Chapter 1568: Xixia Iron Harrier, King Li Renyou of Yue
Chapter 1568: Xixia Iron Kite, Yue King Li Renyou
The Iron Harriers are heavy cavalry, with a team of three hundred men, ten teams in total! I think at the beginning, they were compared with the Jingsai Army in the hands of the Song Dynasty and the Pishi Army of the Liao Kingdom.
The Jingsai Army of the Song Dynasty also had only 3,000 people, and it was founded by Taizong Zhao Laoer.
This army included almost all the top war horses in the Song Dynasty at that time, and it was equipped with one person and five horses.
Most of the soldiers are from Yizhou in the north of the Great Wall. They are equipped with two stone bows (200 kilograms) as standard equipment. In addition to bows and arrows, they are also equipped with hooks and sickles. All soldiers and horses are heavily armored.
The iron kite can be compared with such a troop of soldiers and horses, and its combat power can naturally be imagined.
The inheritance of the Iron Kites is from father to son. After the father reaches a certain age or dies in battle, his son will be selected into the Iron Kites Army, and all the soldiers will honor their ancestors.
It can be said that for the Xia Kingdom, this is a heroic army.
And only people who are direct descendants of the royal family can be protected by this army of soldiers and horses.
Shao Hongyuan squinted his eyes as he looked at the heavy cavalry. He had to admit that although the Shiquan Army should not be underestimated now, if they were to fight head-on with numbers, they would not be their match.
I am afraid that only the Beiwei army in the hands of the commander can compete with such troops.
He naturally likes such a strong army! In other words, any general likes it.
However, it is too difficult to build such a cavalry!
Even Shen Tang is considered to be extremely wealthy now, but he can only support the Beiwei Army team at first! If he wants to increase the number, he can barely do it, but the burden is huge.
From war horses to soldiers, there are almost a hundred or hundreds to choose from, and each one is the best among the best.
The same is true for war horses, each one is the best war horse on the northern grasslands.
In addition, almost every piece of this heavy armor is priceless.
Why should it be passed down from generation to generation?
It really costs too much to build such a armor! In fact, not only the Iron Harrier, but also the Beiwei Army.
Otherwise, how could one build so many sophisticated battle armors?
"General, they must be wearing fish scale armor!"
One of the soldiers swallowed his saliva and asked, "It would be great if we could also get a few sets!"
To say that this Shiquan Army is already extremely wealthy, not to mention Shao Hongyuan, even everyone in the army can wear iron armor. If it is in other local armies, even the commander may not be able to wear it.
But despite this, facing the fish scale armor on Tie Yaozi, he was still envious.
"Get lost! I don't want to do that?
You can't even afford such a battle armor if it is sold directly to you! However, don't worry, if we have the opportunity to follow the commander to fight these barbarians in the future, the armor on their bodies will all be ours! I heard that
, they have thousands of iron kites, when the time comes, all brothers will have a share in these armors!"
Shao Hongyuan and other personal guards all had bright eyes, wishing they could go up and touch it.
From the team on the opposite side, a middle-aged man slowly walked out, "I am the Prime Minister of the Great Xia Kingdom. The King of Chu is Ren Dejing. Among the envoys are the princes of the Great Xia Royal Family and you and other chief officials of the Great Song Dynasty.
Where is it!"
Seeing this arrogant man, Shao Hongyuan raised his eyebrows. Don't these guys know that this is the territory of the Song Dynasty?
"Hey, General, if it weren't for the commander's order, we would have killed one of them! What kind of envoy dares to come to our Chengdu Mansion and act recklessly? They are simply looking for death!"
Shao Hongyuan waved his hand, "Don't worry, you still don't know the temper of our commander?
How can these guys turn out flowers in the hands of the commander-in-chief?"
After that, he patted his horse and stepped forward to say to Ren Dejing, "I, Shao Hongyuan, the commander-in-chief of the Shiquan Army, have been ordered to welcome you all here! I have met the Prime Minister of Xia!"
He did not dismount, but directly held his hand in his hand, "Let's go now!"
Looking at Shao Hongyuan who turned his horse and left, Ren Dejing was simply dumbfounded. Did he come to the wrong place?
Is this really the Song Dynasty?
According to records, the Song Dynasty paid the most attention to etiquette. Now, not only had he and others been transported to Chengdu Prefecture with one pole, but they had also entered the boundaries of Chengdu Prefecture Road. The other party's chief officer had not seen them, only a group of soldiers and horses came.
meet?
What does it mean?
Is it too disrespectful to give yourself and others face?
"Presumptuous! Are these Song people simply looking for death?"
Behind him, another man's eyes showed a sharp light!
Ren Dejing took a breath. He naturally knew the purpose of coming here this time, so being angry would not help!
Turning his head, he said to the man, "King Yue, please calm down! This time we have the important responsibility of the emperor. As long as we achieve our goal, the Song Dynasty will be our pawn! They are also enemies with the Jin Kingdom. If they can die
Fight, we may not be able to reap the benefits!"
This man is Li Renyou, the younger brother of the current Xia Emperor Li Renxiao.
Li Renxiao's mother had four brothers in total. His eldest brother Li Ren'ai was originally the prince, but he died of grief and anger long ago, so he succeeded to the throne.
This King of Yue is his third brother, and he is only one year younger than Li Renxiao. The two brothers grew up together since childhood and have a very good relationship. Even after he succeeded to the throne, Li Renxiao has always treated this third brother
Very dependent.
In addition, there are also the fourth brother Li Renzhong, King of Pu, and the fifth brother Li Renli, King of Shu.
As for the prime minister, he also had an extraordinary status, equivalent to the level of prime minister in the Song Dynasty.
The official system of the Xia Kingdom was basically modeled after the Song Dynasty. It was generally divided into two divisions: civil and military divisions, the Secretary's Division, the Privy Division, and three divisions in charge of administration, military and finance.
Speaking of the countries surrounding the Central Plains, many of them are actually the evolution of the Central Plains culture.
Just like Japan, Koryo, and the Xia Kingdom mentioned before, the same is naturally true. Not only the official system, but also the characters were also created according to the Chinese characters.
After listening to Ren Dejing's words, Li Renyou gritted his teeth to suppress his anger, and then ordered his team to follow Shao Hongyuan's team!
After all, even if you are angry and others don't pay attention to you, what's the use?
Passing through Shiquan along the way, Shao Hongyuan simply said goodbye and left, leaving only the military general to lead his troops and escort them to Chengdu Mansion!
To say that since entering the Song Dynasty, they have been extremely angry! They were bordering the Song Dynasty back then, so they naturally left a lot of records about the Song Dynasty. In recent years, although the two countries have not had much contact, they also know about the Song Dynasty.
status and news.
In their concept, the Song Dynasty has always been elegant but weak, and is particularly easy to fool.
Think about it, which time did a delegation come to the Song Dynasty and not make a lot of money?
Just bring some special products from your own country and you can exchange them for a large amount of gold and silver.
In fact, this is already one of the most important incomes of Daxia Kingdom.