The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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After the iron kite heavy cavalry cut into the Liao army's formation against the rain of arrows, the hand-to-hand combat between the two sides officially kicked off. Strong, under the ebb and flow, it makes up for a little lack of combat power.

On the Liao people's side, the panic caused by the heavy cavalry breaking into the formation at the beginning gradually dissipated as the hand-to-hand combat began. It is not difficult to understand that people's fear of the approaching danger is better than the danger itself. The frightening thing is not that a sharp blade pierces his body, but the moment when the sharp blade pierces through the air and magnifies in the pupils. When the real hand-to-hand combat, the cowards will suddenly become brave, not to mention that the Liao cavalry are not cowards at all. .

This was a fierce strangulation. The Xia army relied on the power of the charge, and the Liao people relied on their strength to fight evenly. Under the bright galaxy in the north, on the Gobi battlefield with a radius of five or six miles, 10,000+ strangers People strangled together, although they didn't know each other, it didn't hinder their mutual hostility in the slightest, and mercilessly chopped their weapons into each other's bodies.

The sound of "咻咻" sounded again, and two red flames shot up into the sky again in the valley. It was the Xia army from Ketun City rushing along the valley. Back out, but a large number of food trucks blocked the retreat like a large intestine with constipation, and there was chaos outside the valley, so we withdrew from the valley with this method. [

The rear army's luggage team that could not withdraw from the valley was massacred by Li Jiqian. The number of casualties rose sharply, but it was not useless. The dead troops and grain trucks also blocked the advance of Li Jiqian's army. They are stalemate, if Li Jiqian's [-] troops cut in from behind, the Liao soldiers will be defeated.

Zhang Yuan stood on top of a tall crowned carriage with a livid face, watching the desperate hand-to-hand combat on the battlefield from a distance, but without any sense of excitement, he frowned and asked a burly Dangxiang general beside him: "Xi Mu Wei's name General, our army has [-] troops, plus Li Jiqian's [-] troops to assist, the enemy's army is only [-], which is three times more than the opponent, why can't we see that our army has the potential to win?"

Standing next to him was Ximu Weiming, who had contributed to the coup d'état. After Empress Dowager Yeli took power, he jumped five ranks from a small bodyguard officer to become the commander of the Montenegro Weifu Army. Wan Dajun was stationed in Heishan and Utla Banner in the north of Dingzhou; The deputy commander has great trust in him.

Ximu Weiming didn't dare to do anything wrong with Zhang Yuan. Although she was the empress dowager's private pet in bed, Ximu Weiming knew that between Zhang Yuan and herself, the queen mother would support Zhang Yuan without a doubt, because men in the world are full of talent. There are countless talents, but there is only one Zhang Yuan who knows how to govern the country. Therefore, when Zhang Yuan asked a question, Ximu Weiming quickly answered with a smile.

"Don't worry, Xiangguo. I have left behind. I only sent [-] cavalry to fight with the Liao people, and there are still [-] fresh troops not on the field."

"Oh? Why don't you send them together?" Zhang Yuan was a little puzzled.

"Xiangguo doesn't know that morale is the most important thing when fighting. You see, the Liao people's formation is extremely tight, and the advantage of having a large number of people when they meet the enemy cannot be reflected. If we put all our belongings together, it will not be effective. The effect of defeating the enemy in one fell swoop is to wear down all our vigor; as the battle situation becomes stalemate, the psychology of the soldiers on the battlefield will also change accordingly. Reinforcement reinforcements, even if they have an advantage, will become desperate because of the enemy's reinforcements; on the contrary, our soldiers are at a disadvantage, and every reinforcement will boost their morale. How can the enemy have fighting spirit? "

Zhang Yuan looked at Ximu Weiming in surprise and said: "Hey, General Ximu's analysis makes sense. I didn't expect General Ximu to be a famous general, but he has been buried for so many years."

Ximu Wei's name was a little shy, and said in a low voice: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Xiangguo, you know my background best. I learned all this from others. Do you still remember that night when no old thief attacked the palace? That night I was guarding the palace wall with Mr. Su. Mr. Su casually said this, and I remembered it in my heart. This method was used by Uncle Pang that night. He did not order people to attack in a swarm, but a group The attack of the batch really quickly made us lose our ability to resist; if the prime minister hadn't led the army to arrive, the queen mother and the emperor would have suffered disaster that night."

Zhang Yuan laughed and said, "Do you believe Su Jin's words? That kid fought a fart? The Battle of Weizhou was just an opportunistic victory for him. Thank you for remembering his words."

Ximu Weiming blushed and said: "Even if what he said is wrong, I think the best time to really attack with all our strength is to wait for Li Jiqian's army to break out of the valley. I can't put all my belongings on it. "

Zhang Yuandao: "It's like a sentence. It's a good idea to fight against the army led by Commander Li. Remember, you can't listen to Su Jin's words. He is from Song Dynasty, and he is not a good person."

"Yes, yes, I will remember it." Ximu Weiming disapproved in her heart, and could only agree with her mouth.

The strangulation on the battlefield has reached a feverish stage. The whole battlefield is like a meat grinder. All good people go in and come out in pieces after a while.

The combat power of the Liao soldiers is obviously higher than that of the Xia soldiers. The individual soldiers basically killed the Xia soldiers, and the Xia army took advantage of the rampage of the Iron Kite Army's heavy cavalry to move back to some disadvantages. It was a dozen soldiers who grabbed the heavy cavalry at the same time and overturned them to the ground so that they could not get up, otherwise they would regret it at all; but how could Xia Jun give them such a chance, except for the heavy cavalry In addition to supporting each other, Xia Jun's ordinary cavalry also cooperated to protect them.

The number of casualties on both sides has exceeded 5000. The Liao Army has more than [-] casualties, and the Xia Army has more than [-] casualties. It can be seen how fierce the Liao soldiers are.

The turning point of the battle occurred two hours later. Due to the huge disadvantage of numbers and the cramped terrain, Li Jiqian wiped out all the Liao army's luggage and the rear army's cavalry in the valley, and the grain trucks were overturned under the mountain wall by the valley , The corpses all over the ground were also cleared out a passage, and Li Jiqian led the team to finally get out of Taniguchi.

With the continuous gushing out of Ketun city cavalry to join in, the already tense nerves of the Liao army were stretched straighter, and then three horns were fired in the northwest, and the [-] freshmen who were hidden were also attacked They joined the battlefield like a tide; the huge disparity in numbers wiped out the only remaining fighting spirit of the Liao people, and their tense nerves were cut off by a sharp blade, and they immediately became full of momentum, and they no longer had the desire to fight.

Xiao Hui looked up to the sky and sighed, knowing that there was no chance of winning this battle, the generals on the left and right came in crowds, wrapping Xiao Hui in his arms, and broke through to the northeast. The man made a bloody road and fled in a hurry. The night was dark and the wind was high, and Xia Jun did not chase after him. Instead, he concentrated on closing the encirclement and beheading the remaining Liao soldiers who were stubbornly resisting. [

The 20 troops of the two sides fought fiercely for two hours, and finally ended with the victory of the Xia Army; after two raids in the afternoon and evening, only 4000 of the 120 forward troops of the Liao Army escaped, and all 5 Liao soldiers were wiped out. , more than [-] generals were killed, and food, supplies, siege machinery, weapons and armor were seized; more than [-] Liao soldiers were killed in the wilderness; blood flowed on the ground within a radius of three miles of the entire battlefield, and the cold wind blew across , Frozen with a thick layer of red blood ice.

The Xia people were not willing to give up. The ears of all the Liao soldiers who died in battle were cut off and filled with dozens of sacks. They were ordered to go north overnight and discarded on the only way for the follow-up troops of the Liao army. They wrote insulting words and sentences to ridicule Liao Xingzong Yeluzong really said: "The distinguished guests of the Liao Kingdom come to our Daxia as guests. The national strength of the Great Xia is weak and the land is barren. We treat the distinguished guests. We specially prepare dozens of bags of high-quality pig ears. Please treat the distinguished guests of the Liao Kingdom with these delicious pig ears." Jiuyunyun, doing his best to insult.

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Liao Xingzong Yeluzong really had dozens of bags of bloody "delicious pig ears" in front of the big tent. The generals who entered and exited the golden tent would not look sideways, covered their noses and frowned, feeling palpitations.

Everyone hurried over from their respective teams. They were rushing southward when they suddenly received a military order to set up camp on the spot for security. The generals returned to the central army to discuss matters. At first, everyone couldn't figure out what happened. But after seeing dozens of sacks of human ears frozen like jelly, everyone vaguely guessed something.

In the golden tent, the emperor was sitting behind the big case with a pale face, and another blood-stained person was kneeling and crying in front of him. Civil servants and military generals couldn't tell who that person was, and waited for that person to raise his head. When the disheveled long hair was parted to reveal his face, everyone was stunned. This person was the king of South Korea, Xiao Hui, who was always known for his fortitude and bravery. Those who knew him had never seen him crying in pain like this. Normally Xiao Hui was dressed neatly, straightened, spoke crisply, and was full of arrogance, but today she turned out to be like this.

"Xiao Qing's family, get up, I... I know, left and right, take Xiao Aiqing to the side tent to wash and bathe." Yeluzong's voice was filled with deep disappointment.

Xiao Hui wiped away his tears, thanked him, and followed the servant out of the tent. Yelu Zongzhen looked at Xiao Hui's hunched back, sighed, and became dazed.