50. Gyeongju Offensive and Defensive Battle

The 150,000 Western Xia soldiers led by Liang Qiqi began to sweep around Gyeongju City soon after they arrived in Gyeongju City, and although the people around Gyeongju City had received the refuge order issued by me in advance, there were still many people who could not leave their homeland or had a fluke mentality were caught, and murder, arson, robbery and insults were staged everywhere in the surrounding area, and even more arrogant Western Xia cavalry dragged the corpses of the people outside Gyeongju City to show off.

It was the first time that Lu Junyi and Lin Chong had seen the Tangut people bullying the people of the Great Song Dynasty like this, and the sharp-eyed Lin Chong even saw the Tangut soldiers in the distance insulting a Great Song woman. I looked at the arrogant and domineering Xixia people outside the city, with frost on my face, and said lightly: "Xixia is cruel and unreasonable, for their own selfishness, they have repeatedly brutalized the people of the Great Song Dynasty for many years. ”

Zong Ze said calmly: "Marshal don't fall for the enemy's tricks, the enemy is strong and I am weak, and the other party obviously wants to provoke our army to go out of the city to fight." Gongye Qian, who gradually recovered from the Demon Sect's plot, also said: "The body of the prince is ten thousand gold, you can't put yourself in danger, you can only act after careful planning." The turmoil on the side, Lu Junyi, Lin Chong and others were eager to try, and it seemed that they wanted to go down and kill as soon as possible.

I said sincerely: "Murong doesn't know the intentions of the Western Xia people, but the purpose of the establishment of the Protector Army is to protect the territory and the people, since we have the ability, why don't we give assistance to our compatriots within the scope of our ability?" Open the gates! ”

The gates of the city were wide open, the Protector Army was quickly dispatched, and Zong Ze, Zhou Dong, and the wounded Gongye Qian, who had not yet recovered, stood on the city wall with worried faces, but they could only watch me lead the Yanshan Guard to the arrogant Western Xia forwardβ€”they were also responsible for guarding Gyeongju City to leave us a back road and cut off the enemy's pursuit, which was obviously more important.

However, the matter of rushing to kill the strikers of the Western Xia army was not as difficult as imagined, when my own soldiers played the banner of Murong and followed me out of the city, the Western Xia army was already in a little commotion, and when I took more than 100 Yan Shanwei, waved the ordinary iron sword in the army, and killed the Western Xia soldiers who abused the corpses of my Great Song people and humiliated the Great Song women, there was already some panic in the Western Xia army. It was only when I led the group to quickly rush into the Western Xia forward camp that we began to organize an effective attack: knives at close range, spears at a distance, and crossbows at us farther away.

But I didn't stop and kill wantonly, but held the Easy Sword, and took Yan Shanwei to the center of the Western Xia Army, in the case of my full strength to urge the Heavenly and Human Sword Technique, the Western Xia Army in front of me fell one after another like cutting straw, Lu Junyi and Lin Chong tightly took their own soldiers to protect me, for fear that I would be hit by the enemy's cold arrow, in fact, it is not necessary, my Northern Immortal Protective Body True Qi is far better than the copper wall and iron wall under the blessing of the Immortal Formula, and even idle masters cannot break through my defenses, And how much more the bows and arrows of a mere soldier?

Feng Bo Evil was like a fish into the sea, and he rushed in to slash and kill the Xixia soldiers with a machete on his face full of excitement, and shouted at the same time: "Stick your head over and let Grandpa Feng slash it, I, Feng Bo Evil, can finally go into battle to kill the enemy, hahaha!" ”

Lin Chong was also inexplicably excited at this time, the gun was like a pear blossom, but at a young age, he had no enemy in the Western Xia army. A thought flashed through his heart over and over again: A good man should be like this! That's how a good boy should be! Protect the territory and the people, kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, dominate the world, although there is no regret in death!

Lu Junyi is more steady, holding a spear, watching and listening to all directions, any sneak attack of the dark arrow can not escape his ears and eyes, the silver spear flashed, and the five or six Western Xia soldiers who approached had a teacup-sized hole in their throats at the same time, and they sealed their throats with blood, and used the most effortless method to exert the strongest killing effect. Rao is my martial arts are at the pinnacle, and I can't help but shout when I see this exquisite marksmanship: "Good marksmanship!" ”

Under my leadership, Yan Shanwei cut like a red-hot blade into the fat butter, and everywhere he went, a huge wound was cut in the strict army of Western Xia, and this wound quickly extended until it was cut in front of Wei Ming Ali, the center of the Western Xia Pioneer Camp. This Cui Ming A Bury is a member of the Western Xia Army, so that the Northwest Army heard the hard bones, now I met but it was bad luck, when he slashed at me with a knife in both hands, I didn't look at the long sword in his hand and cut off his head, the speed was so fast that even his personal guards could not react, Cui Ming A Bury could vaguely see a surprised expression on his face, as if he was sighing how there could be such a powerful and fast swordsmanship in the world. Lin Chong excitedly picked up Cui Ming's burial head.

When Yan Shanwei continued to charge forward and break through the Western Xia army formation, the morale of the Western Xia forward army had fallen to the bottom, I don't know when, the Western Xia army began to successively drop the flag and weapons and armor to escape, and then more and more people fled, until the entire forward army began to collapse and trample, under the repeated impact of my Yan Shanwei, plus the rear Zhou Dong quickly led the Protector Army to rush out with me to hunt down the Western Xia soldiers and expand the results, if it wasn't for Zong Ze to send people out to persuade me to collect the troops, I don't know how long these excited Erlang will be killed.

After the battle, the results were counted, and more than 3,000 of the Western Xia vanguard army were killed in this battle, and the important thing was to kill the Western Xia general Cui Ming'a, which severely damaged the morale of the Western Xia army. When they returned to the city, they were greeted by the people and soldiers of the city, welcoming their patron saints and heroes back. I rode on my horse and enjoyed the cheers and adoration of the people, and the blood in my heart kept surging, yes, I knew what I wanted to do and what I should do.

Zong Ze came up to settle down and kill the national protector army for half a day, and said with reverence on his face: "The general is benevolent and mighty, and he is invincible!" The Protector Army on the side also shouted in unison: "Invincible, invincible!" Until the people of the whole city were shouting: "Conquer everything, invincible!" ”

Gongye Qian and I looked at each other and smiled, Zong Ze had probably never heard of Ding Chunqiu, and he liked to let his subordinates and apprentices praise him like this.

After the Protector Army settled down, Zong Ze and Zhou walked up to the city together to observe the movements of the Western Xia Army. Although he killed the Western Xia forward general Cui Ming'a and severely damaged the enemy's morale, it did not hurt the main force of the Western Xia army, and more Western Xia troops faintly appeared in the distance, with banners and banners in the middle, with the word "Liang" in the middle, obviously the main force of the Western Xia army arrived. The other side did not attack the castle immediately, but advanced gradually, setting up camp a stone's throw from Gyeongju Fortress and carefully resting before the sun went down.

I looked at the continuous Xixia camp, thinking that I was a little sure of the sneak attack at night, but I heard Zong Ze on the side say: "The marshal is superior in force, and the enemy will definitely be on full alert at night to avoid a night attack by our army." Moreover, the enemy has a large number of soldiers, and the night attack must also be considered in the long run. ”

I smiled when I heard this, and then said: "That's it, I'm tired from the Protector Army for half a day today, so I'll rest for one night and watch it tomorrow." ”

Zhou Tong nodded and said: "What the marshal said is very true, but we have to strengthen night patrols to prevent the other party from attacking and stealing the city at night." ”

I nodded and said, "Please General Zong Ze arrange the night patrol, Captain Lu should strengthen military training, and become familiar with military affairs as soon as possible in order to become the left arm and right arm in charge, and you will be in charge of the patrol of the main city gate tonight." ”

"Yes! Subordinates receive orders! ”

When I returned to my temporary home in Gyeongju City, before I entered the backyard, Yu Yan and Princess Yinchuan greeted me and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that there was no blood on my body. Yu Yan said happily and worriedly: "I heard that my cousin went to the battlefield to kill the enemy, Yu Yan and Sister Yinchuan were very worried, but fortunately, Jiren has his own natural appearance, and my cousin is unharmed." It's just that my cousin, as a marshal, is planning and plotting, and it seems that he shouldn't go into battle to kill the enemy in person. ”

Princess Yinchuan also said: "What Yu Yan said is very true, Brother Murong is not a pioneer officer, and the nobleman is self-respecting, so it is really not suitable to charge ahead." ”

I smiled and said, "Who said that the marshal can't charge?" Under such circumstances, the first chief officer of our army should set an example and charge ahead in order to serve the people. After a pause, my face sank slightly, "Moreover, today, the Western Xia vanguard army wantonly killed and abused the people of the Great Song Dynasty under my Qingzhou City, and the scene at that time was unbearable, so it should be regarded as my chivalrous and righteous deeds." ”

Princess Yinchuan bowed her head, looking a little uncomfortable, because of the invasion of the Western Xia army, her husband had to fight with the army in her own country, and the atrocities of the Western Xia army made her quite embarrassed. After a while, she raised her head and said, "Brother Murong, Yinchuan wants to go back to the palace, I don't know why you?" ”

I raised my hand and gently stroked her right shoulder, looked at her seriously and said, "Murong has no intention of blaming Qinglu, the trip to the Western Xia Palace is imperative, but we have to wait for the retreat of the Western Xia army this time, and Murong will go with you at that time, Qinglu doesn't have to take this matter to heart." You and I are one husband, and wife, so why should we care about these earthly troubles. ”

Princess Yinchuan's eyes moistened slightly when she heard this, but she turned her head and said, "Who is husband and wife with you, Sister Yuyan and you are husband and wife." ”

I laughed, hugged Yu Yan with my left hand, wrapped my right hand around Princess Yinchuan, and walked towards the inner courtyard with my arms around them.

Xu Zhiwei didn't know where she went, I guess she might be following the traces of the demon sect disciples, or fighting with some evil sect, eliminating the demon guard path has always been one of the tasks of Cihang Jingzhai disciples to go down the mountain, and it is also a way of cultivation. The outside city defense is in charge of Zong Ze and Zhou Tong, who have military experience, and I am very relieved. In the exclamations of Yu Yan and Princess Yinchuan, I dragged the two of them in to bathe and change clothes together, and by the way, I did something that can only be done between husband and wife. After the cloud and rain, both of them were soft, but they still tried their best to get up and change my clothes.

It was already the time of the lantern, and I was in the inner courtyard with Yu Yan and Yinchuan after eating tea and chatting. Gyeongju City is a border fortress, Meilan Zhuju Four Swords presented the new Jian'an white tea, speaking of which these quadruplets are also quite proficient in the way of cooking tea under the influence of Grandma Tong. After boiling the well water that has been left for a night, pour it into the tea cup, and see the smooth and clear white tea up and down in the tea cup, like a dancing fairy, and then when the tea soup is blown, it is also overflowing with soup flowers, and it will not disperse for a long time, and the tea fragrance will flutter in the small courtyard, and there will be a refreshing feeling when you smell it.

Princess Yinchuan exclaimed: "Brother Murong is not only a hero, but even the tea soup cooked by the maidservants around him is clearer than the tea soup in the palace. ”

I quietly smelled the fragrance of tea, and replied with a smile: "The four Meilan Zhuju are the four maids in front of the seat who were personally trained by Grandma Tong's uncle, not only cooking tea, but also quite good in medicine. Speaking of which, Murong Sansheng is also fortunate to have not only Ah Bi and Mei Lan Zhuju by his side, but also the companionship of the two fairy sisters, which is really favored by God. ”

Yu Yan and Yinchuan bowed their heads when they heard this. My two daughters and I sat in the courtyard, drinking tea and chatting, while admiring the moon and arguing, after the daytime battlefield fighting, this kind of peaceful and peaceful life is even more precious and hard-won. After chatting, I simply held the two girls in my arms, kissed while letting Abi and other maidservants prepare to rest.

I slept with two fairy-like wives until midnight, but I had a faint feeling of unease, and the situation of the Western Xia army camping during the day flashed in my mind from time to time, but I couldn't find a clue for a while. Suddenly I seemed to hear a "boom", which seemed to be the sound of gunpowder exploding, and then the house shook faintly, and I knew that the "enemy army was attacking at night", and after gently waking up the two beautiful wives, I quickly changed my clothes and got up to prepare for the battle.