Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 110 Lord Xia’s first son died

The Xixia cavalry took the initiative to attack the Zhenyuan Army's front military formation, and the Zhenyuan Army cavalry took the initiative to attack the Xixia Army's military formation. In just one hour, two extremely contrasting scenes were formed.

It was like a pot of boiling oil poured onto a bucket of ice. In an instant, everything began to melt and disintegrate.

More than a thousand heavy cavalry were divided into three batches to attack. Each batch of cavalry was roughly divided into three to four rows with wide spacing. Most of the cavalry in the front row had horses and spears, plus the weight of the horse armor and the heavy armor of the soldiers. It was like a tank roaring and tearing open the bloody road.

Han Shizhong himself only led more than 300 cavalry into the formation. Later, two other heavy cavalry teams also came out of the formation covered in blood. Occasionally, a cavalryman fell off his horse, but the cavalry behind him immediately took up his position. .

Standing on the top of the city and looking out, we can clearly see that after the three cavalry groups completed their insertion, the front army of the Xixia Army began to fall apart. Then the Zhenyuan Army's infantry formation advanced steadily, relying on the extremely high armor coverage rate and the quality of the soldiers to head on The Xixia army was defeated and counterattacked twice.

The Zhenyuan Army, which had no more than 3,000 troops, defeated at least twice the number of Xixia troops head-on. When several large army formations of the latter began to completely collapse, a one-sided massacre began.

The number of prisoners was quickly reported, and the military official responsible for reporting military merits replied: "Our army killed more than 2,500 soldiers in the formation, and captured the rest of the Xia Army soldiers. There are still many Xia Army soldiers who escaped before the battle. It is difficult to calculate the number for the time being." ."

"If you kill more than three thousand in a formation, I remember that it can be considered a great achievement, right?"

"Yes."

Han Shizhong smashed his mouth and said casually: "Let's get it together."

The sky seemed to be burning.

In the sunset, the battlefield was watered with blood over and over again. A Zhenyuan Army cavalry galloped across the battlefield, and the roaring voice gradually faded away with him.

"The general has an order. The Xia people have invaded our territory without any reason. This is a heinous crime! Kill another five hundred as a warning to others, and ignore the rest!"

The impact of killing prisoners was not very good, but both Han Shizhong and the generals and lieutenants under his command were a little distracted because of today's crushing victory, and they did not care how many Xixia people would die.

As for whether it will affect the rule of the Song people here, what does this have to do with them?
  A commotion instantly broke out in the captured Xia army. Many people knew the Liao dialect, but their armor and weapons had been taken away. As soon as some people made a noise to resist or escape, the surrounding Zhenyuan soldiers drew their swords. , chopped down without mercy.

A large hole was soon dug next to it.

The Zhenyuan Army repaid their merits by beheading the left ear. Every time an ear was cut off, a corpse was thrown into the pit. The various corps commanders, captains and some veterans, with honest smiles on their faces, crowded around the clerk who recorded the merits, and carefully reported the numbers.

The gate of Shenwu City opened, and guard Han Zheng, wearing armor, walked out with the remaining civil servants, officers and soldiers in the city. He bowed and saluted Han Shizhong who came on horseback, lowering his worth to the lowest.

He already knew the identity of this army.

Yandi, Zhenyuan Army.

To a certain extent, it is more difficult to provoke than the Western Army of the Song Dynasty. The latter is at least reasonable. The predecessor of the Zhenyuan Army, the Ever Victorious Army, to a certain extent, really fought against the Song, Jin, and Liao Dynasties.

A bunch of crazy people.

Just now, he stood at the top of the city and watched the Zhenyuan Army tear apart all the Xixia Army's formations and defense lines in half an hour. In the next few hours, they were hacking, hacking, and hacking.

Han Shizhong's body was relatively clean because he was protected by soldiers around him, but the armors of the infantry and cavalry standing behind him were still dripping with wet blood, as if blood bags were constantly being slapped on them.

"The last general, Han Zheng, has met this general."

"Your surname is Han too?" Han Shizhong smiled, trying to express some gentleness, but after seeing his smile, Han Zheng didn't notice the "ye" in Han Shizhong's words. His legs softened and he knelt directly on the ground.

"The last general is incompetent. He is sitting in Shuozhou but is losing ground. The last general."

"never mind."

Han Shizhong smiled and looked at Han Zheng who was kneeling on the ground without taking the initiative to let him stand up. He seemed to feel a strange sense of satisfaction in his heart.

He changed the topic and asked: "I heard that there is another Song army general here, his surname is Li. Where are the others?"

"General, he was hit by an arrow at the top of the city earlier today. He died."

After Li Siben's body was carried out, Han Shizhong frowned slightly, looked at Han Zheng and asked, "You are guarding Shuozhou. You should be familiar with the terrain in this area, right?"

"Yes, the general is indeed familiar with it."

"I heard that Lord Xia led his army to conquer personally. Where is he now?"

"It should be in Shuozhou City," Han Zheng glanced at Han Shizhong and carefully added: "The Xia people have many soldiers and horses."

"The soldiers and horses of the Xia people are numerous but useless."

A middle-aged man stood in front of Liu Ling and talked eloquently: "The Lord of Xia, Li Qianshun, has great ambitions but little talent, and is a useless lord. He was recently ennobled by the Liao Kingdom, but I speculate that he must have paid money privately, waiting for the attack. After conquering the two states of Wushuo and then surrendering the gold, the Jin people will not have violated their covenant with the Song Dynasty and can get the two states of Wushuo for free."

Liu Ling thought that this guy's guess was quite right. He, Liu Ling, knew history, but the middle-aged man in front of him really made up the whole story just by relying on his knowledge and speculation.

The middle-aged man's surname is Ma, and his given name is Kuan. He was born in the martial arts department of the Song Dynasty, but what really made him famous was when he served as an envoy.

Zhao Liangsi, whose original name was Ma Zhi, was from the Liao Kingdom. He and Ma Kuo both made their fortunes as envoys, and even had similar achievements and ideas, but Ma Kuo's experience was more legendary.

These are two people who need to be distinguished clearly.

"The good news from the front line has been received. The front troops of our army have recaptured Shenwu County. The Xia Lord's army is stationed in Shuozhou City and may go south at any time." Liu Ling held a piece of letter paper in his hand and signaled to the general. When the report was sent to Ma Kuo, it was not confidential information. It would then be passed to the rear to Liu Yanqing, Tong Guan and others.

Ma Kuo read it carefully and thought silently. When he was silent, Liu Ling said slowly: "So, the envoy can wait in our army. I will confront the Xia Lord first, and wait for the rear army to arrive. The strength of both sides In due course, if the envoy goes to negotiate with the Xia army again, he will avoid being killed by them."

"killed?"

Ma Kuo caught a glimpse of another letter in Liu Ling's hand and couldn't help but be curious about the content on it. At the same time, he said: "It's just that I was defeated in a battle. Li Qianshun, the leader of Xia, always likes the head and the rat, but he is good at killing envoys." It is like openly going to war with our Song Dynasty, so he will definitely not kill me.

How can I easily interrupt my mission from the imperial court? "

"What if one of Lord Xia's sons died in Shenwu County?" Liu Ling rubbed his brows. Han Shizhong must have killed them ruthlessly. When the prisoners were cleared afterwards, some of the prisoners revealed that one of Lord Xia's sons was in the army. , and then his body was finally found.

Ma Kuo nodded slightly and immediately agreed: "What Liu Gong said is true. The Xia people are tyrannical. However, with Liu Gong sitting in the clouds, I feel very peaceful. I hope I can stay with Liu Gong these days and listen to his teachings day and night." .”

(End of this chapter)