fiercely cutting through the enemy's charging soldiers and breaking into their military formation. Countless warriors followed, "ferociously assaulting.
On the other side, the fierce Bald Tong did not show weakness, Bald Tong held a big knife in his hand, howling and chopping, a huge eagle hook nose was covered with blood, like a vulture pecking at flesh and blood, where the waves were split, his men and horses followed, and he also used his human way to govern his body, and fiercely impacted the ranks of the Western Xia army.
Yang Yanlang and Bald Kui were separated by six horses, and they could already see each other's appearances, but there were countless soldiers fighting back and forth in the middle, they couldn't fight in the past, and it was impossible to slow down the speed of the horses, they looked at each other fiercely, and the two staggered past each other, killing the enemy's rear.
At this time, Yang Jiye and Shang Boqian invariably sent troops again and launched an attack on the opponent's flank army, and a full-scale melee began under Suirong Fort......
"The Holy God rules the world, isn't it the peace of the country and the people? Although I dare not say that the Great Song Dynasty does not close the door at night and does not leave the road behind, but the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the country gradually prospers. You guys...... If you rebellious ministers and thieves, for your own selfish interests, really assassinate the Holy Lord and hurt the current prince, once the world falls into turmoil and hundreds of people suffer, will you bear such a sin? ”
Concubine Li Xian really deserved to be a virtuous character, and she fell into the hands of the Qin criminal, who assassinated the king, and was not afraid that he would hurt herself, so she actually condemned his crime with a heart.
Bisu sneered; "The world is the world, you all say that you are the world, who is the world in this world? How big is this world? Your so-called world is just the world of your Zhao family, your so-called world is just the world of your Song Kingdom, no matter what means Zhao Guangyi uses, what he wants is his family for generations to come, don't put on a face of righteousness for the world to me.
He turned his head and glanced back, and sneered again: "Only your world is the world, only your people are the people, and everyone else deserves to die?" All things are born in nature, and it is the principle of heaven for you to annex other countries, and it is in accordance with the way of heaven for you to slaughter others, this is your truth? Niangniang, you have your reason, I have my reason, your royal family for the sake of the family, the country, the world, the inheritance, do what you should do, and I ...... I just want to defend my relatives, protect my relatives, and whoever hurts her, I will avenge her. What world, what Li people, when did you think of them when you raised the butcher's knife? It's all stinky bullshit!"
The two of them quarreled all the way, all the way out of Bianliang City, and there was no one behind them. No one dared to appear, and Bisu had already declared: "But there is one person chasing after him, if I see it, he will kill Concubine Li Xian." ”
Concubine Li Xian is the biological mother of the current crown prince, who dares to take such a risk?
It turned out that Chu Yunxiu, the official of the Heavenly Prison, made people urgently report to Gu Ruoli and Zhen Chuge, it was true that these two adults refused to show up to protect their lives, but they did not ignore it, the two of them met in private, discussed it, and felt that the saint was not in the capital, and the only people who could stop the prince were probably only those people in the palace, so Gu Ruoli hurriedly went to see the queen.
Empress Li and Concubine Li Xian were playing chess in the palace at this time, and Empress Li had nothing to do, but she was the queen of the main palace. Concubine Li Xian has many sons and daughters, and the current crown prince Zhao Yuanzuo is her biological son, and the mother is expensive by virtue of her son, and the status of Concubine Xian in the palace is second only to the queen.
Hearing about the prince's absurd behavior, Queen Li was very displeased, Concubine Li Xian was very frightened, so she wanted to dissuade the prince, the queen had nothing to do, so she came with her, as soon as she arrived at the prison, just in time to catch up with the wall to choke the prince's throat, in the inner guard regiment gathered like a forest of guns and halberds to look around the next step to rub out of the prison.
Bisu threatened the prince's life and wanted to leave the prison, but the forbidden guards did not dare to let him go, but they were even more afraid that he would jump off the wall and hurt the prince, so he got out of the prison step by step. Faced with this situation, Chu Yunxiu was so anxious that he almost fainted.
If you don't let go of the wall, he is a grass people, what scruples do he have? If he really kills the prince, even if he is cut into pulp, his nine clans will be punished. But if you want to let him go, how can you make it? If he is allowed to take the prince as a hostage, once he escapes from Bianliang City, and then ends up with the prince's life, isn't it a chicken and egg fight?
Chu Yunxiu was in a dilemma, he couldn't let it go, he couldn't let it go, he couldn't let it go, he saw that Bisu's eyes were fierce, for fear that he would break the prince by letting him go, but let him go and I don't know if he could keep his promise to put the prince back, and when he was sweating profusely, the queen mother and the virtuous concubine arrived.
Seeing such a scene, the queen and the concubine were all shocked, one of them was the queen, and the other was the prince's biological mother, and they wanted them to be the master and let the wall su leave, they still did this master, but the wall was able to sacrifice his life and stab the driver, and it was clear that he had a big enmity with the Zhao and Song Dynasty royal families, who knew that once he escaped from Bianliang, he would not end up with the prince's life? Once the crown prince died......
Not to mention that the queen was frightened, Concubine Li Xian was even more tearful. In desperation, Concubine Li Xian proposed to replace the prince as a hostage to ensure that he left Bianliang safely.
Bisu really wanted to escape from Bianliang with the prince as a hostage, once he went out, he would not let this prince go, and he would inevitably end up with him, but the people of Empress Li and Concubine Li and the Song court obviously also thought of this, so they didn't bother. Bisu was helpless, he was already planning to kill the prince, and he could be regarded as earning back some capital, and he didn't want Concubine Li Xian to propose this compromise solution.
The person who Bisu wanted to kill the most in his heart was Zhao Guangyi, seeing that Concubine Li Xian proposed this method, she was the biological mother of the prince, and her identity was enough to ensure her own safety, so she agreed, and immediately let go of Zhao Yuanzuo, who resolutely refused to be replaced by her mother, and took Concubine Li Xian as a hostage, and left Bianliang City with a swagger.
Seeing that it was seven or eight miles away from the city, and the official road behind it was deserted, and sure enough, there was no half of a figure, and Bisu suddenly shouted: "Get off the horse!"
Concubine Li Xian was stunned, but she knew that she was in the hands of a robber, so she didn't dare to disobey, so she obediently got off the royal horse, and Bisu took the reins of the horse, tied it to her saddle beam, stared at Concubine Li Xian coldly, and said="You...... A good mother, I won't kill you, but ...... Your Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty has a blood feud with me, but if you have a breath, I will kill Zhao Jiong!"
Saying that, Yang Xun whipped up, one person and two horses, and left the dust, leaving Concubine Li Xian alone on the road.
"Mother. Mother ......"
I don't know when, the people of the Imperial City Division had the courage to sneak up, and when they saw Concubine Li Xian walking on the road alone, they hurriedly sent people to report to the queen and the prince who were walking on the road behind, and hurriedly rushed up to protect them.
When Zhao Yuanzuo saw that Naqin had made a mistake, he kept his promise, and he didn't embarrass his mother as a woman, so he put down his heart and cried like a tearful person.
Concubine Li Xian waited quietly for him to arrive, and suddenly raised her hand and slapped him, this slap stunned Zhao Yuanzuo, and everyone on the left and right were stunned.
Concubine Li Xian knew all the things that Zhao Wuzuo had argued with her father, and as soon as she heard that the crown prince had gone to prison, she knew what he was going to do, and he wanted to find out whether this assassin was sent by the emperor's uncle or if he had another instigation. He wanted to know how much his father had done to be sorry for his uncle.
Originally, Concubine Li Xian was also a little guilty about her son, because this son was the Three Principles and Five Constants since elementary school, benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom, which suddenly made him subvert the faith and character cultivated since childhood, "The edifice of ideas collapsed, and it is no wonder that he is so painful. But today, Bisu's words taught her a lesson. When she walked alone and walked back slowly, her mind kept thinking about what Bisu had said.
Yes, you have your reason, I have my reason, everyone has what he wants to defend, what is the society of the world, what is the morality of righteousness, how many worlds are there in the world? Song has the world of Song, Liao has the world of Liao, and Western Xia has the world of Western Xia...... the so-called world is just the place you have. There is no absolute truth in the world, if you defend what you want to maintain, you will inevitably damage what others want to maintain, and to put that benevolence and morality to the point is just to maintain the order of your own group.
Why does a puppet grass man and an assassin who does not enter the stream see so clearly and understand the truth, but his stupid son regards some self-deceptive and deceitful things as a righteous truth that can be used all over the world, and he puts his own good rì son, but he is entangled in those bullshit things, which provokes father and son to turn against him, and also returns a ghost who is not gone? If you preach morality to others, who will preach morality to you?
As soon as she saw Zhao Yuanzuo coming up, Concubine Li Xian suddenly became angry, and slapped her without thinking about it. This slap made Zhao Yuanzuo stupid all of a sudden. Empress Li said: "Sister Xianfei, you ...... What are you doing here?"
Concubine Li Xian had the heart to teach her son a few words, but the ministers and servants, the palace guards and forbidden troops, I don't know how many people were surrounded in all directions, although some truths were true, but it was inconvenient to say and listen, especially as a member of the royal family, she opened her mouth, and finally only turned into a long sigh: "Niangniang, let's go back to the palace." This is a bad boy, leave him alone!"
Seeing Luan driving, Zhao Yuanzuo covered his cheeks and still stood there blankly, he didn't understand, why did he beat his mother, who had always loved him and didn't touch a finger of his finger since he was a child?
"What the hell am I doing wrong?"
Zhao Wuzuo shouted indignantly in his heart.
Under the city of Youzhou, the war is in full swing.
In just collecting materials, it only took half a month for the craftsmen to produce 800 stone pottery; , bitter rain, stone rain, every day without spending zinc to pour into Youzhou City, climb the ladder, beat the city gate, build soil mountains, dig tunnels, all kinds of tactics are used to the extreme. The defenders in the city came to block, and the water came to the earth, but they also saw the move and tried their best to resist.
The Liao reinforcements have no way to face the behemoth of the Song army, once the huge formation of the Song army is operational, it is simply a huge and terrible meat grinder, this large array is more complete and meticulous than the Meridian Valley Zhao Kuangyin and Xiao Hou in the first war, especially after more than a month of continuous improvement and supplementation, and the terrain is perfectly combined, its heavy infantry is equipped with the world's best weapons at that time, received the most scientific training, composed of the most wonderful formation, frontal combat invincible in the world, No matter how many soldiers go in, they can't fill this bottomless pit.
The Liao reinforcements watched the Song army besiege and attack the city, but they were at a loss, and the Song army only fought a positional war with you, and did not take the initiative to disturb the war at all, what can you do? These hundreds of thousands of troops are piled up under Youzhou City, people eat horses and feed, and they spend money like running water every day, which is almost overwhelming.
At this time, the Song army had already freed up his hands and began to cut off the cities around Youzhou. Yelu Xian Zhen originally came to reinforce Youzhou, but several major battles were frustrated one after another, and the loss of troops and generals was helpless to Zhao Guangyi's most proud "Pingrong Wanquan Great Array", and morale was extremely low.
Qinhai was annexed by the Liao State, and now it has only been a few years, and the Qinhai Navy is not loyal enough to be willing, but shortly thereafter, another person surrendered to the Song Dynasty, although he failed to pull his own army over, and only brought more than 200 cronies, but it caused an uproar in the Liao army camp. Because this is the commander of the Tielin Army of the Liao State, Li Zhalu Cun.
The Tielin Army is one of the most sharp armies returning to China, and it is also quite prestigious in history, the three major heavy armored cavalry of the Song Dynasty are the Tielin Army of the Liao State, the Iron Harrier of the Western Xia State and the Tiefutu of the Jin State in the original history, and Li Zhalucun is also a senior general of the Khitan Department of the Liao State.
His surrender to the Song Dynasty immediately produced a domino effect, and the Liaoshun Prefecture defender Jianxiong Army made Liu Tingsu and Jizhou defender Liu Shouen successively raise the city to surrender, and Youzhou City officially became a lonely city, and the situation was precarious.
When the news came back to Shangjing, there was an uproar, a series of victories of the Song army, and the power of orphans and widows hit the ambitions of the Liao people to nothing, and many courtiers couldn't help but think of the fate of the Xiongnu and the Turks who lost their sweat tents one after another and went to the Western Regions, and began to consider abandoning the sixteen states of Youyun and shrinking their troops and horses to "protect their homeland." One person proposed, and ten or hundreds of people responded, and for a while, the noise in the Liao court was the same voice: "Give up the sixteen states of Youyun and shrink the soldiers and horses to protect the Liao State!"
"Nonsense! If there are those who dare to abandon our land and pursue soldiers to protect themselves, there will be no mercy for killing!"
Xiao Sui pressed the sword and stood up, and there was a vicious aura between the natural and charming eyebrows, which was so shocked that no one dared to speak out in the hall, leaving only this woman's loud words: "In the past, I was a big Liao, and I dominated the world, and there was no one who dared to stop it, even if I was talented and strategic with Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin, what could I do?" Now Youzhou City is in danger, the defenders are facing 300,000 enemy troops, guarding the moon and herd, not losing an inch of land, only waiting for my big Liao tiger and wolf division to help relieve the siege, you are actually timid and afraid of war? ”
Looking around the hall, Xiao Ge said fiercely and resolutely: "You retreat, this palace will not retreat!" If you want to die, the warriors of Daliao will die vigorously, and the palace and the emperor will die in the city of Youzhou!"
Seeing that a young woman had such bloody courage, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were ashamed and did not dare to oppose each other, Xiao Xuan's resolute words also aroused their fierce spirit, and at that moment, all the civil and military forces mustered up Yu Yong, "Then urgently recruit troops and horses to all departments, continue to organize reinforcements, and prepare to gallop to Youzhou." At the same time, Xiao Xuan hurriedly ordered Yelu Hugh to end the battle with Murowei and Jurchen as soon as possible, regardless of whether he was fighting or peace, and immediately returned to the division to defend Nanjing!
Corpses are strewn all over the field, and they are all in shambles.
Yang Jiye and Shang Boqian sat and fed the Chinese army, constantly investing troops, the battle group became more and more shapely, from the top of the mountain down, the entire plain was full of rampaging soldiers and horses, killing earth-shattering, rì moon without light.
At this moment, smoke and dust rose from the southwest horizon, first a wisp of black line, and then quickly pushed forward, and the smoke and dust rolled like a yellow dragon with teeth and claws. The two armies were in the middle of a battle, and they struck a surprise attack that surprised everyone, and the two warring sides near the southwest were the first to silence, and then, like a plague, spread throughout the territory.
The banner was rolling, hunting in the wind, and a child's word of Dou Da came into view, and a burst of cheers suddenly broke out in Shang Bo's thousand camps, and their "reinforcements" ...... It's here!
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