Zhao Yanzhi is a rough and tough guy. His ancestors were blacksmiths for several generations.
In ancient times, the four categories of people, blacksmiths, hunters, butchers, and miners, all had hidden attributes.
The Orion and the Butcher have a stable source of protein, and their bodies are generally stronger than ordinary people.
Blacksmiths and miners are specialized in their crafts. The difference between hammering people's heads and hammering iron blocks and ores does not seem to be that big.
Zhao Yanzhi's ability to grow from a blacksmith's son to his current position as the second-in-command of the German army was not just a matter of his skill in hammering people's heads.
In addition to being a little too fond of shiny gold and silver ornaments, perhaps because of his ancestor's profession, Zhao Yanzhi, who is tall and thick, is very thoughtful.
This kind of person who is both rough and delicate is generally jokingly called a pig-like person with a bright heart.
As a local, the soldiers below had complaints. Zhao Yanzhi quickly noticed it and quickly found Du Ying.
The two knew each other, they were neighbors after all. Although Du Ying was just an official, he was also an official in An Chongrong's shogunate.
"What does Du Erlang want? If you spread prophecies in the army, you will lose your head!" Zhao Yanzhi said with a threatening face.
Du Ying pretended to be scared, suddenly fell to the ground, and kowtowed to Zhao Yanzhi repeatedly.
"What's wrong with our neighbors? We have to walk three hundred miles to be slaughtered? Commander An Jie raised an army. They are fighting for each other on behalf of the people in the north. Why should we and other countrymen die?"
Now the imperial army is marching northward, several times larger than mine, and the generals are uneasy. Mr. Zhao is a great man in Zhenzhou, please save us!"
Du Ying was settling accounts with Zhao Yanzhi. Although Zhao Yanzhi had not read many books, he still knew who was more and who was less than the 60,000-strong army in the imperial court.
What's more, Zhao Yanzhi also knew that the soldiers' morale and morale would drop due to Du Ying's actions, and the soldiers might not be willing to sacrifice their lives in a fight.
"However, the troops have been raised now, and the war is just around the corner!"
Zhao Yanzhi pondered for a moment and felt that it was a bit tricky, but the imperial court had already sent troops to quell the chaos, so what's the use of saying this?
Du Ying looked around for a few times and then said with a sudden change of heart, "As long as Mr. Zhao is willing to find a way out for me and other Zhenzhou people, I will risk my life to meet the imperial court's Captain Du!"
In fact, before An Chongrong raised his troops, Shi Jingtang sent someone to secretly contact the people around An Chongrong.
Even a minor official like Du Ying had been approached by people from the imperial court. Du Ying could really find people from the imperial court.
Zhao Yanzhi's eyes flashed with light, then disappeared, and then he held Du Ying's hand with great joy.
"If you can save the tens of thousands of people in my town, Secretary Langjun will be our benefactor."
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"As a minister, you have an old mother at home, and you are so angry that you abandon the king and your relatives. I won the world because of Khitan, and you became rich and noble because of me. I dare not forget my virtues, but you did forget them. Why is it wrong?
Now I am the minister of the world. If you want to resist it with a single force, it is not difficult! You should think about it carefully and have no regrets!"
An Chongrong in the military camp was furious at this moment, not because he knew what Du Ying had done, but because he had received the last edict from Shi Jingtang, urging him to stop fighting and plead guilty.
There is nothing unusual about this kind of edict. Ever since An Shenqi protected all ethnic groups in the north, often robbed Khitan merchants going south, insulted and beat Khitan envoys.
Shi Jingtang often gave An Chongrong such edicts to persuade him. What made An Chongrong angry was the logic revealed in Shi Jingtang's edict.
"I won the world because of Khitan, and you became rich and noble because of me. I dare not forget my virtues, but you will forget them."
The meaning of this sentence is that I, Shi Jingtang, gained the world because of the help of the Khitan people, and you became rich because of me.
Look at me, look at me, I have received help from the Khitans. Even when I became the emperor of the Central Plains, I still did not forget the kindness of the Khitans and still recognized Yelu Deguang as my father.
How filial this is!
Can't you, An Chongrong, imitate me? Can't you imitate me as a filial and grateful person?
This is what happened to the top logical geniuses of all time! Shi Jingtang forcibly packaged his shamelessness in serving the Khitan as filial piety and gratitude.
An Chongrong, who raised an army to demand Yanyun back and drove the Khitans north, turned out to be an ungrateful and unloyal traitor.
"This is an eternal shame for us!" An Chongrong roared, his face filled with black clouds of anger.
Although this man was a reckless martial artist and his methods were crude, one thing was unquestionable: his pride in his identity as a Tang Dynasty, his shameless contempt for Shi Jingtang's treason, and his determination to curb the Khitan's crazy expansion.
"How can such a shameless person be our emperor? Send an order to the three armies to go straight to Yedu and kill Du Chongwei first and then Shi Jingtang!"
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Zongcheng is located near Weixian County, Hebei Province, between Zhenzhou and Yedu.
An Chongrong's 25,000 troops heading south and Du Chongwei's 60,000 troops heading north met five miles outside the city.
Both sides were dominated by infantry. Du Chongwei only had 1,200 cavalry, and An Chongrong only had several hundred Tuyuhun cavalry.
Therefore, the investigation work was not very good, but even though they met unexpectedly, An Chongrong had no intention of retreating and Du Chongwei did not retreat to the clan city.
Because according to the virtue of the warriors at this time, they could fight in the field and never defend the city.
Defending the city without a strength gap of more than five times shows that the soldiers are incompetent and do not dare to fight to the death!
At that moment, An Chongrong set up a defensive Crescent Moon Formation. Although Cheng De's army was small in number, it had many iron armors, strong bows and crossbows. They set up a Crescent Moon Formation and waited for Du Chongwei to attack.
Du Chongwei has nothing to hesitate about. You have set up the Crescent Moon Formation. If I have more people, I will go up and fight.
As the main force of the Forbidden Army, most of the officers and half of the soldiers of the Protector of the National Army and the Protector of the Holy Army were from the Hedong Army. They cooperated with each other tacitly and had been fighting for a long time.
There was no need for Du Chongwei to give any orders. The officers took the order and rushed forward to fight with howling.
Although An Chongrong was not good at anything else, he did have some skills in fighting. The more than a thousand tooth soldiers under his command were extremely powerful.
The Forbidden Army concentrated 20,000 people and attacked the German army, which consisted of 6,000 people. The two sides fought three battles in a row. The Forbidden Army, which was three times more than the German army, was beaten back again and again.
At this time, seeing that the main forces of the Protector of the National Army and the Protector of the Holy Army could not defeat the German army, the rest of the Forbidden Army simply started fighting.
The soldiers at the front seemed to be fighting lively, but they never fought hand-to-hand. They kept fighting for two hours, wearing heavy armor and not getting close, and not even a few people were killed.
As soon as Du Chongwei saw how high the sun was rising, he knew what the people below were planning. The encounter between the two armies was too sudden, and the soldiers were sent up before they had time to seal their posts and make a wish.
Moreover, it was too hot today. The soldiers didn't want to fight in the bright sun. Besides, after fighting so hard for several hours, shouldn't they be given some rewards?
But we are in the wilderness and there is no shade. If the army moves and the formation is messed up, and if the Tuguhun armored cavalry from the opposite side rushes forward, it may be in trouble.
So Du Chongwei personally came forward and first offered benefits to the generals above the capital level, including houses in Tokyo and beauties from Daning Palace, as long as they won the battle.
The soldiers below gave them money and cloth directly, and they kept making noises for half an hour. The Forbidden Army burst into cheers, and their morale increased again.
At the same time, An Chongrong was also trying to impress the Chengde Army, promising that after defeating the Forbidden Army, the rich and common people in Yedu would pay a large price for their lives. By then, everyone would have an income of dozens of dollars.
Half an hour later, the morale of both sides was like a rainbow, archers rained down arrows, and heavy armored soldiers shot out like dragons. Du Chongwei mobilized 30,000 people this time to besiege An Chongrong's Chinese army. The battle suddenly became more brutal.
Soldiers from both sides lined up in heavy armor and stabbed each other. The crossbowmen dared not stop even though their arms were swollen from shooting arrows.
An Chongrong's fake soldiers led hundreds of Tuyuhun armored cavalry to counterattack Du Chongwei's Chinese army's banner several times. Du Chongwei also arranged for tooth soldiers to resist desperately.
The bloody battle lasted for an hour. This was a bloody battle in the true sense. Both sides became fierce. Soldiers wearing two layers of heavy armor lay on the ground in pieces.
Finally, the Imperial Guards, who still could not defeat the German army, retreated again with great noise.
This can be fatal!
The imperial army retreated without paying any tribute. Although there were still many people, they were obviously frightened by the German army. Many people began to look back at Du Chongwei's commanding flag.
At this moment, as long as one person raises his voice, the history of the counter-rebellion army and the rebels joining forces, then turning around and attacking the capital to support a new emperor, and then letting the new emperor drain all the rewards from the treasury will happen again.
Li Siyuan and Li Congke both won the world in this way. Strictly speaking, Shi Jingtang also won the world in this way.
As a veteran, Du Chongwei understood it instantly. He looked at the loyal tooth soldiers around him, got on his horse and prepared to run away.
If these soldiers really want to join forces, he will be the first to be killed!
It's a pity that at this extremely critical moment, the Chinese army commander Wang Chongyin suddenly rushed out and grabbed Du Chongwei who was about to mount his horse.
“If you leave now, there will be no place in the world for you!
The soldiers are afraid of retreating. All the elite soldiers in the town are in the center. Ask the sharp soldiers to attack their left and right wings. Regard Yin as the Duke, and use the Khitan to charge directly into the center of the German army. They will be in a panic!"
At this moment, Du Chongwei held in his hands an elite cavalry force, all composed of Khitan people, called Khitan Zhi. This was Du Chongwei's escort as he prepared to escape.
And Wang Chongyin keenly discovered An Chongrong's weakness. The German army was stronger in the center, while the left and right wings were playing tricks.
If Du Chongwei can fight again, he will continue to attack the German center with elite troops.
Wang Chongyin led the Khitans to attack the soy sauce troops of the Chengde Army on the left and right wings. As long as An Chongrong's formation was disrupted, the Chengde Army would be finished.
Du Chongwei was held back by Wang Chongyin and had no choice but to step forward and look up. Only then did he realize that the flaws in the German army were indeed on the left and right wings.
He was immediately overjoyed and showered the rewards with overwhelming rewards. He personally led his troops to the center to stabilize the situation. Wang Chongyin led the Khitans to attack the left and right flanks of the German army.
The situation was as analyzed by Wang Chongyin. After Du Chongwei personally led his Ya soldiers to contain the center of the Chengde army, Wang Chongyin quickly led the Khitans to directly attack the left and right wings of the Chengde army.
The left and right wings collapsed in an instant, and the howling and crying immediately greatly affected the center of the German army.
Here An Chongrong was about to make adjustments when suddenly there was a commotion on the left wing of the Chinese army. An Chongrong looked up from above and saw Zhao Yanzhi, the second-in-command of the German army and commander of the Yanei troops and horses, suddenly leading thousands of people away from the formation.
He rode out alone and shouted to Du Chongwei on the opposite side.
"But in front of Lieutenant Du, we don't want to rebel. We are actually forced by An Chongrong. How can Zhenzhou be so kingly? We are willing to help Lieutenant!"
The saddle and bells of Zhao Yanzhi were all decorated with gold and silver, and the Mingguang armor was also polished to an extremely bright finish. It was extremely impressive as soon as it appeared, attracting everyone's attention.
He was a strong local in the German army, and all the generals knew him. Now he actually switched sides in front of the formation, causing an uproar among the entire army.
The German army, which had been attacked by the rebel forces on the left and right, fell silent for a few moments and then collapsed.
An Chongrong screamed and was immediately grabbed by the Tyuhun cavalry around him and began to run back.
"This man has a lot of gold and silver! He must be a rebel general! Take his head and ask for credit!"
Zhao Yanzhi thought he was on the same page as Du Chongwei, so he boldly and confidently came out to the Lijun Formation to sell his talk.
Unexpectedly, his eye-catching equipment immediately aroused the covetousness of the Forbidden Army soldiers.
Just at this moment, the German army collapsed. The surrounding Forbidden Army generals were coveting Zhao Yanzhi's armor and gold and silver ornaments. Someone screamed, and more than ten soldiers stepped forward, dragged Zhao Yanzhi off his horse, and killed him with a knife to divide his armor.
Go.
In an instant, thousands of German troops, the only one with a complete organizational structure, saw Zhao Yanzhi being killed. They were immediately overwhelmed by the defeated Xiangyin around them and hurriedly dispersed.
Du Zhongwei's eyes flashed fiercely. Today, he almost scared the shit out of him. He immediately led tens of thousands of forbidden troops to kill without distinction, regardless of whether someone was defecting to them or not.
Cheng De's army was half-hearted, and now they are defeated like a mountain. I don't know how many of them can return to Zhenzhou alive.
