Volume 1 Jianghu Chapter 73 Weapons of War
The old man worshiped the sword mountain Jiuhua Mountain broke a total of four thousand horses, Sima Yun at least a few hundred horses under the Jiuhua Mountain, at that time the old man had re-entered the realm of heaven and man, even Sima Yun was already a master of the realm of immortality, Xuanyuan Hongtu's iron cavalry has been on the battlefield for a long time, is a top veteran, and he is wearing armor, even if the war horse only shows two eyes, Zhang Mingyue has never really faced the Xuanyuan Hongtu Iron Horse, I don't know how powerful this iron horse is, but now I am facing forty well-equipped Western Xia soldiers I can't help but feel a lot of pressure, if it is not a good knife, Zhang Mingyue's arm strength is far better than ordinary people, ordinary weapons can not hurt the iron armor on the Western Xia army, A knife is a force, when the martial arts are finally exhausted, if it is not a single fight, all the moves and supernatural powers will not play much role in these elites of the Western Xia army, only one knife kills one person, and it is possible to escape from the horse before the forty horsemen come before the army behind them, in hysteria, Zhang Mingyue does not know how many knives he has cut, how many wounds have appeared on his body, and finally all the forty horsemen have been cut down, but I feel that there is not much strength.
He quickly stepped on an intact war horse, and fled towards the opposite place of the scholar, the black horse and the black horse were particularly eye-catching in this ice and snow, and the Western Xia army that rushed to fight the fire was at least one or two hundred horses chasing after him, but fortunately, the Western Xia army was still far away when the two were separated, and he couldn't see the direction of the scholar's escape, but only saw clearly that it was this "own army" Forty horsemen were cut down in a melee with their own army, and the rest continued to move towards the grain and grass camp, one or two hundred horseshoes stepped on the ice and snow and thundered, Zhang Mingyue was always close to the horse's back and ready to face the possible situation.
Bow and crossbow, there is a bow and crossbow to break through the air, the young man who is accustomed to hearing the sound of the wind in the north and the sound of the border guards' drills feels that this crossbow arrow is so close to him, like a life-threatening evil ghost from the underworld, the speed of the crossbow arrow is far beyond the bow and arrow issued by manpower, Zhang Mingyue has a knife in his hand, he does not dare to look back, he can only rely on the perception of danger for so many years to wield a knife to defend, but the crossbow arrow is getting faster and faster, more and more dense, it is difficult to resist so much at the same time, not to mention that he has been injured at this time, so two or three crossbow arrows have been drilled into the butt of the war horse, and the crossbow arrow is three points into the bone, but it arouses the fierceness of the war horse, and the speed is sharply accelerated, if it is not for Zhang Mingyue to hold the reins tightlyI'm afraid I'll have to fall off my horse just like that.
In the wilderness of Saibei, the weather is cold and frozen, the fire is shining in the distance, the black horse and black horse gallop on the field, stirring up snowflakes, and behind him are one or two hundred Xixia pursuers in hot pursuit.
From the grain and grass camp is only fifty miles away from the Tiger Wolf Pass battle line, if it is replaced by a horse in the sweat and blood of the horse, it will only take half an hour to arrive, but this horse is not a sweat and blood BMW, not to mention that there are more and more crossbow arrows, more and more dense, Zhang Mingyue has ten hands, and it is difficult to resist so many crossbow arrows under serious injury, but after running out of twenty miles, the war horse is finally overwhelmed, and the young man on the horseback is thrown ten zhang away with his front foot, and the horse falls to the ground, foaming at the mouth.
Zhang Mingyue rolled down a few times and was shocked.
Crossbow bolts are poisonous.
The Western Xia army actually poisoned the crossbow arrows.
Without the war horse, Zhang Mingyue was surrounded by one or two hundred cavalry in just a few breaths, and there was nowhere to go, the two hundred Western Xia army was led by a middle-aged man with a flower feather on his helmet, this man inherited the barbarian's usual fierceness and coldness, but only one eye was missing, the one-eyed dragon.
Checkmate.
How did Zhang Mingyue not understand the meaning of the flower feather on the helmet, but she didn't expect that she set a fire, and actually attracted a general to personally arrest her, and she really didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
Himself was captured.
The young man clutched his left arm, which had been injured by the severe pain, and stabbed it in his chest.
"You want to kill yourself?"
The one-eyed dragon narrowed his remaining right eye.
"Do you think you can die so easily if you attack my grain and grass camp?"
"Could it be that I should be your prisoner and tortured by you to extract a confession?" Zhang Mingyue sneered, the knife left by the sword saint Luo Zhiqiu in the past was very fast, and it could kill people between breaths, and it could also kill him quickly.
"I'm not going to give you that chance. β
The young man planned to be killed, but before the knife reached his head, he was picked off by the one-eyed dragon with a shot, a master.
Zhang Mingyue was shocked.
"Now it's not that you don't give me a chance, but I don't give you a chance, and you don't want to bite your tongue to kill yourself, because biting your tongue and committing suicide will not kill people at all, but you will be more painful, I believe you will not be stupid enough to do this, the knife is a good knife, you can use such a knife, presumably your identity in the Chu army is not simple. β
"You're wrong, I'm not a Chu army, I'm not a Western Chu person at all. β
"Is it? It's useless for you to say anything now, I really didn't expect that someone could cross my Xixia army in such a cold and freezing temperature. β
"You should ask who came up with the idea of putting the oil barrels in the grain and grass camp, if it weren't for these fire oils, how could I have burned your grain and grass camp alone?"
Even though she was already embattled, Zhang Mingyue somehow didn't feel the slightest nervousness, but felt as if she had completed a heavy task for no reason.
"Do you still have accomplices?" the one-eyed dragon's only remaining eye narrowed, as a general, he had seen a lot of scouts, how could he not recognize that the young man in front of him was in a state of mind that regarded death as home?
"Someone, give the order to go down, immediately search all the areas within a radius of fifty miles, just now when we came over, we saw this kid riding a horse alone, his accomplices must be on foot, now they will definitely not be able to run far, chase, kill and kill, and bring this kid back to the camp for me, I will interrogate and interrogate him well. β
Zhang Mingyue, who had no knife and was covered in bruises, could only be slaughtered, tied hands and feet and dragged on top of the war horse and dragged in the heavy snow, the snow was cold and biting, and the injured place was soaked in snow water, which made people despair.
"It's not going to die like this, it's really a hard bone. β
The one-eyed dragon sneered, as if it was not a big deal in his eyes that half a year's grain and grass of 100,000 troops were burned overnight.
"If you kill Lao Tzu and give Lao Tzu a good time, otherwise Lao Tzu will not let you go. β
The young man, who was dragged out of the snow with a long blood trail, cursed hysterically.
"Do you think you still have a chance to be a ghost? When I catch your accomplices, I will hang you up and bleed you in my Xixia camp, and sacrifice the flag for my Xixia war, what do you think?"
"War? Without half a year's rations for 100,000 troops, where did you get the confidence to say that you want war?"
The war horse stopped, and Zhang Mingyue finally stopped, although it was not dying, but it was no longer moving, leaving only a mouth to gasp for the air of the northern winter.
"Who told you I don't have military rations?
The one-eyed dragon smirked.
Zhang Mingyue is like falling into an ice cave.
"Impossible, it is now a cold winter and a moon, the sky is freezing in Saibei, it is impossible for you to capture the Tiger and Wolf Pass in a short time, the military food in your camp is only enough to last for three days, and if you can't replenish it after three days, you will retreat without a fight, and you will die yourself. β
"Boy, you know a lot. β
The one-eyed dragon suddenly dismounted and walked slowly in front of the young man, and he leaned down to wipe the frozen blood from the young man's face.
"But you may not have heard of the saying that you will be born after death, and I won't hide it from you, the grain and grass of this 100,000 army for half a year is one of the few grains and grass that I can take out in Western Xia, do you think I am a fool and will put fire oil in the grain and grass camp? That is just my preparation for the next step. Originally, I didn't plan to burn down this big camp at this time, the army has not yet been assembled, I didn't expect you kid to do what I wanted to do in advance, the grain and grass in my camp are only enough for three days, and after three days, my military camp will gather at least 60,000 horses, and then you guess you will live in the tiger and wolf guard?"
"What do you mean by that? Could it be that you plan to set fire to your own camp?"
Although Zhang Mingyue had never been as familiar with the ancient books of the art of war as a scholar, she also knew that since ancient times, she had never heard of someone burning the enemy's grain and grass instead of burning the enemy's grain and grass.
The young man, who was lying completely immobile in the snow, muttered angrily.
"Although your Western Xia Army has lived in this land since childhood, the people are fierce, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is even more different from ordinary people, but do you really think that your 60,000 horses can capture the Tiger and Wolf Pass?"
"60,000 horses confront your Chu army with 60,000 horses, the Tiger Wolf Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can't be attacked, but do you think that if 60,000 people are hungry, and the gate is rich in products, grain, pigs, cattle and mutton, and women, do you think they can capture the Tiger Wolf Pass?"
Zhang Mingyue's eyes widened.
"Tell me your name. β
The one-eyed dragon general who had just come off the back of the war horse clapped his hands, which could be regarded as washing the blood stains on Zhang Mingyue's face.
"Xixia Zhao Sword Soul. β
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If it weren't for the fact that Princess Zhaoyang of the New Year came to the border on behalf of the emperor Chu Zhongyan to comfort the soldiers guarding the pass, I am afraid that it will take a long time to really come out of the trough of the war after the first war, especially the general Xue Pingchuan, although the Western Chu Guozhu cheers for the soldiers on weekdays, saying that everyone does not have to be afraid, the Xixia army is not all raised by his mother's father, everyone is two legs and two hands, no one is afraid of anyone, the soldiers are coaxed every time they hear the words, and the atmosphere in the barracks is as relaxed as ever, but everyone understands that the cold winter clouds in the sky cannot be dispersed, and the haze in this heart can not be dissipated, guarding the pass as big as Lao Xu has been guarding the frontier for decades, and the large and small battles have been experienced countless times in the past few decades, but the real encounter with the army pressure like locusts crossing the border is overwhelming to see what is the real war, the ancients often said that the times create heroes, this is the most suitable for the tiger and wolf pass defenders, one side of the water and soil to raise a person, the first few decades to deal with the stragglers and bandits, talking about the mecha battle array is not much use, so the border defenders have practiced the ability to kill the enemy shirtless, no one is perfect, the army is not complete, no army will have any abilityγ The army under the command of Xuanyuan Hongtu is good at large-scale combat, but when he really encounters the Tiger Wolf Pass guards in the wilderness, most of the individual battles are death, and if the Tiger Wolf Pass guards clash with Xuanyuan Hongtu's iron cavalry in the open area, I am afraid that the death will be more ugly.
"The general should know that these things are not your responsibility. β
Under the cover of night, Sima Yun in the green shirt opened the tent of the military camp and slowly entered, and the man known as the national pillar was frowning behind the case.
"As a border general, if I can't fight well, it is my responsibility, and I can't shirk it. β
"If you can't fight a good war, there is still a way to remedy it, but if even the general who is the head of an army begins to lose confidence, then nothing can be remedied. β
Sima Yun said.
"I suggested to the princess about borrowing troops from Xuanyuan Hongtu, the general should know, and the general should not blame the princess for being the master of lobbying the princess, just because there is no other way. β
"I don't blame you, this is the best way to solve Xichu's urgent needs, whether you are selfish or not, this is the only way, but I am curious about the integration of the two armies, how do you plan to deal with these two different kinds of armies?
Xue Pingchuan turned around, his eyes burning.
"Naturally, it is the general who calls the shots. β
"Oh?"
Xue Pingchuan only whispered in surprise, and then suddenly laughed.
"I finally understand why Mr. Ning reminded the princess to be careful of you, you are indeed a terrible fellow, but this time I have to listen to you. β
"The general should not only listen to me, but also listen to the information I provide to the general, the intelligence about the Western Xia army. β
"For example?"
"For example, the famous general of Western Xia, Zhao Jiansoul. β
Xue Pingchuan was obviously stunned for a moment, but then his eyes were deep.
"Although I have not fought with Western Chu and Western Xia over the years, I have heard of Zhao Jiansoul many times, this person is one of the three famous generals in the world, Xuanyuan Hongtu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Zhao Jiansoul of Western Xia, and Western Chu...... Xue Pingchuan, of course, I don't think I am a famous general in the world, let's not talk about this, let's talk about Zhao Jiansoul, Zhao Jiansoul joined the army when he was young, and now he is almost fifty years old, martial arts talent is mediocre, but a product of the realm of Dongxuan, even you are not an opponent, but this person is ruthless enough, not only ruthless to himself, but also ruthless to the people around him, more ruthless to the army under his command, but also familiar with the art of war since childhood, his wisdom is close to the demon, so that the enemy can never figure out what he is thinking, such a general is even the emperor of Western Chu are very jealous, and use and defense, dare not entrust the important task, the three famous generals in the world, only this person is stable above the Xuanyuan grand plan, Zhao Jiansoul, is really a major war weapon in Western Xiaγ β
"It seems that the general really knows everything in the world, but I also know that it is this Zhao Jiansoul who came with the troops this time. β