Qinfeng Road, the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty along the border heavy road, was originally called Shaanxi Road together with Yongxing Military Road, and later Shaanxi Road was withdrawn, only to separate these two roads.

Originally, Qinfeng Road was under the jurisdiction of Xihe Road, Xihe Road Xining was placed for five years, but it was abolished many times, at the beginning of this dynasty, Xihe belonged to Qinfeng Road.

However, in the second year of Chongning, Tong Guan led the army into Huangshui again, pointed at Longyou, starting from Qingtang City, and played a territory of nearly 2,000 miles to the west, and the imperial court re-established Xihe alone.

Xizhou, the capital of Xihe Road, Xining Prefecture, is Qingtang City, and the capital of Longyou is protected, which is under the jurisdiction of Xining Prefecture.

Now the two armies of Kyushu under the rule of Xihe are Xizhou, Huangzhou, Hezhou, Lanzhou, Taozhou, Minzhou, Gongzhou, Kuozhou, and Xining, and the second army is the Jishi Army and the Zhenwu Army.

Among them, the Zhenwu Army is closely bordered by Lanzhou and Xixia, which is an important place along the border, and there are heavy troops in the Tun, so it can be said that seventy percent of the military strength of the Xihe Road is on the line from the Zhenwu Army to Lanzhou, and this line is the border of the entire Xihe River to the north.

Of course, the north of the Longyou Protectorate is also connected with the Western Xia, and the area is more than ten times that of this line, but the terrain there is bad, there are no people for several miles, and many places are simply unable to ride horses and pass people, and the same is true of the Western Xia, so it is not taken seriously.

Although the land of Xihe sounds very large, in fact, the population of each state is very small, not to mention the prosperity compared with the Central Plains Jiangnan, even with Huanqing, Jingyuan and other states along the border.

In fact, in addition to Xizhou, Xining Prefecture and Lanzhou, the other states are not enough to govern the state, just to facilitate management, only to establish a state city, some states according to the number of people in the south of the Yangtze River, in fact, at most it is a county seat, even inferior to the county seat, because the annual tax is not as good as the county seat.

However, the construction of the city here is much more majestic than that of the county town in Jiangnan, and the head of the city is much higher, and the soldiers defending the city are several times that of Jiangnan.

Zhao Ta's 1,300 iron horsemen were interrogated near Xijing, and Yongxing Military Road was encountered twice, but Zhao Ta showed his identity and naturally passed smoothly, but this was actually not in accordance with the rules.

The prince must have a holy decree to leave the capital, not to mention that he also brought a large number of cavalry, Zhao Ta did not have any will, only reported his identity, and made way for convenience, the reason is naturally that the Qin King of the current dynasty is too famous and his military achievements are too great, which one does not know, so he will be regarded as having an emergency military situation and will not be blocked.

But after entering Qin Feng Road, this investigation became tighter, although it was finally released, but there were many twists and turns in the middle, and Zhao Ta gradually became impatient.

Until they reached the vicinity of Qinzhou, when they would enter Xihe Road not far away, a group of soldiers appeared in front of them to block the road.

Zhao Ta watched on the horse, and saw that it was a team of half-cavalry, of which there was a battalion of cavalry, nearly 500 people, which was different from Zhao Ta's ninth and tenth commands, although these two commanders were also battalion formations, but each had 600 people, which was expanded by Zhao Ta's own family.

The infantry was about five or six battalions, two or three thousand men.

Although these people look old in armor, their spirit is extremely high, which is completely different from the forbidden army in Gyeonggi.

Zhao Ta said indifferently: "Raise the flag!" Immediately, the pro-soldiers in the rear raised two flags, one with a big Zhao character embroidered on a red background with gold edges, and the other with a black Qin character on the other.

The generals who took the lead in the army on the opposite side were stunned when they saw this, looked at both sides and said, "How is it the banner of King Qin?" ”

The general next to him also wondered: "General, the banner is true, it is His Royal Highness the King of Qin." ”

The general immediately frowned: "I just came out of Fusi, and I haven't heard of a will to convey that King Qin will leave Beijing and transit......"

The partial general said: "Or an emergency military situation, it's hard to say that there is a holy decree on the body." ”

The general nodded, lightly clamped the horse's belly and stepped forward and said in a loud voice: "But His Royal Highness King Qin is in front of you?" ”

Over there, Shen Fei replied: "Since you know that it is His Royal Highness the King of Qin, why don't you quickly flash to the side and get out of the way!" ”

When the general heard this, he said: "Since you are the king of Qin, please forgive the sin of not being able to fully pay homage in the armor of the lower officials." ”

Shen Fei said: "Where is all this noise, the prince has an emergency military, passing by Qin Feng, you hurry up and flash to the side, if you delay the important matter, you are the only one who asks!" ”

The general rode his horse and did not move, and said: "I don't know if the prince has a holy decree, show it to the lower officials, and the lower officials immediately give way." ”

"Bold!" Shen Fei raised his gun and said angrily: "Who are you, dare to ask the prince to see the holy decree, can you see the holy decree!" ”

The corners of the general's mouth twitched, and he hurriedly smiled: "Xia Guan is Wang Peng, the deputy general of Qin Fenglu, and the prince must have a will when he leaves Beijing, not to mention that he still has a forbidden army, and Xia Guan respects the prince in his heart, but there is no will, and Xia Guan does not dare to let him go." ”

"Wang Peng!" Shen Fei said: "Are you guilty? ”

Wang Peng's eyelids jumped when he heard this, and he couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart, where did he want to stop it, but this matter is strange, it stands to reason that King Qin must travel to the front, and the king will drive behind, but at present, Qin Fenglu has not received the will to appease the envoy, as for what emergency military situation the other party said, I don't know, Western Xia has been calm in recent years, if there is really a military situation, Qin Fenglu will not know here.

"The lower official doesn't know what the crime is......" Wang Peng said stiffly.

"It's said that there is an emergency military, and you still ask the prince about his will, this is a big crime!" Shen Fei shouted: "If you don't get out of the way, you will delay things, and your life will not be guaranteed!" ”

"Xiaguan, Xiaguan...... Please show the holy decree to the king. Wang Peng gritted his teeth and said, in fact, he didn't want to, after all, who would want to do this kind of offending thing, but something was really wrong in front of him, King Qin led his troops westward, but he didn't show his will, if there was really a problem here, then he turned a blind eye and let it go, but unlike the other party's threat, it was really a big crime to kill the head, not to mention that he had never seen King Qin, how could he know that the opposite side was true or false, so he didn't dare to let it go!

"If you want the will of this king, let the seed master come to see this king!" Zhao Ta said lightly on the horse.

At present, Qin Fenglu's Jingluo appeasement envoy is the younger brother of the seed master, and he is known as the small species.

"Ah......" Wang Peng's head suddenly became big, this kind of thing is two-sided, if you go back to find a small kind of scripture to be slightly fair, then whether you are allowed or not, a stinking scold is inevitable.

"Your Highness, this ......" Wang Peng was a little at a loss.

"Why, don't you want to see the Holy Decree? Go find the Seed Master and take a look, or get out of the way! Zhao Ta said coldly.

Wang Peng gritted his teeth, this matter is getting more and more wrong, not that there is an urgent military situation...... Why would he rather let his family go to the prince of the small species than take a look at his will?

"Lord Wang, the lower official ......" Wang Peng said: "The lower official will go and invite the little minister!" ”

"Humph!" Zhao Ta looked at him in the team: "Go and come back quickly!" ”

"Yes!" After Wang Peng finished speaking, he glanced at the general, and then turned his horse's head and ran in the direction of Qinzhou.

After a while, Shen Fei rode to Zhao Ta's side and said in a low voice, "Lord Wang? ”

Zhao Ta looked at the western troops in front of him, and saw that these people were all as good as if they were facing a great enemy, and he didn't know what orders the generals in the team had ordered.

His eyes narrowed, and he said, "Rush over!" ”

Shen Fei nodded, and then went to the front, whispered hello to Zhou Xiao and Xu Nian, and the two of them immediately showed a hint of joy.

The 9th and 10th commanders had experienced the Battle of Wangqing in Huaixi and the Battle of Fanglajiangnan, and their courage had been tempered, which was not comparable to the ordinary Gyeonggi Forbidden Army.

And in the past two years, Zhao Ta has been training them non-stop, immediately getting off the horse, bows, arrows, guns and crossbows, their skills are not to mention the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, even the Western Army can't compare at all, after all, the training of the Western Army is a large team of people and horses, where is like this more than 1,000 people, Zhao Ta usually almost mentions his face, and even passes on some easy-to-practice martial arts.

Zhou Xiao and Xu Nian's two army commanders were holding back all the way, since they followed the two kings out of Tokyo, they would inevitably fight the world in the future, and they all wanted to try their skills to see how their cavalry were better than the Western Army, and they were a hundred unconvinced by the Western Army at the moment.

I haven't fought before, I feel that the Western Army is the same as the existence of the gods, and then I beat Wang Qing, and I feel that if the Western Army is against Wang Qing's thief army, it will never be as hard as them, and then Jiangnan conquered Fang La, and actually fought side by side with the Western Army, although at this time I still feel that the Western Army is strong, but it is also strong and limited, the Western Army is not too brilliant on the battlefield, and even when fighting the Fang La Thief Army, it is very hard.

In the past two years since they came back to Tokyo, they have practiced almost every day, coming and going in the wind and rain, practicing their fists and feet, and polishing their strength, and they will begin to be unconvinced compared with the Western Army when they fought Fangla, although they don't know how the Western Army is now, but if they face the Western Army at that time, under the same number, they will definitely win the battle.

Moreover, the equipment of their more than 1,000 cavalry was outrageously extravagant, and the equipment of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army was stronger than that of other places in the Great Song Dynasty, even the Western Army could not compare, but Zhao Ta carefully matched them.

The war horse is the best among the cavalry under the entire guard pro-military division, and the armor is not ordinary cavalry armor, some materials are added to it, mixed with the armor of the command level, and the blades are also command-level, including strong bows and arrows, as for the crossbows, they are all one horse and two pairs.

With such equipment, coupled with the courage that has been exercised, as well as the strength and martial arts that have been honed in the past two years, they really want to collide with the Western Army to see how much stronger they can be than the other party.

At this moment, Zhao Ta gave the order, Zhou Xiao and Xu Nian were excited, and immediately turned around and made a gesture, and the soldiers behind secretly passed it, and they didn't shout and shout, they were very calm and calm.

But as soon as Zhou Xiao and Xu Nian moved in front, the cavalry behind immediately followed and rushed out, like a torrent of dumb voices, rolling forward directly.

The western army on the opposite side also reacted very quickly, after all, it had been carefully guarded, for fear of a surprise attack by the other party's people, and at this moment, when they saw the soldiers and horses on that side, they immediately moved, and the formation was immediately arranged.

But they didn't expect that the opponent's war horse was very fast, and the formation had just been lined up in one place, and the opposite side had arrived.

There is no heavy cavalry in the Great Song Dynasty at the moment, but there is one more than a hundred years ago, called the Jingsai Army, which has fought several times with Liao's heavy cavalry Tielin Army, but now the two heavy cavalry have disappeared in the long river of history.

At present, the Jurchen Iron Floating Slaughter has not yet come out, and the Iron Harriers of Western Xia have almost been reduced to decorations, and the so-called heavy cavalry cannot be seen on the battlefield at all.

The ninth and tenth commanders were also light horsemen, but although they were light horses, they were not quite the same as ordinary light horses.

Most of the so-called light cavalry use short knives or spears, and then wear bows and crossbows, and attack from a distance or quickly go forward to harvest, and rarely can charge into battle, because the light cavalry is basically wearing leather armor, not covering the whole body, and the horses are not covered with armor.

But the ninth and tenth commanders were not completely leather armor, and the vital places were protected by iron armor chains, and although they wore short knives, they were holding a long spear at the moment, not the kind of red tassel spear with ash rod, but a real iron spear.

You know, even the heavy cavalry will hardly be equipped with iron guns, but these two commanders are armed with iron guns.

The weight of this body is not light, ordinary war horses have to work hard, it must be the kind of war horses of generals, generals are covered with iron armor, and the war horses are not strong and cannot move the other party.

However, the mounts of the two commanders were carefully selected, not to mention that they were about the same as the horses of the generals and generals, but they were not too much, and they could still bear the weight.

Although it is not a heavy horse, the force of the two commanders to collide with each other is also quite large, and they are all iron spears in their hands, people who have no strength in this thing can't use it at all, heavy horses are not equipped, light horses are not good at charging, and they can't use it, and an iron gun is at least twenty pounds, not everyone can play it.

But the ninth and tenth commanders are different, after all, Zhao Ta was picked out from tens of thousands of people, trained for another two years, and his strength was strong, and he could not dance the iron spear, but at this moment, he directly collided with the Western Army.

The Western Army was a little stunned for a moment, the front of their team was also cavalry, but the cavalry didn't fight like this, even if it was a battle, it was a touch, and it couldn't be hard-hitting, because both sides couldn't afford it!

At this moment, the faces of some sharp-eyed Western soldiers suddenly changed, because they saw that the armor of these forbidden soldiers was a little different, as if it was not a simple leather armor, but this was not the most important thing, the important thing was that they found that the gun in the opponent's hand seemed to be an iron gun.

Where are the hussars armed with iron guns? It's so wrong!

But at this moment, it is too late to say anything, you can only resist hard, you can't retreat, and the horse can't turn its head directly.

Listening to a dull sound, the formation of the Western Army was torn apart almost instantly, and the Ninth Commander took the lead, biting into it like a sawtooth, and then the Tenth Commander continued to rush through from the rear, and the cavalry of the Western Army on the opposite side was directly scattered.

Zhao Tan touched his chin when he saw this scene in the back, the equipment configuration of these two commanders was studied by him, and the way of charging into battle was also what he thought, mainly to win more with less, after all, his subordinates are outnumbered, and they must be used skillfully and skillfully.

But even if you can come up with this method, but to install the light cavalry into the current appearance, not everyone can do it, people, horses, armor, weapons, martial arts, including those special polishing strength methods that are different from the world, even if you have a little bit of a handsome all the way, at least it is extremely difficult to use an iron gun, this kind of strength can not be practiced by hard practice.

At this time, the infantry behind the Western Army was also rushed away by the two commanders, and the iron spear not only rushed away, but once it swept away, as if the iron rod was pulled out, the Western Army infantry was completely vulnerable under the inertia and strength!

Seeing this scene, Zhao Ta nodded and said in a deep voice: "Let's go!" ”

With that, the One Hundred Guards Regiment protected him in the middle and rushed forward with the two commanders!

Half an hour later, Qin Fenglu had been left far behind, and the team did not fold and entered Xihe Road......

(End of chapter)