The north wind is howling, the snow is flying, and the heaven and earth are in a state of silence.
At this moment, Xiazhou City is completely white inside and out, and even the sky and the earth seem to be a bit unclear.
But even in such a cold winter, people in the city still have to be busy running their own businesses and careers, so that there are still many vendors setting up tents on the street selling New Year's goods and snacks, as well as people coming and going.
The customers looking here and there feel like they are celebrating the New Year.
However, this Xiazhou City is different from any other city in the Wei Dynasty, because just five years ago, it did not belong to the Wei Dynasty. Five years ago, it had been in power for twelve years, and it was all about leaving a name in history.
Emperor Wanchang and Zhou Ye, the head of the Zhou family who vowed to surpass Yun Lan, joined forces in a tacit understanding.
Emperor Wanchang provided a huge amount of food and grass for an army of 150,000 for two years of fighting, as well as a large amount of war materials, including 50,000 sets of infantry light armor and steel swords, 10,000 sets of heavy armor and swords, and 5,000 sets of cavalry light armor and point swords.
The steel spears were waiting, and Zhou Ye was also very aggressive. Even his hometown Chang'an only left a handful of government officials to guard the city gate for a while. His 150,000 troops came out in full force and fought with Xixia in Xiazhou. After
After two battles, including field battles and fortifications, Xiazhou, the eastern gateway of Xixia, finally fell. The Wei Dynasty achieved complete victory for the first time since the establishment of Xixia, and successfully captured one of its important cities. With this battle, the Guanzhong Nine Guards, direct relatives of the Zhou family,
It is regarded as another powerful army in the Wei Dynasty after the Yanyun Twelve Guards, who are direct descendants of the Yun family.
Zhou Ye also used this battle to completely subdue the opposition within the family and completely control the entire Zhou family. Although in terms of purely numerical military achievements, the battle of Xiazhou "annihilated 40,000 enemies and defeated 170,000 enemies."
It is far inferior to Yun Lan's appalling "defeated half a million and annihilated more than 90,000 enemies" record during the Yanjing Conference. However, Zhou Ye succeeded in occupying a city, and this city was also a strategic location.
I want to know how long it has been since the Wei Dynasty expanded its territory. I'm afraid it won't be more than a hundred years before it finally opened up again.
Since then, although Zhou Ye's status cannot be said to be equal to that of Yun Lan, at least others always like to compare them: the so-called "Second Commander of Shanguang" is also
After Xiazhou became the territory of the Wei Dynasty, some Xixia people left Xiazhou and went west, while some still stayed there and lived in the same city with the gradually migrating Wei people. However, the two countries had been hostile to each other for nearly two hundred years.
, its people will also hate each other
For example, Xiazhou City is like this. At this moment, Xiazhou is in a bit of a bad situation.
There were one or two thousand people from Xixia and Wei people each, and they were blocked in a relatively wide street. The people on both sides had gradually turned from scolding and confrontation to pushing each other, and it was about to develop into a group fight.
I don’t know what caused the incident. Maybe it was just a small quarrel at first, but because both parties disliked each other, neither party was willing to take a step back, so it developed to this point.
There were more and more people on both sides, and the Wei and Xixia people consciously joined their own camps. When the total number of people on both sides exceeded 10,000, their anger finally broke out.
A Xixia man who took the lead shouted angrily: "I'm going to beat you, Wei Zhu!" He punched the Wei man opposite him in the nose, and the Wei man screamed in agony, his nose bleeding profusely. His companions immediately
He was so angry that he picked up a pole that he didn't know where it came from. He brought the pole down and hit the Xixia man in the head...
"Wei Zhu beat someone to death!——" Xixia ** shouted
"The Xixia barbarians have rebelled!——" the Wei people shouted angrily.
In a pavilion on the edge of this street, a figure looked at the scene in front of him coldly, smiled contemptuously, and gave a faint order to a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer but with cold eyes beside him: "
Go report to the prince and say that everything is going well in Xiazhou. Within five hours, Xiazhou City can be considered undefended and wait for the prince's army to come and take over."
…
On an empty mountain forty miles outside Xiazhou City, a middle-aged man in his forties was looking into the wind in the snow. Where he looked was Xiazhou.
From afar, a horse rides against the snow
"Your Majesty! Everything goes well in Xiazhou City!" the rider shouted from a distance.
The frowned brows finally relaxed. The prince turned around slowly and suddenly let out a long roar.
There was a noise in the snowfield opposite him, and countless heads began to appear from a distance, as if the wolves heard the call of the alpha wolf and came from all directions to gather together.
They may not have sharper weapons than the Wei people, nor stronger armor than the Wei people, nor warmer winter clothes than the Wei people, nor more abundant food and grass than the Wei people. However, they are far colder and crueler than the Wei people, but they obey the alpha wolf.
The wolf nature of command!
"Warriors of the Liao Kingdom!" After the prince was silent for a long time, he suddenly shouted: "We are the descendants of the Sirius God, and fighting on the battlefield is the natural mission of our wolf pack! - In front, there are the Wei people from Xixia
Xiazhou was captured from our hands! However, if the King of Beiyuan hadn’t defeated Xixia ten years ago, the Wei people would not have been able to capture Xiazhou! But now, our victory is being enjoyed by the shameless Wei people!
This is absolutely unacceptable to us! The tribute of Sirius God can only be enjoyed by Sirius God! You tell me, isn’t it?”
"yes!--"
"Take back our victory!——"
"Conquer Xiazhou!——"
"Fight! Fight! Fight! -"
The prince looked at the wolf sons and grandsons in front of him with satisfaction. He suddenly raised his arms and all the shouts suddenly stopped.
"Our Wolf Fort has sent experts to sneak into Xiazhou, and has successfully planned a large-scale fight between the Wei and Xixia people in Xiazhou. Now Xiazhou City is in chaos, and the Xiazhou defenders did not expect our arrival at all.
, the entire Xiazhou City is now like a piece of mutton that has been roasted to golden brown and fragrant, just waiting for our wolves to swallow it up! Warriors! Pick up your steel knives, mount your war horses! Go and conquer!
Go and capture! Go and enjoy! God Sirius - will win!"
"Sirius God - must win!" they shouted
"Sirius God - must win!" they cheered
"Sirius God - must win!" They went crazy!
The prince mounted his horse, whipped up his horse whip, and ran towards Xiazhou at the head of the pack, followed closely by the "wolf pack" that could not see the edge at a glance!
Xiazhou is still fighting fiercely, unaware of the approaching threat.
