A large army gathered in front of Suirong Fort. The cavalry, infantry, and artillery troops were all in neat formation, with bright flags, drums and horns sounding, and horses neighing continuously. Yang Hao was dressed in military uniform, sitting upright on his horse. Li Huating, Yang Yanlang, Tuoba Haofeng, Ai
Yihai, Zhang Chongwei, Ke Zhene and other tiger generals gathered together, surrounding him and Yang Jiye in the center.
"Go south from here and win the Qiang Village, Tongyuan Village, Dangqiang Village, Tongxia Village, Linqiang Fort, Wuning Fort, Tonghui Fort, and Dingrong Fort. Gu Yao will capture them all in one day."
The generals who heard Yang Hao's words were shocked. The Xixia cavalry gathered together. In addition to the regular army, the tribal troops of the eight Dangxiang clans had also been assembled. They were driving through Xiao Pass one after another, using all the Xixia Kingdom's full strength to deal with Shang Boqian.
The generals are still confident of victory, but Shang Boqian is not a soft persimmon. He has worked hard to manage Longyou for many years and is deeply rooted here. He has no less than 200,000 troops under his command. It is easy to defeat him. If you want to win completely, I am afraid it is the fastest.
It would take half a year, and the king actually boasted that he would capture four villages and four forts in Haikou in one day. This was simply impossible.
Opposite is Shang Boqian's men and horses. Shang Boqian's men and horses have been assembled. The army is ready. Looking from a distance, people are shouting and horses are neighing. They are as strong as mountains. Flags and streamers can block the sun. The swords are cold. How can it be easy to pinch?
persimmon?
"Marshal Yang, I will surrender the entire army to you. In this battle, I will just sit on the sidelines and watch the soldiers capture the thieves!"
"I obey the decree!"
Yang Jiye clasped his fists and accepted the order. He was covered in armor, with his shoulders and shoulder pads like a tiger swallowing the sun. His chest and back armor were integrated with his leg guards. He wore a horned animal helmet, and his face and neck were covered by his hood and neck guard, leaving only a pair of
Majestic eyes. Behind him, sitting on a tall horse, are three thousand cavalry with neat saddles, sabers and shields, and red tasseled spears in their hands.
Under the scorching sun, the three thousand armored cavalry remained motionless, blending in with the strict atmosphere of the entire military formation. Only the countless fluttering flags in the military formation made a sound, and made a little "pop" sound. On the opposite side, Shang Bo
Compared with the thousands of soldiers and horses, Yang Hao's main formation was a little less noisy, but a little more dignified.
Under the commander's banner, Yang Jiye began to mobilize his troops and generals with a sonorous and powerful voice. The generals whose names were called called "hey" one after another and turned their horses back to their own formations. The army began to mobilize slowly, and the military formation that was originally condensed like a mountain began to show its murderous aura.
Opposite, Shang Bo Qianduan was sitting on his horse, with a big flag behind him, looking solemnly at the formation slowly unfolding on the opposite side.
"Yang Hao came here with bad intentions. It coincided with the Song Dynasty's northern expedition to the Liao Kingdom and he had no time to take care of us. We must be careful in this battle. As long as we withstand the first wave of powerful offensives of the Xixia Army, we will definitely weaken their spirit. This is our territory, as long as we
When the two sides enter a stalemate, we can gradually reverse the situation. Even if we cannot drive them back to Hexi by our own strength, the Song Dynasty will react as time goes by. As long as Hengshan exerts a little pressure, Xixia will definitely be upset.
.By then, we will not only be able to defeat the Xixia army and drive them back to Hexi, but we may also be able to recapture Xiaoguan in one fell swoop."
"Brother, why do you need to be ambitious and destroy your own prestige? My younger brother has fought with the Xixia Army, and the Xixia Army is incompetent, so it's not worth mentioning. The Xixia Army should be on par with us in terms of military strength, but we have the right time and location.
Renhe, in this battle, what we should care about is whether we can behead Yang Jiye in one battle and send our troops northward to the west of Hexi."
Tu Bu looked at the Xixia army on the opposite side with great pride and disdain.
Another Tufan leader, Wang Nizhu, scolded: "Third brother, don't underestimate the enemy. Listen to the elder brother. If you want to win, you must first seek stability."
Tu Bu snorted, rather disapproving of it.
Shang Bo Qiandao: "Of course we won't be afraid of Xixia anymore. However, although Ye Luohe and Luo Dan promised to reconcile with me, the sincerity of these two old foxes is unpredictable. If we fight hard here and cannot escape,
It's really hard to predict whether those two old thieves will become greedy. Once they get involved behind our backs, it will be a great disadvantage to us."
Tu Bu said: "Aren't Wang Rufeng and Zhang Jun still guarding Lanzhou? Why should we be afraid of Ye Luohe and Shang Boqian's remnants of defeated generals?"
Shang Boqian frowned, looked back and asked: "Tong Yu, Di Haijing, when will Barcelona arrive?"
An aide next to him hurriedly said: "Sir, after receiving your general, the three adults traveled day and night to meet up. The news they received yesterday evening was that Sizi Chabao and Mr. Tong had passed through Tiandu Village. Perhaps one
We'll be there within a few hours."
"Very good!" Shang Boqian's face brightened slightly: "The two armies will be fighting for a while, and if this large army suddenly comes out, it will have a miraculous effect, haha..."
"Dong dong dong..."
"Boom, boom, boom..."
War drums roared, horns sounded, and there was a roar in front of the Xixia army. The cavalry in black armor raised their spears in unison, holding a shield in their left hand and a flat-end spear in their right hand. The barrel of the spear was held under their ribs, and the sharp spear point pointed directly at the enemy formation.
The shields were all cowhide riding shields with patterns of beasts painted on them. The red-tasseled spear was made of bamboo as its handle, painted black, and the grip was wrapped with fine linen silk. It was light and tough, and the sharp triangular blade was as long as one
It is half a foot long, has a bloody groove, and is filled with murderous intent.
"drink!"
Yang Yanlang shouted loudly, leapt on his horse, raised his spear, and led his troops to rush over. The cavalry seemed to rush forward in a chaotic manner, but every three knights always kept a certain distance between them and looked after each other.
The horse is a wedge shape, and all the wedge shapes merge into a huge wedge shape.
Charge into the formation! As soon as Yang Yanlang confronted him, he didn't test it, didn't disrupt the opponent's formation through flanking charges, harassment, containment and other measures, but he actually wanted to penetrate directly?
How many troops are on the opposite side? Although Shang Boqian's 200,000 troops have not all been deployed on the frontal battlefield, the number of troops in front will not be less than 100,000, with over 10,000 troops and horses, boundless, let alone a 100,000-strong army.
Yang Yanlang's contempt angered Tu Bu, and Tu Bu shouted: "Young man, you are here to fight." After saying this, he slapped the horse's butt with his steel knife and led his troops to charge forward. Shang Boqian was unable to stop him, so he had to order Wang Nizhu to do so.
He led his troops to support him and positioned himself in the central army's formation.
The earth trembled, and the sound of hoofbeats was like thunder. It added endless murderous aura to the wilderness in front of me. The sound of armor clashing with gold and iron, the sound of horses whipping and whipping, shouting and killing, smoke and dust filled the air, the color of the sky and the earth changed, and the fierce collision
, the men fell on their backs, and screamed miserably. Yang Yanlang took the lead, like the blade of a spear, severly cutting through the charging enemy soldiers, and broke into their formation. Countless soldiers followed closely behind, charging fiercely.
On the opposite side, the ferocious Vulture did not show any weakness. The Vulture held a big knife in his hand, howling and slashing, and a huge aquiline nose was splashed with blood, like a vulture pecking at flesh and blood.
When the waves split, his men and horses followed closely behind them, and they also used their own methods to treat others, severely impacting the Xixia army.
Yang Yanlang and Tu Bu were six horses apart and could already see each other's faces, but there were countless warriors fighting back and forth between them. They could not circle their horses to fight, nor could they slow down their horses and look at each other fiercely.
At a glance, the two men passed each other and charged towards the enemy's rear formation.
At this time, Yang Jiye and Shang Boqian coincidentally sent more soldiers to attack the opponent's flank army. A full-scale melee began under the Suirong Fort...
"When the Holy One governs this world, doesn't it mean that the country is peaceful and the people are safe? Although I dare not say that we, the Song Dynasty, do not close our doors at night and do not pick up things on the road, but the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the country is prospering day by day. Compared with the past when the princes fought in chaos and thousands of people were displaced, isn't it a hundred times stronger? You...
You rebellious officials and traitors, for the sake of your own selfish interests, if you really assassinate the Holy Emperor and hurt the current crown prince, if the world is once again in turmoil and countless people suffer, can you bear such a crime?"
Concubine Li Xian was indeed worthy of the word virtuous. When she fell into the hands of Bi Su, the assassin of King Shajia, she was not afraid that he would harm her, and she even heartbrokenly condemned his crime.
Bi Su sneered and said: "The world is the world, you keep saying it is the world, but whose world is this world? How big is the world? What you call the world is just the world of your Zhao family. What you call the world is
, it’s just your Song Kingdom’s world, no matter what methods Zhao Guangyi uses, what he wants is his family’s world for generations to come, don’t show me the face of being righteous for the world.”
He turned his head and looked back, and sneered: "Only your world is the world, and only your people are the people. Do everyone else deserve to die? All things are born in nature. It is natural for you to annex other countries. You slaughter others."
Is it to comply with the way of heaven? Is this your principle? Madam, you have your principles and I have mine. You, the royal family, do what you should do for the sake of your family, country, and inheritance for all generations. But I... just a common man, I just want to do it.
Defend my relatives, protect my relatives. Whoever hurts her, I will avenge her. What world and what people, when you raised the butcher knife, when did you think of them? They are all stinky bullshit!"
The two people quarreled all the way out of Bianliang City, with no one behind them. No one dared to show up. Bisu had already declared: "But if there is someone chasing me, if I see her, I will kill Concubine Li Xian."
Concubine Li Xian is the biological mother of the current prince. Who dares to take such a risk?
It turned out that Chu Yunxiu, the commander of Tianluo Prison, sent people to report urgently to Gu Ruoli and Zhen Chuge. It was true that these two adults were protecting themselves and refused to show up, but they did not ignore it. The two met in private.
After some discussion, they felt that since the Holy Emperor was not in the capital, the only people who could stop the prince were probably the few figures in the palace, so Gu Ruoli hurriedly went to see the queen.
Empress Li and Concubine Li Xian were playing chess in the palace at this time. Empress Li had nothing to do, but she was the empress of the main palace. Concubine Li Xian had many sons and daughters. The current prince Zhao Yuanzuo was her biological son. Mother is more valuable than son, and Concubine Xian was in the palace.
Her status is second only to the queen.
After hearing about the prince's ridiculous behavior, Queen Li was very displeased. Concubine Li Xian was very frightened and wanted to dissuade the prince. The queen had nothing to do, so she came hand in hand with her. As soon as they arrived at Tianlao, they caught up with Bi Sujue.
Holding the prince's throat, the guards in the palace, who were surrounded by a forest of spears and halberds, looked around and walked out of the prison step by step.
Bisu thought that the prince's life was in danger and wanted to leave the prison. The Imperial Guards did not dare to let him go, but they were even more afraid that he would jump over the wall and hurt the prince, so he insisted on getting out of the prison step by step. Faced with this situation, Chu Yunxiu
, so anxious that I almost fainted.
If he doesn't let Bisu go, what scruples does he, a common man, have? If he really kills the prince, even if he is cut into a pulp, his own nine tribes will be killed. But if he is let go, what will happen? This prince
The convict had seriously injured the emperor and the prince. If he were to take the prince as a hostage, and then kill the prince as soon as he escaped from Bianliang City, wouldn't it be a vain attempt?
Chu Yunxiu was in a dilemma. He couldn't let him go, and he couldn't let him go. Seeing Bi Su's eyes glaring fiercely, he was afraid that he would risk everything and kill the prince, but he let him go but didn't know if he could keep his promise and let the prince back. He was in a hurry.
When I was sweating profusely, the Queen and the Concubine Xian arrived.
Seeing such a scene, the empress and concubine were all shocked. One of them was the queen and the other was the biological mother of the prince. They were asked to make the decision to let Bi Su leave. They still did it, but Bi Su could not leave.
Sheng Cijia clearly had a big feud with the royal family of Zhao and Song Dynasties. Who knew that once he escaped from Bianliang, he wouldn't kill the prince? Once the prince died...
Not to mention that Empress Li was frightened, Concubine Li Xian was so heart-to-heart with her son that she burst into tears. In desperation, Concubine Li Xian offered to replace the prince as a hostage to ensure that he left Bianliang safely.
Bisu really wanted to use the prince as a hostage to escape from Bianliang. Once he got out, he would not let the prince go and would definitely kill him. However, Empress Li and the people of the Song Dynasty obviously also thought of this, so that
Tan Bu Nuo came. Bi Su was helpless. He had planned to kill the prince and earn back some money, but Concubine Li Xian proposed this compromise.
The person Bisu wanted to kill the most was actually Zhao Guangyi. Seeing that Concubine Li Xian proposed this method, she was the biological mother of the prince, and with her status, she could guarantee his own safety, so he agreed, but immediately refused and refused to let his mother take over.
Zhao Yuanzuo, his son, took Concubine Li Xian as a hostage and left Bianliang City in a big way.
Seeing that they were seven or eight miles away from the city, and the official road behind them was deserted, and as expected there was not a single person in sight, Bisu suddenly shouted: "Get off your horse!"
Concubine Li Xian was stunned, but knowing that she was in the hands of strong thieves, she did not dare to disobey. She got off the royal horse obediently. Bi Su took the reins of the horse and tied it to the saddle beam of her own horse. She stared at Concubine Li Xian coldly and said, "You...
...You are a good mother, I will not kill you, but...you, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, have a blood feud with me, but as long as I have the breath, I will kill Zhao Jiong!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and whipped his hand, and then he and his two horses drove away, leaving Concubine Li Xian alone on the road.
"Mother, mother..."
I don't know when, the people from the Imperial City Department had the courage to sneak up and saw Concubine Li Xian walking alone on the road. They quickly sent someone to report to the Queen and the Prince who were walking on the road behind them, and hurriedly rushed to protect her.
When Zhao Yuanzuo saw that the imperial convict kept his promise and had no trouble for his mother, who was a woman, his heart immediately dropped and he burst into tears and came forward to greet her.
Concubine Li Xian waited quietly for him to arrive in front of her, then suddenly raised her hand and slapped Zhao Yuanzuo in the face. This slap stunned Zhao Yuanzuo, and everyone around him was also stunned.
Concubine Li Xian knew all the disputes between Zhao Yuanzuo and his father. As soon as she heard that the prince had gone to Tianlao, she knew what he was going to do. She wanted to find out whether the assassin was sent by the emperor's uncle or had someone else. He wanted to
I know how many things my father has done to disgrace my uncle.
Originally, Concubine Li Xian felt a little guilty towards her son, because this son had been adhering to the Three Principles and Five Permanent principles, benevolence, justice, propriety, and wisdom since elementary school. Suddenly, the faith and character he had cultivated since childhood were overturned, and the building of ideals collapsed. No wonder he was in such pain. However,
What Bi Su said today taught her a lesson. When she was walking alone on the road and walking back slowly, she kept thinking about what Bi Su said in her mind.
Yes, you have your reasons, and I have mine. Everyone has something he wants to defend. What is the world and the country, what is morality and justice? How many worlds are there in the world? The Song Dynasty has the Song Dynasty, and the Liao Dynasty has the Liao Dynasty.
Xixia has the world of Xixia... The so-called world is just the place you own. There is no absolute truth in the world. If you protect what you want to protect, you will inevitably damage what others want to protect.
To put it bluntly, it is just a way of maintaining the order of one's own group.
Why is it that a common man and a low-level assassin can see so clearly and understand the truth, but this stupid son of his own regards some self-deception as justice that is universally applicable and lets his own good life go?
However, getting entangled in those nonsense things, causing the father and son to turn against each other, and bringing back a haunting assassin? If you talk about morality with others, who will talk about morality with you?
As soon as she saw Zhao Yuanzuo approaching, Concubine Li Xian suddenly became angry and slapped her in the face without thinking. This slap knocked Zhao Yuanzuo unconscious. Empress Li was shocked and said: "Sister Concubine Xian, you... you...
What is it for?"
Concubine Li Xian wanted to teach her son a few words, but the ministers, palace guards and imperial guards were surrounded by countless people. Although some truths were true, they were inconvenient to tell others, especially as a member of the royal family.
He opened his mouth, but in the end it just turned into a long sigh: "Mother, let's go back to the palace. Leave this unworthy man alone!"
Seeing Luan Jia take off, Zhao Yuanzuo covered his cheek and still stood there blankly. He didn't understand why his mother, who had always loved him and never laid a finger on him since childhood, wanted to beat him?
"What did I do wrong?"
Zhao Yuanzuo shouted angrily in his heart.
Under Youzhou City, the war is raging.
Just in collecting materials, in just half a month, the military craftsmen rushed out 800 stone cannons, rain of arrows, and rain of stones, which poured into Youzhou City every day without spending any money.
They built city gates, built earthen hills, dug tunnels, and used all kinds of tactics. When the defenders in the city came to block it, and when the water came to the earthen garrison, they saw every move and tried their best to resist.
The Liao reinforcements had no way to deal with the behemoth Song Army. Once the Song Army's huge formation was in operation, it was simply a huge and terrifying meat grinder. This formation was compared to the one between Zhao Kuangyin and Xiao Hou in Ziwu Valley.
It was even more perfect and meticulous during the war, especially after more than a month of continuous improvement and supplementation, which was perfectly integrated with the terrain. Its heavy armored infantry was equipped with the most sophisticated weapons in the world at that time, received the most scientific training, and was composed of the most exquisite
The formation is invincible in frontal combat, no matter how many soldiers are put in, it will not be able to fill this bottomless pit.
The Liao reinforcements watched helplessly as the Song army besieged and attacked the city, but they were unable to do anything. The Song army only fought with you in positional warfare and did not actively disturb the battle at all. What can you do? These hundreds of thousands of troops are piled under Youzhou City.
, people eat like horses, spend money like water every day, it almost makes people collapse.
At this time, the Song army had already freed up its hands and began to cut off the cities around Youzhou. Yelu Xiezhen originally came to reinforce Youzhou, but he suffered setbacks in several battles and lost troops and generals.
"Great Formation", morale was extremely low. After several defeats in succession, the Bohai Navy commander Daluanhe led his Bohai Navy to surrender to the Song Dynasty.
The Bohai Kingdom was annexed by the Liao Kingdom. It has only been a few years since the Bohai Navy was not loyal enough. However, soon after that, another man surrendered to the Song Dynasty. Although he failed to bring all his troops over, he only brought two soldiers with him.
There were more than a hundred cronies, but it caused an uproar in the Liao army camp. Because this was Lizalucun, the commander of the Liao Kingdom's Tielin Army.
The Tielin Army is one of the most elite armies of the Liao Kingdom and is quite famous in history. The three major heavy armored cavalry in the Song Dynasty were the Tielin Army of the Liao Kingdom, the Iron Kites of the Xixia Kingdom, and the Iron Buddha of the Jin Kingdom.
, and Lizalucun was also a senior general of the Khitan clan in the Liao Kingdom. When the news came that this man surrendered to the Song Dynasty, the morale of the Liao army plummeted.
His surrender to the Song Dynasty immediately produced a domino effect. Liu Tingsu, the governor of Liaoshun Prefecture, Jianxiong Army Jiedushi, and Liu Shouen, the governor of Jizhou Province, successively raised the city to accept the surrender. Youzhou City officially became an isolated city, and the situation was precarious.
When the news came back to Beijing, the whole court was in an uproar. The Song army's series of victories and the orphans and widowers in power destroyed the ambitions of the Liao people. Many courtiers could not help but think of the Huns and the fate of the Turks who lost their sweat tents one after another and fled to the Western Regions.
, began to consider giving up the Sixteen States of Youyun, shrinking the army and protecting their hometown. One person proposed, and ten or hundreds of people responded. For a time, the same voice was noisy in the Liao court: "Abandon the Sixteen States of Youyun"
The six states must shrink their troops to protect the Liao Kingdom!"
"Nonsense! Anyone who dares to abandon our country and retreat to protect himself will be killed without mercy!"
Xiao Chuo stood up with his sword in his hand, and there was an evil aura between his naturally charming eyebrows. He was so frightened that no one in the civil and military hall dared to speak. Only this woman's loud and bold words were left: "In the past, I, the Liao Dynasty, dominated the world, and no one dared to stop me.
, even with the talents of Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin, what can they do to me? Now Youzhou City is in danger, the defenders face 300,000 enemy troops, holding on for more than a month without losing an inch of ground, waiting for our Daliao Tiger and Wolf Division to come to the rescue
To relieve the siege, you are actually so timid and afraid of fighting?"
Looking around the whole hall, Xiao Chuo said resolutely: "You retreat, but I will not retreat! I will lead the emperor and lead the expedition in person. If you want to die, the Daliao warriors will die vigorously. I and the emperor will die in battle."
Below Youzhou City!"
Seeing that a young woman was so brave, all the civil and military officials in the court were ashamed and did not dare to confront her. Xiao Chuo's decisive words also aroused their ferocity. At that time, all the civil and military officials mustered up their courage and rushed to recruit troops from various ministries.
, continue to organize reinforcements and prepare to rush to Youzhou. At the same time, Xiao Chuo urgently issued an order, ordering Brother Yelu Xiu to end the battle with Shiwei and Jurchen as soon as possible, whether it is war or peace, and return to the army immediately to defend Nanjing!
Corpses littered the fields and the ground was in a mess.
Yang Jiye and Shang Boqian were in charge of the central army, and they continued to invest their troops. The battle group became stronger and stronger. Looking down from the top of the mountain, the entire plain was full of rampaging soldiers and horses, and the killing was earth-shattering, and the sun and the moon dimmed.
At this moment, smoke and dust rose up on the southwest horizon. First, there was a black line, and then it quickly moved forward. The smoke and dust billowed like a yellow dragon that opened its teeth and claws to devour people, flying in like lightning. The two armies were fighting in full swing.
A sudden attack of surprise troops shocked everyone. The two warring parties near the southwest first became silent, and then spread like a plague throughout the entire battlefield.
The flags were flying, hunting in the wind, and the word "Tong" for Dou Da came into view. Suddenly, an overwhelming cheer erupted from the Shangbo Qian camp. Their "reinforcements"...are here!