Xu Zizhen certainly knew who Han Shizhong was. He was one of the famous four generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty. He was as famous as Yue Fei, and he was even older than Yue Fei.
Looking at the slovenly man next to him who was happily watching the excitement of the Xixia Army, Xu Zizhen felt as if he was in a dream. He and Han Wu had known each other for nearly a month, but they never knew that he was Han Shizhong, who was famous for his illustrious military exploits throughout the ages.
Han Shizhong still didn't react. He looked at Xia Jun's formation and responded casually: "It's me...brother, pack up, we should go back."
"Go back? Oh, okay!" Xu Zizhen came to his senses and found that he had lost his composure. Fortunately, Han Shizhong was a rough man and didn't pay attention to his expression. Otherwise, he would have asked about the matter of being born with psychic powers.
Called.
The iron kite's counterattack caused chaos in the Xixia Central Army. Han Shizhong stopped as soon as he saw the opportunity. Three thousand Song cavalry protected the remaining horse thieves along the foot of Gaolan Mountain and returned to Jincheng Pass. The closed artillery had slowed down and only fired from time to time.
After firing a few times, the whizzing shells always fell behind the Song cavalry, and the rising clouds of fire frightened the Xixia army who intended to pursue them.
On the top of the mountain in the distance, Yuan Size looked at Xu Zizhen and others who were strutting away. His face was like sinking into the water without making a sound. The generals beside him were as silent as cicadas, and they all lowered their heads. There were more than ten thousand people in the Xixia army, including Hehe.
The famous Iron Kites were easily defeated by three thousand Song troops and hundreds of horse thieves. This was like a slap in the face.
After a long time, Yuan Size slowly spoke: "Give me the order to withdraw!"
All the generals were stunned and looked up at him with expressions of disbelief on their faces. Someone immediately couldn't help but ask: "This... Commander, there are only 30,000 troops in Jincheng Pass, wouldn't it be too much to retreat like this?"
Too rash?"
Yuan Size glanced at him: "Huh! The Jin army has already invaded the Liao territory. How do you know that he will not attack our country in the future? How can I, a hundred thousand men, be easily compromised?"
The generals were suddenly enlightened and all praised the commander's wisdom. Only then did they understand a little bit why Yuan Size had always surrounded Jincheng Pass from a distance and never even made a decent attack.
Yuan Size narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Jincheng Pass in the distance, and sneered: "Jincheng Pass, I am bound to win it, if it weren't for you guys..."
Seeing his sudden anger, the generals were so frightened that they knelt down again. Yuan Size glanced at them and continued: "Our morale has been lost, and we will lose if we fight again! Send the order, and the whole army will retreat fifty miles and reorganize their troops!"
"yes!"
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Three thousand Song cavalry and horse thieves retreated towards the pass in an orderly manner, followed by Han Shizhong, Xu Zizhen and Liu Feng. Xu Zizhen was still a little worried and wanted to urge Han Shizhong to run faster, but he was a little embarrassed.
But he suddenly saw that the Xixia army did not attack them, but retreated. He was stunned for a moment and blurted out: "Holy crap! Are these grandsons so cowardly?"
Han Shizhong spat disdainfully: "As for that old bastard Yu Size, I still don't know what his plans are? The Liao Kingdom is in danger, and the Jin Kingdom will attack Xixia when they see that the Liao Kingdom is destroyed. At this critical moment
How dare he lose his troops so easily? He just wants to waste time with us and conserve his strength to wait for the confrontation with the Jin Kingdom."
Nonsense. After the Jin Kingdom defeated the Liao Kingdom, it was time to invade the Song Dynasty. They also defeated the Xixia Kingdom!
Xu Zizhen thought so, but he didn't say it out loud. He pretended to understand on the surface and kept nodding his head, but it had to be said that Han Shizhong's analysis also made sense. At least Yuan Size didn't want to lose his troops.
You think about things quite right. This rude and slovenly looking man actually has such a meticulous and delicate mind. No wonder he will be so famous in the future.
As expected, the Xixia army did not pursue any more. Xu Zizhen and others safely returned to the pass. As soon as they entered the suspension bridge, they heard a sea of cheers in the pass. A group of Song soldiers swarmed up and surrounded three thousand Song cavalry and horse thieves.
When they got up, the Xixia army retreated just like that. Everyone's faces relaxed and were filled with laughter.
The horse thieves, who had never experienced such a battle, were immediately frightened and stunned. These tough characters on the northwest road actually became a little timid at this moment, looking at the Song Army soldiers who were cheering around him with dull expressions.
Xu Zizhen laughed secretly, and was about to tease them a few words, but saw that the soldiers suddenly stopped cheering and separated into a lane of their own accord. Xu Zizhen was stunned for a moment, but saw Wen Chengyan and Meng Du striding from the other side of the crowd.
One came over.
Even before the cultivators got closer, laughter started to ring out: "I knew that it must be Zizhen who is burning the train!"
Meng Du laughed and joked: "This boy is so brave. He dares to attack the Xixia army with so many people every time. If he can't become a general in the future, I, Lao Meng, will become a monk from now on!"
Wen Chengyan didn't say anything, he just followed with a slight smile, but his eyes secretly looked at Xu Zizhen, obviously looking to see if he was injured, and the concern in his eyes was unconcealed.
Xu Zizhen's heart felt inexplicably sour, and he hurried forward, knelt down in front of the three of them, clasped his fists in his hands and shouted loudly: "Sir, Zizhen is back!"
Wen Chengyan hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back!"
Master Zhong deliberately shook his head and sighed: "Brother Wen, Brother Wen, you are so lucky to have such a great general as Zizhen!"
Meng Du lost no time in teasing: "Mr. Xiaozhong, please don't be so jealous. Brother Zizhen only recognizes Mr. Wen. I wanted to poach him back then, but he didn't even look at me."
Xu Zizhen shouted: "Hey Master Meng, it's not my fault. You look so fierce. I'm too timid to look at you."
Everyone laughed, and one of the seed masters suddenly glanced at Liu Fengsui and Bu Fen: "Brother Zizhen, are these two...?"
Xu Zizhen slapped his forehead: "I almost forgot..." He pointed at the two of them and introduced, "This is my sworn brother, his surname is Liu and his name is Fengsui. Don't look at how handsome he is, but he is just a little bit worse than me.
But his skills are really impressive!"
Han Shizhong interjected: "That's right, this little brother's marksmanship is very good, and he also has a unique skill of flying rocks. He can hit wherever he points. Anyway, my heart hurts just looking at it."
A teacher loves talent as much as his destiny, so he immediately became interested and asked with a smile: "Oh? I wonder which master Mr. Liu studied under?"
Liu Feng then bowed respectfully: "What I learned is just a family tradition, not worth mentioning."
Seeing that he refused to say anything, the cultivator stopped asking. He nodded with a smile and looked at Bu Fen next to him: "Then this talented person..."
Bu Fen just stood behind Xu Zizhen casually, without saluting. He just smiled and nodded: "My surname is Bu."
The cultivator saw that he was faintly arrogant, but he was not annoyed. He smiled and gave a thumbs up and said: "Bu Yingxiong is so brave!"
Bu Fen waved his hand: "Not worth a penny."
At this moment, Meng Du suddenly looked at Bu Fen carefully, and suddenly exclaimed: "You... are you Bu Fen with a big beard?"
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I'm late again today. Sorry, I'll make time to make another update tomorrow. I'm sorry.
By the way, it’s time for Xu Zizhen to lead the troops...