Chapter 492: Not afraid of death
And whenever the Western Xia soldiers were without the cover of their partners, those people surrounded them. What's more, he directly hugged the Xixia soldier, threw himself on the ground with him, and then rolled down the mountain.
In the process of constantly tumbling, once you hit a boulder, it is the end of the same death.
These people want to fight for more food for their families before they die, and they are willing to sacrifice their worthless lives so that their children can live longer.
It is precisely because of the performance of these people that the battlefield is extremely tragic.
Liang De under the mountain didn't have any doubts, but he just thought that there were too many Song people on the mountain, and if he wanted to defeat them, he couldn't do it with a hundred people, at least a thousand people.
"Keep rushing, they don't have many stones left to throw, victory is just around the corner."
Liang De saw that the hundred-man team was destroyed, and after sighing, he continued to give orders.
Although these people failed just now, they gave him confidence. He thinks that there are too few people on the mountain, and if there are more of them, maybe they can catch Su Shi now.
The brutal fighting continued, from morning to afternoon.
More than 2,000 Western Xia soldiers died on the road to the mountain, and three of them rushed to the halfway point of the mountain, but in the end they were all "reluctantly" defeated by the people here.
The stones on the mountain were finally running out, and when Lou Yang told Su Shi the news, he knew that it was time to launch an attack.
Although there was no news from Jizhu that the back road had been blocked, Su Shi couldn't wait.
Once it's all dark, anything can happen.
"Tell everyone to throw all the stones down at once, then pick up your weapons and prepare to go down the mountain to kill the enemy." After giving an order to Lou Yang, Su Shi picked up the walkie-talkie again, tuned to the channel where he was talking to Feng Yidao, and said, "Attack, the whole army will attack." ”
After Feng Yidao, who had been waiting impatiently, agreed, he turned around and shouted: "Everyone, get on the horse and charge!" ”
"Charge." The cavalry team of more than 10,000 people immediately agreed in unison, shouting, and rushed towards the place where Su Shi was.
As soon as there was movement here, it was only about five miles forward before it was discovered by the Western Xia Iron Harrier who was guarding the periphery.
When they saw the cavalry with the banner of the Great Song Dynasty rushing in the distance, bringing up the dust and smoke that covered the sky, they were shocked and hurriedly ran to the place where Liang De was located at the bottom of the mountain to report.
At this moment, Liang De was already red-eyed.
In order to take Su Shi, he gave up going to rescue Gule's department, but until now, he still couldn't rush to the mountain, seeing that it was dark, he was worried that Su Shi would escape at night, and his mood became more and more bad.
And it was at this time that the Iron Harrier appeared and reported the news that the Great Song cavalry had come from the front.
"Bone strangulation?"
Hearing the news, Liang De was stunned.
I've been here for so long that I've missed too many opportunities.
"How many of them are there?" Shaking his head, he quickly put aside the matter of the bones. A man who is already dead is not worth the attention he is expending. Although the battle is fierce, a dead man is a dead man.
"It's not accurate, there are a lot of people, and it's dark, but I see countless torches, there should be more than 30,000."
That's right, it was already dark at this time, but it was not so completely dark, Feng Yidao still asked everyone to make torches, not only that, but it was also two torches for one person.
In this way, the strength of less than 20,000 troops instantly became more than 30,000, which will give people a sense of shock.
"More than 30,000?" When he heard this result, Liang De's face changed again.
There are only more than 10,000 people in his hands, and the other party has more than 30,000, how can this battle be fought?
And he was in a hurry all the way, but he didn't get enough rest, and now the combat power of the soldiers is afraid that they can't even play seventy percent of the usual ones.
"Withdraw."
Gritted his teeth, although Liang De didn't want to admit it, but defeat is defeat.
"Do you want to withdraw now?" The iron harrier also said a little unwillingly.
"Withdraw now, or it will be too late. It just so happens that it will be difficult for them to catch up with us while it is already dark. Remove. ”
Liang De is also a decisive person, he can't do anything, and he will retreat immediately.
At the foot of the mountain, the military order was issued, and the Western Xia army began to prepare for retreat. Halfway up the mountain, Su Shi borrowed the far-red telescope to see everything clearly.
Although Liang De and the others still carried out cover, for example, some people were left to pretend to attack the mountain, but in fact, the main force had already begun to mount and was ready to leave.
"If you want to go, order, the whole army is ready, and you will be ordered to charge down the mountain. And throw the last stones down together, block their retreat, and delay their retreat as long as possible. ”
At this time, there was still no news from Ji Zhu's side, that is, the back road of the Western Xia cavalry had not been blocked, which made Su Shi a little anxious.
Soon, all the stones that had been left were thrown down the mountain, and a stone pile was successfully built and blocked the road.
After Liang De found out, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly shouted, "Quick, remove all the stones, the army retreats, and some people are left behind, no matter what, we must block the pursuit of the Song army." ”
Liang De knew that he was going to retreat and couldn't hide it, although he didn't know why the Song army would find out, but now he couldn't take care of it so much, hurriedly got on his horse, and began to go backwards under the protection of hundreds of personal soldiers.
The execution of the Western Xia army was still very strong, leaving two thousand cavalry in place without moving.
Obviously, they wanted to keep the people who were broken, but they knew that they were likely to die if they stayed, so they did it anyway, which made Su Shi very moved.
This is a soldier, no matter which end he is, this execution alone is admirable.
"Admiration is admiration, but you still have to die." Su Shi snorted coldly, and then took the binoculars and looked towards the north end of the road, and saw that it was in the night that his army was picking up stones and clearing roadblocks. 33
Before, the stones were piled up on the way forward of Liang De's army, and those people were bent on attacking Su Shi, so they didn't remove the stones at all, but now they have become a roadblock for Su Jiajun.
And now, the Su family army is carrying stones, but the 2,000 Western Xia cavalry left behind are firing arrows and doing obstruction.
"." Su Shi couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, obviously he had miscalculated at this point.
He didn't expect the Western Xia cavalry to want to kill him so much, and he didn't leave after knowing that he was on the mountain, and he didn't even clear the roadblocks.
Su Shi said to Lou Yang: "Order, the whole army will attack down the mountain, interfere with the Western Xia cavalry, and create an opportunity for our army to clear the roadblocks and attack." Also, order Mu Huan and Wang Manlou to go, otherwise the Xinzhou soldiers composed of these people are afraid that their strength is not enough. ”
"Young Master, don't you need to keep people here?" Lou Yang asked worriedly.
"No, just stay here with you and Bai Xing, let's go." Su Shi waved his hand, the enemies were all gone, what did he do with so many people here?
Lou Yang hurriedly went down to give the order, and there was a burst of shouting and killing sounds halfway up the mountain, and nearly 10,000 Xinzhou soldiers shouted one by one and rushed straight to the bottom of the mountain.
The Xinzhou soldiers who died in the previous battle, Su Shi gave them a heavy care as promised. But those who did not die in the battle also got a lot of benefits, and the other Xinzhou soldiers who saw these were envious, and they couldn't wait to rush up to themselves.
Speaking of which, these Xinzhou soldiers are far more lovely than those reserve forbidden troops.
At least, these people give them something so they can really fight hard.
It's not like a reserve forbidden army, and many people spare their lives.
When life can be bought with money and goods, such life will be more valuable and useful.
Nearly 10,000 Xinzhou troops thought that after rushing out this time, it would be beneficial regardless of life or death, that is, everyone was vying for the lead, which meant that there was an elite force.
The Western Xia cavalry under the mountain, seeing the Song army rushing down halfway up the mountain, had to divide a thousand cavalry to resist, leaving only a thousand cavalry to continue to block the road. But there was a shortage of manpower, and Su Jiajun's movements were much faster.
Finally, just when the Xinzhou soldiers rushed to the bottom of the mountain, Feng Yidao led people to clear a simple road, although there will not be too many war horses that can pass at one time, but they can also pass.
"Kill!" Feng Yi took the lead with a sword, and after shouting, he was the first to rush out. Behind him was a large group of the Su family's army, followed by a vanguard army of about 6,000, and then more than 10,000 reserve forbidden troops.
At the foot of the mountain, the Xinzhou soldiers and a thousand Xixia cavalry quickly became entangled.
To say that after all, they are well-trained Western Xia cavalry, and their combat power is not comparable to that of an army composed of ordinary people, they can often be one-on-three, or even one-on-four.
It's just that the Xinzhou soldiers are not given in vain, they are numerous, and another advantage is that they are all not afraid of death.
These people are often not afraid of death, they are even more afraid of having no food to eat when they are alive, and they will watch their families starve to death in front of them one by one.
At this time, the Great Song Dynasty was rich, but it was only rich in the south and Bianliang, and when it was changed to the west and the north, the people's lives were still in dire straits.
In other words, until the present in Chinese history, the people have not really had a time when they were rich in food and clothing.
As some privileged classes slowly formed, the common people were always worried about what they could eat and drink. Only in the later period, under the bumper harvest of grain production, just like in China now, there is no one who starves to death because he can't afford to eat.
That's what it was like in ancient times, and that was something I didn't dare to think about.
Even in the so-called prosperous period, in remote areas, there are still cases of people starving to death without food.
The Xinzhou soldiers were afraid of no food, but not death.
Some people died, but not completely......