The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 849 The Beginning of the War (28)

After this reward, Su Yun's current official position is the fifth rank Chaofeng Doctor, his position is the direct scholar of the Jixian Academy, and his assignments are the governor of Fuyan Road, the attendant of the emperor, and the supervisor of the Imperial College. Oh, he was also granted the third rank official uniform by the emperor, which is the purple official uniform.

Zhao Xu was quite satisfied with his operation. It not only rewarded Su Yun, but also ensured that Su Yun would not be left with no more titles or rewards at such a young age. This was a great thing for both Su Yun and the imperial court!
Zhao Xu was in a really good mood at the moment. After feeling aggrieved for nearly two months, he finally got rid of his anger.

Different from the piecemeal attacks before, this time Su Yun really did something big. He flattened a camp of 6,000 people in one fell swoop, beheaded more than a thousand people, and killed more than a thousand people. He directly and indirectly caused the Western Xia to lose two to three thousand soldiers. To be honest, this achievement was really great!
Zhao Xu started reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms again.

It's not that he had nothing to do, but he discovered that the strategies Su Yun used in his fight with the Dangxiang people were as magical as those described in novels.

For example, when killing the 300 cavalrymen of Ye Ci, Su Yun used a trick to lure the snake out of its hole, and then lured its troops into three groups, and then defeated them one by one. The use of this kind of strategy was simply amazing.

Another eight hundred cavalrymen broke into Fei Tingsheng's camp, and taking advantage of the fact that Fei Tingsheng's pots and stoves were half-buried and the camp had not yet been set up, they rushed over dozens of miles and killed an enemy who was unexpectedly killed.

Su Yun's skillful and bold use of troops is comparable to that of Huo Qubing, Li Jing and others!

In this way, the value of Romance of the Three Kingdoms began to rise again.

At the beginning, Zhao Xu could see the value of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He studied it again and again, and even listed it as a must-read material at Zishan Hall (Royal School), but he still had doubts in his heart.

After all, some of the battles described in Romance of the Three Kingdoms seem too mysterious. When a real war breaks out, nothing can be achieved according to your strategies.

But Su Yun's two battles seemed to tell everyone that the fighting style in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms might not be impossible.

In fact, it was not just Zhao Xu who was doing research; the public was also once again in the mood for the Three Kingdoms.

Of course, Romance of the Three Kingdoms has always been very popular, but the focus of discussion before was not on the battles. It is true that everyone thought Romance of the Three Kingdoms was well written, but it was just fiction, and the so-called battles were just the scholars' armchair talk.

But after the news of Su Yun's recent victories gradually spread among the people, everyone, like Zhao Xu, discovered that, hey, this guy really has something real.

So I went back to study the various battles in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and I found that there was indeed something to it.

When Su Yun was writing Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he was really not perfunctory. He treated every battle as an exercise of wars he was familiar with. Therefore, he studied various famous battles and incorporated them into his writing.

He had also been reading military books and had done in-depth research, so the various troop movements, food and fodder transportation, scout assignments, reconnaissance information, decision-making processes, etc. in the novel were no different from reality.

Therefore, after studying the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, knowledgeable people realized that this thing can actually be studied as a military book.

These people are scholars.

Ordinary people don’t understand these things. They only need to know one thing, that is, General Su is very powerful, very good at fighting, and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms he wrote is extremely interesting.

For a time, wherever there was water, there were people reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

And where there is a lecturer, he will definitely tell the story of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

One day, when Zhao Xu was studying the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Sigong brought in some tea. Zhao Xu was thirsty, so he picked up the tea and drank it, then put down the book and planned to take a rest.

Zhao Xu laughed and said, "What's the latest news about Ju Zheng?"

Zhao Xu's original intention was to ask if Su Yun had any new news in the northwest, such as whether he had returned to Yanzhou to take charge, but Sun Sigong didn't know whether he had replied by mistake or on purpose, and whispered: "Your Majesty, there are some rumors about the Su family recently. Do you want to hear them?"

Zhao Xu said, "You can say whatever you want."

Sun Sigong said: "Recently, Bingjingwu heard rumors in the market that the Su family is only a young man, but he is already a fifth-rank official and holds great military and political power. He has reached the point where there is no more title or reward for him.

Therefore, the emperor only gave him a post in the imperial library and granted him a third-rank official uniform after his great victory. His achievements were so great that the emperor was wary of him. "

Zhao Xu was so angry that he laughed when he heard this, and he also felt it was ridiculous, and said: "How can a mere fifth-rank official, a mere governor, even if he is younger, threaten the court?

Although I am not a wise and powerful monarch like the Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han, I am not a foolish monarch either. How could I be afraid of an outstanding young man? It is ridiculous!"

Sun Sigong smiled and said, "These are just rumors. If the emperor doesn't believe them, then there's nothing wrong with that."

Zhao Xu snorted and said, "I naturally don't care about this kind of rumor, but some people have ulterior motives. It's not easy to have a young man who can fight, but these people are starting to panic?
Haha, Di Wuxiang was ruined by them, are they going to ruin Su Yun again?"

After hearing this, Sun Sigong was suddenly speechless.

Zhao Xu suddenly brought up the matter of Di Qing, which made Sun Sigong dare not respond. That involved the struggle between civil and military officials. Not to mention that he was a eunuch, even Zhao Xu did not dare to say much outside.

Sun Sigong quickly whispered, "Your Majesty, the Su family is a group of scholars after all." Zhao Xu snorted and said, "They can't tolerate warriors, nor can they tolerate scholars. They have to cede land and pay compensation, only then will they feel satisfied, right?"

Sun Sigong didn't dare to say anything at all.

Zhao Xu glanced at Sun Sigong and said, "I regret it. I should have rewarded Su Yun greatly before. Damn it, he is so young and shouldn't be in such a high position!

How old was Huo Qubing when he was conferred the title of Marquis? Seventeen! What Emperor Wu of Han could do, I dare not do?

Sun Daban, just wait and see. If Su Yun doesn't make any achievements in the future, it'll be fine. But if he does, I will not hesitate to give him an official position!"

There were hurried footsteps outside. Sun Sigong looked a little strange and hurried out to meet them.

A moment later, Sun Sigong walked in quickly. Zhao Xu saw that Sun Sigong had a strange expression on his face and immediately thought: That can't be true?
Sun Sigong said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! Great victory in the northwest! General Su led 800 cavalrymen to break through Yinzhou and kill more than 10,000 enemies!"

Zhao Xu stood up suddenly, looking horrified.

This news swept through the entire court like a storm, then swept through the entire city of Bianliang, and then swept across the entire world!

Yinzhou City, one of the five states of Dingnan, the most powerful city of Western Xia against the Song Dynasty, the nightmare of millions of Song people, was broken by General Su with only 800 cavalry?
Those who were qualified to know about Su Yun’s series of operations to break the city were all speechless after reading the battle report.

Breaking a city is certainly a rare event, but what is shocking is that Su Yun's method of breaking the city is incredible.

Well... Eight hundred cavalrymen disguised themselves as Tanguts and sneaked into the city. They quarreled with Li Bingxiao when he asked for spoils of war, and took the opportunity to massacre him. They then incited the Tangut soldiers to loot Li Bingxiao's treasure house, which turned into a rebellion.

Up to this point, things were not too strange. After all, city deceptions had happened before, and mutinies were also common. But what happened next was really beyond everyone's expectations.

Su Yun actually cried thief and directly suppressed the mutiny!

Can you believe that the Song army went to help the Dangxiang people quell their rebellion?
But the purpose of suppressing the rebellion was not to truly suppress the rebellion, but to make the rebel soldiers distrust the enemy. This led to the death of Li Liangxiang of the Zuoxiang Shenyong Army who came to appease the rebels. Five thousand soldiers who suppressed the rebellion had to fight to the death with eight thousand rebel soldiers, giving Su Yun the opportunity to take their heads among thousands of soldiers!
In this battle, Su Yun used a little force to achieve a great result, causing heavy casualties to the defenders of Yinzhou City, and even the 5,000 cavalry led by Li Liangxiang, the brave commander of the left wing, were mostly killed or wounded.

According to statistics from Song Dynasty spies afterwards, in this battle, 60 to 70 percent of the 2,000 soldiers under Yinzhou Governor Li Bingxiao suffered casualties, and 70 to 80 percent of the tens of thousands of soldiers who were resting in the city also suffered casualties. And 60 to 70 percent of the 5,000 cavalry led by Li Liangxiang, the commander of the Zuoxiang Divine Army, also suffered casualties. In total, more than 10,000 soldiers were killed or wounded.

The civilians in the city suffered heavy casualties.

Moreover, the grain and fodder, armory, etc. in Yinzhou City were also burned down by the Song Dynasty spies.

After this battle, although Yinzhou City was not captured, it had lost its function as a rear base in a short period of time!
What does the death and injury of tens of thousands of people mean to Western Xia? It means that its vitality has been somewhat damaged.

There were only a small number of Xixia people to begin with, and those who died or were injured were all young and strong. The death and injury of tens of thousands of people was already a serious blow to Xixia.

This is a real victory!
In the war between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, there were similar great victories, but if you wanted to break into a city, you had to surround it with tens of thousands of troops and sacrifice the lives of thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers before you could break into the city.

Su Yun only used 800 cavalrymen to break the city, and it is estimated that he did not suffer much damage.

What does this sound like? It's like listening to the classic battle stories of those outstanding generals during the Han and Tang dynasties!

Could it be that our Great Song Dynasty also has an extraordinary general?
Li Jing?

Wei Qing?

Well, Huo Qubing is more similar.

Huo Qubing did not follow the old ways when fighting. He was good at using cavalry. The first time he fought, he led 800 cavalrymen... Huh? Sounds familiar!
Well, if we look at the battle record, Su Yun also led 800 cavalrymen, but his record was no less impressive than Huo Qubing’s first time leading troops.

After all, Huo Qubing only "beheaded and captured too many prisoners." The so-called "excessive" means that the number of enemies killed exceeded the number of losses on his own side. As for the "Book of Han" quoting Emperor Wu of Han as "beheaded and captured 2,228 prisoners," this is debatable.

Among the enemies killed by Huo Qubing were high-ranking officials of the Xiongnu, such as the prime minister and the porter. He also killed Ji Ruohouchan, the grandfather of the Xiongnu Chanyu Yizhixie, and captured the Chanyu's uncle Luo Gubi. Twice he won the most meritorious service in the army.

Su Yun killed the Xixia emperor's brother Li Bingxiao, his uncle Li Liangxiang, and countless other generals.

Su Yun made great achievements one after another. Some people were happy, some were worried, some were furious, and some were afraid.

But no matter what you think, the thing that should be solved right now is: how to reward Su Yun!

Zhao Xu was particularly worried!

(End of this chapter)