Above the head, there is a large expanse of blue, pure and flawless sky, in which a large number of birds are soaring.
On the ground, on the endless grassland, green grass is already sprouting.
During this period, many unknown wild flowers also began to bloom, and after the still cool wind blew over, the nose was filled with the fresh fragrance of flowers.
By the way, various large and small lakes and rivers are dotted on this grassland, which immediately makes the environment in front of you as beautiful as a landscape painting.
All of the above are a big fish in the eyes, but in fact there are not many artistic bacteria in the body.
He couldn't help but mutter something in his mouth with a very emotional tone:
"The Yellow River is full of dangers and only seeks profit. This is absolutely true. The Hetao is such a good place and it must not be occupied by foreigners~"
The reason why Big Fish uttered such a sentence was on February 22, the second year of Maode.
Not only Hu Biao and the others were already heading towards the Bali Bridge outside Yanjing City. This battlefield was quickly approaching, and a decisive battle was about to begin.
The Third Army of the New Army of the Song Dynasty, led by Ma Kuo, Lao Hei, Wu Zu, and Dayu, finally entered the Three Prefectures outside the River of the Song Dynasty.
That is to say, Feng, Fu, and Lin are the three states that cannot be lost in the third phase of this mission.
It is located to the west of the Yellow River in Shanxi and Shaanxi, across the river from the Hedong states, specifically at the southern end of the Hetao Plain.
In the second year of Maode, that is, 1129, there was no transition to reclamation in the Hetao Plain, and the environment was greatly damaged.
So after arriving here, Big Fish was immediately conquered by the beautiful scenery here.
I even thought about reciting a poem, for example, about how the sky is vast and the fields are vast, and the grass is blown by the wind and cattle and sheep are low.
It's a pity that just when such an ancient poem came to my lips, I remembered that given the current situation, I didn't have a single piece of wool in front of me, so I had to hold back the words.
What made him even more speechless was that Lao Hei soon cursed:
"Young Master Da Yu is pretending to be serious. You don't have even a few art germs in your body, so don't pretend to be a cultured person.
Come over quickly and see how to fight such a battle."
After hearing such a sentence, Big Fish hurriedly cursed "What the hell" silently, kicked his horse, and approached Lao Hei and Ma Kuo on a large car not far away.
The two people sat in the carriage, not because there was any problem with their riding skills, but because only in this way could the two of them study a map of Hedong together.
Let's study how to operate the key battle they are about to face next.
As for Wu Zu, this buddy, he stood on a small watchtower on a pole that was erected several meters high. He held a monocular telescope in his hand and looked around constantly.
There was some unconcealable nervousness in his expression...
In fact, if the original plan had been followed, the Third Army led by Lao Hei and the others should have entered the Hetao Plain at least two days later with more preparations.
But five days ago, their army arrived in Yanzhou, which is now the Yan'an area.
As a result, the latest and final message for help from the Zhe family was received. In the following time, those messengers who came almost every day immediately disappeared.
In the last message asking for help, Zhe Keqiu said in the letter.
Under the crazy attack of the Xixia people, many villages and forts in Linzhou were attacked by the Xixia people. Now only Xinqin City is left, and the state government of Linzhou is still in their home. Under control.
Under the pseudo-emperor Li Qianshun, who led a large number of soldiers and horses to attack day and night, it was almost unbearable.
In the other two places, Fengzhou and Fuzhou, the situation is only slightly better; but as long as Linzhou falls, these two states are expected to surrender immediately.
What needs to be explained is that Feng, Fu and Lin were the three states in Hedong during the Song Dynasty.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, what was implemented was a strategy with a strong sense of feudal separatism, and military and political affairs were all controlled by local aristocratic families and local tyrants.
Currently, among the three states in Hedong, Zhejia is considered the strongest among them, and its base camp is in Linzhou.
Although the other two prefectures of Feng and Prefecture also obeyed the orders of the Zhe family, they were only the territory of two families like Yang and Wang; even the three of them had mastered the history of these three prefectures for a longer period than the Northern Song Dynasty.
Among them, the famous Yang family general of Tianbo Prefecture is said to be from the above Yang family.
It was obvious that Li Qianshun, the pseudo-emperor's tactic, wanted to directly defeat the strongest Zhejia with his huge military strength.
As a result, in one battle, they completely occupied the three states of Feng, Fu, and Lin.
In this way, heading east will start from Taiyuan and support all the way to the Yanjing battlefield.
Or maybe they marched all the way to the southeast, penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Song Dynasty, mixed the Song Dynasty into a mess, and directly cut off the retreat of the army that defeated the Song Dynasty.
After hearing such news, although under Lianlinzhou City, how many troops did the Xixia people have and what was the composition of the army?
Ma Kuo, Lao Hei, Wu Zu, Da Yu and other four people, after a hurried discussion.
It was decided to give up the original plan of resting in Yanzhou for a day or two and replenish some supplies, and immediately crossed the Yellow River and headed to Linzhou for support.
Why? According to their analysis, they believe that even in the content of the request for help, Zhejia exaggerated to a certain extent.
But combined with the fact that they couldn't even break out of the envoy asking for help, their actual encounter should be quite dangerous.
Immediately, I didn't dare to delay at all. I started from Yanzhou early in the morning and crossed the Yellow River along Jinming Village, Qingshui, and Saimen Village.
After crossing the Yellow River and entering the Hetao Plain, it meant that they would encounter sneak attacks by the Xixia people at any time.
Because now the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty waiting for them at Zhejia have all huddled behind large and small cities and forts, and the vast wilderness has become a private land for the Xixia people to roam.
You know, Xixia is rich in Ganqing horses, Dawan horses, Mongolian horses and other fine horses.
The early military composition of the Xixia people was dominated by cavalry, but now they have also developed the "Hengshan Bubazi" infantry, as well as "Poxi" trebuchet artillery, naval troops, etc.
But the cavalry unit is still their specialty.
However, in order to deal with the main battlefield of the Northern Expedition to Yanjing, the Northern Expedition army took away almost all the cavalry. The third army that came here was completely pure infantry.
Fortunately, Lao Hei almost had a fight with Hu Biao in the Privy Council of Kaifeng City, and was able to obtain about a thousand cavalry troops.
Since entering the Hetao area, during the march of the army, these cavalrymen were dispatched by the same person.
The furthest ones were sent to places twenty or thirty miles away.
The purpose is that after discovering the Xixia troops in advance, they can use the Sky-piercing Monkey to send out an early warning signal in time, so that the army can prepare in advance.
After all, the Ministry of Industry, controlled by Lang Qing, has the support of almost the entire Song Dynasty.
In a short period of time, there is no way to train more qualified cavalry; but there is no problem in building enough new large vehicles to form a defensive vehicle formation.
This is also the greatest confidence they dare to bring the third army of pure infantry, plus the civilians, a total of 50,000 people, to take the initiative to kill Linzhou, which has the largest military force of the Xixia people...
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After crossing the Yellow River and heading all the way towards Xinqin City, the seat of Linzhou Prefecture, which is the seat of the state, after about fifty miles, Lao Hei and others were worried about the thing they were most worried about.
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, it finally happened.
At that time, Dayu, Lao Hei, and Ma Kuo were still discussing how to break the inevitable blockade of the Xixia army outside Xinqin City.
Suddenly, a huge change occurred.
To be more specific, it was at the 11 o'clock position where the army was advancing. Suddenly, a ball of fireworks hit Lao Gao and suddenly exploded in the air.
After the fireworks exploded, a dazzling red cloud of smoke filled the air.
However, on behalf of Lao Hei and others, he made an agreement with a group of cavalry troops that did not collect at night, saying that there were at least 50,000 cavalry troops there, and they were currently rushing towards them.
The only good thing is that the group of fireworks rose from the team, almost fifteen or six miles away.
Based on the horse speed of the Xixia army, Lao Hei and the others should still have about ten minutes, which can be used to prepare.
In short, after seeing the above signal, the four people including Ma Kuo, Lao Hei, Dayu, and Wu Zu immediately felt a great excitement all over their bodies.
Along with it, there is also a strange sense of relief that something bad has finally happened and I don’t have to worry about it anymore.
However, it did not affect the soldier standing on the observation tower. He put down the telescope in a blink of an eye and yelled:
"When the enemy attacks, the entire army stops advancing and forms a regiment-based formation, forming a vehicle formation.
Quick, quick, quick, if you don’t want to die, you have to move faster.”
In fact, there was no need for a military soldier, the Minister of Works, to shout so hoarsely; under the command of a group of veteran officers who had participated in the bloody Battle of Zhuxian Town, they spontaneously commanded.
Everyone in the Third Army took action one after another, using the fastest speed to form many large and small vehicle formations.
During this process, some of the soldiers they let out in the night came back beating their horses desperately.
Through the passage reserved for them, they escaped one by one into the car formation.
After escaping in, each of these people looked very pale; combined with the Ye Bu Shu team, which originally had more than a thousand people, only 700 to 800 people managed to escape in the end.
What can be expected is that the rest of the Ye Bu Shu will have been touched by the Xixia people, and they will never come back.
Just this little bit made Ma Kuo and Lao Hei feel very distressed.
Damn it! With only such a few cavalry in hand, I'm afraid there won't be many left after arriving at Xinqin City. What a crime.
Their distress could not last long, because the car formation was composed of generals, and the soldiers were hurriedly preparing for battle.
In front of them, a dark group of cavalry appeared.
Relying on the advantage of a tool like a telescope, Lao Hei and others were able to see that the Xixia cavalry appeared in front of them, and their specific composition was very complicated.
In addition to some knights wearing fine fish-scale iron armor, who looked like regular Xixia soldiers, there were also many miscellaneous fish who only wore leather armor, or even a piece of leather armor.
It seems that the Xixia people adopted the hiring method of paying money, food, and equipment, and hired mercenaries such as the Kelie tribe, Gaochang people, and Tubo people.
Don't look at these useless soldiers and armors, they are all of very poor quality.
But after including them, the total number of cavalrymen who rushed over was at least sixty or seventy thousand.
The huge scene of more than 200,000 horse hooves beating the ground continuously and rushing straight towards them still made the scalps of most people in the car array go numb.
Who is called the Third Army? Among the four divisions in total, there are only two standard New Army musketry infantry divisions.
The remaining two are a kind of volunteer division composed of heroes from three mountains and five mountains.
The bravery of these heroes in the past when they fought with others, or when they were robbed of the Tao, compared with such a scene of a battle between armed and iron horses, is really nothing.
So much so that now, they are all panicking.
After these Xixia cavalry appeared, they did not even hesitate for a moment when faced with the car formation formed by the Third Army.
Amidst the loud sound of horns, they came straight towards this side to kill...
"Damn it, grandpa is probably going to die here today."
When I passed the gap between the car formations and saw the scene of thousands of horses galloping and killing each other in front of me, I felt the constant vibration of the ground under my feet transmitted to my body, which seemed to make my legs numb.
Even the eggs are so numb that they can no longer feel anything.
Instinctively, Zhang Dabang swallowed a large mouthful of saliva and cursed in his mouth.
After he finished cursing, he habitually turned his head to look at the old brothers around him, and immediately found that all of these old brothers also had pale faces.
Even these guys, each of them had at least one or two lives in their hands, and they used to be ruthless people who could not be messed with in the eyes of others.
Don't laugh at the boss, he looks like a frightened bird.
Zhang Dabang was originally a well-known bandit leader in the Funiu Mountain area. Because of his large and thick body, his hands had the strength of an arm.
He also has dark skin, a lush beard and ferocious hair on his chin and chest, and his appearance can scare a child to tears.
On North Beijing Road, he was nicknamed "Black King Kong" and had thousands of brothers under his command.
A few years ago, he lived on a dangerous hilltop in Funiu Mountain. He spent his days doing business without capital, drinking heavily, and eating meat. He lived a very happy life.
It is a pity that such a good life became worse day by day when the Jin people invaded the Song Dynasty.
The reason is very simple. The rich landowners and gentry ran away, caught and killed. The remaining people were originally suffering, but they became even poorer after the arrival of the Jin people.
Even if I wanted to grab it for a while, I couldn't find a place.
After the new army of the Song Dynasty under the command of Xianggong Hu defeated the Jin people, life became almost unbearable.
Because there are rumors on the road, who is Xianggong Hu? He is the Tian Kuixing from the sky who has descended to earth. How can a person who cannot rub dirt in his eyes allow people like them to continue to cause harm to the place.
That is to say, because of the threat of the Jin people, I won't be able to take action for a while.
After the Northern Expedition wiped out all the Jin people, they would naturally take action against them.
Even those ridiculously strong Jurchen barbarians are no match for the new army under Hu Xianggong's command. How can these people end up well?
For a time, all the heroes on Beijing's North Road felt like the end was coming, and they were in a constant state of panic.
It's just that he is different from other hilltop bosses, who either give up and take their savings to become a rich man.
Or take the brothers away from the dangerous place of North Beijing Road and go to a more remote place to start a new life.
‘Black King Kong’ made a big announcement, but he was decisive.
After spending many years of savings and disbanding all his minions, he joined the new army's volunteer division with other brothers in their 30s and 40s who dared to fight.
The reason is to create a bright background for myself and my son who is only a little over three years old.
He could finally see clearly that from now on the entire world would belong to the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty would become like the legendary strong men and the prosperous Tang Dynasty. If he wanted to live a good life, he could only seek refuge in the imperial court.
No! He then joined the new army, relying on his strength, sword skills, and the support of his brothers.
Now he is the deputy company commander of the first division of the Song Dynasty Volunteer Army, the third regiment, the second battalion and the fourth company. His rank is equivalent to that of a deputy captain in the former Song Dynasty Forbidden Army.
Originally, Zhang Dabang was very grateful for his decision for such a result.
But now, in great fear, he regretted his original decision; because the opponents he had encountered in the past were nothing compared to the Xixia cavalry in front of him.
At such a moment, a high-pitched voice rang in my ears and sang a war song:
"First take the twelve prefectures of Shanxi, and other elements will attack the Yatou. Looking back, the Qin fortress is as low as a horse, and gradually we can see the Yellow River flowing straight north. The power of God rolls over the Yellow River, and thousands of Qiang people sing the song of Han Dynasty..."
Instinctively, Zhang Dabang and the brothers around him turned their heads and looked over.
But they saw their leader, the one-armed Hou San, pull out a simple knife from his waist, beat the breastplate on his chest, and sing loudly in his mouth.
Amidst the sound of steel clashing, Hou San was said to have been born as a dock coolie.
Now he is the head of the regiment of the Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to the "official bodyguard" of a fifth-rank official.
It is said that a one-armed man with a beautiful wife, a generous monthly salary, and unborn children will be given priority to enter the Imperial College.
After the singing voice fell on Zhang Dabang's ears, he was suddenly filled with an inexplicable and powerful power.
The fear in the hearts of Zhang Dabang and others suddenly dissipated, but instead they felt a heroic spirit of "I can be like this".
Soon after, the vehicles of the Third Army were all filled with the sound of beating their breastplates and singing loudly.
The high fighting spirit came up all of a sudden...
