In comparison, Hu Yunfeng's subordinates were more trustworthy, so Su Shi gave them more expectations and trust. He changed his uniform directly without even needing assessments and inspections. This was Su Shi's attitude.
Arriving at the temporary third brigade, Su Shi also saw other members. Although the heads of these people were not all red, except for red, they were purple, and there was no blue that seemed to hate themselves.
The system will not deceive people, so Su Shi feels relieved.
"Adapt quickly to new equipment and the new environment. General Ji Zhu, give them extra food. I think the soldiers are in good spirits, but some of them are too thin and need to be replenished." Su Shi said in front of Hu Yunfeng.
Instructed Ji Zhu.
"Thank you, Young Marshal, for your care and concern." Hu Yunfeng looked excited after hearing this. He first clasped his fists in thanks and then said proactively: "Young Marshal, General Ji, we are new here and our strength is limited. We also hope that some people can be sent to our third party.
The team provides guidance.”
Hu Yunfeng could feel Su Shi's trust and support for him. While he was moved, he was determined not to betray this trust, so he took the initiative to invite the real black knight to join the third brigade.
This is also a kind of statement, showing that Hu Yunfeng has no other thoughts, that he is here to seek refuge, and that he is willing to hand over the military power under his command.
Hu Yunfeng took the initiative to bring up this matter, and Su Shi was very happy to hear it. "Yes."
After agreeing, Su Shi looked at Ji Zhu and said: "It's up to you to arrange this matter. And those black knights who joined later and whose family members are not under our control still need to retain some vigilance. Before they fully obtain the absolute
before trusting
, apart from following orders to fight, don’t talk to these people about anything else.”
When talking about this matter, Su Shi had no intention of hiding it from Hu Yunfeng, which gave him a real sense of belonging.
"Young Marshal, I have already taken care of this matter. I have planned them into a separate squadron, which can be used as a death squad in the future." Ji Zhu smiled, obviously he had been prepared for this matter.
"That's good, I can rest assured when you do things." Su Shi smiled with satisfaction. At noon that day, he had a sumptuous lunch with the soldiers of the Third Brigade. Amid the enthusiastic expectations and requests of the soldiers, Su Shi
Shi named it the Mountain Sculpture Brigade.
...
Liao Kingdom, southern border, Qigou Pass.
It is located between the new city and Fanyang City in Zhuozhou, becoming a natural barrier to the north of the new city.
Just when Su Shi's army was resting and preparing for war, 50,000 Liao troops led by Zhang Jian were greeted outside Qigou Pass.
Zhang Jian has received the exact information from the scouts sent out. Su Shi is now in formation in the new city, with an army of about 110,000 under his command.
Among them, the civilian army of the Song Dynasty was the main one.
Zhang Jian felt envious when he heard that these common people's soldiers were just farmers before, and that Su Shi had spent a lot of food to recruit them.
"The Song Dynasty is so rich!"
Zhang Jian, who sighed like this, did not know that all this was just Su Shi's personal doing.
Precisely because he knew the strength of Su Shi's army, Zhang Jian did not dare to wait any longer.
Having been to the Song Dynasty many times, he knew very well that the most indispensable thing in the Song Dynasty was its population. If Su Shi was given enough time, would this person be able to
More troops will be recruited. If this is the case, how can we fight this battle?
Thinking about it, if Su Shi really led hundreds of thousands or more troops to the north, would the Liao Kingdom have to devote all its national power to a war?
Considering this serious consequence, Zhang Jian had no choice but to send a horse to Beijing for help.
He didn't dare to expect too much from Xiao Xiaoyou. He was afraid that the Xixia and Mongolian troops would not let him go.
As the saying goes, it is better to seek help from others than from yourself. At this time, the Liao army is more reliable.
While sending people to rescue, Zhang Jian stationed his army in front of Qigou Pass, which put enough pressure on Su Shi. At least he could not go north. Otherwise, the battlefield would be moved to the entire southern border of Liao Kingdom, or even hit.
Zhongjing, the Liao Kingdom will really suffer a serious loss of vitality.
In front of Qigou Pass, the Liao army was increasing its troops every day. Sometimes, only hundreds or thousands of people came in a day. These were part of the reinforcements sent by some nearby Liao cities.
Looking at hundreds or thousands of people a day, it seems inconspicuous, but as time goes by, this number will become larger and larger. Ji Zhu, Yang Wenguang, Xu Ba, Shi Qianshan, and later Lei Meng and others basically have the same opinion. Then
Just take advantage of the current good situation to fight.
It is necessary to take advantage of the fact that before the main force of the Liao army arrives or before a large number of reinforcements arrive, they still have the advantage in strength and fight a battle.
In the new city, in the original living room of the General's Mansion, everyone gathered here. Su Shi, who was in a wheelchair, was sitting at the head of the table. Seeing everyone's expectant eyes looking at him, he smiled brightly.
Zhang Jian was worried that he would recruit more Song people and form a stronger Song army, but he didn't know that he had almost conquered all the people in the three states of Bao, Xiong, and Hegemony.
Speaking of which, the three states are not big states, and they are located on the northern border, so the population density is not dense.
An army of 60,000 has been prepared before and after, which is almost the limit, if not the limit.
At least there won't be many troops available in a short period of time. By the way, Su Shi is still the deputy commander of the Hebei Route Army. Without Wang Xin as the commander, he can use his power to mobilize local troops.
Such as the Ansu Army, Baoding Army, and Xin'an Army, Su Shi can send them here whenever he wants.
But Su Shi wouldn't do it this way. Otherwise, I don't believe you.
I have never dealt with them before, so who knows what their temperament is. If they are recruited here, the chain will drop at the critical moment, and they will turn around and run away when they see the Liao army, or they will suddenly flee due to the tense situation, causing the plan to fail.
, the battle is defeated, whose fault is it?
From this point of view, Su Shi also has seeds of doubt in his bones.
Instead of always doing things with suspicious eyes, simply let them stay at their original station with peace of mind. If they are really defeated by the Liao army, at least they are here and can fix the border so that the Liao army will not take advantage of it.
Kill from here.
Calculated this way, Su Shi's available troops are the 110,000 men in front of him.
One hundred thousand people is not a small number, it is also the largest number since Su Shi led the army.
Looking at everyone's excited and expectant eyes, Su Shi laughed and said: "Okay, even if everyone wants to fight with the Liao people, how can I spoil everyone's interest? Come on, let's discuss it next.
How can I deal with Liao Gou at once?"
When Su Shi fights, he always pays attention to obtaining the greatest victory at the smallest cost.
Even this 110,000
In the army, there were only a handful of people who truly belonged to his direct lineage. But since these people had defected to him and believed in him, Su Shi would not let them die in vain.
Naturally, people will die in war.
This was unavoidable when Su Shi led the army, but he at least wanted to ensure that those who died in battle would not die in vain and that their deaths would be worthwhile.
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Xincheng.
Ever since Xiao Xiaoyou knew that Su Shi had gone to Liao Dynasty, he began to attack the city of Xincheng crazily.
Among the 100,000 Liao army, there were 80,000 infantrymen. They became the main force in the siege. In the first siege, 20,000 soldiers and horses were directly used, with 5,000 people on each side of the four cities.
A brutal fight.
On the city tower, Wang Xin commanded well, and the city tower had more powerful weapons such as three bows and crossbows. In one day, more than 5,000 Liao soldiers were killed.
Of course, the Song army also suffered casualties, but they were less than two thousand. Relatively speaking, the losses were within an acceptable range.
The defensive battle of Xincheng officially started here. In more than ten days, the towers of Xincheng were covered with blood. Among them were Liao people, Song people, and Xixia soldiers.
After seeing how hard the Liao people worked, Wu Zangguyin also sent Xixia infantry to assist in the attack.
As for the Mongolian army, forget it, they are all cavalry, and they are not good at such tasks as attacking cities.
The three tribes used infantry to attack the city while allowing cavalry to sweep across all directions. Within half a month, the villages, towns and small towns around Xinzhou became no man's land.
The people here were either killed or plundered by the three tribes and taken back as slaves.
In less than half a month, the Song people had at least 500,000 people.
And was implicated, and all this was caused by Wang De's selfish motives.
If he hadn't ordered Wang Xin to retreat from Langu City to Xincheng because he was afraid of death and taking responsibility, at least the Xixia Army would not have been able to enter the western border of the Song Dynasty on a large scale.
On the tower of Xincheng, you can see the scene of the three tribes sweeping around and returning victoriously every day.
Whenever this happens, Wang Xin can't help but smash his fists against the hard battlements.
It was at this time that Wang Deyong would step down from the tower and return to his mansion in the city.
At this moment, Wang Deyong also felt a little regretful.
But what he regretted was not that he transferred Wang Xin back to Xincheng. He regretted that he should not have listened to those princes and came to the north for the sake of greed.
The three tribes were so fierce that he saw their cavalry on the city tower dragging the captured Song men behind their horses and running on the ground more than once.
There are bright red blood marks left on the ground, and even if it snows heavily, it will be difficult to wash them away.
He also saw groups of Song people, old and young, being herded like animals to the foreign camp.
Along the way, whoever walks slower will be whipped around at every turn.
There are also some women who have to cook and do laundry for these intruders during the day. They also have to sleep with the enemy at night. It can be said that life is worse than death.
This is a cruel war.
War always seems to be paid for by the people at the bottom.
And all of this was caused by his eagerness to achieve success. Wang Deyong simply stayed behind closed doors in the later stages, leaving all military power in Wang Xin's hands and letting him use it.
The Song Dynasty to the west of the northern border was experiencing war and baptism.
The Western Territory of the Great Song Dynasty.
Fumihiko
Bo, Jiang Gu and others also rushed here, along with a thousand Xixia captured soldiers headed by Gu Le.
This time they came to hand over the prisoners and take this opportunity to test the attitude of the Xixia people.