"Drive! Drive!"
On the border of Hedong Road, two groups of people and horses ran forward and one behind, one escaping and the other chasing, running fast. It can be clearly seen that the two groups of people and horses are armored horses, and they are all soldiers.
The difference is that the armor styles of these two groups of people are completely different, and they are obviously from different forces.
Soon, the group of more than a dozen horses in front could not hold on, and were chased by dozens of people from behind, and they were surrounded.
The soldiers who were surrounded looked obviously different from the people from the Central Plains. They looked more like people from ethnic minorities. One of them, a man with long braids, raised the scimitar in his hand and roared loudly.
"I am a noble of Daxia, no Zang clan, no Zang Yerong, who of you dares to kill me?"
The Wu Zang clan is the actual ruler of Xixia today. Xia Emperor Li Liangzuo is just a child and a puppet, so now the Wu Zang clan dominates the Xixia Kingdom with one hand, and the Wu Zang clan is even more prosperous than the Xixia royal family.
But no one of the Song Dynasty cavalry who surrounded Wuzang Yerong spoke, they just surrounded him. Each of the cavalrymen wore hooded helmets, making it impossible to see their faces and expressions clearly, but from their whole bodies
It can be seen from the aura exuding that these dozens of cavalry are all the best among the best.
Seeing that no one answered him and did not take action, Muzangye Rong was even more frightened. He had led hundreds of cavalry across the border to plunder, and when he was returning with a full load, he suddenly encountered this group of Song Dynasty cavalry.
The number of the opponent was much smaller than the cavalry he led, but when the two sides came into contact, the cavalry he was proud of turned out to be no match, especially the general leading the opponent, holding a Fangtian painted halberd, like a god of death, his
No one in the cavalry is an enemy.
Under the leadership of the opponent, hundreds of his cavalry were quickly defeated. It was only with the desperate protection of his men that he broke out of the encirclement and ran for dozens of miles. In the end, he was overtaken.
"This is already within my Daxia territory. If you dare to kill me, the blackmailing people will definitely avenge me. When the time comes, Daxia will definitely go to war with you, the Song Dynasty."
This man's Chinese was mixed with dialects, which was barely understandable. Unfortunately, no matter how he threatened, no one paid attention to him, and he did not dare to charge again, because the dozen riders around him had already
Full of scars and no fighting power.
Suddenly, the cavalry in front moved out of the way, and a general holding a Fangtian painted halberd and wearing black lacquered Shunshuishan armor was seen riding over slowly.
"It's him."
Muzang Noei recognized this person at a glance. It was this person who had just charged in like a murderous god and defeated his formation.
"I am not Zang Yerong, who are you?"
"Da Song Dynasty, Zhou Chen, Zhou Shuyuan."
"What? You are the god of death."
Wu Zang Yerong looked horrified and looked at Zhou Chen in horror. The cavalry behind him also showed fear.
Just over the past two years, a murderer appeared on the border of Song Dynasty, and the news had already spread among the troops on the border of Xixia.
It is said that this god of death is one foot tall, with two heads and four arms, eyes growing on his forehead, and a ferocious look. He is invincible on the battlefield, eats raw flesh and blood, kills people like hemp, and is so terrifying...
Although these were all rumors, the people of Xixia still knew who this person was, so Wu Zang Yerong was so frightened after hearing Zhou Chen's name.
Zhou Chen is not as ferocious as the rumors, but his record is real. Xixia's troops who have been sidelined for more than two years, whenever they encounter this god of murder, even if the entire army is not wiped out, they will suffer countless casualties.
In the past two years or so, the Xixia soldiers who died in Zhou Chen's hands and were annihilated by Zhou Chen's army numbered not only 10,000 but also 78,000 or 8,000. The results were astonishing.
The Xixia Army sent people to encircle and suppress Zhou Chen, but they were unsuccessful and many were killed instead.
As time went by, Zhou Chen's reputation as the God of Killing spread, and the Xixia army could retreat without a fight whenever they encountered this man leading the army.
Mizunanyei never thought that he would be so unlucky to meet this murderous god.
"I am a member of the Wu Zang clan, Wu Zang Yipang is my uncle, you..."
"Whoosh!"
Before he could finish his words, Zhou Chen rushed to kill him, Fang Tian waved his halberd, and Ye Rong's head flew off without a trace.
"Too much nonsense."
"kill!"
"kill!"
In an instant, dozens of cavalrymen were dispatched at the same time, and the dozen cavalrymen under Zang Yerong were quickly strangled to death.
"grown ups."
A member of the cavalry handed over a piece of cloth, and Zhou Chen wiped off the blood on Fang Tian's painted halberd.
At first, he used a spear, but later he felt that the killing was not enough, so he had this Fangtian Painted Halberd made specially.
This Fangtian Painted Halberd weighs eighty-eight kilograms, and it would be difficult for ordinary people to wield it, but in his hands, it is the most terrifying murder weapon.
If there is any trouble, it is that the horse is too useless. Once he charges, even if the horse can withstand the impact, it will sometimes be killed by the enemy. Therefore, he has changed eight horses in the past two years.
"Bu Zang has really become more and more arrogant and domineering in the past two years. That's right, the little emperor of Xixia has not even grown hair, so he can't be manipulated by him."
Being on the border for such a long time, Zhou Chen naturally knew the situation in Xixia very clearly. The young emperor of Xixia, Li Liangzuo, was only seven or eight years old now, so it was not hidden that Pang was the actual ruler of Xixia.
And this Wu Zang Yipang was also a greedy guy. All the conflicts on the border over the years were caused by Wu Zang Yipang. Not only did he want to control the territory of Xixia, he also wanted to take a piece of flesh from the Song Dynasty.
A rider quickly came to Zhou Chen's side.
"Sir, the enemy's army has a total of 272 riders. Our army killed 272 riders, and no one survived."
"Very good, clean up the battlefield and get ready to go back."
"yes."
It has been three years since he came to the border. Zhou Chen has been promoted from the commander of a battalion at the beginning to the commander of an army today. He has a total of five battalions of soldiers and horses under his command. The establishment of 2,500 soldiers and horses is actually only 2,000 soldiers and horses.
This situation was very common in the Song Dynasty. It was almost impossible for the army to be fully staffed. Like Zhou Chen, who had five battalions and two thousand and five thousand, it was enough to have two thousand, and some even only had one thousand six to seven hundred.
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Therefore, the Song Dynasty claimed to have an army of one million and hundreds of thousands, but in fact it is difficult to say whether there were one million, and this also includes the old, weak, sick and disabled.
It was too difficult for military generals in the Song Dynasty to climb up. Zhou Chen had been here for three years, and he only relied on annihilating thousands of Xixia troops before he was promoted to the commander of an army. This was considered a fast enough promotion, and it was far less than the meritorious service during the war.
There are many opportunities for promotion.
The promotion from the seventh grade to the fifth grade is already very fast, but this is a military attache. If he were to be a civilian officer, it would be a fast promotion.
However, this position is now considered to be at the top for him. Above him is the commander of Xiangdu, but he knows that unless war breaks out, he will not be able to rise to this position.
Leading an army and leading an army are two completely different concepts. After all, the tenth army is one army.
There are two thousand troops under his command, with a total of two battalions of more than 500 cavalry. The consumption of cavalry is much higher than that of infantry. In addition, the Song Dynasty was short of war horses, so the number of cavalry was very small. Zhou Chen also relied on himself to make up for it.
, plus those who robbed Xixia, and also used favors, they managed to gather more than 500 cavalry.
As soon as Zhou Chen returned to the camp, the soldiers reported to him and handed him two letters, saying that one was from Tokyo and the other was from Jiangling.
After returning to his tent, Zhou Chen first opened the letter from Tokyo, which was sent by his mother, saying that he had not returned for several years and missed him very much, and asked him to eat well, keep warm, etc.
At the same time, he also told him that Hualan of Shengfu had just passed her hair age and was old enough to get married, and asked him if he wanted to come back first to get married.
Zhou Chen counted with his fingers and found that it had been three years since he arrived in the border area. Hualan was indeed fifteen years old. In the Song Dynasty, one could get married when he was fifteen years old and had hairpins.
But for Zhou Chen, fifteen is still a little girl. Although it is legal, as a doctor, she still feels that it is too early to get married at this age.
But he couldn't keep delaying doing as the Romans did because he liked it. But fortunately, he was at the border and had an excuse not to return.
So he thought about it and thought that he could let the Marquis's family recruit people first, and the specific time of getting married could be discussed later, so that others would not gossip.
According to the plot of the TV series, it seems that soon after Hua Lan and Ji, Sheng Hong will be transferred to Tokyo and become a Beijing official. When the time comes, welcoming the bride in Tokyo will definitely be more convenient than going to Yangzhou.
The letter sent from Jiangling was sent by Zhou Tong. He is now an official in Jiangling. There is nothing important in the letter. He still feels sorry that Zhou Chen did not participate in the last Spring Examination.
When Zhou Chen saw this, he sighed. For scholars in this era, the imperial examination was more important than anything else. That's why Zhou Tong would always remember it and felt pity for Zhou Chen. Even before Zhou Chen left, he even advised Zhou Chen to pass the imperial examination.
After becoming a Jinshi, come to the frontier.
But Zhou Chen knew that if he really took part in the Chunwei Examination, it would be okay if he failed. Once he did, it would not be up to him where he would serve.
There is no Jinshi who has been assigned to join the army at the border after being selected. Even if he wants to come, the officials and civil servants will not let him do so.
Zhou Yexiong saw this, so he urged Zhou Chen to leave immediately after the Lantern Festival and not allow him to participate in the Spring Festival.
Zhou Yexiong is such a person. For the sake of the Hou Mansion and his eldest son Zhou Tong, he would rather Zhou Chen lose his career as a civil servant.
In his words, someone in a family must sacrifice, but it cannot be the heir to the Hou Mansion.
Zhou Chen was too lazy to argue with him at that time, so he agreed to set off with the army after the Lantern Festival.
So he wrote back and told Zhou Tong in a joking tone that he was now of a higher rank than him and asked him to work harder, otherwise he would really have to be knighted first.
After writing the two replies, he sent them to be mailed.
To be continued...