Chapter 859 The hero takes effect, and the Jingnan army adds a new general
According to the official history, after the Jin army invaded the south, the prefectural capitals in the northern part of the Yellow River fell, and he led the rebel army to defend the city and resisted the enemy for two years. This national hero who experienced more than 200 battles, regardless of his current reputation as Li Xiaozhong
, or was it because he was later pursued by Qin Hui in a lawsuit (although the reason was that Li Xiaozhong first wrote a letter to impeach another anti-gold hero, Li Gang was a scholar and did not know how to use the army...) and easily became Li Yanxian's name, Xiao
Tang Dao also knew it very well.
The treacherous traitors who brought trouble to the imperial court were not necessarily all from the same den of snakes and rats. They formed an alliance of national thieves with each other and joined hands with each other to do immoral things. And the relationship between the famous anti-gold ministers and generals who shared the same hatred when the country was facing adversity was not necessarily very harmonious. Although those who admire martial arts and love justice
Li Xiaozhong was indeed wrong about Li Gang's attitude. However, judging from Li Xiaozhong's heroic life and his deeds of fighting for the country, he was worthy of being called a fierce and unyielding hero. Therefore, Xiao Tang also suddenly
Out of respect, he immediately stepped forward to help Li Xiaozhong up and said: "My surname is Xiao and my name is Tang. I was sent by the imperial court to Bianting to conquer the Xia thieves. Now that the enemy has broken through Xiao Pass, I am leading my troops to recapture it."
Pass the pass, then go west to Hehuang."
When Li Xiaozhong heard this, his face suddenly showed a look of surprise, and he immediately said: "Could this husband be Xiao Tangxiao, who was praised as a hero in Taoism and praised as Ren Xia?
Are you a hero?"
After hearing what Li Xiaozhong said, Hua Rong also rode up to Xiao Tang's left. Brothers Xu Guanzhong, Xiao Jiasui and other brothers also looked at each other and smiled. Niu Gao even grinned and said happily: "My brother is not Xiao Renxia
Who else could it be? My brother is famous all over the world, and all the heroes on the road look the same after hearing the name."
After hearing this, Li Xiaozhong said happily: "It is said that if we are destined to come thousands of miles to meet each other, but if we are not destined to meet each other, we will not meet each other! Although I have lived in the west for a long time, I like to marry heroes the most, so I have long heard from my righteous friends on the road that Xiao Renxia traveled thousands of miles to send his widowed daughter.
, he kills evil thieves in Changjie and enjoys his grudges. He lives a happy life. He is also generous with his wealth and helps those in need. He is a strange man who is admired by heroes all over the world! Fortunately, the little brother met Ren Xia and was saved by all the gentlemen in time. It was the great man who
After being sad, look forward to blessings!"
Xiao Tang heard that although Li Xiaozhong led a group of volunteers to resist the Xia army, he behaved in a reckless manner. Later, he heard that Li Xiaozhong said that he was not only good at making friends with heroes, but also traveled around, rode and shot, and practiced martial arts in his spare time.
Living in the land of Gansu, Longxi and Yongliang, it is often easy to lead some people to travel north to observe the situation of mountains and rivers. Looking at the nomadic herding tribes of the Xia people, sometimes there are Xia people entering the country to invade the country, or there are people on the border during the Song and Xia Dynasties.
There were disputes among the homeless people, and Li Xiaozhong took the opportunity to lead his people to fight with the Xia tribe Chang Hao to snatch some good horses back.
It seems that the family background of Li Xiaozhong is somewhat similar to that of his brother Jiu Wenlong Shi Jin. However, although both of them are knight-errant, good at martial arts and making good friends, Shi Jin is looking for someone to compete with guns and sticks, or
He summoned the country warriors to fasten their clothes and armour, prepare their swords and horses to guard against bandits. However, Li Xiaozhong, taking advantage of the proximity of the Ganlong border to the Xia border, went to the border to look for the nomadic Xia people on the border to hone their skills with real swords and spears.
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Due to the continuous wars between the Song Dynasty and Xixia in the northwest, the Song Dynasty military system "competed with each other for the townsmen of various states to allocate them to servants. The Japanese troops were selected from their household registrations or recruited, so that they could be united and trained, and they thought they were defending the areas they were in, so they were called townships.
"There are also Tibetan soldiers." Troops like Li Xiaozhong, who although they were not banned officers, led a group of rural warriors to resist the Xia army, were also very common in the northwest. There were many names of rural soldiers in each area, and the organization was not unified, or according to the
The command, capital, may be organized according to the order of Jia, team, or according to the order of Du Bao, Dabao, and Bao. Because Li Xiaozhong was also born in a local wealthy family, he was familiar with Sichuan Plains and knew its situation. In addition, he was skilled in martial arts and could learn the art of war.
The more than 2,500 rural warriors under his command are also quite famous in the nearby military states. However, Li Xiaozhong said to Xiao Tang that the Xia army came suddenly, and the officers and soldiers under the Zhenrong army were not well guarded, making it even more difficult.
Resistance. If Li Xiaozhong had not realized that the war situation was not right and immediately led his troops to retreat to the wall of the dock to defend, he would have been intercepted by the Xia army half a month ago and killed, and the entire army was destroyed.
After Li Xiaozhong told Xiao Tang the general situation of the war under the rule of the Zhenrong Army after the Xia army broke through Xiao Pass, Wang Jin rode forward and said: "Commander Jie, now that we have temporarily repulsed the Xia thieves who entered the country to plunder, our military headquarters
Qu also needs to reorganize and rest in order to regain the dangerous pass of Xiaoguan."
Xiao Tang nodded slowly, and said leisurely: "Yes... After all, our army did not just come to relieve the siege of various counties and towns under the rule of the Zhenrong Army. Although they temporarily repelled the Xia Army's troops, they are now defending Xiao Tang.
The enemy troops at the pass must have also learned about the arrival of our troops at this time..."
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The rammed-earth city walls built with loess bricks on all sides, which Li Xiaozhong led his troops to defend, are slightly more than 1.5 feet tall, which is much higher than the walls surrounding the ordinary Zhuangyuan market town. The crenellations on the top of the city are
The parapets, horse faces, and arrow towers on all sides are all in place. Thanks to Li Xiaozhong, who went to the countryside to fight bravely, and the defenses of the dock wall here are relatively complete, the Xia army was not able to break through the fierce attack for several days.
Around the dock wall, corpses were everywhere. Although they had been buried and burned by Jun Jian Xiangyong, black smoke was still rising from the flames of war. The bricks, tiles and beams of many houses inside the dock wall were used as guards.
The rolling logs and stones that were thrown at the enemy during the battle were also torn to pieces, making the city look even more desolate.
In addition to the rural warriors under Li Xiaozhong's command, there were nearly a thousand Song people in ragged clothes inside the wall of the dock. Seeing the Song army's brigade coming and driving away all the Xia soldiers who looked like wolves and tigers, these people cheered and jumped.
, some of them paid homage to the officers and soldiers under Xiao Tang's command, some of them knelt down and silently recited the blessings of Bodhisattvas and gods, some of them cried and cursed when they thought of their relatives and friends killed by Xia Jun...
...Although there were only a few sparsely scattered civilians, all the sounds coming together in one place sounded like raging waves, with thousands of horses roaring in unison, echoing in the wall of the dock.
As for the people of the Song Dynasty who were plundered from the surrounding counties, towns and villages when the Xia army attacked Wubi and were taken to the front line to pay their lives... Li Xiaozhong also bluntly told Xiao Tang that at that time, only the strong men had to relieve their wrists, and the overall situation was
It's important, otherwise, if it were due to a moment of woman's kindness, not only those Limings outside the city who had fallen into the hands of the Xia army, but also the more than 3,000 lives inside the dock wall would have been killed long ago. When Li Xiaozhong said this,
I couldn't help but feel blood filling my pupils again, gnashing my teeth, and wished I could immediately lead my troops out to find Xia's army to fight and vent their anger.
While Xiao Tang comforted Li Xiaozhong, he ordered his subordinates to set up camp outside the wall of the dock, and sent light cavalry scouts to guard the surrounding mountain roads. The rest of the horse army soldiers took off the bridles and saddles, brushed the fur of their horses and invigorated the army.
The cook in the middle was cooking in the stove. Although the number of people stationed at Wubi was limited, the meat reserves were quite sufficient. There were also people who presented prepared noodles, mutton steamed buns, offal soup and other kinds to the troops of Qu, a subordinate of Xiao Tang.
Local delicacies were available in limited portions, so they were taught to Niu Gao first, and Qingqi Junjian, who was the first to rush to Wubi under Yao Pingzhong's command, had a full meal, and the food was extremely delicious.
In the main hall inside the dock wall, Li Xiaozhong asked Xiao Tang for help, saying that he was familiar with the surrounding terrain and had fought with the Xia army for a long time, so he would be of great use under Xiao Tang, while Xiao Tang pondered briefly.
Afterwards, he said to Li Xiaozhong: "Brother Xiaozhong, I think you are an upright and brave man who does not shy away from the sword. You are a villager in Baoyi but have no official status. I am willing to recruit you and your subordinates to temporarily serve in my camp."
I will obey your orders, and when I have accomplished some military exploits for the country, I will help you find an official position in the army. How about it not being your wish?"
