Chapter 366: Chasing the enemy and winning consecutive battles
After the more than 300 imperial guards who were regarded as abandoned by Emperor Xia surrendered to Song generals Zhang Jun and Yang Xinzhong, they never expected that the Song army's leader Zhang Jun would actually raise his sword and say loudly:
"You guys stand up, pick up the weapons you threw on the ground, and mount your horses again!"
The Han translator behind Zhang Jun who was proficient in Dangxiang language immediately loudly translated the words of pioneer officer Zhang Jun into Dangxiang language.
In fact, although most of the more than 300 Xia Imperial Guards who knelt on the ground and surrendered were descendants of various tribes from distant places, because Emperor Xia respected Sinology, they all spoke Chinese and wrote Chinese characters.
After they heard this, they were shocked. No one dared to stand up first, mistakenly thinking that the leader of the Song army was testing whether they sincerely surrendered.
Yang Xinzhong urged his horse forward, called Zhang Jun's name, and suggested: "Brother Boying, you should tell them the imperial edict of Zhao Guan's family on how to treat prisoners of war, so that they won't be suspicious!"
Zhang Jun nodded in agreement and announced loudly:
“I entrust you with the imperial edict from Emperor Zhao Guanjia of the Song Dynasty:
'I should regard Xixia's good son Lang who sincerely surrendered to the Song Dynasty as my brothers! Those who can be incorporated into the use of our Song army should be actively incorporated and entrusted with important tasks. Those who pretend to surrender, both ends, will be severely punished.
No loan!'
Therefore, I, the general, asked you to pick up your weapons and mount your horses again, and together we will pursue the fleeing enemies in front of you. This will give you and others a good opportunity to make great achievements and receive a heavy reward from the Zhao family!"
The more than 300 Xixia Imperial Guards who were suspected by Emperor Xia and regarded as abandoned sons immediately judged the far-minded Emperor Song and the narrow-minded Emperor Xia. They were moved to tears.
With eyes filled with tears, they all shouted:
"Emperor Xia is already jealous of us because our uncles did not lead local tribal troops to come to the king in time!"
"Leave us behind here to block the Heavenly Army of the Song Dynasty. Emperor Xia's move is to use the hands of the Heavenly Army to get rid of us!"
"Yes! We are at the end of our rope, and we sincerely surrender to the Song Dynasty..."
Yang Xinzhong shouted in time:
"Then why don't you quickly pick up your weapons, mount your war horses and follow our Song army to kill the enemy?!"
The more than 300 surrendered Xixia Imperial Guards immediately followed Zhang Jun and Yang Xin's orders and stood up one after another. After picking up their weapons, they got on their horses and shouted:
"We are willing to follow the two generals and pursue the remaining deserters of Emperor Xia~!"
"We, we, are willing to accompany the Heavenly Soldiers and Divine Generals to capture Xia Emperor Li Qianshun alive..."
"Okay!" Zhang Jun shouted happily.
He placed the more than 300 Western Guards cavalry who had just surrendered in the middle of the front team. They were semi-surrounded by the Song army's cavalry. In a big battle, if they dared to counterattack the Song army,
water, then they will be killed by the Song army's left and right sides and the cavalry behind them;
If they sincerely surrendered to the Song Dynasty, they should have charged forward and killed more Xia enemies during the battle against the Xia army to show their worth.
Zhang Jun left ten cavalry Song soldiers behind to guard the Xia Emperor's carriage that had just been captured.
He and Yang Xinzhong led a hastily organized group of more than 2,300 cavalrymen to pursue the Xia army that was fleeing far ahead.
"Come on!"
"Kill..."
"Capture Li Qianshun alive and receive a heavy reward from the officials!"
Zhang Jun and Yang Xinzhong led 2,300 cavalrymen and pursued them to the rear of the fleeing Xia army.
At this time, the wind started blowing!
The autumn wind howls and the yellow sand fills the sky.
"boom……"
"boom……"
Zhang Jun and Yang Xinzhong, who were pursuing the front, threw two grenades given by Zhao Guan's family into the rear group of Xia army deserters.
"Ah, ah, ah..."
"Ah, ah, ah..."
The rear group of Xia army's deserters suddenly screamed again and again.
The stumps of several Xia army deserters were blown into the air.
The rear group of Xia Army deserters immediately fell into chaos. They were shocked. They never imagined that the pursuing cavalry group of Song Army could actually use magic and attract "thunder from the sky" to blow them up.
They were so shocked that they ran away in fear...
Xia Emperor Li Qianshun was riding on a horse galloping forward. He heard the killing shouts and thunderous noises of the Song army about a mile away behind him. He was so frightened that he quickly got off his horse and kept using his whip. Slap the war horse on the butt.
"hiss……"
Emperor Xia's horse was frightened. I don't know whether it was because Emperor Xia on its back beat it too hard, or because it heard the explosion of a grenade that it had never heard before. It neighed, jumped into the air, and almost killed Li Qianshun. He fell off his horse.
Li Qianshun clutched the reins tightly, terrified.
As the war horse struggled, the golden crown with a floral spire that Li Qianshun wore on his head, symbolizing the highest imperial power in Xixia, was suddenly thrown off and fell to the ground.
In order to escape for his life, he naturally did not dare to waste time to get off his horse and pick up his crown.
The Song army's cavalry pursuit gradually approached, and the six squadrons of Imperial Guards protecting the Xia Emperor had no time to pay attention to him.
Li Qianshun lay prone on the frightened horse that ran forward wildly. He turned back quickly and shouted:
"King Shu Renli, led a hundred bodyguard cavalry to escort me back to the city quickly. The rest of the imperial guards stayed in place to fight against the Song army's pursuers!"
"Obey the order!" Li Renli, who had just caught up with Li Qianshun on his fast horse, hurriedly followed the order.
He hurriedly took the remaining 1,000 Imperial Guards of the Sixth Division who had fled behind Emperor Xia, and divided his troops into 900 who stayed in place, preparing to resist the Song army.
As for the dozen or so ox carts that Xia Emperor Li Qianshun intended to send to Li Liangfu's troops when they left the capital, and the military supplies loaded on them, they were all abandoned on the spot.
After being left behind, the 900 Imperial Guards secretly cried out that they were in trouble. Judging from the speed of the Song Army's cavalry pursuit, most of the 500 Imperial Guards left behind by Xia Bing were in bad luck, otherwise the Song Army would be in trouble. It was impossible to catch up to the rear of Li Liangfu's defeated army so quickly. They were only three to four hundred steps away.
Although they complained in their hearts, they did not dare to disobey Emperor Xia's order.
They formed an array on the spot, with swords drawn and arrows loaded on their bows, ready to face the approaching Song army's pursuers...
Zhang Jun and Yang Xinzhong led a mixed force of 2,300 cavalry, charging in from far and near with great momentum. The more than 300 Xixia cavalry who surrendered were ordered to shout words of persuasion to surrender:
"Brothers, don't fire your arrows! We have all surrendered to the Song Army!"
"The Song Army, following the imperial edict of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, will not be punished for those who surrendered to us, but we will be allowed to perform meritorious service for our crimes!"
"The Song Army is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and the Song Emperor Zhao Guanjia is really a saintly king and wise master with a broad mind and generosity towards others!"
"The Zhao Guan family is much better than the suspicious and narrow-minded Xia Emperor Li Qianshun we served before."
"Brothers, why are you working for Xia Emperor Li Qianshun who treats us as abandoned sons?!"
"Brothers, why not follow our example and surrender to the army of the Song Dynasty?"
"If we don't surrender at this time, we will only die!"
"..."
The shouts of the more than 300 Party Guard cavalry who had just surrendered to the Song Army had a direct impact on the hearts of many Xia Army generals who were left as cannon fodder to cover the Xia Emperor's retreat to the capital. This made many people begin to Think about where you should go.
However, among the 900 imperial guards left by Li Qianshun, almost one-third were too deeply poisoned by the Confucian loyalty to the emperor ideology introduced by Emperor Xia from Central Plains Sinology.
They were treated as abandoned sons by Emperor Xia, but they still had the obsession to "sacrifice one's life for charity and sacrifice one's life for righteousness".
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
The nearly three hundred Dangxiang imperial guards who were still extremely loyal to the Great Xia Emperor Li Qianshun did not heed the call to persuade them to surrender. They suddenly fired their bows and arrows at the Song army.
Fortunately, the front line of the Song Army is now a full 140 or 50 steps away from the Xia Army's temporary position.
When the Xia army's arrows reached the front line of the Song army's cavalry, many of them had already become useless, and their lethality was greatly weakened.
Just now, Zhang Jun, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, saw the Xia army's temporary position. When the enemy troops had already placed their arrows on the bowstrings, he issued an order early for his men to rein in their horses and stay where they were temporarily, and then let those who had just surrendered The imperial guards of the Dangxiang tribe of the Song Dynasty shouted together to persuade the Xia army on the enemy's front to surrender.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Many of the arrows fired by the Xia Army fell to the ground in front of the front line of the Song Army's cavalry because they had lost their strength and inertia.
However, there were also more than ten good archers in the Xia army's temporary position. They all used hard bows, so their arrows had a longer range.
"puff!"
"puff!"
"puff!"
"Ah, ah, ah!!"
Among the three former Xixia Imperial Guard cavalry who had just returned, one of them was hit by an arrow in the throat and died on the spot;
The other two were hit by arrows in their upper bodies. Although their upper bodies were protected by armor, they were also struck three inches into their bodies by sharp arrowheads. They screamed in pain...
Those who had just surrendered on the Song Army's battlefield were filled with resentment when they saw that their former teammates were being plotted and poisoned by their former teammates who kindly tried to persuade them to surrender.
At this time, a group of rescue soldiers rushed out from the Song Army squadron, performed on-site treatment on the two party soldiers who had just been wounded by arrows, and bandaged their wounds...
Even for the man who died due to an arrow in his throat, the Song Army's rescuers confirmed that he was really dead before snatching his body back from the front of the formation and burying it after a subsequent victory.
This move greatly moved the more than 300 party members who had just surrendered to the Song Dynasty. They secretly sighed: The Song army was restrained by the Zhao Guan family's personal conquests, and they were really benevolent and righteous troops!
Of course, the dozen or so good archers of the Xia Army not only attacked the three officers who rebelled against Xia and surrendered, but they also shot several fierce and fast hidden arrows at Zhang Jun and Yang Xinzhong, who could be identified as Song Army generals at a glance.
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Zhang Jun and Yang Xinzhong were already prepared.
Zhang Jun quickly swung his sword in front of him and blocked several incoming arrows;
Yang Xinzhong quickly shook the spear in his hand in front of him, and knocked down several incoming arrows.
Zhang Jun and Yang Xinzhong were both furious. They both set up the muskets given to them by Zhao Guan's family on their horses and aimed at the enemy's skilled archers who were firing cold arrows at them.
At the same time, Zhang Jun loudly ordered:
"One hundred powerful crossbowmen in my unit listened to the order and used the latest type of [winding continuous-firing crossbow] invented by Zhao Guan's family to shoot the Xia army who was blocking the road forward and stubbornly resisted!"