Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 995 Xizhou Succeeded
Zhang Xingqiang helped Zhang Baifa up, and said sadly: "Uncle, we only have these 700 people left now. The pursuers are approaching step by step. The soldiers are hungry and tired. What should we do now? Uncle please cheer up and lead everyone to escape. birthday."

Zhang Baifa gritted his teeth and said, "Continue to run south, as long as you enter the territory of Qinzhou, you will be able to survive."

After a pause, the corners of Zhang Baifa's mouth trembled, and he said, "Tell the wounded soldiers, we can't take them to escape, they can only stay, as long as they don't resist, if it is the Xiangfu army that catches up, they will definitely stay Life, kill the horses of these wounded soldiers, let the still healthy soldiers eat and drink enough, and then go on the road."

Zhang Xingqiang's body trembled slightly, giving up the lives of the wounded soldiers was tantamount to killing them, and the cavalry of the opponent was chasing after them, they would not and could not take prisoners of war, the fate of these wounded soldiers could be imagined.

Seeing that Zhang Xingqiang didn't move, Zhang Bai said angrily, "Zhang Xingqiang, didn't you hear what I said?"

The officer said just now: "General Zhang, this is a last resort. The wounded soldiers will understand the general's difficulties. In order to let more brothers escape, we have to sacrifice them!"

Zhang Xingqiang stood up with his head down, and walked towards the soldiers not far away.

An hour later, Zhang Baifa's army set off again. Behind them, nearly a hundred wounded soldiers were sitting or lying on the grass in despair, their eyes glazed over. They could only wait for death to come.

More than ten miles away from Zhang Xingqiang and others, Gao Wuyang led [-] special brigade soldiers on horseback and set up a pocket formation, quietly waiting for Zhang Baifa and his party who might escape.

When they saw a large number of cavalry from the Xiangfu Kingdom appearing in the front and on the left and right sides, all the Song soldiers showed despair on their faces. There is no way to escape.

Zhang Baifa's face was miserable, and Zhang Xingqiang's face also showed deep despair. At this moment, they were exhausted, and there was still a battle there.

Gao Wuyang looked at the beggar-like army not far away, and he didn't have much excitement on his face. Compared with the battles they fought these days, the current battle with disparity in strength is really nothing.

"Okay, since that's the case, let's... let's surrender!" Zhang Baifa pulled out the saber from his waist, was the first to dismount, and threw the saber to the ground.Seeing this, the others were almost relieved. They quickly got off their horses, dropped their knives, put their hands on their heads, and squatted on the ground.

Zhang Xingqiang looked unwilling and wanted to say something, but he took a last look at the cavalry from the Xiangfu Kingdom who were rushing towards him, and he endured it. He dismounted, threw knives, and squatted on the ground with the others, but he was squatting here. The far left of more than 700 people, and whispered something to a dozen of his soldiers next to him.

Gao Wuyang and all the soldiers of the special brigade raised the reins with a little disappointment, and stopped when they were 300 steps away from the Song army, "Go to 300 people, bring their war horses over, and then completely disarm them, and then leave [-] people behind." Take care of them and escort them to Xizhou." Gao Wuyang gave the order,

Three hundred soldiers from the special brigade were ordered to dismount and walk towards the Song army. At this moment, a sudden change occurred. Zhang Xingqiang and more than a dozen soldiers around him suddenly got on their horses and rushed to the left in front of the woods several miles away.What happened suddenly, the most important thing was that [-] soldiers from the special brigade who came on foot blocked the path of Gao Wuyang and other main forces who were still on the horse. distance.Not far away is the woods, as long as Zhang Xingqiang and others enter the woods, and the number of people is small, it will not be easy to find them.

During this process, the other Song soldiers who squatted and surrendered had a moment of commotion, but after all, they were not prepared in advance. After a moment of hesitation, three hundred soldiers from the special brigade took out their crossbows and ran towards them. Apart from others, no one escaped with Zhang Xingqiang.

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Zhang Xingqiang was lucky. After entering the woods, he dismounted decisively and beat the horse to let him continue forward. They turned to the other side and finally temporarily escaped the special team's pursuit. They ran wildly in the forest until they were too tired. Suddenly stopped, found a dense forest, and hid in it.

It was almost dark, and everyone lit a few bonfires in the woods. Zhang Xingqiang sighed, and ordered to go down: "You two go to the woods to collect some wild animals and come back, and the four of you go to the four directions to be vigilant. Every half an hour."

All the soldiers of the Song Dynasty said yes a little weakly, and six soldiers of the Song Dynasty got up immediately, picked up their weapons and started to move.

A round of crescent moon hangs on the tree, the cold light penetrates coldly through the leaves, and draws bright scars on the forest floor. Among the trees, there are a few birdsong, and then there is a burst of sound from not far away. In response to the harmony, within a moment, under a shadow, two figures gathered together.

"Squad leader, we have killed the two Song soldiers who went hunting." A figure said in a low voice.Stretching out his hand, he handed over two dead rabbits whose blood hadn't dried up, "Look at their clothes, they are Zhang Xingqiang's personal soldiers, Zhang Xingqiang should not be far from here."

These two were exactly two of the one hundred special brigade soldiers Gao Wuyang sent into the forest to hunt down Zhang Xingqiang.

The so-called squad leader reached out to take the dead rabbit, thought for a while, and said: "That Zhang Xingqiang is a fierce general with good martial arts, just the two of us, we can't kill Zhang Xingqiang and his dozen or so soldiers Yes. Let's go, the two of us will take off the costumes of the two dead ghosts and put them on again."

"Get the quick crossbow ready later. Once it is launched, it will be a thunderbolt, and they will not have any chance to resist. However, before that, kill the guards he sent. Remember, you can't make any noise. .” The monitor said sharply.

"Yes, squad leader."

A vigilant soldier of the Song Army was leaning against a tree, and a hand suddenly extended from behind the big tree to cover their mouths, while the other hand held a painted black dagger, and accurately wiped their carotid arteries , The blood spurted wildly, the person fell limply, two special soldiers flashed out, looked at each other with a smile, and flashed into the darkness again.

On the other side, a soldier of the Song army who was urinating was twisted from behind by the squad leader, pulled his neck hard, and with a click, his head turned 180 degrees, his wide eyes looked at the enemy behind him, but he didn't understand No focal length.

In the woods, such scenes were staged in several places one after another. These soldiers of the Song Army, who were considered elite soldiers, had no power to fight back in front of the two soldiers of the Xiangfu Kingdom Special Brigade who had been trained for a long time. One after another, they fell on the tree. from inside.

At this moment, only less than seven personal soldiers remained beside Zhang Baifa.The silence in the woods was terrifying. A soldier stood up and said to himself, "Strange, the two guys who went to hunt wild things haven't come back yet?"

As he was talking to himself, there were footsteps in the forest, and two men dressed as soldiers of the Song Army strode out. By the moonlight, they each held two rabbits in their hands.

"Why did you come back...Stop, who are you?" Zhang Xingqiang glanced at him and suddenly exclaimed. The guy walking in front of these people was too tall, and there was no such thing in his group. tall people.

"Unlucky!" The squad leader snorted, threw away the rabbit in his hand, and shouted, "Do it!"

Before the words fell, the squad leader raised his other hand, with a chirping sound, four consecutive crossbow arrows were shot out, and the two soldiers who had just had time to block Zhang Xingqiang fell to the ground like wooden stakes, among the trees, The sound of continuous crossbows continued, and in a short while, the seven guards around Zhang Xingqiang had all fallen down.

Two soldiers from the special brigade drew out their waist knives and walked towards Zhang Xingqiang step by step.

Zhang Xingqiang had a murderous look on his face, raised the spear in his hand and charged forward.

Suddenly, the squad leader threw forward with his empty left hand, and a ball the size of a baby's fist flew out of his hand and hit Zhang Xingqiang.

Zhang Xingqiang was startled, and he slashed the ball with precision.

The next moment, with a bang, the ball exploded instead of being split, and a puff of smoke covering four to five feet instantly enveloped Zhang Xingqiang in it.Zhang Xingqiang's face changed, and his body stopped instinctively, but he immediately realized that he wanted to rush out of the potentially poisonous smoke as soon as possible, so after a pause, he rushed forward again.

The moment Zhang Xingqiang rushed into the smoke, eight crossbow arrows shot at Zhang Xingqiang with a puffing sound, but two special soldiers took advantage of this short process to reinstall the arrows on the fast crossbow.Zhang Xingqiang let out a loud roar, and swung the spear in his hand to block four of them, but at such a distance, even if his martial arts is not weak, it is difficult to dodge them all. The other four crossbow arrows all shot at him, two of which hit his legs. , the other two shot into his waist and abdomen, one staggered, and Zhang Xingqiang fell to the ground.But before he fell to the ground, the squad leader flew forward, raised the knife in his hand, and cut off Zhang Xingqiang's head cleanly. Get big.

The squad leader walked over to pick up the head, glanced at the woods, and said: "This Xingqiang head and these dozens of heads, at least let us both make a third-class merit. Hahaha... Clean up the traces ,retreat!"

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At the same time, Zhang Baifa was persuaded by Gao Wuyang. Zhang Baifa led a thousand special brigade soldiers dressed in Song Army clothes and pretended to be Song Army soldiers, fled to Doushi County under the jurisdiction of Xizhou, deceived the city gate, and captured Doushi with ease. county.Then, Gao Wuyang used the same method overnight to take another county seat.The last county town was also conquered after Zhang Dawei sent 5000 men to attack for a day and suffered more than 100 casualties the next day.

So far, the entire territory of Song State Xizhou and Minzhou has fallen into the hands of Xiangfu Kingdom.When the news spread to Qinzhou of the Song Dynasty, the civil and military officials of Qinfeng Road turned pale with shock, but they did not send a large army to rescue or take back Xizhou.

(End of this chapter)