Chapter 20: The Beginning of the War

In the Qingsong Valley Gyeongju Army Barracks, Zhao Lei looked at the generals around him with a gloomy face, while Yang Wenguang and the others stood there with their heads down, like children who had made mistakes. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info full/this\small/say\net

"Why is this happening? The Western Xia army disappeared into the mountains inexplicably, even if they were more familiar with it than us, it was impossible not to leave a trace! Also, the scout horses we sent disappeared one after another, nearly a hundred cavalry, and they disappeared like this, and they didn't even know where they disappeared, what the hell did you do. Zhao Lei said angrily to Yang Wenguang.

Hearing Zhao Lei scolding Yang Wenguang, Yang Jinhua immediately stood up and reported the grievances and said, "Lord Zhao! This can't all be blamed on my brother, isn't there a lot of missing people from the scouts sent by the Yongxing Army! This is obviously done by the Western Xia army, it seems that they are ambushed in some places in Gyeongju, otherwise our army's Tanma would not have disappeared so much. ”

"What does the Western Xia Army want to do? Where are they? Di Qing frowned and muttered to himself.

"No! We can't wait any longer, since we can't figure out the intentions of the Western Xia army, we have to disrupt their intentions, and we will immediately attack those Qiang troops who are struggling. Zhao Lei, who was dressed in a refreshing official robe, made up his mind and said.

"General Yang, where did the Qiang army led by Tashi go?" Zhao Lei turned his head to Yang Wenguang and asked.

"It's more than forty miles away." Yang Wenguang pointed to the geographical map of Gyeongju on the wall of the camp tent and replied to Zhao Lei.

"General Yang, you immediately lead the cavalry as the vanguard. Looking for the Qiang army to fight, this officer led the infantry army to follow closely, remember not to stay away from the rear army, to keep a distance of five miles from the rear army, so that reinforcements can be at any time. Zhao Lei said to Yang Wenguang in a loud voice.

"The last general commands!" Yang Wenguang clenched his fists and said loudly, and then put on his whole body heavy armor. Turn and walk out of the tent.

"General Tang, you lead five hundred soldiers to stay in this camp, and the others will go out with your own officer to fight the Qiang army." Zhao Lei looked at the male and female generals around him with a majestic face, and said loudly.

"Yes!" Everyone clenched their fists and said loudly.

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Dressed in modified Mingguang heavy armor and holding a family heirloom gold and silver gun, Yang Wenguang stood in front of the gate of the camp, and in front of him was two thousand five hundred elite cavalry. They are all good boys who have been trained by him and are skilled in bow horses.

"You are all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, you are all the most elite soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, what is your responsibility? Tell General Ben! Yang Wenguang looked at the two thousand five hundred elite cavalry in front of him and said loudly to them.

"Defend the family and the country!" Two thousand five hundred cavalry knew that the wait had finally come to an end. Today is going to fight the enemy with real swords and guns, and when they heard their commander Yang Wenguangdi's words, they said loudly together, and the tone of concerted efforts went straight into the sky. It's exciting.

"Not bad! Your duty is to defend your country! After Yang Wenguang finished speaking, his voice said louder and louder: "But do you know! What you are going to face is a bunch of shameless Qiang people who eat inside and out. They cultivated the land of the Great Song Dynasty, but they took refuge in the Western Xia to be the lackeys of the Western Xia people, burning and looting the people of the Great Song Dynasty, some of you are also locals, you should know those cruel and tyrannical Qiang crimes, two years ago, those Qiang people who took refuge in the Western Xia were ordered to loot Gyeongzhou, all the way. Looting nine villages in one county, more than 4,000 people of the Great Song Dynasty died under their butcher's knives, countless of our brothers and sisters were killed by them or enslaved as animals, hundreds of miles of Qingzhou, corpses are everywhere, you tell General Ben, are you willing to watch your brothers and sisters being bullied by the Qiang people and don't want to take revenge! ”

"Revenge! Avenge! Yang Wenguang's words aroused the anger in the hearts of the cavalry soldiers, they had seen countless villages near Gyeongju burned by the Qiang people, as well as bare bones in the wilderness, thinking of the viciousness of the Qiang people in Malingzhai, all the soldiers had red eyes, and said loudly with murderous intent.

"Good! Since you want to take revenge, General Ben told you that the Qiang people in Malingzhai have dispatched again, and they were instructed by the Western Xia, under the leadership of Ling Tashi, to send 5,000 troops, and poured into the village to loot the Great Song Dynasty, ready to raise the butcher's knife, bring the killing and sorrow to Gyeongju, and tell the general, can you just watch them cut the butcher's knife on the innocent people of my Great Song Dynasty again! Yang Wenguang said more excitedly.

"Can't!" The 2,500 cavalrymen standing next to the war horses waved their swords and bows and arrows in their hands, and said loudly and resentfully.

"The Qiang people of Malingzhai are in front, happily tidy up their hands are stained with the blood of the people of my Great Song Dynasty, let us use the simple knife and bow and arrow in our hands to let those Qiang people know that our Great Song Dynasty is not easy to provoke, and kill all the Qiang people who come to invade." Yang Wenguang raised the silver spear in his hand and said loudly with enthusiasm.

"Kill them all! Kill them all! Under the guidance of Yang Wenguang, the hatred and killing intent of the Qiang people in the hearts of the Gyeongju cavalry burst out violently, and they looked at Yang Wenguang with red eyes one by one, and said angrily.

"The Gyeongju cavalry obeyed the order, mounted their horses, and killed all those Qiang people." Yang Wenguang took the lead, picked up his gun and mounted his horse, and led the 2,500 cavalry under his command, which was already enthusiastic, to roll out of the camp like the wind, and galloped towards the place where the Qiang army was encamped in the northwest.

The loud shouts of the Gyeongju cavalry were heard by all the 2,500 foot soldiers who had gathered at the same time, and when they saw that the cavalry had already left the camp, the foot soldiers who were also angry in their hearts had already talked about it and demanded that they go out of the village and kill the enemy.

Zhao Lei, who walked out of the camp tent, saw that the military heart was available, and decided to add another fire to the morale that was burning now, thinking of this, he walked in front of the assembled foot soldiers, looked at them, and said loudly: "This official once heard a commander say that a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, you tell this officer, you came to Gyeongju to be a soldier, do you want to be promoted?" Then the official tells you that the Qiang people in front of you are not only your enemies, but also piles of silver, and the official has prepared six thousand taels (from here on, all the things involving money have been changed from Guan to two, and it has always been one tael) of white flowers and silver. Waiting for the news of your victory, kill one enemy for one tael of silver, ten taels for low-level generals, and one hundred taels for Tashi and the generals around him, go! The warriors of the Great Song Dynasty, use your bows, crossbows, swords and spears in your hands. Chop off the heads of your enemies, show your bravery, earn your merits and money, Gyeongju foot soldiers, out! ”

Zhao Lei's words were more practical, not only giving the Gyeongju army a psychological pleasure of revenge, but also throwing out the bait of promotion to official wealth, so that the two thousand five hundred foot soldiers under the command of Di Qing were more eager for the coming of the battle, and followed Di Qing with a roar. Get out of the barracks.

Time! On Zhao Lei's side, there were Yang Jinhua and Xiao Ruoruo, the sisters in the army, as well as Zhu Dali, Zhao Ming, and Fan Quan, the two Qiang brothers, who led the 500 cavalry guards.

"Let's go, follow behind Di Qing, and see what tricks those Qiang troops are doing!" watched Di Qing leave the barracks with 2,500 foot soldiers and gradually move west. Zhao Lei turned around and said to Yang Jinhua and the others, then turned over and rode out of the camp.

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Since the Qiang army of Maling Village came out of Maling Village, it has been fighting steadily and steadily, and it is encamped in the village after marching only ten miles every day. Strangely and the 6,000 Qingzhou army led by Zhao Lei were held in the mountains.

The mountainous terrain from Gyeongju to Malyeongzhai is not dangerous, and the slopes are gentle for many times, and the mountains are not high everywhere. The barracks of the Qiang army were stationed on top of a mountain bag, there was a small stream flowing nearby, and the barracks were surrounded by wooden fences on the highlands, and the barracks were also quiet, looking strange, not at all like a nervous barracks.

The Gyeongju military camp was only forty miles away from the Qiang army barracks, and the cavalry team led by Yang Wenguang. In just two hours, they came to the front of the Qiang army camp, and less than five miles behind Yang Wenguang, the infantry led by Di Qing walked behind them unhurriedly, and then the five hundred guards led by Zhao Lei followed Di Qing's infantry army cautiously.

The military spirit is available, and the anger cannot be discharged! Of course, Yang Wenguang understood that the morale of the cavalry he led had reached its peak now, so he led the cavalry team without saying much, and galloped all the way to the front of the Qiang army camp.

The vigilant soldiers in the Qiang army camp also saw the arrival of the Gyeongju cavalry, and the dull horn sounded immediately, and a large number of Qiang people wearing all kinds of strange armor came out of the camp tent and quickly assembled.

Yang Wenguang observed the position and weakness of the Qiang military camp, waved his hand, and said loudly: "Put on the hook and pull down the enemy's wooden fence!" ”

There are very few siege weapons in the Gyeongju army, in fact, in the mountainous Gyeongju, all kinds of bulky siege weapons are difficult to move, plus whether it is the Western Xia or the Qiang people, there are few big cities, in addition to the White Leopard City in the Western Xia, there are only the Qiang stronghold Maling Zhai These two stone walled cities, but this time Zhao Lei did not plan to attack Maling Village, so he did not bring siege weapons, only the army carried some simple and targeted tools, one of which was to deal with the hook lock of the wooden fence.

Hearing Yang Wenguang's order, hundreds of cavalrymen with hook locks immediately rushed to the front of the formation, holding the small cicada crossbow with a hook lock, shouted loudly, and pulled the small cicada crossbow hard, and as soon as the fingers were loosened, the crossbow arrows with the hook lock were like roaring lightning, shooting towards the wooden fence that was at most half a foot high.

Rumble! With a loud bang, the fragile wooden fence could not block the sharp hook lock crossbow arrows, and was immediately pierced by the hook lock crossbow arrows, and hundreds of thin iron chains wrapped the wooden fence through the hook lock crossbow arrows.

The Qiang army and the Gyeongju army had been fighting for many years, and they could not understand the meaning of the Gyeongju army, and many Qiang soldiers immediately shouted and raised their weapons and slashed at the hook lock crossbow arrows, trying to cut off these crossbow arrows.

"Pull!" But Yang Wenguang didn't give them time to reflect, and when he saw that the hook lock crossbow arrow was successful, he immediately shouted an order to the hundreds of cavalry.

Hearing Yang Wenguang's order, hundreds of cavalrymen turned their horses' heads, then tied one end of the thin iron chain to the horse's body, and with a wave of the horse's whip, drove the war horse to pull the hook lock towards the counterline.

Although some of the hundreds of hook lock crossbow arrows were not shot, and some were cut off by the Qiang army, the remaining hook lock crossbow arrows grabbed the wooden fence hard, and gradually loosened the wooden fence that they didn't know in the first place, and finally collapsed with a "boom".

When the fence collapsed, Yang Wenguang shouted: "Rush!" Then he took the lead and rushed towards the Qiang military camp.

Behind the wooden fence of the Qiang military camp, thousands of Qiang soldiers had already raised their bows, arrows, knives and guns, ready to meet the attack of the Gyeongju army.

Sou! With a soft sound, Yang Wenguang on horseback pulled the two stone black lacquer bows in his hands and shot an oolong iron spine arrow, which was like a meteor and passed through the chest of a Qiang soldier, and behind him, more cavalrymen pulled the bows and crossbows in their hands and shot towards the Qiang army camp.

And the Qiang soldiers also began to bend their bows and fight back, and the war finally began!

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