The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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The logging team of the Xixia Army was stationed in a flat valley on the eastern slope of Longshan. Although it would be a taboo for military strategists to camp in the valley if the two armies faced each other, their mission was not to sacrifice their lives but to exert their strength. The valley was flat and wide. It avoids the mountain wind and has a clear stream flowing through it, which is suitable for taking water and camping, so the two leading generals chose this geomantic treasure land without hesitation.

Of course, their vigilance is not low. There are guards at the intersections at the foot of the mountain, and sentry posts are left at the surrounding high places. However, in this dense forest, the sentry posts are just for show. , as long as there is a change, a signal will be sent up immediately.

After arriving in the evening, the Xixia soldiers quickly set up their tents. The two leading generals were very satisfied with getting such an errand. The large army will not attack the city on a large scale, but the small "sao" harassment will definitely not stop. Private rumors say that the emperor has already made a plan to use uninterrupted harassment to make the Song army in Weizhou City unsafe and lead the attack. After the construction of the city cloud ladder is completed, it will be aggressively attacked; if the "sao" harassment continues, it may be sent as cannon fodder, so it is a good job to come to this mountain to log.

Xixia soldiers are good at hunting. After they set up their camps, they were bored and soon got a harvest. A small group of soldiers found a wild boar cave, blocked seven or eight exits, and smoked out a large and small litter with fireworks. A dozen or so young boars, sows, and piglets; they happily grilled wild boars on the bonfire in the camp, and the two leading generals naturally shared a large piece of fragrant roast pork. With the buckwheat wine they secretly brought, The two ate their mouths full of greasy food and were very happy.

When Su Jin and others poked their heads out of the dense bushes and thorns at the entrance of Huanglong Cave, the barbecue meeting at the bottom of the valley was entering a climax. The bonfire was singing and dancing, Su Jin listened carefully, but he heard the Xixia soldiers singing:

moonlight light moonlight light

Small tanks in big tanks

moonlight light moonlight light

Fragrant steamed wine

not to the guest's house

I don't know sister Jiao,

Take this bowl of wine,

My sister is fragrant.

moonlight in the sky

moon in eyes

blowing with the leaves

With the sound of the bamboo board

Liquor is mountain spring red yeast rice

send you on a white horse

send you across lotus pond

I made love with a girl today

Even if the mountain is high and the road is long...

A person next to him scolded: "Damn, what moonlight, big tanks and thin tanks, what kind of broken songs are these thieves singing, like wolves howling."

Su Jin smiled and said, "Commander Pan, this is probably Dang Xiang's love song. It would be nice if the barbarians can sing a big tank with a thin tank, so don't be picky."

Pan Jiang said: "Lord Su, let's kill them quickly and finish the job. I don't want to hear them howl."

Su Jin said: "Be safe and don't be impatient. In order to achieve success, we must wait until they are all asleep before attacking suddenly. Order the brothers to rest on the spot."

Pan Jiang had no choice but to pass on the order, and all the soldiers sat down on the wet and cold ground in the cave to rest. Although it was midsummer, they felt a little cold. Fortunately, the mosquitoes were not disturbed by the air-conditioning. Something must be lost.

Time passed bit by bit, Su Jin was lying in the grass at the entrance of the cave and almost fell asleep, Xia Bing’s carnival was still going on, Su Jinsuo looked up at the sky and thought of his thoughts, the crescent moon was falling in the gap of the canopy The glimmer of light slowly leaked out, and the days turned out to be late August, and even the Mid-Autumn Festival had passed, and I didn't realize it at all, thinking of Mrs. Wang and Yan Biyun Rouniang and others who were far away in Bianliang , Su Jin was very guilty, but during the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, he was facing more than a hundred thousand tigers, wolves and summer soldiers in the border town, carrying his head up every day to do things. This kind of life is very different from his ambition when he came here.

Once upon a time, I just wanted to be a happy little landlord, marry a few beautiful wives and beautiful concubines to live a happy life, what pushed me forward and finally got involved in the core vortex of this era, Su Jin himself did not I know; the only thing Su Jin understands is that he can't stop or back down, and in fact he can't stop either.

In a daze, someone said softly: "Master Su, there seems to be no movement in the West Bandit Camp, let's do it."

Su Jin woke up in a start, looked down, and saw that the bonfire had turned into embers, the valley was already silent, and the tents stood there like graves in darkness. It was obvious that the soldiers of the Xia army were exhausted. fell asleep.

"Commander Pan, order people to detour around the entrance of the valley and block the exit of the downhill. After the attack, the enemy troops are not allowed to escape. Order the brothers to prepare rockets and pour them two rounds first."

Pan Jiang ordered repeatedly, and the legs and feet of all the soldiers were almost numb from the cold stream water. After hearing the order, they immediately filed out of the cave and lined up in several rows along the hillside, with bows and arrows in their hands and arrows dipped in kerosene cotton Waiting for orders.

Su Jin pulled Lu Laosan to stand behind the team, and Pan Jiang stood in front of the team with his hips akimbo, guessing that the team blocking Taniguchi was already in place, and lightly shouted: "Light it up, 'she'!"

Thousands of rockets were ignited almost at the same time, and the bowstring hummed and exploded. Thousands of rockets fell into the enemy camp like fireworks all over the sky. The cow felt tents were flammable. Even if the rockets could not penetrate, they burned quickly. A big fire broke out, and the wind took advantage of the fire, and after a while the camp in the valley became a sea of ​​flames. The Xixia soldiers who were sleeping were stunned by the sudden fire from the sky, shouting and running away.

"She again!" Pan Jiang mercilessly added fuel to the fire. Thousands of rockets rushed out of the woods and rushed towards the camp. The thorns started to burn on the unarmored clothes, and the soldiers of the Xia army who were burned into fireballs rolled around and ran around. The stream next to it became a life-saving straw, and a large group of people jumped straight into the stream. .

Shocking shouts came from the mountains and forests. The soldiers of the Song Army rushed out of the mountains like tigers with simple knives and rushed straight into the valley. The soldiers of the Xia Army who were stunned by the fire quickly organized a limited resistance, but were quickly defeated. The Song army was defeated by the fierce attack, and only a few encounters were the beginning of the great defeat; the four men of the dynasty, Ma Han, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, were like four meat grinders, and all resistance along the way could not stop their impact. Three thousand Song troops rushed all the way into the enemy's camp, forcing Xia's army down the mountain to be defeated.

The soldiers of the Xia army had completely lost the idea of ​​resistance. Most of the soldiers were forced out of the tent by the fire without even touching their weapons. Only a small number of tents did not catch fire, but there was nothing they could do now.

The two leading generals continued their good luck. None of their tents caught fire. When the fire broke out, they could still wear armor and lift their weapons. They knew that the general situation was over; the shrewd two quickly made a wise decision, and quickly gathered five 600 guards and fled out of the valley without looking back.

It's a pity that their good luck didn't help them this time. Hundreds of Song troops in the dark at the valley entrance had already been waiting. When they saw the burning rockets, the two leading generals turned around and went to the two sides. Running in the dense forest on the hillside.

The arrows of the Song army blocking the mountain pass were like shooting stars, and they regarded the group of people in front of them as pigs and sheep to be slaughtered. After a few rounds of arrow rain, except for the one or two hundred soldiers who fled to the dense forest on the hillside, all the rest became live target.

The war came to an end sooner. In half an hour, the entire camp of the Xixia army had been trampled to the ground. The 2000 Xixia army had more than [-] casualties, and [-] were captured. The remaining [-] people were fast-moving The quick-witted "three fast" people fled to the dense forest on the hillside as soon as the war started.

"Damn it, he ran away a lot." Pan Jiang spat and cursed, "It's so cheap for these bastards."

Su Jin sneered and said: "It's not so cheap, Wang Chao Mahan immediately led two soldiers carrying cupping jars to set fire to the mountain at the top of the mountain, set fire to the mountain, and then quickly evacuated to the south. We escorted the prisoners in the abandoned village on the south slope. Waiting for you everywhere, always pay attention to the movement of reinforcements from the enemy camp, don't be blocked by others."

Chao Mahan agreed in unison, and quickly rushed down the mountain with two hundred soldiers who had set fire to the fire and had not participated in the battle.

"Hey, once the fire starts, these turtle grandchildren will become roasted pigs, and they really can't be taken advantage of." Pan Jiang laughed.

Su Jin said: "I didn't want to burn them. I just wanted to burn the trees on the east slope. Old man Lu wanted to cut off the raw materials for the thieves to make siege equipment. I had no choice but to do this. To be honest, I didn't want to do it either. Once the fire is set off, everything on the mountain will suffer.”

Lu Laosan sighed: "The old man understands that Mr. Su is to keep the city of Weizhou. If the trees are burned, it will rise again in a few years. If the city of Weizhou is lost and the people are dead, they will never come back again." "<The wind blows and regenerates, and in a few years there will still be a good tree here; someone came, took the captives into the cave, and we returned the same way.