"The general will obey the order!" Wang De accepted the order happily, with a happy face and unconcealable excitement in his voice.
He was careful, slowed down, and led the way, turning his head to look at Zhao Guan's house from time to time.
"Wang Aiqing, walk faster. No matter how slowly you walk, I will step on your boots!"
"Ah?!" Wang De exclaimed. He never expected that Zhao Guan, a high-ranking official in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, would actually call his little captain "Wang Aiqing" and even joke with him.
Wang De was flattered by this, and he hurriedly followed Zhao Guan's wishes and walked quickly.
While Wang De walked quickly forward to lead the way, he also turned back from time to time to look at Zhao Guan's family who was striding forward.
What he never expected was that Zhao Guanjia did not look tired at all, changing his previous misconception that Zhao Guanjia should be like a frail scholar.
Behind Zhao Guanjia were King Yun and King Kang, as well as a group of guards, and the escort team was huge.
Not long after, Zhao Guan's family passed through the first line of defense of the Xia army stationed along the Yellow River, and saw a simple wooden fence in the middle of the road where the Xia army escaped.
Wang De pointed at the wooden fence in front and said excitedly:
"The last general, Wang De, reported to the officials that the dead body in the wooden fence in front is that of the Xixia general Li Liangfu. The last general, following Zhang Xianfeng's military order, has not yet collected Li Liangfu's body, and is afraid that the soldiers and horses of our Song Dynasty will land later.
This guy trampled it into mud, so this temporary fence was set up."
Zhao Ji nodded and asked: "Wang Aiqing, have you ever verified the identity of this Xia army general who died in battle? Is it really Li Liangfu?"
Wang De said solemnly: "To report to the officials, Zhang Xianfeng and Deputy Yang Xianfeng asked many prisoners of the Xia army to identify themselves. The man who was killed was indeed the Xixia general Li Liangfu!"
Zhao Ji smiled and nodded. He quickly walked to the wooden fence and saw a crouched corpse lying on its side inside. It was wearing a helmet and armor, covered in blood, grinning with its teeth bared, and dying with eyes open.
Zhao Ji looked intently and saw an arrow stuck in the left shoulder of Li Liangfu's body. The blood had long since dried up, and there was a shocking gunshot hole in the back of the body.
Obviously, Li Liangfu's shot in the back was the main cause of his premature death.
Zhao Ji secretly thought: "As far as I know, the Xixia general Li Liangfu in history did not die so early. It was because I brought firearms to the Song Dynasty in advance after I came to this world that I achieved this glorious record."
Traveling through Zhao Ji knows that the Xixia general Li Liangfu was recorded in the history books. Although he has not been recorded in a separate biography, he has also left several colorful strokes in the history books.
In the history books, Li Liangfu's birth and death years are unknown, but he will definitely live until the fourth year of Xuanhe (that is, next year), and will not die prematurely in the third year of Xuanhe of the Song Dynasty as he does now.
Historically, Li Liangfu was a general under Xia Chongzong and Li Qianshun, and was highly valued and trusted by the Xia Emperor. When the news that Emperor Tianzuo, the Lord of Liao, was chased by Jin soldiers and fled to Yinshan, reached Xixia, Xia Emperor Li Qianshun thought about it.
If the Jin Kingdom destroyed the Liao Kingdom so quickly, it would be devastated and it would be very detrimental to its own Xia Kingdom.
Furthermore, Xixia and the Liao Kingdom have always had a friendly relationship, and the Liao Kingdom was once the backer of the Xixia Kingdom against the Song Dynasty.
Xia Emperor Li Qianshun even knew more about his Queen Yelu Nanxian. She was the one who shamelessly asked the Liao Dynasty to marry the princess many times in order to gain the support of the Liao Kingdom. The girl was regarded as an adopted daughter and was conferred the title of Princess Cheng'an. In the third month of the fifth year of Qiantong's reign, she married Li Qianshun.
Therefore, the historical Xixia Emperor Li Qianshun, from a public and private perspective, could no longer sit on the sidelines and watch as the Jin Dynasty did when it first began to conquer the Liao Dynasty.
Li Qianshun decided to send troops to rescue Emperor Tianzuo, the Lord of Liao. At that time, the cities and tribes in the Shanxi region of Liao had surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin. Li Qianshun heard that Emperor Tianzuo, Lord of Liao, had fled to the Yinshan Mountains for refuge.
In May of the fourth year of Xuanhe (1122 AD) in history, Li Qianshun sent general Li Liangfu to lead an army of 30,000 to rescue the Liao Dynasty.
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Zhao Ji knew about Li Liangfu in history. After he went to the Liao Kingdom, he led his troops to win several beautiful battles.
Historically, when Li Liangfu led his troops to the Tiande area of the former Liao Kingdom occupied by the Jin Army, the Jin Kingdom's capital commander Lou Shi sent two generals, Tu Ni and Bu Dian, with 200 cavalry to scout the incoming Xia Dynasty. military.
Li Liangfu led his troops to annihilate all 200 scout cavalry of the Jin Army. He was clearly aware that the main force of the Jin Army was about to arrive, so he set up an ambush and waited in place.
Soon after, Jin general Atuhan came to attack with hundreds of cavalry, but was ambushed and annihilated by Li Liangfu's troops.
Jin general Atuhan abandoned his horse and fled over the mountains, only to save his life.
In June of the fourth year of Xuanhe, it rained continuously for several days. Li Liangfu led his troops to march to the bank of Yishui and set up camp.
At this time, Li Liangfu became proud because of his victory in the previous two battles. He wanted to quickly fight the main force of the Jin army, but failed.
He mistakenly thought that the Jin army was timid and did not dare to fight with the 30,000 Xixia elites he led. He couldn't help but sneer: "The Jin army is no good..."
Later, Li Liangfu heard that Jin general Lou Shi sent troops from Lingye Ridge, leaving only general Ba Lisu to guard the dangerous place on the other side of Yishui. So he ordered the Xixia soldiers to quickly cross Yishui and form a square formation. Charge forward.
On the other side, the Jin general Lou Shi divided his Jin soldiers into two and attacked in turns. The two sides fought for thirty miles along Yishui Yanyan. The Xia and Jin armies fought fiercely, and for the time being they were not evenly matched.
As a result, the army of Oru, the capital commander of the Jin Kingdom, suddenly arrived and attacked Li Liangfu's Xia army from both sides. Li Liangfu's army was defeated and thousands of people died...
Li Liangfu led the remaining troops and retreated to a wild valley. When they were crossing a stream, the water suddenly surged and countless Xia soldiers were washed away and drowned.
This battle also declared the failure of Xixia's entry into the Liao territory to fight against the Jin Dynasty.
However, there is no record in the history books that Li Liangfu died in this battle, which shows that he most likely led the remaining troops back to the Xia Kingdom.
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At this time, Zhao Ji looked at the tragically dead Li Liangfu corpse in the fence in front of him and thought to himself:
"The reason why Li Liangfu died earlier than he did in history is definitely not because he was incompetent, but because he met two famous generals, Zhang Jun and Yang Xinzhong, who I personally selected and reused in advance. He also tasted the influence I brought to the Song Dynasty.
The power of that powerful firearm!"
Zhao Ji, who decided to temporarily command the Song army attacking the city several miles away, said to Wang De:
"Wang Aiqing, I have brought over several of the Xia army generals who have been captured by your troops. I want to ask about the previous battles along the Yellow River."
"The last general obeys the order." Not long after Wang De left, he led a small group of Song troops and brought in ten soldiers who were proficient in Chinese and captured from Li Liangfu's troops.
These prisoners were told by Wang De that the person in front of them was the Zhao Guanjia, the emperor of the Song Dynasty. They were all frightened so much that their faces turned pale, their eyes were full of fear, and they kowtowed to the ground one after another...
Wang De pointed at them and said sternly: "Come here quickly, how did Li Liangfu's troops along the Yellow River be defeated by our Song Dynasty warships?"
One of the captives, a Xia army general, spoke with a trembling voice as he recounted the thrilling battle not long ago:
"Today, under the orders of General Li Liangfu, we marched to the defense line along the Yellow River with 3,000 elite soldiers of the Xia army as the main force and 30,000 militiamen in the capital as the supplement. We thought that with the tens of thousands of soldiers of our Daxia Kingdom, we would be able to defeat the enemy.
The Song army retreated to the country and came ashore to attack."
"However, we never expected that the fleet of the Song Dynasty army coming down the Yellow River could actually set up a 'magical weapon that attracts sky thunder' on the ship. For a while, the 'sky thunder' appeared on our army's position.
Rolling, deafening. The power of the 'Sky Thunder' is extremely powerful, and it is indestructible wherever it goes. Many of our Xixia soldiers guarding the banks of the Yellow River were blown up by the 'Sky Thunder' brought by the Song Army.
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At this point, the prisoner's face turned pale and he broke out in a cold sweat. He seemed to have recalled the extreme fear he felt not long ago and was still frightened.
He choked and continued: "We have never seen such a terrifying and powerful 'magical weapon'. We saw Paoze fall one by one, and we were so frightened that we could not care about the military order issued by Li Liangfu to guard the river bank."
"At that time, Li Liangfu personally supervised the battle in order to stabilize the morale of the army. However, the generals guarding the river in Daxia were still afraid of the 'sky thunder' that the Song army could draw. Our military morale was lost, and even General Li Liangfu could not restore the defeat."
The captured Xia Army general glanced at the majestic Zhao Guan family in front of him, and then said flatteringly:
"Now, the guilty general knows why the Song army was favored by heaven and sent down thunder to blow up the Xia army's defense line. This should all be because of the Zhao Guan family of the Great Song Dynasty, you, the True Dragon Emperor, personally marched to the northwest, so that you could attract the thunder to help the Great Song Dynasty.
Officers and soldiers, this is God’s blessing for the Song Dynasty!”
When Zhao Ji heard this, he smiled slightly, ignored the flattery of the Xia Army general, and asked directly: "So what happened to Li Liangfu personally supervising the battle?"
The ten captives who were brought to Zhao Guan's house showed awe after hearing the holy words, but in order to behave well in front of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, they all rushed to answer:
"Even though General Li Liangfu personally supervised the battle and killed many fleeing militiamen, the tens of thousands of militiamen still did not obey the military orders. They just ran an extra half mile, bypassed his supervising team, and fled towards the capital.
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"Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Li Liangfu personally led two thousand elite Xia troops to charge against the Song troops who had just landed halfway ashore."
"Yes! At that time, before Li Liangfu charged at the Song army, he shouted to us: 'The Art of War says, 'If you attack before you are halfway across the river, you will win.' At this time, the Song army had not even disembarked from the boat and landed halfway, and it was us who
It’s time to fight bravely!”
Zhao Ji smiled faintly and asked, "What was the result?"
The Xia army general who was the leader of this group of prisoners immediately reported back truthfully: "As a result, Li Liangfu led his troops to charge forward, and the Song army of Shangguo was raining arrows. Li Liangfu was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, and there were many other Xia army generals."
There were casualties, and the Xixia army was defeated."
"After being injured, Li Liangfu saw that the situation was over and could not resist the Song Dynasty soldiers landing on the shore, so he could only abandon the defense line along the Yellow River and lead our remaining troops to retreat."
"While we were retreating, we were pursued by two pioneer officers of the Shang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty leading their cavalry. It was only after I surrendered to the Song Dynasty that we learned that the two pioneer officers of the Shang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were Zhang Jun and Yang Xin.
middle."
"After we surrendered, we learned that the arrow that hit Li Liangwei's shoulder was shot by Zhang Jun, a pioneer officer of the Song Dynasty."
"While Li Liangfu was escaping, Yang Xinzhong, the deputy pioneer officer of the Song Dynasty, who was fifty or sixty steps behind him, hit him to death with a magical weapon that could spray 'fire projectiles'!"
Zhao Ji nodded slightly. He knew that the magical weapon that the Xia Army surrendered general Yang Xinzhong used that could spray 'fire projectiles' was the musket I had given him before.
At this time, Zhao Ji listened to the surrendered general's narration, and a clear picture of the battlefield at that time seemed to appear in front of his eyes.
The deputy pioneer of the Song Army, Yang Xinzhong, led the elite cavalry, chasing the fleeing Li Liangfu's defeated army like a cheetah hunting.
The sound of horse hooves rumbled, the dust flew, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. Yang Xinzhong rode his horse forward and pursued Li Liangfu to a distance of fifty or sixty steps behind him. He raised the fire gun I gave him, with a stern face.
, aim and pull the trigger.
"Bang!"
With a crisp gunshot, the fire gun sprayed out blazing flames and iron bullets, hitting Li Liangfu accurately in the back of the heart.
At that moment, the body of Xixia general Li Liangfu seemed to have been hit by an invisible giant hammer. He fell off his horse and fell heavily to the ground, with blood splattering everywhere.
He struggled to get up, but it was in vain. In the end, he could only watch the fire of life gradually extinguishing in his eyes. At the same time, he could also vaguely see that his soldiers were either killed by the Song army or betrayed Xixia.
He knelt down and surrendered to the Song Dynasty, which made him extremely sad and resentful when he was dying.
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After Zhao Guan's family visited Li Liangfu's body, he waved to Zhao Kai, Zhao Gou and the accompanying soldiers behind him to come forward one after another to also see the body of Li Liangfu, a general who was highly regarded by Emperor Xia.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Everyone saw Li Liangfu’s body lying on the ground. The arrow in his shoulder was clearly not a fatal wound, but what killed him was the arrow in the armor on his back.
A shocking gun hole was surrounded by blood and flesh. The once brave and invincible Xixia general was now a cold corpse, which made the Song army soldiers present feel sad, but also happy and excited.
"Haha!" When Zhao Ji saw this, he just smiled lightly, with a trace of imperceptible sarcasm hanging from the corner of his mouth:
"Li Liangfu, the general of Xixia, encountered my firearms, but it was nothing more than this?!"
When King Yun Zhao Kai heard this, he was very excited and praised: "My father is wise and powerful. The musket developed by my father is small and practical, easy to carry by a single soldier, but it has such great power. It kills the enemy general of Xia with one shot. It is really our fault." What a blessing to the Song Dynasty!"
King Kang Zhao Gou also nodded in agreement, his eyes shining with infinite longing for the future.
The civil servants and generals surrounding them all expressed their admiration for Zhao Guan's wisdom and foresight. The civil servants lamented that the emergence of firearms would completely change the pattern of war, while the military generals were excited that with such sharp weapons, the Song Dynasty army would be able to Be invincible on the battlefield of the future.
In order to boost the morale of the Song army, Zhao Ji greatly praised Li Liangfu as a famous general whom Xia Emperor Li Qianshun trusted and valued very much in Xixia. He was quite capable.
The young Kang Wang Zhao Gou on the side was very smart and immediately understood his father's intention. He was the first to praise:
"What my father said is absolutely true. Then Li Liangfu must be a powerful general in Xixia as my father said. Otherwise, how could Xia Emperor Li Qianshun entrust him with the important task of defense along the Yellow River on the eastern outskirts of Xingqing Mansion in Xia Jing?"
"However, although the Xixia general Li Liangfu was powerful, the tens of thousands of defenders he led were quickly defeated by the artillery developed by his father and put into military use! Even the Xixia general Li Liangfu himself died in the end because of the artillery developed by his father. The muzzle of the musket that came out?"
All the officers and soldiers around Zhao Guanjia nodded one after another, praising Kang Wang Zhao Gou for what he said was true, and they had infinite admiration for Zhao Guanjia.
"What King Kang said is absolutely true..."
"The sage of the Zhao Guan family..."
Facing the admiration and praise of everyone present, Zhao Ji just smiled. This was not because he liked the flattery of his subordinates, but because it gave his subordinates confidence and convinced them that they had a wise and extraordinary person who could predict things like a god and win every battle. A wise monarch can unite people's hearts and boost morale, which is more conducive to achieving greater victory in wars against foreign enemies!
Zhao Ji decided to stay here temporarily, and through dozens of groups of fast-horse communication cavalry that came and went repeatedly, he reported on the progress of the Song Army's attack on the city gates of Xingqing Prefecture on the front line. Combined with the previous combat deployment of attacking the enemy's capital, Zhao Ji The decree states:
"Pass my decree, our army will strive to capture the Xixia capital tonight!"