Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 109 Flat push!

Li Qianshun, the lord of Xixia, who was supposed to negotiate peace with the Jin people in the first month and declare his vassalship in March, was still openly allied with the Liao Dynasty and sent 15,000 troops north to attack the Jin people and station troops on the border. At the same time, the Xia lord Li Qianshun married Leading troops and horses to attack Wushuo and Shuo prefectures was equivalent to starting a war with Song and Jin Dynasties at the same time.

Just last month, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom sent an envoy to Xixia and canonized Li Qianshun as the Emperor of Xia. However, Liu Ling knew that the Jin people also sent envoys to Xia at this time and agreed with Li Qianshun to send an envoy to the north of the fortress and Yinshan Mountain. The land to the south and west of Tulu and Luo was ceded to him by Yishi Yecibu, which was equivalent to the northwest land of the Liao Kingdom.

This land used to belong to Xixia, but was later taken away by the Liao Kingdom, so for Li Qianshun, this was an offer he could not refuse.

The guard general of Shuozhou was named Han Zheng. He was originally a general of the Liao Kingdom. When the Jin people went south, Juzhou surrendered to the Song Dynasty. In essence, he was similar to Guo Yaoshi, but his troops were very weak and he could only rely on the city fortress festival. Block the Xia army.

The first Song army to arrive in Shuozhou was not the Western Army or the Zhenyuan Army, but a general named Li Siben with about two to three thousand men. This man used to be Tan Zhen's general, but after Tan Zhen lost power this time, , Li Siben was immediately sent further away, to the border of the Song Dynasty near Shuozhou.

Outside Shenwu County, Han Zheng and Li Siben looked at each other and saw the despair in each other's eyes.

After they joined forces, they held on for another half a month. Their troops were constantly reduced and destroyed during the war. When they sent people to ask for reinforcements earlier, the Song Dynasty's Western Army in the rear kept delaying sending reinforcements. Now, There is no news, and no one knows when reinforcements will arrive.

"Start smashing!"

Not far away, a corps leader with bloodstains in front of him shouted loudly, and he and the soldiers next to him pushed down a huge boulder. The boulder rolled and broke one of the legs of the ladder. The entire ladder suddenly tilted to the left, everywhere. The supporting frame continued to crumble, and sawdust flew everywhere.

But the corps leader was hit by several arrows and fell down clutching his chest.

There were no more arrows in the city, so they could only resist with this method. Many soldiers looked numb, because most of them knew that there would be no more reinforcements.

Some people wanted to surrender. After leaving the city, they were led by the Xia cavalry behind their war horses with ropes. The horses galloped around the city wall. The corpses of the soldiers they were led behind had long been bruised and bloody, leaving traces of blood and fragments all along the way. Meat.

The Xixia soldiers standing on the ladder held on tightly to the ladder, but in the end, the entire ladder collapsed, and dozens of Xixia soldiers screamed and were buried in the remains of the ladder.

Not far away, the Xixia army formation began to throw arrows. A large number of arrows fell from the sky, constantly harvesting lives. The city top was densely covered with arrow clusters. Li Siben was hit by an arrow on his shoulder. Han Zheng and several soldiers desperately dragged him away. Go to the tower.

The two of them had been fighting side by side for half a month, and they still felt a sense of comradeship. The soldiers were clumsily dealing with the arrow wounds. Li Siben snorted, looked at Han Zheng sitting next to him, and smiled bitterly. Said: "We have all been abandoned."

Han Zheng held his hand and said in a deep voice: "Reinforcements will come. I heard that the big-assed woman in your family just gave birth to a daughter. You have to go back alive to see them."

"Forget it." Li Siben pushed him away, "Only if I die can they survive."

"If you die, grandpa, I will go get your mother-in-law and beat your daughter."

"Liao dog."

Li Siben raised his head and wanted to punch him, but due to too much blood loss, he began to feel weak and felt a cold feeling from the bottom of his heart.

"Song dog."

Han Zheng cursed, sat next to Li Siben, and waved to several soldiers to get out.

When the military doctor was rescuing people at the top of the city a few days ago, he was hit in the forehead by a stray arrow, which made him feel cold to the core. These Qiu Ba didn't know how to treat arrow wounds, and they were just torturing Li Siben.

That's all, let him feel comfortable before he dies.

"Do you still have an old mother at home?" Li Siben asked slowly. He felt that there was no feeling in the wound and just wanted to find someone to say something casually before he died.

"She is in poor health. Maybe after I die here, she will cry to death when she hears the news."

The two of them were in a depressed mood, and they couldn't help but smile bitterly when they said this.

"Is there any wine?" Li Siben whispered, "I really want to take another sip of wine."

Han Zheng rolled his eyes and said, "If you want to drink, just go back and drink."

No one answered him. Han Zheng was stunned for a while without looking back. His voice trembled slightly: "Song Gou?"

He turned his head, and Li Siben was looking at him with wide eyes.

Han Zheng: "."

"Why the hell are you still breathing?"

After receiving a few scoldings, Li Siben still stared, and after a moment he whispered softly: "Listen, the city wall seems to be shaking."

More than a thousand heavy cavalrymen, who were considered to be of great wealth, were directly assigned to Han Shizhong's command with a wave of Liu Ling's hand.

Han Shizhong felt Liu Ling's trust. After his family members were taken to Zhuozhou, he instinctively would not consider whether his family members were taken as hostages by Liu Ling. Instead, Liu Gong treated me like a brother and sister, and I should die to repay him!

When he led the army into Shuozhou, Shuozhou City had already been lost, and the remnants of the Shuozhou Song Army stayed in Shenwu County to resist. If Shenwu fell, there would be no organized defenders in Shuozhou.

Therefore, after just one day's rest, he immediately led his troops to the front line.

Shenwu County is simply an isolated city without a county government.

"Send the order, the front troops are in formation, the cavalry is on both wings, and no charge is allowed until I give orders!"

"Here!"

"Where is the military commander!" Han Shizhong rode out, wearing a black armor and a red horse. The scornful aura of a general was released from his body.

"The subordinate is here!"

"After the war begins, those who move around randomly will be beheaded; those who disobey orders will be beheaded; after the war begins, those who retreat without reason will be beheaded!"

Han Shizhong looked at the military commander and said coldly: "Flag order, the front army goes out to fight, fire arrows to suppress the formation!"  "Boom!"

The war drums began to beat, and the soldiers of the Zhenyuan Army in the front army silently clenched their swords. On the flanks of the infantry, more than 400 archers began to pick up their bows and nock arrows.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

With the earth-shaking sound of drums, the Xixia army surrounding the Shenwu County city had begun to turn around and return to defense. The more than 6,000 Xixia troops had long been aware of the appearance of this Zhenyuan army, and had already prepared preparations before the latter approached. Prepared.

"Fire arrows!"

"Fire arrows!"

From both sides, the roars of their respective officers could be heard, and the arrows came out of their hands, like two dark clouds suddenly flying in the sky, flying over each other's heads at extremely fast speeds.

Because of the close distance, the archers on both sides shot more accurately, but the casualties on the Xia army's side were obviously heavy. At least 40% of the soldiers fell in a small army formation, and the entire army formation instantly began to become chaotic.

The former army of the Zhenyuan Army was highly armored. The armor was a fusion of sophisticated technologies from the Liao and Song countries. Some soldiers had four or five arrows stuck in their armor and stood there as if nothing happened.

The war drums began to beat for the second time, and the Xia Army's respective military formations began to advance, but the Zhenyuan Army remained unmoved. The archers fired two more rounds of arrows at the Shangguan's order, and once again shot down Xia's army. A former military formation of the army.

To a certain extent, fighting a war means throwing away money. The Song Dynasty people spent money afterward, while Liu Ling spent money beforehand.

When Han Shizhong listened to the military reports sent back by the former army soldiers, he couldn't help but think of Marshal Liu's words.

The commander-in-chief once said that no one or thing is beyond the reach of money. If there is, then add more money.

"Report!"

"The Xia army's cavalry troops rushed out, and the former army defender asked for cavalry support!"

"The cavalry is not allowed to move." Han Shizhong said coldly, "The Xia people dare to use cavalry to attack my front army? Who taught him to fight like this?"

It is generally a foolish move for the cavalry to charge into the infantry formation, but in addition to its own banner, the Zhenyuan Army also carried the banner of the Song Dynasty.

In the eyes of the Xia people, they were probably a Song army, not even the Western Army of the Song Dynasty that often fought against their enemies. They were probably miscellaneous troops transferred from other places. Therefore, no matter who the opposing general was, he made a very brave decision at this moment.

The Xixia cavalry army went into battle. Countless horse hooves rushed to the ground, and the ground rumbled and trembled. The Xixia cavalry came towards them with an arrogant momentum.

The Xixia cavalry general shouted and asked his troops to gather in a straight line as much as possible, and rushed straight towards the Zhenyuan Army's front array like a sharp arrow. Because the opposite side was the Song Army, the cavalry general also felt that today's troops were particularly motivated to fight. With his head held high, the queue adjusted to what he wanted in a few breaths, becoming as dense as a wall.

In the rear, the Xixia Army's infantry formation quickly kept up with the pace. As long as the cavalry in front opened up the situation, they could rush in directly through the torn hole.

According to his experience, the Song Army could easily be directly overwhelmed like this.

Several places in the Zhenyuan Army's front formation quickly dispersed. Fifteen crossbows showed their ferocious appearance. Fifteen bare-chested strong men shouted and swung their giant axes down on the crossbow machine. The crossbow machine was triggered, and the huge crossbow The string fell back with a bang, and fifteen javelin-like arrows shot out of the air, directly into the ranks of the Xixia cavalry, and then the archers behind fired another round of arrows.

Because of the cavalry commander's order, the Xixia cavalry team lost all depth at this moment. The huge crossbow bolts shot out streaks of blood in the crowd. The horses screamed and fell to the ground. The crossbow bolts were strung with the bodies of people and horses and went straight into the crowd. ground.

The bed crossbows were retracted, and the Zhenyuan Army's front troops began to change formations. Groups of soldiers in the front row erected large shields. Countless shields were connected to form a wall. The gaps and tops of the large shields revealed the sharp edges of spears. The Zhenyuan Army cavalry on both wings did not charge. They went out to confront the Xixia cavalry head-on, but took the initiative to retreat in preparation for the upcoming charge.

Their purpose was to overwhelm the infantry formation behind the Xixia cavalry.

Han Shizhong straddled his horse, picked up his spear, and led his own soldiers into the cavalry formation. He took the buckle from the soldiers, held it in his hand without hastily putting it on, and calmly watched the Xixia cavalry crash into him with great momentum. On the shield formation of the front army.

The closer he got to the front line of the "Song Army", the more the Xixia cavalryman felt something was wrong.

Why haven't they collapsed yet?

Why do the armors on these Song soldiers seem to be very sophisticated?

Why.
  He raised his head slowly and realized that at some point, the cavalry in front of him had fallen down one after another. He could clearly see the luster of the spear tip and the cold and calm faces of the "Song soldiers" behind the shield. , as if they were just waiting to kill the pig.

boom! boom! boom!
  The sound of shattering shields and the screams of the horse soldiers were endless. The spears killed a large number of Xixia cavalry first, but the horses covered with arrows also crashed into the military formation with momentum, causing certain casualties.

But in the end, this Xixia cavalry team, which numbered at least more than 800 people, was all submerged in the Zhenyuan Army's former shield formation. It was like huge waves crashing on the rocks on the shore. The huge waves broke into countless splashes, but the rocks remained unmoved. .

The remaining shield soldiers and spear soldiers formed another small formation, and some soldiers began to withdraw into the ranks of the soldiers behind them, marching with them.

Hundreds of Zhenyuan Army soldiers had already drawn their swords in their hands. While advancing forward, they continued to kill the Xixia Army cavalry who fell on the ground with their swords. The surface of their armor was constantly spattered with blood. The Song Army was still red, but the Zhenyuan Army was now starting from scratch. His feet were stained crimson with blood.

The front army of the Zhenyuan Army began to advance.

Opposite them, there are still more than 3,000 Xixia Army infantry formations. Because all the charge cavalry were killed, a large number of Xia Army infantry stopped. Although the strength of our side is at least three times that of the opposite side, we don't know. Why, from the generals to the soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, everyone began to hesitate and fear at this moment.

In their sight, a black wave suddenly surged out from both wings of the more than a thousand Zhenyuan troops. The leader rode out on horseback, holding a flag in his hand. On the flag was a Korean character.

The "wave" began to surge slowly.

The leader of the Xixia Army rolled his throat. He couldn't help but think of the Yellow River he had seen in his childhood - the turbid waves were so turbulent that when the bank burst, the river water kept pushing out and swallowing everything, just like what was about to happen.

Han Shizhong put on his hood and visor, and a dull voice came out from under the visor.

"Send the order to beat the drums, line up the cavalry, display the general's banners and the whole army, follow me to crush the summer dog!"

(End of this chapter)